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TK-73692 Requesting ANH: Stunt Centurion Status [ATA] (522)


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Continuing with my lightspeed pace of the past week, for your consideration @Deployment Officer Team, here now is my Centurion application. And of course, fine friends, please don't hesitate to reach out for any additional photos or armor adjustments that may be necessary for this highest standard of presentation!

 

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  1. Name: Caleb M
  2. 501st Unit: Venator Squad, Georgia Garrison
  3. Armor: ATA Works (RIP Terrell Reber)
  4. Thermal Detonator: AM (DDD)
  5. Thermal Detonator clips: ukswrath
  6. Helmet: ATA Works
  7. Canvas Belt: Imperial Issue (Rob Kittell)
  8. Neck Seal: Darman's Props
  9. Boots: Imperial Boots
  10. Hand Guards: justjoseph63 (silicone)
  11. Gloves: generic rubber with handguards pre-attached by justjoseph63
  12. Undersuit: Extreme Racing UK's Stormtrooper-Store one-piece
  13. Strapping system: Justin's RascalSnaps
  14. Holster: Darman's Props (8 oz leather)
  15. E-11 Blaster: Hellhounds Props (rubber) circa 2019
  16. Height: 6' 0" (183 cms)
  17. Weight: 186 lbs (84.4 kilos) at time of photos.
  18. CRL: ANH Stunt
  19. Graciously assisted by @TKSpartan, @TheRascalKing, @justjoseph63, @Cricket, @zv288bot, among many others, for whom I'm forever grateful.
  20. Dressing and submission photos taken with the help of @paradoxb3. He patiently spent hours making me look presentable!

 

 

Link to EI approval thread: https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/53014-tk-73692-requesting-anh-stunt-eib-status-ata/

 

 

 

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Full Body

 

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Rear Image Re-Shoot:

 

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Blaster Removed Version:

 

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New Re-Trimmed Kidney after EI approval (v4):

 

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Armor Details

 

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Painted with Humbrol 5 Admiralty Gray and 14 French Blue

 

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Bottom extra return edge on kidney have since been removed, as shown in prior photos above.

 

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Helmet Details

 

Initial EI Submission. Teeth paint since updated, as shown in later images.

 

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And it case it wasn't noticed, I had actually replaced my brow trim so that the ends had straight vertical cuts, as mentioned in @Morgi's ESB conversion thread. I had previously preferred the angled brow trim look, to match the rear edge of the trap, but I'll admit that I'm growing more fond of these straight cuts. Here's what mine originally looked like in my build thread:

 

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Now back to official L3 photos.

 

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Revised L2 and L3 Teeth Paint:

 

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Accessories

 

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I decided to have mercy on everybody and not post my additional thermal detonator photos as seen in my Pre-Approval and EI submissions. ;)

 

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Blaster Details

 

Additional photos can be found on my rubber blaster comparison thread HERE.

 

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TK-73692 standing by.

 

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Who am I kidding! Of course I wasn't going to leave out my extra TD photos. :smiley-sw013:

 

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Entire photoset in this Flickr Album

 

Edited by MaskedVengeance
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vor 11 Minuten schrieb MaskedVengeance:

And it case it wasn't noticed, I had actually replaced my brow trim so that the ends had straight vertical cuts, as mentioned in @Morgi's ESB conversion thread. I had previously preferred the angled brow time look, to match the rear edge of the trap, but I'll admit that I'm growing more fond of these straight cuts. Here's what mine originally looked like in my build thread:

 

*gasp* Oh no, what have I done?

 

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No, but you do you, and it clearly works out for you, so ignore my melodramatics :laugh1:

 

Good luck, Caleb! :salute:

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2 minutes ago, Morgi said:

*gasp* Oh no, what have I done?

 

No, but you do you, and it clearly works out for you, so ignore my melodramatics.

 

Well, I had seen conflicting reports of whether or not the angled look would be approvable for L3, including cases of both being passed but also statements that angled is no longer appropriate. I wanted to remove any doubt and thus opted for the vertical-cut trim which is most-seen on-screen. It's been this style on my bucket now for several months, and the look really is growing on me, perhaps due to it being what I was 501st approved with. :)

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Hi Caleb, and thank you for your submission for ANH Stunt Centurion! 

 

CRL and CENTURION 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 CENTURION.  Congratulations!  :salute:

 

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, and please keep in mind that  we consider both text (CRL) and pictures (screen caps/reference images) when reviewing submissions.

 

Welcome to the ranks, brother, and thanks for one of the best submissions we've seen in a long time.  You have not only stepped up to the plate, you have knocked it out of the park!  

 

We appreciate you taking care of the notches in such a timely fashion, and VERY smart idea of adding the reinforcements.  I'm not a big fan of return edges in many areas, but in ones like this it's better to have that extra protection to prevent any potential splitting.  Nice job, sir.  Nice job indeed.

 

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All that being said, I would like to be the first to congratulate you on this milestone in your TK journey, and we are looking forward to seeing your HWT:peace:

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  • justjoseph63 changed the title to TK-73692 Requesting ANH: Stunt Centurion Status [ATA] (522)

Congratulations trooper and welcome to the Centurion ranks 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Congrats. Great looking kit and photos.  Do you have any links or info on your wizardry here? I see your strapping system link, but these edges seem to diverge from what's on that page.  I'd like to add some of this before I submit for EIB. Thank you!

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On 1/29/2023 at 1:16 PM, TikiTechie said:

Congrats. Great looking kit and photos.  Do you have any links or info on your wizardry here? I see your strapping system link, but these edges seem to diverge from what's on that page.  I'd like to add some of this before I submit for EIB. Thank you!

 

I don't know if I'd say "wizardry," Jim, but thanks for the sentiment! So this is something that will be documented in my build thread once I complete it, but since you asked, below you'll find a quick write-up of that eventual ab-kidney reinforcement and hardware section. I was very pleased to receive compliments on the reinforcements from @justjoseph63, but I'm not sure if you're asking about that or the rivet hardware and caps.

 

First, I knew that I wanted to reinforce the edges of the the ab and kidney pieces so I began by cutting some spare black ABS. I used black to minimize visibility through the ab-kidney seam. I used this same plastic for my v-tabs between the kidney and posterior armor pieces.

 

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I then positioned the reinforcement strips how I wanted them, and added tape guides. This would help my rough sand the ab and kidney pieces appropriately, as well as placement when gluing the strips down.

 

 

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Here we have the edge reinforcements after several days of letting the E-6000 cure. An additional benefit of adding these plates was that it mostly straightened out the ab and kidney pieces, which initially had some misaligned curvatures.

 

 

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At this point I then glued down the strapping kit that I received from Justin (Rascal). I don't have photos of this process, but essentially I taped the ab and kidney pieces together to keep them static and then glued one side of the ab-kidney connection. Once the glue had cured, I glued the other side. In case it's not obvious in my other photos, I used the non-stretching nylon strapping on my right side, and the elastic on my left side with the rivets.

 

Here we have some close-up photos of the actual hardware I used. Taking a page out of AJ Hamler's book, I sourced some screw caps (will add purchase links later), but unlike AJ, decided to also use the snapping base. However, doing so required that I find smaller diameter washers that still had an appropriately-sized inner hold opening, since they needed to fit inside of the cap base. After spending perhaps hours at multiple Ace Hardware stores, I finally find the right size (brass washer shown on the left).

 

 

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The result after using a small chisel as a rivet wedge:

 

 

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Moving onto the alignment tabs, which I actually haven't completed yet (have one finished one of the two). I wanted a system that would foster flush alignment of the ab and kidney pieces while also accommodating some flexibility. I thus landed on a triangle tab, which would enable some verticle movement the further away the ab and kidney pieces moved from each other. The triple photo below illustrates this, with the center photo being the default "ab-and-kidney-touching" resting position. If the kidney were to pull away from the ab, it could shift up or down as shown in the first and third photos.

 

At the end of the day I had to implement a miniaturized version of what I had initially envisioned, due to strapping placement. For a full-sized version I could have build this into the actual reinforcement plates, with a single triangle tab sized nearly as tall as the kidney piece.

 

 

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Detailed progression photos of the two ab-kidney retention systems. On my left rivet side I would use the triangle tabs, and on the right side just some basic tabs to keep the ab and kidney from bulging out (but no protection against vertical misalignment).

 

 

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And here we have the final results.

 

 

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Hopefully this helps you out with your build and submission, Jim! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any additional questions! Go get that EIB!

 

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