activation email

[Sep Ho'ban]

Thanks man, good to have you back on the forums!

[Sep Ho'ban]

(I got the belts uneven on the front to back straps which is causing some mis-alignment)
Overall, I'm happy with the new look, my current notes follow the pics.





Notes from Monday's Troop:
Shift white leather straps from top of bottom back plate to bottom of bottom backplate
Remove 1 strand of the girthbelt, re-engineer closure system  -- weather the bit of unweathered girth that ends up getting exposed on the doubleback.
Sew up the sides of the vest, and the unsewn shoulder, add a central zipper to the back.   
Consider velcroing (gag) the girthbelt to the vest
get rid of the tacti-cool pouch, or add sintra to it (the replacement "leather" one wound up failing catastrophically and I nearly lost my phone and wallet at a troop)
Weather the leather shoulder straps

thrice bodged gauntlets continue to deteriorate -- replacements in progress

If you see anything I missed, PLEASE comment

[Slade Kel]

Dude, it looks dope, very much so. Only things I can suggest are in the way of additions, as everything else about it (once you upgrade that pouch ) looks fantastic. Firstly, I think it would look better with more pouches, or doodads on the belt. From a perspective of CRL, looks absolutely fine, but that said even with belt and girth your waist looks kinda sparse. Even just one or two small ones, like Han's, would fill the space nicely.

Other than that, it's just my endless desire to see all legacy kits in heavy armor . Those thigh faulds we talked about before, maybe some bicep-elbow armor, either wider back plates or like accent wing-plates added to the sides of the existing plates. That said, I don't remember if you're looking at brigades still, so more armor might be precluded by any BRLs you're taking into account.

[Sep Ho'ban]

Incoming picture dump.  If you have questions feel free to ask
I'm gonna be taking some fully kitted up pics on Saturday.  Just have a couple of things left to do between now and then.


(yes, this is the blaster I got approved with originally, now dirty enough to be on my kit as it currently sits.

And the "Wookie Special" Westar:



(trophy now weathered)

I modified April Storm's legacy gauntlets, eliminated the LED holes and added a hole that would accommodate half inch copper pipe.  Keely did all the prep work on these to get them ready for paint from raw print:



Gauntlet weapons:


New Ammo Belt, courtesy of Tusken Dan, and pouch courtesy of HorrorX:



Re-engineered girthbelt closure: (and minus 1 strand)


Keeper for the loose ends:



Also had help with some quality of life upgrades to my vest from Keely

[Shev'la Ram'ser]

Great work Sep, the evolution of your kit is amazing!

[Sep Ho'ban]

Great work Sep, the evolution of your kit is amazing!

Thanks Shev'la! it's a running living log of skill acquisition.

[Sep Ho'ban]

And my kit has just been re-approved with the following pics   Thanks to everyone who has helped along the way!!

[Naran Baatar]

*Knocks on the door*

"Have you heard the good word of the Privateer BRLs"

 

[Sep Ho'ban]

*Knocks on the door*

"Have you heard the good word of the Privateer BRLs"

 

Does my paint meet the requirements for that one?

Colors- Primary armor color should be bold and/or intimidating to frighten opponents. Patterns painted or added to the armor should be designed to enhance intimidation.

[Naran Baatar]

I personally always took the paint requirements as pretty flexible. I would reach out to the Brigade Team if you are curious as they will be the ones that make the call

[Slade Kel]

Looks amazing! Really solid from head to toe

[Torolf Goran]

Your kit looks amazing! I have to agree with Naran, it would fit in great as a privateer.

[Sep Ho'ban]

*Knocks on the door*

"Have you heard the good word of the Privateer BRLs"

 

Your kit looks amazing! I have to agree with Naran, it would fit in great as a privateer.

Okay okay, after looking at the BRL, I realized I've build about 80-90% of a Privateer already, and it fits in line with what I have in mind for the kit, so I've posted the paint question in the Special Ops sub.

Edit:

AAAAAND going Privateer! Thanks for the advice guys

[Sep Ho'ban]

And decided to double major as a mechanic, WIPS for both professions are in the appropriate sub forums.  I'll do a pic dump here too at some point

[Sep Ho'ban]

Ordered these for my ammo and girth belt -- Reproduction WW2 German Combat Suspenders


Tools:


New sigils on Kama (THANKS KEELY!)


getting closer, brigade WIPS updated