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Congratulations on your approval Charles!

It's really coming together Jason, nice attention to detail, i love it. Also great to put a face to the name as you model your impressive build

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That's awesome Mike, great to see members out there both new and approved having fun.

I know someone who has bought a set of these for their FOTK, I'll see if he can add some photos of the finished product and give us his thoughts on the overall product. Some feedback will be good before we add them to the vetted list, although I believe the maker who was supplying currently on our vetted list, is no longer doing so, so we are limited for choice.

Exciting times ahead David, look forward to seeing your BBB and progress.

Nice work Jacob, I see your power outlets are amazed as well!

yeah it is hard, but you are still at it and that is certainly the most important factor here. You can do it Rodney and we will be here to cheer you on when you do.

All photos withing each post have also now been numbered for tracking in the review process. More updates to come soon.

This is the first 4 piece back and shoulder Cowell we have seen in a kit. I think the extra layer will indeed add strength at the top of the shoulder area but will have less give or flex when getting into the piece. Might mean less chance of cracking around the area just s touch more of a struggle getting it over your head and shoulders as you are already finding. Nice to see the chest plate has separate side wings too.

That's pretty darn cool Mike, good research as you have discovered clearly, is the key to any hobby and ours is no different. look forward to seeing your ATA build thread once you receive your kit. Enjoy you new journey and ask plenty of questions along the way, we are here to assist you where ever we can. Welcome to FISD.

Welcome to FISD Bobby! Great to see you have done some research, plenty needed in this hobby that's for sure. Glen has shared a great link with you from another member who spent a huge amount of time putting together some great information all into one thread.

FYI This costume is indeed heading for Spec Ops Detachment and will finally have an official home and CRL. Great news for you at long last as I just had a conversation with their DL and everyone is happy.

OK Dino, the Wiki origin is built currently with TFA trooper images until we get your photos. Please use the TFA CRL so you know what images we require, but basically all the same type including the gasket shots where you can see armour parts ( need to be gold ) I made minimal changes to the wording you submitted and onlt added the colour definition for the boot instep armour colour. I am undecided as of yet if we should change the "grey" to Slate Grey" in the descriptors.

When your kit is ready, if you can make sure you have a set of images of the individual parts in a lay out the same as the TFA TK that would be great. I'll need to Photoshop them so it is just the parts with no background. Also for you front and rear main images, make sure you have someone with you to help dress you so everything looks perfect for the CRL model. I will go through the CRL changes you have suggested and get a Wiki CRL document (origin Wiki) opened so that can be formatted to look like the other CRL's Final pieces are the photos really and making sure you look the best you possibly can for those . When you have the images ready the easiest way would be to put them in a google doc and email the info to me. I'll send you a PM with the email address to use.

Is anyone making a TLJ or Tros specific blaster presently? Barrel holes would be easy to fill, end cap grove would be easy to paint black or trim out if it is not there, but need a clear reference for the end cap clip. Basic no weapon is needed, at EI I would suggest correct paint scheme, and for centurion greebs, holes finer details should be correct for each film.

Excellent. for those that don’t speak German, that is Slate grey.

I’ve had a brief read and it is looking good. thought this one would be pretty straight forward and you made a good decision to also look as the Phasma explanations on finish. I think the colour grey needs to be defined as in tone . Light, Dark etc. Have you sourced a paint for it or can you find out what time the paint shop will use if that’s the way you are going.

I know a guy with a set of files that I believe is as accurate as you could get, but we are yet to convince him to offer them up for sale. He is legion approved in his printed costume, but this is all the information I can give you at this stage. If this changes in the future I will be sure to promote the fact they are available for purchase.

The bubbles are an issue where a vacuum pot hasn't been used to draw them out of the resin before pouring into the mold. Also because the mold may be too large to also add to the vacuum pot after its filled. As to it not fitting, it looks like the molds may be slightly distorted so the part just doesn't align correctly at both sides. Also the original buck was probably 3D printed and may have warped during that process hence why the alignment is out as would be the mold made from it. Have you spoken to Walt about it yet?

Yep. This is the part where we work with the member who is creating the new to legion costume, to make sure the explanations of the various components and colours etc are appropriately descriptive for the base level CRL. In addition to that, we look at what things should be Expert infantry lvl and if there is anything that fits for a centurion level as well. This is the link to the standard FOTK CRL, this is our frame work to build upon. https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:TK_-_First_Order As you will see, things like the holster have allowances at basic as in it must be present compared to the higher level where it must be functional to pass EI. Much of the language we need is already here, it is the differing parts, like the shins and the coloured parts that require the focus. As you and others chime in with suggestions the CRL will start to form, then i take it to the LMO team for scrutiny, and suggestions before I build the final version and submit for it to go live.

Looks pretty good to me. The ridges are aligned most importantly. many sniper plates sit a little crooked, mine included as it is impossible to get it to sit 100% level with the left and right ridges aligned correctly.

It's going to look very cool when finished. You should post an operating video once complete and really show it off.

If you look through these pages of awesome posts, you will notice I have now given a post number to each one containing images. These will all come under review by a team of detachment staff so we can sort through, catagorise, and pick out a good variety for the upcoming special project. As a reminder to all who have posted photos, once the selection process is complete over the next couple of weeks, if your image or images are chosen, you will receive a PM from myself or one of the team. There will be more details in that message, and a further update in this thread and the DL's Blog will be posted when those PM's will start to go out. Stay tuned everyone

Yes, sadly plenty of screen shots show the similar gap. I would say aim to have it sit straight in there as opposed to the crooked angle in those images. They have probably been knocked around a bit hence why it looks like that. Ultimately it's up to you and weather you want a gap or not as even when we are done re working the CRL's something like that wouldn't make it in as a change for basic, maybe a cleaner version for centurion, but we are not at that point of discussion as yet.