TK-13836 Requesting ESB EIB Status (RS) (1077)

**thisistheray[TK]** · July 7

Full Name: Raymond Sung-Leung Chiu
Preferred Name: Ray
Forum Name: thisistheray
Costume: Stormtrooper ESB Stunt w/ E11 Blaster
Costume builder: RS Prop Masters
501st ID: TK-13836

Desert Scorpion Garrison

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Full Body

Armour Details

Helmet Details

Accessories

Blaster Details

**gmrhodes13[Staff]** · July 7

Great to see your application here Ray, you may need to add a couple more images:

Armor Details

12. ___ Close-up of ab/kidney rivets

13. ___ "Han" snap

Updated checklist is here

God luck with approval

**thisistheray[TK]** · July 8

Thanks, Glen. Extra images below. 🤞

**TKSpartan[Staff]** · July 8

Hi Trooper, and thank you for your EIB submission.

One of us will be with you asap.

Added to the line. :salute:

**Doggydoc[Staff]** · July 17

Hi Ray,

I am going to ask for a slight modification before we can move ahead with your EIB approval.

1. The hand plates are not sewn to the gloves which from the photos do appear to be fabric and not rubber. To correct this, you likely will need to remove the elastic between the hand plate and the forearm and then sew the hand plates to the gloves. If I am incorrect, and the gloves are actually rubber, then they are fine as they are.

CRL L2: If silk or satin gloves are worn, the hand plates have the correct visible stitching with a 5 point/star pattern, equally spread out with 2 on each side and 1 in the middle front, double stitched with 2 holes at each point and sewn to the glove at each one using black thread.

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**thisistheray[TK]** · July 19

I got new rubber gloves. Will these be ok?

**Doggydoc[Staff]** · July 23

Hi Ray, 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! :salute:

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, and please keep in mind that we consider both text (CRL) and pictures (screen caps/reference images) when reviewing submissions.

1. Your helmet is sitting a little bit high on your head. This can easily be fixed by removing some of the padding on the top of the helmet. This will also likely improve your visibility some.

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2. Although not required, some black mesh placed inside of the helmet behind the frown will help to hide your face from people looking through the gaps.

3. It appears that your rank bars on the right ear are painted in the grooves and not on the top of the raised areas. Although this is not mentioned in the CRL, it would make the overall look more screen accurate.

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4. Your belt has some fraying along the top and bottom edges. Your costume will look alot cleaner if these are trimmed off.

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Centurion Requirements:

In this section we prepare you for our highest tier of approval. Because Centurion photos must show more detail than EIB, items pertaining to Level 3 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 are able to clearly see, but the final accuracy is the responsibility of the trooper.

1. A very simple adjustment should be made to your shoulder strap elastics by pulling them back just a touch to put them more to the back of the shoulder strap rather than in the middle area.

CRL L3: The plastic shoulder straps need to be held down in the back via a white elastic band to the white fabric that connects/bridges the chest and back piece.

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2. The gap between your shoulder bell and shoulder strap on the left is a bit wider than the one on the right. Ideally, the left shoulder strap should be brought in slightly to make them even. I suspect this is more of a dressing issue with the shoulder bell being pulled out a bit. If it is not, it will require a simple adjustment to the strap length.

CRL L3: There should be a minimal gap between the shoulder armor and the chest/back plates.

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3. Your Abdominal and Kidney plates are not lining up properly. The abdominal plate needs to come up and forward some to align better with the kidney plate. This may be achieved by adding some padding to the inside abdominal or kidney plates to reduce the overlap and bringing the abdominal plate up by adjusting while dressing or possibly modifying the strapping slightly between the abdomen and kidney plates to form a more secure seam to align the top edges.

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.

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4. Your rivets on the left side of your kidney plate are a bit too far back. Your abdominal ones look correct however. We will need you to move the 3 rivets on the kidney plate forward slightly. This will take a bit of ABS paste work to patch the holes but will give a more screen accurate look in the end.

CRL L3:

Three rivets, approximately 5/16"(8mm) diameter, are present on the left side of the kidney plate.
- 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 heads are rounded or domed. Note: Paperclip brads are not considered to have a domed head.
- Rivets are painted white.

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5. Your Belt needs to come up a bit so that the top of it is in line with the bottom button of the abdominal button panel. This can be achieved with a bit of velcro between the belt and abdominal armour.

CRL L3: The top of the ABS ammo belt should sit at or just above the bottom of the central and vertical abdomen button panels.

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6. A bit of filler in the gaps on the bottom of the thigh joint in the back will need to be applied. This can be done with ABS paste or Sugru.

CRL L3: Lower thigh ridge joins (front and rear) shall butt-up flush against each other. Any gaps must be backed with ABS or filled as not to be noticeable.

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7. Your sniper knee plate is sitting just off of the proper angle with respect to the ridges of the shin. You likely will need to remove it and adjust it so it is sitting in the proper position. This can be tricky to achieve at times but there are lots of references and people here to assist you if you have any questions.

CRL L2: Sniper knee plate must be aligned with the ridges on the shin.

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