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Jason! those side gaps are awesome! Great fix! Welcome to EIB, Sir!!!!!!! Please review the Centurion requirements and the photo listings. You are making changes to your armor. For the exception of individual shots like the neck seal, the blaster, and the one above showing the adjusted holster attachment, make sure you submit new armor shots. all shots should be of your Centurion armor for a Centurion application. Good luck1

Rubber handplates will be something you will want to look into, too

Mmmmmmmmmmmm beeeeeeeeer!

You have some good looking armor. If you are shooting for Centurion, you will need to adjust some things. First you will need a thermal detonator even for basic approval. I would resize your right bicep. It is way bigger than your left. Make sure the outer edge of your drop boxes line up,with the far outer edge of your belt. I can"t tell but how the back of your shins are. The outside needs to fold over the inside. On your left, it almost looks like the INSIDE is over the outside. The last thing is your holster. I would start looking at EIB and Centurion applications and look at their holsters. The straps that go to the belt should be attached by rivets or Chicago screws and should be about 3/4 (20mm) wide. They were never sewn. It also looks very wide. It should measure about 5 1/2 inches wide by about 15 3/4 long. There should be no rivets on the seam line. Please ask if you have any questions. Good luck and welcome!

You should really size the parts wearing your undersuit. It makes a difference.

Steve-o!! Great set of RS young man!!! And a great build to go with it! Let's take a look at your armor!! CRL Requirements: All submission photos posted! I like the way you used the brackets for authenticity but used straps to keep things together. It will save ANY cracking from happening. Good clean build all together. All EIB requirements met. With that, I would like to congratulate and welcome you to EIB!!!! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: I always suggest this with the super accurate belts. The fray you are experiencing comes with the material. the original design does not allow the edge to be surged. As a result, the nylon and the twill fray. The lok is great but if it happens too much, it might jeopardize the structure of the belt. You can tame this by mixing up a little all purpose(Elmers type) glue or fabric glue. Dilute it in water by half and brush it along the belt's edges. You don;t need to soak it just enough to cover the stitching. It will still fray a little but not NEARLY as much. I know that the length of your holster straps was brought up. I feel it is more distracting if they are too long than a little short. You can leave them as they are. Centurion Suggestions: With all your details, it is obvious you have Centurion in your sights. I have a couple suggestions that i would do to improve the overall look of your armor. First, you need to reduce the length of the strap that goes between your belt and drop box. There should be little to NO gap here. While we are on drop boxes, make sure that when you photo up for your Centurion shots that your drop boxes align with the ends of your belt. Next is the male snap on the right side. I know that you followed the indent that RS provides as a hardware marker, but if you are leaving the extra material provided, that marker becomes useless as the male snap needs to be in the upper CORNER like this:What I am hoping, is that you will suit back up and really press the ab and kidney together and they overlap allowing you to trim off that extra material. But that male snap, like the side rivets(which are perfect) needs to sit in about 10 from the edge. Next are the handpainted details. I applaud anyone who tackles this task. You did a fine job with one exception: the outline of your traps are a little thick. All grey areas (front/rear traps), tears, and rank bar area should be outlines roughly the same with a pinstripe like this:You nailed it on your rank bars so I know you can do it. Once the adjustment is made, you will see how much better it will look. Lastly is to make sure you are suited up correctly for your Centurion shots. Mark your forearms as the cover strip ridge should be on the TOP of your forearm. (see pic of Han above) Congratulations again!!!!

Ian covered the boot thing, as for your need for a connection between your ab and chest.....no you don't need it. You just want to make sure that your ab never sneaks out over your chest. The next time you suit up, lean back and take a deep breath. If your chest slips under your ab, you will need to consider it. If it doesn't, don't worry about it.

This is a "shiny". I would pull that brow trim off and wet sand thai paint down. Not too much that can be improved on the beauty of this helmet, but that would. Unless you only single coated it. If you did, move along!

Damn! That bolts slams home! Is the charging handle the only thing stopping that?

http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/gallery/image/2246-anhstuntfrown1/ Take a look at these images. You will see that you need to take more out of your teeth

Come paint my car!

Never stop asking questions. Here it is in a nutshell: MTK and CAP are the only two armor makers that sell here and also on Ebay. Trust no other sellers on Ebay. If you see a set of armor other than MTK or CAP, featured here being sold on Ebay, someone bought it, and couldn't build it or had to sell it. If you want to learn the differences in the armors, and you should, look at build threads. You will find all the information you are looking for there.

It is FX armor and should be avoided.

Square out your teeth. Just step back and look at your teeth when cut out. If they look pretty even then you're good. They don't need to be mathematically perfect. I would trim out the eyes a bit more, though.

More off the left side to even things out.

I am blown away by your dedication, your effort and your final look. I am sure that you will agree that the changes, though challenging, were for the better! Your Garrison should be honored to have you beside them! Welcome to Centurion!!!!

SOMEONE INSTALLED THE MALE SNAP CORRECTLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AB!!!!!!!!!!! Well done!

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It looks like more can be taken out of the eyes. There is a distinct mold line on the inside of the helmet. Make sure you are trimmed up to that. +1 on the round teeth. They should be squared off.

Get someone to help you with the fitting of all your parts. It makes I so much easier! Make sure you wear your boots when fitting your shins

Wow Jason! You have bee working tour patootie off!!! Well done on the those corrections!!! Now is the point you throw daggers at me. Before I get into that, keep in mind, Centurion is about the details. Each aspect of anyone's armor and its accessories are considered and looked at. The package must be complete. I couldn't see your blaster well enough on the original pictures you posted. I can see everything now and it revealed 2 things that will need repair. It is great that you upgraded from the hasbro to a doopys kit. However, having a Sterling based kit is awesome, but it needs to be built correctly. With the amount of incredible builds and reference photos available here, I just can't overlook these details:The part on the underside of you blaster near the butt cap is a lock stop and sadly is mounted backwards. It is a "U" shaped channel with a lever inside that sits at an angle pushed up on one side with a spring. Although fake, the mold does show the pivot pin in the center that the lever pivots on. To remove the butt cap on the real gun, the lever needs to be pushed down allowing the butt cap to be pushed forward enough to rotate in the tracks under the cap. Without pushing that lever down, the butt cap hits the lever and cannot be pushed forward. That lever should be angled upward towards the butt cap not the grip like on yours. Secondly, is the rear sight. It, too, is mounted backwards. The serrated or scalloped portion should face the rear. Here is a shot showing a real Sterling back end.(welded to steel pipe. Thanks, usaeatt2)Please contact me if I have confused you in any way. After you make these corrections, PLEASE PLEASE post a pic suited up, standing tall in your "NEW" Centurion armor.

you are correct, Ian. I didn't read far enough down.

I don't think your thighs are up too high. You look like you are tall so a little extra gap between your thighs and shins is expected. Aside from a little battle scuffing, the one thing that jumped out at me was the stack pipe on the right side of your backpack. There should be a TD control panel at the top. I have never seen a ribbed panel before. Your armor is incredible!

WELL DONE!!!

This has been an incredible ride. I will miss not seeing updates from "slightly beat up"