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Nice work, Eric. Welcome to EI. :-)

Looking good, Miguel. Well done for making those changes. Best of luck with approval! :-) Dan

That’s a Bapty blaster for a Sandie. Perhaps he sent the wrong model to you? Agree about the weathering - a little OTT.

Many congratulations, Pascal. Welcome to the TK family. :-)

Congrats on clearance, Chris. Welcome to the family. :-)

Aw, great stuff - please that it helped. It can be that people go a little too far with the teeth, leaving them looking a little flat and two dimensional. Yours still have good depth. [emoji1303]

Great progress. :-)

Great job, Trooper. :-)

Good luck, mate. :-)

Hi Jennifer, and welcome to your Expert Infantry review. CRL and EIB Application Requirements: Thank you for adding the additional photos requested. All required photos are now in and, after review, we are pleased to welcome you to Expert Infantry rank. On behalf of the DO team and myself, many congratulations! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly; In this area we review observations made by your fellow troopers and the DO team. Some observations may lead to suggestions to improve the overall look of your armour. Starting from the top and working our way down, overall your lid looks fantastic. Thank you for swapping out those Hovi-Tips. Whilst there are quite a few variations of the frown paint in ANH, many had the paint extending beyond the un-drilled 5th hole. This is very common across the trooping community and can add that extra touch of detail. This could be a consideration. Frown references; Looking from the front, I can't help but notice that your face appears to be visible through the frown holes. Whilst this is not a requirement at any level, and was not part of the original screen used armour, you could consider affixing some black mesh behind the frown to help cover your face from the punters. This will help increase the illusion that they are meeting an actual Stormtrooper (especially the children). Also, if there is any wiggle room with your shoulder bells, you could try bringing them a little closer to the chest armour. It looks like you possibly have some extra return edge on the lower area of the bells which could be trimmed back a bot to help reduce the gap. Shoulder reference; The upgraded mesh on your Hovi tips is much better. Going that extra mile, we might just suggest slightly weathering the front edges (note the white edges on the screen used on the majority of stunt helmets). Whilst the forearm to hand guard gap is not that visible from the front, it does appear to be a little out from the rear. As below, you could consider adjusting your strapping to bring that right forearm more in line with the left, evening out the wrist to hand guard gap at the same time. We can also see that your gloves seem to be very shiny. The original gloves appeared to be more matt in appearance, so this could be a potential upgrade down the line for something a little more accurate. Moving down to the ab plates, the painted buttons look great. For a slightly more screen accurate look, you could consider trimming down the smaller button plate a little, and also paint the chest fixing screws white. Ab button reference;  I've highlighted your holster to belt attachment purely as the right hand one, shown here, looks a little loose. If possible, this could be tightened/shortened to bring it closer to the canvas belt. On to the thermal detonator, the screw positioning could be closer to the edge of the clips, as shown below. This won't affect application at any level, just something that could be considered for that extra level of detail. A simple dressing issue on the calves, by the looks of it. We would suggest a final check on these when kitting up to get that alignment nice and even. Whilst there are examples of a few thigh ammo packs "hanging low", your looks a little lower than would be ideal. Ideally, it would be best not to see black between the ammo pack and the thigh armour so we would suggest moving this up by at least 1cm or so. Sniper knees can be a real pain to fit, however, you appear to have fitted yours really well. All we'd suggest here is to adjust the profile a little to match the screen used examples. (thanks to Glen for the excellent reference image). Sniper knee examples; Moving our attention to your blaster, as with many rubber blasters, the weathering is a little on the heavy side. Also, the makers appear to have inserted the magazine a long way into the magazine housing. As this is probably glued in, it might not be adjustable; however, we couldn't go without mentioning it. On the weathering front, certain areas like the grip and the rear half of the Hengstler counter were made of plastic on the original screen used blasters - as such, they would not have the silver/metalic weathering effect which appears to be present in these photos. You could consider toning down the silver a little with black paint, although colour matching might be tricky (on rubber). The bronze effect on the scope is also very strong. We would suggest adjusting this for a more screen accurate appearance. Blaster example; Centurion Suggestions; In this section we prepare you for Centurion. Because Centurion photos show more detail than EIB, items pertaining to Centurion might be seen there and not here. We try to point out all that we can from what we see but the final accuracy is the responsibility of the trooper. From the pictures provided so far, we only really have one thing to highlight which would be the lower ear screw positioning. As it stands, they are quite a bit higher up the ear than screen used examples. Your's is a fantastic build and it looks like you've had Centurion quality in mind from the off, so this little change would be the icing on the cake. Reference; Many congratulations again, Jennifer. We hope to see you applying for Centurion in the not to distant future...

Agree with the others. You’re making a great job of this build. Keep up the good work.

Hey Jennifer, Won’t be too much longer. :-)

I’d recognise that luscious carpet a mile away. ;-) Welcome matey. Looking good. :-) Dan

Great job, Trooper.

Hi Lars, Thanks for the additional photos. Could you confirm if the thermal detonator screws are painted black, please? They look silver/in painted in the photos but I’m not sure if that’s just the lighting. Dan Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi Lou, Thank you for your patience with your EIB application. CRL and EIB Application Requirements: Thank you for adding the additional photos requested. All required photos are now in and, after review, we are pleased to welcome you to Expert Infantry rank. You have built a fantastic looking set of armour. Congratulations! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly; In this area we review observations made by your fellow troopers and the DO team. Some observations may lead to suggestions to improve the overall look of your armour. Starting from the top, you've made a really nice job of your helmet. There are just a couple of small areas that might allow for that extra touch of "ANH". Starting with the frown, whilst there are a few different styles in ANH, many had the frown paint extending past the un-drilled 5th hole. This could be something to consider. We've also highlighted the ear angle. In an ideal world, the ear screws would line up roughly with the rear angle of the trapazoid. This won't affect clearance - just more of an FYI. Reference; Frown examples; Moving on, we've highlighted the tears. I suspect that these might be decals? On the right-hand side here, it looks like the trap decal/paint doesn't quite match the shape of the trap. This might just be the angle of the photos, however, this could be something to look at. The black pin-striping is also quite thick compared with screen used helmets so could be thinned down a little. Traps and Tears Reference; As below, GREAT job on those ab buttons. The painting looks fantastic. With the belt, there is currently quite a bit of excess material above and below the ammo packs on the plastic belt. I would consider trimming this down a few mm and then raising the belt up. Your sniper knee alignment is a little out. Ideally, the lines on the sniper knee would line up with the ridge on the shin - however, this appears to be a shaping issue with the sniper knee rather than something that you have done. As such, we will not be asking for any changes in this area. It is just something worth mentioning. Reference; Centurion Suggestions; In this section we prepare you for Centurion. Because Centurion photos show more detail than EIB, items pertaining to Centurion might be seen there and not here. We try to point out all that we can from what we see but the final accuracy is the responsibility of the trooper. Just one small thing to raise for Centurion from the pictures provided and that is just to watch the drop box alignment. In your belt only photos, the drop boxes line up perfectly. In your main photos, they appear to be a little out of line compared with the outer edge of the plastic belt. If they are not already, a little glue or a stitch on the drop box elastics could help keep them in line. Many congratulations on reaching L2. We hope to see you back soon for Centurion.

Hi Lars, Please ignore me!!!! Clicking the wrong link on my phone showed a low res image. The link to your hosting account works fine! My apologies. One of the team will be with you soon. Best wishes Dan

Hi Lars, Many thanks for your EIB application. Unfortunately, the images appear to be quite low resolution which will make it difficult to make out the finer details. Do you have higher resolution versions of your submission photos, please? Danke im Voraus. Dan

Welcome aboard, Colin. Looking sharp, Trooper. :-)

Hi Shaun, Thanks for the extra photos. We’re nearly there now. Just a couple of things that will be required for EIB. • Side rivets painted white • Pan head, slotted screws on the thermal detonator. Yours appear to be domed. Thanks in advance. Dan

Looking smart, Aaron. Could we kindly request the following photos, please; Sniper knee - left, front, right Thigh ammo pack - fixings, inside and out Thanks in advance. Dan

Excellent news! Well deserved. :-)

Congratulations. I look forward to hearing your plans for the Detachment. :-)

Hi Jasper, If you’d like to post some pictures we’d be happy to give you pointers. This make of armour CAN be cleared, however, as you mentioned it takes more effort than many armour makes due to the way it’s produced. We can try to help you as much as possible. Best wishes Dan

No worries, Eric. Sometimes these areas are easy to see in the checklist pictures but other times it’s not quite possible to get the detail we need. Thanks for guiding troopers towards their higher clearance. :-)