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I was looking for that shot (if they exist....backshot showing hair and neck)...can you point me towards that? The ones I saw...I only saw balaclavas with the helmet on. Thanks!!!

So with that...should the balaclava be mandatory when wearing the helmet (as that's what the references show when the helmet is donned)? Asking for a friend lol.

Are you set on Del Meeko? Go to the Inferno section and start a build thread. Drop all of your questions over there and you'll get all the feedback you need. Hit up FirstOrder (Andy) here on our forums as well. He's currently your CTG GML (does approvals) and one of our Shadow Trooper Specialists...great Spec Ops rep up there.

Discussing possible edits...I rifled through the thread looking for info on the balaclava. Seems there are a couple buckshots that appear to have a balaclava under the bucket...but then there are the shots where they take buckets off and would you look at that no balaclava. Is this the reasoning for it being listed as optional?

Hey there Quentin. Yes the belt was pulled from reference images. This is an in-game shot where you can see the officer belt underneath the scout belt. https://www.hostingp...11401310959.png There are a few others but this is the best shot. I pulled this link from the CRL discussion thread here: http://forum.501stsp...es-trooper-crl/ Good question man. If you have any more please don't hesitate to ask. Several troopers here that can hook you up with the info you need. Good luck on your build! PS Connecticut!!! My birth state! Good to see you getting involved there!

Dale mas rapido

Shadow Company Viper!

Final write up being done and then presenting very very soon for the Swampy. Shadow and Weir will be quick too follow as most of what we think we can update will be similar.

very good! is that a craft foam lining in the boots? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We got you man!!! Welcome!!!

Good to see you in on this Charlene!!!

Welcome Death Trooper!!!

I like that...it will allow those that have already purchased pouches to make the slight mod to make em work.

Thanks for the feedback Andry! I was in a back and forth info gathering session w/ Chef not to long ago on the strapping and other adjustments made to the TB crl. We are taking all the input and putting the official proposal adjustment together to present shortly (starting with Swamp Scouts and then working through the others). I appreciate the background info on the strapping decisions. That's an added layer of info I had not gotten from Chef.

I'm feeling both options Matt and Neal.

Is the issue with the pouches related to the center "strap" on the reference images and the nylon ones not having that distinctive part? As Matt said, can't that be a Level 2 distinction? The nylon pouches seem very close to me minus that detail...particularly the mag pouch.

You're on your way! L-Bracket looks great. Able to send a shot of the very bottom of the tank/backplate? I'd like to see how far back you were able to get it to sit. Look forward to seeing that paste smoothed out...I have yet to perfect a batch of that stuff lol.

Seyn Marana has been pulled from the Legion as a whole. She's a book character...not to be confused w/ Iden Versio the game character. Iden's CRL (the main game character) is still live. Hope that helps.

Yea man we will get it squared up. Appreciate the effort for sure! And again...that's all how I think I understand stuff...could be all wrong lol. There are a few more threads I want to go through for sure. I'm not a pro by any stretch when it comes CRLs or costume building...this one in particular draws my interest because...well...it's what I rock at nearly every troop I do.

I, personally, am trying to work through that as well. I recently had my permission upgraded (muahahahaha) so I can read through some of the past discussions on both of our scout options to get the history of the decision making both here and at the Legion level. Here's some of what I THINK (don't quote this as gospel...this is me piecing together what I am learning)...as always, I don't want to put words into people's mouths nor trample on the hard work people before us did (RESPEK HOMIES!!! lol), so any of the members who were around and actually developed these CRLs can definitely correct me if I'm wrong on what I think I'm understanding: 1) Spec Ops is well over 10 years old. Lots of things have changed in that time. How things were done then may not be (are def not) how they are done now. Overall, it's a very flexible situation depending on current LMOs and their interpretation of precedents (similar to our US court system lol). So to ask, "How did this pass?" really isn't a question with a rigid, simple answer. * For example, the 3 panel reference "rule" to my understanding has been held to tightly at some points in the Legion's existence and more loosely in others as technically it's not really a written rule but a suggestion for how an LMO should approach it. As LMOs change, the enforcing/interpretation of that changes. 2) Comic references, as they are drawings and artist interpretations, are not necessarily the rock solid reference we'd like them to be (again, how I'm reading things...don't quote this as truth). Due to this, there is some liberty to lean back to what we know for certain (those things that have appeared on-screen in film canon). * For example...the General Weir/Shadow Scout 2-pack comic shows Shadow Scouts with some noticeable differences from the movie TBs we see on screen. But then the figures included in the very same pack mimic the TB more than they do the comic version. This is where the grey area comes in involving comic-based characters and allows for more flexible interpretation of them into a CRL...this may also explain some of why the current Shadow Scout config is all-black...the best comic reference for that character was presented alongside an all-black version action figure representation...but that fig rep was more TB than anything leading to a sensible blend of the 2. 3) This stems from that last example...since action figures can be made in really any paint format (for example look at all of the different TK action figures out there or Boba Fett figs...none match perfectly even in paint jobs...allowing every paint variation would be chaos)...so for paint schemes, the precedent seems to be that when it comes to paint applications, we have leaned to the main references for guidance. Since the main comic pack shows an all-black scout (with a black lens), that's prob why it ended up as the go-to...maybe silver was allowed because the figure that directly accompanied that pack has a silver-ish lens. That's what I've gathered so far...at least to my understanding...and my understanding may change as I ask more questions and read more lol. That may not all line up with what we expect here in 2018...the Legion has progressed along way it seems since Albin Johnson first donned his TK lol...but there was def thought and a process followed (it wasn't just a random slap-it-together party)...the process evolves, devolves, etc. I think that's my biggest takeaway so far...esp. in regards to comic characters, there is no "set in stone 10 commandments of CRL writing"...just precedents that blend what we see with what makes sense. Hope that helps a little as I am pretty much just thinking out loud here.

Correct. And since ur backplate has the protruding area to support the tank, u really shouldnt need to do the L-bracket...that part serves the same function. The greeblie rivet and the bottom rivet should b sufficient to hold the tank in place methinks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Posted your pic to FB and IG as well mate! You're famous now lol!!! Keep trooping it and sending in your best pics for us to show off!

I did the L-bracket method for the top of the tank that Ken mentions...just position the tank where you want it and mark it w/ pencil...cut the slit in the center of the back where the tank top would sit...glue and rivet there (no glue needed around the edges...after you rivet the bottom it will be solid).

Nice shot! Saw it on Twitter. They had you running point!!!

ROFL at your story lol. Doesn't sound like this experience will even come close to resembling your Wicket/Chewbacca trauma . I don't know much regarding DTs...but it seems like you have your stuff sourced out pretty well. Andrew is a garrison-mate of mine here in Florida...have only heard (and seen) good things regarding his work. I know there are other makers out there as well that others can name drop as well if you decide to go the purchase route instead at some point though it seems you've done your research well. LEGGO!!!