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    Sith Eternal Officer

    in New CRLs - Completed

    Posted

    THIS.

    Yes, I get that we aim for best possible accuracy, but that should not prevent A.) ongoing development as new reference material comes to light, which is frankly ALL THE TIME with MANY costumes
    or B.) a CRL being approved in the first place when it is lacking something that will not prevent the costume from being widely recognized by fans.
     
    Getting so persnickety about insignificant details is super discouraging to members who put lots of time and effort into their costumes, especially when it seems to boil down to subjectivity rather than objectivity, with no clear standard being applied across all CRLs, as has been pointed out.
     
    At the end of the day we're dressing up as plastic spacemen to make kids happy for charity.   The back of the outfit can always be adjusted when better reference material surfaces.  No reason to prevent it from having a CRL when other costumes have been approved with less reference material.
    You may think it's insignificant but it could mean the approval or denial of future submissions. We've seen time and time again when members build a costume but are denied approval because it doesn't meet the new standards of the CRL. I know Kris's team is trying to prevent that from happening.

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    From the Andor set - possible spoiler

    in The Officer's Lounge

    Posted

    I am wondering if we will see Isard or an Isard inspired character.

    There is an opportunity to have a character here young and then to see them again in the Mandalorian time setting years later.
    I try not to hope for too much but oh man would either one of them be a good antagonist to the series.

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    Sith Eternal Officer

    in New CRLs - Completed

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    I only know about the screencap that shows the yoke and searched the internet back and forth to get further info. The Lego minifig suggests that there might be some sort of vertikal or maybe even princess seams, but no way to see anything due to the phenomenal illumination. 

    CRL draft looks good to me, but there are to things regarding the tunic where I have questions if 
     
    - Do we have any information how the chest yoke is attached? 
    If we can confirm that it was attached with hooks and bars I'm ok with that, otherwise I would leave it to the applicant how they want to construct it.
     
    - Same question regarding the front closure
    Do we have references? I think as they used something similar for the FO Lieutenant/Captain it could be the same construction method. But again I wouldn't like to demand something that can't be proven by references. 
     
    I could also ask the same question about the seam around the waist, but as it's important to get the tunic a good fit I'd just include it. 
     
    Maybe someone here knows how to contact Stella Atkinson (the assistant costume designer of Ep IX) to answer these questions. At least Glyn Dillon guessed that she is meant on the rankbar as "Stels" is her Nickname and whilst taking into account her job it would make sense.


    As I thought. Sadly too many questions still up in the air for this one. Would very much like to do this costume one day. If Glyn Dillon were able to give us insight into it's construction, I believe this would greatly help our progress in finishing the CRL or at least plugging up the holes we have.

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    Boots

    in The Officer's Lounge

    Posted

    Talking from experience, I cannot stress enough how much better having boots that fit you. Not just in the foot but in the calf as well. If you have calves bigger than 18" in diameter at the thickest point your options decrease dramatically. You're gonna have to get custom boots. That's not necessarily a bad thing because custom boots, if fitted correctly, will be the best boots to get. Especially if it's from Hessen Antiques for the quality mentioned earlier.

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    Brome Titus build

    in New CRLs

    Posted

    Well, not exactly.  The costumes are not based on toys.  The costumes are all based on 3D models used for the show's animation.  The toys are based on the same models, but toys have been shown, time and time again, to sometimes make changes, sometimes small, sometimes not.  Our costumes are based on the costumes seen on screen in the actual show, not the toys, as a result.
     
    But yes, Pryce and Thrawn would be a good place to start.
    No I heard an interview with Dave Filoni that the artistic design of the show was that of the Kenner toys that they grew up with like the Clone Wars was based off paintings.

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    Brome Titus build

    in New CRLs

    Posted

    3 hours ago, GreyJediMasterFrosh said:

     

    I am just curious if anyone is looking in to adding Admiral Titus costume to CRL?, would be potentially interested in weather or not it’s similar to Line Offer fabric apart from the symbols on tunic and hat?

     

     

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    The thing about any costume from Rebels is that all the characters costumes are based on toys. Which is why they look plastic. So to convert it to real life I'd look at the CRL's we already have for Pryce and Thrawn to get your bearings.

    Imperial officer boots

    in Costume Questions - Ask Here!

    Posted

    20 hours ago, HumeTony said:

    Kalani, kind sir, thank you so very much for the informative reply and I appreciate you pointing me in the right direction.  This is my first dip in to the 501 pool and I appreciate you taking the time!

    Like Kalani said about boots if you have thicker calves, I cannot stress enough how important it is to get boots you can get around your calves. If you have slim calves, then you needn't worry about it. But if you're like me walking around with tree trunks, then I wholeheartedly recommend you investing the money in getting custom sized boots.

     

    It's not a good feeling when they come in and you cant get the boots past your shin. And even if you can some how stretch it enough to get it all the way up. You'll be struggling to troop for very long due to your legs are being strangled to death lol. I hope you can learn from my mistake lol.

    Hat & Belt (specific) question

    in Costume Questions - Ask Here!

    Posted

    I got my hat from this seller:
    https://www.etsy.com/listing/529512867/star-wars-imperial-staff-officer-black

    Mazcave is also great:
    https://www.etsy.com/shop/MazCave

    For the belt I used this seller but they don't make the leather belts anymore. Here's the belt buckle:
    https://www.etsy.com/listing/236645813/star-wars-imperial-tie-pilotreserve

    Hope it helps. Remember if you're going to do a Line officer(Olive Drab) you'll need to provide fabric to make the cap or get it as a set from the seller.

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