BikerScout007

This is exactly what I do. Fits my phone, glasses, trading cards just fine

If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say the majority of US-based Scouts have SC armor.

Hey Pathfinders and builders! Today we updated the Patrol Trooper CRL to hopefully make it a little easier to accomplish what has been the biggest obstacle with this costume: obtaining the jacket. When first launched, Armory Shop was pretty much the only game in town for the PT, but with them running into supply issues, a lot of potential builders were left stranded. Nowadays, the PT has a few different parts suppliers: Mr Poopie has 3D files, Lunaworks has a helmet; WTF is supplying a kit, and even Sheev's is producing the jacket. But for folks who want to make their own jacket, we hope this tweak helps: Jacket Smooth semi-gloss black material. Sleeves are ribbed. OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Jacket should be tailored to wearer so as not to be too loose or baggy. Sleeves consist of ribbed, smooth and stitched sections. See image for details. So now for Level 1, we are only requiring the sleeve be ribbed. There is no basic requirement to have the exact pattern as the film Trooper. That has been moved up to Level 2, and we've included a captioned image showing what the sleeve pattern should be for CHiPs status. We hope this helps clear the logjam of folks who were stuck on the jacket and gets more Patrol Troopers out on the streets and writing citations!

Hey GMLs Just to let you all know, we have not forgotten about this issue. We'll be making announcements about it soon.

@MrPoopie?

Yes we don't get super specific where the source material doesn't provide for it. But I have my preference and that's what I mentioned in the video. This isn't BHG. You can relax a little here

Yup! In the film they went either way: Please check our store of reference images at the Scoutopedia There are also a ton of useful tips and tricks to be found in our Armor Party video:

These are the ones used in the film: I'd say the color of those is in the ballpark.

Happy New Year Pathfinders! At the very last minute of 2023, we squeaked in a 5 year anniversary video of the Patrol Trooper CRL Walkthrough! This costume ran into some trouble during the pandemic, but now there are more choices than ever to help you get this done. We hope this video (with guest appearance by @MrPoopie) can help!

And here is the video walkthrough:

On behalf of Pathfinders' Command, it is my pleasure to promote Justin "Rattlehead" Weiss (TB-52503) to the rank of Ranger. @Rattlehead has completed 100 troops as a Pathfinder, showing true dedication to this Detachment. And incredibly, he achieved this in just over two years! Congrats, Justin! Your picture has been added to the Pathfinders Hall of Fame and a Certificate of Achievement has been sent to your email address on file. I've also let @plagu3is know you are eligible to purchase the Ranger patch. Wear it with pride, Pathfinder!

Guys -- the Scout helmet is wonky. Anything vac-pulled in ABS is going to be wonky. The original helmets used in the film -- wonky as heck. That's part of their charm. I'm glad you were able to work something out with Jeff. SC is one of the most reputable vendors in this business with some of the best customer service I've ever seen. My original kit was SC and it was, as advertised, trimmed. That does not mean it was perfectly trimmed FOR ME. Some adjustments needed to be made to make it fit my body type properly. I've also purchased kits where there was no trimming done at all. My poor fingers were crying out for SC in those moments. Let us know when you resume building and we'll be sure to pitch in with advice.

Hi Matt Well we've done some detective work on this (my favorite thing to do while on vacation ) and it seems the main CRL photo has the TD portion flipped. Our guess is when the photo was taken, the dot was on the left side and the badge was on the right -- which was not allowed under the CRL at the time. The individual TD photo in the CRL is correct: Which also matches screen references. If you are looking for our store of screen refs, please check out the Scoutopedia: https://www.501stpathfinders.com/scoutopedia.php We will get the main CRL fixed up pronto. Thanks for pointing this out for us! Hard to believe it's been up there for 5 years and no one noticed, but these things happen.

That's correct. Weapons are almost always Optional Extras for approval because of the various gun laws from country to country (and even within countries). I don't bother carrying mine most of the time.

This covers the whole build, including the holster. Hope that helps!

Hi Jonatan! I'm going to tag @Hask and @Ruthar, as well as @MrPoopie as they are our resident Patrol Trooper experts!

I think that looks pretty great, Chris! But I'll defer to our resident expert. @Jakeputt?

Hello Heather, I've upgraded you to 501st Legion access! Welcome

Welcome to the Pathfinders forum! No matter which Shoretrooper you want to build, we are here to help. @KOtrooper and @Minimo are our resident Shoretrooper experts. There are also plenty of WIP thread for you to peruse to get an idea of what's involved!

For now they are fine as-is.

Thanks for all your input! We are going to adjust Level 2 so that the weathering needs to more closely match the trooper as seen in Andor

The Niamos Squad Leader (the one who doesn't like tourists) is now available for approval! I want to thank @MikeRadness (our CRL model), @ScarifBeachBum, @Hask, @Tal Skirata and everyone else who pitched in with ideas and opinions about this CRL. The blue used was definitely a point of contention but I think we've come up with some good, easy to find sources for that. https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:ST_squad_leader_Niamos_Andor

Personally I like the top choice as it seems the least affected by color grading. The beach scenes of ROTS always look very blue to me.

Either way, great to have another maker out there, especially in that part of the world because shipping from the US is always a big issue!

Doesn't say that specifically in your post .. I mean, before you edited it that is