RagingBantha

thanks sarge.

Ok now I know this sounds like a hella lame question, but how many of you guys havethe MEPD patch on the pauldron? Is it ok to place on on the pauldron...and if so...where on the pauldron does it look best. I'd hate to be the only guy with a patch somewhere super lame.

this may sound like a really lame question, but what parts make up the prod? I'd like to make one that was accurate, but I dont know the specs on it. Can one of you guys help me out? any info would be appreciated.

on mine I used an actual hardware latch. I rivited it into place and it holds **** well.

well the original number that i wanted was TD0117 but that was taken, me and my girl are both born on january seventeenth. So I just went with what was available, to the disappointment of my girlfriend.

So today i finally was assigned a TkId. I am now officially TD0992. I am so happy right now. I'm official.

i dont have an Ab plate so....I guess I'm not "official" yet. but I'll wear what I got. Lookin forward to seein you guys there.

This will be my fourth dragoncon....but my first one trooping. I've alwaysheld a place of envy for those guys in the cool white armor. Then i finally did something about it.

I'll see ya out there....this dragoncon is my first trooping event. I really look forward to meeting my dirty brothers. I went straight for the dirty...none of that clean and prestine pansy stuff for me. I know who gets the work done in the empire.

I dont really know everyone and I'm new at the whole troopin' thing, but I will try.

Dont worry. I'll drink one for you and all my adbest MEPD homies. Can you feel da love y'all

I got one of those radica sub game thingies and I was wondering if there is any specific way to do the conversion. Is there a tutorial online anywhere? any help would be appreciated.

nice pack man. I dig the little dohickies that are on there. It goves it a sort of "help help...call in an airstrike!" kind of feel to it. Now go and dirty that "summabitch" up. Good work trooper!

dang...you guys are the best. I appreciate the comments fellas. I have since added a mini hydration pack inside the lower box with a velcro latched trapdoor for easy removal. The extended drinking hose runs up along the left shoulder strap where it clips right near the ammo pouch. Since its a mini hydration pack (roughly a litre) its not that heavy. I walked around myneighborhood with it and its still light enough to not cause any stress on both the other parts and most importantly...my back.

here is a close up of the switches.

the two boxes on the left are the index card boxes. The details on the larger box are two 1/2 cup tupperware lids painted black. The lower canister was applied with hot glue on poth surfaces...then a liberal amount of glue was laid around the outside of the joint along the seam. Most of the places where I applied a lot of glue i intentionally added enough to dry in cobs outside the seam. These gobs were then painted in aluminum colored enamel. The finished result looks like a rough welding job. I went over some of the "exposed" parts with a rust color as well. What you dont see is on the opposite side of the top box are three led indictor lights wired to toggle switches and powered by 9 volts clipped to the inside of the box. I thought this gave the pack a more realistic mechanical feel.

TD257 you inspired me! This is my first pack and I think it came out ok. So here it is complete in all its weathered glory. let me know what y'all think.

i got a white one, but no patches yet. Hopefully a MEPD patch will adorn it soon.

alright...who's comin to Dragoncon? if you dont...you'll be sorry you didnt.

amen brutha. I cant wait to get dirty..my mama always said that if you aint dirty you didnt work hard enough. That makes us the hardest working bunch of badasses in the legion! happy to be aboard. RagingBantha

Hi fellas. I'm new to trooping but I am goin straight to the grime and grit. None of that prestine stuff for me. Soon to be a part of the georgia garrison. I cant wait to proudly display the MEPD patch on the pauldron with pride. Working on a nice MG34 as well. Lookin forward to troopin with y'all. soon to be TD#### and you guys will be my brethren.