DeathMOS30

I cant definitely help you out with that. I have a troop coming up on Sunday June 28th if you want me to do a full length pics. I can definitely do the individual pics so just let me know

Alright here is a few updates not too many. Still unsatisfied with the brow trim so still working on that. I had to make some measurement adjustments for some of the detailed stuff so it looks good on the helmet and I updated that information in the CRL.. I am approaching this way differently with the weathering than my DW so I hope what I plan on doing works out. Here are the pics only two. I plan on finishing up the detailed parts then do the weathering. So far I like where this is going so far. I am hoping to have some more time to work on this later this week.

Congrats!!!

Whats the status on this build?

Congrats the looks awesome Dont forget to check out the imperial dragons program http://forum.specops501st.com/index.php?/forum/53-imperial-dragons/ Also check out some of our other programs we have available. http://forum.specops501st.com/index.php?/forum/52-spec-ops-programs/ Looking great and congrats

Have ya heard anything back yet?

That is awesome

Alright here is version one of the CRL. I included a new level of expert and added specialist to the CRL. Quite frankly we should include the specialist to all the Spec Ops CRL's since most don't know about this level and the requirements for it should be visible so when people are constructing their armor they have the choice to do either or. The added expert items are very minimal as the goal is not to go the elitist route but at the same time have some sort of higher standard beside the basic. Having these options I think is important. The most formatted neat version I have as a .doc if you are interested I can email it to you. Description: Magma Trooper Prefix: TX Detachment: Spec Ops Detachment Context: The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology; Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary The 501st approval requirements are listed in black. The Spec Ops Detachment defines one additional, optional level of costuming excellence. In the page below, requirements for level 2 “Expert†are in blue. Requirements for Level 3 "Specialist" are in red. Please visit the Spec Ops Detachment web site for a full description of these standards. For 501st membership only the requirements in black need to be met. Special Notes: The armor parts shall be gloss red and made from one of these types of materials or like materials: Fiberglass, ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene), or HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene). Blasters are not required for legion membership per our weapons policy. Required Costume Components The following costume components must be present and appear as described below for approval Helmet For 501st approval: Traps (trapezoids on dome of the helmet) and tears (areas beneath the corners of eye lenses) are gray. Acceptable lens colors are black, smoke or dark green and must be sufficiently dark enough to obscure the eyes. The grey “ears†has three to four bumps. Aerators (cylinders on either side of the vocoder) are black, and screening is silver. Frown must have either 6 or 8 teeth cut our and grey coloring must not leave indented areas. The chin/vocoder (vertically ribbed chin detail) is black Tube stripes are black and may number between 9 and 15 per side. There does not need to be the same number per side. Tears and traps may be hand painted, decals or decals that replicate hand painting. They must be grey with black outlines and highlights. FX/MRCE and/or EFLX PCR helmet does not meet the basic 501st requirements. For level two certification (if applicable): Lenses are black For level three certification (if applicable): Correct hovi or resin cast hovi mic tips Ears should have three visible screws used per side, one above and below the ear bump and one at the base of the helmet. Two screws per side one above the ear bump and one at the base of the helmet. The drop from the ears must also bend towards the back of the helmet, can't fall vertically. Under Suit For 501st approval: Black non-textured material, either one piece or two piece construction with no visible zippers or logos. Neck Seal For 501st approval: Black with horizontal ribs, fitted to the wearer and extending from the base of the neck to conceal the entire neck. Shoulder Straps For 501st approval: These must be securely mounted in the front. May free float in the back. They may be affixed with rivets, Velcro or adhesives. For level two certification (if applicable): For level three certification (if applicable): No visible rivets are allowed. Chest Armor For 501st approval: Must overlap the abdominal plate For level two certification (if applicable): For level three certification (if applicable): Back Armor For 501st approval: Contains an “O II†design with little or no overlap of the kidney plate. For level two certification (if applicable): For level three certification (if applicable): Gloves For 501st approval: Must be black rubber, nomex, leather, or leather like material, with no visible straps or logos. The fingers are enclosed, non-textured. For level two certification (if applicable): For level three certification (if applicable): Hand Plates For 501st approval: Must be roughly pentagonal in shape. The hand plates are mounted securely over the back of the glove. As an alternative to plastic, these may be made out of latex or latex-like material. For level two certification (if applicable): For level three certification (if applicable): Shoulder Bell Armor For 501st approval: Must have one on each shoulder. The shoulder bells are considered effectively symmetrical. For level two certification (if applicable): For level three certification (if applicable): Bicep Armor For 501st approval: Must be fully closed. For level two certification (if applicable): For level three certification (if applicable): Forearm Armor For 501st approval: Must be fully closed. For level two certification (if applicable): For level three certification (if applicable): Abdomen Plate Armor For 501st approval: The ab plate has a button area with 6 black buttons, 2 grey buttons Buttons are approximately 7/16†in diameter For level two certification (if applicable): For level three certification (if applicable): Armor side gaps need to be closed. This should be done by adding a shim of similar material that must be the color as the ab and back plate. Shims should fit flush and have minimal seam showing between the ab/back plates. Kidney Plate Armor For 501st approval: Single kidney butt plate is allowable. If separate butt plate is used it should line up below the bottom of the belt with the ab plate, with minimal gap between it and the kidney plate. For level two certification (if applicable): For level three certification (if applicable): Posterior Plate Armor For 501st approval: Single kidney butt plate is allowable. If Separate butt plate is used it should line up below the bottom of the belt with the ab plate, with minimal gap between it and the kidney plate. For level two certification (if applicable): For level three certification (if applicable): Belt For 501st approval: Belt face is made of plastic Belt proper made be made from glossy red material or red canvas. Must be 3 to 3.5†wide. The drop boxes dangles from the sides of the plastic belt face via black straps and are aligned under the plastic tabs of the ammo belt For level two certification (if applicable): For level three certification (if applicable): Drop boxes must have full inner drop boxes to close the back. Flat covers are not allowed Drop boxes are vertically aligned with the end of the ammo belt with minimal gap between belt and box. The corners of the plastic ammo belt shall be trimmed at 45 degree angle. Thermal Detonator For 501st approval: (AKA 02 canister) attaches to the center of back of the belt. Detonator consists of an all grey cylinder. The cylinder is between 2†to 2.5†diameter with red end caps on each end. The red control panel pad faces upwards with the controls/round washer style detail closet to the end of the right end cap Total length is approximately 7.50â€. The detonator is attached via metal or metallic appearing clips, approximately 1†wide. For level two certification (if applicable): Thermal detonator belt clips are positioned with little to no gap between the clips and the end caps. For level three certification (if applicable): Thigh Armor For 501st approval: Must be closed in the back. The small ammo belt is installed on the bottom of the right thigh. For level two certification (if applicable): For level three certification (if applicable): The bottom corner of the thigh ammo belt are rounded off. Thigh ammo belt is attached to the thigh with a solid head rivet Rivet head is painted red. Lower Leg Armor For 501st approval: Must close in the back. Knee plates mount on both legs. The sniper knee plate is affixed to the top of the left shin. For level two certification (if applicable): For level three certification (if applicable): Sniper knee plate is aligned with the ridges on the shin. Sniper knee plate does not have visible rivets or fasteners attaching it to the shins. Boots For 501st approval: Boots are above ankle height and made of red leather or leather like material. White or other color boots may be painted red so long as the boots are maintained to remain the proper color. [*]Small U shaped elastic sections on both sides of the ankle. [*]All stitching is red. Unnecessary or decorative stitching must not be present. Flat sole with a short heel. No buckles or laces. Jodhpur/Chelsea-type boots or an equivalent style is acceptable. Elvis or Mariachi boots are not allowed. For level two certification (if applicable): There is no seam present on the front of the boot. For level three certification (if applicable): Holster For 501st approval: Holster is made of completely black leather or leather like material. Holster is worn on the left side of belt. The holster may be attached to the belt from behind using two fasteners. (one per strap) The fasteners may be rivets, snaps or Chicago screws. Optional Accessories Items below are optional costume accessories. These items are not required for approval, but if present must meet the guidelines. Black Pauldron For 501st approval: Must be black in color and made from vinyl or leather. Must be worn over the right shoulder. E-11 Blaster For 501st approval: Based on a real or replica Sterling sub-machine gun, scratch-built, or a modified commercial toy Stormtrooper blaster. For level two certification (if applicable): Folding stock (does not need to function). A real replica ammo counter – based off of a Hengstler counter – shall be present D-ring mounted on the rear Sterling based blasters have the correct M-38 or M-19 style scope. Two power cylinders on the magazine housing. Scratch-built, resin cast, Hyperfirm rubber cast blasters shall have a total of 6 T-racks on blaster (leaving the lowest row on the magazine housing side uncovered) If using the Hasbro E-11 toy blaster and you cover all the rows of holes, the blaster will have 7 T-tracks total. But if you want to have the correct number of T-tracks (6 total) with the lower row of open vent holes on the magazine housing side, then you shall cover the pre-existing rows of holes with T-tracks, and grind off the lower integrated T-track on the magazine housing side and drill a new row of holes in its place. No ESB/ROTJ greeblies are allowed on the blaster. For level three certification (if applicable): Hasbro blasters are not allowed, even conversions. SE-14R For 501st approval: Based on the cover of Lumiya: Dark Star of the Empire comic as seen in the Star Wars Galaxy Magazine issue # 3

This is where to post individual armor pieces for use in the CRL. With the photos the generic neck seal, gloves, holster, black pauldron, and e-11 will be fine. I noticed it is missing the under suit information. The back plate, and posterior armor should have its on separate pictures. The shin armor should sit around the boots not on top of them it really looks awkward sitting on top of them. There are now actual red boots that can be purchased I am wondering if we should use the stock photo of that?

This will where discussion and revision of the MT CRL will take place. I think we should add level two/three certification as per the specialist guidelines.

Hi I think the two of us should be able to handle this and if anyone else wants to weigh in it will be accessible for everyone. I highly there is going to be much to change in way of the CRL. I know the most time consuming part will be taking the new individual pictures. I know we have a CRL thread in the leadership part of the detachment forum but I can go ahead and make one in here pin it to the top so we can work on it there. I will most likely copy and paste what is on the 501st website and edit in a word document excluding the photos and then post it on here to get started. As far as doing the pics I think for the most part just taking them on a plain surface as I think the people in the 501st CS does the final editing. So yay shouldn't take to long I wouldn't worry about specifying the year of the armor at this point. It seems the armor is mostly the same the only significant change was not being able to use the FX helmet and then adding the canvas belt option. Thanks for getting back to me.

Congrats that is awesom. Don't forget to check out the Imperial Dragons program now that you are approved http://forum.501stsp...perial-dragons/ As well as the other awesome programs we have here at Spec Ops! http://forum.501stsp...c-ops-programs/

Here is some work from today. I am going to wait until I get the other aluminum I ordered before doing any more work. I think it needs more silver though. Before I do any type of weathering and adding the detailed dark grey stuff, I want the base coat to be what it needs to. Also the brow trim I think it needs more grey its too black.

Awesome looking good. Don't forget to check out the Imperial Dragons program once you are approved http://forum.specops501st.com/index.php?/forum/53-imperial-dragons/ As well as the other programs we have http://forum.specops501st.com/index.php?/forum/52-spec-ops-programs/ Your Shadow looks great

Update: I finally got the correct spray paint and have been working with Ty to make sure the CRL is up to snuff. So I will need to sand my helmet as the spray paint I used wasn't correct color lol. Tip: to get The Force Unleashed game pop it in and check out exactly what the characters colors are. Its a bit hard to tell just from the pics so that was one of the set backs besides not remembering what some of the colors looked like that I used before on another projecting and assuming they could be used for this one. Anyway I hope to do that possibly Saturday if not next week. I will post some pics once I get some more things going. Still researching on the visor. Also starting to look for some boots. The pouches will also be made as I have the correct fabric color.

YAS! loving it great job Thats awesome to have a group together. Dont forget to check out the Shadow Team program and Imperial Dragons program when you guys are approved http://forum.specops501st.com/index.php?/forum/74-shadow-team-area/ http://forum.specops501st.com/index.php?/forum/53-imperial-dragons/

Keep up the awesome work

Great job

Looking forward to seeing this. Good luck with your build

YAY! I will be working on painting this, this weekend. I will also be researching a visor as I am not satisfied with what the republic commandos do for theirs. I have plenty of time so I will be researching for a suitable blue visor.

Indeed so lights are a go go. I am still going to see if I can find a blue one though. I think it would help the effect and make it more legit in my opinion. Considering I have quite a bit of time nothing wrong with doing some research and seeing if it lands me anywhere. if not then I will just have to settle for the other options. I definitely will is there anything besides buying the actual lights that I can look into possibly purchasing light batteries etc?

Yeup Ty is definitely my go to go for sure

wow that is impressive. keep up the awesome work

It took me a moment to figure out which detachment that was lol. I will have to go check out thwa they have and see what they are using. Thanks for the tip. Hopefully its too my satisfaction

Thats so cute I likey. Minor update: Research on lens found this material called iridium and they have the exact color I need. So the question becomes should I light it up or not? Example color: And also trying to get just the visor of that color to fit in the helmet. It seems you cant see your eyes through it as per the picture and its used in sunglasses. Ty is getting my helmet ready to ship out today and working on the add on parts Spent some time reading his build thread the shadowtrooper from the force unleashed to get an insight on lighting. A good chunk of it is the same and the colors are the same so that shouldnt be too much of an issue. Just have to gather materials but that wont be until a bit later in the year. Once I get those parts from TY I can start painting i planned on using rust oleum spray paint which is what i used on my deathwatch torch costume. I have a lot of spray paint as the color schemes are the same light, medium, dark greys and i have a matte black as well.