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Hey everyone, so I received my parcel from RS Props yesterday. Scout armor cast from an original set! Pretty cool! I thought it might be helpful to provide a brief overview regarding some of the details I noticed. Here's what was in the parcel: Most of the armor is quite thick. I'd compare it to Mon Cal or Studio Creations in terms of thickness. The only thin pull is the det box, which has some pretty sharp corners, so a thinner pull is understandable. The belt is molded with a curve. As with the originals, there are also a number of pull marks between the belt boxes. Looks like the original armor they used had a number of cracks around the belt. You can see where they likely repaired the master mold. The holster is nicely cut. The det tube end cap is pretty flat. It's not perfectly flat, but pretty close. The det tubing itself is a master stroke of genius. They wrapped a tube with cable, as we've done on here, but then cast that part in foam. It's really light. Feels similar to a hyperfirm pistol. Greeblies looks about right, compared with the screen used versions we've seen. One thing I was very surprised by was how short the bicep armor is cut. Compared with the screen used versions, most of the bicep armor appears to be much longer. I've seen a few other RS kits that have come in and they also have the short trimmed bicep armor. It's also apparent on the later test RS test shots on social media, so it appears to be common amongst a number of the kits. Their early prototype photo does display longer bicep armor -- I wonder if they were all just cut too short? Overall, I think the armor is awesome. It's fantastic to finally get some scout armor that has screen lineage. I also want to throw a shout out to Strider/CFO. It's really astounding to realize just how close he got with his armor sculpt. At the moment, the short trimming on the bicep armor is pretty much my only criticism out of the box. Anyhow, that's my quick overview, at least for now. If anyone has any questions or comments, feel free to ask away.

No, just make sure the surface is cleaned before you adhere the sticky back velcro. To be honest though, I don't take my chest and back armor apart all that often, so they just stay together most of the time.

I cut and attached some 1" adhesive loop-side velcro the underside of both the front and back shoulder bridges. Then, I attached the front and back by connecting them with a 1" piece of cloth hook-side velcro. This attaches the front and back, but also allows some flexibility. The attachment is then covered up when you add the shoulder bridge covers and zip tie attachments for the shoulder bells.

Looks like he has one left via ebay? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-wars-Biker-scout-costume-parts-greeblies/362202948294?hash=item5454fa62c6:m:mymeHnU7YRZccUFLi8fZ2Sw

Fair enough. If worst comes to worst, you can order a replacement nose greeb from Don Jarr: https://www.djdesigns.eu/product/starwars_biker_scout_nose_detail_piece

Shoot, that sucks man. If it makes you feel any better, I dropped my tank topper greeblie on the ground back when I was first finishing my scout. It exploded into about a thousand pieces. Given, this doesn't solve your issue, but hey, we've all been there before That does look like a fairly clean break. You could always re-glue it, sand the joins, then repaint the grey portion again.

Did you need to heat bend the det tube?

Unfortunately, I think those soles tones differ too much to be useful without needing to paint them one color.

There's no specific guidance on helmet position, aside from the fact that your chin shouldn't be super visible underneath the front of the face plate. Generally, i'd say the position of your helmet in your photo in page one was about right.

Overall great. As a refinement, I'd say you could bring them in a teensy bit more, maybe a 1/2"? Even as is, your current set up shouldn't pose an issue for clearance.

The ears look good. Keep it coming.

I believe those images are from KriptonTop's Etsy store? If you message him beforehand, he should let you purchase the real suede coveralls, but with the mandarin collar instead of the flip down collar.

I like that attitude

Jay, I know this has been a long build process for you, but that mon cal armor looks great on you. Super stoked to see that you're almost there. I think you could bring your cod up a bit (maybe an inch and a half?) and that should hopefully alleviate the crunchiness that's in the photo. The misaligned back bund seam is pulling the cod elastic, which is distorting it a bit as well. We can chat more about your bund issues in a bit. We'll get you sorted as best possible. As whiskey said, don't forget the shoulder bell elastic. And as you mentioned, the drop boxes need some adjustment to even them out. Looking forward to having you join as another OLG scout soon!

Hey, just to clarify, you will not need to create an eighth vent for Lancer.

Hey Joe, looks like the album requires permissions. I suggest you try drop box or imgur, so you can link the images directly to the forum. If we can see the images in the thread, then you'll get quicker and more efficient feedback. 😁

Well, the shadow scout is a specops crl, so you should check with them for specifics on best practices/what's allowed. https://forum.specops501st.com/index.php?/login/ I know that many biker scouts use the king show boot as a base. Looks like they offer a black version as well: KINGSHOW Men's 1366 Water Resistant Premium Work Boots (7.5 D(M) US Men's, Black1366) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07979226Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ASKXCbNV0T232

I strapped mine with the 0.5" elastic, as well as some velcro tabs to keep it from rattling around.

Thank you, Jake for continuing these discussions with Wampa Wear. Between Wampa and Gio, we'll hopefully have a few options for gloves in the near future. Regarding the padding, here's a few screenshots of the kashyyyk scout from the film. Based on the images, it looks like there's a little bit of padding.

I could offer more with a 360 photo, but from what I can see, it looks fine for basic clearance. Some refinements that you may want to do to go the extra mile: You might want to take up the sleeves 3/4" to 1". Bring the drop boxes up about an inch. Center the dropbox buckles on the webbing strap.

The elastic strap is a good method. I use it myself. If you're feeling like you need more support, you could sew some loops onto your flight suit leg and then feed the elastic through them when you put your boot on.

Congrats!

Yeah, hopefully you won't have to re-shoot everything, and can just send an updated photo of the re-oriented det.

Oh ok. I also think you could clip the zip tie and then re-orient and re-mount the det box on the tubing with a new tie.

Shoot, I'm sorry, I should have seen this earlier today (still recovering from Celebration + travel...). I see one thing that your GML will ding you on for basic approval -- your det greebs are backwards. They should look like this: Should be an easy fix by clipping the zip tie and then re-mounting the det box on the tubing.