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Submitted to GML for basic.

Thanks! A few weeks without the good stuff will give me time to practice my forum skills!

A couple of small improvements! I shortened the shoulder elastics to reduce gap between chest and back, and I added some black elastic to close the gaps in the butt plate

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Felicidades Guillermo!!!! Como dice Mario, próxima parada Centurión!!!! Congratulations Guillermo !!!! And as Mario says, next stop Centurion!!!!

Hola Guillermo, Thanks for your application and for the quick fix with the helmet tube stripes, as well as the adjustments to your shoulder straps, shoulder bells, and cover strip alignment. CRL and EIB Application Requirements All required photos are now in and, after review, we are pleased to welcome you to Expert Infantry rank. On behalf of the DO team and myself, many congratulations! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly In this area we review observations made by your fellow troopers and the DO team. Some observations may lead to suggestions to improve the overall look of your armor. Note that we consider both text (CRL) and pictures (screen caps/reference images) when reviewing submissions Starting from the top, the tear decals are quite a bit smaller than the molds of the AFP helmet. Not a big deal at all, but if you're able to find decals that are a bit larger, it would look cleaner: Reference Images: Next, the rank bars look better, but they could still be thicker. Additionally, the outline on the left one is a bit squareish, and could be repainted to be rounder. Reference Images: Additionally, the shape of the vocoder paint could be adjusted to better match the screen-used examples. The AFP molds may simply have a different vocoder shape, but you could consider extending the paint as shown. Reference Images: Next, your helmet is sitting quite high. This may be necessary for visibility, but if you could remove some of the padding at the top, there would be less of a gap between the bottom of your helmet and the top of the back armor and will make it less likely people are able to see into your helmet while trooping. Reference Images: Moving along, your belt is sitting a bit high in the rear. Of course everyone's body shape is different, but if you could move it down in the rear, that would better match screen-used examples. Note that the position of your belt in the front is perfect (barely overlapping the lower ab buttons) so moving the rear down would also change the position of the front of the belt, you shouldn't do it. Reference Images: (Edit: looks like you've already fixed this since I wrote this review!) Next, as was already pointed out, your butt plate isn't fitting you as well as it could. I think you might be able to add or tighten some strapping, but I'd also consider using a hot water bath to increase the curve of the piece so that it wraps around your body better. Especially viewed from behind, you can see the armor piece is wider than your waist. Reference Images: Next, we're suggesting you touch up the paint on your thigh ammo pack rivet. Reference Images: Finally, your blaster grip should not have any weathering on it, as they were black plastic. Reference Images: Centurion Requirements In this section we prepare you for Centurion. More photos may be requested in the future that allow us to make better decisions on possible adjustments. If there are any areas of concern they will be discussed here. Because Centurion photos show much more detail than EIB, items to pertaining to Centurion might be seen there and not here. We try to point out all that we can from what is seen, but the final accuracy is the responsibility of the trooper. Starting at the top, the L3 CRL states: Ear bars shall have only two to three bumps painted in black (rank stripes). Since your ear bars have only one painted black, you should paint one or two more. Reference Image: You've already posted updated photos for two issues that would have been Centurion blockers: the shoulder bell gap and the lack of the shoulder strap white elastic: There should be a minimal gap between the shoulder armor and the chest/back plates. The plastic shoulder straps need to be held down in the back via a white elastic band to the white fabric that connects/bridges the chest and back piece. However, please note that you should take new full-body photos with the corrections for your Centurion application. Next, for L3, the gaps at the bottom of your thighs should be filled or backed with a small square of ABS. This isn't something that's called out in the CRL text, but it's clear from reference images. Reference Images: And that's it! You're essentially already there, so we hope to see your Centurion application soon. In the meantime, please accept our congratulations for reaching the rank of EIB!

Gee wiz it's been awhile everyone! Alot has happened! Hope you all are going well. First of all, I got a job at the local cinema, and we had a Star Wars Marathon, so great time to do my first mini-troop. The armour looked great and felt great. Wore the armour around town for around 2 hours. I tell you what, I see why you guys love doing it so much. The amount of times I heard 'You've made my day' warmed my Imperial heart. Some photos below: Some of you keen eyed people that have been following for the past year (YES it's been over a year now) will see, Hey Tom, you actually got around to finishing the TD you lazy nerf-hearder. Yes I did finish it, but it currently has the wrong screws. I also think it could probably sit a little lower on my belt. Opinions? I also got around to getting a 3D printed blaster from Etsy, which is pretty high quality, and much more easier to put together than the resin one. Just Bondoing and sanding now. I could probably go for my approval now! So just really the new TD screws I need to do now. Wow what a journey!

It seems a little early to start a build thread since my armor is still a few weeks out but that doesn't mean things haven't been happening. Besides, starting early will make sure I can figure out how to add pictures and understand the formatting for when everything does get here. The BBB may be a few weeks off but today was officially LBB&E day. As in Little Brown Box and Envelope day. I've actually been ordering supplies for the last 2 weeks and organizing it in a work space. I have a completely empty bedroom I am using for the build so I never have to worry about putting things away and getting them back out again. Hopefully this will make things go easier. I also got my iComm kit and fan cooling kit in! Thank you Ukswrath!

felicidades Guillermo!!!! Bienvenido al EIB, a trabajar para Centurión!!!! Congratulations Guillermo !!!! Welcome to EIB, now it’s time to work on Centurion!!!!

ok, got it. great suggestion still!

thank you

Great work, almost there

Well it looks like we know who Disney gave the licensing rights to. Wonder if they'll ever make the full kit? Doubt it but hey, doesn't hurt to hope for the best

Felicitaciones Guilermo Bienvenido a Experto de Infantería !! próxima parada Centurión !! Congratulations Guillermo , welcome to EIB ranks!! Next stop Centurion !!

Congratulations and welcome to the EI ranks trooper

Mario, very interesting. I've got a set of those (right & left) from my duct working days (a millenia ago) but that looks like a neutral which would probably be better. Thanks!

Approved for basic! That was quick lol.

In that case you can use larger cover strips, it is acceptable we just try to aim for standard reference sizing when possible. Be interesting to see how you go with your forearms.

You may need to use a free online photo host such as Imgur to host your images, google doesn't work very well with the forums. Looks like you are just about ready to roll, just need some white bits

Caleb has a review of the Hellhounds blaster

Just throwing it out there that Hellhounds does include a Hengstler when appropriate (he does do the ESB version without them as well on request) - I know this because it's modeled off of @Oztrooper's real one! I've been impressed with the accuracy for how tough they are.

Hellhounds' rubber E-11's are definitely worth a look and US-based as well... https://www.facebook.com/hellhounds.props ------------

I posted that info in his build thread and an etsy seller