TKSpartan

Hi Scott. If you're talking about the button covers, Yours are ok according to the references. Yours.

Hi Joseph, welcome to FISD !! Take a look to the recommended forum sections and once you have decided which armor are you going to build, ( ANH Stunt, Hero or ESB ) ,open your own Building thread here , post tons of photos, check the gallery section here for eferences , ask all questions and most important "measure twice or more, cut and glue just one" Looking forward for your advances future Trooper !

Hi David, welcome to FISD. Glad to read you are, as we were sometime, in the way to make a dream come true. Read the info the fellow troopers have gave you and let us know how we can help you.

Great recipe for a Dip,

That ammo Belt looks good Trooper, well done ! . A note For L3. You may want to move the drop boxes a bit more to de edge of the ABS Belt, a popular solution is to make a round cut to the strap to allow the Drop box best position to keep it from moving you can add a bit E6000 . Front view Back view Reference Keep on doing a great work

Great New Matthew congratulations! , looking forward for your BBB day photos .

Hi Thomas, some photos should be great to see in detail , (be sure to wear your black inner shirt.), how the biceps and forearms looks together . As you can see in the reference photo added, ther's certain proportion to keep And for the cover strips end, they're usually angled cut or sanded to smooth the corners .

Congratulations Brad!! Welcome to the Legion. Enjoy being a Bad Guy Doing Good !

Hi Ardeshir, great looking armor sir. ! One of us will be with you shortly.

Hi Aaron, welcome to FISD, take a read to the suggested info and let us know for further assistance .

Good tip. I'll try in a current build.

Awesome !!

looks good

Welcome to FISD Victor !!

Hi Jason, Happy new year and welcome to FISD. Good luck with your project . We are here to help.

looking great trooper !!

Hi Thomas, glad you are working on the fixes mate! That's great! About your questions, the first section of your review are just suggestions to overall improvement of your armar and not L3 blockers. That being said, you can leave the ab/Cod connection and your Pretorian Blaster with no changes. The second part of the review titled as Centurión Requirements yes, is a Must Do. Good luck with the fixes and here we are to assist.

Welcome to FISD Trooper great black/white shot.!!!

Congratulations!! looking forward for your advances. remember "measure twice, cut and glue just once"

Hi Aaron, welcome to FISD, looking forward for your build Thread or photos of your advances . Let us know how we can help.

Hi Thomas, 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 armour. Note that we consider both text (CRL) and pictures (screen caps/reference images) when reviewing submissions. *************************************************** Let's start. Even thought the rear tab of the shoulder strap is optional , in most of the Troopers seen on screen it's not present. we are suggesting for more accuracy to remove it. Reference Images Looking at your ABS belt, the buttons covers, (sides and center), seems to be a bit thick . you may want to remove some edge to make then flatter . Reference Images Your cod armor is separate from the abdominal armour and none of the Anh screen used armours and reference images shows this. A suggestion to fix this that comes to my mind and is that you can glue aa ABS piece along the two pieces to join the Cod to the Ab plate and fill the front seam with ABS paste, Reference Images This is a small detail but looking close to your lower posterior armor, we noticed an extra hole which perhaps could be filled or move the snap further backwards to cover it. Reference Images Finally, we have your E11 blaster. It looks like your ammo counter in riding a bit lower than references. We are suggesting to repositioning it. Reference images *************************************************** 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. Starting from top, your outer Trap lines are a little thick, the inner lines are a bit too thin and long compared to the screen ones, You will need to add some gray paint to make then more accurate, top and bottom Reference Images Following with the helmet, the side traps need a bit more trapezoidal reshape, yours looks more rounded at front. Reference Images CRL L3: There should be a minimal gap between the shoulder armor and the chest/back plates. The most common solution for this issue is to shortening the shoulders straps to reduce the gap as much as possible. Reference Images CRL L3: Ab button paint shall not extend beyond the bottom of the actual raised button. Another job for the painting session trooper! . The buttons paint is riding beyond the raised section. You could try with an Non Acetone paint remover and some toothpick or cotton swabs. Reference Images Also, We are asking to trim your small ab buttons plate give a better square shape to the corners. Unfortunately you over trimmed the sides of your large ab-button plate. It must have a flat area surrounding it so will need to be replaced for Level 3. Reference Images A practical solution I have seen in the forum is to add an ABS flat piece behind the Ab plate, trim to give the requested edge and seal it with ABS paste, sand it and ready!. CRL L3 A single male snap on the top right corner of the ab plate is present. It looks like there is a pop rivet on the top right corner of your armor instead of a male snap. For L3 it must be changed to the appropriate one. Reference Images Your Ab/Kidney connection rivets are almost perfect Thomas, but as you can see the top one at the kidney plate is a bit low and need to be repositioned . Reference Images CRL L3 :Ideally there no gap between the abdomen and kidney armor. Abdominal and Kidney Plate align horizontally at top. This is just a strapping adjustment to the left side of your Ab/Kidney connection to ensure there's no gap and for the right side is a closure check every time you put on your armor to avoid the overlapping. Reference Images CRL L3: The top of the ABS ammo belt should sit at or just above the bottom of the central and vertical abdomen button panels. One popular fix to this is to add a piece of Velcro to the belt and AB plate to keep it in place . Reference Images CRL L3: The corners of the plastic ammo belt shall be trimmed at a 45 degree angle that that meets the outer edge of the cloth belt. In your case, It looks as if the 45 degree angles were trimmed a bit too much, especially on the tops. We have two possible solution here Thomas, one is that you may be able to trim the ends, but then you risk them being too close or have not space for the button covers and the option 2 is to replace the ABS belt. Reference Images CRL L3 : Drop boxes are vertically aligned with the end of the ammo belt with minimal gap between belt and box.. Yours are just a bit too far in. Most Troopers use to add a bit of glue to the drop box elastic to keep them in place and you will need to reduce the gap between belt and boxes by shortening the straps . Reference Images This looks like a more challenging issue, your right thigh is a bit low and makes it look uneven. When looking at a close-up you can see the difference because the cover strips are not the same lengths, the right one being longer than the left. I had the same issue with a fellow Trooper armor recently and what we made was to trim off the top of the thigh to give more room to raise it up. Reference image Reference Images Also your thighs, there's a small gap in the front of your left one . Gluing a small piece of ABS plastic behind and filling the front with ABS paste would do the job. Reference Images In your case Thomas, the left one looks pretty good, but the right one is quite close to the corner and the top section is located above the ridge and should be aligned with. We are requesting to move the rivet and reposition the ammo pack a bit low to the ridge and to reduce the length on the left side so that the back edges are more of an equal distance from the "corners" of the ridges at the rear. Reference Images Reference images Finally, this is just an easy dressing fix and is to check your shins closures to be aligned every time you put on your armor. Reference Images Although it might seem like a lot of work ahead for Centurion level, we are sure with patience and little by little you can achieve it Thomas. In the end, the reward will not only include the Centurion Badge and certificate, but the pride of looking great on your armor as it came off the movie. Congratulations again !

Hi Romain, this armor doesn't look to be 501 approvable. Take a look to RS prop masters they have both options DIY and commission build . Also you could search for DA props . from France.

Hi David, I have exactly that same voice system. I use it all inside the Helmet. take a look to this video, It was so useful to me. Cheers

Hi, in my experience, I have seen this happening when using two or more different Snaps makes or when you have pressed the snap in excess and this get deformed and don't match the counterpart. You may want to check it up.

Great system . !!