Steven

Hello
 
Thanks for the reply, those look absolutely fantastic! And serves as a good inspiration.

Hello there,
 
great you are aiming for the L3 approval!
 
There are no regulations regarding the lining, you can use whatever fabric you like, for example these are some of my tunics:
 


 
Good luck with your uniform!
Steven
ID-23008

Many thanks to you two!

Many thanks to you two!

An excellent job, it's a beauty .
 
Congrats !!!!!!

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The day has come, the new Mark IV version of the Grand Admirals Baton is finished! This time I made it even more elaborate and closer to it's historical "ancestors" with it being covered in velvet lining crowned with A LOT of ornaments. Of course there are not so many symbols used by the Galactic Empire as there were for the Monarchys of old Europe which used e.g. Crowns, Eagles, Crosses, Anchors, etc... on their batons. But luckily we have a design of the Symbol of the 7th Fleet which was very convenient as I do also portray Grand Admiral Thrawn, the commanding officer of said Fleet. So I decided to alternate between the Imperial Cog in gold and a slightly smaller version of the 7th Fleet symbol in black around the middle staff. I placed the same symbols on the end pieces, this time in white colour.
 
The top and bottom are each equiped with a silver inscription on a golden band, saying "Imperial Grand Admiral" on the top and my ID Number and Name on the bottom.

 

 
 
As all new Batons this one is also 38cm long which is quite a decent size.
Final steps are now to make a new box and to take a few pictures in uniform
 
I hope you enjoyed the insight into my crafting hobby
 
Long live the Empire!
ID-23008
 
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Very nice!!!

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The day has come, the new Mark IV version of the Grand Admirals Baton is finished! This time I made it even more elaborate and closer to it's historical "ancestors" with it being covered in velvet lining crowned with A LOT of ornaments. Of course there are not so many symbols used by the Galactic Empire as there were for the Monarchys of old Europe which used e.g. Crowns, Eagles, Crosses, Anchors, etc... on their batons. But luckily we have a design of the Symbol of the 7th Fleet which was very convenient as I do also portray Grand Admiral Thrawn, the commanding officer of said Fleet. So I decided to alternate between the Imperial Cog in gold and a slightly smaller version of the 7th Fleet symbol in black around the middle staff. I placed the same symbols on the end pieces, this time in white colour.
 
The top and bottom are each equiped with a silver inscription on a golden band, saying "Imperial Grand Admiral" on the top and my ID Number and Name on the bottom.

 

 
 
As all new Batons this one is also 38cm long which is quite a decent size.
Final steps are now to make a new box and to take a few pictures in uniform
 
I hope you enjoyed the insight into my crafting hobby
 
Long live the Empire!
ID-23008
 
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The work has continued and for the first time I also used a velvet fabric for the baton, as it was used on many of it's historic examples:

 
Glueing the velvet on was easier than I expected, but still a challenge. However in the end I was very pleased with the result of my first try and the fabric feels really nice around the wooden core.
 
After that I started to glue the imperial cog and 7th Fleet emblem to the fabric:

 
The ornaments were all lasercut by a friend from germany and hand painted by me, it took me a few hours on the picture you can see the backside where the seams of the fabric meet, as well as the seams of the inscription bands at the top and bottom. It does not align 100% but I'm still very satisfied, as this was also my first try and well you only get one try
 
Last but not least, I visited the Museum of Militar History in Vienna last weekend and saw some historical batons on display, which was very cool to see like the "original" ones that inspired me many years ago:

They are both from the period of the Austrian Empire before 1918
 
So far so good, thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed, the work will go on
 
For the Empire!
ID-23008
 
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OMG!!!! good working , congratulations from Spain .

And now a pic of the Baton "in action"


 
I made a gif out of a couple of pics, but somehow imgur cannot share it... :/

I was thinking of a place to store the baton, something where it is protected and looks nice at the same time. Thanks to a quite large collection of cardboard boxes we have I found the perfect box, grey fabric on the outside and made out of stiff cardboard. I also had some filling material left from the suitcase I bought (I knew I would need it one day) and this makes an excellent buffer. So voilá:
 

 

Just received word from the LMO office that we are cleared to proceed.  Someone make the costume and present us with photos and we will assist in the creation of the CRL text. 

Personally until the blaster is known I would just list the blaster parts that we do know as part of the holster.

That's what I did the past two weeks, as we can only see the handle in "Ahsoka".
 

That's what I did the past two weeks, as we can only see the handle in "Ahsoka".
 

That's what I did the past two weeks, as we can only see the handle in "Ahsoka".
 

That's what I did the past two weeks, as we can only see the handle in "Ahsoka".
 

The best thing about strict gun laws in Australia is that 99% of the population can go their entire lives without seeing a real gun...
The worst thing about strict gun laws in Australia is that customs will confiscate pretty much anything that looks like a real gun...
So forget about airsoft for props...
Sometimes you have to make do with what you can get...
 
Modelled and printed some bits...

 
Found a toy online that is mostly suitable...

 
Checking the layout for scale...

 
Base coat down...

 

 
Weathered and chipped...
This ol' girl has seen some action...

 

 
 
Now I have to do some bluing on the emitter...
and add the 'din' scope...
and decide if I want a coiled or straight scope cord...
 
And then I have to make an 'Andor' style holster...
 
 
Feel free to point out all the non-canon bits... have at it...
 

Honestly this detail looks enough light the normal seam that exists on many pants.  There's a seam right below the knee, just above where the lacing eyelets start.  It's pretty common to see them poking a bit above the boot line... sometimes you can even see the first lacing eyelets.  I almost wonder if the pants were originally made for a shorter actor and they decided not to bother changing them when he turned out as tall as he is.
 
Regardless, if we call out this one at all, I'd lean towards L3, because that's going to be a fully custom pair of pants for anyone, which is going to make that *really* hard for 99% of our members.  But since it looks so much like the normal seam (and may even be just that, and slightly twisted pant legs), which we've never called out in a CRL before, I'm not sure this merits baking into the CRL.
 
Tarkin's pants for reference.  Note the horizontal seam just below the knee and just above the lacing closure on the lower leg.
 

 
Most of the higher end officer uniform makers have this same basic construction on their lower legs, including MazCave, WampaWear, Anovos/Denuo Novo, Magnoli, and Clothears.  Some use lacing at the bottom, some use buttons, but it's all the same intent.
 
WampaWear pants for comparison.  The same seam is present around the back of the leg just below the knee, but they use buttons instead of laces, under the boots.
 

Some kind of 3D cutting? So Thrawn is not that broke afterall.
 
Anyway, if that new pattern exist, I'll suggest put it into Lv2 requirement at least, otherwise it's quite challenging for general makers.

According to the leak, the attendants also get coats.

They're standard OT dosimeter style with standard brass (-ish) clips.
 
Hit me up privately if you'd like to discuss.

I think if they are added to the CRL they should be optional, the Tarkin CRL doesn't have them either and I think he had them in Ep. IV.
 
 
Very good question indeed, as we can only see the handle maybe just refer to that and the Healthways Plainsman design. Maybe we get some bts footage or additional material to work with or to update the CRL later.

I'm happy you like it that much! I can't wait to see it in action