TK-69323 Requesting ANH Stunt EIB Status(ATA) [456]

[sylverbard[TK]]

Armor = ATA

Helmet= ATA

E-11= Doopy’s full kit, Hasbro blaster base

 

 

Height = 175

Weight = 77kg

Boots = Imperial Boots

Canvas belt = local artisan

Hand Plates = trooperbay flexible 

Gloves = chemical handling gloves

Neck Seal = local artisan

Holster = local artisan

 

 

Edited April 15, 2015 by sylverbard

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Hey Mark great job 

 

Suggestions: TD clips according to the CRL are to be made of metal or appear metal looking, your's are white. If you're shooting for Centurion they'll need to be installed differently as well.

 

Edit 1: If you don't mind me asking, what is your belt width, it seems a bit wide? CRL is 3.25" max

 

Edit 2: I'm pretty certain at EIB your Hovi Mic tips need to be white in the center, but don't quote me on that.

 

One more thing, I'm probably being too critical here but I personally would re-install the tube stripes to remove the wrinkles, but that's just me. Still looks awesome though.  

 

Awesome, good luck 

Edited February 2, 2015 by ukswrath

[sylverbard[TK]]

Im going to fix the stripes...they went on nice...then trooped in minus 22 celcius and started to wrinkles. Td clips are being fixed now...I know I need different ones for centurion down the road.

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Im going to fix the stripes...they went on nice...then trooped in minus 22 celcius and started to wrinkles. Td clips are being fixed now...I know I need different ones for centurion down the road.

 

Awesome, keep up the great work.

[Snaps[TK]]

Nice job Mark.

 

I would suggest bringing your belt boxes up so they are flush with your belt. I was going to say paint your left side rivets but looks like you did after your full pose pics? Also looks like you have a little overlap on your back piece and kidney plate. Just raise it up a little.

 

Good luck

Edited February 2, 2015 by Snaps

[sylverbard[TK]]

I painted the rivets white after yeah. I had so many conflicting answers on paint yea/nay and sure but if they get worn thats ok...they be white now. Ill check the boxes...I might just have it not snugged up to soprano tight.

[Pencap510]

-22 Celsius for a troop!? Now that's a trooper for ya! Nice build! Looking sharp. I like your strap system, the snap buckles seem like they would make suiting up very consistent and simple each time. Other than the aforementioned suggestions, that right forearm seems rather larger on your arm, compared to the left. Almost like its wanting to slip down and fall onto your wrist.

 

Your sniper plate looks like it tucked itself under your left thigh in the first few pics. A simple fix for that is a foam pad e6000 glued to the inner shin- pushing that shin out a little.

Just a few suggestions-

Good luck with your approval!

[sylverbard[TK]]

I have one huge arm and one huge thigh...so big that trimming enough would have lost the shape. Ive got padding in all limbs now to keep them in place and it fixes the big diff in the spacing in the back. I will make that fix for the sniper plate.

[sylverbard[TK]]

Also im from canadas capital city. Its minus 17 now. Was minus 35 in the wind earlier...

[Pencap510]

Awesome! Again- good luck

[Darth Aloha[Admin]]

Hey Mark... Your build looks great.

 

I'm sure Gaz will be by soon to give a more thorough commentary... but something that stands out to me is our lack of should bell elastic around the bicep. This is a basic requirement and should have been caught by your GML when you were 501st approved. Metal clips for the detonator is also a basic level requirement these days. 

 

For centurion you'll need a rivet in your crotch (ouch!) rather than a snap. Also the snap on the right side should not be painted. 

 

Good luck trooper!

 

-Eric

[sylverbard[TK]]

Doh....I took the elastics off to reglue and forgot them. And ive got metal clips coming.

[Dark PWF[Staff]]

Hey there Mark! Great looking build. I also think your strapping looks to be very efficiently engineered. Nice work!!

 

Most of what I saw has been mentioned. Just a few other little things though:

 

Your blue Ab buttons look a little dark. Might just be the lighting for the pictures though.

 

Your belt looks like it is sitting just a little bit low in the pictures. It should be up at the base of the button plate.

 

Your shoulder bridges are clearly not attached to the back armor, but there isn't a photo that I saw that clearly shows your white elastic loops to keep them in place.

 

Keep warm, Trooper!!! Good luck!

[Sly11[Admin]]

Hi Mark, when you fix up your thermal det brackets make sure the material you use is approx 1 inch wide, as your look a little narrow. Reinstalling your shoulder bell straps will make them sit better definitely only other thing that I think hasn't been covered , and may not need changing is your drop boxes. They should be very close to touching the bottom of your belt, but wait until you here from Gazmosis before changing that.

Looks good , so good luck.

 

 

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[sylverbard[TK]]

Buttons are the correct humbrol blue and grey...lighting. and for eib I dont need the whote elastic on the shoulder straps thats centurion....and im not there yet.

[sylverbard[TK]]

Ill trpost ab deets and ive got metal td brackets inbound.

[Tusken RTT]

Some neat ideas with the strapping- well done!  I cant tell, but is that right rear trap even with the left?  Dont see a close up of the rear helmet, but might not be a biggie.  

Good luck! 

[sylverbard[TK]]

So ive got a new belt and snaps to replace mine...in cm its a little larger than the 3.25 inches. Math isnt my strong suit. Please accept my apolagies for the errors...I should have new shots up before end of month...im out of country for two weeks.

[ukswrath[Staff]]

So ive got a new belt and snaps to replace mine...in cm its a little larger than the 3.25 inches. Math isnt my strong suit. Please accept my apolagies for the errors...I should have new shots up before end of month...im out of country for two weeks.

 

Mark no need for apologies, we're all work in progress here, every one of us. We're here to help. Keep up the good work    

Edited February 4, 2015 by ukswrath

[gazmosis[501st]]

Hey there Mark! Thank you for your application for Expert Infantry! From the suggestions and input of your fellow troopers, you have had yourself a bit of a ride. We will support you and see you through this. I commend you on your trooping in that kind of cold. Wow!!! Please be careful!!! Armor can get brittle and crack at those low temps. Anyway, Let's take a look at your armor!!

 

CRL and EIB Application Requirements: 

The only photo submission I see missing is a shot of the back of your helmet. There are other pics that allow me to see the detail that I need to, though. There really should be one, though

As for the details of your armor that are required for ANH Stunt EIB, there are a few things that will need to be updated. Many have been mentioned already but this is for the record.

As mentioned, your clips that mount the thermal detonator to the belt need to be metal or metallic looking and be no less than 1 inch (25mm) in width. Upon applying your new clips as you said you have coming, I would recommend using slot head screws over rivets or other hardware only because it looks like you have built your armor in preparation for Centurion. Make sure your new clips are positioned properly like in this pic.

Next, your shoulder bells are required to have a bridge strap at the bottom that will cross the bicep when worn. I saw that you mentioned have those just not when your pics were taken. They need to be present in your pictures.

Lastly are your tube stripes on your helmet. Since you are representing an ANH Stunt TK, the stripes printed on a single sheet as you have them do not apply.  For an ANH TK, the stripes must be individually applied either by decal or painted.

 

Other-Armor Fit/Assembly: In this section, I will summarize observations by your fellow troopers as well as provide my own. Unless specifically mentioned, none of these suggestions will affect any application and are intended as suggestions to improve the overall look of your armor. You have a very nice base build. Good job!! 

Very innovative strapping system, I agree! The one thing I did not that may give you future problems are the snaps at your back that the belt attaches to. Your new thermal detonator clips are designed to fit over both halves of the belt. With the snaps in the way, I just don;t see how this is going to work. You do have the snaps in the front so these really serve no purpose. If you can make it work somehow, move along!

It was mentioned regarding your ab buttons being dark but I've seen it before. It is most likely just the lighting in the picture.

While we are on the subject of paint, I want to commend you on tackling the job of hand painting your details. This is not easy no matter what your experience is. These details, however are part of the crown jewel of your armor and are the first thing people look at when you are approached. I would consider moistening a brush and massaging some of the rough edges of your black outlines specifically on the trapezoids. I would also consider tweeking the trap on your right side. This is looking more like a square than a trapezoid. There were no variances of this shape.

 

Centurion Suggestions:

It is really great to see that you have already built many aspects of the details required for Centurion into your armor. Centurion is about the details. There are a few changes I will ask you to make prior to applying, though.

First, I know you went back and forth regarding the painted hardware on your armor. Thank you for your patience with this. You will, however, need to remove the paint on the male snap on the upper right corner of your ab. Another bit of hardware that gets left unpainted is the single split rivet on the crotch of the ab plate. Which leads me to the next change........

The male snap you currently have in that location will need to be changed to a split rivet. You can see how this should look here:  The two male snaps next it are good!!

Please not one the helmet picture above the position of your cheek tubes that you painted. Yours are a little far down on the cheek tubes. They need to be positioned about a distance just as wide or slightly wider than a pencil. 

You will need to upgrade from the plastic to latex/flexible handplates glued directly to your gloves.

Your blaster will need to be upgraded to a Sterling based blaster.

I'd like to see your shoulder bells not droop away from the top. They need to be positioned to almost if not touch the ribbed shoulder bridges. You can see here how close they are:

 

The overlap that you have of your backplate onto your kedney will need to be eliminated. They should be "stacked" with a single seam between.

I would like to see MINIMAL to no gap between your drop boxes and your belt. their position is right on, though!

The square indents need to be implemented into the bottom, front of your kidney as seen here:

There will need to be the small, 1/4 inch white elastic mini straps on the rear of your ribbed shoulder bridges like this:

This is something that will be a first for me. In first looking at your armor, I thought your belt looked "off". I went back and measured my ATA plastic waist belt at exactly 3 1/2 inches(89mm). In the films, the cloth belt was positioned in the direct center of the waist belt between the angled tapers at the corner of each side of the belt. If the belt in this shot wasn't so frayed this would be a perfect example:Your belt is considerably wider than this. To keep the look of this true, most belt makers have dropped the limit of their belt widths to 3 inches(77mm). Your belt is just too close to being the same width as the plastic belt as seen here:

This needs to be closer to the way they appeared on screen.

 

I know this may be a little overwhelming, but we are here to support you and not knock the wind out of your sails. Feel free to contact me regarding anything. Good Luck!!

[sylverbard[TK]]

Id rather get beat up on inspection than embarrassed on parade....I appreciate all the insights and extra dozen sets of eyes. Ill fix whats needed and update my pics over the next couple of weeks ...as soon as I get the td clips and install them.

[gazmosis[501st]]

Oh, Mark...this is not about beating you up. This is about an objective observation. Sometimes a different point of view is all that is needed. I can't wait to see your upgrades.

[sylverbard[TK]]

Im a big fan of the phrase treat me like im six years old for a few minutes. Poke holes in my stuff point out the flaws. Doesnt get me down and only makes me want to fix it beyond question :-)

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Im a big fan of the phrase treat me like im six years old for a few minutes. Poke holes in my stuff point out the flaws. Doesnt get me down and only makes me want to fix it beyond question :-)

 

Hey Mark, you and I think way too much alike . I always like a good challenge and don't mind being told to step up my game but as Steve mentioned we're here only to encourage and bring to light what can be perfected.

 

You're off to a fabulous start and in no time you'll be singing the Centurion alma mater, well maybe not because there isn't one but you'll be just as excited and ready to share your experiences with others, this is where wisdom and patience comes in.  

 

Keep up the great work          

Edited February 18, 2015 by ukswrath

[sylverbard[TK]]

Question. Is the e11 mandatory? Ive got a spectacular d19. Can I apply for centurion with the biggun and not the normalun? Im canadian and wandering around with prop weaponry is questionalble at best...especially in our capital city.