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Hi Lorenzo and welcome to your EIB appraisal, without any more delay, lets see what we've got! CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All required photos have been posted. Your armor displays all necessary elements required for EIB. With that, we would like to congratulate and welcome you to Expert Infantry! Congratulations. Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: In this section I will touch on suggestions and observations made by both ukswrath,myself and your fellow troopers. These are suggestions to improve the final look of your armor and do not affect any application unless specifically stated. You have a nice and clean build here Lorenzo, the helmet paint job is well executed, your blaster is on point, there are just a few maters of minor adjustment and a modification we would like to see made so you look your best. You will be required to make these changes for your Centurion application, and they are listed in that section . This is one of those things, it's not written in the CRL, but something that stood out to us was how thick the drop boxes in your build look. Drop box thickness. (approximately 15MM) The rule of thumb here is 15mm thickness, as you can see from the screen shot below, they are quite slim in comparison. It would be great to see these trimmed down and have you looking as sharp as can be. Screen shot Centurion Suggestions: 1. Belt position to low. The ammo belt should sit at the base of or slightly overlapping the main button plate at the bottom, easily achievable for you. Adjust to red line 2. Close gap between shoulder bells and shoulder bridges. Its a little hard to tell whether the bells are pulling the elastic out from under the plastic bridges or your straps are ajust slightly to long. If it is the later shortening the straps will bring the two to virtually if not touching each other at the top. (Green circles) 3. Gap between back and kidney plate is too large. The CRL states no or minimal overlap between the back and kidney, but there should also not be a large gap. We believe by simply shortening the connecting straps this will close up to an acceptable level. 3. Close up the small gap between Ab and kidney plates This may have only opened up due to your arms being raised, but eather shortening up the straps, or using a webbing material instead of elastic will keep it closed. the opposite side is perfect. Once again Lorenzo, a great clean build, and as we have mentioned, only some fine tuning required. Make your adjustment, thin down those drop boxes,and hope to see you in the Centurion Request thread soon. Well done.

Exciting, did I see somewhere the BR release was in April? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hey Karl, could you please add the required photos of your blaster to application. We need left side, right side and an end photo showing the D ring. Thank you

Hi Lorenzo, thanks for your patience. Ukswrath and I will be looking at your application soon.

Awesome work Mark, and damn you!, makes me want to order another AP kit just for the updates..... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hey Andrew, thank you so much for your patience, and for this great Centurion application. Without further delay, lets go through it. CRL and Centurion Application Requirements: All required submission photos have been posted. Upon review, it has been determined that your armor displays all the necessary requirements to qualify for Centurion. Congratulations Andrew, you made it, and you look awesome! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: It was a pleasure to review your armor, the little drop box mod required from your EIB review, has ensured they will now always sit in the correct position. Thank you for posting up the extra images of your main trooping blaster (Hyperfirm E-11). I know a few of the die hard E-11 fans on FISD really wanted to see the correct scope on your show piece Sterling, and it is for this reason we requested you use the other E-11 for your final approval. The Hyperfirm E-11 have always been excepted at Centurion, providing they had the "D" ring added. I sincerely want to thank you again Andrew, for your co-operation, understanding and adding those photos of your primary Trooping weapon. We all hope you get your hands on an the correct M38 or 40 scope soon, I'm sure everyone is looking forward to seeing a photo or two of your kick a$$ (Real Deac Sterling) in all its glory. Once again, congratulations on a sweet build Centurion!!

eBay sells fans, if you know how to wire them up, but if you want a great fan kit, you can't go past Echo's set up. Send him a PM Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

G'day Ben, and thank you for your application, and another sharp RS build, lets take a look. CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All submission photos have been posted. Your armor displays all the necessary elements to qualify for EIB. Welcome to Expert Infantry trooper! Armor Fit/Assembly: In this section, we review suggestions made by your fellow troopers and our own observations. All go towards improving the final look of your armor. If there is anything that would affect a future Centurion application it will be mentioned in that section at the bottom. To be honest, there is not a lot to talk about here, its more about balancing and fine tuning. Thigh positioning: Your thigh armor, with the ammo pack on could sit a little higher, as it is quite a bit lower than the other. Back to Kidney overlap: There is a visible overlap between your back and kidney plate, that looks like it may not always occur, but I think you are already looking to make adjustments. This would be great if you could reduce or eliminate it for a future centurion application Blasters: Vern mentioned your blaster weathering was lacking detail. Photographs never really give us the same representation of what can be seen first hand holding and looking at the item itself, so all may not be as it seems with your images. In saying this, when it comes to weathering I am a firm believer in less is more, and a little research on what materials the parts of a real Sterling were made of as well as the various bits and pieces the prop department decided to stick on them. Parts like the T tracks which are made from plastic might look different to the steel barrel and trigger guard. of the E-11. Centurion Suggestions: The ultimate accuracy required for Centurion is up to the trooper, but there are a few things we would like to see corrected so you look your best. Sniper plate alignment: I'm not sure what type of bonding agent RS use, so this may be a little tricky to accomplish, however the plate should follow the ridge of the top of the shin. Yours appears to sit below the ridge, and we think this is something that should be corrected for your Centurion application Correct Sniper plate positioning Drop Boxes: These need to align with the outer edges of the plastic ammo portion of your belt. in a few of the photos, yours are sitting in from there. Below is the correct alignment Side Rivets: These will most defiantly need to be painted white for a future centurion submission. Centurion is about a higher level of accuracy, and we do want our Troopers looking like they just stepped off the movie set. CRL wording. Rivets are painted white. All in all, you have a very nice set of armor and only a few adjustments and modifications, and we hope to see you in the Centurion application thread soon, well done Trooper Once again congratulations on achieving EIB!!

Hi Ben, thanks for your patience, we are reviewing your armor, and will be with you shortly. Sit tight.

Well done Manual [emoji106] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hi Eric, thank you for your application, lets go through it. CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All submission photos are here, and all requirements have been met for Expert Infantry. Congratulations and welcome to the ranks Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: In this section, we review suggestions made by your fellow troopers and our own observations. All go towards improving the final look of your armor, but before we go into this, I would like to say WOW you have done a great job, and the new AM 2.0 chest and back plates are a vast improvement on their previous version. As mentioned by Gaz, we too thought your Biceps did look a little large at the bottoms. We would like to thank you for posting the additional images of your biceps to help clear up any possible fitment issues, awesome work!, there is no doubt they do fit you well. Only two things to note, you can definitely remove a fair bit of return edge on both sides of your back plate. Trimming these back so there is an even amount right the way down either side will certainly tidy this area up. There is also some excess that can come off the seam where the Ab and kidney meet at both sides, again giving a tidier appearance. Centurion Suggestions: Get yourself some rubber or flexible hand guards, make the above suggested mods and take all the required photos for the next level. Thanks again for a great application and we expect to see a Centurion from you in the near future.

Do I hear a 75 watt, anybody.., maybe a 100watt Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I must have missed this one, I'm going to check it out...... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I think you have answered your own question. A spare strip of ABS or Hips will do fine. I bought an A4 size 2 pack of HIPS 1mm thick for repairs such as that. I went with the 1mm for flexibility as it's easy to bend. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Cool, can't wait to see this one come along mate [emoji106] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hi Erik Ukswrath and myself will be looking at your application shortly, thanks for your patience.

It is a thread on applications for a higher level of accuracy, above basic 501st approval of a TK costume. Verb was referencing the fact that there are many RS applications in that thread. Rest assured, RS is a fabulous kit, they are fine to deal with, and finally, the ultimate accuracy is up to you and your build. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And the tube stripes are so far away from the cheeks. [emoji102] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

But the shape of those T tracks are a little too "Rebels" TK blasterish for me. Perhaps grind them down to straighten out the curve I think a few of us might have a background discussion on this, to see what the general feel is, and if any more mods would bring it to an EIB passable level, or if it is acceptable at the stage you have it. Before Doopy kits, the Hasbro's and home made versions were all that was available, unless you could get your hands on a deac. Now days we are spoiled for choice with more accurate versions. You have done a great job on this One [emoji106] Please bare in mind, this would require a change in the CRL and this may take some time to happen, if it is ever decided that it would be an accepted blaster for EIB. But all the above doesn't mean you can't troop with it anyways. [emoji6] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Well done Rui, great build. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hi Andrew thank you for your application, lets jump to it. CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All submission photos have been posted. Your armor displays all the necessary elements to qualify for EIB. With that, we would like to welcome you to Expert Infantry!! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: In this section, we review suggestions made by your fellow troopers and our own observations, that go towards improving the final look of your armor. If any suggestions require changes, we list those in the above section or the Centurion Suggestions section. This is yet another example of close to perfect armor building. We can only say well done so many times. Your blaster is awesome, you just cant beat the real McCoy, and the armor fits you very well. The only thing we could come up with is your drop boxes. just make sure they are secured from behind the belt to stop them from sliding around. Make sure they are aligned with the ends of the plastic ammo section. Some thing mentioned by your fellow troopers : Blaster scope, usually would be a M38 or 40, where you are using a variant. as EIB and Centurion are about a higher standard of accuracy, and not prop replication, we have no issue with this, although it would be the ultimate final touch. Helmet paint job. We agree it is a fine example indeed. Centurion Suggestions: The ultimate accuracy required for Centurion is up to the trooper. You have made it extremely difficult for us to comment on something here. Job well done!!!! Congratulations, and we hope to see a Centurion application in the future.

Apologies for delay Derek, I am on family vacation, and have very crappy Internet and cell phone service where we are staying. Tony and I have had a look at your app and will complete it as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience and sorry for the delay. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Another quality read from the propaganda team, thanks to all that put this together, very enjoyable. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Well done guys, that is truly awesome. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

That's pretty cool. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk