A Master Builder Posted July 24, 2014 Report Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) -Requesting Centurion Status- Name: Brenton Gagnon TK ID: 94840 FISD Forum Name: A Master Builder Garrison: Georgia Garrison Mandatory information: Armour: APHelmet: APBlaster: Doopy Doos Full Resin KitOptional information:Height: 170.18 cmWeight: 79.8 kgBoots: TK BootsCanvas belt: TrooperBayLatex Hand-guards: Sonnenschein Holster: DarmanNeckseal: Homemade Electronics: Anker/iComm EIB Page: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/27624-tk-94840-requesting-anh-stunt-eib-status-ap389/ Full Body ____________________________________________________________ O Front - Arms At Side O Back - Arms At Side O Left Side - Arm Raised O Right Side - Arm Raised O ABS Paste Shims Armor Details __________________________________________________________________ O Ab/Kidney Attachment O Interior Strapping O ABS Buttons O Hand-Guards O Shoulder Bridge Back O Shoulder Bridge Front O Thigh Ammo Pack - Left O Thigh Ammo Pack - Right O Sniper Knee Plate - Left O Sniper Knee Plate - Right O Drop Box Back O Cod and Butt Plate Attachment Helmet Details _________________________________________________________________O Front O Left O Right O Back O Hovi Mic Tip Detail O Lens Color (Backlight if required) O S-Trim Blaster Details ___________________________________________________ O Blaster - Right O Blaster - Left O D-Ring Accessories Details __________________________________________________________________ O Neck Seal O Thermal Detonator - Back O Holster Attachment Edited July 24, 2014 by A Master Builder Quote
TK6287[TK] Posted July 24, 2014 Report Posted July 24, 2014 Looks good but you'll probably want to include some pics of the interior strapping. Overall, great job! Quote
A Master Builder Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Posted July 24, 2014 Looks good but you'll probably want to include some pics of the interior strapping. Overall, great job! I appreciate it Brian. I will throw it up there Thanks Quote
Vader’s Wingman[501st] Posted July 24, 2014 Report Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) Looks great Brenton! I can't really find too much to comment on. Your shoulder bells should be very close or touching your shoulder bridges. Great job blending your side shims. Good luck! Edited July 24, 2014 by Zixx Quote
Locitus[Admin] Posted July 24, 2014 Report Posted July 24, 2014 Biceps could be closer to the forearms. The tops of the forearms should be nearly touching the bottom of the biceps when your arms are straight down. Try strapping them together. Quote
A Master Builder Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Posted July 24, 2014 Biceps could be closer to the forearms. The tops of the forearms should be nearly touching the bottom of the biceps when your arms are straight down. Try strapping them together. You are right Mathias. I had the biceps strapped to the forearms before. Took them off because when I would bend my arms, it would pinch me pretty good. Due to my short arms....I can put the straps back on to make it have less gap. thanks Quote
A Master Builder Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Posted July 24, 2014 Looks great Brenton! I can't really find too much to comment on. Your shoulder bells should be very close or touching your shoulder bridges. Great job blending your side shims. Good luck! Always them shoulder bells Might look into bending my shoulder bells inward more to close the gap. Thanks Quote
HawkFan24 Posted July 24, 2014 Report Posted July 24, 2014 As already mentioned nice job on those side shims! Very nice build Quote
A Master Builder Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Posted July 24, 2014 As already mentioned nice job on those side shims! Very nice build Well Appreciated It wasn't easy. lol Quote
Locitus[Admin] Posted July 24, 2014 Report Posted July 24, 2014 You are right Mathias. I had the biceps strapped to the forearms before. Took them off because when I would bend my arms, it would pinch me pretty good. Due to my short arms....I can put the straps back on to make it have less gap. thanks Cut the inside curve of the forearms deeper to avoid future cutting. Then you can have them worn properly and not pinching at the same time. Quote
Dark PWF[Staff] Posted July 24, 2014 Report Posted July 24, 2014 The only things I was going to mention have already been mentioned (shoulder bells - left in particular, and bicep/forearm gap). Looks good brother!!! Good luck! Quote
A Master Builder Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Posted July 24, 2014 The only things I was going to mention have already been mentioned (shoulder bells - left in particular, and bicep/forearm gap). Looks good brother!!! Good luck! Thanks Brotha Quote
A Master Builder Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Posted July 24, 2014 Cut the inside curve of the forearms deeper to avoid future cutting. Then you can have them worn properly and not pinching at the same time. Never thought of that. Thanks for the tip Quote
A Master Builder Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Posted July 24, 2014 Looks great buddy, good luck. Thanks Jim. Quote
JODOKAST[TK] Posted July 25, 2014 Report Posted July 25, 2014 Looks fantastic, Brenton! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
Rystan Posted July 25, 2014 Report Posted July 25, 2014 The only things I was going to mention have already been mentioned (shoulder bells - left in particular, and bicep/forearm gap). Looks good brother!!! Good luck! This is mainly for my own curiosity, as I'm no expert and haven't even started my armor yet, but shouldn't the shoulder bell strap around the arm be black instead of white too? It stand out a little from the back shots. Great build though! Quote
maxsteele[TK] Posted July 25, 2014 Report Posted July 25, 2014 This is mainly for my own curiosity, as I'm no expert and haven't even started my armor yet, but shouldn't the shoulder bell strap around the arm be black instead of white too? It stand out a little from the back shots. Great build though! No sir, that shoulder bell strap is black and looks exactly that way. Check out this TK's left shoulder / bicep: Quote
Clamps[TK] Posted July 25, 2014 Report Posted July 25, 2014 This is mainly for my own curiosity, as I'm no expert and haven't even started my armor yet, but shouldn't the shoulder bell strap around the arm be black instead of white too? It stand out a little from the back shots. Great build though! You might be thinking the top of the bicep is the strap but it's not, the black below that is the actual strap going around the bicep. Quote
Rystan Posted July 25, 2014 Report Posted July 25, 2014 You might be thinking the top of the bicep is the strap but it's not, the black below that is the actual strap going around the bicep. Ohhh....yes, I see what you're saying now. That's exactly what happened. My mistake. And my apologies to Brenton. The black on white on black played tricks on my newbie eyes. Quote
gazmosis[501st] Posted July 26, 2014 Report Posted July 26, 2014 Hey there Brenton!!! This has been quite the journey for you. I commend you on your arrival to this point. I know it has been a tough road but you have a lot to be proud of. So let's look at your application and your armor a little more closely. CRL and Centurion Application Requirements: You have all the photos on the list posted but one detail that needs to be verified is the "no return edge" on the wrist side of your forearms. Please take/post that pic. Now, on your armor, there are, however, a couple small tweeks that need to be adjusted. You are SOOOO close here and these minor fixes shouldn't take long at all. The first one I want to mention is.....well.....this: It was correct in your EIB post. What happened???? The next thing that needs repair is to eliminate the gap between your shoulder bells and shoulder bridges. They should be darn near touching in that area. As for your forearm/bicep gap. I like the idea of the strap connecting the two but I hear ya when it comes to the pinching. Lowering your bicep can eliminate that. If that means your bicep shoulder bell strap won;t show, that's OK. You could also raise your forearm, note where the pinching is happening and trim that area down or like Mathias suggested, widen the area. Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: Because Centurion applications show more detail than EIB, better suggestions can be made towards the overall look of your armor. These are suggestions that won't affect your application. Congrats on those areas I know you struggled with like the thigh pack, sniper plate, and your side shims/ABS paste work!! Great job! Now, I would kind of knock down the gold on your blaster's counter. I know what you were going for here, but any weathering that would allow the brass on the real counters used to show through would be primarily on the edges. You would still see it subtlety, but sometimes less is more. Next is the elastic around your shoulder bridges. It looks small to me. Here is 1/4 inch elastic: I am just concerned that your smaller elastic might break on you. Attack these small changes and you will be there. Great job so far, Brenton! Quote
A Master Builder Posted July 27, 2014 Author Report Posted July 27, 2014 (edited) Thank You for Looking at my armor and pointing out what I needed to fix. Well here are are my fixes. As I totally Forgot to Add pics of my forearms of having no return edge. Here they Are: I totally wasn't paying attention when painting my buttons LOL fixed it.... Moving Along...Moving Along... I Adjusted the strapping holding the Biceps to Shoulder Bells together. ...so that the biceps came down more to not only bring my shoulder bells closer to the shoulder bridges, but also making less of a gap between the forearms and biceps. Pretty Much killing two Rebels with one Stone. As seen in this picture. As for the other fixes, I took a good bit of that pesky weathering off from the counter. Before: After: Lastly...The Shoulder Bridge Elastic. Yeah I was wondering why they were not holding.... Because the whole time they were a much smaller size So I went and got the 1/4 size elastic for them...here it is Thank You Steve for the kind words on my hard work Edited July 27, 2014 by A Master Builder Quote
Vader Rocks Posted July 28, 2014 Report Posted July 28, 2014 Very quick with your updates, way to go trooper. Quote
A Master Builder Posted July 28, 2014 Author Report Posted July 28, 2014 Very quick with your updates, way to go trooper. Thanks, can't believe I painted my abs buttons the wrong colors smh LOL Quote
Snaps[TK] Posted July 28, 2014 Report Posted July 28, 2014 Thanks, can't believe I painted my abs buttons the wrong colors smh LOL All I could do was shake my head and wonder too lol. Good luck buddy! Quote
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