kayelbe

I hate to necro a thread, but did you ever have a chance to do the comparison?
 
I may need to order custom boots so I am looking at MUX as an option. The toddscostumes boots are 225 shipped and I would have to have them stretched for my calf, so tack on another 30 bucks, if they can even be stretched. So MUX at 275 shipped for custom calf and length sizes is sounding pretty darn good, for us big calfed dudes and dudettes.
 
Thanks!

If you can't fit boot pullers in there, then they are definitely too tight!

It can go whichever way is good for organization. I put Anthologies and Prequels together because technically nothing is OT except, well, OT. Other reason was the limited number of officer costumes in the prequels. You can also list by era (exception being Expanded Universe);
 
Republic Era and Eve of the Empire (Ep 1-3, The Clone Wars animated series)
The Rule of the Empire (SW Rebels, R1, Ep 4-6)
The First Order (Ep. 7-9+)
Expanded Universe (Novels, games, comics)
 
This way keeps it to four sections. Any other anthology movies that come out will fall into the appropriate era (likely The Rule of the Empire). 

I personally think Rogue One should be grouped with the OT, since it is effectively Ep 3.999.  Even if there is a difference in costume construction (due to the 33 years since ROTJ/40 years since ANH), they are "supposed" to be the same and are much closer together than pre-Empire Republic uniforms.  Rest of it looks good to me.

Hawk's tutorial is great, but it's unfinished.

It is a lot easier now though since everything going forward is considered cannon. I was never able to keep up with the "Legends" books because so many were released at once. If you fell behind then, you were done. I have read most of the new books, I have them all for the most part. I keep kicking the thought of reading Ashoka around. Supposedly it is a kids book, but it seems like it might be interesting.

I've read all the canon books now and haven't enjoyed a lot of them.


Heir to the jedi was a struggle to get into but I really enjoyed it; a lot of that came from the firs person narrative.

Lost stars was like twilight in space and I was recommended it and told to keep going. I stopped just before it got good and then kept going and really liked.

Tarkin was great. Tarkin is my boy though and I'd happily read anything about him.

Catalyst was super good. I haven't read rogue one yet so am hoping it's as good...

I couldn't do life debt, aftermath was a struggle and it kept going and I gave up. Same with the battle front book....

Catalyst is definitely a page-turner.  I have Lost Stars and Tarkin, also.  Read 100 or so pages in Tarkin, can't even remember if I've read Lost Stars.  I've picked up so many SW novels in the last 6 months, part of me wishes they'd take a break!  I just don't have time to read anymore.

Otherwise known as: IC-7255 gets a promotion!
 
Now, for the purpose of this tutorial, I'm going to start with going the path of warrant officer, because I get to keep the same boots as my IC and I don't have to worry about a rank badge or the jodhpurs (which I like). There's also a hat pattern I need to print out, but I'll worry about that once I find some legal-sized paper.
 
Before it gets asked, no, there won't be daily updates. I will say that I'm wanting to do work on something costume-related every day this year, but I have a project list of 22-ish items (realistically, I can only be working on between four to ten other projects currently), so this will get updated on days I work on this.
 
The goal is, of course, to pass CRL, but another secondary goal is also to show folks that it is possible to do an ID for not a whole lot, if you're half-crazy and determined. I say that because the material I'm going to be using is not wool. It is a mid-weight suiting fabric however, and that is what matters for approval. Also, with a 50% coupon from JoAnn's, it was $5/yd, so I have enough for the coat, straight-legged pants, jodhpurs (if/when I get around to those), and a hat, plus mistakes, for very little. I'll add item numbers at the end of this post. But, so far this is everything. The pants for the 4745 say I need a 1' buckle, so I'll find one of those I like, then really begin this insanity.
 

 
Item numbers (all JoAnn's):
8556714 (black mid-weight suiting material)
821389 (black lining)
2614378 (nickel coat hooks & eyes)
1923077 (sew-on snaps, size 2)
The buttons are a La Mode style 2044, can't find a product number.
 
Everything else should be self-explanatory, fusible interfacing, black thread (I'm going with polyester to avoid shrinkage later), the necessary pattern, and tracing paper for the modifications.
 
Let's hope this doesn't go terribly wrong. Or if it does, it's a learning experience.

Cool! Ovation should suffice until I can get the authentic stuff. Right now I want to try to gain an entry into the Ohio Garrison and will be more than happy to upgrade from there. Thank you guys so much for your help. I'm really excited in joining the legion. It's been a goal of mine since 2010 with a TK set (still needs some work though).
I'll post updates when I get a set.
So far all I think I need are my boots, and maybe a hat if this one doesn't work.

It's either/or.  But you can't wear Jodphurs with the ankle boots or straight pants with riding boots.