gazmosis

I really would rather have seen you cut that thigh top on this outline: I would hit your side rivets white, your power pack rivets on the right thigh white. Leave the cod rivet and male snap on the upper right of the ab unpainted. In regards to fit, your thighs look really big especially at the knee. The human thigh is conical. Larger at the top and smaller at the knee. Your thigh armor should match that. I would separate the rear seam (hopefully you used E6000) and get someone to help you. Once separated, squeeze the halves together. You will have overlap at the bottom. release the squeeze until comfortable. Mark a common line in the center to trim by. you will see how much better it looks and feels. You will need to reduce that side gap to no more than 1/2 inch. you have some nice looking armor, Sir! Also, your thermal detonator clips should be attached with slotted head screws rather than pop rivets. This will benefit you because the clips need to be farther outward towards the side caps with minimal to no gap between the clip and the end cap

RT would be too big for you. ATA and MTK are basically the same armor and still a little big for a 150 Lb. guy, AM is not passable for Centurion, that leaves AP which is nice for smaller frame troopers. Have you looked into Troopermaster???

Feel free to buy this armor. It is good quality, he is a good seller, and he has made improvements to make it more accurate.

That larger portion was a baseplate to the charging handle that actually fit into a recess in the bolt itself. No big deal to have it the way you do. As for screw size, you can use any screw with any thread pattern as long as the hole you drill for it is proper. By proper I mean the thread shaft should bite into the resin with a little bit of resistance but not too much to crack the resin.

This is just sick!!!,!

I trust you, Mark

From the look of the aerators, it might be AP the other one is just a travesty

He he.....you said neodymium

If you are cutting longer strips, make sure you clamp the one side side to keep the ruler from sliding as you cut. Make sure your blade is sharp as heck

I wouldn't install anything less than 3/4 inch for the bicep strap.

The armor you see is the armor formerly sold here as NE armor. The armor was proven to be recasted from RS props without permission. This armor, unless it is being sold privately or on Ebay, is no longer available.

Wait...there's no sitting in armor!

There is no "first timer" armor. In the TK world, you jump in with both feet or you stay out of the pool. AM and RT Mod are just too big for your frame. RS or TM would look best on you if you are ready for the investment. AP is also good for you. ATA or MTK might run a little big

That will look incredible when that day comes!

Hey Gary: Well, it almost seems like the entire FISD community chimed in here! It's great so see so many people involved and helping out! Ah, another RS suit to compliment the Legion!!! Let's take a look at your armor. CRL Requirements: Thank you for posting the blaster pics. We have beat that horse to death so there is no reason to discuss that further. I did, however take the liberty of editing your post to include the armor and helmet maker. As for the required EIB application photos, all are present. Your armor meets all standards. With that, I would like to congratulate and welcome you to EIB!! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: there was a suggestion about trimming the ends of your waist belt to come closer to the rivet cover. I would avoid this. RS positions their rivet covers a little closer to the belt box rather than the edge. You really don;t want to shorten your waist belt just to bring the edge closer to the rivet cover. One thing that I would suggest looking into trimming is your sides. RS likes to leave that extra material on the sides of the AB plate. However in doing so, this throws off the proper location of the hardware. The male snap on the right side should be located here: and the rivets on the left side should be closer to this: Now, If the suit was made in anyway oversized and you can squeeze the clamshell together to gain overlap, you can trim the sides back to bring the hardware closer to the proper position. The last suggestion I have is actually not armor related. It's regarding your undersuit. Jason has brought it up that it looks very bunched up especially behind your knees. I'd look into some compression wear that hugs your body a little better to improve your overall look. Lastly, You ab buttons are a little small. I'd touch them up a bit cover a little more of the buttons as seen here: Centurion Suggestions: Not much to improve on here. Some very minor things to look into: Dab a little black paint or marker onto your TD screws The paint on your male, right side snap, the male snaps on your butt plate, and your cod rivet needs to be removed. This is fantastic armor. Your Garrison should be proud to have you. Congratulations again!

You will fit in ATA. If you have a 38 in h waist, you will fit. Even if you are 39, you can still squeeze into it

Rivets on the sniper????????

Brother.....plan on it now to have a back up blaster to take to conventions or any other event where security might be a concern and weapons might be checked. You will never convince security it's not real.......that's a compliment!!!!

Paint it!

Careful with that brush there, Hitman! Looking good!

Looking great! You may want to notch out the nylon webbing so it can move around the rivet and the drop box can stay aligned with the end of the belt.

In my original post I went out of my way NOT to call anyone out. No names have been used here so I 'm not seeing where anyone was called out. And to be clear: I DID NOT BUILD THE ARMOR THAT THE RIVETS FAILED. IT WAS BROUGHT TO ME TO REPAIR. It is obvious that when installed properly, speed/cap rivets work. It's just whenever I see something that has failed, that means the possibility exists that the same method may fail again. And in this place on the armor, a failure is a costly one. I just wanted to know if this happened to anyone else.

I got my popcorn out!

The frown is fine

Those are gonna cost you an arm and a leg. Compression gear from east bay is about $45 total