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Here goes nothing!

Kit finished, here are the official final kit photos for CRL submission. I can always take more on Admin request!

Officially submitted

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Front detail




Off angle


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Grey uniforms... they have always been there, though they have meant different things and came different sources.  I am not about to say what is (because the shifting sands of what IS always changes), but will show how we got to this point and what happened along the way.
 
  The first grey officer we saw was in the movie A New Hope.  He wore a 451 style tunic, but with black breeches and a black hat like the ISB.
 
The same actor in the same uniform meets with Tarkin prior to the destruction of Alderaan.  
 
The first merchandised figure was the "Death Squad Commander" which was quickly renamed the "Star Destroyer Commander".  While this guy never showed up in the movies, he found himself in licensed material down through the years.  He is a special unit that can be built in the video game "Empire at War".
 
They also appeared in the comic adaptation of "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" as Vader's personal bodyguards.
 
The first description of who the grey uniformed officers were was found in the "Imperial Sourcebook" published by West End Games in 1988.  They were listed as the imperial Army.
 
The West End Games Death Star Technical Manual published in 1991 showed what Army soldiers looked like.  If you have seen the recent photos of the Mud Troopers in the upcoming Solo film, you will notice the similarities to the Trooper in Field Armor.  These were the books given out by Lucasfilm to guide new Star Wars authors like Timothy Zahn.
 
As the 1990s went on, grey uniformed officers showed up in the comics and in video games.
 
the early 2000's saw an Imperial Army general leading several officers in green while he was in grey.
 
General Zeiring ironically showed the promotion scale used today in the movies.  He promotes Lt. Sunbur to Captain, then commander... 
 
2008 saw the release of The Clone Wars with Clone officers in grey.  Human officers wore the green.
 
they reappeared in the Battlefront II game.
 
The first official return of the grey uniforms came with Governor Pryce of Lothal in the Rebels animated series.  The grey choice could be said to be something different than the Imperial Navy, but the real reason for the color of her uniform and the style and color of her hair is to mimic Colonel Doctor Spalko, the bad guy from the last Indiana Jones movie.  
 
Grey Uniforms started to appear in other areas.  Cadet Vanto in the Thrawn novel comic adaptation is shown in a grey uniform standing next to a green one.
 
The Imperial officers in Battlefront II are in army grey... and contrast with the green officers of the previous game.

I'll add to this over time.  The purpose was to show where all this stuff comes from. 

I know others have attempted this before, but as I dug through the forums, I just got more and more confused. So, I bought the McCall's M4745 pattern, and with some help from my seamstress sister, I started documenting some easily reproducible steps to convert that pattern into a screen-accurate officer tunic. And, since I'm a software engineer, I put it all on GitHub Pages, with nice animated diagrams showing exactly what to do.
 
Here are the tunic instructions:
http://lellimecnar.com/costuming/imperial-officer/tunic-pattern
 
I also dug through the CRLs, and put this page together: http://lellimecnar.com/costuming/imperial-officer/reference I'd like to make sure it's as accurate as possible, so I welcome feedback on that as well.
 
Once I get the pattern right, I'm going to put the actual instructions for sewing the thing here: http://lellimecnar.com/costuming/imperial-officer
 
I've never actually done this before, and I haven't done much sewing, so I started by making it in muslin. It looks accurate to me, but I think I'm ready to share it with the community here, and get some feedback from those who know what they're doing.
 
This is all very much a work in progress, but I'm hoping for some feedback before I start cutting any actual fabric... And hopefully it will be helpful to the next guy who comes along looking to get started.

Went to a troop on Friday for Micheal Giacchino's 50th birthday a great night where I and my fellow Troopers got to hang with Gareth Edwards for a bit, we talked to him regards Rogue one, Adam Savage presented the show and at one point wore an Anovos Krennic.
 
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Oh and whilst waiting outside the Royal Albert Hall this dude came up and asked me "How do we get in"?

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I hand sewed the velcro on the tunic and used the adhesive on the inside of the belt. Its been working great, everything stays in place. 

Ah, I'll experiment and see what works.
 
-J