Blackwatch

Beau I am glad I got a chance to sit down with you after the party on Saturday and go through your gear with you. The suit will work, it needs the mods we discussed plus the pocket that I pulled off, just add the snap on the collar. Im going to get the webbing and Ill paint and roughly set up your harness but you will need to final sew it so it is sure to fit you properly. You have the boots, thats the hard part, the rest can all be painted to match (besides the fligtsuit, thats fine).

i took a look at the shoes and to me that looks like the boot and over-gaiter that we use on the Rebel Endor Commandos. I may be wrong, not knowing the game but thats how it appears. we do the same thing for Hoth Trench Troopers, its a mocossin with a gaiter over the top of it. In this application its more likely a white shoe/boot with the gaiter shaft and cover created on top of it. Is there a way to get around inside the game , or the character views, to see the backside of the boot. I was pretty shocked that our Del Meeko guys were able to strip out the individual components of the game, and then we could look at how the developers modeled things , looking from inside. That may help determine exactly how this appears.

Beau if you can go ahead and start to post photos of what you have in the topic so all eyes can be on it. I know the things you have shown me on PM, but it also helps to see it all here. You can use Imgur or other hosting program, and use the Other media link at the bottom of this window to host the photos.

Christian have you talked to herotexX yet? Also send a PM to @Melnik his trooper is approved, he can give you a lot of insight where he got his. HTH

I used to have a whole tutorial on painting loaded to the JRS and photobucket ate it.

im bumping this topic for people who are looking for the commuter, or commuter "type" boots. The resources in this link should help a ton of people with various foot sizes.

Eric I have no idea what WTF sells for the Army trooper other than the patches hes always out of. What did you recieve? Can you post pictures. There is no armor for a trooper, there is only the helmet and the soft parts, so I am VERY confused by what you are describing. This is the approved CRL, and no armor is seen in the comics, or worn by troopers. Costuming:TX imperial army trooper - Databank (501st.com)

Daniel almost everything twists to the outside, and with my kneecaps already rotated out, anything I wear on my shins especially the Rebel gaiters for multiple costumes wind up sideways. years ago fitting clones here in my garrison we had all sorts of things including foam and velcro to keep things in place below the kneecaps which were their own nightmare.

hey Don dont know if you saw but there is a LFT armor party in about two weeks , it was just posted to the forum last night.

Very interesting! ill be following this closely

heya I tried to open the pics, but its tied to an account and I cant see the pics. Can you use the Other Media feature at the lower right corner of the page and post the images here? Are you going for approval or for fun? I have both, and I really like my non approved stuff, making it as close to the real approved gear as possible. Check the mudtrooper part of the forum here and youll find theres several sources for the mud shin guards.

i have to wonder, based on my own experience with sintra, if you could make sintra or other plastic boxes to slip over the existing scout boxes to bulk them up to the shape required.

thanks. my gml went with KS, but I dont know how big those are, unitl I get a chance to see his.

For basic level approval, the GML will make that determination. I agree, they are pricey, and for me, they would have to be custom made and there is only two sources I have been directed two that can make it, the argentina polo boots, and crowprops. Hessian antique can do it as long as you have small, skinny feet. I have a pair of 16" tall motorcyle boots that I wear with my uniforms, and they are four inches short of my knee, so they cannot be used for approval. I cannot use them for any IOC costumes or even for our own mud trooper. I understand your point of view. Boots ARE a major portion of most of these uniforms we wear.

Shane Ive said the same for YEARS. I had a SC kit and traded it for the parts I needed to make my SnowScout. I could not fit the SC kit. Is this a SC or a WTF?

Whats the progerss on your set?

Wow my post didnt go through! guess I didnt SEND IT! hard enough. heres some things I note looking things over, and after writing the CRL. I would invite you to take a look at our evidence and discussion on the CRL to see how we determined things Del Meeko CRL discussion Your suit looks like twill, however all of our research shows that its a heavy, structured fabric like canvas. There is a definite , strong weave to the suit the way the game model was made, which has a structure that actually casts shadows. The structure looks similar the cordura nylon fabric used on the tactical vest. The scout pouches need to be flipped to match the game model and CRL The greeblies are silver on Del. Thet typical scout TD with open end caps are Ok for L1 approval, but if you want to go specialist, a game accurate Det with plugged end caps will be needed. Cant see your commpad, but on Del its worn upside down compared to the rest of the Legion. For Specialist, it would be a game specific commpad. The D ring on the Mg34 pouch should be cut off, its not present on the game model. Good luck, hope this helps.

Jen I like those. Id approve them if I was your GML, once the neato straps are cut off and you shorten them. Really sorry to take so long responding to you.

i have a set of those in whilte from when the SnowScout was going to be able to use them. Super nice. Guess I got myself a whilte set of "special" gloves now. But yea they are nice gloves.

you miogh remember those super shiny helmet paint jobs I was putting on RUbies tie helmets years ago. it took all day and most of a full can of paint after polishing out the primer, then two weeks to dry right. This is much simpler way of getting that shine.

Thanks Jennifer I fixed the link and it points the right direction now. The engineer boots (or any engineer boot similar to the fry) should work as long as it has a conservative heel, not so much like a "roper" heel or super tall, but it will always come down to what a GML wants. For anyone watching this topic, post your questions or PM me. If you are not sure, get your GML involved since that person will do Level 1 approval , we will handle it from there for L2.

dude you knocked it out of the park! Excellent work Eric! I am so happy to finally see this come to life as a living breathing CRL!

OH man, I know that one!! yea some of them are just smooth buttons on the back and I drill through mine so I can get a screw in from the backside. Dan Laws used to supply his mounted to his helmets with a cup hook so he could hold the hook and screw it into the panel clip.

i like the rustomeum metallic but i think humidity affects it, ive had it frost. On th eother hand ive seen rub n buff come out like glass *just not for me*.

ohhhh....love me some magnets. knock it off and it jumps right back on