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 Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!

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Straka Zulu


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Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #625 on: Mar 19, 2017, 06:47 PM »
So, as soon as I can, I should be posting up some pics from Wizard World Cleveland.  Met Jewel Staite, heckled Kato Kaelin, and listened to storytime being read by Barry Bostwick and Lou Ferigno.  Also picked up a resin cast Jyn Erso blaster.  Got some new shots taken for my brigade app, just going to recycle the weapons pics, though.
Wish me luck.

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Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #626 on: Mar 19, 2017, 09:09 PM »
You don't need luck, vod.  You're good.  I'm sure you'll pass your App no sweat - as long as you're showing your back plate.  hehe

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Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #627 on: Mar 22, 2017, 03:38 PM »
Second attempt is in.

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Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #628 on: Mar 22, 2017, 03:43 PM »
Jate'kara, ner'vod. *fingers crossed!*

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Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #629 on: Apr 19, 2017, 07:09 AM »
Still waiting on my app, but have to say Celebration was amazing!!

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Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #630 on: Apr 19, 2017, 11:10 AM »
Agreed, vod.  Very much so!

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Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #631 on: Apr 21, 2017, 04:12 PM »
Still waiting on my app, but have to say Celebration was amazing!!
Agreed!!! I'm still riding that high from meeting everyone. But dang, I wish I were back. The PCD is starting to hit

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  • Awards Hard Contact - Clan with the most recorded invasions Donated four quarters of 2024. Awarded to individuals with at least 40 hours recorded of Invasion service in a 6 or more Education Points in a single year. Award for 25 official invasions.
Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #632 on: Apr 21, 2017, 10:25 PM »
Yeah, having withdrawals from hanging out with my vode.  The only known cure? Building stuff!  Just cut a set of shoulder armor, similar in style to the Death Watch ones.  And I'm scouring the web for images of the Special Forces Imperial logo, I want to put that someplace on my kit. 

For those that are reading my story, Straka Zulu used to train SpecOps clones.

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  • Awards Hard Contact - Clan with the most recorded invasions Donated four quarters of 2024. Awarded to individuals with at least 40 hours recorded of Invasion service in a 6 or more Education Points in a single year. Award for 25 official invasions.
Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #633 on: May 28, 2017, 11:08 PM »
Sad news... I dropped my bucket at a recent troop, cracked the corners of the visor.  But I was told my the helmet maker to use a good super glue for a temporary fix. I'll get some fiberglass and resin to truly fix it later.

Still waiting on my Assassin app, but heard they are going through some restructuring in the Brigades. Hope something happens soon, this suspense is driving me mad! ??? :P :laugh: :'( :o :-\

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  • Awards Hard Contact - Clan with the most recorded invasions Donated four quarters of 2024. Awarded to individuals with at least 40 hours recorded of Invasion service in a 6 or more Education Points in a single year. Award for 25 official invasions.
Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #634 on: Jun 13, 2017, 10:19 AM »
I guess it's. '...or Bust"... This just happened:

Good Morning STRAKAZulu,

Upon review, the marshals have concluded that your kit does not meet the quality standard enforced by the brigade team. While your armor thickness meets the minimum standards required by the CRLs, the brigades team would like to see your armor plates have more depth and curvature.  We encourage you to stay in contact with your marshal, and continue to upgrade your armor and the rest of your current assassin build.

Dha Bral
Brigade Team XO
MMCC

Looks like I'm shelving any upgrades for the time being. :( :rolleyes:

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Straka Zulu


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  • Awards Hard Contact - Clan with the most recorded invasions Donated four quarters of 2024. Awarded to individuals with at least 40 hours recorded of Invasion service in a 6 or more Education Points in a single year. Award for 25 official invasions.
Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #635 on: Jul 28, 2017, 01:07 PM »
Looking for opinions.  While looking for voice amps, I came across this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00L1E6NR8/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1501261084&sr=8-6&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=voice+amplifier&dpPl=1&dpID=41qrH4MJ5wL&ref=plSrch
Does anyone use these? I'm wondering if it's worth the money.

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Malakier Vhett


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Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #636 on: Jul 28, 2017, 03:41 PM »
For a similar price, I recommend getting an Aker from TK Products. Or, if you want something more compact, Eternal Armories makes a small voice amp that mounts in your bucket, and you can use audio transducers to turn your helmet into a speaker. Not overly loud, but it does work, and it's pretty cheap.

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Straka Zulu


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Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #637 on: Jul 29, 2017, 01:09 PM »
Just checked out TK, and what I need would be WAY out of budget. :o :o

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Malakier Vhett


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Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #638 on: Jul 29, 2017, 01:50 PM »
other options:
http://eternalarmory.com/product/kate-voice-amp/
http://eternalarmory.com/product/voice-amp/

I have the 2nd one in my steel bucket. if you get 1 of the larger transducers (another 14 bucks) it does a decent job of turning your bucket into a speaker. Cheaper then an aker (though less loud), more expensive then the one you were looking at (though not by a lot), and far more compact then either (also not as loud, but it's better then yelling to be heard all the time).

That said, the one you're looking at will probably work fine for a while. I just try to stick with places like TK or EA because they troop (EA is run by some Mercs), but that's personal preferance.

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Armor does not make a Mandalorian. The armor is simply a manifestation of an impenetrable, unassailable heart.

Straka Zulu


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  • Awards Hard Contact - Clan with the most recorded invasions Donated four quarters of 2024. Awarded to individuals with at least 40 hours recorded of Invasion service in a 6 or more Education Points in a single year. Award for 25 official invasions.
Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #639 on: Jul 29, 2017, 04:55 PM »
I'll check those out. Thanks ;D

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Straka Zulu


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  • Awards Hard Contact - Clan with the most recorded invasions Donated four quarters of 2024. Awarded to individuals with at least 40 hours recorded of Invasion service in a 6 or more Education Points in a single year. Award for 25 official invasions.
Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #640 on: Aug 12, 2017, 05:14 PM »
Are half-shell vambraces acceptable?

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Malakier Vhett


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  • Awards 6 or more Education Points in a single year. Family events Award for 50 official invasions. Award for 75 official invasions. Celebration Anaheim 2022
Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #641 on: Aug 12, 2017, 06:10 PM »
They are,  but remember that the 1/2 is minimum. If the Ruus questions it they tell you it's not enough. Always err on the side of more

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Armor does not make a Mandalorian. The armor is simply a manifestation of an impenetrable, unassailable heart.

Straka Zulu


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  • Awards Hard Contact - Clan with the most recorded invasions Donated four quarters of 2024. Awarded to individuals with at least 40 hours recorded of Invasion service in a 6 or more Education Points in a single year. Award for 25 official invasions.
Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #642 on: Aug 20, 2017, 01:37 PM »
So, work continues.
Looking to add some fans to my wife's helmet as well as mine, and came across this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00EL938E6/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1503250163&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=helmet+fan&dpPl=1&dpID=51HDcPCtA9L&ref=plSrch
Has anyone used these? How big are they, and do they push air good enough to survive a troop?

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Malakier Vhett


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  • Awards 6 or more Education Points in a single year. Family events Award for 50 official invasions. Award for 75 official invasions. Celebration Anaheim 2022
Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #643 on: Aug 20, 2017, 02:59 PM »
Those are what I use in my bucket. They're about 1.5"x1.5"x0.5", and put out a decent puff. They say 5v, but I use mine with a 9v and haven't had any issues.

My only comment would be that they're fairly loud, but that's going to be an issue with any fan that pushes a meaningful amount of air.

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Armor does not make a Mandalorian. The armor is simply a manifestation of an impenetrable, unassailable heart.

Straka Zulu


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  • Awards Hard Contact - Clan with the most recorded invasions Donated four quarters of 2024. Awarded to individuals with at least 40 hours recorded of Invasion service in a 6 or more Education Points in a single year. Award for 25 official invasions.
Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #644 on: Aug 20, 2017, 03:38 PM »
Cool, thanks!  ;D
Does it interfere with using a mic?

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Malakier Vhett


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  • No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
  • Awards 6 or more Education Points in a single year. Family events Award for 50 official invasions. Award for 75 official invasions. Celebration Anaheim 2022
Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #645 on: Aug 21, 2017, 12:24 AM »
Cool, thanks!  ;D
Does it interfere with using a mic?
No, but depending on placement the fan nice might get transmitted through the mic. As long as you keep your head between your fans and your mic that shouldn't be an issue though

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Armor does not make a Mandalorian. The armor is simply a manifestation of an impenetrable, unassailable heart.

Straka Zulu


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  • Awards Hard Contact - Clan with the most recorded invasions Donated four quarters of 2024. Awarded to individuals with at least 40 hours recorded of Invasion service in a 6 or more Education Points in a single year. Award for 25 official invasions.
Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #646 on: Aug 21, 2017, 06:05 AM »
Good to know. Thanks  ;D

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Straka Zulu


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  • Awards Hard Contact - Clan with the most recorded invasions Donated four quarters of 2024. Awarded to individuals with at least 40 hours recorded of Invasion service in a 6 or more Education Points in a single year. Award for 25 official invasions.
Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #647 on: Sep 07, 2017, 05:22 PM »
Looking like I'm headed for a rebuild.   My wife is giving up on her current set of torso armor, and she likes the look of the Clan Wren set.   So, in the spirit of consistency, I'm going to build a male set to compliment hers.  Still keeping our paint schemes, though.

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Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #648 on: Sep 07, 2017, 05:29 PM »
*pops popcorn*

I shall follow your rebuild with great interest.  8)

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  • Awards Hard Contact - Clan with the most recorded invasions Donated four quarters of 2024. Awarded to individuals with at least 40 hours recorded of Invasion service in a 6 or more Education Points in a single year. Award for 25 official invasions.
Re: Straka Zulu, Brigades or Bust!
« Reply #649 on: Sep 07, 2017, 05:57 PM »
Still going to keep it pretty streamlined, since I'm still shooting for Assassin Brigade.

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