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^ Nice job on that one @Nairy!! My brain this friday morning...

made after spotting a post from @Morgi

WOW. Within the hour. Good luck trooper!! Not that you'll need it. -edit- Also.

Yup. That's why I keep money in a drop box. It's fun buying something in full TK without suiting down at all. I can't reach my chest wallet. It's just for before/after trooping to keep it in a safe place.

There's likely room in the back plate for a tiny wallet pouch if you fill up the chest plate with electronics. The OII recess can almost swallow a camelbak hydration flask... almost.

I've been carrying trading cards in a white leather binder pouch from Darman's Props on Etsy (who most in the US use for neck seals). It wasn't cheap at around $50, but it has an automatic magnet closure and doesn't stand out at all. I can juuust reach it in armor. The opening is just slightly above the magnetic button in the center, so it's nice and low for easy card reaching. It blends into the belt really nice. Hard to even notice it unless it's pointed out. And as Luca mentioned, it's not a canon/allowed piece of the armor. I don't wear it at canon troops. It's just for the laid back ones, which are about 75% in my local garrison.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

kneelol. That's gotta be for the memes only. That can't be a serious thing. But back to Caleb's build... I noticed this. Look at the ear gap. That seam. Just look. Perfection.

Congratulations on approval!!! Tiny little thigh gaps at the knee - yeah, fill them in so there isn't a line there.

My wallet lives in this little chest pouch. It's E6000'd to my armor. It can fit wallet, keys, and more... however you can't get to it while wearing. I've tried. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017BPN6GQ It was this one if anyone wants to spend $22 (yuck) on a pouch, yet have a great spot for their wallet and keys. I also turned my thermal detonator into a storage detonator with magnets and elastic. It mostly holds stickers to give to kids. More pix are in my build thread linked in my signature. I turned my drop boxes into pockets. One holds my car key and the other has some cash. They hinge at the bottom with elastic and close with annoyingly strong velcro. This is also in my build thread.

ALTERNATE PHOTOS!!! Nice job sir. And I hate to mention this, but if you ONLY took Centurion photos like I did in my first photo session, you're missing a couple of the required photos for EIB. ... looking at the requirements, I think the ones that tripped me up were the close up of the ab/kidney, the inner strapping, and the neck seal photos. I lacked all of those and had to setup my backdrop again for them. They're not needed for Centurion but are needed for EIB.

I truly do not know the rule for the kidney notch or even the proper name for it. But you don't seem to have it? It's often hidden by the belt anyway. ^ mine. It does actually line up with the butt plate when worn vs laying on a table, this was just one of the few photos I could find of the notch in my own armor. Lastly... You may be asked to have this shot without the blaster present. Hopefully not, but maybe.

I really don't think my own centurion application looked this good. Bravo sir. Are the back knee edges of your thigh armor sealed and abs pasted? I think I saw the seam there and maybe you'd be asked about it. Literally the only thing I found to comment on. Looking forward to seeing your TK number

Seriously, congrats Caleb!!! Can't wait to see your approval pix and make memes in your EIB thread.

Huge +1s to both Ardeshir and Justin on this one. These are clearly screen-visible variants. These aren't malfunctions or gaffer tape incidents. These are variants. It would be wonderful if the CRLs allowed for these.

^ high effort memes @Morgi! Impressive, most impressive. I was reminded of rage memes this morning and felt nostalgic

I definitely didn't play with AI art creation bots earlier today

So many TDs.

The AP knee is a bear. I removed mine and boiled it to reshape. A little hard to tell, but the outside edge (closest to the pot) is bent waaay down from where it was. They came on the same plane from AP. Mine needed to be reshaped to have that outside edge angled down toward the boot by a lot. In doing so, I cracked the knee here. But it relieved some stress. I was then able to reclamp things and get the sides to line up correctly. Notice the gap at the bottom of my knee. It's not excessive, but was required to get everything to line up correctly. It's about a 5mm gap. I then drilled a hole at the end of the crack and backed it with a small piece of ABS scrap. Possibly some cover strip. Then I added ABS paste and let it fully cure for 24 hours. And then I sanded it flat and polished it back up with Meguiar's Ultimate Compound. This isn't photoshop trickery. It really came out this smooth. If yours doesn't crack, this is about 15 minutes of work. Maaaybe 20. It was quite easy to do, I just got over aggressive with the reshaping.