Dark Trooper - Generation 3 - Mandalorian - CRL Discussion

[Chaos[CMD-DCA]]

Apologies all, work has been a blotch, I'll get the belt done this week.

[Andreas Funk]

Hallo Chaos 

Alles klar falls du noch Bilder oder Maße benötigst, könnte ich bei mir nachschauen.

[Andreas Funk]

Hallo

Kann einer von den erfahrenen Leuten erzählen, wie lange ihr noch damit rechnet, bis das Projekt komplett durch ist ?

Gruß

 

Andreas

[Chaos[CMD-DCA]]

On 7/5/2025 at 10:21 PM, Andreas Funk said:

Hello

Can any of the experienced people tell us how long they expect it to take until the project is completely finished?

greeting

 

Andreas

Andreas, we are almost done with the CRL descriptions, once we do that, if your build matches, then we can have you take Hi resolution photos of your armor pieces and full suit up photos as reference photos to send into the Legion. New to the Legion costumes are very time consuming. I have seen some CRLs take up to 2 years start to finish. 

If I had to guess on this one, I would say probably less than 3-4 months provided we can finalize all the CRL wording, and your kit meets the wording. 

[Chaos[CMD-DCA]]

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Belt

• The belt is smooth and rigid and creates a circular band around the wearer’s waist with no visible buckle or fastening mechanism.
• The belt has an overall width of approximately 70-80 mm. (based upon comparison to Din Djarin’s ammo canister height)
• There is one rectangular hard box approximately 105mm x 85mm, offset center to the wear’s right.
  • All four front side edges are beveled inward.
  • There is a narrow rectangular recess, approximately 80mm x 10mm, along the box’s lower front plate.
• There are two smaller rectangular hard boxes, that are side by side, approximately 52mm x 85mm offset center to the wearer’s left.
  • All four front side edges are beveled inward.
• There are two leather or leather-like material rectangular pouches to the wearer’s left side, one is approximately 52mm x 90mm and the other is approximately 52mm x 100mm. Both pouches have a top fold over flap which has a single black snap closure and covers about 3/5^th of the front of the pouch.
  • The most rearward pouch sits slightly lower on the belt than the forward pouch.
• There is one leather or leather-like material rectangular pouch to the wearer’s right side, approximately 52mm x 100mm. The pouch has a top fold over flap which has a single black snap closure and covers about 3/5th of the front of the pouch.
• There are two rectangular hard boxes, approximately 95mm x 114mm x 20mm, located aft of the wearer’s hip.
  • The boxes slant outward approximately 20-30 degrees.
  • The box has a rectangular cover with an upper to lower outward taper.
    • The lid has approximately 16-20 raised narrow details equally spaced across the front of the cover.
    • The lower edge of the cover has an inward beveled edge.
• There is a horizontal Thermal Detonator located on the rear center of the belt.
  • is a circular canister with approximately 14 evenly spaced grooves extending to the end caps and is attached to the lower back armor.
  • Width is approximately the same as the lower back plate
• Belt and belt accessories may be slightly weathered but must be uniform with the rest of the costume

[Andreas Funk]

Hallo Chaos

Was bedeutet beim dem Gürtel, er ist glatt und gerippt?

 

Gruß

 

Andreas

[Chaos[CMD-DCA]]

On 7/12/2025 at 1:13 AM, Andreas Funk said:

Hello Chaos

What does it mean that the belt is smooth and ribbed?

 

greeting

 

Andreas

ahh I hate auto correct. it should say "smooth and rigid" thanks for the catch

[IcyTrooper[CMD-DWM]]

Solid on this! Looks like we should add it to the almost-final text. You think we should add that part at the start about any hard/plastic pieces being gloss black? We could adjust that text too.

Belt

• Gloss black in color unless noted below. May be painted in accordance with the Color Scheme Guide. If used, all armor pieces must be painted using the Color Scheme Guide.
• Belt and belt accessories may be slightly weathered but must be uniform with the rest of the costume.
• The belt is smooth and rigid and creates a circular band around the wearer’s waist with no visible buckle or fastening mechanism.
• The belt has an overall width of approximately 2.75" to 3" (70mm to 80mm).
• There is one rectangular hard box approximately 4" x 3.5" (105mm x 85mm), offset center to the wearer’s right.
  • All four front side edges are beveled inward.
  • There is a narrow rectangular recess, approximately 3" x 1/2" (80mm x 10mm), along the box’s lower front plate.
• There are two smaller rectangular hard boxes, that are side by side, approximately 2" x 3.5" (52mm x 85mm) offset center to the wearer’s left.
  • All four front side edges are beveled inward.
• There are two leather or leather-like material rectangular pouches to the wearer’s left side, one is approximately 2" x 3.5" (52mm x 90mm) and the other is approximately 2" x 4" (52mm x 100mm). Both pouches have a top fold over flap which has a single black snap closure and covers about 3/5th of the front of the pouch.
  • The most rearward pouch sits slightly lower on the belt than the forward pouch.
• There is one leather or leather-like material rectangular pouch to the wearer’s right side, approximately 2" x 4" (52mm x 100mm). The pouch has a top fold over flap which has a single black snap closure and covers about 3/5th of the front of the pouch.
• There are two rectangular hard boxes, approximately 3.75" x 4.5" x 0.75" (95mm x 114mm x 20mm), located aft of the wearer’s hip.
  • The boxes slant outward approximately 20-30 degrees.
  • The box has a rectangular cover with an upper to lower outward taper.
    • The lid has approximately 16-20 raised narrow details equally spaced across the front of the cover.
    • The lower edge of the cover has an inward beveled edge.
• There is a horizontal Thermal Detonator located on the rear center of the belt.
  • is a circular canister with approximately 14 evenly spaced grooves extending to the end caps and is attached to the lower back armor.
  • Width is approximately the same as the lower back plate.

[Chaos[CMD-DCA]]

It makes sense to say all hard pieces are gloss black unless otherwise stated. Then we can eliminate the gloss black on each section 👍 I concur with your edits. I think the thighs are next in my cue. I'll get it on here this weekend.

[Chaos[CMD-DCA]]

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Thigh Armor

• Gloss black in color unless noted below. May be painted in accordance with the Color Scheme Guide. If used, all armor pieces must be painted using the Color Scheme Guide.
• It has an overall elongated rectangle shape and the appearance of one closed piece with the lower portion tapering inward just above the knee.
  • There is a 0.4" to 0.61" (0-15mm) recess around the lower edge of the thigh.
  • The front side is slightly rounded outwards and tapers inward top to bottom.
• There is a narrow elongated vertical recess approximately 1.2" to 1.6" (30-40mm) wide centered on the front of the thigh which starts at the lower edge and ends approximately 2" to 2.4" (50-60mm) from the top end.
• There is a trapezoid shaped raised strip inset in the front recess. The lower end is flush with the bottom edge of the recess 1" to 1.4" (25-35mm) from the top edge. Refer to the CRL photo for details.
• There is a narrow recess that runs from the inside corner of raised strip at 45 degrees up to the inner thigh opening.
• There is an elongated vertical recess approximately 3.9" (100mm) wide in the lower 2/3rd of the outside thigh. 
  • There is a raised inset detail which has four rectangular cutouts of varying height aligned vertically. Detail is flat or matte black in color. Refer to the CRL photo for details. 
• There is a raised detail at the top of the outside thigh which has three raised circle rings of varying height and width. The detail is flat or matte black in color.
• There is an elongated vertical recess approximately 35-50mm wide centered on the rear of the thigh. The recess runs the length of the thigh.
• There may be additional details on the upper inner thigh area that has the appearance of mechanical jointing. Details are silver in color.
• Thighs may be slightly weathered but must be uniform with the rest of the costume.

[Andreas Funk]

Hallo zusammen!

Kann ich irgendwie helfen.

Der letzte Beitrag war am 31 July

Grüsse aus Deutschland

 

Andreas

[Andreas Funk]

Hier ein kleiner Ausschnitt von dem SCIENCE FICTION TREFFEN  Technik Museum Speyer 27-28. September 2025

https://imgur.com/a/zSRdW3Z

Gruß

 

Andreas

[IcyTrooper[CMD-DWM]]

Thanks for keeping this going! I'm getting back into this, my wife passed away about 2 months ago so I've been trying to navigate life  

[Chaos[CMD-DCA]]

On 10/14/2025 at 6:07 PM, IcyTrooper said:

Thanks for keeping this going! I'm getting back into this, my wife passed away about 2 months ago so I've been trying to navigate life  

I have been following along in the FB messages and I am so sorry for your loss. I actually posted the request there to have another set of eyes as I knew you had a lot going on.  After looking at @Andreas Funk's photos and videos, his armor may make the mark for the CRL so we may not have to wait on someone to build a kit and this CRL approval may go quickly once we get the wording completed. I am still building mine with 3D FDM and Resin printers so its taking a while. Plus once I get mine finished I will have to figure out how to send it back to the USA when I leave my job.

Good to see you getting back into things, if you ever need anything send me a message. 

[Andreas Funk]

Also ich bin zu allem bereit und meine Rüstung ist fertig und Tragbar,

Sie war ein riesen Erfolg bei der German Garrison in Speyer und warten alle gespannt auf meinen Eintrag ;-))))

Wenn ich einzel Fotos für die Crl machen soll braucht ihr es nur zu Sagen in welcher größe und Auflösung

 

LG

 

Andreas