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I beliee that is a Cucblac suit, it looks like his and it has the zippers at the bottom. He is located in Bolivia. Could possibly be a Fenixprops suit from Argentina.

We've had a request to amend the CRL for the Imperial Army Trooper. I will keep this topic open until the end of the month, when it will be closed and discussed by Staff. Currently CRLs are not being updated due to ongoing maintenance and overhaul issues with the Legion CRL system, so we can discuss, but also have to wait our turn for publising anything. Please see this topic so we do not re-cover ground already discussed. Reference photos Reference Photos

Matt Ive lost 160 pounds-over 11 stone- so yea armor is a great motivator. So is diabetes and paying for that medication out of pocket because my insurance wont pay it😕 I dropped soda and instantly lost a ton of water weight then started focusing on major diet and dialy routine changes. It all adds up. But now my armor fits. You can get there!

Agree with the chest proposal, and I think we can list the back at this point. From looking at the great closeups of Luis Martins' Instagram Post the weathering is very clearly black/brown wash just slopped on. Looks fine on camera but like crap in person. Sebastions question will be answered next but mentaly I've been leaning towards heavy marine vinyl, the stuff that has the backing on it that doesnt want to crease so easy. I just rewatched the scene where Gharial exits the cockpit and comes down the stairs, its a shiny flexible material, no pebble grain. it does swing when they walk. This is a mental note to myself, and we will cover that bit when we come to it. Back armor proposal- taken directly from our Andor Trooper CRL text. Change Log 1.0 Back Armor Back plate is painted to match the chest armor and helmet. Back plate has a collar that extends upwards and tapers to the chest plate. Chest and back plate meet at the sides. The backplate features painted details that vary from trooper to trooper. Acceptable colors for these details are either silver or gunmetal, but one color must be chosen. Mix and match of the detail items is not permitted. There are 2 hose connectors located at the top of the back plate approximately centered above each rectangular cut out/greeblie. Hose connecters are painted to match the strap raised slot, strap buckle, and recessed box color. Back has two large cut out recesses with vent details and greeblies inside, all painted silver or gunmetal. The silver or gunmetal paint does not leave the edge of the box opening. The vents at the top of the boxes may have the openings darkened with weathering. Four raised bars approximately .375" (10mm) long aligned to the top of the recessed box opening may be present. Each recess has different and specific set of boxes inside that are painted to match the recessed box color. Light weathering is permitted. Bottom left features a smaller rectangle cut out with the left side stepped. Half circle indent detail beneath the backpack section must be present. There is a long thin raised greeblie positioned central and below the 2 large recesses. There is a small raised circle greeblie positioned central and below the above named greeblie. There is a raised slot on each shoulder for the straps to fit into. The raised slots are painted either silver or gunmetal grey. Shoulder straps are black and are affixed to the chest plate at the buckle. The chest buckle shall match the raised slot color. OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): The hose fittings are angled forward. There is a recessed hole approximately .31" (7.8mm) above the top left corner of the left recessed box. There are two indented squares approximately 1⁄4" x 1⁄4" (5mm x 5mm) aligned vertically above the right upper corner of the left recessed box. There is a raised step on the bottom of the main back box. Discussion We need to make sure that the buckles and the boxes are the same as what we see in Andor. Or not. Kevin Weier has stated on his Instagram posts abot making this new costume that he has upgraded and changed buckles and at least one part of the back box. Proposed changed for the back side: Back plate is painted to match the chest armor and helmet. Back plate has a collar that extends upwards and tapers to the chest plate. Chest and back plate meet at the sides. The backplate features painted details that vary from trooper to trooper. Acceptable colors for these details are either silver or gunmetal, but one color must be chosen. Mix and match of the detail items is not permitted. There are 2 hose connectors located at the top of the back plate approximately centered above each rectangular cut out/greeblie. Hose connecters are painted to match the strap raised slot, strap buckle, and recessed box color. Back has two large cut out recesses with vent details and greeblies inside, all painted the same white as the armor. silver or gunmetal. The silver or gunmetal paint does not leave the edge of the box opening. The vents at the top of the boxes may have the openings darkened with weathering. Four raised bars approximately .375" (10mm) long aligned to the top of the recessed box opening may be present. Each recess has different and specific set of boxes inside that are painted to match the recessed box color. Light weathering is permitted. preferred inside of the recesses. Bottom left features a smaller rectangle cut out with the left side stepped. Half circle indent detail beneath the backpack section must be present. There is a long thin raised greeblie positioned central and below the 2 large recesses. There is a small raised circle greeblie positioned central and below the above named greeblie. There is a raised slot on each shoulder for the straps to fit into. The raised slots are painted either silver or gunmetal grey. Shoulder straps are black white and are affixed to the chest plate at the buckle. he chest buckle shall match the raisTed slot color.

Looking good. Im so busy Im honestly not looking forward to making my own....

yeahhhh i run into that with the fabric treatment on Jawa monk cloth all the time. YOu have to scald the waterproof treatment off of it with hot water and I was advised 91% ISO alchohol will strip it but that will get very expensive very quickly. It almost seems easier to use regular heavy tent canvas, dye it black and add any details needed to make it a plash.

Thanks for the update Nathan. I have to get all my parts too for the ISB tactical agent, so Im right there with you. Im glad I did not order the black undersuit, ive lost so much weight nothing really fits me anymore, a good problem to have but its getting expensive to replace stuff. I have Seans files from the mudtrooper site and I know Jason had remixed some especially the buckles. For your belt, I have both. Wampas buckle is pretty basic, I know- I helped him out with a ton of his line. The Dharmans buckle is a metal plate, while Wampas buckle is a cast (I believe, ihave two of his) metal buckle. I would say the leather is a wash, its just leather. Its up to you which to go with, and there is a small price difference. Baily left the US in November but Kilani over the IOC took over the production line. I spoke with him and he intends to keep the same quiality, but since its not his full time job the production rate will not be the same. I have those belt boxes (And officer belt with metal plate and raw edges) and they are great. Philo is based in Italy and you will be dealing with internatinoal shipping.

You would make a GREAT Spec4!!! E4 Mafia!

thats a great find! Ill be adding that to the vendor list. Make sure to use a dark green lens, per the CRL, I use green welding sheild and cut my own.

Ok, so its been a couple of days since the last post, with no further discussion. I will presume to clear and lock these sections. I have moved the final proposals to the CRL final text topic.

I ordered my L2 compliant helmet from Pilotbay from his new molds. It's very small, my eyelashes actually touch the lens materal, it rips my ears off taking the helmet off and coming from well over a hundred troops in Dan Laws TIE and ATAT helmets this is a big change for me. Laying my helmets side by side not only is the size different but the shape as well. The game-design inspired helmets are different, skinnier, smaller, tighter and the vocoder is clearly different. We had even discussed breifly making the requirement to have the vocoder made of seperate tubes, like using RC fuel tubing with wire inside, vs. using a seperate molded piece. That did not pan out, but in the end the vocoder is seprate from the faceplate.

ive done a lot of plastic model sanding wth Micromesh polish abrasives up to 12000 grit, starting around 6000. I used to polish plastic model airplane canopies to clear from whatever waviness the factory molded the plastic in. Followed with a proper plastic polish after the sanding the results are amazing. it does take work, you wwork it wet (to keep it cool and remove the slurry) and it takes time but its amazing when done.

may be able to stretch the file a little on the XY size and keep the Z lenght. Might make any buttons/ holes come out wonky.

I havent had a chance to get to the rubber store in baton rouge they have all sorts of heavy industrial rubber and silicon products, they may have this. Did you get your rubber belt local purchase or online? ive lost so much weight nothing much will fit me anymore so I may as well get the new files from GA. I was just about to comment on the grooves but went back to the top and reread Deamos' post, definitely grooved leather. I bougth a grooving tool at Tandy and now im kicking myself for paying makers an extra 15 bux to groove the thing for me. 🫤All I need now is a big slab and I can make my own belts. On Sgt Gharials' belt you can see the top of the leather where it gets fuzzy from rubbing against fabric. My belt from Baily Builds does that. v

thanks Sebastion and that proves a point I was going to make. Ive given model kit demonstrations on weatheirng to appear under studio lights. Models for movies like Star WArs and Battlestar Galactica was SUPER weathered just to show up on filmstock. Tarrif's white armor proves this. I feel that "Light to moderate weathering consistant with reference images is permitted" would be appropriate for L1 while "Moderate weathering consistant with reference images is required" Ive seen guys use those brownish paint marker sponge things and just dab it all over and the armor looks like a cheetah.