- March 25th, 2011, 5:39 pm#312031
Ok, finally getting around to posting this thread. I've been reading, what feels like, this entire site for the past 5 months. My friend and I built Gareee style packs for Halloween and now its time to finally get to work on the new ones. Been ordering parts nonstop since January and the only thing left is the Sound and light kits. Just to let everyone know who's building new packs for the first time, I promise you can find everything you need right here on this site. The only thing I ordered outside of this site was the magic sculpt and alice frames.
I main goal right now is to get them built. I'm working on 2 packs and want to have them ready at the very least by Dragoncon this year. They won't be GB1 or GB2 at the moment but have elements we like from both. Later on I would like to put Legris elbows and straights on the packs, but I'll worry about those later.
I'm using an Alkaline shell and TC gun kit. The shell should be here soon. Alkaline has been doing a good job to get them out in this last run and keep everyone up to date.
I started with some milspec LC2 alice frames but came across some cheap LC1 frames with accurate straps and pads.
I got a good bit of aluminum parts from Jpa35 and Momeraths24. Definitely worth it. Momerath's parts should be here soon also. From Jpa35, I got an ion arm, shock knob, vhook, resistors and gun knobs.
Nick-a-tron supplied the booster frame, bumpers and crank knobs for me. The bumpers are excellent.
Thanks to Jaystantz, Crix, TheRandalovic, Phish4dinner, MMM, parksdesign and Carpeteria for the rest of the supplies.
So far I have the motherboards fit to the frames and have done some work on the gun kits. The green lever is just there for now, I do plan on cutting it to the right length. Once the magic sculpt gets here I'll start on attaching the bottom plate. I've been so busy at work this week that hopefully I'll make some large leaps next week.
I main goal right now is to get them built. I'm working on 2 packs and want to have them ready at the very least by Dragoncon this year. They won't be GB1 or GB2 at the moment but have elements we like from both. Later on I would like to put Legris elbows and straights on the packs, but I'll worry about those later.
I'm using an Alkaline shell and TC gun kit. The shell should be here soon. Alkaline has been doing a good job to get them out in this last run and keep everyone up to date.
I started with some milspec LC2 alice frames but came across some cheap LC1 frames with accurate straps and pads.
I got a good bit of aluminum parts from Jpa35 and Momeraths24. Definitely worth it. Momerath's parts should be here soon also. From Jpa35, I got an ion arm, shock knob, vhook, resistors and gun knobs.
Nick-a-tron supplied the booster frame, bumpers and crank knobs for me. The bumpers are excellent.
Thanks to Jaystantz, Crix, TheRandalovic, Phish4dinner, MMM, parksdesign and Carpeteria for the rest of the supplies.
So far I have the motherboards fit to the frames and have done some work on the gun kits. The green lever is just there for now, I do plan on cutting it to the right length. Once the magic sculpt gets here I'll start on attaching the bottom plate. I've been so busy at work this week that hopefully I'll make some large leaps next week.