IcyTrooper

I see what you are seeing. Perhaps I can pull something that similarly speaks from the FOTK kits, I'll list it below. Good comparisons! Haha yeah that is fine. What about this for text?: Abdomen Armor The abdomen and cod piece may combined/fused to a single plate/one piece or separate. Cod piece is white in color. The abdomen is black in color. There are three white vertical lines in the middle. The outer lines are aligned with the two recessed lines of the chest armor. There are four white rectangles. Two on each side in a horizontal and parallel position. The rectangles are slightly elevated above the surface of the abdomen. Rectangles cannot be drawn or hand-painted There are no visible snaps or rivets. Abdomen armor must match in-comic references. OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): The cod piece is separate from the abdomen armor. There should be no gap between the ab and kidney plate, a single visible seam line is ideal. Any gap between the abdomen and kidney armor shall be no more than 1/2” (12.5mm). Any shims used to achieve this effect shall have a similar material and color as with the abdomen and kidney armor. Shims should be flush and seams are allowed. For the lines on the chest this is what the FOTK has: There is a slight groove running vertical on each lateral side of the chest that angles towards slightly towards the center. Also, I think we skipped the Back Armor but I think we can use this standard text for it?: Back Armor Back plate contains a “O II” design with little or no overlap of the kidney plate. OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Back plate shall have return edges all around, maximum width of 3/8" (10mm).

Chest Armor Overlaps the abdominal armor. There are two recessed lines, slightly curved and vertical, on either side of the chest. Width of the lines decreases as they progress to the bottom of the chest armor and line up with the abdomen armor lines. Chest armor must match in-comic references. OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Chest plate shall have return edges all around, maximum width of 3/8" (10mm). Chest and back shall be connected with a white fabric (preferably elastic) that does not stick out or show under the shoulder plastic straps. @RAIDER I added the chest text to align with the abdomen armor text which speaks about also lining up with the chest. Also, for the ab/cod piece I'd be comfortable making the separate cod piece a requirement for L1 since we are materially having to modify the ab plate as it is. Splitting the cod plate shouldn't be hard at all.

For the helmet, that is a good point! I'd say for the ability to quickly allow for conversions with L1 to have the text say blue or black for L1 and black for L2. I made such updates to the 1st post with the finalized text. For the pauldron, I have made that correction to change it to "affixed". That is a good question for the type of armor for it. I never thought about the hard pauldron, I'd like to see if we have a comparison on normal pauldron to this pauldron in those comic panels if they even exist. I'll have to see what we have in it. I'm not opposed to the hard option for L2. See above

Got em loaded! I also made an edit to that bicep pouch to state that is is a snap (not a rivet) and black in color. I agree on the hand plate and glove text being standard

It sucks that it can't be hidden by weathering!!

Ahhhh that sucks on the seam!

Excellent! I can see why we would want to keep it though, it is a pretty integral part of the costume so I can't see it being L2. I'm fine with L1 including illumination for the panel and then we can perhaps bypass the L2 requirements all together.

First of all, I'd like to thank @RAIDER for getting me back onto this and assisting with this. I would like to apologize to @darthRivera for the lag in this, short of any excuses I've had some real world issues that have set me back away from costuming duties but I'm almost out of the water. The pandemic hasn't been kind to my job (as most people haven't either). That being said, let's keep it moving! I will make this a high priority on my end. Now onto this CRL!: Biceps - Text looks good to me, I'd make a motion to finalize it so that I can include it in the first post as the finalized text. Bicep pouch - Text looks good to me, I added zoomed in/isolated reference photos to Raider's post. One thing to think of for the pouch would be to add that the snap on that pouch is black. For the rivet I think we should just call it a snap and state that it doesn't not need to be functional in it. We should also put something in there that if there is any stitching it is black. That is similar to the requirements that they have in FISD with pouches on the HWT. Forearms - Text looks good to me, I'd make a motion to finalize it so that I can include it in the first post as the finalized text. Compad - That text looks good actually! Not sure we need any L2 stuff on it. Unless we keep it painted as a color for blue light blue for L1 and make the lit part a requirement for L2, just thinking of availability of parts. What do you think? I also updated the first post to have the added sections for this costume (e.g. bicep couch and forearm compad).

Hello! I'm a tall trooper as well, I'm close to 6' 3" so I'd definitely recommend dropping those thighs a little bit. We are going to have a gap regardless but we can at least minimize it a bit How you had it here was very good:

Thank you so much @thisiskevin!

Hello, Kyle! You can probably do a combination of cheating the chest down as well as the ab plate up. If you heat mold the part closest to the shoulders you can sometimes use the fuller length of the shoulder straps to get a few more more distance on it. The biggest part is you don't want to see a gap between the ab plate and the chest plate. The cod piece you'll probably want just enough to go about a 1/4 of an inch around the goods. Do you have a Walt kit?

I can't wait to see as well!

Congrats on the approval! Well done!

Great suggestion! I forgot about Plasti-dip.

@Dropkick Shane, I may not have a source for EU paint but I'd say look for something that is oil-based. It should stick to latex better than acrylic.

Moving right on along. The color on the belt looks really good.

Definitely below the calf!

That looks great!

I'd say that turned out well on the paint! It has a metal look to it, I like it.

That's always a fun time!

FYI, the following text was added to the helmet CRL: The vocoder is it's own separate greeblie with distinct tubes, not bumps molded into the helmet. This will align the helmets with the rest of the Inferno Squad CRLs.

I haven't forgotten about this, work has been crazy for me.

That case fits it perfectly!

I think the part we are seeing is usually the ridge on the chest goes all the way to the neck, at least that is what I'm used to seeing with ROTJ TB's. The bicep stuff looks fine to me. Ultimately, the GML will be the one reviewing it and approving or not approving, so it is good that you are checking with them!

I like it!!