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TK-15875 requesting Expert Infantry Status ANH Stunt[RS][398]


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Name: Merritt Hosley

TK ID: 15875

User name: Hos1880

South Dakota

Central Garrison

 

Armor= RS

Helmet= RS

Blaster= Hyperfirm

 

Height= 5' 11'

Weight= 185 lbs

Boots= RS

Canvas Belt= RS

Hand plates= RS

Electronics= iCom, Akers, Memorex wireless, Echo Fans

Neck seal= RS

Holster= RS

 

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Thank you for looking

 

Merritt

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Hey Merritt! Great looking build brother! A few things I notice moving forward that may need correcting. The paint on some of your ab buttons is a little generous and may need to be tightened up a little bit. Your holster placement is a little too far towards your TD. It should be closer to the belt end. You may also want to move the elastic bands on your shoulders so they wrap the bridges to the back plate. Your drop boxes would look a little better if you dropped them just a hair so they aren't so tight up against the belt which is making them pop outwards a bit. Also the white paint on your crotch snaps and cod rivet can be scraped off. These typically were not painted. Good luck with your app! I wish you the best! :jc_doublethumbup:

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Wawawewah. Very nice, I like! 

 

As Jason mentioned, the dropboxes look a little tight but I don't think you'll need to change it. Better closer to the belt and tight than loosely hanging down.

 

Your holster is quite near the thermal detonator too. I wouldn't make any changes yet as the diagram above was only meant to serve as a guideline rather than a hard and fast rule.

 

These are two screenshots that show the variances of holster placements. First being very near the TD (safe to assume a good few centimetres away from the edge of the belt...unless the the straps of the holsters were placed far apart maybe??) And the second pretty close to the belt edge.

 

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That first one may be one of the many anomolies in the movie, similar to pics of the RC suite in our costume photo references. This one clearly shows the belt fixed in the centre of the belt which is also not as per recommendations.

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I will be looking at that more. If I move it would Chicago screws be acceptable versus rivets down the road? I am going to wait of course until told to do so.

 

Merritt

 

 

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I will be looking at that more. If I move it would Chicago screws be acceptable versus rivets down the road? I am going to wait of course until told to do so.

 

Merritt

 

 

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If I was a betting man, I'd say you'll be right and won't have to move it, but if you do, then yes chicago screws, rivets, snaps are all fine to affix with. I can't/won't quote the thread right now, but my earlier research indicated any are fine. I've gone for half a snap with a washer on the inner part on mine.

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Hey Merritt!! 

Yet another wonderful set of RS graces our presence here! Thank you for your application to EIB so let's look at your armor!!

CRL and EIB application Requirements

All required submission photos have been posted and your armor meets the necessary requirements for EIB. With that, I would like to congratulate and welcome you to EIB!!! 

 

Other-Armor Fit/Assembly:

This si the section where suggestions are made that can go toward improving the overall look of your armor. These are improvement suggestions that do not affect your application requests. 

Before the limited suggestions begin, I want to commend you on the your clean build and NAILED paint details on your helmet. Well done. 

A mention was made by Jason regarding your drop boxes and their proximity to your waist belt. They are not being drawn too far up under your belt that would make me suggest to fix this. To drop them 1/8 inch would be more effort than reward. It is better to have them a little close than hanging too far down too far like Evan said. 

Now...the holster placement. *sigh*.....this is something that is coming up more and more lately. The bad thing about this is the limited means that it can be repaired. It's not like you mix up some ABS paste and make it go away. I would hope that all troopers do their homework before mounting their holsters in a REALLY bad place. Your holster, thankfully, does not fall into that category. Although I would like to see lit a little closer to your waist belt, it is fine where it is. The main thing I look for here is that it is not mounted too high on the belt. It really shouldn't be any higher than the lower third of the belt. Front to back, they were mounted all over the place on the original suits, but they were pretty consistent on the top to bottom mounting locations sticking to the lower portion. I think the reference photo showed above was an anomaly all together...who mounts their holster on the OUTSIDE of their belt???? Plus, that wasn't even the standard holster design.

As for your small elastic bands on your should bridges, As long as they are there, it's fine. If you want them to stay towards the back, some troopers actually glue them in place on the underside of the back plate. This seems to work well. 

 

Centurion Suggestions:

I can assume you will be shooting for Centurion based on the details we see on your build. That's great!! I would like you to make a couple adjustments before you do so. 

The ab buttons on your torso should be fairly uniform in size: gallery_12157_16_2210.jpgI know that not all the buttons on the RS button plate are uniform in size. But when painted, they should appear that way. Your lower blue button is a little enthusiastic in size. A paintbrush dampened with a little thinner will make it easy to massage off a little around the edges. This will balance your appearance. Jason was correct to mention about the crotch hardware. While you have that thinner out, remove the paint from the split rivet and male snaps on the butt. 

Other than those very minor fixes, I see no problems with you moving forward. You should be proud of this armor. It's gorgeous!

Congrats again!!!

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