BikerScout007

Belt height is fine -- DONT MOVE THAT BELT Your vest sleeves are a touch too long Legs are really baggy. Maybe put some stirrups around the bottom of your pants legs to help pull them down more into your boot. Take the stripes off the holster I agree dropboxes are hanging a touch too low. From the costumes book:

Welcome!

Welcome!

Just no links to the GoFundMe page on bs.n, okay? And welcome!

Very nice work, my man!

Ha no I just waved around that "Pathfinders Executive Officer" badge

True, but we aren't exactly putting our suits through the rigors of what the screen scouts went through. And the zipties I've used elsewhere on my costume have held up these past 2 years. They are easy enough to replace! But I think that when I do this I will use velcro instead of glue to attach the ziptie to the shoulder bridge, just for the practicality of bin storage.

Oh for sure! I know a few of us have seen Gino's photos.

The best thing about it is it keeps the bells really close to the shoulder join and gives them that "floating" appearance that they have in the film

Hell yeah, buddy! Me too!

Okay kids here's some fun facts for you.... A little birdie (okay, Gino from eFX) told me that when he examined the biker scout costume at the Lucasfilm archives, he saw that the shoulder bells were permanently connected to the shoulder bridges of the chest armor using zipties of all things! The shoulder bell has a ziptie anchor glued inside the deepest part of the bell. The ziptie is secured around it. The other end of the zip tie is glued to a piece of fabric that is then glued under the shoulder bridge. This is a permanent connection -- the bells never separate from the chest armor. The bottom of the bell has a 1/2 inch elastic strap that goes around the Scout's arm and keeps the bell snug to the shoulder. Now that's all fine and good for me to describe, but you probably want to see a picture. Well as it turns out... it was staring us in the face the whole time. I've circled the zipties: On the right shoulder bridge, you can see the fabric that the ziptie is glued to popping out. SO BEFORE ANYONE ASKS: NO, THIS IS NOT THE NEW LANCER SPEC. We may or may not ask for this in the future but as of now carry on with the Lancer specs as written. I only share this with the folks that are into hyper accuracy like I am Carry on, Scouts!

You'll be fine with those

As long as it looks right from the outside, it doesnt matter how it's connected inside the knee armor.

You can round them off. It will cut down on armor bites

Well done! http://forum.bikerscout.net/index.php?showtopic=15414

Congrats to Sumiko, TB-91977 of Florida Garrison on achieving the designation of Lancer! Sumiko, please send me a photo so I can add you to the Lancer page. And for the rest of you.... what are you doing to become a Lancer today?

Hey Jason I just saw your request to join, sorry for the confusion. Yeah totally happy to have more observers. I have quite a few already. Gather up all the scouts you have and start your ART. You're already a Lancer so you're the right person to do it. Then get out there and recruit!

Welcome to bs.n!

You are fine. That particular piece kind of wanders on the film scouts

"Mentoring program" - that's perfect!

Nice work. I expect a Lancer app from you soon, trooper!

Okay scouts! Some bugs are working their way through the system as we roll the ART program out. This was expected and we will continue to fine tune as we go along. Let me just address a few things and this is NOT about any garrison in particular, as these issues have come up with a few garrisons. I will start with stating the mission purpose of the ART: "The purpose of the ART is to promote the Pathfinder's costumes within the Garrison, help prospective Pathfinders with their builds, encourage older TBs/CBs to stay up-to-date with the Pathfinders CRL and assist current Pathfinders going for Lancer status." So in other words, though there may be a social element to the ART, that is not its purpose. THIS IS A MENTORING PROGRAM FIRST AND FOREMOST. Anyone wanting to start an ART or run one needs to understand that their job #1 is to do what it says above -- help new scouts with their builds help current scouts stay up-to-date with the CRL and assist people trying for Lancer Everything else: meetups, merch and whatnot are secondary. WAY secondary. And this is why we originally were going to have a requirement that the ART founder be a Lancer, because we really want someone who is committed to this costume and absolutely has a passion for it to help their fellow scouts and scout prospects in their garrison. That means a lot of recruiting too. I talk to people in SCG all the time about the scout and let them know that there are resources available to them if they choose to go down this path. Scout Team Six has gone from an initial 25 members to almost 60 since December. You know how many social meet ups we've had in that time? One. Because the point is the costume. Not to start yet another clique in garrisons where there are already several. Next, let me reiterate another rule: One ART per Garrison. So one means one. Not one per squad, one per city, one per block. One per Garrison. So I've been getting "yeah but our garrison is big, how are we going to meet up?" First -- see the above. Meetups aren't the point. Second, Southern California Garrison is a pretty big place geography-wise. It would take hours to drive from one end to another. There are several Scout Team Six members I have never met. It doesn't matter, because I and the others still help them with their builds via our FB group. Because that is what the ART is for. Getting the members the best information and tips quickly to do their builds and offer plenty of encouragement along the way. Because though BS.n is great for info, it lacks the local touch that the ART can provide. Now if folks want to start up little social groups of scouts in their area so they can hang and make little logos and stuff to put on their shoulder bells -- fine! Do it! But that's not an ART and will not be recognized as such by bikerscout.net. If anyone is curious about how our ART operates, please hit me up and I will add you to our FB group. I promise that unless you are really interested in the costume and the process of building one you will be bored to tears! But if you really love this costume and have a passion for it like I do, you may have the right stuff to start an ART

Thank you for your application! We will review and get back to you

The Pathfinders ART does not preclude any type of local group you may or may not start. But the ART is the only one we will associate with. Make sense?

Yes, sir! You'll be in good hands with the DL