gijim[TK] Posted February 20, 2021 Report Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) TK-28888 Requesting ANH (Stunt) Centurion Status [MTK] Trooper Info Name: Jim Lau FISD Forum Name: Gijim Legion ID: 28888 Garrison: Hong Kong Garrison Height: 1.75 m Weight: 79.5 kg Legion Profile: http://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=23062 Costume Information Armor Maker: MTK Helmet Maker: MTK Neck seal: East Asia Supply (new) Belt: East Asia Supply (new) Holster: East Asia Supply Hand Guards: TrooperBay Boots: Imperial Boots Electronics: 5V helmet fans E-11 Blaster: TrooperBay rubber cast Known issues since EIB application Soft Parts: Canvas belt & Neck Seal replaced (new model by East Asia Supply) Belt: Dropboxes aligment issue, fixed Ab Plate: buttons paint issue, fixed Forearm: Return edges trimmed down Thighs: Top of cover strips, trimmed Strapping: Back plate sometime overlapping Kidney plate, fixed Strapping: Shoulder bell straps replaced with black EIB Application link: 1) Full Shot Front Back Left Right Edited February 23, 2021 by gijim Quote
gijim[TK] Posted February 20, 2021 Author Report Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) 2) Helmet Front Left Right Back Hovi Mic / Vocoder S-Trim Lenes Teeth Edited February 20, 2021 by gijim Quote
gijim[TK] Posted February 20, 2021 Author Report Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) 3) Upper Body Shoulder bridge Neck Seal Body Strapping Ab / Kidney plates (R/L) Edited February 21, 2021 by gijim Quote
equuspolo[TK] Posted February 20, 2021 Report Posted February 20, 2021 Beautiful build. Good luck. 1 Quote
gijim[TK] Posted February 20, 2021 Author Report Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) 4) Arms Forearms Hand Plate 5) Ab details: Ammo Belt & Holster Ab Buttons Cod Piece connection Thermal Detonator Edited February 21, 2021 by gijim Quote
gijim[TK] Posted February 20, 2021 Author Report Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) 6) Legs Edited February 22, 2021 by gijim Quote
gijim[TK] Posted February 20, 2021 Author Report Posted February 20, 2021 7) Blastech E-11 Blaster Quote
giskard8[Staff] Posted February 20, 2021 Report Posted February 20, 2021 Way to go Jim! Good Luck on your application. 1 Quote
TKSpartan[Staff] Posted February 22, 2021 Report Posted February 22, 2021 Hi Jim. Thank you for your Centurion App. One of us will be with you shortly. Added to the processing line. 1 Quote
TKSpartan[Staff] Posted March 3, 2021 Report Posted March 3, 2021 Hi Jim, Thank you for your patience Trooper. You have made a great improvement with your armor fixes, it looks much better. As you may know, Centurion Level is all about details and after discussing with the D.O. team, sadly there are some details that need to be addressed before we can get the Centurion Badge under your name. let see: The vocoder looks almost perfect, but it is necessary to refine some areas, indicated in yellow . This is an easy fix with a short painting session. Reference images As you can see. your neck seal rides passing the shoulder straps, one possible solution could be to trim it down as shown bellow: When present, Sweep on the sides of the shoulder bells is normally forward not backwards Your right bicep seems to be lower than the left one, looks like a simple strapping adjustment . Reference Images Your right forearm looks like being upside down, curve is at the top . You may want to check both forearms to confirm the correct position. Reference Images Unfortunately you over trimmed the sides of your large ab-button plate. It must have a flat area surrounding it so will need to be fixed or replaced for Level 3. Reference Images A possible fix for this issue could be to add a piece of ABS plastic behind the plate and seal with abs paste and make some sanding. It seems like your back plate is overlapping the kidney armor. Strapping between the chest plate and backplate could be tighter, appears loose in the second image, this would help bring the backplate in and up off of his kidney plate. CRL L3: Back plate shall have no, or minimal overlap of the kidney plate. Reference Images by the other hand, you may want to check out the Ab/Kidney rivets to assure that they're into the correct position. Crl L3: Ideally there no gap between the abdomen and kidney armor. Abdominal and Kidney Plate align horizontally at top. A single visible seam line is present. 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. Also, You may want to cut down the shoulder strap rear large tabs , for more accuracy . Reference Images Looking to the right side of your Ab section, Ab plate is overlapping the kidney armor. Adjusting the straping may solve this issue. Moving down to your TD, the clips are sticking out under belt, also the control panel should be rotated to see the O detail, and sit central (or higher) on the belt, it's sitting quite low and too much clip showing at top Reference Images Also with your TD, you may want to check the dimensions, it does appear quite long, the gaps between the panel and end caps differ a bit. Finally, looking at your E11 Blaster , a little weather looks nice, The T-tracks and grips on must not contain any "weathering" (silver color) as the screen used ones . A few shots of black spray paint will fix it. Easy ! Reference Images Following detail is not a L3 blocker but all the D.O. team is curious about the Shoulder Bells additional horizontal straps on the fronts and backs of the shoulder bell interiors you have. We wondered if you could need some help with this particular armor section? . Certainly , it looks like a lot of work ahead but we are confident you can deal skillfully with all of them. Let us know if you need some assistance. 2 Quote
giskard8[Staff] Posted March 6, 2021 Report Posted March 6, 2021 On 3/4/2021 at 6:26 AM, TKSpartan said: Following detail is not a L3 blocker but all the D.O. team is curious about the Shoulder Bells additional horizontal straps on the fronts and backs of the shoulder bell interiors you have. We wondered if you could need some help with this particular armor section? . Certainly , it looks like a lot of work ahead but we are confident you can deal skillfully with all of them. Let us know if you need some assistance. The story goes like this, there were a series of Disney events to promote The Last Jedi back then, and we were asked to perform some moves on stage (dancing), the straps were added to minimize the shifting of the shoulder bells. I think about 8 - 10 troopers in our Garrison received the modification. 1 Quote
gijim[TK] Posted March 6, 2021 Author Report Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) Fixes are in place. 1) touched up applied on the Vocoder 2) trimmed Neck Seal 3) The Sweeping Edge on the bells are now facing forward 4) Forearms swapped (as in the case for the shoulder bells, it was a mistake mixing up L/R parts) 5) Back plate over-lapping issue fixed / Biceps strapping re-adjusted to the same level. Edited March 9, 2021 by gijim Quote
gijim[TK] Posted March 6, 2021 Author Report Posted March 6, 2021 6) new Ab-button plate installed. 7) Shoulder strap trimmed down. 8) Ab/Kidney rivets relocated to better match the screen references. Quote
gijim[TK] Posted March 6, 2021 Author Report Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) 9) right-side Ab plate overlapping issue addressed. 10) TD re-worked. Length cut down to 180mm / metal clips trimmed on both ends so the control face-plate now rolled to face the outside more 11) I think the "weathering" on the E-11 Blaster in the last set of photos are actually high-lights from the surrounding. Anyway I went back and re-touched the areas with a new coat of semi-gloss black, Please let me know if additional issue arises. Thank you very much. Edited March 6, 2021 by gijim 1 Quote
TKSpartan[Staff] Posted March 7, 2021 Report Posted March 7, 2021 11 hours ago, gijim said: Please let me know if additional issue arises. Thank you very much. Awesome Jim !! I'll be with you shortly sir. 1 Quote
TKSpartan[Staff] Posted March 9, 2021 Report Posted March 9, 2021 Hi Jim, and thank you for your Centurion application! CRL and Centurion 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 CENTURION. Congratulations! Jim, you have made and awesome work with the requested fixes, well done ! 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 armor. Note that we consider both text (CRL) and pictures (screen caps/reference images) when reviewing submissions. Just a few suggestions that we are sure you can go the extra mile to get the best look to your armor. The male snap on the top right corner could be moved a bit to the top. Reference Images The small ab buttons panel could look better with a small reshape as the references. Reference Images Even though you have trimmed your TD clips and it looks much better, there's still lot of clip at the top showing on the belt. Reference Images A suggested fix for this could be that you carefully bend the tops of the clips as seen below. That would raise it to the level of the belt as well as eliminate the excess that can be seen on top. Following there's an almost imperceptible detail on your canvas belt, and it looks to us like a piece of thread sticking out? or some stain may be? Finally, sometimes when one fix is made in some section, there's some new issue that pops up from other side. . It looks like there's a gap between your Butt plate /Kidney connection. Perhaps with just a strapping adjustment makes the deal. Reference Images Congratulations again Jim, welcome to Centurion ranks !! 1 Quote
giskard8[Staff] Posted March 9, 2021 Report Posted March 9, 2021 Congratulations trooper, Welcome to the ranks. 1 Quote
gijim[TK] Posted March 9, 2021 Author Report Posted March 9, 2021 1 hour ago, TKSpartan said: Hi Jim, and thank you for your Centurion application! CRL and Centurion 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 CENTURION. Congratulations! Jim, you have made and awesome work with the requested fixes, well done ! 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 armor. Note that we consider both text (CRL) and pictures (screen caps/reference images) when reviewing submissions. Just a few suggestions that we are sure you can go the extra mile to get the best look to your armor. The male snap on the top right corner could be moved a bit to the top. Reference Images The small ab buttons panel could look better with a small reshape as the references. Reference Images Even though you have trimmed your TD clips and it looks much better, there's still lot of clip at the top showing on the belt. Reference Images A suggested fix for this could be that you carefully bend the tops of the clips as seen below. That would raise it to the level of the belt as well as eliminate the excess that can be seen on top. Following there's an almost imperceptible detail on your canvas belt, and it looks to us like a piece of thread sticking out? or some stain may be? Finally, sometimes when one fix is made in some section, there's some new issue that pops up from other side. . It looks like there's a gap between your Butt plate /Kidney connection. Perhaps with just a strapping adjustment makes the deal. Reference Images Congratulations again Jim, welcome to Centurion ranks !! Thank you ! i am so happy I will follow your suggestions to improve my armour shortly . 1 Quote
TKSpartan[Staff] Posted March 9, 2021 Report Posted March 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, gijim said: I will follow your suggestions to improve my armour shortly . Great Jim! I'm sure you will Quote
ukswrath[Staff] Posted March 9, 2021 Report Posted March 9, 2021 Fantastic job Jim, welcome to Centurion 1 Quote
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted March 9, 2021 Report Posted March 9, 2021 Congratulations and welcome to the centurion ranks trooper 1 Quote
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