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I think you'd bring the chest armor down a little but and it may hug a little better. Heating to get it to spread a little bit could help, but as you said, you'll want to have the vest and such done prior to just to be safe!

Hello! You would have to remove buttons, but that doesn't seem like it would a hard thing to do and cover up

I'm good with it and have either changed/added in purple below. Back at it again Upper Back Armor Gloss black in color unless noted below. May be painted in accordance with the Color Scheme Guide. If used, all armor pieces must be painted using the Color Scheme Guide. Proportional to the rest of the costume. The back armor may be slightly weathered but must be uniform with the rest of the costume. Back armor overlaps the abdominal armor. Back armor extends over shoulders to meet chest armor. The chest and back plate meet flush at the sides. The arm area of the back plate has a raised tapered ring that joins with a matching detail on the front armor. The collar extends upward and tapers to the chest armor. The back plate has two large cut out recesses with vent details and greeblies inside. The vent details above the greeblies are cut out and backed with black material matching the rest of the armor. There are roughly 8 cut out rectangles (2 rows of 4 stacked) on each side of these vent details. Each recess has a different and specific set of greeblies inside: Left side recess: A rectangle shape greeblie with an angled right side end with 5 panels. On the right side a heat sink greeblie is fitted. Right side recess: Along the top is a long thin strip with flat ends with approximately 30 cylinder shaped teeth in the middle. Along the bottom is a long thin strip that has angled ends with approximately 28 cylinder shaped teeth in the middle. Below it on the left is a rectangle shape greeblie. Approximately 1/8th of the left side is flat followed by a thin line recess and 7x3 rows of oblong-shaped indents. On the right side is a raised circular ring type hose connector. Below that, along the bottom is a long thin strip that has angled ends with approximately 28 cylinder shaped teeth in the middle. There is an oblong greeblie centered below the 2 large recesses. There is a small, raised circle greeblie centered below the oblong greeblie. Bottom left has a rectangle cut out with the left side stepped. The recesses may be matte or metallic black. There are solid pauldron type shoulder armor that sit on top of each of the shoulders and extend slightly past the shoulder/bicep armor and are attached to a single point on the chest and the back armor. Shoulder armor may be stationary or pivot with shoulder movement. The attachment greeblie is present twice on each shoulder armor (front and back) and is circular in shape with a bracket shaped extension that faces outwards away from the helmet. The bracket shaped extension has four equally spaced raised edges. Within the circular greeblie there is a centered raised circle that is smaller than the circular greeblie it sits on.

Rob, the differences are identified by the "Version 2" after the CRL costume parts in the CRL. Version 2 is all of the other parts of the CRL items and you add the following (Ammo pouch, pauldron and chest rig):

Here are examples from red that I've used to help: Rustoleum Satin Enamel "Heritage Red" ---------------------------------- Rustoleum Gloss "Regal Red" It appears that the regal is probably the same as you have above.

Sorry I missed this! That sounds good to me!

I'd say it looks good to me!

The two holes in the middle seem a little low but they shouldn't prevent approval on it. I think the one on the far side is good.

Maintain that order!!

Congrats on the approval! As @Dropkick mentioned, don't forget to request detachment access!

Yeah, what @RAIDER stated, these storm commandos were custom jobs, including the weapons from this guy: https://www.reddit.com/r/starwarsblackseries/comments/13ie3az/star_wars_black_series_6_112_diorama_storm/ The storm commandos were taken from this pack: https://www.actionfigure411.com/star-wars/6-black-series/exclusives/imperial-shadow-squadron-65.php Unfortunately the pauldrons aren't approvable for the shadow scout due to being a custom job.

Not sure what it is supposed to be, but looks like some artistic liberty with whatever it is. Not sure we have enough information/reference to really define what it is. I actually have this comic on my Amazon reader, so I'll have to look at it again

I don't believe the E-11 (instead of the E-10.5) was used in the scenes, but I could be wrong. I'll have to go back and check out the scenes again. @Dropkick and @Blackwatch do you remember seeing it? Since weapons are optional, I don't see how for most troops (non-LFL) that a GML would balk at it, it would be their discretion for each event anyways...however, from an official reference capacity we'd need to see pics of a regular E-11.

Hello, Felix! That is something I want to say that was mentioned at some point by someone, but I can't remember who it was (I don't believe it was someone on staff). That is something that we'd have to discuss with the command team.

Good afternoon, everyone! It has recently been brought to our attention that a panel within the comics that contain General Weir actually display him utilizing a DLT-20a. This is an approvable weapon for the Shadow Scout, so this will be a welcomed add to the General Weir costume. Here is the image from the comic as well as a refence to the DLT-20a: The text that will be added to the CRL will be as follows: DLT-20a Blaster Rifle The BlasTech DLT-20A blaster rifle was a long-barreled rifle (sometimes referred to as a "longblaster") with a top-mounted rangefinder and electronic sight. It had automatic and semiautomatic settings and a rate of fire very close to that of the DC-15A blaster rifle and other longblasters. This was one of the few blaster models produced with a magnatomic adhesion grip, keeping the weapon firmly in the wielder's grip and making him or her more difficult to disarm. With additional collimating rings and longer conduits of galven circuitry, these rifles have improved consistency in their shots. Based on a real or replica STG-44 machine gun, with parts from the Browning M1919. Real or prop scope. Flat or semi-gloss black. Blaster is lightly weathered.

Andreas, I'm confused. Why do you feel your costume is not suitable for the CRL? Your costume is the baseline and is absolutely suitable for the CRL. When we were talking about proportions, we are talking about the standard text that is in every CRL for others who build a costume after the CRL is created.

That is definitely a good catch there! We can add the DLT-20a as a weapon that can be used in the official capacity with the General Weir costume.

Unfortunately, proportions are a thing that we have to notate and only can really drive direct lengths to L2 (Specialist) details. It'll be up to the GMLs if the details and proportions are adequate to not only the CRL text but also the photos that are on the CRL. We can only do the best that we can and cannot limit the costume to certain heights.

I'm good with it. I made sure to change "Chest Plate" to "Chest Armor" on the finalized text and uploaded it to the tracking section here: https://forum.specops501st.com/topic/8662-dark-trooper-generation-3-mandalorian-crl-discussion/?do=findComment&comment=113794 Time for the back armor, as you said, and biceps!

Tom, the lens for General Weir is indeed red/red mirrored and that coloration is not on the Shadow Scout. However, that is an easily swappable item if you use Velcro or the like for the lenses on the inside of the helmet. The accurate rear helmet bar code stripping pattern is a L2 detail, so unless you are going for Specialist level, it wouldn't need to be a thing to worry about.

Thank you for bringing that to our attention. We are currently reviewing a revision to the CRL based on certain evidence that we have and ensuring we don't have conflicts.

Looking like a job well done!

@Chaos you have a good write-up on the Chest Armor and Shoulder Armor! I did some edits in purple, but in the white I did have a question. I think you are talking about that "cut out" area it appears on the lower left of the top-center greeblie? Could we maybe say something like there is a rectangular section missing from the lower left side? Gloss black in color unless noted below. May be painted in accordance with the Color Scheme Guide. If used, all armor pieces must be painted using the Color Scheme Guide. Proportional to the rest of the costume. Chest plate overlaps the abdominal plate. Chest plate extends under the arms and over the shoulders to join with the back plate. Method of connection is not visible. A raised circular greeblie, with the appearance of a hose port, is located on the left middle panel of the chest plate. (See CRL Gallery for reference) There are four raised cylinders of various size on the hose port. The largest one is centered, two are 180 degrees opposite each other, and one is 90 degrees to the other two and shorter. There is a centered wedge shaped recessed area that opens up towards the helmet and narrows and stops at a straight line away from the helmet. There space between this wedge shaped area and the recessed area on the lower center section of the chest plate. There is a recessed area on the lower center section of the chest plate. (Locations/descriptions are as if viewing from the front) There are three greeblies painted metallic black located in the recessed area. Greeblie is located on the top center of the recessed section. An elongated rectangle consists of; four equally spaced small rectangle recesses which are painted red or illuminated, a raised castellated ring on the right side with approximately 15 castellations, and a corner inverted to the center on the lower left side. Greeblie is on the lower right side of the recessed section. Six vertical raised rectangles equally spaced with the far right rectangle being approximately twice the width of the other five. Greeblie is located on the lower left side of the recessed section. Two raised elongated horizontal rectangles sit above a raised uneven “T” shape. The arm area of the chest plate has a raised tapered ring that joins with a matching detail on the back plate. There are three raised elongated narrow trapezoid shapes that extend from the raised tapered ring to the lower front edge of the chest plate There is a raised rectangle with five recessed rectangles of various lengths below the raised tapered ring. There are solid pauldron type shoulder plates that sit on top of each of the shoulders and extend slightly past the shoulder/bicep armor and are attached to a single point on the chest and the back armor. Shoulder plates may be stationary or pivot with shoulder movement. The attachment greeblie is present twice on each shoulder armor (front and back) and is circular in shape with a bracket shaped extension that faces outwards away from the helmet. The bracket shaped extension has four equally spaced raised edges. Within the circular greeblie there is a centered raised circle that is smaller than the circular greeblie it sits on. Chest and shoulder plates may be slightly weathered but must be uniform with the rest of the costume. OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): The chest lower center section’s elongated rectangle consists of four small rectangle recesses which must be illuminated red using LEDs.

Proportions are definitely considered for it. This is standard in each CRL within this text: Measurements given in this document are intended to be approximate and generalized; not criteria for approval. Requirements for all 501st costumes are proportional to the wearer in scale, fit and size.

Big brown box day is not too far away then!