Spadille[TK] Posted June 8, 2025 Report Posted June 8, 2025 (edited) •Rachel Spade •TK-18199 •Oklahoma Garrison •74 inches •https://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=42464 •Social media consent (photos): Yes Armor: Troopermaster Helmet: Troopermaster Blaster: Troopacoola Boots: KeepTrooping Belt: Handmade Handplates: TrooperBay Neck seal: DarmansProps Holster: DarmansProps Edited June 17, 2025 by Spadille 3 Quote
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted June 8, 2025 Report Posted June 8, 2025 Nice work, you appear to be missing a few photos though like the D ring on your blaster, here is a checklist. Good luck with approval. 1 Quote
Spadille[TK] Posted June 8, 2025 Author Report Posted June 8, 2025 (edited) 8 hours ago, gmrhodes13 said: Nice work, you appear to be missing a few photos though like the D ring on your blaster, here is a checklist. Good luck with approval. Thank you for bringing that to my attention! I must have somehow managed to be working off an old checklist. Photos have been added Edited June 8, 2025 by Spadille 3 Quote
Doggydoc[Staff] Posted June 8, 2025 Report Posted June 8, 2025 @Spadille Thank you Rachel. We have put your application in the queue and will be with you as soon as possible. 1 Quote
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted June 8, 2025 Report Posted June 8, 2025 9 hours ago, Spadille said: Thank you for bringing that to my attention! I must have somehow managed to be working off an old checklist. Photos have been added Thank you. Just note for next time (if you ever apply again for another EIB) and taking action photo Quote
Spadille[TK] Posted June 8, 2025 Author Report Posted June 8, 2025 37 minutes ago, gmrhodes13 said: Thank you. Just note for next time (if you ever apply again for another EIB) and taking action photo Yeah... I noticed that after the fact… I might retake that one here real quick Quote
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted June 8, 2025 Report Posted June 8, 2025 Just now, Spadille said: Yeah... I noticed that after the fact… I might retake that one here real quick Entirely up to you, I have already edited the current one for future use Quote
Doggydoc[Staff] Posted June 9, 2025 Report Posted June 9, 2025 Hi Rachel @Spadille, Thanks for getting the new photos, If possible, could you please post a new one of the forearm openings - yours is a bit too much to the side, we would like to see straight down the armour piece from the wrist side, similar to the photo below. Thank you. Quote
Spadille[TK] Posted June 9, 2025 Author Report Posted June 9, 2025 19 minutes ago, Doggydoc said: Hi Rachel @Spadille, Thanks for getting the new photos, If possible, could you please post a new one of the forearm openings - yours is a bit too much to the side, we would like to see straight down the armour piece from the wrist side, similar to the photo below. Thank you. No problem at all, I just uploaded the updated photo above. 1 Quote
Doggydoc[Staff] Posted June 16, 2025 Report Posted June 16, 2025 Hi Rachel, Thank you for your patience while we reviewed your costume. You are so close to EIB approval, but we will need a few fixes before we can move forward. Hopefully these wont be too tough and we will have that EIB badge on your profile in no time. Lets start at the top and work our way down; Helmet: Your helmet looks great but we would like to see your tube stripe paint job a bit sharper. Many of the stripes are rough at the edges and are not even in thickness. The edges of the stripes can be cleaned using a toothpick dipped in mineral spirits or varsol. These will not harm the ABS. PLEASE MAKE SORE NOT TO USE ACETONE AS IT WILL DAMAGE THE ABS. If using a stencil, a trick that can be used is to use white as the first coat. This way if there is any bleed under the masking, it will be white and not blue. Hopefully this should be a pretty quick painting session. CRL L2: Traps/tears and tube stripes shall have the correct ANH TK details. References Thermal Detonator: The screws on your thermal detonator appear to be the correct style but are a little large compared with those seen on screen references. We will need a slightly small;er screw head to move forward with your EIB approval. References Posterior Plate: The Snaps on your posterior plate appear to be painted white. These should be left silver. This should be an easy fix with a bit of varsol or mineral spirits (DO NOT USE ACETONE AS IT WILL RUIN YOUR ARMOR). CRL L2: Snaps are silver in color with the bottom of the snap facing outward and are not painted. References We look forward to welcoming you to EIB status soon. Please let us know if you have any questions. Quote
Spadille[TK] Posted June 17, 2025 Author Report Posted June 17, 2025 10 hours ago, Doggydoc said: Hi Rachel, Thank you for your patience while we reviewed your costume. You are so close to EIB approval, but we will need a few fixes before we can move forward. Hopefully these wont be too tough and we will have that EIB badge on your profile in no time. Lets start at the top and work our way down; Helmet: Your helmet looks great but we would like to see your tube stripe paint job a bit sharper. Many of the stripes are rough at the edges and are not even in thickness. The edges of the stripes can be cleaned using a toothpick dipped in mineral spirits or varsol. These will not harm the ABS. PLEASE MAKE SORE NOT TO USE ACETONE AS IT WILL DAMAGE THE ABS. If using a stencil, a trick that can be used is to use white as the first coat. This way if there is any bleed under the masking, it will be white and not blue. Hopefully this should be a pretty quick painting session. CRL L2: Traps/tears and tube stripes shall have the correct ANH TK details. References Thermal Detonator: The screws on your thermal detonator appear to be the correct style but are a little large compared with those seen on screen references. We will need a slightly small;er screw head to move forward with your EIB approval. References Posterior Plate: The Snaps on your posterior plate appear to be painted white. These should be left silver. This should be an easy fix with a bit of varsol or mineral spirits (DO NOT USE ACETONE AS IT WILL RUIN YOUR ARMOR). CRL L2: Snaps are silver in color with the bottom of the snap facing outward and are not painted. References We look forward to welcoming you to EIB status soon. Please let us know if you have any questions. @Doggydoc I have uploaded photos to my initial post of the corrections to your suggested changes. Please let me know if they suffice and/or if I need to make additional changes. Thanks! Quote
Doggydoc[Staff] Posted June 17, 2025 Report Posted June 17, 2025 Hi Rachel, and thank you for your EIB application! You did an amazing job of making the requested corrections. 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 armor, and please keep in mind that we consider both text (CRL) and pictures (screen caps/reference images) when reviewing submissions. Helmet: For the brow trim on your helmet, it is sitting a bit low as was seen on the hero helmets. The stunt helmets typically had a slightly higher brow. You may want to adjust this for a more screen accurate look. References Your helmet is also sitting a bit high on your head. Typically, this can be corrected by removing some of the padding in the top of the helmet. It will also help with visibility some as well. References Arms: For a more screen accurate look, it would be recommended to try and match the space between the biceps and forearm armor pieces with the distance between the forearms and hand plates. You could likely achieve this by simply shortening the strapping between the shoulder bell and biceps pieces top bring the biceps and forearms up slightly to increase the gap at the wrist. References *************************************************** Centurion Requirements: In this section we prepare you for our highest tier of approval. Because Centurion photos must show more detail than EIB, items pertaining to Level 3 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 are able to clearly see, but the final accuracy is the responsibility of the trooper. Shoulder Armor: We would like to see your shoulder armour brought in a bit closer to the shoulder bridges for a more screen accurate look. References Forearms: There appears to be a small amount of return edge in a few spots on your forearms. These will need to be removed for Centurion Level approval. This should be a quick sanding session. CRL L3: No return edge on the inside of the front of the forearm is allowed. References Abdominal Armor: For level 3 approval, we will need you to close up the gap between your abdomen and kidney armor on the left side. Also ensure when dressing that the rivets line up between the 2 armor pieces as well. This should be a fairly simple strapping adjustment. CRL L3: Ideally there no gap between the abdomen and kidney armor. Abdominal and Kidney Plate align horizontally at top. References Belt: Your belt will need to sit a bit higher for centurion level approval. The top of the ABS belt should sit at the bottom of the lowest button on the abdominal control panels. A slight adjustment to the velcro you already have in place should assist the belt to sit in the correct position. 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. References Blaster: Your blaster has some weathering on the T tracks and the grip. It will need to be removed for level 3 approval. A bit of mineral spirits to carefully wipe down the T tracks and a bit of frst paint on the grip should solve the issue. CRL L3: The blaster may have minor weathering or base metal exposure however, T-tracks and grips shall be of a black plastic appearance with no silver/metallic weathering allowed. References 1 Quote
Spadille[TK] Posted June 17, 2025 Author Report Posted June 17, 2025 34 minutes ago, Doggydoc said: Hi Rachel, and thank you for your EIB application! You did an amazing job of making the requested corrections. 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 armor, and please keep in mind that we consider both text (CRL) and pictures (screen caps/reference images) when reviewing submissions. Helmet: For the brow trim on your helmet, it is sitting a bit low as was seen on the hero helmets. The stunt helmets typically had a slightly higher brow. You may want to adjust this for a more screen accurate look. References Your helmet is also sitting a bit high on your head. Typically, this can be corrected by removing some of the padding in the top of the helmet. It will also help with visibility some as well. References Arms: For a more screen accurate look, it would be recommended to try and match the space between the biceps and forearm armor pieces with the distance between the forearms and hand plates. You could likely achieve this by simply shortening the strapping between the shoulder bell and biceps pieces top bring the biceps and forearms up slightly to increase the gap at the wrist. References *************************************************** Centurion Requirements: In this section we prepare you for our highest tier of approval. Because Centurion photos must show more detail than EIB, items pertaining to Level 3 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 are able to clearly see, but the final accuracy is the responsibility of the trooper. Shoulder Armor: We would like to see your shoulder armour brought in a bit closer to the shoulder bridges for a more screen accurate look. References Forearms: There appears to be a small amount of return edge in a few spots on your forearms. These will need to be removed for Centurion Level approval. This should be a quick sanding session. CRL L3: No return edge on the inside of the front of the forearm is allowed. References Abdominal Armor: For level 3 approval, we will need you to close up the gap between your abdomen and kidney armor on the left side. Also ensure when dressing that the rivets line up between the 2 armor pieces as well. This should be a fairly simple strapping adjustment. CRL L3: Ideally there no gap between the abdomen and kidney armor. Abdominal and Kidney Plate align horizontally at top. References Belt: Your belt will need to sit a bit higher for centurion level approval. The top of the ABS belt should sit at the bottom of the lowest button on the abdominal control panels. A slight adjustment to the velcro you already have in place should assist the belt to sit in the correct position. 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. References Blaster: Your blaster has some weathering on the T tracks and the grip. It will need to be removed for level 3 approval. A bit of mineral spirits to carefully wipe down the T tracks and a bit of frst paint on the grip should solve the issue. CRL L3: The blaster may have minor weathering or base metal exposure however, T-tracks and grips shall be of a black plastic appearance with no silver/metallic weathering allowed. References Awesome, thank you so much! 1 Quote
TKSpartan[Staff] Posted June 17, 2025 Report Posted June 17, 2025 Congratulations Rachel! Welcome to EIB ranks 1 Quote
MaskedVengeance[Staff] Posted June 17, 2025 Report Posted June 17, 2025 Congrats Rachel! Welcome to expert infantry! You're looking great, and we'd love to help you attain the rank of Centurion if you're up for it! If you want some rockers to commemorate your EI achievement, you can order them at the link below. 1 Quote
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted June 17, 2025 Report Posted June 17, 2025 Congratulations and welcome to Expert Infantry and the EI Honor Gallery 1 1 Quote
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