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Congrats dude!

Studio lighting, ambient lighting, and camera settings can all influence the way these costumes appear on screen, as opposed to in real life. The pouches and webbing are ok to dye off-white, as per the crl. The bund and cod should not be dyed. The best example I can find of the contrasting colors on screen is here: In other words, I think you're good

Both MC and SC are good choices. Jeff recently updated his molds, so I don't think you'll be disappointed in the route you took. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your build.

Great work on your application!

Teri, The Level 2 review team has reviewed your submission and we're happy to report that we approve your application as Lancer! Congratulations! You did a great job!

You can rivet them. I chose to use snaps in case they got twisted in my bin for whatever reason. Ideally, the straps should meet in the middle of the back of the belt. A photo is worth 1000 words, so here's what my setup looks like:

Yeah @TwistedZen there's not a whole lot of 19X vendors at the moment. You could try contacting diamond state props via facebook to see if they're planning on doing any upcoming runs, but I know they've scaled back quite a bit since 2018.

Hey man, yeah, with the exception of that outdoors ellicott city troop last July, I can't recall normally sweating that much. Though normally my set up is just coveralls, flak vest, and bund. I wonder if the under armor is one layer too many?

Looks pretty good, dude.

Thanks Rob. I'll be really curious to see how both the RS blaster and the DVH v3 compare to the Praetorian holdout blaster that's in production as well. This is a great time to be a scout!

Hi Teri, thank you very much for your Lancer deployment request! Overall, we think you did an excellent job. I'm really impressed with your soft goods, as well as how you modified the SC helmet eye slot to look more screen accurate. We do have some corrections below that we'd like you to make for your application: Chest/Back Armor and Belt It looks like your chest and back armor is riding quite low, which is pushing down your belt positioning. I recommend that you look at repositioning your chest and back armor higher on your body. This will entail trimming the front and rear shoulder bridges a bit more, and you might want to look a small amount off of the bottom ridge of the chest armor as well. The image below is a guideline for a better armor and belt position. Bicep Armor Once you get your chest armor re-adjusted, you will likely need to bring your bicep armor up about an inch bit as well. Shoulder Armor Please sand the vertical edge where you cut in on both bells a bit smoother. Right now it looks like a hard angle and it should be rounded. Tank and Pistol Please refinish your tank topper and pistol so the 3D printed ridges are no longer visible. I recommend using Rustoleum high build primer to help eliminate the print lines. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Oleum-Automotive-12-oz-Gray-2-in-1-Filler-Sandable-Primer-Spray-260510/205751603?MERCH=REC-_-PIPHorizontal2_rr-_-202097276-_-204707457-_-N OPTIONAL UPDATES: Belt The nylon webbing at the back of the belt should be 2", though it's not currently listed in the CRL, which is 100% on us. The webbing in your photos looks a bit narrower than 2", so if this is the case, you might want to consider upgrading it in the future.

Wow that looks really close. Great job on Lou's part!

I didn't purchase the scout blaster from RS, but I did test out the holster with my DVH v3 blaster. Fits pretty well. If anyone has the RS blaster, I'd be curious to see the comparison with how it fits in the holster.

Hi Kevin, If you look at the image in the CRL for the 19X, there's no bipod.

Yeah exactly, I built one using the wrap method myself and it was just too heavy, so I went back to the ribbed hose for trooping practicality.

I'm glad that WW is working towards a better glove. @ferra, you're one of the senior kashy's. What do you think?

Ah ok, I wasn't sure if he was the same RS props Rob. Thanks Mickey.

Agreed, I plan to send them an email shortly. Not sure if they're still lurking the boards? @RS Prop Masters?

I bought the armor only set not long after they opened up orders. I sent them an email asking for it not to be assembled.

I had bought the armor only set, not a kit. I did send them an email asking for it not to be assembled early on, but I honestly can't recall if I heard a yay or nay on it. I would've been ok with either showing up at my door. About 6 months later, this is what arrived in the mail.

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