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    Tonydragon got a reaction from Amadeus98 in ISB   
    Keep Trooping (previously Imperial boots) are also worth looking at.
    Not to go off topic, but what are the issues with Jim's?
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    Tonydragon reacted to kman in ISB   
    I think KeepTrooping only sells a three costume set, and don't do individual parts, which would make it pretty expensive for someone looking to keep costs to a bare minimum.  But yes, they DO make them (I actually intended to mention them briefly as well, so thanks for the reminder).
     
    For Jim's costumes, the biggest single issue is the collar, which is just too tall.  Two inches is the MAX permitted under the CRL, and not appropriate for most.  And a number of actually shipped costumes have measured OVER 2", which is even worse. (and outside of CRL compliance... and those are not easy to fix after the fact)
     
    I have some other nits to pick, but I don't want to *over* bash his uniforms, which overall are quite decent, especially for the money (and custom sizing!), but the collar thing is really annoying because it's instantly spottable in every photo.
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    Tonydragon got a reaction from lantern2745 in Amnesty Officer (Mando)   
    Has this been green lit from the LMO team?  Surely the amnesty program was for former Imperials who were rehabilitated and now working for the New Republic?
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    Tonydragon got a reaction from Eagle in Amnesty Officer (Mando)   
    Has this been green lit from the LMO team?  Surely the amnesty program was for former Imperials who were rehabilitated and now working for the New Republic?
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    Tonydragon reacted to Eagle in New CRL starter thread for the Imperial Tech (The Bad Batch)   
    The metric I'm using is that this character is wearing a gunner helmet, which is the literal logo of IGC. Also, they already have the Imperial Weapons Tech CRL, which is nearly identical to this one in terms of the overall design—Gunner helmet, grey outfit, etc. 
     
    An officer tunic is the only officer exclusive part of this. You don't need experts for that item because tunics are readily available. 
     
     
    There's no pushback for the reasons you think they are because or because it's a bad idea. It's all technical. Dual affiliation requires a lot of backend tech work and would consume a lot of time. Going through 30000 approved kits to update detachment affiliation would be challenging. Most people only use the detachment for merch runs and kit assistance. The active users that would appreciate the feature are a minority. Is it worth the time? I don't think so, personally.  
     
    The system we have right now is fine; if it aint broke, don't fix it. 
     
     
    ACD, not Blizzard Force.
     

    That is a good message, but not everyone on your staff believes that. People here treat the IOC as the best detachment in the legion; every other detachment is beneath the IOC. (I guess that's a fitting attitude for officers) There is nothing wrong with detachment pride, but once you start trying to steal CRLs from other detachments or being rude towards other detachment members or staffers, you're an elitist. Not saying you are, but again, there are people here and on the IOC staff that take this way too seriously, those people need to do a reality check. Plastic spaceman club, not the actual Empire. 
     
    When you start stepping on other detachments' toes, you only create anger in this group. That has happened here and it flies in the face of stronger together. 
     
    Because, as you said, we are stronger together. I'm a member of multiple detachments and will advocate for them equally. We dont have a claim to this. They wear gunner helmets. Let's stop picking fights with other detachments, please. Andor and Mando have given us plenty of new officer things. Don't pretend a tech wearing a gunner helmet belongs in the IOC, when the ICG already has a similar CRL.
     
    If people here think this belongs in the IOC, consider this. The ICG has six CRLs; we have close to 50. They rarely get new characters to create. Time to put your money where your mouth is. This is stronger together. The ICG deserves this CRL, not the IOC.
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    Tonydragon got a reaction from pm07 in ISB Security Officers - Ferrix   
    Given that Spec Ops has been given the Andor army trooper I'd assume they'll also get this?  It is exactly the same uniform and armour as the army trooper bar the colour, it makes sense to have them together.
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    Tonydragon got a reaction from ImpOfficer in ISB Security Officers - Ferrix   
    Given that Spec Ops has been given the Andor army trooper I'd assume they'll also get this?  It is exactly the same uniform and armour as the army trooper bar the colour, it makes sense to have them together.
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    Tonydragon reacted to chicken45 in Dedra Meero CRL?   
    My unofficial thoughts:
    Gentle reminder: we are not the RPF. We have to draw the line somewhere. ALL costumes can really get in the weeds with details. I myself, am also an ANH Vader and there's plenty of beyond level 3 details out there. 
     
    Based on non saga precedent, we seem to be moving away from face officers that can be replicated with standard parts. I think Meero's tunic is different because she's the star: the first live action female officer. Everyone else gets stuff off the rack. The uniforms overall seem to be tailored to the folks wearing them.  I don't think those subtle production differences necessitate a new CRL. ANH and anthology tunics have taller collars and longer shirts. Jerjerrod has the only olive double yoke. 
     
    We only have a handful of face officers as CRLs, but none of them recently. @buckrogersbarker can speak to those reasons. We don't have a Petigar or Yularen CRL because they can be made from the ISB Non Saga. We don't even have old school ANH Yularen CRL despite him being 50% of the ISB uniforms from ANH. I wanted to do an Andor Yularen, but that's just making a new CRL just for the sake of making a new CRL. It's superfluous. 
     
    Zooming out a little bit and looking back, I also think we need to stay away from formalizing colors. Just look at the olive uniform color variations. Cosplaysky's green is its own thing and we still allow that. Sure, it's fun to overanalyze (it's who we are as IOC, and it's part of why we are here), but I think our job is to come with basic standards and not get lost in things like "Supervisor Gordy's tunic is slightly whiter" and put that into a CRL. 
     
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    Tonydragon reacted to vonmoen in Imperial Army Trooper (Andor)   
    The only reason the Imperial Army Troopers wound up in Spec Ops was they were the only Detachment that volunteered to take them in. No other Detachment wanted them.
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    Tonydragon reacted to Vanedor in Imperial Corrections officer-Andor   
    Thanks. I had not been aware of that. Imo, it's sad they made that call. 
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    Tonydragon got a reaction from vonmoen in Imperial Corrections officer-Andor   
    Before Solo came out someone created a crl for an "Imperial Army" trooper from one of the comics.  The IOC command team at the time made it clear they weren't interested so Spec Ops offered them a home. Then when Solo came out the Mudtroopers were a branch of the Imperial Army, so they followed the other Army crls into spec ops. 
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    Tonydragon got a reaction from bobafett4ever in Imperial Corrections officer-Andor   
    There have already been a number of officers shown in the trailer, plus the main antagonist(s) appear to ISB.  I think this show has the potential to be a gold mine for our detachment. 
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    Tonydragon got a reaction from Vanedor in Imperial Corrections officer-Andor   
    There have already been a number of officers shown in the trailer, plus the main antagonist(s) appear to ISB.  I think this show has the potential to be a gold mine for our detachment. 
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    Tonydragon got a reaction from buckrogersbarker in Imperial Corrections officer-Andor   
    There have already been a number of officers shown in the trailer, plus the main antagonist(s) appear to ISB.  I think this show has the potential to be a gold mine for our detachment. 
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    Tonydragon reacted to tk30309 in ISB Agent (BF2)   
    Sorry to be so very late to this party  I'm not a BF2 player  

    I'm loving all the research and images you posted, saves me so much work. I wanted to re-do my own Kallus helmet for 3d printing for this but @MrShadow900 already did an excellent job here so I'm going to try and print that. And those blasters! wow! What software did you use? I want to see if I can get started on the shoulder armor (start small eh  ) and see if I can move on to the rest.

    And if that fails I can always go oldschool like I did with my Kallus and build from scratch  

    Here's hoping this finally gets build  
     
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    Tonydragon reacted to shadan in Sith Eternal Officer   
    We’ve tried so many times man. It’s so frustrating. Some get through and some don’t. There’s little to no consistency and that really irks me so much. 
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    Tonydragon reacted to shadan in Sith Eternal Officer   
    The fact still stands that the ‘rules’ aren’t applied consistently. There are enough examples of CRLs going through even recently that support this. 
    We do have references for the back. 
    Are they the best? No, but we have them. 
    Can we hand on heart extrapolate the details? Based on the fact that some CRLs have come from comics and toys (not to mention that this is a fabric costume not entirely dissimilar to others we know so well) I also fully believe we can. 
     
    I’ve said this before but I’ll say it again. 
    At WORST, based on the evidence we have, there’s a missing seam or two. 
    Not a thermal detonator, not a green armour butt-plate with a tail that shoots lasers. 
    At BEST, the proposal is exactly right.
     
    If, in the YEARS to come, we find out there is a missing seam we can update the CRL. This kind of thing happens all the time.
     
    CRLs have been made using less reliable evidence that this.
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    Tonydragon got a reaction from kman in Sith Eternal Officer   
    I've not been following this buid in close detail, can I just summarise why it was rejected to to see if I'm understanding it correctly?  The crl was rejected by the LMO because:
     
    - The LMO team should have been involved sooner.
    Except that the LMOs were involved from the very beginning of this thread and have commented consistently.
     
    - The costume should not have been made before the LMO team had given the crl a green light.
    Except that whenever new crls have been asked about in the past the standard response from Kris (an LMO) has always been "someone has to build it first".
     
    - There aren't clear reference shots of the back
    Except this has never been a requirement that is applied evenly and, according to the actual wording (shared above), is not so much a requirement as a preference.
     
    Anything else I'm missing?
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    Tonydragon got a reaction from KyloLyn in Sith Eternal Officer   
    Thank you, very well said.  I think this is the crux of what is upsetting many of us here.  It isn’t  that a decision has been made that we don’t like, it is that the reason given is something that is frequently unevenly applied.
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    Tonydragon got a reaction from AJ1990 in Sith Eternal Officer   
    Thank you, very well said.  I think this is the crux of what is upsetting many of us here.  It isn’t  that a decision has been made that we don’t like, it is that the reason given is something that is frequently unevenly applied.
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    Tonydragon reacted to buckrogersbarker in Sith Eternal Officer   
    We can have this discussion and not call people's names.  I am less concerned with intentions and more concerned with actions taken, policy and precedent.  None of us mind if something happens we don't like as long as it is fairly metered out.  Bear that in mind as we continue to discuss.
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    Tonydragon got a reaction from KyloLyn in Sith Eternal Officer   
    I've not been following this buid in close detail, can I just summarise why it was rejected to to see if I'm understanding it correctly?  The crl was rejected by the LMO because:
     
    - The LMO team should have been involved sooner.
    Except that the LMOs were involved from the very beginning of this thread and have commented consistently.
     
    - The costume should not have been made before the LMO team had given the crl a green light.
    Except that whenever new crls have been asked about in the past the standard response from Kris (an LMO) has always been "someone has to build it first".
     
    - There aren't clear reference shots of the back
    Except this has never been a requirement that is applied evenly and, according to the actual wording (shared above), is not so much a requirement as a preference.
     
    Anything else I'm missing?
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    Tonydragon got a reaction from Imperialrebel in Sith Eternal Officer   
    I've not been following this buid in close detail, can I just summarise why it was rejected to to see if I'm understanding it correctly?  The crl was rejected by the LMO because:
     
    - The LMO team should have been involved sooner.
    Except that the LMOs were involved from the very beginning of this thread and have commented consistently.
     
    - The costume should not have been made before the LMO team had given the crl a green light.
    Except that whenever new crls have been asked about in the past the standard response from Kris (an LMO) has always been "someone has to build it first".
     
    - There aren't clear reference shots of the back
    Except this has never been a requirement that is applied evenly and, according to the actual wording (shared above), is not so much a requirement as a preference.
     
    Anything else I'm missing?
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    Tonydragon got a reaction from Lux in Sith Eternal Officer   
    I've not been following this buid in close detail, can I just summarise why it was rejected to to see if I'm understanding it correctly?  The crl was rejected by the LMO because:
     
    - The LMO team should have been involved sooner.
    Except that the LMOs were involved from the very beginning of this thread and have commented consistently.
     
    - The costume should not have been made before the LMO team had given the crl a green light.
    Except that whenever new crls have been asked about in the past the standard response from Kris (an LMO) has always been "someone has to build it first".
     
    - There aren't clear reference shots of the back
    Except this has never been a requirement that is applied evenly and, according to the actual wording (shared above), is not so much a requirement as a preference.
     
    Anything else I'm missing?
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    Tonydragon got a reaction from AJ1990 in Sith Eternal Officer   
    I've not been following this buid in close detail, can I just summarise why it was rejected to to see if I'm understanding it correctly?  The crl was rejected by the LMO because:
     
    - The LMO team should have been involved sooner.
    Except that the LMOs were involved from the very beginning of this thread and have commented consistently.
     
    - The costume should not have been made before the LMO team had given the crl a green light.
    Except that whenever new crls have been asked about in the past the standard response from Kris (an LMO) has always been "someone has to build it first".
     
    - There aren't clear reference shots of the back
    Except this has never been a requirement that is applied evenly and, according to the actual wording (shared above), is not so much a requirement as a preference.
     
    Anything else I'm missing?
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