HRivera7322 Death Trooper WIP

[HRivera7322]

Sounds good! Once I go through the next round of changes to the kit, I'll take clearer pictures to spot any other issues before I move on towards approval.

[Chaos[CMD-DCA]]

Hector, I have not forgotten about you, work has been really busy, I hope to have you something by the weekend.

[Chaos[CMD-DCA]]

Ok I am going to get started on this for you. My notes on the photos make perfect sense to me but they may not to you but that's OK, just say "Chaos... WTH are you talking about?!" and I will try and do a better job.

Jim Tripon's back piece is awesome and has all the correct details, but one issue I had and it looks like you are having the same issue is that the back of his neck/collar sits a little too high for people with normal necks, this causes the helmet to sit lower and the collar to rise up higher causing the two to "bang into each other and limit your ability to look up. I trimmed almost 1 1/2 inches off the very back and blended the cut line up into the sides of the collar see photos

You also need to rotate your back piece up and forward to bring the back edge of the collar so that it is touching the back of your neck seal. 

By rotating the back piece and collar forward you will also bring the front of the tusks down to where they should be sitting. In order to accomplish this you will need to raise your chest armor up as well, yours is sitting too low

the side pieces that go over your shoulders for the chest and the back armor should meet center line of your shoulder, the best way to accomplish this is hold the chest and back pieces in place so they are correctly positioned and then then make a mark on the centerline for each piece and then cut the overlapping pieces so that they meet and are flush. Since I use a tab to support my shoulder bells, my back shoulder piece is slightly more forward but you can see how I have trimmed and adjusted so mine meet flush. You can also see how I trimmed my neck/collar so that the back sits lower.

Now that you have the back and chest plates in position, you need to raise up your abdomen armor, it is sitting way too low which is causing everything to push down. As long as you have 2 of the horizontal details showing you are good by CRL standards.

After raising your abdomen, you need to also raise your lower back plate with the TD on it, it is sitting too low as well. You can also trim off some of the top of your posterior plate, it will be covered by the belt.

 

Once you have all the upper armor in place and fitted then you can work on your thighs. The bottom of the thighs should be just above the top off your knee cap by about an inch. This gives you freedom of movement when you walk and keeps the sniper knee greeblie from banging into the shin armor

I recommend putting a piece of velcro on the front top of your lace covers and put the other side on the inside front of your shins, this will keep the top of the lace covers from popping out from under the shins

Lastly, you might want to think about changing the chest ammo pouch vertical straps, they are too wide, the CRL says 22-33mm or 7/8 to 1 1/4 inches.

I hope all this made sense and helps out. This armor is very detail oriented and everything has to be adjusted just right for it all to fit together and look right.

Let me know if you have any questions etc.