Vader’s Wingman

Congratulations Diana!!! Well done! Welcome to EIB!

Thanks Evan!

Looks awesome Stuart! Great build! You are one tall trooper. As Steve mentioned you are missing some photos so I will comment on what I see. For EIB and the pictures provided this should be an easy pass. Moving forward to Centurion there are a couple things I notice. The brackets that hold your thermal detonator are in to the center too far. They should be close to touching or touching the end caps.(1/8th inch gap between brackets and end caps) Also your under armor looks a bit loose in spots especially on your torso/arm area. You may want to go a size smaller to get a tighter look. This may or may not be an issue, but I think the return edge on your butt plate is a little excessive and may need to be trimmed. Your holster straps may also be a little too wide. They should be 20mm or smaller across. And I see you already have the chemical gloves but you will need the rubber hand guards if you are going to try for Centurion. Your sniper knee plate also looks like it could use a bit of trimming and sharpening up on the part that rises above the shin. Another little detail that sharpens up the helmet is spreading a bit of gloss white model paint on some paper or cardboard and dipping your Hovi MIC tips straight down into the paint so the ring around the mesh is white. Ok, I'm done. Lol. Kudos on a great build! As always, please wait for Steve to give his instruction before making any changes! Good luck!

Looks great Diana! As stated above I would extend the gray on the last two frown positions so they are more "triangular". Also your cod looks a bit large and I think could use some trimming to look more proportionate to your size. Also the cod rivet looks a little big, and your left drop box is hanging a bit lower than the right. There should be minimal gap. Your shins also look loose especially when viewed from the back. It is also noticeable from the sides. They seem to "overhang" a bit. Black shoulder bell straps are also either missing or hard to see because of your under armor. Nothing that will affect EIB but moving forward for Centurion these might be areas to look at. Steve has the final say obviously so don't make any changes unless he instructs you to do so. Overall a nice looking build! Good luck!

Thank you sir!

First troop today in my official Centurion!

Thanks Manny! And that's for sure!

Thank you everyone so much! Especially Steve for helping and guiding along the way. I am very proud to be among the 123 Centurions in the Legion. Very, very PROUD! March on Troopers!!!

Jason Poulin 6276 Centurion Letter

As requested, new photos with all improvements! (And Steve, I also adjusted the shoulder bells) Thanks to my love Desiree for the photos.

Lock stop mounted correctly and rear sight mounted correctly

I will fix ASAP! And I will get suited up later this afternoon and have my wife take pics.

Thanks Ian! Once I put my mind to it, it's getting done!

And last but not least..........chest return edges trimmed to proper size.

Thanks Evan! Been working my butt off all day!

Steve, as requested. Better and close up blaster photos. New sight rail, sight rail into vent hole on top of barrel, front sight fixed and bayonet lug attached .

Ab button plates trimmed and restaged

Shin strips trimmed to not cover ridge

Thigh pack trimmed .

New sight rail DONE. Already placed into position. Fresh coat of paint coming up next!

Thanks Steve! I'm working on the blaster now. I WILL have everything done tonight.

Drop boxes completed. Meeting my mom for lunch then I'll be back to finish the rest!

Update. 4 more days left of vacation so I plan on working to get this done before I go back to work. I miraculously found the missing bayonet lug under my couch. I'm heading to the Depot now to try and find some 1/16th aluminum.......stay tuned.

Thanks for the input Steve. All the trim work on the chest, thigh pack, ab plates and shin strips will be easy enough. The drop boxes I just made the other day and are pretty well zapped together so I will have to make another set to proper thickness. Everything with the blaster came trimmed and I just assembled. That's how the front sight fit out of the box.I will have to try and fill the gaps with bondo. The sight rail I had to make and did the best I could with 1/8 thick aluminum. I'll have to try and find something thinner to get the bends properly. The bayonet lug..........I don't know what happened to it. It was there..... I'll get to work on everything right away!

It is definitely overwhelming the first time you open that box and see all the pieces and say "How am I going to get this done?" I'm sure everything will go fine and as always don't be afraid to ask questions! Good luck with your build. I look forward to seeing it completed!