BikerScout007

All good! You weren't the only one

This is for the Scout from Star Wars Rebels. A flight suit was never part of the CRL.

I've never counted anything as the Holy Grail, especially not the MotM costume. It's just information, like the Scout from the RotJ blu ray extras (which is wearing a leotard instead of an undersuit!) and the Scout from the costumes book, which is wearing a neck seal. The MotM Scout is not what the Lancer CRL is based on. We've pored through every available source, photo, video, screenshot and interview to get what we've come up with. I've also talked with Gino extensively about his own research. And not just over email. Face to face. Learning everything I can about this costume has been a passion project of mine for the past 5 years, which is how I ended up with the DL badge There are a lot of things that can be considered "screen accurate". Every dressing error that was recorded on film is "screen accurate". Every flipped image in editing is "screen accurate". But is that the best representation of the costume? Not necessarily. Lancer is our best representation of the costume based on the aggregate of everything we know. Is it perfect? No. But we feel it's the best representation of the costume at this time. Standards change as we learn more info. So like I said -- just quick glance at the pics you posted --- cut the boot soles a bit and you've probably got it. I look forward to your app.

Just from a quick glance at your pics, only thing that stands out are the lack of cuts in the boot soles.

Looking great, guys. I expect you all to apply for Lancer status!

Looks good!

We've made a few tweaks to the Rebels Scout CRL. These changes have been input on the main CRL, but it takes awhile for all the servers to update. More photos will be coming to the new CRL Gallery for this costume as well. I want to thank @ScaryGuy, @Retrofire and our LMO rep @darthaloha for getting this done quickly! Please see the changes below: Helmet Gloss white or semi-gloss and may be lightly weathered. Fan-made h Helmet s are acceptable as long as they should remain true to shape of original screen accurate helmet. There is a “fishhook” emblem on the left side of the visor. There is a red emblem on the right rear consisting of a vertical red line and four solid circles. There are a series of 16 vertical black lines on the left rear on the lower half of the oblate portion. I really like the use of the word oblate. The two traps on the top rear mayr be hand painted or decals. Visor bolts are painted grey to match the traps and consist of a large diameter cover with cutout inset. There is a grey rectangle detail atop the visor with a grey pinstripe line around it. “Hole” pattern snout aerator matching the screen reference. See note below. Aerator is grey in color to match the traps and visor bolts. Lenses sufficiently dark enough to obscure the costumer's eyes. Chin cup is optional. Neck Seal Black with horizontal ribs and a wide band uppermost, fitted to the wearer, and extending from the base of the neck to conceal the entire neck. Balaclava is optional. Under Suit - Shirt Black non-textured material with no visible zippers or logos. Shirt is fairly fitted and not baggy. Under Suit - Pants Pants are black and utilitarian in design such as tactical pants or similar that is modified appropriately. Pants do not have any visible labels, logos or zippers (including built in cargo pockets). Pants are plain and without decorations. The only visible seams are the side seams of the pants. Pants without pockets are preferred. If pockets are present the front pocket must open discreetly along the outside leg seam and the rear pockets do not have flaps. Optional: Creases on the front and back of the legs are acceptable. Upper Arm Armor Gloss white or semi-gloss and may be lightly weathered. Armor has a black rectangular detail attached within. Black elastic is used to secure the armor around upper arm. Forearm Armor Gloss white or semi-gloss and may be lightly weathered. Black elastic is used to secure the armor around forearm. Gloves Black, leather or leather-like, enclosed fingered, non-textured, (normal leather grain/texture/lines are acceptable) fitted gauntlet style. There are no labels/logos, clips, or external straps. Stitch lines on the back of the hand are acceptable. Chest Armor Gloss white or semi-gloss and may be lightly weathered. There is a grey and black rectangular area present over the left breast. The sides of the chest armor are attached to the back armor with 38mm (1.5”) white cotton webbing or elastic that either matches the height of the sides in width or is slightly narrower. Shoulder bridges can may be made from a different material than the chest armor but must be the same match color as the armor. Back Armor Gloss white or semi-gloss and may be lightly weathered. The back armor has a center tank attached. The top of the tank is flat with a detail piece painted black. The tank has a single horizontal black horizontal stripe detail. There is a hollow circle outline and 45o triangle detail in red on the top left side. No visible seam between the tank and the back. Cummerbund Made from matte white, heavy weight cotton fabric. Closes in back with white hook and loop fastener. Closure is left over right. Extends from the chest armor down to the waist. There is no gap between the belt and cummerbund. Has a tapered cod section with a grey or black inverted curve sewn in spaced approximately 1/3 of the length below the top of the cod piece. Made from the same material as the cummerbund. Connects between the legs to the back of the cummerbund at the bottom by a black elastic strap. Front of cummerbund has grey or black vertical stitch lines producing raised ribs of equal width. Vertical stitch lines continue for the full length of the cummerbund. The same color grey/black stitch line is used on the cummerbund, cod section and pouches. Belt Gloss white or semi-gloss and may be lightly weathered. The front belt boxes have a vertical groove or grey pinstripe detail with a horizontal grey or black notch detail The rear two boxes have a groove or grey detail line around their perimeter The belt is made from a heavy white textile material (canvas/duck cloth). Hanging from the sides of the belt are hip pouches. Hip pouches are made from a heavy white textile material (canvas/duck cloth) Hip pouches are connected to the front and rear of the belt via four white matte textile straps 38mm (1.5”) in width. Straps match the width of the slots in the belt connection. Hip Pouches have the distinctive ‘corner slash’ on the flap of the pouch. The flap of the pouch have a grey or black outline sewn in. The stitch is the same grey/black color as used on the cummerbund and cod section. Four “parachute” type buckles are attached to the pouch Pouches are filled to give them a box like appearance. Knee Armor Gloss white or semi-gloss and may be lightly weathered. Black elastic is used to secure the armor around the leg. Boots White and may be lightly weathered. The soles of the boot are tan. A "dog bone" rectangular shaped strap covers the bridge of the foot. A ROTJ style “dog bone” shape is acceptable. The boots are secured up the back using white hook and loop fastener. Closure for right boot will be right over left. Closure for left boot will be left over right. The calf of the boot rises to just slightly underneath the bottom of the knee armor. There is a holster attached to the outside right side of the right boot. Holster is gloss white or semi-gloss and may be lightly weathered.

Unfortunately that's all the information I have right now. The speeder bike does not belong to the Detachment so it would depend on which group brought it. If it's anything like 2015 or 2017, they usually let Scouts pose on it if they show up to the bunker. I spent hours at the Belgian Garrison's bunker at Celebration Anaheim and didn't sign up for anything.

On behalf of Pathfinders Command, it is my pleasure to welcome Shelbi "masterofheforce" Caudill (TB-8806) to the illustrious ranks of the Lancer scouts! Great job, @masteroftheforce!! Make sure you send a picture of your coolest pose to @Shortstack for addition to the Pathfinders Hall of Fame. Check out her application here:

Hi Takashi! All volunteer sign up available can be found here: https://www.501st.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=215&t=102123

Its something we're looking at. Just like FISD banned FX armor because it was wildly off, there are a few scout armors that are falling short of the standards we are setting for Lancer. Especially given the better choices we have available to us today. With Walt's kit I'm not sure if it would be possible. If you can't wear your belt on your waist because the chest armor comes down too far, you don't meet level 2 standards. Fortunately I talked to Walt today and he is totally onboard with adjusting his chest piece to make it more screen accurate. Which means more choices for everyone.

That looks great!

I've reached out to Walt about adjusting the chest armor to make it more in proportion to the screen used. With so many armor makers getting closer and closer to screen accuracy, some armors are starting to stand out as being off. And while basic may be achievable with most kits, Level 2 is a different story.

That really shouldn't be an issue. We have Scouts have all sizes. That chest armor is just too big, bottom line. And I don't mean big as in it would be better for a bigger person (it wouldn't be). It's out of proportion to how it should be measuring from top to bottom.

Here's a comparison against the screen used. That chest armor is way too large. Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk

Your belt is sitting in the right place. It should be on your waist, which is where you have it. That chest armor is.....HUGE! Is that WTF?

Here they are. So you only need to cut the square in the flip up visor. The helmet part is fine with a round hole. Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk

I'm looking around for pictures of the helmet I built for my son. It was a KS but I wanted to use the correct bolts so I had to use a blade to cut squares to fit them. Bolts worked fine afterward! When I find the pics I will post them

Cut a square into your helmet. It will help hold it in place and keep it from spinning.

Well done Andy!

We will try to squeeze in a photo with all Det members, costumes or not, sometime in our allotted slot. Time is going to be of the essence because there are shoots schedule immediately before and after us. Ideally we do a photo of all Pathfinders, buckets on and off. Then break down by costumes, buckets on and off. Maybe during the first photo we can get all the folks in racing shirts to kneel down in front of the costumed members.

The photos were scheduled before the panels were announced. I got the earliest possible slot I could right after the main photos. I don't want people to have to stand around in costume all day waiting for our turn and I don't want people to have to suit up all over again and then have to get to a location for another shoot. It just makes sense for us to do the photo while we are all already in costume. If you want to go to the panel, you'll most likely not being doing photos anyway, since you'll be in line for the hall while the main Legion photo is being taken. It's unfortunate and I'm not thrilled they picked Friday instead of Saturday to do photos, but we have to do the best with the hand we've been dealt.

Can't say I have. A lot of us use these because they are held in place by the visor bolts:

I was in touch with those folks while drafting the CRL. They had only completed the front of the armor, as they had no good pics of the back at the time to finish the design. They (OCD props) then decided to go back to the drawing board and redesign the whole kit. I've seen lots of people on FB saying they are building the PT, but as of today, we still only have 2 approved in the whole Legion. Step on it, people! We can't expect Denis and Noel to be the only ones maintaining law and order on this planet!!

I ran into the same problem -- my calves are a bit too big for my shin armor. So I just posted on Facebook "ANYBODY GOT EXTRA STRAPS" and fortunately somebody did. So you may want to give that approach a shot too