Retrofire

Fully understand. I ran into some of the same problems with my submittal too. A full resubmit is not necessary. Please provide new photos with you suited from the front and a detail shot of your revised bund/cod. That will be sufficient for the follow on review. You’re just about there just a few items to address![emoji106]

Mike, Apologies for the time lag but if you're ready here we go.... Your cod piece is folding. Looks like it is too tight and needs to be loosened. It should ride in front and not be tucked underneath. The bund has six ribs with seven vertical stitch lines. CRL states five ribs with six vertical stitch lines. This can be remedied by carefully removing the extra stitchline and using a warm iron. The double stitching for the curve on your cod piece is too far apart. It should be approximately half that width. This can be remedied by carefully removing the stitchline and using a warm iron. Then resew it closer together. Your back armor seems much too low. You can make this look better by trimming the shoulders some and bring it up. Boot closures do not look clean and should be redone. Findings not affecting approval but should be reviewed by the candidate: Left forearm sneaking under your gauntlet. Flight suit a bit baggy above the knees. Drop boxes a touch low, Could go up a bit. You're shooting for 1 to 1.5 inches from the belt. Bicept armor not squared up and aligned to your arm. Hold out blaster barrel is drilled out. He stated that he will fix that and resubmit. TD color should be a darker grey. You can remove and spray paint a medium gray. You are off to an excellent start on a difficult submission. Just a few items to address. As always you can contact any of the staff for assistance at any time we're here to help and we want you to be successful!

Dart is right on point with his input. As to your question regarding strapping the bottom of the shoulder bells, knees, forearm, and biceps are all connected using various widths of woven elastic. In some builds the Scouts add Velcro to these parts and the flight suit to keep them in place. The belt is woven nylon webbing with a Velcro closure. I also have stirrups built into my flight suit to keep the legs tight so it doesn’t bunch above/below the knees.

I guess the phase “can’t see the forest through the trees” would be applicable here[emoji16]

Here’s a part of the instructions I send to our members wishing to join. I would join the UK Garrison forums first and verify what their process is before proceeding. In the Dune Sea we prefer to have the candidates set up in the Garrison forums first so we can answer questions and guide them through the process. We will first need your 501st application to be filled out. All Imperial Citizens wishing to join the Imperial Armed Forces will need to successfully complete this phase. Proceed to this page - http://www.501st.com/members/join_form.php Read the instructions and fill out the form completely. When you get to the TKID portion think of a five digit number that has significance to you as that will be your ID for as long as you serve the Empire. There is a spreadsheet you can review to ensure that your number is available. For example in my case my TKID 91005 is the date of my anniversary.

You’re correct. While we don’t approve at level 2 since that’s for the det‘s to do we do recognize and accept level 2 building techniques when approving for basic. The best CRL is one that the GML doesn’t have to post to the 501st forum for approval help because all the info is there in front of them. This is all good stuff!

Between his Shore and now this we’re not going to hear from him for some time I suspect[emoji16]

Good eye Theo! We were seeing the same thing. Looking closely at your right side pic above it looks like there is seam line just past the end of the bell. That’s about the length you want. Then you can pull up your biceps a touch. Keep up the great work you’re just about there!

Congrats Pathfinder! Woot! Good job blizzard!

Looks awesome and great attention to detail! Be careful trying on different lids though could get you arrested....

Congrats Lancer!

Don’t forget the grandparents that do it to make their kids and grandkids jealous[emoji1]

It’s looking much better. My advice before you call it good is to simulate having your vest on top of your shirt. Remember the chest goes over the flight suit and vest so it will add a bit of thickness to your overall build. Make sure you have a good range of motion with your shoulders. Take a knee, sit down, stand up, etc and make sure it’s comfortable. If you need a little more strapping you might be able to reach out to Matt at SC for some or even check around here. The lvl2 spec permits 1.5” elastic as an optional replacement so that’s an option too. Might be a little easier to find.

Tip of the spear! Excellent work team! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Congratulations team! Outstanding work in bringing this great set of armor to life!

I would go with bondo as it tends to be really consistent and easier to work with than ABS slurry. It also sands very smooth and produces a nice finished surface for paint.

Congrats James! Outstanding work!

Dear all, Please join me in congratulating Andrew "Drewtroan" TB-17390 in achieving the rank of Lancer. Great job, Andrew!

Congratulations, Andrew - please see announcements

Brilliant job to everyone engaged in this and doubly for getting the LMO engaged ASAP. Looking forward to seeing this amazing addition to the Pathfinders go live. Great job Scouts!

Thank you for the updates Andrew. We’ll go over them and get back to you soon.

I did the same with my boxes and it works out really well. I attached snaps to the back and made snap plates for the front.

Thank you for your submission Taylor. We will review and get back to you.

Andrew thanks for your app. Here we go.... - Cod looks a bit wide and it's crunching on the sides. If necessary it can be repaired with a foam insert and readjustment to get it a bit tighter. - Belt boxes are too low. Those should be at the ~25mm level from the bottom of the belt - In the left side photo the bicep is overlapping the forearm. The biceps and forearms will need to be adjusted. - The chest Is a bit too low on your torso and will need to come up closer to your neck. - Most of the strapping measurements were hard to verify with the ruler behind the strapping rather than in front (on top). Overall it is very well done and there are only a few areas that will need to be addressed. Keep up the great work trooper!

Congratulations Lancer! Sent from my VS985 4G using Tapatalk