PhoenixTrooper[TK] Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) Name = Chris Sanders TK ID = 80806 FISD Forum Name = PhoenixTrooper Garrison = Georgia Garrison Armor Maker = ATA Helmet Maker = ATA Blaster = Hyperfirm Height = 5'10" Weight = 250 lbs Boots = TK Boots Canvas Belt = TKittell Hand Plates/Gloves = Sonnenschein Electronics = Evilboy Fans Neck Seal = Darman Holster = Darman Inside Brackets = Mr. No Stripes Inner Drop Boxes = kwdesigns Full Body Pictures: Front Back Left Right Right Detail Left Detail Armor Details Abdomen Details Action Shot Cod and Butt Plate Attachment Interior Strapping Helmet Details Front Side Back Hovi Tip Detail Lens Color (Did the best I could here, the inside of my bucket is black so couldn't take the pic from outside) Blaster Details Left Right D-Ring Accessory Details Neck Seal Thermal Detonator Back Holster Attachment (front) (back) Edited May 23, 2014 by PhoenixTrooper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazmosis[501st] Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Hey Chris: Thank you for your application for EIB!!! Let's take a look at your armor. CRL Requirements: It was actually kind of difficult for me to look at your armor. Your pictures are very poor quality and blurry. I was able to decipher the details that were necessary. All submission pictures have been posted. Your armor meets the requirements. With that I would like to congratulate and welcome you EIB! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: I know that being a bigger trooper comes with its challenges. You did a really nice job hiding the side shim seams. Well done! With that in mind, I am concerned about the flare out on your left side. This is creating an out of balance look to your armor that screams "fix me!" Another thing that shares that sentiment is your right thigh. It looks a lot bigger than your left. I know it took a lot of work to make your thighs fit in the first place, but I think it would benefit the overall look of your armor to reduce that right thigh at the knee. I would pull the paint from your crotch rivet. These were normally not painted. I would also switch out the pop rivets from your thermal detonator to the correct slot head screws. I can see your lower most rivet on your left side. I shouldn't. This is because of two things: either your rivet placements are too close together or it might be you are wearing your belt too low. It should be up a little higher in the back. It does not need to cover the seam of your butt and kidney. Centurion Suggestions: This is going to come with its challenges. It is never easy to take something designed for a small frame and match it to a large frame. As I mentioned before, you have done a great deal of work so far to get yourself this far and that should be commended. As you know, Centurion is about the details. This has been a subject that has come up time and again regarding the raised areas on ATA armor. It is not required that the entire raised are be filled by a cover strip. The seam cover strips on the forearms and biceps were roughly 15 mm. The ones on your biceps look to be much wider than that. Too wide. I cannot even make out the detail on your thigh backs but I assume the same issue presents itself there. Although the strips on the back of the legs should be roughly 25mm (I will bargain on a tad larger for certain applications as long as everything is consistent) it is going to take some masterful work to achieve a Centurion look here. Follow up on that rivet placement issue I mentioned above. Make sure your drop box outer edge aligns with the outer edge of the waist belt. Your center button plate on your ab needs to be reduced in size a bit. It should sit on the raised "stage" area with stage seen around it. Like this:The button plate should not come near or exceed the edge. The topic of hand painted details has come up a lot lately. I commend anyone who takes on the task of handpainted details but there are specifics that the final look dictates. The black line that encompasses the tears, and the trapezoids should be a small pinstripe not a thick outline. you came very close to this on your rank area of the ears. You will need to go back and reduce the thickness of this line. Because of the quality of your photos, I can't really see the consistency of the lines but try to make it as consistent as you can. Please contact me should you have any other questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Congrats trooper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixTrooper[TK] Posted May 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Some hopefully better pictures: And... action! Let me know if those are better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RampantLion[TK] Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) Congrats on making it to EIB! Edited May 28, 2014 by RampantLion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acathla Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Grats man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holnave (evan_loh)[TK] Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 Congrats and welcome to EIB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTrooper Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Congrats on EIB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixTrooper[TK] Posted June 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Thanks all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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