WOOHOO!!!! Congrats, you made it!!! And a full day early, too!! Incredible work my friend! It's amazing that you were able to create such epic armor in such a short period of time... and with ALL THE TRIMMINGS, no less!! Seriously, extremely well done!!
(Also, Re: the Elite Forum thing, please don't misunderstand, I wasn't suggesting that the product wasn't worthy... what I'm saying is I think there's a big difference between seeing great armor in a thread with no progress posts and saying to yourself, "Wow, that's some awesome armor!" vs. seeing great armor in a thread like yours, with a FULL build diary (progress updates, helpful tips, opinions, suggestions, experiments, triumphs and failures) and saying to yourself, "Wow, that's some awesome armor!! OMG, HE'S SHOWING HOW HE DID IT!!! Maybe I could do that, too!!!" It's a perfect example of the spirit of the 405th (as I've always felt it to be), and is the exact type of exceptional "above and beyond" kind of thing that makes a project worthy of Elite status.)