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[Slade Kel]

Good to hear you're ok,and  no prosthetics needed

Thanks

Another update: the recovery is going slower than expected thanks to my pre-existing back issues, but it is going. Hopefully no more than another week before I'm well enough to really get back to work.

[Havelock]

Pre-existing back issues: bad.  Recovery in progress: good.     I hope you feel a little better very day, vod.

[Kol Varek]

You're nuts Slade, glad you're doing okay though!

[Slade Kel]

Thanks vode, just wanted to pop in with an update. My recovery is going slowly but well, and my car has been replaced. Insurance covered everything, fortunately. Hope to get back in the saddle soon!

[Straka Zulu]

Good to hear, vod! Wish i could say the same.

[Slade Kel]

I yet live.

My recovery has and is going far more slowly than anticipated, due in no small part to me returning to work way sooner than doctor's recommendation. However, I am getting there, and have begun evaluating what I need to finish this baby up. Turns out the vest is recoverable, which is good, other than that, it's a matter of strapping up, repainting the helmet (or acquiring a new one!) and finishing up accessories like the crushgaunts and gauntlet-mounted weapons. Oh, and finding the missing third piece of the cod plate and paint the diamond . Anyway, here are some fresh pictures of the plates as they currently stand.

[Sep Ho'ban]

Welcome back again!

[Tal Akaan]

Glad to see you back at it Vod!

[Havelock]

Welcome back, Slade, and looking great!

[Slade Kel]

Thanks guys, had a small hiccup in the recovery, but I appear to be well on the mend. Still not 100%, but Mercs Con has motivated me. The vest situation seems to be mostly sorted, I was able to repair my vest but I'll need to reposition velcro and may just swap it for magnets. I also realized when I had my missus take the pictures that either my posture was off or I velcrod the side panel closed crooked. Good news is, after some minor trimming to line up the front and back collar plates and even out the gaps between them on each side I have the torso plates about done! That balance between front and back collar plates has been a nightmare since the beginning, and today was no different .




As usual, I rely on y'all to point out anything I'm missing other than the overall alignment thing. In addition, I have nearly completed installing the magnets on my wrap-around shins, just waiting for the first pair on the right shin to cure before I put the second set on. I was also able to get my hand armor mostly mounted:



I'm waiting on magnets before I can mount the right hand's plate, though the knuckle plate is already bolted into place. From there, I still need to finish the cod piece mounting flap, the weapon mounts for the gauntlets (minimally, I have a set coming from the bossman that will undoubtedly be better), straps for the thigh plates and mounting the boot plates (and finding the boot plates ). Oh, and I need to either strip and repaint one of my helmets or acquire a new one . My goal is to finish this and submit before New Year, though that might be too ambitious. Certainly I intend to be approved by Celebration.

In the meantime, I hope to be more active again!

[The Unknown Mando]

G'day vod, looking pretty cool. I like your vests material, looks awesome, wearable trophy?
Your painting looks good too vod, got some depth to it too...very nice. The weathering / damage has variety to it too
Hopefully the recovery continues mate 👌🏻

[Slade Kel]

Thanks and thanks . And yes, re: trophy vest, Slade's always had a grudge against Trandoshans.

[Sep Ho'ban]

good to have you back again! again!

Looks like your ab may be a bit further away from your chest plates than your collar, but it's looking food overall.

I'd recommend blunting the knuckle spikes a bit.

[Slade Kel]

Thanks! I need to weather the hand armor anyway, so I can take a dremel to the spikes while I'm at it. I definitely need to redo the attachment for the plates, anyway, as I had to reposition the collar plates, so moving the ab a bit closer shouldn't be a problem, and with my attention drawn to it I think it could do with a little more carbon scoring over that big ol' blaster mark. Don't recall if I mentioned and don't feel like checking, but the shabla paint lifted with the tape and I didn't want to repaint the whole thing . I'm considering magnets for the reattachement and ordered a bunch of them for testing purposes that should arrive tomorrow or Tuesday. Never done them for full on plate to vest attachment, but I figure it should be easy enough.

[Havelock]

This is looking great, Slade.  Looking forward to more.