[IC: Bridge Crew Build]

Pilot Bay on Etsy and Facebook can do a custom fit flightsuit that is also quite solid. 

 

If you're not concerned about getting a higher approval level or if you don't mind having the strap added after the fact, I would recommend Soviet Boots for the jackboots - http://www.sovietboots.com/home/244-501st-legion-pilot-officer-jedi-robe-star-wars-boots-vader-s-fist.html

[Approval Party]

How cool. Congrats!

[New Officer Recruitment Poster Proposal]

[Officer Photo Fun]

1 hour ago, vonmoen said:

Hey Colin, can I post this image on the IOC Facebook page next week?

Go for it!

[Officer Photo Fun]

1 hour ago, kman said:

We seriously need to do an SCG officer photoshoot.

We did one last year - what you see is all who showed up. But, I agree - we need to do one again and get as many Officers to show up as possible.

[Officer Photo Fun]

Attention IOC!

 

Are you bored of having the same old Officer photos? Well perk up and feel good about your images with the new warning label that all Officers should be kept a safe distance from all Sith Lords. Try it now and let your friends know that you are a special and not to be choked. Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

[Names you've been called]

I just did a troop this weekend at a fair celebrating a city's anniversary in my Imperial Staff Officer, flanked by two Stormtroopers, and was called a German and Nazi multiple times by some very drunk folks. After the eighth time, I suited down and wrangled.

[#vaderchallenge]

Totally didn't get caught. Lord Vader was none-the-wiser...

#vaderchallenge

 

[general costume questions]

CosplaySky all the way. It's cheaper than ANOVOS, about the same quality, looks way more screen accurate since the material doesn't have a strange, shiny plastic-like look to it. Not to mention, ANOVOS orders take ages to arrive if they aren't sold out of the items you need in the first place. Honestly, I'm surprised they're not out of business yet (probably going to happen soon if what I'm hearing from folks is true). Even if you start with CosplaySky and want to work up to a better quality costume, there are other options out there. 

 

I know a lot of folks like ANOVOS but I've had too many bad experiences with them and their meh-quality all around.

[Rebels Style Officer (w/seventh fleet emblem optional accessory) CRL proposal/WIP]

2 hours ago, LindsayL said:

No worries! Sounds good, Rebels Style Officer w/emblem option it is.  That's my new CRL proposal then, the same but different title, haha

This sounds like what I'm facing with trying to put together my Tag and Bink costumes.

[How to Carry Stuff?]

I usually keep my phone in my shorts pocket under my jodhpurs or I carry a small, black pouch on the back of my belt for cards, coins, my phone, and the like. 

[CRLs Proposals and Those Being Worked On]

Thanks for sharing this information, everyone. I'm dying to put together a Solo Tag and Bink CRL with my buddy and this all sounds like the right direction to start heading.

[How do you transport your gear?]

I have a garment bag dedicated to each of my Officer uniforms. I also have a 25 gallon Husky tool bin that I use to store my boots (which I wrap in a thin layer of foam for protection), my cap (which I keep on a styrofoam head for keeping its shape), and a smaller plastic bin which I've lined with specially carved foam to store my blasters, rank bars, code cylinders, and belt boxes. Everything else - my belt, gloves, trading cards, glasses pouch, comm link, etc. goes into a small carrier in the bin. I even keep an emergency sewing kit, glues, boot hooks, boot remover, and such in a small container. It may seem a bit intense for an Officer,  but it's so nice to roll up to a troop and have everything in one, easy to transport place and to have it protected. I feel like these costumes are a massive investment and I want to take the best possible care of them. I also keep checklists for each of my uniforms in the box and those have helped me to never miss a single piece of equipment or clothing for my troops.

[New Look for the SoCal Garrison Trading Cards]

Thanks to the tireless work of Jason Lawless with the SCG, our trading cards have a spiffy new look. I am so ridiculously honored to the the first one to showcase the new design with my Imperial Line Officer costume.

 

[Help with boots]

If you need good jackboots, I recommend going to Soviet Boots. If you need good riding boots, I recommend going to Todd's Costumes.

 

Good luck.

[Facial hair?]

You can never go wrong with some mad 1970s chops!

 

[Belt Help]

Yeah, industrial-strength Velcro on the back of the belt is the best! I cut mine so that part of the belt passes behind the rest of the belt so that I could have a little extra for trimming and that I could Velcro to add support to the Velcro behind the buckle.

[Imperial pottery - big mistery for future archaeologists]

[Belt Help]

I just ended up using a power screwdriver, a drill bit the size of the peg, and some clamps.

[Meaning of the Prefix "ID"]

I thought it meant Imperial Detachment or Imperial Designation or something like that. 

[Enlarging compad window]

1 minute ago, Ubernostrum said:

Ahh, tape, that's the secret.  In my head, I was trying to figure out how to stick it.  Have you had any issues with fraying in the corners?

Nope. No issues. I do occasionally take some small scissors to keep things trimmed and clean looking but I have yet to encounter anything damaging.

[Enlarging compad window]

So on my CosplaySky flight suit, I carefully snipped the corners of the window up until the inner seam. I folded the now free portions of the window under the inner seam portion and then used double-sided iron-on tape strips to hold them in place. Once that was done, I took the extra step of sewing in a fuzzy patch of Velcro into the middle of the window and glued the hooked side of the Velcro to the bottom of my Comm Pad - this helps to keep the pad from slipping out of the now larger window (something I see all the time on folks during troops). It was a pretty quick and painless procedure to open the window in this manner and the best part is, I can dry clean and wash the flight suit and the sticky tape holding the flaps back sticks through and through.

 

I'm sure there are other thoughts on this and techniques but this worked beautifully for me. Good luck. 

 

[So you wanna be on Facebook? How about Twitter?]

Goofing around with the Rebel Legion at a pediatric charity event for Team Abigail at Faster Fitness in Huntington Beach, California on St. Patricks Day, 2018. Vader would not stop saying "I have you now..."

[So you wanna be on Facebook? How about Twitter?]

 

Photo by Mark Edwards at Wonderland Studios in Anaheim, California. Amazing hologram Photoshop job done by Scott Rogers.

[Was the empire really evil ?]

Subjugation of planets and peoples who were once free and super-weapons meant to strike fear into those who would dare to resist - not to mention the fact that their leader committed the mass genocide of an entire people who had an opposing philosophy to his...seems pretty clean-cut evil to me.