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Name:  Mike Katona

501st ID:  TK-82666

501st Member Page:  http://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=18732

FISD Forum Name:  Mkjava

Garrison:  Florida Garrison

 

Height:  5'11"

Weight:  176 lbs

 

Armor:  Anovos

Helmet:  Anovos

Hand Plates:  Anovos  (I know I need to get latex ones for Centurion, on my 'to do' list!)

Neck Seal:  Anovos

Belt:  Kittell

Holster:  Anovos

Boots:  Imperial Boots

Blaster:  Hyperfirm

 

 

Helmet

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Front

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Back

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Left

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Right

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Action

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Belt

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Blaster

 

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Other Details

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Look excellent.  I'm putting together my Anovos for EIB approval as well, just waiting on Imperial Boots to deliver (taking forever!!).  Best of luck on the submission!

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Looking SHARP, Mike!  I promise you will be happy with that "double snap" system..  (I swear by it). Outstanding job on that ab/kidney connection.  I see an EIB badge under your name shortly, and then on to Centurion!

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My Momma say's If you don't have anything bad to say then don't say anything at all!

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Thanks for all the kudos so far everyone! I've been wearing the armor for about 7 months now and have been very happy with it. I was working to shed a few pounds though before submitting for EIB and Centurion so I could avoid the shims. Mission accomplished on that!

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Looking good! See ya at centurion soon? ;)

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Looking good Mike, we will be with you shortly.

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Hey Mike!! welcome to your EI review and thank you for your application. 

CRL and EIB Application Requirements:

All submission photos have been posted. Your armor displays all the necessary elements to qualify for Expert Infantry. Welcome trooper, congratulations!     :salute:

 

Other-Armor Fit/Assembly:

In this section we review observations made by your fellow troopers and ourselves. Some observations may lead to suggestions to improve the overall look of your armor. If any suggestion affects any application, it will be listed separately in the above or below sections.

Wow Mike, great quality build, well balanced and clean. This leaves us with very few things to pick on at all which is great :)

There are some attention to detail items which are predominantly helmet related, that Anovos just havnt got quite right, and with a build as good as yours, we think you should go for these few modifications and bring the screen accurate look up another level.

 

Vocoder paint: each ridge should have a more defined edge.

Hovi mix mesh: The Anovos mesh is very fine, where we like to see a more screen accurate larger grid format.These is easiest to show with an image so please refer to that below.

 

Image:

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Reference image

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Ear screws: these should be a countersunk or V head, slotted variety rather than the domed heads that come on the helmet.

 

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Thermal Det screws: These should be a slotted pan head type and not the star or Phillips head variety.

 

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Yes these are all very minor but what a Centurion application you would have, if those little finishing touches were done.

 

Centurion Suggestions:

In this section we prepare you the best we can for Centurion.

Well its all above really, wonderful build, couple of steps towards screen accuracy and we expect to see a Centurion application from you very soon.

Congratulations Mike!! :jc_doublethumbup:

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Thank you for the great feedback and it's an honor to be considered Expert Infantry!!  This was my first armor build and I spent a lot of time at my workbench with my iPad propped up open to Tony's (ukswrath) Anovos TK build thread, following along and trying to do exactly what he did.  I truly couldn't have built this without the help from troopers on this board and in my squad.

 

The suggestions you have for Centurion look fairly easy so I will get on those as soon as possible and will then submit for Centurion.  See you guys on that request form soon, I want to make sure I'm looking as good as possible before Celebration!

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WooooooHooooo!  Congrats, Mike!     Let's go split a pizza! Oops, Don't want to need those shims... How about a salad?

 

If you don't, I should have screws to replace those with!

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I'm thinking this mesh will do the trick for the mic tips. Am I right?

 

 

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No idea of size but it looks huge. How big is it next to a hovi tips?

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No idea of size but it looks huge. How big is it next to a hovi tips?

Oops, without some frame of reference my last question was useless!

 

Here's a better look, I cut the screen out of a flour sifter and that's what I'm planning to use to replace the current screens. (Thanks Taylor for that idea!)

 

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Uh...Does that look like the right size compared to what's in the hovi already?

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Uh...Does that look like the right size compared to what's in the hovi already?

That's the plan, trying to get it to a larger mesh than what's currently on the tips for screen accuracy.

 

 

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Edited by mkjava
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yes, but it looks twice as big as needed for accuracy: how many squares fit across a hovi compared to the screen used pics? 

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