Actor Explode to Gibs Question

Ok guys I have been messing with this issue for several seeks now and I am stuck. What i want to do is explode the actor into chunky bits when it dies. here is what i have so far and it works just the particle never plays, any idea's what i am doing wrong? I have testes the particle itself in the editor and it does work.

function Armor::onDisabled(%this, %obj, %state)
{
   // Release the main weapon trigger
   %obj.setImageTrigger(0, false);
   %obj.playDeathCry();
   %obj.playDeathAnimation();
   %obj.startFade(1500, 0, true);
   %particles = new ParticleEmitterNode()   
   {  
      position = %position;  
      rotation = "1 0 0 0";  
      scale = "1 1 1";  
      dataBlock = "BloodyGibsEmitterNode";  
      emitter = "bloodBulletDirtSprayEmitter";  
      velocity = "1";  
   };  
   MissionCleanup.add(%particles); 
   %obj.FlashlightDisable();
   // Disable any vehicle map
   commandToClient(%obj.client, 'toggleVehicleMap', false);

   // Schedule corpse removal. Just keeping the place clean.
   //%obj.schedule($CorpseTimeoutValue - 1000, "startFade", 1000, 0, true);
   %obj.schedule($CorpseTimeoutValue, "delete");
}