[Executors and Imperators! Do you need a certificate?]

Hello,
I would like to request certificates for my cleared Executor and Imperator uniform submissions.
Thanks!

 

 

[Where to buy an approveable costume?]

On 9/2/2021 at 3:18 PM, moondust said:

My main concern was the hat not matching the uniform.

Heather,
CosplaySky actually sells their fabric by the yard. If you were to buy some from them, you could have a hat made, but you would have to find someone that could do that for you. For my wife's costume, we bought her hat from 20EyesDesign on Etsy. Stephanie is a great seller that several people on the forum have used. She also uses the Cosplaysky fabric if you request it.
I do prefer my WampaWear kit, but I may buy one from Cosplaysky just to have a black one as a backup.

[Where to buy an approveable costume?]

Heather,
Good evening and welcome to the IOC. There's some great advice here. Let me touch on the two I'm familiar with. I'll quote @kman here:

On 8/20/2021 at 11:48 PM, kman said:

Basically there are roughly three classes of uniform, generally speaking.

 

At the low end, there are cheap Chinese Cosplay companies like CosplaySky.  They CAN make an approvable costume, but it's always a bit of a gamble as to whether it will fit you properly, and how much it will cost to get it tailored into an approvable state if they don't.  Sometimes you can get super lucky and fit an off-the-rack costume (just referring to pants and tunic) for under $100, and other times you can pay full price (a little under $200) with their customization fees included and still have to pay another $100 or so to get it to truly fit you.

My wife got a CosplaySky/ TrendsinCosplay kit and it turned out pretty good, but she's already got her eyes set on something else. For $79 (tunic and pants) it wasn't a big investment. However, they're not making anything other than male sizes right now and are not doing customization. You can read my "proceed with caution" post found here if you want some info on that, but basically they're saying that it's too close to Halloween to offer anything other than men's sizing. The bigger issue is that they didn't remove those options from their website, so you'll order it, then go through the hassle of requesting a change and refund.

Regardless, it's not a bad costume, but definitely a starter. I'll put it this way, we spent $79 on the tunic and jodphurs, but $450 on the rest of her kit.

 

On 8/20/2021 at 11:48 PM, kman said:

At the mid-range you can find a company like WampaWear that sells a very nice uniform for a bit under $500, as I recall ... but it is ONLY off-the rack sizing, for male body types.  If that fits you, or works with only minimal tailoring, you're in really good shape. 

My costume is WampaWear and I couldn't be happier. Roughly speaking it's about $500 as Kalani stated for the tunic and jodhpurs, $60 for a hat (with code disc) and $60 for a belt and buckle. So that's over $600 for their soft parts.

For your other items, good quality leather riding boots will typically run you around $200, rank insignia roughly $30-$60 (depending on rank and maker), code cylinders around $45 for 2 and then you get into optional accessories which can cost a bit as well. I've got over $900 into my uniform, but it's currently approved at the Executor level and I just submitted for Imperator today. Now that I think about it, my IOC costume cost about the same as my stormtrooper, but it's my thing, so I don't mind.

 

I will say that while the costume looks outstanding, I kind of wish the fabric was a little higher quality or stiffer. Don't get me wrong, it's excellent and at a whole other level than the CosplaySky/ TrendsinCosplay costume, but it rubs on the leather belt and has some napping because of that. The rough spots are hidden by the belt, but I fear that it'll rub bare some day.

Eventually I'll look at some of those top tier costumes, but for now, WampaWear is probably the perfect choice for me.

Also, before I forget, the CosplaySky/ TrendsinCosplay costume runs true to their sizing chart, and the WampaWear runs a little smaller than their chart indicates.

Here's the vendors I chose:
Tunic, Jodphurs, Hat: WampaWear
Belt and Buckle: WampaWear (I also made a second belt using leather from an Amazon retailer and a buckle from PhiloProps, but I've got a collection of leather tools.)

Code Cylinders: PhiloProps (Etsy)

Rank Insignia: BaileyBuildsDesigns (Etsy)
Boots: Hessen Antique

Other

Belt Boxes: PhiloProps
SE-14R: 3D printed/ resin

Holster: Made by me

[Officer poses]

I've started doing different things with my poses. This is my most recent with the SE-14R

[Lieutenant Thrawn]

Yes Please!!! I'll get myself a pair of straight legged pants immediately.

 

--Edit-- I guess I should say something about Thrawn. Why not??? He didn't put on the white Tunic until he became a Grand Admiral. I guess I'd have to ask if this would be canon or legends.

[Measurement Revisions]

All,
Just going through the CRLs and I've noticed some discrepancies in the measurements for certain pieces. This is most notable on officer belt buckles, which call for height of 66.7mm and width of 104.5mm. The empirical measurements provided (which the majority of us likely go by) say 2 1/8" by 4 1/8" which is incorrect. 66.7mm is actually 2 5/8". 
Some CRLs have the correct 2 5/8" annotated, but I would just request that prior to CRLs being published, that we double check all measurements to ensure there's no discrepancies. This seems like an anal-retentive thing to bring up, but we might as well check to clear any confusion.