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I realize this thread hasn't been updated in a bit, but am just trying to help...:)
 
As I just posted about this in a recent thread of my own--related to this topic--I thought the following might help anyone with planning/this CRL plotting.
 
While doing another deep dive re-watching of R1 tonight, I captured the following screenies. After re-watching Solo, too, I captured black uniformed officers in both boots and straight pants (as someone asked about earlier in this thread), and can provide those screenies, if needed.
 
Stefan posted in the OP:
"MerrSonn Power5 Blaster – No Staff Officer in Rogue One is seen with a blaster or holster, not sure if it should be removed or if we still allow Blasters"
 
That bit is also touched on under holster and the DH17 mention.
 
Photos (I have larger versions available, should anyone need them):
 
Screenies I took tonight:
 
SE-14r blaster, in holster (later given to K-2SO by Jyn), on at least one "staff" officer (black uniform--one of the same guys posted about throughout this thread) in Rogue One. You have to play/pause rather quickly to catch this in this scene.
 

 

 
Like I said, just trying to help.
 

I've sewn an Officer's hat before (using the CyberSeams pattern... it's linked here somewhere, but also super easy to just Google), and I've seen the CosplaySky hats.  You have to disassemble the CS hat so far that you really hardly save anything over just making it from scratch yourself, using that pattern.  And that's ssuming you're able to disassemble it without damage.
 
I would seriously look elsewhere, or just make one yourself.  The CyberSeams pattern isn't all that tough to make.  There are only two tricky parts, and as long as you take your time (and sometimes re-do a bit a couple of time before you get it just so), you can make your own for maybe $10 in fabric (less on sale), plus now you have the skills to make all the hats you want!

A few months ago, in January to be more exact, I made a rain poncho, guiding me a little about Angelus' work and screenshots of the film.
I made a tutorial for the forum of Spanish Garrison, and now I will be translating it here little by little. I hope you like it

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Fabric: Black nylon 100% waterproof. 3 meters x 1.5 meters.

The rain poncho consist in three main parts: yoke and collar(blue), cape (black) and breastplate(green).

Let's go with the first one.
 
Cape
 
Cape is the most easy part. Consist of two rectangles, wich length is the size from the neck to the upper part of the boots, and width comes from the same point of the neck to the top of your fingers, putting your arms cross.

Then you have to sew it together only on the red line, a little bit more of the half.

 
Yoke and collar
 
This part consist in another four parts: back, front right side, front left side and collar.
 
Back:

I give you mi sizes as reference. It's based on a XL size from CosplaySky suit.

On the last image, the red line correspond to the seams need to be visible, about a 1" from the border.
 
Next, the front left side (from the wearer's point of view) consist in two pieces:



H.2 and H.3 need to be sew it together at the middle. H.3 will be on top of the front right piece. H.4 is the front right piece:

Now that's how it should look:


Grey part from H.4 will be hidden by H.3
Again, visible seams are required. Red are 1" from the border, blue are 1/2":

 
Bib

So sorry if 'bib' it's not the correct name for this piece.
 
The bib is quite simple to make. It consists of four sections, namely: two symmetrical sections, one inch wide, which will go on each side of the bib. A four-inch section on the left side, seen from the front, which will contain the pocket for the dosimeters, and finally a fourth central section.



 
The two outer sections will go down to the edge of our suit jacket, while the other two inner sections will be two inches longer. Remember, once again, to leave seam allowances when cutting the fabric.
 
The pocket in my case I made it four inches deep, enough to contain the dosimeters (at least the ones I have, manufactured by Malakili). For this I simply cut that section with the calculated length, plus twice the depth of the pocket, that is, eight inches. In this way simply by folding we get the pocket.
 
The fourth and last section, the central one, is the simplest. Simply calculate the width to fill in the full width of the shoulder / neck part.
 
And finally the visible seams. Across the bottom, seam to approximately a quarter of an inch to finish off the edge. Another quarter-inch seam in the center section over the pocket section. And most importantly, two cross seams in the pocket section. One inch horizontally from the edge of the pocket, and another vertically one inch to the left of the section. In this way we will "divide" the pocket in two, one of an inch almost useless and the other of three inches where the dosimeters will go. Earlier I said that this section will be four inches, although we now have a pocket really three inches wide. Keep in mind that a pocket less than two and a half inches wide we can have trouble putting two dosimeters.
 


 
Another measure that I have forgotten to comment on before, is that the pocket will be approximately two inches from the top edge.
 
And another thing to keep in mind when joining the three parts of the poncho, is that you have to form a "sandwich" in the following order from outside to inside: shoulders, cape and bib. I will leave some photos where I hope you can see well what I mean.





 
 
 

Indeed, I did; the "fast shipping 3-5 business days" option. They have a completely separate add-on type link for it--bit like adding the custom option to the cart as its own item--but if you just watch out for the shipping option when checking out it seems to be the same service (via DHL Express, and $30).
 
Strictly speaking, shipping only actually took 2 days from when it was picked up in China to when delivered here in Texas. My order was marked as "fulfilled" on 03 MAR, package was handed to DHL in China on 04 MAR, packaged delivered here on 05 MAR. I only include that long-winded version--much as I can't guarantee it'll always run the same--in case anyone is aiming to plan such things around when they might be out of town, etc. Hope that helps.
 

Kind of unrelated, but did you happen to pay for the express shipping to get it that fast?

Anyone with experience dealing with Cosplaysky ever have to deal with their customer service, and perhaps have a good contact person there? Their people at the info@ type email address aren't impressing me, to say the least, in addressing an issue I have with my recent order. Please bear with me as I explain...
 
The short version is I ordered two of the "deluxe" staff officer type uniforms, received them very quickly (3 days from China), and one of the tunics arrived (still sealed in the plastic bag) with what can best be described as bird dropping stains down one of the arms. Yes, as in a bird/several birds seemingly did its/their business while hanging out over the tailor's sewing desk, or something, and they shipped it in that condition. The info@ person's suggested fix was to simply "wipe it with a wet towel".
 
Obviously, I shouldn't have to wipe off possibly infectious whoknowswhat from a brand new item (even an inexpensive one), and am hoping someone might be able to direct me to a better contact person with the company. That same tunic has another issue--itself, I think, warranting an exchange. The neck size on this otherwise supposedly "large" tunic is a measured 20.5", while the rest is done to about the measurements posted on their website. I'm not sure the average male with a 20.5" neck could otherwise fit in a large, but maybe I'm just crazy (truly no offense to the big neck guys). For reference, the large otherwise fits about as expected (i.e. like most other "large" jackets/shirts I've owned), but swallows my 17" neck.
 
If anyone is wondering why I didn't just send in my measurements for a (hopefully) "custom" order: Due to what I understand is a lack of a onestopshop available pattern for the officer uniform, my working plan was to use the relatively inexpensive Cosplaysky bits as a "pretty close" pattern to de-construct, adapt slightly as a better fitting/more correct pattern, and create my actual outfit from that/nicer fabric. This may have turned into an expensive lesson, but ya can't fault my logic (I hope)...lol
 
At this point, I'm still willing to work with the company, but having given them an opportunity to address what I consider two glaring issues and their response being absurd, at best, I felt the community could help and might want to know that such things happen. Whether I get directed to a better contact person, or not, if the company ultimately does the right thing I'll happily update this thread.
 
Thanks, Y'all.
 

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Mitigating corrosion acceleration of advanced durasteel alloys in vacuum, utilizing dihydrogen monoxide and oxidane as counters. 
 
Rancor herd preservation via IVF, and its effects on native Burra fish populations...?
 

Mitigating corrosion acceleration of advanced durasteel alloys in vacuum, utilizing dihydrogen monoxide and oxidane as counters. 
 
Rancor herd preservation via IVF, and its effects on native Burra fish populations...?
 

I realize this thread hasn't been updated in a bit, but am just trying to help...:)
 
As I just posted about this in a recent thread of my own--related to this topic--I thought the following might help anyone with planning/this CRL plotting.
 
While doing another deep dive re-watching of R1 tonight, I captured the following screenies. After re-watching Solo, too, I captured black uniformed officers in both boots and straight pants (as someone asked about earlier in this thread), and can provide those screenies, if needed.
 
Stefan posted in the OP:
"MerrSonn Power5 Blaster – No Staff Officer in Rogue One is seen with a blaster or holster, not sure if it should be removed or if we still allow Blasters"
 
That bit is also touched on under holster and the DH17 mention.
 
Photos (I have larger versions available, should anyone need them):
 
Screenies I took tonight:
 
SE-14r blaster, in holster (later given to K-2SO by Jyn), on at least one "staff" officer (black uniform--one of the same guys posted about throughout this thread) in Rogue One. You have to play/pause rather quickly to catch this in this scene.
 

 

 
Like I said, just trying to help.
 

I realize this thread hasn't been updated in a bit, but am just trying to help...:)
 
As I just posted about this in a recent thread of my own--related to this topic--I thought the following might help anyone with planning/this CRL plotting.
 
While doing another deep dive re-watching of R1 tonight, I captured the following screenies. After re-watching Solo, too, I captured black uniformed officers in both boots and straight pants (as someone asked about earlier in this thread), and can provide those screenies, if needed.
 
Stefan posted in the OP:
"MerrSonn Power5 Blaster – No Staff Officer in Rogue One is seen with a blaster or holster, not sure if it should be removed or if we still allow Blasters"
 
That bit is also touched on under holster and the DH17 mention.
 
Photos (I have larger versions available, should anyone need them):
 
Screenies I took tonight:
 
SE-14r blaster, in holster (later given to K-2SO by Jyn), on at least one "staff" officer (black uniform--one of the same guys posted about throughout this thread) in Rogue One. You have to play/pause rather quickly to catch this in this scene.
 

 

 
Like I said, just trying to help.
 

Understood, Kris...I just want to do it all right the first time.

Understood, Kris...I just want to do it all right the first time.

Hi Geoffrey, thanks for pointing this out, I just re-checked with the Krennic CRL and the point about "no buckles" does not exist for Krennic's boots. However the "no buckle" requirement would not apply for the adjustment strap, because an adjustment strap without a buckle would not be an adjustment strap but just a strip of leather. I will change this in the other thread. I have no idea what it is adjusting, in my personal opinion it's just for the look, not for actual use, but that's just my private opinion, I have never really thought about this any further.
 
And yes, it's meant to be exactly the same like on the pic you found. Sadly most of the reference shots of the boots are very blurry and if there would be a stretch panel behind the strap, one would not see it. But from what I can tell from the pic you posted I think some part of the upper end of the boots is overlapping with the leather in the rear and the circumference of the boots is adjusted in this way, not with a stretch panel. Is this confusing or is it clear what I tried to describe?
 
For your final question, yes I think they are mostly the same between R1 and SOLO. Simply from a production point of view I think they re-used them from R1, except in case a uniform really did not fit the actor.
 
Regards
Stefan

The code disks if I remember rightly are not grooved like the OT ones they are available, the skirt area on the tunics flare out more than the OT, below is a R1 disk
 

A R1 tab on the existing staff officer is possible but the tunic for example has slight differences, R1 disk's do not have a notch and are again different to the OT ones, R1 cylinders had silver clips, belt boxes are indeed smaller

Hi Geoffrey, have a look at my CRL proposal for the R1 Officers:
 
 
I collected every reference I could find, although it's not an official CRL (because no one has yet made a complete R1 Staff Officer) you can use it as a guide for your uniform. Kris has already mentioned some differences to the "normal" Staff Officer from the OT. E.g. the tunic is a bit more tapered to the body of the wearer.
 
And about your boots question, they re-used boots from the First Order for some people and the normal riding boots had an adjustment strap, which they didn't in the OT.
 
Hope this helps!
 

Good questions, Geoffrey. For Level 2, any of the ranks given by Dillon would work. However, for Level 3, only those officers seen in either R1 or Solo that you can get a decent screenshot of would be approved. That way, you would exactly replicate the on-screen officer's configuration of number of code cylinders, belt boxes, etc., but only for L3.