Hausi

Yeah mate! In my opinion it's spot-on.

I would need to see some detail pics of your helmet and armour to be able to tell. But looking at the pics in this thread, I assume you have used the butt joint and cover strips method(to join the two halves of the thighs for example)? For PO you would have to use the overlap construction method.

Vincent, you're doing an awesome job, chestweathering and helmet look really good! although I would tone down the left side of the chest a little, still looks a little too solid, but you are definitely heading in the right direction. Weathering on your right biceps and shoulder bell looks also very close to the original. Way to go mate!

I like the helmet and upper body but the legs don't look naturally dirty, the spots look artificial and do not fit the rest of your weathering, try to use the same colours and the same techniques for the whole armor.

The gap looks good, you just have to make sure you can get your hand through the opening at the bottom opening when the parts are glued together

This was a very interesting read, great work and I'm excited to see you wearing that new armour!

Congratulation!

Thank you for the kind words Constantin, great to be a part of this!

Nice work!

Hi Vincent, you have done an awesome job on the helmet as far as the weathering is concerned, I also like your chestweathering much more, looks really good. But I can already say that the gap on your left ear (from your point of view) is too small. In the screencaps you can see the light shining through that gap. Have a look at my SWAT approval thread, there you can see those pics and the gap. (I have to admit that the way you have emulated the cracks and paintruns on your helmet is better than the way I did it).

But keep in mind that you can't change the weathering anymore after adding the clearcoat...or at least it's going to be difficult.

Hi Michael Welcome and thank you for your interest in becoming an MEPD deployed officer! Now it´s time to start your review, so let´s go: Application Review: Part 1 Name: Michael Barwinski Legion ID: TD 16103 Forum Name: deckard1138 Garrison: Garrison Carida 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 *additional comments* Nice work, helmet looks great! You could get rid of the mesh insert in the teeth area to have an even more accurate look, but this isn´t a requirement for PO. 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: see comments 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: see comments *additional comments* I would recommend changing the snaps to more accurate ones without any visible lettering, but again, not a requirement for PO. I have also learned that it´s hard to find reliable snaps in the states without such lettering, so you are good to go with those snaps Please add a pic of yourself in armour without the backpack. Please also add a little more dirt to your elastic shoulder straps and to the handguards but not too much. RESULT ON ARMOR pending Backpack a. details: see comments b. weathering: check additional comment: Your pack looks already great but there is a little room for improvement: The upper bottle on your pack doesn´t look right with the visible bottleneck, either try to shorten the bottle you have or get a new one, there shouldn´t be a visible bottleneck. RESULT ON BACKPACK pending Weapon a. details: check b. weathering: see comments Love the T-21, looks awesome …but still factory fresh: please add some dirt, just give it a light wash with some earth colour for example…and don´t forget the sling. RESULT ON WEAPONS pending Michael, this was the first review and I´m pretty sure the next one will be the last! Keep up the good work, those changes should be a walk in the park for you. I´m looking forward to seeing some new pics of your improved gear soon. Cheers mate hausi - MEPD Deployment Officer

Congrats Markus, well deserved, keep up the good work and looking forward to trooping with you again! Cheers mate!

Yeah, I know what you mean, I have painted my rubber foam RS DLT and it expanded when I left in the car while it was pretty hot outside, the result was that the paint cracked in some areas but it wasn't bad and actually adds to the look of a battle worn weapon but I assume that will not happen to this weapon or anything similar to hyperfirm blasters as they seem to use a pretty heavy, robust and dense rubber compound.

I don't know the AM kit but my TM kit was also pretty white when it arrived, although I didn't go for the acrylic capped version and after adding the heavy weathering and dirt spots in specific places I gave it a wash with vallejo model colour earth (actually several layers, always dabbing off most of it almost immediately), but there are many different ways, try what suits you best mate.

Wow this is great! I would like to thank you for having so much trust in Thomas and me. We are overwhelmed and very happy about this decision and we will do our best. We would also like to thank all the present DOs for their efforts and Felice for all the time he has put into this, I think we have already learned a lot from him. Thanks also to the whole command staff for making the MEPD one of the coolest detachments. It is great to be part of this awesome and active community and I'm looking forward to seeing many deployment requests. I love to be a sandtrooper, cheers mates!

In addition to what Dutchy and DarthStevius have already pointed out, is giving your armour some dirty spots with darker colours but not too many, mainly focusing on the nooks and crevases and finally applying some washes of watered down black and earth colours and dabbing almost everything of again almost immediately using a paper towel, repeat this until you are happy with the result. This way you can avoid your armour still having these shiny white spots.

Dude, it will already be difficult to find an original Shires and seedtrays... finding an original Sonix will probably be impossible.

It´s pretty sad that this has happened and I hope that Markus will be deployed or at least reviewed quite quickly, should he consider requesting deployment again as he´s definitely worthy of it. I get the feeling that we might need some more officers for the command staff to do the reviews, especially in times like these were more and more people request deployment as an MEPD PO.

Ups, sorry... three times the same sh.. Looked like it wasn´t working, page obviously isn´t working properly.

Thank you very much! Blaster has since been finished, I have added some fuel hose and electric wire and added some dirt by giving it a wash with watered down game colour earth, the only thing which is still missing are the greeblies on top and at the bottom, will probably get some 3D printed ones. Here are some pics of the blaster in its current state. With the Enfield sling (actually two of them) added: And because my blasters were just standing in the corner or lying on my shelf and collecting, I had to come up with a better way of presenting them, so I have build this: Cheers mates

Thank you very much! Blaster has since been finished, I have added some fuel hose and electric wire and added some dirt by giving it a wash with watered down game colour earth, the only thing which is still missing are the greeblies on top and at the bottom, will probably get some 3D printed ones. Here are some pics of the blaster in its current state. With the Enfield sling (actually two of them) added: And because my blasters were just standing in the corner or lying on my shelf and collecting, I had to come up with a better way of presenting them, so I have build this: Cheers mates

Thank you very much! Blaster has since been finished, I have added some fuel hose and electric wire and added some dirt by giving it a wash with watered down game colour earth, the only thing which is still missing are the greeblies on top and at the bottom, will probably get some 3D printed ones. Here are some pics of the blaster in its current state. With the Enfield sling (actually two of them) added: And because my blasters were just standing in the corner or lying on my shelf and collecting, I had to come up with a better way of presenting them, so I have build this: Cheers mates

Yeah right, time for the review to start

Helmet's a beauty!