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Great feedback Adam, and thank you for taking the time to look at this. I figured, if we can get the right descriptive text down for the helmet, then I can continue on with the rest of the parts using the same/similar verbiage. Agreed on your comments re the wraps on the helmet, and what I have been thinking about is an easier way to explain the overall wrappings as opposed to having it in deep explanation for every piece. I don't think we want to see Ramboesq looking buckets with a headband, lol. There is also an entirely gray bucket and some with no gray at all, so I called out "sections" as opposed to patches in the first draft above, I was only looking at 3 helmet references at the time to get a general look idea, but we could definitely expand on that explanation. Perhaps we add something like whole section instead of just section The helmet can be white, contain a gray section or be completely gray as per reference's builder's discretion on how this composition looks is allowable. If containing a gray section, it should be the entire part of the chosen section. No patches or partial areas are allowable as per reference. (Found other variations that disproved this) I agree, the eyes probably shouldn't be visible as we don't allow this at basic as per that section. How one pulls that off could be quite difficult with light inside a bucket, but I never underestimate the ingenuity of our members, so I'm sure someone will come up with a great solution to do this and share it on our forums. In reanimated mode, (Lights on in helmet) the wearers eyes should remain sufficiently obscured. Open for improved wording. If we can find a suitable screen reference showing ribbed bandages being used in the show, no reason we can't look into this further as a possible addition. I do tend to agree with Adam, that these may have been tidy up repairs made for the recent promo shoot. The clean area highlighted looks to me like the original wrap may have simply loosened and slipped down, rather than a new wrap being added. I would wager the colour differences might in part be caused by the lighting. These promo photos are much brighter lighting compared to the mostly dimmer look of the TV show.

I think these specific troopers were 're-wrapped' with newer, cleaner fabric. Not only do the wraps look different, but they seem more loosely done than the on screen ones. You can see what are essentially tan lines from the original wraps in some spots. Darker ones seem to be the originals, where the brighter ones I'd assume were added for these promo pics.

Interesting wrap, appears to be ribbed

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Great to see your application here Ray, you may need to add a couple more images: Armor Details 12. ___ Close-up of ab/kidney rivets 13. ___ "Han" snap Updated checklist is here God luck with approval

Really depends on what size it is and how it looks on you, photos my help but you really want to try with your chest on. How to add images using external image host Original suits did have a slight curve to them, this gave a nice fit and little gap between them and the chest

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There's quite a few with grey patches. Albeit this is no doubt a computer generated image there are plenty here Many identical

I wonder if that could be the selvage from the fabric bolt? Seems to be the same color anyway. It's often a very different texture than the rest of a bolt. HA!!! I was thinking about a headband right after posting that. And not in a good way. Maybe the helmet section could have a ribbon allowance line like "Red wrappings allowed through eye, mouth, and vent openings if desired. Headbands, skullcaps, and other styles not seen on screen are forbidden." ? That is fantastic. And I think that bit could apply to quite a few pieces of armor. Excellent!

A very reasonable point. We should add the word approximately with 2 1/2" as opposed to a hard figure so we don't have GML's out with measuring tapes and potentially delaying approvals. We know from experience, this type of thing has actually happened.

Hi everyone, I noticed the holster belt width is not listed. I think it would be a good detail to add to the CRL. It’s hard to just eyeball it, but it looks about 2 1/2” wide.

In the helmet section: For armor with grey sections, including the helmet, it seems to follow a formula. Either an entire "panel" is replaced with grey or a whole piece is painted grey. Like an entire tube, the entire face, the entire dome, etc. Or a whole shoulder/cod/forearm/etc. You never see a small section "repaired" with a grey section for example. Small repair sections are replaced with gold. The only grey repaired panel we see is the chest where almost half is grey. Is there some succinct way to spell this out in the CRL? I can give it some thought if this would be possible or someone who's a better wordsmith than me could whip something out. We also saw a few troopers with red ribbons in/on their helmets. Should that be called out as an allowed modification? May I suggest either "Imitation gold leaf" or "Faux gold leaf" instead of "Gold look leaf"? When you google in search of the cheap/fake stuff, the actual material is usually called "imitation gold leaf sheets." Are the eyes allowed to be seen when the LEDs are turned on? I don't think they were in the series but I honestly do not know. (Sorry for wrapping back around to the top of the helmet thing... I can't make it paste this at the top of my reply. ) Is there a specific weathering color required? IE brown for sandies and black for HWT? References look to be mostly charcoal but also have some earthy dark brown tones.

I got mine last month after a 14 month wait. Supply issues were affecting his ability to make the units. Try to be patient. It is worth the wait.

Yes you can trim the tops of your thighs, you can make a return edge with a heating iron, or just leave them trimmed with no return edge. Note not much of a gap on the troopers below, but they aren't out there trooping

He's trying to get them out as fast as he can but has had no end of troubles with parts. All orders will be honoured.