TK-52811 Requesting ANH Hero EIB Status [TM] [775]

[Poseidon[501st]]

General Information

Name: Tom Harvey  

FISD Name: RanchRelaxo Poseidon

Legion ID#: 52811 (http://501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=26438)

Garrison: Garrison Titan

 

Mandatory Information

Armor Maker: Troopermaster

Helmet Maker: Troopermaster

Blaster Type: E-11, Unknown maker, it was a gift. Resin cast

 

Additional Information

Height: 5' 9"

Weight: 165 lbs

Boots: TK Boots

Canvas Belt: Self made

Hand Plates: Trooperbay

Neck Seal: Self made

Holster: Trooperbay

Centurion Level Rivets: Trooperbay

Build Thread:

 

Full Body

 

 

 

 

 

 

Armour Details

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Helmet Details

 

 

 

 

Blaster Details

 

 

Accessory Details

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Shots

 

*Better pic showing reduced arm bell gap, based upon starsaber25's comment

 

 

 

 

Edited November 17, 2017 by Poseidon
changed my name to match 501st forums for consistency sake, additional pictures

[TheSwede[TK]]

Looking good, best of luck! Another "Hero" about to join the ranks

[TheSwede[TK]]

And....congratz of getting your TK designation 

[starsaber25[Admin]]

Very nice job on your build. If I can offer any advice, it would be to try and rotate your shoulder bells forward a little to try and close up that gap between them and your chest plate. But looking sharp trooper!

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Hey Tom, Andrew or myself will be with you shortly.

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Hey Tom can you confirm that you're using pan head, slot drive screws on your thermal detonator. Hard to tell in your photo.

 

Thank you 

[Poseidon[501st]]

I’m not. Pan head Phillips head x_x. I know, I know. It’s on the list. 

 

[ukswrath[Staff]]

 Thank you 

[ukswrath[Staff]]

Hey Tom, welcome and thank you for your EI application. 

CRL and EIB Application Requirements:

All submission photos have been posted. Excellent job on your TM build . After review Andrew and I are delighted to say your armor displays all the necessary elements to qualify for Expert Infantry. Welcome trooper!     

 

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. We have a couple minor suggestions to mention here. Your bells are nice and tight at the top near the shoulders but quite a distance from the chest and back plates. Looking closely at your photos it appears you have a good amount of return edge you could remove that would allow them to sit flush on the biceps bringing them closer to the chest and back. 

 

Reference photo

 

Holster mounts. Snap base mounts are too large, they should be smaller, similar to cap rivets or Chicago screws. If you stall want to make the holster removable there's a couple tutorials out there illustrating how to take Chicago screws and install them so they also double as snaps.  

 

 

 

Reference photo

 

The TD screws are to be pan head and slotted.

 

Reference photo

 

Centurion Suggestions:

Because Centurion photos show much more detail than EIB, items pertaining to Centurion might be seen there and not here. We try to point out all we can from what is seen but the final accuracy is the responsibility of the trooper. From what we've seen so far there's nothing that sticks out that would hold you back at centurion if you chose to apply for it. Congrats again.  

[Poseidon[501st]]

Awesome!  Time to get to work. 

[troopermaster]

8 hours ago, ukswrath said:

Holster mounts. Snap base mounts are too large, they should be smaller, similar to cap rivets or Chicago screws. If you stall want to make the holster removable there's a couple tutorials out there illustrating how to take Chicago screws and install them so they also double as snaps.  

 

 

 

Reference photo

You can achieve the same look as the original holster fixings by using rivets to hold the snaps to the inside of the belt. I have done this before with no problems. I use 4mm rivets directly though the canvas and male part of the snap. Just make sure the rivet length is not too long as it will prevent the female part of the snaps on the holster from snapping closed.

[TheSwede[TK]]

3 hours ago, Poseidon said:

Awesome!  Time to get to work. 

 Congratz

[Poseidon[501st]]

8 hours ago, troopermaster said:

You can achieve the same look as the original holster fixings by using rivets to hold the snaps to the inside of the belt. I have done this before with no problems. I use 4mm rivets directly though the canvas and male part of the snap. Just make sure the rivet length is not too long as it will prevent the female part of the snaps on the holster from snapping closed.

Do you mean 4mm pop rivets?

 

[troopermaster]

Yes, 4mm pop rivet. Use the male stud part of the snap as a kind of backing washer. Works perfectly.

[Poseidon[501st]]

Nice. I will experiment a bit with this today. 

[ukswrath[Staff]]

2 hours ago, troopermaster said:

Yes, 4mm pop rivet. Use the male stud part of the snap as a kind of backing washer. Works perfectly.

I was actually looking for the cap rivet specs. In the reference photo we provided the head looks much larger than 4mm. They look more like 6-8mm. 

[T-Jay[TK]]

On 11.11.2017 at 5:22 AM, Poseidon said:

(...)   Blaster Type: E-11, Unknown maker, it was a gift. Resin cast   (...)

Looks like a DoopyDoo's full resin kit to me, where somebody hollowed the front sight cage. It has all the typical characteristics. Just rotate the end cap to bring the two bulges downside.

 

Back to topic now and good luck with your EIB request.

[troopermaster]

1 hour ago, ukswrath said:

I was actually looking for the cap rivet specs. In the reference photo we provided the head looks much larger than 4mm. They look more like 6-8mm. 

4mm is the rivet shaft diameter. The rivet head is bigger.

[ukswrath[Staff]]

1 hour ago, troopermaster said:

4mm is the rivet shaft diameter. The rivet head is bigger.

Copy that 

[Daetrin[Admin]]

Love the Hero look - well done!