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Here we go!!!

Yeeeees congratulations brother!!

Hello Richard, and welcome to this crazy awesome hobby! Most of all welcome to whitearmor! I'd suggest looking through the list of Attachés to see if you have one in your area - if not then the closest one can for sure help you get started at least! I concur with Glen, going to the UK Garrison forum would also be good!

Either wipe down after a troop, or do not sweat at troops!

Putting something inside your helmet to help with dampening the sound (making it not bounce as much) could help. When it comes to the fan air blowing ofc a puffy mic protector will help, and lastly changing positions of the fans (alternatively lubricate them or swap out to quieter ones), that's all I can think of

Best of luck brother!

@Lafleur Enjoy your new banner and profile photo Daniel!

How smooth was your shoulder sanded before? Looking good though so far! Nice work overall and the helmet is looking really cool!

The link is broken! Also, sounds very.. sketchy?

The march training we got from @Locitus was great too to kick us off - I went through the parade turns and the way we should walk that one morning, but it is hard to do that when you're in armor so it was brilliant that we could get Mathias in uniform and act like a real officer! Thank you for that Mathias It was this GIF from @Tall_Trooper that I got inspired by for the way of marching! (Although it is hard to walk that fast in our parades with our Emperor being so slow and old and grumpy )

No worries buddy, you did a great job this weekend and you made the most of it, spreading a lot of smiles!! Troopers helping troopers! I'll send you those pics asap! And thank you for the gifted helmet bag, I really needed to get rid of my tote bag after 70 troops

The red line was a suggested cut line of your AB, since the AB is at the moment not completely straight with the kidney plate! The rivets would go just about here Do with that exactly what you want! If you don't want to cut your ab plate, then you can just reposition the rivets on the surface that you have, like that (ofc this is a 2 second mock, but just measure and you'll have it correct)

It shouldn't be a problem for Expert Infantry if we read the CRL: OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Any gap between the abdomen and kidney armor is no more than 1/2" (12.5mm) wide. Any shims used to achieve this effect are of a similar material and color as the abdomen and kidney armor. Shims fit flush and seams are allowed. A split (bifurcated) or single cap rivet is present on the lower tab (cod area) of the abdomen armor. Rivet does not need to be functional. Rivet on must be brass or silver in color, approximately 5/16" (8mm) in diameter and is not painted.

Don't worry about the already existing holes too much, as you can create ABS paste from any off cuts that you get, so the color will match! Here's the tutorial that @gmrhodes13 linked earlier:

Perfect thank you! They look very close together, indeed! I'm not sure if you've cut too much off from the front for them to be moved! I think that ideally for the fitment of the AB/Kidney that we'd first have to straighten out the AB like this Then we have this diagram showing how they should sit:

Can you take a picture like this, but on the other side? Would be easier to tell!!

Is your backplate overlapping the ab plate? Because it either looks like that or the rivets are placed very close to the edge of the ab!

What do you say Daniel, should we take some EI photos this weekend at Comic Con? LET'S DO THIS!!!

Hi Diana! Been following another awesome build of yours! Did you take fitting pictures a few weekends ago?

Hello Craig and welcome to the forum! Thank you for the lovely introduction - we've all lost our freakin' minds at one point or another, totally get you there! Congratulations on taking the first steps into this crazy hobby! It's fun all the way, right at the beginning and when you do your first troop, and even 100 troops later when you just make people happy everywhere you go! Looking forward to seeing your progress as we go along! Don't be a stranger, start a build thread when you've had your build party so we can follow the progress! https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/80-anh-build-threads/ It sounds great and that you're already navigating the forum and doing your reserach! If you haven't seen it already, here is a great thread to get you started:

People sure give me the looks on the trains only with my 138L suitcase hahaha!

He got no results apparently... Possibly not enough juice in the UV light!

Hello and welcome to FISD Adam! Congratulations on being able to get back on the horse and start working on your armor! Looking forward to the pics! If you don't mind, what's the dimensions you're adapting the armor to?

I have a Garrison mate who is trying some sketchy stuff! Has has hyrdogen peroxide 12% and a UV lamp to try and get some white back! He wraps the part in paper towel and sprays on the HP12% on it, and then leaves it inside the contraption with the UV lamp on! Still waiting to hear back from him on the results!

Do you have before and after pics?