TKSpartan[Staff] Posted August 25, 2020 Report Posted August 25, 2020 19 minutes ago, carcharoth said: Freshly painted layer with white acryl paint. Great work !! So fast. I think it only remains to update the painting of the frown and we are ready to proceed. 1 Quote
carcharoth[TK] Posted August 25, 2020 Author Report Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) I'll do that tomorrow as it's midnight over here. And first I have to get paint remover without acetone. Thanks for your patience so far Edited August 25, 2020 by carcharoth 2 Quote
shashachu[TK] Posted August 26, 2020 Report Posted August 26, 2020 Great job, Ueli! You're almost there. 1 Quote
carcharoth[TK] Posted August 26, 2020 Author Report Posted August 26, 2020 Little Stormie had a visit at the dentist. Scratched the paint away with a toothpick and with the help of Sonax Schleifpaste (sanding paste) on a cotton swab. André from IronMotion recommended that product. Works great for Humbrol colors. (I'm just posting this if anyone in the future has the same problem and finds this thread in the search results ;D ) Anyway, Results: The first two pics are after I removed the color. The teeth in the middle had some ugly borders after that. So I painted them with a layer of Humbrol 05. Picture Nr. 3 is the final result. The color isn't fully dry yet. Better now? 1 Quote
TKSpartan[Staff] Posted August 26, 2020 Report Posted August 26, 2020 6 hours ago, carcharoth said: Better now? Great !! Thank you. starting your review right now. I'll be with you shortly Trooper !! Quote
carcharoth[TK] Posted August 27, 2020 Author Report Posted August 27, 2020 Thanks for all your help so far Quote
TKSpartan[Staff] Posted August 30, 2020 Report Posted August 30, 2020 Hi Ueli, and thank you for your EIB application! CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All required photos have been submitted, and on behalf of the entire D.O. staff we are pleased to welcome you to the rank of Expert Infantry. Congratulations! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly; In this area we review observations made by your fellow troopers and the DO team. Some observations may lead to suggestions to improve the overall look of your armour. *************************************************** Let's atrt from top: Your left eye looks great but we suggest you trim out some more the right one a point for that more menacing apperance when staring down a crowd Reference Images When in our Stormtrooper armor, we are anonymous. Children and their parents in Trooping see their characters with emotion and do not imagine or think that within that armor there is a fanatic like them. For this reason, we try, by adding a mesh behind the "teeth" of the helmet, to prevent our face from being seen through the holes in them. We are suggesting to add the mesh to your helmet. Reference Images The brow trim of your helmet, as you can see in the reference photos, should be a bit shorter, this is a very easy and fast adjustment, just be careful to do it little by little so as not to cut too much. Reference Images Your traps and tears outlines are a bit too thick if compared with the screen used references. Reference Images This looks like a just a strapping adjustment is needed to close that small gap. You could extend the White elastic Back/ shoulder connection a bit to allow this to get low a bit. Reference Images We suggest to shorten the biceps to forearms elastic to allow them to close the black showing and give a better look from wrist to biceps.. Reference Images We are suggesting that you reduce the size of your small ab-button plate a tab, Also, the edges should be square and not rounded off. Reference Images Finally on this section, we are suggesting to trim the sniper knee a bit for more accuracy. Reference images *************************************************** Centurion Requirements; In this section we prepare you for Centurion. Because Centurion photos show more detail than EIB, items pertaining to Centurion might be seen there and not here and additional photos may be required. We try to point out all that we can from what we see, but the final accuracy is the responsibility of the trooper. CRL: There should be a minimal gap between the shoulder armor and the chest/back plates. As the CRL states for level 3 , there should be minimal space between the shoulder bells and the chest armor. (Although not specifically mentioned), the tops of the shoulder bells should touch (or be very close to) the shoulder bridges. In your case it seems that it is a matter of shortening the elastics of the connection between these. Also, you can trim all the return edges from the bottoms of the Shoulder Bells to have more room. Reference Images CRL: No return edge on the inside of the front of the forearm is allowed. This is an easy fix that will take only a few minutes of sanding . Reference Images CRL: Ab button paint shall not extend beyond the bottom of the actual raised button. The paint on your ab buttons is a bit too big. If you take a look at reference photos, they should be a bit smaller. As you did with the teeth, this should be pretty easily fixable with a bit of paint remover, (non acetone). CRL: The top of the ABS ammo belt should sit at or just above the bottom of the central and vertical abdomen button panels. Your ABS Ab belt needs to go up a little to be perfectly, a widely used trick is to place a couple of small strips of Velcro behind belt to ensure it doesn't sag in the front Reference Images Even though it's not detailed in the CRL for level 3, looking at the reference images , your TD caps are a bit too narrow and will need to be replaced for screen accuracy. Reference Images CRL: Hand guards shall be latex or latex-like, solid white or painted white, and affixed to rubber gloves with no visible strapping or stitching. For Centurion level, you will need to replace your handguards for latex or latex-like ones with no visible strapping. Reference Images CRL: A single male snap on the top right corner of the ab plate is present. Moving on we have the Han-snap. It should be ideally in the top corner, and it doesn't need to be functional. Reference Images CRL: Three rivets, approximately 5/16"(8mm) diameter, are present on the left side of the abdomen armor. Note: The original rivets used for the TK armor were bifurcated rivets or split rivets. Rivets are equally spaced along the depth of the armor and about 10mm from the edge. The same case as the "Han Snap" pointed before, you can just install them and they don't need to be funcional. be sure to place the ones on the ab section first a then proceed with the kidney ones. Reference Images CRL: Ideally there no gap between the abdomen and kidney armor. Abdominal and Kidney Plate align horizontally at top. The sides should be together nice and thight , aligned on top . Some tighter strapping using Nylon instead of elastic should have this sorted. Reference Images CRL: Drop boxes are vertically aligned with the end of the ammo belt with minimal gap between belt and box. This is one of the most common issues we see, but is quite simple to address. Some E-6000 on the inside strap will take care of this. Reference Images CRL: The corners of the plastic ammo belt shall be trimmed at a 45 degree angle that that meets the outer edge of the cloth belt. There shall be three square buttons, one centered in the middle and one on each end of the plastic ammo belt.. As required in the CRL the 45 degree corners on the ends of the ABS ammo belt must meet up with the edges of the cloth belt. Additional to this, the square buttons on each end should be centered . Reference Images Finally , Your left thigh shows a gap in the lower ridge as seen below will need to be filled. A small ABS shims behind them and fill with ABS paste would do the trick, Reference Images *************************************************** Congratulations again and if you decide to take the next step to Centurion, (as we certainly hope), I'm sure you have the ability to deal with the requested changes and don't hesitate in let us know for further assistance . We'll be here when you are ready. 1 Quote
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted August 30, 2020 Report Posted August 30, 2020 Congratulations trooper and welcome to the EI ranks 1 Quote
GoofTrooper[TK] Posted August 30, 2020 Report Posted August 30, 2020 Congratulations on your EIB approval! 1 Quote
carcharoth[TK] Posted August 30, 2020 Author Report Posted August 30, 2020 Thank you very much =) It's astonishing how helpful the FISD is. It's a real joy to see But I can't promise if I do Level 3. First I have to finish some other projects (A Mousedroid, a Sandtrooper and a Zombietrooper). But I'm trying to convince a fellow trooper and our CO (both with IronMotion Armor) to go for EIB to help the FISD to reach that magic 1000. I assume they have the same things to fix as I had, so that should be easy for them. Cheers! 1 Quote
TKSpartan[Staff] Posted August 30, 2020 Report Posted August 30, 2020 Good luck with your projects Trooper !!, take your time and make the Empire Proud !! 1 Quote
ukswrath[Staff] Posted September 3, 2020 Report Posted September 3, 2020 Congratulation Ueli, great job trooper. Welcome to Expert Infantry 1 Quote
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