Chargrilled[501st] Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Hi all, Love the Army Trooper so I've started assembling components for the new Trooper CRL that's going to be going live. I know it's not completely final yet but I couldn't resist, so I've only picked up parts that seem to be agreed upon, for example there doesn't seem to be much debate about the olive gloves, the style of pouches, and the belt. Currently talking with Matt Nelson about getting a L2 harness, and with Jason of Intergalactic Supply about his upcoming IAT helmets. Also on order is a Condor MA33 and a Condor PB 2" belt with OD green buckle Gloves - Olive green leather, ex-French Army: Pouches - 2x M47 handcuff pouch and a first response kit very similar to the "additional pouch" image: 2 Link to comment
izzi[TX] Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Nice. I'm eager to see this put together. 1 Link to comment
Chargrilled[501st] Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 Me too. Just waiting for a few pics of the prospective jumpsuit to get one commissioned. Also found a pair of L2 boots (Hunters Bay from Ronan's thread), but waiting on pulling the trigger until I'm sure they're accepted. Also found a store in the UK that sells Montana Gold Olive Green to spray the boots. Let me know! Link to comment
Chargrilled[501st] Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 Quick update: Ordered a harness from Matt, the Hunters Bay boots, and a pair of UVEX Futura Black Body goggles. Will be picking up a can of Montana Gold Olive Green to spray the boots (and maybe the frame of the goggles). Just the helmet and jumpsuit to sort. Helmet should be fairly easy, just the jumpsuit I'm a little dubious about committing to as it will easily be the most expensive item. That being said however, Mike (Loanstar) is extremely helpful and quick to communicate, so I'm sure if any minor alterations were made to the CRL he'd be more than happy to do them for me. Link to comment
izzi[TX] Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 I wouldn't worry about painting the frames of the goggles. There are both black and green frames shown in the comics. 1 Link to comment
Chargrilled[501st] Posted May 26, 2018 Author Share Posted May 26, 2018 Sounds good to me, will probably leave them black. Can of Montana Gold Olive Green arrived Friday ready to spray the boots when they show up. Condor MA33, belt, googles and harness should be arriving by the end of next week. Link to comment
Chargrilled[501st] Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 A lot of good progress made today with the arrival of 3 items in the space of a few hours (what are the odds?) Boots look good, and will scrub up nicely with a coat of olive green paint. With the legs of the jumpsuit bloused over by some trouser twists the zipper should be nearly invisible: Very pleased with the look of the belt with 3 of the 4 pouches attached. MA33 should be arriving very soon to complete this section of the costume: Handmade harness from Matt also came. Love it, just needs properly adjusting and the excess cutting off when I have time: Very excited! 2 Link to comment
izzi[TX] Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Awesome! Anxious to see how this turns out! 1 Link to comment
Chargrilled[501st] Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 More progress! Been a good week. Final pouch arrived, completing the belt: And the goggles were delivered at the same time: And some pictures of the finished belt and harness together. Harness still needs final adjustment for fit and the excess webbing cutting off, but so far I think it's looking good: Patches for the jumpsuit sleeves have been ordered from WTF and will be shipped directly to Mike of LS for fabricating the suit! Getting there! 2 Link to comment
Ronan[TX] Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 A lot of good progress made today with the arrival of 3 items in the space of a few hours (what are the odds?) Boots look good, and will scrub up nicely with a coat of olive green paint. With the legs of the jumpsuit bloused over by some trouser twists the zipper should be nearly invisible: These are the exact boots I'm going to use on my engineer too. They are perfect. 1 Link to comment
Chargrilled[501st] Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 These are the exact boots I'm going to use on my engineer too. They are perfect. Bought them after I saw your thread, thanks for finding these Ronan Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk Link to comment
Chargrilled[501st] Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 Delay on spraying the boots as I sprained my ankle Friday. Will hopefully be able to get them sprayed next weekend. Link to comment
izzi[TX] Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Oh yeah, take care of yourself! Heal up. 1 Link to comment
Cantina Security Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Coming together Evan! 1 Link to comment
Chargrilled[501st] Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 The boots are now painted, and personally I think they look great and very close to the reference images. Thoughts? Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment
Luc Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Hi, I'm brand new and am looking to do the army trooper. Anyway, while looking at the flight suit requirements on the CRL, I noticed that it looks very similar to older US Army Utility coveralls. I reanact both WW2 and Vietnam and it just clicked. Anyway, I had read (somewhere in this thread) that you were looking for that. These are basicly the same (based on what I can tell): http://www.mcguirearmynavy.com/US-Army-GI-Cotton-Utility-Coverall-OD-Green.html I have never used this company, but I do know that they list the NSN number, so that can be helpful for people in the future. Hope that helps Link to comment
izzi[TX] Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Those boots look great! Can't wait to see it all together. 1 Link to comment
izzi[TX] Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Hi, I'm brand new and am looking to do the army trooper. Anyway, while looking at the flight suit requirements on the CRL, I noticed that it looks very similar to older US Army Utility coveralls. I reanact both WW2 and Vietnam and it just clicked. Anyway, I had read (somewhere in this thread) that you were looking for that. These are basicly the same (based on what I can tell): http://www.mcguirearmynavy.com/US-Army-GI-Cotton-Utility-Coverall-OD-Green.html I have never used this company, but I do know that they list the NSN number, so that can be helpful for people in the future. Hope that helps Thanks for posting that! We can never have too many resources for costume components. 1 Link to comment
izzi[TX] Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 What color did you use on your boots? Link to comment
Chargrilled[501st] Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 Montana Gold Olive Green 1 Link to comment
Blackwatch[CMD-DCA] Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I think that really is our go-to color Link to comment
Chargrilled[501st] Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Progress has slowed slightly, although today I sent Mike of LS payment for my suit and confirmed the details with him, also sent him PM07's picture as a reference. Jason of IGS has telemetry boxes on the way and is touching up his IAT mold. Also ordered my DH-17 which will be sent to Burkbench who can make a custom holster to match the unique ones in the art. Main issue at the minute is the patches from WTF. Made a post in the Facebook group enquiring about lead times, just waiting for a response Slowly but surely. 1 Link to comment
izzi[TX] Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Awesome! Glad it's still progressing. Thanks for the update! 1 Link to comment
Blackwatch[CMD-DCA] Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 On 6/26/2018 at 4:42 PM, Chargrilled said: Main issue at the minute is the patches from WTF. Made a post in the Facebook group enquiring about lead times, just waiting for a response Slowly but surely. currently that is a problem for a lot of people. I knew this was going to be a hot issue so I rounded up cash and ordered immediately when they went on sale, but I know several others that have purchased and been left in a lurch. I do not know if these are still on the WTF patch sale page or not, but I know people are still trying to get their patches after ordering months ago. Sebastian originally had 200 patches made which is 100 suits. An odd number were left over meaning people bought one patch likely to collect. We do need a supply of these patches to move a lot of people forward. Maybe I got lucky and got mine soon after I ordered because I purchased a group of them for the Garrison. 1 Link to comment
Chargrilled[501st] Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 The patches seem to be a major sticking point here. I had 2 ordered and the shipping address set as Mike in Germany who is making the jumpsuit. As it seems it may be some time before the patches are produced again, I've asked Mike if he can send the suit as soon as it's ready (he also has my black TIE/Gunner suit in-hand so he can get the sizing right for this one) and I'll think of something for the patches later on. I'm itching to get the suit on with the webbing and boots to see how it all looks. Link to comment
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