OMG it's the canadain version of Conan O'brian! jk jk
Yeah.. got it gut yesterday, wasn't entirely thrilled by the comb-over she gave me but ah well.. hair is hair.
you could store a Camel-Pak in the recess of the back plate...
that was the design and purpose

this sardine thinks ahead when building his can.
Well atleast you learned a bunch in making it 
Absolutely. The next one will improve, and the one after that, etc..
I just can't wait till you get that helmet put together!
Then here's a teaser for ya:

all parts cut and sorted, assembly started. I've got three whole pieces together so far! only 87 left to go ROFL I'm doing the horizontal ridge first to make sure the thing will fit, then I'll build the center of the dome to make sure it fits that way, then get on with it. Try to minimize turn-around time if I didn't scale it well. Getting the helmet done will be a huge weight off my back.. looking forward to this.
Last night while I had the torso on for those photos I also sorted out how I will be connecting the shoulder bells, so I'm a bit relieved that they will be fairly easy to attach. I couldn't finalize that idea until I had the chest and back to test fit against. Future reference, build the torso before the shoulders and you can form the latter to fit the former. Hindsight is bloody obvious.