RickyBoyBlue

Congrats. It wasn't that difficult to review your costume and approve you. Your self-awareness of how your costume fairs is a testament to your attitude towards costuming excellence. Your openness to feedback is highly commendable. Enjoy trooping, and on to becoming a Lancer! Ricky

Sorry bro, late to the party. But showering you with massive congrats. Great work!!!

Thanks friend. I normally use makestickers.com. Fairly priced, awesome quality, quick turnaround even for their free shipping.

Extra update... Just got my new character logo done I believe this is the 15th done by Matamoros Graphic Design for me. Love it! Stickers came out slick too. Patches probably in the next couple months. In case y'all are interested, here are my other character logos done by JJM... Cheers!!!

Sorry, could not quite remember. It could be the smallest available, the 2mm x 1mm round ones.

FIRST TROOP!!! Coming out of the Covid-19 nightmare, the biggest Lunar New Year Parade outside of Asia happened again in San Francisco 02.19.22. For the very first time, the Star Wars groups were invited to participate -- the 501st Legion, Rebel Legion, Mando Mercs, the Saber Guild. Our garrison also hosted some visiting troopers from SoCal Garrison, Central California Garrison, and a dude from Oregon. It was a 3mile trek in the streets of San Francisco, so the Scout Trooper has the best walking shoes IMO. This was my first time strutting the Scout Trooper JFO with all the latest mods and whatnot. Love this character!!!! And the best way to end the troop in SF is to say hi to the mothership!

COMPLETED GLOVE (v2) Here you go folks! The best method I can think of (until a better one comes along) on how to install the glove greeblies if you want to be able to switch your right glove from ROTJ to JFO and vice versa - with no visible straps whatsoever.

UPDATED GLOVES MAD MOD #1.5 Hello friends, I'm back. Again. While I know that the knuckle greeblie on my right glove works -- in that it was as stealthily installed as best as I could, the knowledge that there's a visible (if one closely looks) thin strip of velcro bugs me to no end. I tried the bar pin on the thread part of the knuckle ribs. Seeing that this is the best site to pin the greeblie, I then proceeded to totally commit to this method. I proceeded to CA-glue the bar pins to the greeblies (which I then reinforced with a good gob of E6K.

BICEP ARMOR Hello friends, I'm back. As mentioned, I immediately made the move to correct the bicep misstep post approval of the costume. Lo and behold, my new SC pieces arrived last night! Obviously, these new and updated SC biceps are significantly different than the original ones I have. In this regard, I had to trim it a bit, otherwise it'll just be too humongous and ill-proportioned to my small frame. All that is left is attaching it to the flightsuit sans elastic straps. Full costume photo when I get the chance...

Congrats @BikerScout007. Awesome leadership that should continue. Behind you 100%!!!!!

Hey Keith @Ammonites. Thanks for the congrats. Even if it kinda sounded half-hearted ("as long as it's approved, I say welcome to.. the ranks") 😂 I hope you read the thread and my convo with the DL and Justin and the rest of this build thread. I've been very upfront with my build journey and been very transparent with my application submission vis-a-vis some identified inconsistencies between my build and the CRL and/or the references. As stated, some improvements are underway or were already done: I could've 3dprinted a pair, but I re-ordered a pair of vacuuformed biceps so it's consistent with the rest of the armor parts. The baton itself received 2 re-colors after you pointed out that a part shouldn't have been a silver. And checking the reference, it shouldn't be black either, that's why I re-colored it similar to the reference. Post-submission, I re-painted the back of my control box seeing in the picture that its gray paint is seen in some angles. Any other "minor details in reference images not specifically stated in the CRL" that I may have missed, Keith? Please do tell. Being scrutinized is part of doing a build thread in the forums (could also be a reason why not a lot of folks do them). But please be specific with the scrutiny, though. That would help me a lot in improving my JFO so it may be deemed acceptable by the detachment and worthy of it being part of the Fallen Order ranks. Your shared wisdom will surely help future JFO builders as well. Otherwise, I appreciated being approved by my garrison despite my build missteps. The GGG most certainly did not half-heartedly approve my JFO. This is probably because I was upfront about them. And they know that when I say corrections are underway, they know I'm doing it. My Garrison knows me well and my reputation as someone who strives for ultra-accuracy and higher costuming excellence. Our DL @BikerScout007 have seen me in my other Legion costumes and how I try to elevate them to the highest level I can. Cheers!

APPROVAL And on 2/2/22, my Scout Trooper JFO was approved. In the same wavelength with our DL, we know the work never ends. I'm already thinking of next-step improvements on this character. I will post them here for documentation purposes as I look forward to the eventual Lancer requirements, in pursuit of higher excellence. Sincerely hoping to see the ranks of JFOs grow. At this point, my super thanks to all you folks who chimed in on my build. The Pathfinders leadership and community is truly awesome that's why it remains to be on of my Legion favorites. Y'all rock!!!

SUBMISSION As intimated to you folks, I have submitted my application for approval over the weekend, with some identified corrections post submission. I was in full disclosure with my approver and in conversation that I have corrected or in the process of correcting the following: re-color some parts of the baton replace biceps (arriving week of 02/07) This was the very first time I ever worn the Scout Trooper JFO and I'm quite content with the results. Really really love the total aesthetics of this character!

GLOVE (Completed Glove)

GLOVE GLOVE MAD MOD #2 Since I opted for removable glove greeblies, I need a method to connect the tubing to each other. First, I CA-glued the tubes inside the wrist greeblie. Now, to connect them to the knuckle greeblie, I thought of screws and magnets. First, I looked for the smallest flat screws I can find at home. They're a bit long, so I snipped the end a bit. These were inserted in the tubes. Then I found my lost magnets, the smallest round ones that I have. These were the ones that would fit the edges of the baton pipes!!! I dropped them inside the greeb holes, gave it a good amount of CA glue drops so it adheres to the greeblie. Once the adhesives cured, inserted the screws in. These puppies ain't going nowhere! With removable glove greeblies, I can easily switch between ROTJ and JFO. This is the best method I can think of if I want to make my gloves usable for both variants. I'll always be on the look out for anybody who provides a better solution. I'm sure there's a better one out there. Once budgets are more fluid, I know I'd go the route of ordering a new pair and would proceed to just permanently CA-gluing the greeblies on to the surface of the gloves. Until then...