Units only partially showing up

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hey all,
This is my first attempt at making a unit and would like to see if anyone can tell me what i'm doing wrong.
Everything else about the unit is working fine, so it looks like i did all the DB entries right, but when I try to load up a battle with the units only a few of them actually show up fully geared, the majority of the units just show the skin, which is the head and arms model. I used the new creative assembly tools variant editor to throw a unit together using nothing custom. I'm trying to think about what could be going wrong, maybe some pieces of gear are not compatible with one another? Everything is packed right, I looked at my examples to make sure I was doing things right.

The idea behind my unit is to make an eastern inspired legionary unit that both Rome and some eastern factions can use. It is a natural progression of warfare to have a well trained, well equipped sword and shield unit and with a heavy investment in military, this is my attempt to give them one. Also, I'm allowing a Roman faction that holds certain eastern provinces to train the native populous in their ways (AKA allow them to train the unit.)

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the end of the first paragraph "I looked at *many* examples to make sure I was doing things right."

minor correction