TKSpartan

Hi Michael, glad to read you're near to make a dream come true !!! Congratulations and hope to see your first photos soon !

Hi Tyler welcome to FISD . Glad to read you're on the way of making a dream come true, (as most of us were in some time ago). If you haven't done yet. I would like to recommend you to take a look to the Getting Started Section Assembling your own armor is a Challenging but full of learning and rewarding process . Most recruits use to open a building thread to post photos of their advances, receive tips and feedback from our very experienced Troopers. Also you can take a look to some build threads like this for an Ep 4 stormtrooper. You can also search some youtube videos about building a stormtrooper armor. Browse the forum, ask questions. we are here to help. Good luck mate

Hi Ueli, Thank you for your EIB submission , one of us will be with you shortly. Meanwhile there are a few fixes that will be needed in order to proceed: 1- AB / Kidney Gap , CRL for L2 : " Any gap between the abdomen and kidney armor is no more than 1/2" (12.5mm) wide" It looks like this could be just an Ab/kidney strapping adjustment , Could you please check this out so the gap can be reduced up to 12.5 mm? 2- Thigh ammo belt CRL for L2:"The rivets used shall be single cap, double cap or split rivets. No pop rivets allowed." Could you add a couple of photos inside the thigh ammo belt to see the rivets please? They seems to be pop rivets but it's not clear. If they are pop rivets, they should need to be changed for the correct style. 3- TD Screws CRL for L2: "Clips shall be attached with slotted type, flat or dome top style screws, and be black (two per clip). V head screws are not permitted." Yours looks to be slotted that is correct but "V" head style and will need to be replaced for thr correct style and to be painted in white color. 4- Could you add a close photo of your right thigh front cover strip please? what we need to check is as per the crl states for basic level: "Cover strip must end at the top of lower ridge in front and back." and we can't see this detail clearly. Additional info and photos will be requested by the assigned officer. Cheers

Wow !! this is a really amazing work. keep it up !!

Looks great , congratulations !!

Hi Avery , welcome to FISD. Research , asking and reading first , this is the right path for making a good investment . Don't worry , make all questions you have, we are here to help.

Hi David, welcome to FISD. looking forward for your photos. We are here to help

Cool Glen !!

Welcome to FISD Jake, good luck with your project

Hi C. my opinion: i would go for the gloves that fit better to my fingers. the forearms cover enough and this wouldn't be an issue. and as @gmrhodes13 Glenn pointed, consider wear cotton liners inside, believe me , your hands get pretty sweaty in rubber gloves

Hi Christin, Most of us use Imgur to host our photos and post them to FISD. It's so easy to use. 1- Open an account 2 -upload your photos 3- Select the photo you want to add to the post (a new window opens) 4- Select "Direct Link" from the right column 5 -Just click paste into your post window . You can see the complete guide HERE Cheers

Received mine today

Congratulations Colin. !!!

Glad to read the info is being useful . About your question, Yes, the arms are effectively different each other, I'm not an armor origin expert but as I have read, the screen used armors helmets and pieces where asymmetric and had some bumpy and wonkiness. So read carefully to match each one. Cheers and looking forward for your advances.

Hi Justin. You're welcome. We are here to serve! Only points 7, 8 and 9 are mandatory for L3. Your girl is doing a great Photography work. Cheers mate!

Hi Rob, great work with those shins. For the "mobility cuts" the crl states for level 3 : " Any mobility cuts on back of piece do not go past raised ridges." consider this when trimming if neccesary. Reference images- Note that the top of the ridge is present About the Sniper knee trimming. here is a suggested trimming from Joseph's Return Edges Post. Sniper knee plate The bottom of this piece is an area often not trimmed enough. To allow it to sit flat (or very close to flat) against the top of the calf enough for the glue to adhere properly I suggest removing most if not all of the bottom edge. Note how in the first and third photos how the sniper knee is parallel to the front of the calf. Cheers

PM Sent.

Hola Sergio !! Que bueno ver tu solicitud para Centurión tan pronto. Tu casco quedó genial. Mientras el D.O. inicia tu revisión, te agradecemos puedas incluir al inicio de esta solicitud el link a tu Solicitud EIB. Saludos y Buena suerte!! Hi Sergio!! Great to see your Centurion request so soon. Your helmet looks amazing. Meanwhile the D.O. start your review, could you please add the link to your EIB approval at the top post ? Cheers and good luck. !!

Congratulations !! now let's the game begin!! Remember "Measure twice, cut once". CRL and reference photos.

Hi Justin, 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. Another EIB star for you mate!! Well done. It's always great to follow one of your build threads. ok, Let's start from Helmet 1- Mine is an Anovos helmet too and due to they come pre assembled it's not easy to correct the ears screws alignment, It's mentioned here for you to consider for a future fix. Reference Images 2- Carefully removing a bit paint to the vocoder will make your helmet to look finest. Reference Images 3- A few issues with your arms that should be pretty straightforward to fix with some strapping adjustments. You have quite a gap between the end of the forearm and hand guards, dropping the biceps and forearms an inch or so would greatly reduce that and will give you that cool ESB Look . Reference Images 4- Ideally, the screws of the Thermal detonator sit closer to the end of the clips. This is not a big deal and would involve trimming or replacing the clips. We consider it's worth mentioning. Reference Images 6- We noticed that your left thigh is a bit higher than the right one and thsi is causing an overlapping to your lower armor section. loosing a bit yor thight strap would help to release these issue. Reference Images 6- Your lower armor section is tending to raise and as noted before it's overlapping your thigh. You may want to check the strapping that attaches the butt plate to the kidney plate, looks like that could be readjusted and tightened up a bit to allow the armor to sit better 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. 1- CRL L3: There should be a minimal gap between the shoulder armor and the chest/back plates. As the CRL states for level 3 , there should be minimal space between the shoulder bells and the chest armor. (Although not specifically mentioned), the tops of the shoulder bells should touch (or be very close to) the shoulder bridges. In your case it seems that it is a matter of shortening the elastics of the connection between these. Also, you can trim all the return edges from the bottoms of the Shoulder Bells to have more room. Reference Images 2 CRL L3: Ideally there no gap between the abdomen and kidney armor. Abdominal and Kidney Plate align horizontally at top. This is just dressing issues that can be easily fixed with a straps adjustment in both sides to align and close tha gaps. Reference Images 3- Even though your blaster is ESB correct one, We found that for some reason the cocking handle was removed. For level 3 you will need to add it or replace the blaster. Reference Images *************************************************** And that's all Justin. congratulations again and we are complete sure that you can go the next mile for the highest level .

Congratulations Trooper , Welcome to EIB !!!

Also you can check this old thread

Hi JP, if i can suggest something, I think you could try enlarging the white elastic that connect the Chest to Back section, this will allow the back to get lower a bit. Hope this can Help. If you can, post some photos .

Welcome to FISD Paul, cool boots !!

This is a new photo showing the small square os ABS.