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Hey David, sorry I am running a bit behind at the moment, will be with you shortly, and thank you for your patience. Could you please add a photo of the end of your blaster showing the D ring face on, thank you.

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Hi Remy, and welcome to your EI review, lets take a look. CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All required photos have been posted however there is something that will require modification before we can award you the EI badge. As per the wording in the CRL in reference to your side shims. For level two certification (if applicable): Any gap between the abdomen and kidney armor is no more than 1/2" (12.5mm) wide. Any shims used to achieve this effect are of a similar material and color as the abdomen and kidney armor. Shims fit flush and seams are allowed. We are referencing the fact that your side shims are not a flush fit but sit behind the Kidney and abdomen plate. Generally a backing piece is used, then you glue the shim on top of that and align it with the edge of the kidney plate. Know the multiple seams are fine for EIB but only a single seam is allowed at Centurion. Here is an example of kidney shims from other EI applications for your reference. Ignore the rivets as they are not required for EI approval. If you can please attend to the above and resubmit a few new photos, we will continue with your review. You got this Remy, your so close.

Hi Tom Don't stress buddy, we know not everyone fits into a TK the same. The desired look is to have them almost touching, but I can see by your photo that they may never do that. You have been given some good advise above, and i can see that there is a possibility that you can get them a bit closer. You can entirely remove that bottom return edge, in fact that way its actually screen accurate. it will also make the heat bending much easier and allow the bells to come in a touch. Once you try that, see if you cant shorten those top straps up a bit and we can have another look for you. Tony and I are here to help, so never a problem for you to shoot us a PM and ask us for advice. Hope to see an EIB application from you soon Cheers Andrew

Welcome to your Centurion review Lee, lets get right into it!! CRL and Centurion Application Requirements: All submission photos are present and your armor meets all the Centurion requirements. Ukswrath and myself would like to congratulate you on a job well done Lee Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: Thanks so much for making those two minor adjustments, and also very well done on dropping some weight , you look awesome buddy We have nothing more to add, except report for duty Centurion!!

Hi Scott, thank you for your EI applications, lets look at your armour!! CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All required photos have been posted and your armor meets all EI requirements. We would like to welcome you to the level of Expert Infantry, Congratulations!. Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: Thanks for the quick shoulder bell fix, you got it perfect, but also thanks for such a beautiful clean build. I love these kinda applications. We really only have an accuracy detail to mention, the screws on your thermal det. if you could paint those black that would be icing on the cake. Reference image. Centurion Suggestions: We have nothing really to add here, as long as the extra photos required for level 3 don't uncover anything drastic that we cant see from your already provided images. Just keep an eye on your ab and kidney slipping up out of alignment. Its only a photo issue noticeable in your side on shots. Congratulations once again, for a great application, build and your EI badge.

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Hi Scott, I am going to give you the opportunity to fix something up, while I catch up to date on application reviews. In you first image, it looks as though you have a good 1" gap between the top of your shoulder bells and the plastic shoulder bridges. If you could please shorten up those top straps so the top of the bells virtually touch the bridges, that would be great. They should look like this. We will be back with you soon.

Hi Joe, welcome to your expert infantry review, here we go!! CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All required photos have been posted and your armor meets all EI requirements. We would like to welcome you to the EI rank, Congratulations!. Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: In this part of the review process, we see how the armour fits you and also check the balance of parts and some finer details. Our aim here is always to get you looking your best by suggesting tweaks and adjustments. This is a precursor to Centurion, but if anything is required according to the CRL for that level, we will make mention in the below section as well. We must say a big well done on this incredible build. Not only does it fit you well, but the balance and paint details on the helmet that arent decals is also spot on. Only Three minor things we can suggest. 1. Just keep an eye on the top shoulder bell straps. We can see that they are prety close to the bridges, but they are pulling the white elastic that connects chest to back, out from underneath the plastic bridges themselves. 2. The butt plate is popping out and moving up all way around. The easiest fix here is to use some wider, heavier duty elastic, and shorten the straps up, but you could also attach the snap plates closer to the return edge of the butt and kidney plates to allow less movement.Spacing the end two straps closer to the outer edges will stop the ends from popping out. 3. Thermal det screws. Just an accuracy thing for that just stepped off the movie set look. Centurion Suggestions: Although you must follow the guidelines as set out in the CRL for Centurion, the final level of accuracy is up to the trooper. You are indeed on the right path sir, its the eye for details we truly appreciate, and unless something comes up in the extra photos required in a level 3 submission, we see absolutely no reason why you cant go all the way. Have a crack at those above mentioned mods and you are there. Thank you for such a clean application, it was our pleasure to review it. Congratulation trooper,

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Hey Stephen, sorry for the delay, thank you for your application and welcome to your Centurion review!! CRL and Centurion Application Requirements: All submission photos are present and your armor meets all the Centurion requirements. Ukswrath and myself would like to congratulate, and welcome you to the rank Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: I like clean builds, and I can not lie, very nicely done. Thank you for painting the screws on your Thermal det, and working with tony and i on adjusting the position of the button plate as well. Also a big thanks for making the requested adjustments from your EIB thread, and we see you now have a handle on using a photo upload software. Another thank you for the last minute adjustment to the Thermal det, well done indeed. Once again, congratulations Trooper, get out their and continue to make your garrison proud!!

Wow you work fast, thank you for such a complete Centurion application lets get to the pleasantries! CRL and Centurion Application Requirements: All submission photos are present and your armor meets all the Centurion requirements. Ukswrath and myself would like to congratulate you on a job well done. Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: We have nothing further to add here, you have made the requested adjustments, and you look AWESOME!! Congratulations Trooper, a beautiful build that is a credit to you

Hi Joe We require a photo of the back of your E11 showing the D ring, it does look as though from the side shots, youare missing this. It forms part of the CRL requirement for EIB. If you don't have one, could you please organise and then re submit a photo showing the D ring. As per CRL D-ring mounted on the rear. Thanks Joe, and nice build by the way

Hi Aaron , thank you for your EIB application, lets take a closer look. CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All required photos have been posted and your armor meets all EI requirements. Ukswath and I would like to welcome you to the level of Expert Infantry, Congratulations!. Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: In this section, we go over observations made by your fellow troopers and ourselves. Any suggestions made that would affect an application will be made in the above and below sections. Its never easy hand painting a TK helmet, and my utmost respect goes out to those that do. You have done a good job of this, but there are just a couple of little things we would like you to tidy up. In the below photo your front trap the bottom should finish straight across and be parallel to the top line of the trap. It looks as though yours starts to come down at an angle first, before disappearing under the brow trim. Generally fixing up paint jobs isn't too hard on ABS. I use a toothpick dipped in Mineral turpentine and scratch the paint away, then clean up and repaint. Another thing that is hard to determine w from the photo, is where the paint should finish. If we look at the image below we can see that the painted areas finish at the bottom of the indent where the ridge wall starts. The paint doesn't go up those small steps. This ones only a photo issue as it has probably moved around while kitting up. Your right shin is rotating outwards and out of alignment. If you find this happens a fair bit, placing some foam pieces in the front at either side will stop the twisting. Alternatively there are various stirrup systems you can make that stop the twist, but also stop the shins from ridding up. It might pay to try and shorten the straps between your Butt plate and kidney plate as much as you can, you could also apply some heat to try and curve it a bit more to the contour of your body. Possibly even wearing the belt lower at the back so it wraps level around you will stopp the plate popping out to the degree it currently is. Centurion Suggestions: Well you've got this far, we certainly hope you will go all the way. This is the section where we do our best to get you ready for a Centurion application. From what we can see in your application, really its only the things we have mentioned in the above section that can get you looking truly remarkable, so we would definitely love those areas remedied for any future centurion application. Make sure you follow the CRL for level 3 closely, and include all required submission photos. Well, yet again congratulations Aaron,Tony and I hope to see you in the Centurion application section soon.

Hey Gabriel!! thank you for your Centurion application, and thank you for making the suggested updates from your EIB application. CRL and Centurion Application Requirements: All submission photos are present and your armor meets all the Centurion requirements. Ukswrath and myself would like to congratulate you on a job well done. Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: In this section we make suggestions mentioned by your fellow troopers, and ourselves. We are happy to report, there is nothing add here. Excellent work! You did a great job on relocating those rivets as well.

G'day Kai, thanks for your application, lets dive in!! CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All required photos have been posted, and your armour meets all requirements as set out in the Lvl 2 CRL, congratulate and welcome to Expert Infantry. Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: What an awesome job you have done with this build, and nice upgrade to the CFO Hovi tips, we definitely approve. There are a couple of things that will help continue your quest of excellence, as it is clear you have an eye for detail. We have a few fitting sugestion that should make wearing this kit more comfortable, plus we will make mention of Centurion requierments in that section below. Ok we will start with how your back, kidney and butt plates sit and what we think will get you the best you can look result. This one is mentioned in the CRL for Level 2 (EIB)and will need some attention as we think it will help change the way your butt plate sits as well. For level two certification (if applicable): Back plate shall have no, or minimal overlap of the Kidney plate. So, you have what would be considered a minimal overlap If you were to trim some of the shoulder section back on each side of the back plate, and remove the inner return edge that arcs around the neck Then shorten up the elastic from chest to back, the back plate will then sit higher, and eliminate the overlap. If enough comes off, then you can bring the kidney plate up and in-turn the butt plate will also sit a bit higher. Most of your cover strips are spot on but the fore arms needs to be a little longer and the end can be trimmed at an angle. Other side of fore arms. Also in this photo we see your butt plate popping out. If you reduce the width of the return edge by at least 50% and then try some gentle heat bending of the sides, it should sit better on you. As it looks at the moment, your thighs look to be sitting almost too high and under the butt plate as well. Drp the height down to give a better range of motion. The Velcro strapping might not be helping matters with the butt plate either so perhaps upgrading to snap plates and elastic could also do the trick. Some reshaping of the bottom of the shins will also get you looking the best you can and that just walked off the set look. They appear as though they might damage your boots over a period of time. Centurion Suggestions: In this section, we do our best to make sure you are prepared for the next level. but sometimes unfortunately, there are things we cant see. These cover strips are probably the thing we most want to see tidied up As we see it you have two options. 1. Remove the return edge and trim the high corners off the elbow end of the fore arms, or 2. make longer cover strips but still remove some of the return edging, specially those sharp corners. As you see in the image of an original suit below, virtually all return edges were removed, and the parts line up at the ends. One of the things we cant see in your images is the 6 side rivets. This is a centurion requirement, so please follow the CRL carefully, make your adjustments and inclusions, and we shall see you again in the future. Excellent build and again, congratulations.

Hi May Wayne, thank you for your application to EIB, lets get to it!! CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All required photos have been posted and your armor meets all EI requirements. We would like to welcome you to the level of Expert Infantry, Congratulations!. Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: Wow This armour fits you beautifully, and is almost faultless in construction. It was a pleasure to review. Thank you for a great paint job on the frown, it tapers so well. We see in your thread, that you are already making more accuracy finishing touches to the eyes and replacing the ear screws, this make tony and I very happy to see. Basically you are leaving us with almost nothing more to add Ok the only thing we can pinpoint would be just to check the strapping between you back and kidney plate, and possibly add two outer straps to stop the plate from popping out at each side. Centurion Suggestions: Here is where we try our best to spot things that may require adjustment or change. It is obvious that you set out this build with Centurion as your goal, keep up the good work, and we shall see you in Centurion.

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Could we please get a clear photo of the cod rivet and snaps from the outside, can only see from internal strapping . Thank you

Hi Gabriel Any chance you could shorten up those top shoulder bell straps so the bells are virtually touching the shoulder bridges. They look a lot further away in your centurion app than they did in this centurion app. Please once done add an extra photo suited up so we can see they are sitting where they should. Great work by the way, I'm just waiting on this one little thing and i can post up your review. Many thanks

Hey Nick welcome to your EI review, lets get into it!! CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All submission photos have been posted. Your armor displays all the necessary elements to qualify for level 2. Welcome to Expert Infantry trooper! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: In this section we review observations made by your fellow troopers and ourselves. Some observations may lead to suggestions to improve the overall look of your armor. If any suggestion affects any application, it will be listed separately in the above or below sections. Great job on the armour Nick, your looking shiny and white. We have a few fitment and adjustment suggestions for you, some to get you looking your best, and some that will need to be fixed to get you on the way to Centurion. Also we will mention the little things that can be done to upgrade the Anovos kit to even better screen accuracy. Lets start with some simple strap adjusting. We will cover 3 points with the image below. Back to kidney plate: these are separating on your left side, possibly moved during the photo taking process. We are finding that the supplied Velcro strapping system can be the cause of some misalignment, so the quick fix is to shorten the strap /tighten up the Velcro. We also think the right shoulder bridge could be sitting flat as is the left, and may have shifted during the photo shoot as well. In this same photo below we also see the cover strips over the top ridge of the shins. These should finish at the base of the top ridge as per the reference image underneath. It would be great if you could correct this one for your Centurion application. Shin reference image Your thighs look to be sitting almost on top of your shins, this cant be easy to walk around in, so raising the height by reducing the length of strapping they are attached too will sort it. We did notice you have a fair amount of return edge left in the tops of the thighs, so if they are tight fitting, reducing that will give some wiggle room and help them sit higher as well. Blaster looks great, but some black paint on the charging lever and just a touch of weathering will go a long way. Remember with weathering, Less is more. Work in progress::: Centurion Suggestions: Because Centurion photos show much more detail than EIB, items pertaining to Centurion might be seen there and not here. We try to point out all we can from what is seen but the final accuracy is the responsibility of the trooper. This is also where we try and get you in the best possible position for a successful Centurion application. There are a few things that will need change or adjustment as per the Lvl 3 CRL so lets take a look. Your drop boxes appear to move around a bit in your photos. These need to be in alignment with the ends of the plastic ammo portion of the belt For level three certification (if applicable): Drop boxes are vertically aligned with the end of the ammo belt with minimal gap between belt and box.They can be affixed to the canvas belt using adhesive Velcro or even a dab of glue to keep them in the correct position Reference image Bellow are some suggested upgrades to nail the overall accuracy of you beautiful armor. The finishing touches that can make all the difference if you are chasing perfection Hovi meshin this kit is a little fine, so changing it out with a larger type is an option. We know some of the guys have cut out mesh from wire strainers to get a closer match to the originals. Reference image. The Anovos supplied screws for both the ears and the Thermal Det can also be changed to the correct type. They should be V head or counter sunk slotted style. Where as on the thermal det, they should be slotted pan head variety. Also painting them black gives the perfect finishing touch. You have really done a wonderful job on this build, with only a few minor adjustments, centurion is within your grasp. Would be really great to see that blaster finished with some weathering too. Congratulations again Nick on a job well done., and hope to see you in Centurion review soon.