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  1. Hi Christine, welcome and thanks for your interest in becoming a deployed Police Officer of the MEPD. You have done an overall amazing job: -very tidy application – thanks for that -great quality build, both, armor and backpack. I assume the fitting wasn´t easy, we also have a lady in our squad and I know how much time and effort has gone into making her armor fit. Your gear suits you very well, it looks really cool and – what is most important - you look really happy. -the backpack is gorgeous too, kudos to you for building it yourself. -your sons armor is awesome! And you have 3D printed, built and painted all of that yourself? You´ve got some serious skills and my greatest respect,great paintjob too. I really like those pics, thanks for sharing. At first glance everything looks good and I really dig your weathering but let´s get into those details with the review. Application Review: Part 1 Name: Christine Lee Legion ID: TD-10401 Forum Name: Cricket Garrison: Georgia Garrison Helmet a. Green lenses: check b. Paint color of traps / tears: check c. Correct number of teeth: check d. Mic tips: check e. Vocoder color: check f. Tube stripes: check g. Rank bar on ears: check h. Brow: check i. Side screws (ears): check j. Weathering: check k. no mesh behind teeth: check *additional comments* It seems people already know me and my preference for the higher brow. However, I am getting used to seeing the lower brows and have to admit that I actually have grown more fond of it. One thing to mention though: did you paint the helmet or did the guys and gals at RS do that? Here´s the reason why I am asking: you have clearly used a stencil which is absolutely okay but the direction of the brush strokes is wrong, it should be painted vertically. But do not worry, this isn´t going to hinder your approval. RESULT ON HELMET Checked & Cleared Armor details a. elastic straps shoulders: check b. neck seal: check c. black undersuit: check d. shoulder bells: check e. biceps: check f. forearms: check g. pauldron: check h. chest / back plate: check i. kidney / butt plate: check j. ab plate / side rivets / cod: check k. strapping system: check l. thighs: check m. shins / calves: check n. sniper plate: check o. boots: check p. gloves: check q. hand plates / guards: check r. ammo belt (waist): check s. ammo belt (right knee): check t. canvas belt: check u. pouches: check v. weathering: check *additional comments* Nice armor, great job in making it fit. RESULT ON ARMOR Checked & Cleared Backpack a. details: see comments b. weathering: check *additional comments* Your pack looks great with all those original vintage parts. I really dig it that you even took the time and made the effort of adding the red support straps, good eye for the details. There are some things to address though: 1 the mortar tube detail is too long, you will have to trim it a little further to match screen references as no pack had such a long detail. 2 The grey bottles have the right colour but they are way too shiny (while the this isn´t as obvious with the seedtrays, which is quite interesting). Also they are too thin which makes them look too long as well, so please get some new bottles which are larger in diameter (this will make it look much more screen accurate, trust me) and give them a final satin matte clear coat. RESULT ON BACKPACK PENDING Weapon a. details: check b. weathering: check *additional comments* Nice DLT, great details. Is that a Hyperfirm or an RS? Still…I always encourage people to go “full Bapty”… and there is a Bapty variant of the DLT-19 too…would also be much more in line with those red back support straps. RESULT ON WEAPON Checked & Cleared Christine, this was your first review! There´s not much to do, those small changes will be a walk in the park, especially knowing that you´ve built that pack yourself, so you know how it comes apart and goes back together again. I expect to hear from you soon, keep up the great work. Cheers Hausi - MEPD Deployment Officer
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  2. TD-10401 Requesting Deployment Name: Christine Lee 501st TD ID with a link to 501st profile: TD-10401 https://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=23755 MEPD forum name: Cricket Garrison: Georgia Garrison Armor and Helmet: RS Props Stunt. -Helmet off photo. -One full armor, helmet on, front photo. -One full armor, helmet on, right side photo. -One full armor, helmet on, left side photo. Showing the pouches mounted on sides if you have them and the gap closed. -One full armor, helmet on, back photo. Please note that additional weathering was applied to backpack. See detail backpack pics below. -One full armor, helmet on, back photo without backpack. -Canvas or elastic shoulder straps detail photo. -Canvas belt detail photo with pouches. -Abs details close up photo. Showing the 3 buttons an TD abdominal plate. Neck seal: Geeky Pink Pauldron: Trooper1 -Detail photos of the rubber gloves and latex handguards - Detail photos of all snaps, screws and buttons on the armor. Bucket: -A close up photo clearly showing the flat green lenses. Please note that the frown mesh has been removed! I forgot to take it off when taking initial photos. And I know that my brow is on the low side. I prefer a lower brow. -Detail photo showing no stripes on all grey traps and tears. -Detail photo of hovi-mix mic tips (or replica) mounted on helmet. -Detail photos of blue tube stripes. Backpack: Self-build from assorted vintage, found, and 3D printed parts. - Detail photos from all sides, separately. Weapon: Praetorian DLT-19. -At least one picture showing the whole weapon. -Detail pictures of mods required for the specific weapons. Finally: -One (or several) full body action (or attitude poses) good quality picture. And these last few just for fun. This is me and my son. He's trying out the kit I 3D printed for him for the first time, so this was an awesome outing for both of us. Please let me know if you need additional photos! Thank you for your time and consideration to the MEPD Police Officer Program. -- Cricket TD-10401
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  3. Thank you so much for taking the time to review my application! I will definitely get on those pack fixes immediately. "One thing to mention though: did you paint the helmet or did the guys and gals at RS do that? Here´s the reason why I am asking: you have clearly used a stencil which is absolutely okay but the direction of the brush strokes is wrong, it should be painted vertically. But do not worry, this isn´t going to hinder your approval." I assembled and painted the lid myself, so whatever issues are there are all me. The only stencils I used for the helmet were for the blue tube stripes and for the black stripes inside the gray areas (which are no longer there because I painted over them with gray). I'm not sure what you mean by stenciling any other areas. I'm guessing the gray areas to cover the black stripes? Again, all that was done free hand. So if there are gray brush strokes, I was just slapping the paint on to cover the black stripes. I didn't know there was a preferred direction for that. Interesting stuff! "1 the mortar tube detail is too long, you will have to trim it a little further to match screen references as no pack had such a long detail." Yeah, I kind of figured that as such. This was a 3D printed part, and it will not be any issue at all to easily trim it down. "2 The grey bottles have the right colour but they are way too shiny (while the this isn´t as obvious with the seedtrays, which is quite interesting). Also they are too thin which makes them look too long as well, so please get some new bottles which are larger in diameter (this will make it look much more screen accurate, trust me) and give them a final satin matte clear coat." My search is on! Will do. Would you have any particular recommendations? I used Wet Wipes bottles, but it would help a lot to have an actual size reference. I saw a 9.4cm width measurement from Strider's pack reference for the bottles. Would this be better? My current bottles are 7.5cm wide at the bottom. I agree that shorter bottles would look better on the pack. "Nice DLT, great details. Is that a Hyperfirm or an RS?" Thank you! It's a Praetorian Blaster. Very happy with the detail work they put into it. "-great quality build, both, armor and backpack. I assume the fitting wasn´t easy, " Thank you! I'm just 5'4", and this was my very first armor build. It took me about a year to shrink it down properly to fit. My second TK was much easier to build because I had learned what to do to make it fit. Since then, I've become the "go-to" person for sizing down armor in my garrison. haha... I've even sized down a garrison friend's TK to fit her 4'11" frame. Never too short to troop! "-your sons armor is awesome! And you have 3D printed, built and painted all of that yourself? You´ve got some serious skills and my greatest respect,great paintjob too." Thanks! Yes, I did it all myself. Lots of sanding, Bondo, sanding, priming, sanding, painting... Very glad I did it though. I learned a lot. It was my very first 3d armor build that I've totally completed, and much more work than building an RS Props TK, that's for sure! Reprinting armor parts as he grows is easy and relatively inexpensive. Oh, one last question! Will you need just new pics of just the corrected backpack, or will you need pics of me wearing the corrected backpack? Thanks again for all your feedback!!! Much appreciated!
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  4. Just use some elastic and roll up the extra webbing from the strap so it doesn't interfere with the look
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  5. Impressive so far! Just a few corrections which should be easy!
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