Recent content by Cadet

It is absolutely a bad idea to display or brandish any prop weapons, even with an orange tip, on a College Campus. Halo Armor is Militaristic/Tactical looking, there is always the possibility of someone panicking and calling the police, even if you don't have a prop weapon with you, it is best...

Another option to make your visor remove able that has gained a lot of popularity recently is to use Velcro of you have enough extra material around the edge of your visor. Just line the opening in your helmet with the loop or soft side, and place the hook side on the visor to match. This will...

As you have not reached 50 constructive posts on the Forum, you are not eligible to be added to your local Regiment. Because Regimental Membership is optional, members are not automatically added to their Regiments once they meet the requirements, and must request to be added. Once you have...

https://www.405th.com/forums/threads/the-405th-and-paintball-airsoft.41573/ Please note that we do not discuss using our costumes for use while playing Paintball/Airsoft or in place or in addition to protective gear for any sport. Our costumes are purely for fun and for no protective purposes...

First thing, read the New Recruit and Membership FAQs to get an understanding of our Organization's structure and set up: https://www.405th.com/forums/threads/new-recruit-faq.44269/ https://www.405th.com/forums/threads/membership-faq.45344/ You can start your Build Thread here in the New...

Send myself and JTF4 a message with the old account name and email and it might be possible to merge the old account with this new one, or recover it.

We have done some Clean Up in this thread, please keep in mind that this thread is for folks to post an Intro for other users to get to know them and for others to be able to reference back to in the future if hey see someone post in another thread and would like to know more about them. Some...

So, Kirrou's post is from 2010, over 15 years ago now, and the last post in that thread is from 2016, about nine years ago. In the intervening years the files in the Armory have been updated and cleaned up. If you check the dates on the Armory Entry, this one was updated in 2017. We tend to...

I have used E6000, Shoe Goo, and Cyanoacrylate (CA) Super Glue on straps before. All three have worked, but I, personally, had a little better results with the E6000, as occasionally the CA Super Glue did not hold completely. That could have been user error on my part. An important thing to...

For files to be added to The Armory, someone has to offer the Pep or Foam Unfolds here of charge for use by the whole community. Additionally, 3D printing has become much more popular, and these days it does feel like more members focus on creating 3D files than unfolds for Foam or Pep. Many...

The App currently has the time wrong for most or all of the scheduled photoshoots. DragonCon is aware and is working on a fix.

The official Rookie Cosplay Guide says they used Handel Gothic for the font on the armor: https://www.405th.com/forums/threads/official-343i-cosplay-guide-the-rookie.51578/ Denmark is a free font that is also a close match to the ODST Armor text font. Agency FB has been used by a few people...

I really like the Top Gun style logo you and BebopBry came up with. I wouldn't mind getting it as a patch, or at least a sticker myself.

Threads can be unlocked at the request of the creator of the thread: https://www.405th.com/forums/threads/thread-unlock-requests.50711/ They will just auto-lock after a year of inactivity to cut down on spam or "necro-posting." That said, your original thread is not locked...

I would recommend checking out our Tutorial Index: https://www.405th.com/forums/threads/tutorial-index.55449/ You will find tutorials on both of those topics there, as well as plenty of other aspects of armor building.