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Hi Tom , yes, please do. That we we are all one big, happy Emperium. Kevin, now I can UNSEE it. I think I got the vendors last pair of gloves. A reall shame. Want to start glove production???? Handl plate and glove change log 1.1 Hand Plates Hand plates are mirrored and symmetrical. Roughly pentagonal in shape, the hand plates are mounted securely over the back of the glove. ANH style hand plates are not acceptable. OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): The front of the handplate features a recessed slot the width of the raised detail. Gloves The base material of the gloves will be a black synthetic material similar to Lycra, Spandex, Elastane, or Nylon. The fingers are enclosed, non-textured. Palms of gloves shall be shiny black fabric or leather or leather-like material. OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Gloves shall have the correct leather pattern along the fingers/palm.

I just got my vest from Jim Triipon, its his prototype new style like yours, made of heavy canvas. It also has the dropped pouches, leather, etc. Its a departure from how he used to make them and he had to send it back to his crafter a couple of times to get it right. I had him add the vertical stitches, which I feel can be an L2 item. For edification and transparency here is The original topic disucsion. There were a LOT of PMs going on between myself Anton and Maxime. They had quite the argument over the vest material and both were very stronly opinionated on its makeup. I knew absolutely noting of the character at the time, so I was going by what they were sorting out when I wrote it. Our current verbiage allows heavy canvas , here is the finished text.

Ill pm you Matt, I want to keep this topic on track. We will develop a vendor list. Theres only a couple I know of .

Thanks Kevin I had already purchased a set of gloves for my own build, too bad there arent many makers for then. Took a while to get them. Im not seeing the pill slot detail on any of the reference pics we have posted. Where did you note them ? Its listed as an L3 item for the R1 troopers, is it on the return edge at the front? Also, cast, cast in latex like OT era or cast in some sort of resin? To me it looks like regular pulled plastic. Im borrowing heavily from the R1 trooper CRL, this is change log 1.0 Hand Plates Hand plates are mirrored and symmetrical. Roughly pentagonal in shape, the hand plates are mounted securely over the back of the glove. ANH style hand plates are not acceptable. Gloves The base material of the gloves will be a black synthetic material similar to Lycra, Spandex, Elastane, or Nylon. The fingers are enclosed, non-textured. Palms of gloves shall be shiny black fabric or leather or leather-like material. OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Gloves shall have the correct leather pattern along the fingers/palm.

Grats dude!!!

Can someone with an IST helmet weigh in on this?

its been a few days with no comment. I feel we can move forward. Im ready to photograph my own del hopefully this weekend for submission.

Lets please stay on topic. This is for the CRL discusion not wips. With no further input regarding the forearms this is our final text: Forearm armor Forearms may be present on both arms and consist of flat angled plates with facets joined at an angle at the outermost part of the arm. If the right shoulder and bicep are not present, the forearm is not present. The left forearm may also be missing. Forearms are symmetrical and mirrored left to right. Four allen-head screws are present on the lower longer trapezoid shape area on the forearm. A commpad featuring various depressions and shapes is mounted to the left forearm. One red and one blue acrylic rectangle approximately 3/4" (19 mm) x 1" (25mm) are present on the lower side of the commpad. Lighting is permitted but not preferred. The Com-pad has 4 low profile button head screws with centered flat slots. Flexible straps with a tan or white color, similar to the lower leg straps design, are fixed to the forearm white strapping, and closes with a white side release buckle with square opening on the side. The rest of the strap is white textile webbing. The receiving end of the side release clip is fixed to the longer trapezoid side. A white cylindrical torch approximately 3/4" (19mm) x 4" (100mm) is present on the inner edge of the left forearm. Inside of the forearm should be padded so it does not fit tightly to the arm. Forearms and straps are weathered to match the rest of the armor. Optional level 2 details: Commpad lights are not illuminated

I dont feel we need to rework things like weapons and the box. Those are ultimately optional and well described. This may wrap us up! I made some final edits to the boot text to simplify it. Boots Tall black leather or leather-like material. Boots are dull in appearance. Similar design to tall German jack boots or tall motorcycle riding boots are acceptable for basic approval. Boot has a round, plain toe. Harness style or box toe boots are not to be approved. Ankle straps are to be removed. Typical jackboots are not acceptable as they are too short. The boot shaft must rise as close to the bottom of the knees as possible. The boot shall be as tall as required to achieve this appearance. See reference images. Boots have an adjustment strap on the out facing side of the boot. Adjustment strap has a square, silver adjustment buckle. Heels are made of rubber or similar material . Visible tread is permitted. Boots may contain zipper closure but must be concealed. OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Boot shaft height should be 15" (38cm) or as required to stop just below the knees. Boots have a flap with adjustment strap with square silver buckle that starts at the middle back of the boot and wraps around to the outfacing sides. See reference images for shape of the adjustment flap and strap.

ive been out several days and im back now but ill be headed back out tomorrow so I want to get this put in place. Lets finish the forearms and move on. change log V2.1 Forearms may be present on both arms and consist of flat angled plates with facets joined at an angle at the outermost part of the arm. If the right shoulder and bicep are not present, the forearm is not present. The left forearm may also be missing. Forearms are symmetrical and mirrored left to right. Four allen-head screws are present on the lower longer trapezoid shape area on the forearm. A commpad featuring various depressions and shapes is mounted to the left forearm. One red and one blue acrylic rectangle approximately 3/4" (19 mm) x 1" (25mm) are present on the lower side of the commpad. These are not lighted. Lighting them is permitted but not preferred. The Com-pad has 4 low profile button head screws with centered flat slots. Flexible straps with a tan or white color, similar to the lower leg straps design, are fixed to the forearm white strapping, and closes with a white side release buckle with square opening on the side. The rest of the strap is white textile webbing. The receiving end of the side release clip is fixed to the longer trapezoid side. A white cylindrical torch approximately 3/4" (19mm) x 4" (100mm) is present on the inner edge of the left forearm. Inside of the forearm should be padded so it does not fit tightly to the arm. Forearms and straps are weathered to match the rest of the armor. Optional level 2 details: Commpad lights are not illuminated

i get paid tomorrow. thats all im sayin.........

as a model builder i always gloss varnished, weathered and let the weathering flatten it out. However we know that the armor was sprayed with a gloss paint and it has a shine to it, with a simple acrylic slopped in. its the most basic weathering we have seen in most of the movies / series. Im curious about the files and may buy them if you found them easy enough to rpint. I have the original mudtrooper files from Sean from several years back but files and shapes change. how did you find the files to print?

its been several days since our last post, so lets finish the E11 holster discussion and ill get all the updates posted to the finalized text topic.

another simple solution is a free google account just for club use.I have one, my personal email is already over 100 emails a day with all the trash that comes in, i have club emails for all he important club notifications that come in.

printed in silver silk you are great for scratches to show through as they wear in