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Hi Justin Please post a photo of your helmet so we can see the green lens clearly, maybe shine a torch behind them as many do Thank you.

Hi Stuart and thank you for your application to Expert infantry. You are the first RotJ application to be review by the new DO team, nice milestone. Secondly I think you are also the first member of the Redback Garrison to apply for the RotJ EIB badge, congrats on coming this far, it was an absolute privileged to be able to review your application. Time to get on with it. CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All required photos have been supplied and your armor meets all the requirements as per the EIB CRL. With that I would like to congratulate and award you the EIB badge, well done. Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: In this section we will go over observations from your fellow troopers and ourselves. If these observations should lead to suggestions for corrections or adjustments, they will pointed out, if those adjustment would affect an application and be required to change. Man your armour looks fantastic, Mark from CFO should be proud of you. There are only a couple of very minor adjustment you could make to the overall look, but these will not have a bearing on your approval. I'm not sure if your forearms are attached to the Biceps, but your right one sits a bit lower than the left. Easy adjustment. Your shoulder bell top straps could be shortened just a tad, so the top of the Bells virtually touches the shoulder bridges. Ammo Belt: Looks like it may have slipped down during your photos, but it currently is sitting quite low. As the ammo and nylon belt proper are attached to the Ab plate on RotJ armour I believe they are pivoting downwards from those two rivet attachment points. This could be fixed with some Velcro in the center between the Ab plate and the belt proper itself, and possible wearing the belt a little lower and tighter at the back. Your current belt position As in this screen grab, and photo from the Lucas archives where it should sit. It is very obvious that you have built this armour with Centurion ambition from the outset, as we can see from the various additions and extra photos. One other suggestion, perhaps just tidy up the top and bottom edges of the button plate on your Thermal det, they still have a small raised lip generally caused when trimming using the score and snap method. Take your Stanley knife (box cutter) and run it across the edge down the length, this will remove a very small amount and take that lip off. Centurion Suggestions: I am really struggling here to find something missing or not quite right. We haven't had many RotJ applications in the past either, hence the reason maybe not many of your fellow troopers have chimed in with suggestions. Make those minor adjustment mentioned above, check the CRL and photo guide to make sure you have everything correct, and we shall see your Centurion application in the very near future. Get out there and make the Redback Garrison proud.

G'day Richard and thank you for your EIB application, lets not delay this and get into it. CRL and EIB Application Requirements: Only one photo missing, a close up of your Ab detail, (this will not delay the approval process as we can see the ab details in your full front on picture). Thank you for adding the D ring image as mentioned by Germain, and the internal strapping photos. For reference, I use the Expert Infantry and Centurion Photo checklists http://www.whitearmo...-requirements/ With that said, we would like to award you the Expert Infantry badge, congratulations, well done. Armor Fit/Assembly: In this section we will discuss observations made by your fellow troopers as well as any we make. Sometimes changes and or adjustments are suggested. These are made so you can look your best. If any of these changes could affect a future application, we will discuss that separately in the Centurion section below. Fabulous build mate, you wear it very well. Your attention to detail is evident, from the outstanding quality paint job on the helmet, to the overall proportions/fit and tidy cover strips. If there was anything we could find, it would perhaps be only a few very simple modification. Re position the button plate on your Thermal Det, moving it down to meet the top of the belt clips, as in this photo. Shorten the elastic between your forearm and bicep so as to decrease the gap between the two, make sure your shoulder bells are as close to touching the bridges as they can be, but I think you are already intending to work on these. Only minor modification, which will add to the accuracy of your quality build, and to look your very best. Centurion Suggestions: We try to catch everything that can help you to meet the ultimate goal of Centurion, but to be honest there are only a few suggestions. Well done. Close the small 1/2" gap between Ab and Kidney plate, although it may have only opened when you raised your arms for the photo. Shortening the internal strapping in this area will close it up easily. There are a couple of reasons we like to see internal strapping photos in EIB applications. They allow us to make better informed suggestions on any mods that may be required for Centurion, like closing a gap between AB and kidney plates, or the positioning of the six side rivets if they have already been installed. Last of all, make sure, all the required photos are in your application. http://www.whitearmo...oto-checklist/ Notice that the D ring is not listed on this but is required. If you have any question, please don't hesitate to send Tony or myself a PM Congratulation once more on a very clean, build and welcome to EIB rank We most certainly are looking forward to reviewing a Centurion application when you are ready.

Hi Richard, quick heads up.......internal strapping photo missing from your application

Hi Curanthir they do look a little long, and wide . The width is the easy part to fix as there is no return edge to worry about. First work out how much you want to bring them closer to your chest and shoulder bridge. Once you have that measurement (1/4", 1/2" ) what ever it might be you then need to mark a trim line evenly around the bell. This is easy. Grab a pencil and some coins and make a stack that takes the point of the lead at the desired height (the amount you have decided to trim off) Place the bell on a flat surface hold your pencil on top of the coin stack. The idea is to keep the pencil in one spot and carefully slide the bell around the pencil leaving a perfectly level trim line right the way around the base of the bell. Trim this off with either a box cutter using the same method and lightly scoring as you would if making cover strips using the score and snap technique, then sand the edge lightly to smooth off. The trickier part. The bottom of the bells which have the return edge are probably angled so if you trim this off you will need to make a new return edge as well as following the contour of the bottom to keep the angle. There is a thread on making return edges here on FISD, if I have some time I will try and find it and post the link for you. Hope this makes some sense for you. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hi Richard, Ukswrath and I are currently reviewing application and will get to yours shortly. Thank you for your patience.

Hi Justin, welcome to your EIB review, and thank you for applying, time to get stuck into it. CRL and EIB Application Requirements: Unfortunately there are still a picture missing which is required to complete the approval process. Both left and right side detail arms raised, and a photo that shows your green lenses. Thank you for posting the pictures as suggested by your fellow troopers. All other submission photos are present. you are only a few photos away from your EIB badge.

Hi Stu, Ukswrath and I will review you application shortly. Cheers

Sorry guys, it was a rookie mistake, if you like. I will clarify and also amend my comment in Terry's app. A blaster is not required in Basic approval only. EIB and Centurion have not changed, you need a blaster that meets the requirements of the CRL in both levels. Hope this clears things up [emoji3] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thank you Mark for adding those additional photos, I have updated your application, congratulations you are now Centurion approved.

First of all, thank you Mark for your Centurion application and making the mods that Gazmosis suggested in your EIB application. Let's go straight into it. CRL and Centurion Application Requirement: There's a few photos missing from your application we'd like to see, a close up of the Hovi mic tips, a clear shot of the D ring on your blaster, and the opposite side of your Thermal Det however, we can clearly see the Hovis and D ring are in place and appear to be correct. Though lacking these two image won't effect the application please post them when you have time. Before moving forward we will need to see a close up of the other side of your Thermal Det to verify components like the control panel and screw detail, as well as verify position of the clips in relation to the end caps as seen in the reference pic below. Get this picture in and all being correct, the centurion badge will be yours. Thank you Mark for adding those extra pic's, with that, I would like to congratulate you, welcome to Centurion rank. Continue to do your garrison proud. The only thing I could mention on the Thermal det is that the button plate should be positioned to sit closer, to almost touching the belt clips as in the below image, an easy mod purerly from a cosmetic accuracy point. As for your armor, Wow, you have done a great job. Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: In this section we'll cover observations made by both myself, ukswrath and fellow troopers. Things that can help you look your best. Gaz had you update a few areas in your EIB app and you have masterfully attended to all of them. The only things we could find, and this is just us being picky would be tidying up the black boarder around the Traps on your helmet. they are a little thick, as mentioned by Chilis. This can be accomplished by carefully applying more of the grey paint around the inside edge. You are one up on me personally, as I took the easy way out and used the Dave M decals, so congrats for taking on the hand painted route. As for the ab button color concern mentioned we found them to be correct. And finally we recommend you rein in the back to kidney gap a bit when convenient. We think the gap is a bit excessive and updating it will give your armor a cleaner look. Excellent Job! I see you mentioned in your comment, that you had your submission pictures taken after two hours of being shot at! well you survived, congratulations always a good day when a trooper doesn't go down.

Looks like you are enjoying the challenge, we all learn by mistakes, hell I know I have in the past. Looking good by the way. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hey Dan, congratulations on your approval, and becoming the FIRST Centurion approved, by the new DO team.

Hi Terry thank you for your EIB application and your patience You do indeed have a lot of photos here, obviously much to go through so lets get into it. CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All photos required are present and extras that you would like feedback on, but we are going to ask you to provide a couple more shots of the following items. Clearer image of your boots. As the EIB CRL states: There is no seam present on the front of the boot. It may be the lighting or creasing that appear on yours, but it does look like a seam line running up the front. Thigh ammo pack Rivets: These need to be painted White, It looks like they may have been but the paint is scraped off. It could also be the lighting We would like a better photo showing them painted. Can you please supply these before we move forward with your EIB badge. You have done a great job with your armor, but unfortunately your Blaster does not appear as described in the CRLphotos.. The Blaster is required to have the correct number of T- tracks (6 total), with the lower row of open vent holes on the magazine housing side. This is accomplished by covering the per-existing rows of holes with T tracks, then grinding off the lower integrated T-track on the magazine housing side and drilling a new row of holes in its place. If this is an easy enough quick fix for you, great, I have no doubt in your skills . Once you can get the above requests done, I will complete the remainder of your application. Thanks again Terry, look forward to getting you across the line. Post edited for accuracy .

I use the MR1506 with an Icomm, no problems at all. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

G'day Hank Tony and I are currently reviewing your application. Thanks for your patience, we will get through it as quickly as possible.

Sorry for the delay Mark, you know, second day in the job and all we are also, different time zone challenged, but promise it wont be too much longer. Thanks for your patience.

Hi Stein Firstly, both uKswrath and myself apologise for the delay. Thank you for your patience and for your Expert Infantry application. What a clean set of armor you have, and to go with it, you are making history today. We believe this is the first set of WTF armor to apply for EIB status, and you are the first applicant to be reviewed by the new joint DO team. CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All required photos are present for EIB. Upon review, your armor displays all the necessary details to qualify for EIB. That said, we would like to congratulate and welcome you to EIB!! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: This is where we review observations made by your fellow Troopers and ourselves, here we will make recommendations on overall look and things that may need to be changed before a Centurion application can be lodged. 1. There has been some debate over your four button Ab plate. It seems that a return edge has been left around it, where it will need to be trimmed off. We have circled the area on your Ab plate and added a photo from the reference Library to show how it should look. These details are covered in the Centurion CRL for your preparation in submitting that application. 2. There are a couple of sharp looking corners and some rough edges that I am concerned may cause damage to you and your under suit. Perhaps a light sand to take these off would make it more comfortable, and offer an overall better appearance. (Return edge on chest visible in above image, sides of Ab and kidney at corners, and back of Shin with uneven ridge line) This will not have a bearing on your future Centurion application. So that's it, only minor mods, If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Tony or myself to discuss the above with you. Congratulations once more welcome to the rank of Expert infantry. we look forward to seeing a Centurion application from you in the future.

You were born to build this kit Michael, great work [emoji106] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Booked ticket for four of us today, we are going to the midnight session, but the 9:30 am session on Thursday 17th, that evening we will probably troop and have some fun, then bail out and get some sleep. Very excited. ) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

You are powering on Beany, great work mate, it's going to be an exciting time for the Redbacks to finally have a FO trooper and at the rate you are going, sooner than later. [emoji106] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

As always, superb work all involved. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Truth indeed. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thank you all, they sure are big shoes to fill and a person wth the Caliber of Gazmosis could never be replaced. I will do my best to serve in a fashion that honours Steve. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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