Del Meeko CRL (Complete)

[DeathMOS30[501st]]

Description: Del Meeko

Prefix: TX

Detachment: Spec Ops Detachment

Context: Star Wars: Battlefront 2

 

Del Meeko was a male human who was a native of the planet Coruscant and grew up during the time of the Jedi. During the reign of the Galactic Empire, Meeko worked up through the ranks starting as a storm trooper, then as a shore trooper, then as a TIE fighter pilot and finally a chief engineer. Sometime after the Battle of Yavin, Meeko along with Senior Lieutenant Iden Versio, Gideon Hask and Seyn Marana was drafted into Inferno Squad, a Special Forces unit in the Imperial Military, by Admiral Garrick Versio. Meeko was later present on the forest moon of Endor during the Battle of Endor when the second Death Star was destroyed by the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

 

For Iden Versio and Gideon Hask CRL, please visit the Jolly Roger Squadron Detachment.

 

The 501st approval requirements are listed in black.

In the page below, items listed in blue are recommended features that will improve the quality of the costume. Items listed in red are intended to further enhance the finished costume.

 

While the Spec Ops Detachment does not have any detachment specific costume certification programs, some parts of the costume below may be shared with other detachments that do. Features listed in blue or red are not required for 501st approval, but are noted here for those interested in these additional details.

 

This Visual Guide has been reviewed by the detachment staff and the LMO team and is certified for use as a minimum approval guideline for GMLs. GMLs are free to approve this costume type.

· Any uncertainties or questionable aspects of the submitted costume should be brought to the appropriate DL/GML peer review section of the legion forum.

Required Costume Components

The following costume components must be present and appear as described below for approval

 

Helmet

For 501st approval:

· Helmet is specific to Inferno Squad and appears as shown in the reference photos.

· Lenses are bubble or flat and are red in color and must be sufficiently dark enough to obscure the costumer's eyes. Translucent or mirrored red lenses are acceptable.

· The front trident area is shorter than a traditional pilot helmet.

· There is a rectangular indentation on top of the mow hawk above the trident.

· There is one retaining clip greeblie in the left side trident indentation. A Nissan retaining clip is most accurate.

· The top of the mow hawk outside of the raised triangle is painted a dark gun metal color down to the inside edge of the helmet opening.

· There is a pill box just above the back bottom edge of the mow hawk. The pill box is the same black color as the helmet and does not need to be functional.

· Spaces between the teeth are cut out and backed with a dark gray or silver mesh material.

· The teeth and vocoder are painted flat black.

· Oxygen mask connectors are molded into the helmet just in front of the ear caps above the cheek tubes on both sides of the helmet

· There are Imperial disc greeblies without notch on each ear cap.

· There are two, 2.75 inch painted or decal logos on the forehead of the helmet. The Inferno Squad logo on the right side and an Imperial cog on the left side.

· There is a red painted or red decal area on the ram's horn on the right side of the helmet.

· There is a red painted or red decal area on the right cheek tube

· There are molded greeblies painted silver inside the hose ports that cover the openings. (See reference photo)

· Helmet may contain lightly done silver weathering but is not required.

 

For level two certification (if applicable):

· Lenses are backed with round holed mesh/screen

· The pill box is functional

· Lenses are bubble

 

Flight suit

For 501st approval:

· One-piece flight suit is made out of Nomex, rip-stop nylon or similar material.

· The front zipper is covered by a 2-inch-wide piece of leather or leather-like material with vertical lines that attaches with Velcro over the zipper.

· Approximately 1.5" (38.1mm) tall mandarin collar with a chevron shaped, left-over-right Velcro closure.

· A 2.5-inch red embroidered Inferno Squad emblem, on a black background, is present on both shoulders.

o The emblems are 1/2 inch down from the shoulder seam.

· The shoulders of the suit are slightly padded.

· On the left forearm there is a compad pocket, approximately 5" (127mm) wide by 5.75" (146.05mm) tall, with no flap and a 2.25" (57.15mm) window in it.

· Size might vary to match specific compad.

· On the left bicep, about 2"(50.8mm) below the cog emblem, there is a code cylinder pocket with no flap, and vertical stitching dividing it into pen sleeves.

· A piece of 1-inch nylon strapping is sewn below the pen sleeve openings and is the same length as the top of the pocket.

· The bottom front corner of the pocket is cut off at a bevel on the side pointing in view direction, with the broader upside forming the border of the pen sleeves.

· The right sleeve has a cargo pocket, about 6" (152mm) wide and 5.75" (146mm) on the bicep, and approximately 2"(50.8mm) below the cog emblem.

· The pocket has a 2"(50.8mm) chevron flap.

· (2) large chest pockets and (2) large front pockets below the belt, without any zipper or flaps.

· (2) leg pockets with chevron flaps, similar in proportion as the right arm sleeve pocket.

· Size may differ - (Usually the width of the front pockets equals the width of the leg pockets)

· There are no leg pockets below the knees.

· There are two, 1-inch blood stripes that run up the right side of the flight suit. The first begins at the bottom of the right leg and continues up to the right armpit. The second begins at the right wrist and stops at the bottom of the arm pocket. The stripe then continues above the arm pocket, behind the patch emblem to the shoulder seam.

· There are two, 1 inch black stripes that run up the left side of the flight suit. The first begins at the bottom of the left leg and continues up to the left armpit. The second begins at the left wrist and stops at the bottom of the comm pad pocket. The stripe then continues above the comm pad pocket up to the bottom edge of the pen sleeves then continues above the pen sleeves, behind the patch emblem to the shoulder seam.

· There are two, 1 inch black stripes that run up the left side of the flight suit. The first begins at the bottom of the left leg and continues up to the left armpit. The second begins at the left wrist and stops at the bottom of the comm pad pocket. The stripe then continues above the comm pad pocket up to the bottom edge of the pen sleeves then continues above the pen sleeves, behind the patch emblem and up over the shoulder ending at the bottom of the collar.

· A piece of 1 inch leather or leather-like material is sewn below the pen sleeve openings and is the same length as the top of the pocket

 

For level two certification (if applicable):

· Suit is made out of Oxford weave canvas.

· Inferno Squad patches on the shoulders are embroidered.

 

Gauntlet Gloves

For 501st approval:

· Black, leather or leather-like material, enclosed fingered, non-textured, (normal leather grain/texture/lines are acceptable) fitted gauntlet style.

· No buckles, straps, or decorative stitching.

· There is a split on the bottom gauntlet portion that runs from the glove opening to the wrist.

· The split is bridged with leather. (See reference photo.)

 

For level two certification (if applicable):

· Gloves are made of leather

 

Commpad

For 501st approval:

· Rectangular communications pad with painted details as shown in reference photo

 

For level two certification (if applicable):

· Commpad is worn with the four large, rectangular buttons pointing towards the wearer's elbow.

 

Armor

For 501st approval:

· Armor consists of front and back pieces in black as shown in the reference photos with two shoulder straps anchored with wedge connectors.

· Back plate contains detailed "O II" design.

· There is a small, circular indentation below the right shoulder strap connector on the back plate.

· The shoulder straps are not load bearing and care should be taken to prevent cracking.

· Molded rubber, ribbed shoulder straps are also a suitable option.

· Armor may contain lightly done silver weathering but is not required.

 

For level two certification (if applicable):

· Shoulder straps are the same material as the armor.

 

Belt

For 501st approval:

· imperial officer belt

· One piece 5 boxes belt made from the same flexible material as the Iden's TK Ammo Belt and painted gloss black.

o Attached to a 1.5†strip

o 1.5" strip and 5 boxes belt are worn over the officer belt.

· Special shaped boxes on left and right are horizontal in position as seen in reference photo

o 8 rivets in total with 2 rivets mounted vertically on the left and right of the special shaped box

o Rivets are to be 12-15mm in diameter and 1-2mm thick

· Right thigh box is attached to main belt with 1.5†black nylon webbing

o is attached to the scout belt 1.5" strip in the back center buckle of the 5 boxes belt

o contain quick release buckles on the front and back.

· Two black scout pouches are worn at the back of the belt

· Pouches are stuffed to appear filled

· Belt closes in back with Velcro behind the thermal detonator.

· Belt and components may be lightly weathered silver but not required

 

For level two certification (if applicable):

· 1.5" webbing is made of leather

· 1.5" leather strips are used for the main "scout" belt thigh box holding

- Classic ROTJ imperial officer belt (with top and bottom groove)

 

Thermal Detonator

For 501^st approval:

· Shadow Scout style thermal detonator worn centered attached to the back of the belt.

· Thermal detonator is gloss black in color

o Silver button details are present on the central box

 

For level two certification (if applicable)

 

Armor Vest/Tactical Vest (both names work for me)

For 501^st approval:

· Lightweight tactical chest rig in black Cordura nylon (Flyye Law Enforcement chest rig is most accurate)

· 3 M4-M16 magazine pouches

o Ammo slots hold one hanging box from front belt and 1 rectangular case is filled and in each pouch

o Pouches contain padded cloth utility pouches with a thin ABS front cover

· AR 15 black single pouch attached to right side of vest

 

For level two certification (if applicable):

· Main shoulder straps consist of ribbed leather or leather-like material.

· Front quick release buckles are replaced with tri-glide buckles

· Approximately 1.5 inch by 1 inch buckle greeblie above the tri-glide buckles on each side.

 

Ammo Pouch

For 501st approval:

· MP40 ammo pouch is attached to the left shoulder

o Pouch has MP40 mags or boxes giving realistic appearance of mags

o Pouch is black in color and made of canvas, leather or leather-like material.

o Pouch stitching is black.

o Must be filled

 

For level two certification (if applicable):

· MP40 pouch is made of canvas

 

Holster

For 501st approval:

· Holster is made of black leather or leather-like material

· Holster is worn on the left

· Holster id attached to the belt with loops covering the outside of the belt

 

For level two certification (if applicable):

· Holster is made of leather

 

Boots

For 501st approval:

· Calf high leather or leather-like material

· Similar design to German jack boots or motorcycle riding boots.

· Boots have a flap with adjustment strap that starts at the middle back of the boot and wraps around to the outfacing sides.

· Adjustment strap has a square, silver adjustment buckle.

· Heels are made of rubber or similar material and may have tread or no tread.

· Boots may contain zipper closure but must be concealed with boot material as to not be visible.

 

For level two certification (if applicable):

· Boots are replica Inferno boots

· Boots are made of leather.

 

Optional Accessories

Items below are optional costume accessories. These items are not required for approval, but if present must meet the guidelines.

 

Balaclava

For 501st approval:

· A balaclava is a black head sock/hood that is worn under the helmet and is used primarily to hide any view of the wearers skin and/or facial hair.

 

BlasTech E-11

For 501st approval:

· Based on a real or replica Sterling sub-machine gun, scratch-built, or a modified commercial toy Stormtrooper blaster.

 

For level two certification (if applicable):

· Folding stock (does not need to function).

· No ammo counter is present.

· D-ring mounted on the rear.

· Correct style scope.

· No power cylinders on the magazine housing.

· Scratch-built, resin cast, Hyper firm rubber cast blasters have a total of (7) U shaped channels on blaster (all holes on barrel are covered).

· If using the popular commercially available Stormtrooper blasters, you shall grind off the T-tracks and replace them with U shaped channels and cover the open rows of holes (total of 7 U shaped channels in all).

· Correct greeblies on the left rear area are present (door catch and two "hammers").

 

For level three certification (if applicable):

· Hasbro blasters are not allowed, even conversions.

· Forward D-ring is mounted underneath the front sight on the left side of the barrel.

· Use of the correct front sight (which differs from ANH and ESB).

· The scope rail is unique to ROTJ E11 and is not like the normal open ANH/ESB scope rails, but is a solid, one piece, with a unique sight design on the front. The scope connects to the notched out area of the solid rail. The scope is the correct design (as seen in ROTJ), and will attach to the scope rail via one scope mount.

· The muzzle is unlike the normal ANH style. It is flat with two counter sunk Allen bolts (one located at the four o'clock position and one located at the ten ‘o'clock position).

· The door catch is correct, not a "close enough" attempt as seen on the Cinemastery blaster.

 

DLT-19X

For 501^st approval:

· Based on a real or replica MG-34 machine gun.

· Scratch built or high end prop replica as shown in reference photo.

 

For level two certification (if applicable):

· A DLT-19 is an MG-34 with T-tracks on the barrel, red ring around the scope, ejection port cover added, and a small disk on left side.

 

ID-10 Seeker Droid

For 501st approval:

· Seeker droid is constructed as seen in reference photos.

· Seeker droid may be fully extended and held or folded to compact size and stowed on the wearer's back armor.

· LED lights in the droid are allowed.

 

For level two certification (if applicable):

 

Code Cylinders

For 501st approval:

· 1 to 3 may be worn

· Rod Style: machined aluminum, resin or wood rod with flaring disc detail at top.

 

For level two certification (if applicable):

· "Hero" cylinders are machined aluminum

· "Stunt" cylinders are wood and painted the same color as the helmet markings.

Face

For 501st approval:

· Medium length with a part on the side swooped to the right and brown in color as seen in reference photo.

 

For level two certification (if applicable):

 

Chest Box

For 501st approval:

· The chest box is required to have the same configurations as seen in the photo.

· The box has five 1-inch square x 1/8th inch thick detail pieces

· 1 Red, 1 White, 1 black, 2 Blue.

· There is a 1/8-inch-thick white pinstripe border around the square detail pieces

· There are two, 18 mm round indicator lights above the rocker switches. One white, one red respectively.

· There are three rocker switches below the round indicator lights. The rockers are always gray, white, gray. The gray rockers have red dots or indicator lamps in the bottom outfacing portion.

· There is a 1/8-inch-thick white pinstripe that runs horizontally across the bottom portion of the box.

· There is a male silver snap and a silver round disc with cone knob on the lower portion of the box below the horizontal pinstripe.

· There are two "gear" type greeblies painted silver affixed to either end of the lower tube portion of the box.

· There are two machined aluminum or molded silver greeblies in the hose ports of the box. (See reference photo.)

· Chest box may contain lightly done silver weathering but is not required.

 

For level two certification (if applicable):

· The red and white indicator lights are functional

[DeathMOS30[501st]]

Del Meeko Help:

Belt area which has a lot of pouches etc

Other large pew pew

Does he have: thermal detonator, code cylinders?

Anything else that might have been missed from the CRL

[Darth Emphatic[CMD-DWM]]

Thanks for separating these out, Dorothy. I will be working on the formatting for the CRL posting.

[DeathMOS30[501st]]

Updates have been made

[Darth Emphatic[CMD-DWM]]

I wonder if the helmet should really be under optional accessories...

[Darth Emphatic[CMD-DWM]]

Ill be doing a lot of single posts as I review and work on converting the CRL. Sorry!

 

There is discrepancy in the helmet area. One of the early bullets listed bubble or flat lenses and one near the end just says bubble.

[Darth Emphatic[CMD-DWM]]

In the flight suit section, the inferno squad patch is mentioned twice.

[Enemyace[501st]]

I wonder if the helmet should really be under optional accessories...

i think you should have either the option of helmet or face.

[DeathMOS30[501st]]

Ok so helmet should potentially be optional interesting. I really have no idea about that in all honesty.

I got some updates from Jason so i am going to put them up.

I wonder if the helmet should really be under optional accessories...

[DeathMOS30[501st]]

Updates have been made

[VadersWingman[501st]]

It's up to you guys but I think Helmet should be required for approval.

[MahXPrime[501st]]

It's an interesting debate.. Del is a unique character, so actually we can also be a Face-character yea

 

But indeed, the Inferno gear is not complete without the helmet, I don't see it under optional items too so it's good as it is currently : Helmet required and Face is an option

 

Now the thing to add is that, when you get approved, maybe you could be approved as "worn helmet" AND face character (if you're matching minimal "face" requirements) so you can take part into events wih both options and you only got to say "Del face or Del helmet". A systematic double configuration approval would be a good compromise I think ?

 

And concerning Canon Events, subject to casting, just put both options, if they accept face it's good for you, else, you always have your helmet.. Now, obviously, you're not doing that costume to leave your helmet behind But I just find it cool to have that kind of flexibility

[Stormrockx]

Is the final CRL ?

[Norphos[501st]]

I went through the CRL and it´s looking very good in my eyes.

 

But there is one "little" thing that made me stumble... Dorothee please check this point and decide:

 

"Belt

For 501st approval:

- Classic ROTJ imperial officer belt (with top and bottom groove)"

 

I went through all or nearly all CRL´s where this belt is needed and I found only 2 or 3 CRL´s where this very specific version with the grooves is mentioned and it´s always level 3!

Del Meeko would be the very first build this very specific double grooved ROTJ version is mandatory for basic approval.

 

Because many people complaint about the new boots - which are really different from German jackboots and you see the difference on the very first view - the correct inferno squad boots are not mandatory anymore, the standard German jackboots are o.k. now.

Here we are talking about a detail of a belt which is not that visible - with the chest rig and the second belt worn over this belt - and this should be mandatory now? Many people have a costume with this kind of officer belt and now they should buy a second belt for Del Meeko´s basic approval - a detail which is level 3 for other builds?

 

Also a view into the Gideon Hask CRL - yes, I know it´s JRS and something different - says nothing about this double grooved ROTJ belt at all.

 

I think it should be the same here as for other builds: basic approval with the non-grooved standard and easy to get officer belt and level 3 with the double grooved ROTJ belt.

 

Thank you for your attention Dorothee and please decide.

- Thomas -

[MahXPrime[501st]]

Yes ROTJ grooved can go level 2, when I wrote that, it was just to let know people it was THAT belt he was wearing, not saying it should be required for approval

[DeathMOS30[501st]]

Well thats an easy fix. The idea is not to make this difficult and honestly if its a detail that is not really seen then it can just be a level 2 requirement so that has been changed in the CRL.

I went through the CRL and it´s looking very good in my eyes.

 

But there is one "little" thing that made me stumble... Dorothee please check this point and decide:

 

"Belt

For 501st approval:

- Classic ROTJ imperial officer belt (with top and bottom groove)"

 

I went through all or nearly all CRL´s where this belt is needed and I found only 2 or 3 CRL´s where this very specific version with the grooves is mentioned and it´s always level 3!

Del Meeko would be the very first build this very specific double grooved ROTJ version is mandatory for basic approval.

 

Because many people complaint about the new boots - which are really different from German jackboots and you see the difference on the very first view - the correct inferno squad boots are not mandatory anymore, the standard German jackboots are o.k. now.

Here we are talking about a detail of a belt which is not that visible - with the chest rig and the second belt worn over this belt - and this should be mandatory now? Many people have a costume with this kind of officer belt and now they should buy a second belt for Del Meeko´s basic approval - a detail which is level 3 for other builds?

 

Also a view into the Gideon Hask CRL - yes, I know it´s JRS and something different - says nothing about this double grooved ROTJ belt at all.

 

I think it should be the same here as for other builds: basic approval with the non-grooved standard and easy to get officer belt and level 3 with the double grooved ROTJ belt.

 

Thank you for your attention Dorothee and please decide.

- Thomas -

[DeathMOS30[501st]]

More or less its a bit hard to say its like the final version but it is rather closing to being so if you want a guide that will work fine for this build.

Is the final CRL ?

[Darth Emphatic[CMD-DWM]]

Thanks for all the update work. I am running back through the backend work on the CRL that gets posted to the website. I'll compare to the previous version to account for any changes and then we should have an unpublished draft by the weekend.

[Darth Emphatic[CMD-DWM]]

Okay, I've got the whole CRL transferred over into the wiki format. Now I am just going to do some proof-reading and then we'll have a draft up for the LMO team to review.

[Darth Emphatic[CMD-DWM]]

All, I've finalized the CRL draft on the 501st wiki and sent it over to the LMO team to review. Time to start working on CRL pics

[DeathMOS30[501st]]

YAS!!!! Thanks everyone who has helped with this couldnt do it without our hardworking members

All, I've finalized the CRL draft on the 501st wiki and sent it over to the LMO team to review. Time to start working on CRL pics

[kamikaze[TX]]

All, I've finalized the CRL draft on the 501st wiki and sent it over to the LMO team to review. Time to start working on CRL pics

 

Sweet news! Looking forward to the CRL being final and joining the ranks of the SOD with this next set.

[Darth Emphatic[CMD-DWM]]

YAS!!!! Thanks everyone who has helped with this couldnt do it without our hardworking members

 

Or without you, Dorothy!

[ISBEAR[501st]]

how long does the LMO team usually need to review a new crl?

 

Is it this draft or the one on the 501st page the we are going for? The wording on the boots on 501st says "top of calf"... Witch I tought we had removed..

[kamikaze[TX]]

how long does the LMO team usually need to review a new crl?

 

The anticipation is killing me.