Blackwatch

Hello Shane welcome to the forum! Do us a HEWJ favor so you can get a bit more access, and make sure to make a new post at the recruit welcome topic. AFA the scarf, I would look at blanket material. Cashmere sounds odd, but start looking at blankets. I jus looked at her images again and its a fairly tight weave, not loose and open and not hairy like cashmere. You may even find some blizzard fleece, or even try dying blizzard fleece, to that shade.

you are in the same light, I think you have the color spot on.

Thats how a shadow trooper would normally do it however if you look at the CRL pic the belt is a typical Officer style leather belt with the plastic part added. I looked for specialist applications to look at and there arent any so far. Please have a look at this topic for reference.

Thankyou Shayan. At the price for shipping Ill make my own out of hard brass wire.

looks like 1.5" smooth leather to me, but I could be wrong. There is a triglide with sliding bar at the mid point for adjustment.

Shayan do you have a source for those? I would really like to add them to my own coat, my belt shifts all over the place.

yeah it seems like they have almost like batwings behind the front plate. My 3d parts from Mudtrooper.UK arent shaped this way, its different so I need to get the new updated files so I can make this to match. Im curious if Walt will change the mold, which I kind of doubt but I may be wrong.

Im used to wearing good old fashioned BDUs, and I just got a brand new pair to convert to BSG deck tans. They are definitely stiff! When you dye something it gets really stiff, it eventualy breaks down and gets comfortable. when I make a new pair of Endor Commando Trooper pants they are almost stiff enough to stand up int he corner, after all those layers of flower paint that gets put on.

the parts overlap each other, not sure what to do about the kit, I dont have one, but before the trooper flips in the RIX road scene you can see where the parts overlap, and Bozzy is working on redoing the 3d print files so they overlap this way. You may be able to add a slab on the backside of one of the parts to make this feature.

Good idea, and I like that its denim. How warm is it to wear? I want the black Rix Road version without armor.

i only got the one pic, it was a crazy busy weekend with probably more troopers and Mercs than we have had at any single event since I joined in 08. Lafette Comic Con, we also did a fundraiser for the Make a Wish Foundation. it was two solid days of trooping. I need to make myself a welding unit, the welder from Aliens would be perfect.

Eric when I first joined you saw more of the no-- groove style Mitchell style greeblies than with the grooves. People were turning these in aluminum, or even back in those days stacking washers, and then making casts of them. I just found a whole scad of the casts I made all those years ago, with no grooves or center dimple. now you are ready for your E10.5 blaster!

Plus we need a CRL photo of the hooks on the tunic. Just sayin'

Glad to see this Shayan! I like Jim stuff but i agree that the color would be better lighter. I dont know about your water in your part of the world, but here if I wash things a few times the Chlorine in the water will strip out dye. I have been wshing my ICAT driver pants that I made out of Dickes work pants and the color has eventually faded. I would be wary of bleaching the uniform. Here in the US we have RIT color remover. In hot water it helps to remove color or strip out dye. For armor I cannot wear any of the ABS or fiberglass armor. I have to print my own, and have been doing so for my ICAT, which is the same gear.

Patricia you are most welcome and I am happy to support this project. The elastic is best replaced due to those blue "welders goggle" lines. I have seen those blue lines on every real welding goggle since the early 70s. The good thing is the goggles do not need any changes other than that. Your sewing ability impresses me, and I love watching all your work over in RAID (thats the Rebel Infantry Detachment for those that are not RAID members).

Once one is available, we need a helmet and goggles made up to L2 specification for the submission process. If anyone has a tunic with the belt hooks, we also need images of that.

There will be one CRL with tabbed versions. We are building it the same way we built the mudtrooper CRL with tabs. We do not see the need to stack multiple CRLs just for the sake of having multiple CRLs.

All, Staff is working on getting this finished up so we can get it in front of the LMO. We need photos of every version, all parts, all variations for this to be complete. Things like the headset that is only seen on one character is a minor part that can be added later. Please finish up anything you are working on and photograph it so we can package this up, we all know the LMO review process can be lengthy.

those are fairly minor greeblies added to the headset. Since it is only seen on the comms tech, it would be listed as an option for the soft, two left shoulderbar variant.

it is OK if it chips here and there but if you clean the buckle with something like comet or a scouring cleaner, than really rinse it well, and use an adhesion promoter, the belt paint will last a bit longer. The nylon used in belts doesnt really hold paint well, so occassional repaints are common across the costuming community.

Patricia I have not had much success with dying canvas, but I know people do it all the time. we use RIT dye here, and in powder form it can be pretty crunchy for the nostrils. I sent your package last friday, it will be there in a few days and has your goggles in it along with your husbands ERT pants.

Fraser wins the day on that one! he was on set, and we will definitely lean into his experience. So, lets consider the texture issue settled. Rattle cans will give that, and from what I saw, it was VERY faint, casting no real shadow.

I have just gone through the scenes on both Aldhani and Ferrix, and the texture is present on both the grey and green helmets. Timestamps 10:16 33:20 and 37:01 of the Rix Road episode. The texture is VERY faint, less than what I would see on scale models representing cast steel tank turrets on plastic models. Thats due to being molded, then painted, losing the depth of the texture. When I do this texture on models I used a old stiff brush and Mr. Surfacer500 then wet sand it to knock it back. But- it is there and at times when the light catches it you can see it- barely. I feel this is an L2 item. I could not detect any texture on the armor, that all had smooth appearance in outdoor light. Proposal: Helmet An open-faced, flared helmet which consists of a dome with rim and helmet skirt. A telemetry unit is attached to the right side of the dome and is aligned with the rim. The telemetry unit consists of a rectangle box with detailing that should match the reference image. The telemetry unit is black. The lower end of the telemetry unit sits out from the helmet to allow the goggle elastic to feed underneath. A raised lip covers the edge of the helmet rim. Metal/silver Imperial code disks are positioned on both sides of the helmet skirt. The helmet is to be painted very dark grey to match the armor. The helmet may feature a black chin cup with grey webbing strap. OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): The helmet has a webbing style head suspension similar to work hard hats. Imperial Code Disks do not feature a notch or groove details. Goggles and strap are permanently mounted to the helmet, with the telemetry unit mounted directly atop the goggle strap. The helmet outer surface has a mild "orange peel" effect from paint stippling. It shall not be overly done.

on second thought and "upon further inspection and review" I believe this is a bad pull. I do not believe this is a texture that was added, I feel this is a bad vacform pull, and i have a dozen bad pulls in my garage with this texture. Years ago when I built a vacform table, and did not know anything about how to do it other than a short and VERY crappy video on youtube. This was my result on all the plastic we used. This is likley a background character that wont be anywhere near the camera.

I have the Mr Poopie files (free for the asking, send him a message on the Pathfinders boards) and they look like fine files. My nose is crushed in my Spike ABS helmet so I just sold it off. If you print, you can size the files to you. Vacform pulls tend to run small ,much smaller than me which is why I dont have a regular Scout.