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I would suggest to get to the where the color swatches are and pick the closest to, and have it mixed for you. Or, even better, get a Pantone swatch catalogue and use it to match the swatches available on the home depot... Most likely, any commercial available colours, will be a bit off one way or another. Hope that help Saludos.

Awesome! Great plans Boss... you lead and we will follow. 2106 is going to be great. Saludos.

Good luck bro! Its just a matter of waiting. Saludos

THX Boss! No prob! And yes, he is a good guy and a good friend. Just somehow always manages to get delayed in his shipments. He is famous for being very VERY late always. But a cool guy anyway. No need to sending the Troops yet. Saludos

Hey Juan Carlos, buenas noticias... Just talked to Lander a minute ago. He told me that the packages, 6 of them, were sent out on Saturday. He said he took some time to get the whole order together, but they are out already. He also told me he would contact you later tonite to give you the tracking number. He claimed to be very interested in keeping a good image to you and your Garrison mates. So, take advantage of that and hopefully you will be collecting your order soon. About future orders, well, its up to you. I have never had a problem with him delivering to me, but I now delays and other problems have surfaced in the past. Let me know if you need anything else. Saludos

I would really see this happen to armors, not sure yet how to feel about levels and badges and CRLs... But, let's see. I Remeber when we first started talking about a new level over Police Officer. I think it was exactly 6 years ago. A year or so had passed where the Detachment was in a stall. Pretty much only about 5 members posting once a day, most notorious was Rolf, preventing the forums to die. Then came a new guy, Bluey and recluted a few more guys, including DirtyBoy, to strengthen the existing command staff and making the Detachment firstly stable, then stronger... We then became all excited about the new discoveries made around that time. If my memory doesn't fail me, the Sonix radio was finally identified, the so called SiMan armor was found (RS original armor), new more accurate paldrons were being designed and developed, pack parts were found and identified as the syphon, new ideas for weathering were researched and much more. And of course, Rolf was building the next ultimate Sandtrooper armor as always... a TM I think. So one day, Buey (then CO),Rick, Rolf and Me started talking about how cool would it be to make a new Forum icon for those troopers that achieved the next level of accuracy on their armors. Giving it something like a check list for armor, weapon, pack, puches and pauldron. Making it visible what that trooper had done. And when someone had all the boxes checked, a new badge would be granted. After a few weeks, discussing what accuracy would mean, and what aspects should it cover, Bluey came up with this mock-up: After going back and forth for a few months, and talking in consideration other troopers opinions like Paul's (Daetrin), and I think even Mike H, former MEPD CO, we decided to start working on the rules and standards of what would come to be known as the SWAT badge, not yet a level or CRL. 6 years later, we have the most demanding, accurate and coveted badge/level/Program on the 501st Legion. What will happen now? Where will this takes us as a Detachment, or just as the biggest, most respected and welcoming Sandtrooper community worldwide? Again, as always, this is an exciting time for us! And I think we are already on our way, with new builds being made more and more accurate. I really think that many of the standard basic level builds made today by members here, could meet pretty much all a regular 3er level CRL for other detachments, were accuracy is taken for making standard builds, not replicating details. And that, is a huge achievement for the Detachment. Let's see what comes now. Saludos

Lookimg great so far bro... A piece of advice if you will to take it, dont worry much. I mesn, building your first armor is very stresfull. You dont want to ruin it. But good news is, you cant ruin it. Check the original srmor, it was a big mess everywhere. Chances are that you will build it better even if you mess it. That means, just have fun... My last build was done just with lexan scissors. No scote and snsp, no dremmel even no sanding at all. It was a lot of fun and not stressing at all. Seems that you are doing juts that, having fun... So keep it up Keep us posted. And if you need any help, just ask. Saludos.

Excited to see you back my friend. And to see your kits will finally get done. It will be amazing no doubt once finished. Hope life is well. Saludos.

Yes. It is actually a bit less stressful to build it this way. But I am in no way looking to start a discussion about a new level. This is not for the CRL. But for fun. Cause yes, it can be too difficult to make previous levels match a new top one. And the other way around. Saludos.

Nice. I would love that in a Tshirt. Saludos.

Great Bucket bro... And great to find the support you needed in Andy. That is what this is all about after all, troopers helping troopers and enjoying being part of this big family. Saludos. And welcome back.

Hola Leno, cómo estas? Unfortunately, Lander, aka Aaron Landeros, has a bad reputation for not delivering in time, if at all, in Mexican Garrison. He is a cool guy and a good friend, but he somehow fails to deliver in time and to keep contact with costumers once the funds are sent. Why? Have no idea... My advice would be, keep asking and pushing till you get what you paid for... And then, not buy from him again. Sorry to say this, even if I consider him a good friend, as a seller, he has proven not to be reliable many times in the past. Let me know if I can be of any help. Saludos.

Thx for the good response bros! And, did I see somethimg new here? A badge above SWAT but away from the CRL? Swat was not intended to be incorporated to the CRL but a higher notch for troopees to aim for... It became so popular that other detach,ents followed and at the end, the Legion had to have it included in the CRL. I actually would not want a lever 4, but a Detachment badge sounds interesting... This is just food for thought... And we are far from there IMHO, but... Maybe someday. I must say that you guys on the BP are ahead of most of us in accuracy, reseach and builds... Can you go further? ABS armor and HDPE buckets... Turtle necks, vintage parts and hardware, clumsy assembly and residue? It can be done I guess... But yes, that wouldnt make a good trooping armor, but a great piece for any collection... But, would anyone take the challenge? Interesting... And exciting. Saludos.

Is it???? First of all, I want to make it very clear that discussing this "accuracy level" do not has anything to do with the CRL or the badges available now for the MEPD or the 501st. This is a discussion for fun, and the build that will evolve from this will also be for fun. So, what do I have in mind??? I am currently (still) building a TK full replica armor based on the Tantive IV troopers. You can see it here... It has already been cleared for Centurion but I have always felt that Centurion was not (and was not intended to be) as accurate as I wanted. So, I have not settled for that. With SWAT it is different. The Badge is granted to armors that actually comply with many very specific details replicating one specific armor assembly. And that I love and work very hard to both, achieve the badge, and get the program up and working. But now, 4 years or so later, I wonder if I could go beyond SWAT... What I would do, and what I consider to be the only way to make a full replica armor, is to make it the way '76 armor was built. Not only trying to look similar, but to be built in a similar way. I am not inventing anything new, many ppl have done this before, but I have not seen it with a Sandtrooper armor. I mean: reckless trimming and assembling, glue residues, cracks and gaps and all kind of mistakes. Not replicating them, but making them due to the way the armor is built and treated. Also, replicating the interior with the same techniques and mistakes. Getting original boots and paint them white... a black turtle neck pullover instead of underarmor and neckseals... Next, getting as many original vintage parts as possible. Including materials parts are done for, found parts from the 70s and the such... Even (knowing that it most likely will be impossible), getting deactivated weapons to build the blasters. Would that be too much? Does that sounds accurate, and more accurate than SWAT even if it does not replicate a specific trooper? Is there any other way to go further? This is atm just an hipotetical discussion, but... maybe someday a build can meet this ideas. What do you think? This is meant to be an interesting and hopefully fun discussion about accuracy and going to far... and not a declaration of intention or fyi kind of thread. So... hope to hear many opinions on what you consider accurate and what is just plain madness. Saludos.

Looking great bro! And absolutely better than your original idea of going TK!! Saludos.

GREAT video Bro! Thx for sharing... Saludos

This is a great post! Thx Constantin... I do think the parts were grey originally. Actually, my first pack was painted gray. But then, at the time lots of research was done and we agreed that it would be a blueish grey or greyish blue. Then... we came with the Humbrol research and finally we concurred in the Humbrol 47 blue. Why? Don't know for sure. Many things, maybe we had different sources of info, maybe our screens were not as good (retina vs regular RGB or HD vs SD), also, Blueray Disks versions were not available... And photoshop had less tools than today. Still, we thought grey+blue was the way to go. As you know from our conversation this morning, I am in the process of getting all the vintage parts for a new pack. It will probably take me a few years (LOL) but for me the color is as important as the radio. So this is a great GREAT educated guess, and will be a very important part of that build. Thx for that bro! Here are a couple more references trying to uniform the info for all of us around the world, with codes and numbers to convert the color to different platforms and standards. Hope it helps... Saludos.

Beautiful armor and gear bro! Big congrats... you are very close! Saludos.

Thx for you time an enthusiasm Brad. Life gets busier and gets in the way of this hobby... I know how it is. But we will be here for you bro... Whenever life allows. Saludos.

This might help. But as you see, there are curves everywhere. I'll try measure it up on the weekend. It is back on the storage. This pictures were taken earlier today. Saludos.

Ok. I'll check those. Thing is that the base is not only bent on an L shape but also has an inwards angle. The base (base or the L) is not rectangular but more like a trapezoid. If you get what I mean. And the angles are more like curves. So it's tricky. I'll try my best anyway. Saludos.

Which others bro? Point them to me at the picture and I'll take them for you. But I guess it is symmetrical so... Don't really see others except for angles maybe. Let me know. Saludos.

Hey bros, I finally got to undress my karrimor frame and got some measurements for you... Tube is aluminium tubing 2cm wide. Hope this is usefull. Saludos.

Looking awesome bro. Keep it up. Saludos.

Cool... Saludos