ISB Tactical Agent - CRL Discussion

[Detaleader[501st]]

Hooks appear to be present, as per slide 5 on here: 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJquT1zoekb/?img_index=5 

(It's pretty small, and due to the compression barely visible, but yeah, you can make out a hook on the right side of the picture) 

Similarly, you can see the fabric texture pretty well on slides 1+2 

[Dropkick[CMD-DL]]

9 hours ago, Detaleader said:

Hooks appear to be present, as per slide 5 on here: 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJquT1zoekb/?img_index=5 

(It's pretty small, and due to the compression barely visible, but yeah, you can make out a hook on the right side of the picture) 

Similarly, you can see the fabric texture pretty well on slides 1+2 

I'd suggest any hook detail be limited to L2 as its not seen in the series. Good to know from the BTS images that there's one there, but would recommend a possible L2 addition.

[Blackwatch[CMD-DCA]]

agreed.  We shall proceed with the belief that these were reused from Season 1 without mofification. 

Change log 1.0 (Final text proposal)
 

Tunic

• A long-sleeved, black jacket that falls just to mid-thigh, with no visible zippers or buttons. 
• Fabric is a plain weave cotton similar to duck canvas.
• Has a high mandarin style collar with a left-over-right closure that rises from the front of the tunic.
• The front closure overlaps left over right and rises from the hem at the bottom of the tunic to the top of the collar. 
• Four rectangular pockets are present on the jacket front, covered by large flapped closures. Lower pockets are larger than the ones on the upper chest. Lower pocket seams rest on the same seam as the end of the tunic
• The rear of the jacket has a horizontal seam present near the upper back. Two vertical seams start below the horizontal upper back seam moving down the bottom of the jacket. 
• Two black tunic hooks to hold the belt in place are permitted. If used, the hooks will pass from the inside of the tunic to the outside through holes on either side of the tunic at the hip. The belt covers the holes.
• One pocket is present on each arm of the jacket, each covered by large flapped closures.
• The top of the arm pocket flaps are in line with the top edge of the chest pockets. 
• Cuffs on the sleeves are about mid-distance to the elbow. The material folds back on itself to form the cuff.
   

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):

• The front jacket flap will have rectangular stitch marks with a stitched X inside where Velcro is attached to keep the flap closed.
• Fabric has the appearance of waxed canvas or oilskin fabric. 
• If left arm rank bars are present, the black fabric should be similar to duvetyn type of fabric and will have 3 equidistant horizontal stitch lines through each rank bar.

 

 

 

[pyro[TX]]

Same could be said for the pants

[Blackwatch[CMD-DCA]]

agreed.  I believe we can rapidly move through those sections. Boots appear to be the same as well. 

 

The next piece in CRL order is the chest armor. We know the origin, there are minor differences to be discussed. 

We need to verify that the back box insets are the same as the security trooper when we get to the back armor, but this is only for the chest. 

Proposal colors

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New text

Removed text 

Chest Armor Change log 1.0 

Original text.  We know the color is whilte so Im just going to go ahead and make that change now. Reference photo from our Security Trooper CRL gallery for  reference against our white troopers. 

Chest Armor 

Chest armor matches visual references being accurate in shape and design. 

The join between the chest and back armor are created by an angled sweep starting at the bottom of the chest armor and finishing at the bottom of the back armor. This may be held closed with magnets, Velcro, or another hidden fastener. 

There is an indented area around the outer edge of the center flat section.

Buckles attach to upper chest plate and match the armor color.  and are painted gunmetal or dark silver. 

Shoulder straps are affixed to the chest plate at the buckle. The shoulder strap is black white. It is permitted to be made of cast flexible urethane or other flexible material.

To the lower left side of the center flat panel is a recessed area angled inward from bottom to top with a raised rectangle greeblie and a recessed horizontal elongated oval. 

Left of the recessed area is a raised square that extends from the center to the curved side of the armor.

On the top left side of the raised area is a raised oblong detail that protrudes outwards.

Chest shall be painted to match helmet and back armor.

 

OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable):

Buckles have black recess on upper narrow section and the lower recess shall expose the chest armor.

Buckles may have silver paint chipping showing gunmetal underneath the silver. 

 

Discussion:

over on Kevin Wiers's Imperial Surplus IG account he commented that this seaon he noted that new fittings were being used on the buckles, thes are Martin Baker ejection seat buckles and a different part number was used for some of the buckle components. Those with sharper eyes than mine can dive into the particulars on these fittings, but for my money, if you have the rigth configuration thats great for L1. I know @BigJasoni had remixed some buckles at one point for the MudtrooperUK files and I had printed those back then. 

 

 

[Detaleader[501st]]

The text suggested by Tarrif mentioned Weathering and I think we ought to include this here too. As far as I can tell all suits have light to moderate weathering on them? 

[Tarrif[TX]]

51 minutes ago, Detaleader said:

The text suggested by Tarrif mentioned Weathering and I think we ought to include this here too. As far as I can tell all suits have light to moderate weathering on them? 

There's definitely two versions (fi not more). The guys in the hospital had zero weathering, but if you're doing a tactical team member there's light to moderate weathering for sure.