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"I just realized that I didn't make myself clear about what I meant with the brush stroke direction, I meant the tube stripes as these were also freehanded on the original helmets but it's completely okay to use a stencil. " Ah, I think I get you now. I actually sponged my tube stripes on with stencils, so there are no brush strokes to speak of on those tube stripes. haha... Either way, no biggie, just thought you'd like to see how I applied mine. "It's okay if you just post some new pics of your improved pack. No need to put on all your gear again... unless you would like to do that. " Roger that! I don't know when I'll be able to wrangle my hubby to take full armor shots of me again, so it'll just be the backpack. Thanks for the info about the bottles. I dug up an old bottle of shampoo and would like to know if it should be larger or if it's good for the upper bottle. Diameter of the white shampoo bottle is 8.2cm. I've got a slightly larger bottle arriving today that should work for the lower bottle (yay, Amazon one-day delivery!). The slightly larger bottles have a diameter of 9.1cm. For comparison, diameter of the gray bottles that were previously on my pack are 7.4cm (widest part). Any feedback on the new bottle sizes would be much appreciated! And about the thermal detonator plate... it was completely stuck on the tube. No matter how gently I tried to remove it, I ended up destroying it while trying to pry it off- even though it was stuck on with e6000! Ah well. At least my removal efforts were rewarded with some bonus 'weathering' to the top end cap! I reprinted a shorter one last night, and will be painting it once the rain clears out tomorrow. Does this one look better? Would be good to get feedback on this as well before I go about finishing the piece. Thanks!