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Big thanks to @BikerScout007 for working closely with me on this. And thank you everyone that participated.

I ended up not painting them and ordering the aluminum black. I sanded them a little bit more after the photo from above so they are a little lighter. I'm going to glue them on today.

After searching around the internet for a while for something similar for the two buckle, I decided to make them. I'm really happy with how they turned out, only problem is because they are made out of aluminum they are very shiny. There's a product called aluminum black that would nock it down a peg but I think I'm going to try paint first before spending another $20. The buckles aren't glued on yet so I can easily change them.

I agree, my under suit is a little dark, a side effect of dying it. But I think darker is better that the alternative of too light. I don't think it's dark gray patches though, I think its dark tan. The camo on the cumcummerbund seams to seep down from the pack and chest (hence why I thought it was dirt) Could we maker that a level two requirement as well? I'm very hesitant about coloring the cummerbund. It would be really hard to get an even or targeted coloring especially because it's made of two different materials, nylon strap and (what I assume is) a cotton blend. If need be, what I was thinking was maybe dilute so bleach and try to spot apply it, then try to add dye to those spots. What do you think?

@BikerScout007 I did notice some sporting on the cummerbund but I figured it was supposed to represent dirty/battle warn. I can attempt to color it but I may need some guidance on that. As for the under suit, I used the standard kashyyyk trooper British Desert camo DPM dyed brown. I can take some different pictures if you like, but I can see the camo in the picture you edited. Can you clarify? The pictures look great by the way!

I'm pretty sure for the older kashyyyk crl white was an option, that's why I went with white. From what I can tell the reference photos make them look a dark tan. I don't think there's any way around it. After a little bit of suffering and seeing how expensive boots are, I think I'm going to try to paint the ones I have.

I just went through the crl draft and the only problem I see with my costume is that my boots are white. This gives me two options, I could paint the boots I have or order the Beige Desert Military Boots. I'll look into buying the books.

Helmet is pretty much done, just need to do some of the black decals. Third 'or I should say fourth times the charm. The new helmet is as wide as the small Helmet and as tall as the larger helmet. After seeing it for the first time I was worried it wouldn't be wide enough, but from the pictures you can't tell at all. I'm hoping to start getting photos of the individual parts this weekend.

I've got the new helmet and hope to be done in the next two weeks. I'm a little burned out so it's taking me longer than usual but it's still in the works.

A little update, still waiting on helmet three.

I'm going to bite the bullet and have a 'medium' helmet printed. Fingers crossed that that one will be just right.

Hard to believe it's been a year since I started this thread. Time flies! This was just a test I did with the incomplete helmet to see if I like the proportions. As you can see the larger helmet definitely helped with my tall head and think neck. However It's giving me a super bobblehead which I was afraid of. Probably the solution would be the helmet size in-between the large and small but I can't keep buying helmets so I'm just going to have to work with what I have. I'm leaning more towards using the smaller helmet and may tightening the neck seal or changing the neck seal somehow to not be as prominent. Thoughts???

The new helmet has a few differences from the other. One thing I really don't like was how it slopes down and doesn't line up with the front. So I bondoed it to get the right shape. It's a harder stronger material that the other one. I knew you could use different stuff to print with but this is my first experience with seeing the difference.

A few days ago my 'first ordered' helmet came in and similar to the other helmet it's a bit larger. I'm thinking my problem with the long neck may be solved by a larger helmet. So I decided to go ahead and do up the larger helmet to see if it helps. Maybe I was wrong to insist on a smaller helmet. @BikerScout007 we can certainly get the process going. I need a few weeks to finish up the second helmet so feel free to take your time on it.

Helmet is done! I really like this picture. Unfortunately it's one of the only good ones. I'm questioning my as to maybe I should have gone larger with the helmet. I'm many photos my head looks like it sticks up really high. It doesn't help the my neck seal is a little think. I'm also thinking about tightening the neck seal but I don't want it to be too uncomfortable.