Chaos wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:28 am Anthony, Congratulations on your approval! I'm excited to see more and more Troopers coming over to the Darkest Side of the Dark Side. We should have enough TXs to start a good sized Spec Ops Detachment Search and Destroy. Maybe two, one for each Carolina.

Chaos wrote: ↑Thu Aug 12, 2021 1:58 am Looking great Anthony,
If you will allow me, there are a couple things that you can tweak that will give your overall appearance a boost.

None are serious CRL stoppers. Nice work on your build!

First is your forearms, you are a tall man so most of the premade ABS kits out there are not proportioned for individuals with longer limbs, you can hide this fact by lowering how they sit on your forearms, you can move them closer to your wrists so that the upper part of your gloves is less exposed, play around with what looks best, keep in mind that there is now minimum or maximum spacing requirement at your elbows, its simple what ever makes the overall appearance look proportional. Placing pieces of foam rubber in the forearms to make them snug will help keep them in place.

Same thing with your shins, if your boots and ankles will allow it, move them down about an inch or two and them drop your thighs down about two inches, this keeps the knee gap about the same which is OK for your body build. The top front of each shin is higher than the back so the gap in the front will look less. It will also make your ankle/boot area look less elongated and prevent your boot top from popping out from under the shin pieces. Also, by moving your thighs down a couple inches, it will help with “pinching” of your upper inner thighs from the cod piece and your thigh armor. Same trick with the foam rubber to hold your shins in place. My shins used to rotate during troopings, so I eventually put a piece of Velcro on the inside front bottom and a piece on the top front center of my boots, this helped keep the shin front strip aligned with my boots when I walked.

Your hand guards do look off just a little, the front edge of the guard should align to the edge of knuckles when making a fist. You can fix this by adjusting the elastic strap. A technique is to put a 2x2 piece of Velcro on the backside of the guard, and sew a trip on the elastic strap, this will allow you to move the guard and position it easily. After you have found that “sweet spot” you can go back and permanently affix the elastic or just leave it as is.

Though the CRL doesn’t say “how” the thigh ammo belt is to be attached for basic approval, most Shadows use the rivet method as you did, and then they use the “Level 2” “painted black” criteria. This just give a more refined appearance.

Lastly, which is a CRL stopper depending on our GML, is the holster. The two fasteners that attach the holster to the belt need to be painted black. Most Shadows also paint he rest of the fasteners/snaps on their holster black (not required by the CRL) for uniformity.

You did an outstanding job; you should be proud.

I look forward to having more Spec Ops in the Garrison, eventually I would like to try and start a Spec Ops Search and Destroy Team in the Garrison, we have quite a few TXs already and I think it would be fun to have a Team to represent the Spec Ops Detachment.

Best of luck with your submission. “Swift - Silent - Relentless”

bobafett4ever wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 2:13 pm Although I'm not a TK, that looks sharp! Yes, maybe the gap at the knees may need some help, but I don't see anything glaringly wrong or anything. Good luck and hope to troop with you soon!