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Congratulations Trooper!! Well done.

Hi Steven, It's something strange, I can see your info with no issues. I used google chrome and firefox.

Congratulations Trooper !!! Welcome to the ranks

Great News !! Looking forward for your BBB Day !!

Congratulations Scott.

Welcome aboard Mike, great looking armor sir. Looking forward for your TK ID.

Congrats , great work.

Welcome to the Legion and congrats for your first of many Troops. You'll never forget the first time on your armor being the surprise and making smile kids and no so kids

Great to see your progress Daniel, I like the way you are advancing, pound by pound, one step at at time not in a hurry. Keep on fighting Trooper

Welcome to FISD. Awesome photo

Awesome work Colin!! If one day, if you decide to sell or modify BS Helmets by commission let me know.

In my case, after the first crack , I had to reinforce that area with a piece of ABS . Since that, I have put on the armor several times with no problems. (always taking care when attaching that section)

Hi Elijah. Welcome to FISD. Bellow you can find some Building resources for Helmets. Take a read and let us know for any assistance . Helmet Assembly

Hi Michael, and thank you for your EIB application! CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All required photos have been submitted, and on behalf of the entire D.O. staff we are pleased to welcome you to the rank of Expert Infantry. 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 armor. Note that we consider both text (CRL) and pictures (screen caps/reference images) when reviewing submissions. You did a fast and great job with the requested fixes Michael thank you. Now let start with your review. Starting from top, your brow trim seems to be a little low , principally in the center. I have seen this in a couple of Anovos Helmets and with a tab of E6000 or AC Glue you can get that EP4 look. Reference Images Ideally, the ear screws should go aligned with the rear edge of the Traps so we strongly suggest to move them. Reference Images The paint on your vocoder looks pretty good, but it should be more symmetrical with more definition on the tops of the raised ridges. Easy fix!! Reference Images Looking at your Shoulder Bridges, the right one looks misaligned causing it to raise a little. A hot water bath could do the job. Reference Images Your TD is sitting quite high, so you might see if you can push it down further, or possibly 'unroll' the clips so it sits lower. Reference Images Even thought it is not mentioned in the CRL, the Thermal detonator's metal clips should be squared (not rounded) on the control panel side and the screws going near the end. Reference Image This is not mentioned specifically into the crl, but again, ideally the rivets of the thigh ammo pack should go a little higher as per the references. Reference Images Looking at your lower back area, for confort and to avoid "armor bite" you may want to cut down the tops of the thighs in the rear. Reference Images This is all in the suggestions section. *************************************************** Centurion Requirements; 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 and additional photos may be required. We try to point out all that we can from what we see, but the final accuracy is the responsibility of the trooper. CRL: Ear screws shall be slotted, flat topped, countersunk The ear screws are very tight and cause them to deform a bit and the screw that goes down the other side is a little out. This is easy to fix in less than a minute with a screwdriver. Just give it a little left turn to loosen them a little and a right to the bottom one and it will be perfect Reference Images Moving on, your ABS Belt looks misaligned with respect to the center of the ab plate, this looks like a dressing issue cause in other photos it looks ok. something to check every time you put on you armor. CRL L3: Drop boxes are vertically aligned with the end of the ammo belt with minimal gap between belt and box. This is a common issue and an easy one to fix. Moving them outward and then applying a dab of E-6000 on the rear of the strap will take care of this and keep it from wandering. Reference Images CRL Requirements for all 501st costumes are proportional to the wearer in scale, fit and size. Your arm armor is very large compared to your arm size. We absolutely welcome troopers of all different body types, but we do expect that for our highest level of approval, the armor is sized appropriately to the wearer's body. From the side the arm armor looks the good, but from the front and rear, they're quite large. We've noticed this a lot recently with Anovos armor so it may be a matter of how the arm pieces are shaped. In order to size down the biceps and forearms, you'd need to carefully remove the cover strips, trim back the pieces some, and re-glue them. A hot water bath may also be helpful in re-shaping the curve. Reference Images The small Ab Plate looks to have some return edge (border). As you can see in the references it goes flat. a little more trimming and you're ready. Reference Images Crl: Ideally there no gap between the abdomen and kidney armor. Abdominal and Kidney Plate align horizontally at top. A possible solution I would suggest to fix this is try to raise the abdominal area a little, it seems that you still have space, to close that gap. You could also lower the back plate a bit from the shoulders connection. Although it may seem like there is a lot of work ahead, most are small adjustments and some more complicated and can take more time to do but not so difficult. Congratulations again Trooper, we are we are confident that you will do the next step to Centurion Level and we are here to help you if you need.

ok

Congratulations Scott, welcome to the Legion and FISD

It looks ok, but the real test is when you put on your amor an see how it worked.

nice work Daryl.

Yes , the right one have no problems to me, it's the left one that would need a little more work. As you said you're still working to make smooth it out.

Hi Dave, sorry for being late to the party . Glad to see Glen @gmrhodes13 have been a great help. You have done a fantastic work with those shims brother and we are confident that we'll be making your EIB application. Keep it up.

IMO, since they are internal and nobody note them shouldn't be a problem. is the first time I see this but would like if @justjoseph63 @Chemi or @gmrhodes13 chime in .

Thank you Michael. I'll be with you soon .

Hi Michael, You did a great job with the Ab plate and the Ab/kidney gap sir. It looks much better We are almost there and just the last small request to be ready. Even tough the frown paint looks better, there is a tiny bit more than there should be and will need another 15 minutes paint session to be perfect. Thank you. Reference Images

Hi, at first sight it looks ok, at least the ammo counter side.

Looking Nice, keep it up.