darthcashman

All that said, even the off the shelf jackets will need some modification to meet accuracy.

that is definitely a concern, I have spoken with someone about tearing apart a jacket and making a pattern, but if you are going to get something custom built it might as well be able to meet level 2 or 3 requirements. right? its about finding that happy medium between off the shelf and custom sewn. in my discussions during the writing of this CRL draft, I've brought up the snowtrooper pants (I'm pretty big into blizzard force). For the CRL they allow Karate gi pants. Obviously they didn't use those pants in the movie, but they are a good off the shelf match. If someone wants to go deep into the proper materials and stitch patterns, etc, that's awesome, and that's why there are extra levels of approval, but for average joe, karate gi pants look the part and are approvable. That's how the mudtroopers should be.

The reason we decided to use the off the shelf jacket (M-65) is for ease of access for members, and for uniformity. Once we lean towards custom made, there becomes the issue with making sure everyone who makes the jackets uses the same color/material. You can see how the shoretrooper soft parts differ between makers now. Same with officers, there are quite a few shades of OD officers out there. Custom made is definitely an option but should go up to level 2 or 3. Like the metal vs leather grommets on the parka, since its a crapshoot on which grommets you might get from whichever source. But, keeping in mind a fan standing 10 feet away is not going to know the difference between the leather or painted metal, nor will they know the difference between an off the shelf (modified) jacket, or custom sewn. Darren, I understand you have the source for THE buckles used on the respirator, but if they are that rare that only one source has them available, then they should be level 2 or 3 as well, with a reasonable alternative for level 1. You are keeping your source under wraps, so those of us without elite access are trying to do the best with what we can find without having to pay for elite access and international shipping. All that said, please if you have info, share it so we can ALL enjoy this fantastic armor set. I cut and pasted what I could from other CRLs, tried to word what needed to be written up the best way possible. I know the telemetry unit wording needs to be updated now that there are better references available, that sort, I've just not had the chance to sit with it and write out the details. Would love to just say "refer to reference pic" in the CRL.

I'd also like to mention the lower belt seems to be optional as well. This is a difficult CRL as there are a number of configurations. I'd like to move that belt/ammo pouch combinations be worked in almost like the TIE helmet patterns are. Basically, these are the references we have, you can do those, but a combination of them would be acceptable as well. IE... I want an ammo pouch on my chest but don't want a 2nd belt. or I want 2nd belt but don't want any ammo pouches...

Is the any way to tell us the parts that are currently correct? Parts that we can check off the list?

I was the one who sat and wrote the CRL with available references and used current CRLs (R1, imperial army, imperial officer, AT-ST, etc) CRLs. A lot of the pieces are gathered from other costumes and that is acknowledged when I made this CRL. I'd like to add Optional Scarf: ww2 GI wool scarf, olive drab. The hot toys shows it plainly visible, the visual dictionary shows it in some, not in others. I'd also like commentors to know this is not for Becket or Val, to alleviate confusion on added accessories, etc.