Shooting for Lancer

[Gruntsky]

I've had my scout approved for a few months now and am looking to shoot for Lancer, fingers crossed!

Here is my approval pic for my basic level:

 

The first thing on my list was a new, 2 part cummerbund. The one I'm wearing in the pic above was an all in one, bund and codpiece so I hit up cheesewhoopy and have just received my new one during the week. I'm hoping to have some pictures in the next couple of days of the new bund fitted to the costume. I used some velcro to attach the top of the old bund to the inside of the chest piece to keep it from slipping down and will be looking to use this on my new one as it worked quite well. Aaron also did me a solid favour and sent through some of the TD clips I need for upgrading my TD which I couldn't find here in Australia. The cord for wrapping the TD also proved to be impossible to find here, so some of the helpful guys here on bs.n pointed me to a place on Amazon I could find it and it's winging its way here now. During my basic build, I figured I may as well just add all of the lancer spec elastic on the biceps, forearms, elbows and knees to save time for when I decided to upgrade so all of these are at the correct widths already.

My armour is an SC kit and my boots were made by Marcel4505, the undersuit a modded red kap to which I added the mandarin collar, leather riding patch and butt flap myself. What I was wondering is, is there anything else that stands out as needing to be fixed/modded to help me shoot for lancer?

Thanks for all of your help

[762s]

looking good...

 

here is what i see:

~ elbow armor needs to be rolled around to the front abit.

~ drop boxes need to sit more to the side.

~ belt needs to come up to the bottom of the pouches

~ the pouches look a little to big but, may be alright

~ the pouches need to sit past the last stitched line on your cummerbund about 1 inch

~ need more cutouts/notches on your boots. cutouts/notches all the way a around the sole

~ either your knee armor or boots need adjustment, knees need to come up or the boot shafts needs shortened

 

cant really see a shoulder bridge to shoulder bell attachment ... do you have this?

 

get the new cummerbund and cod piece pictures posted and lets see where your at with them.

 

pretty easy fixes though,

good luck going for lancer!

[Gruntsky]

Thanks mate, appreciate the input

Hopefully when I get my new cummerbund and pouches fitted, it will sort out some of those issues!

Boots- Added notches to my list of work needed.

Shoulders- I have the zip tie connections, I'll post a pic of them tomorrow.

Dropboxes- I'll have a play with the strapping and get them to sit a bit further back.

Kneepads- I've found they have a tendency to twist and drop a bit as I wear them, so I'll add velcro-ing them to my list as well

 

Thanks for your help!

[Gruntsky]

Using the following pics as my reference, I attacked my boots with my dremel milling bit and carved out the front notches.

 

Hopefully after a troop or two the colour should match the rest of the soles.

[Stroker]

I am liking the sole work!

[Gruntsky]

Did some work on my TD after receiving the cord form Amazon last week. I've wrapped the cord around some hose and given it a hit with some primer, thinking I'll need to give it a slighter shade of grey to get it right. I've popped it into my TD just to see how it looks. I like it better than my old ribbed hose

[Gruntsky]

Painted, zip tied in, clips added and a bit of weathering:

 

And gave the rest of my hard armour some light weathering to blend in!

[Aliaz]

Looks good!

[Chopper]

I like how you did the weathering. Less is more!

[Gruntsky]

Thanks guys, I was very nervous about it I can assure you!

[Gruntsky]

So had some photos done today with my new cummerbund and pouches. Any glaring issues anyone can see? My left armor strap popped halfway through the photos so my armor sat a little open.

[762s]

your almost there ... i think what you need to work on is your dressing issues.

 

~ pull the elbow armor around to the front -- grreblie seats more to the side, not to the back

~ swing the drop boxes around to the side

~ lift the drop boxes up -- ideally 1" 1 1/2" gap from the belt

~ lift the knees abit

 

and lastly if you can lift the cummerbund/pouches up abit(top of pouch to bottom of chest armor) and with that move the belt up it will allow you to move your cod piece up too ... so, it isnt want to bunch up.

** keep the cod piece flat across your crotch area, dont let it curve in and under your crotch ... and dont pull the elastic strap so tight, that will help with keeping the cod flat.

 

keep at it ... you got this!

[Aliaz]

Good advice there, I agree.

[Gruntsky]

Two pouches made to a suitable scale for your size that are made from a white heavy weight cloth ( off white if using off white drop box/ side armor straps), they should be touching chest armor and slightly overlapping belt.

 

Thanks for the feedback guys. I was going off this part of the Lancer Specs that says the pouches are touching the belt. The pouches are sewn to the bund, but shouldn't be to hard to unpick and adjust out and up.

 

The cod shouldn't be much of an issue either as it is attached with velcro so I can raise it up a touch so that it doesn't sit quite as for down and pull in between my thighs.

 

Looking at the picture of the Lancer approved costume in the Lancer thread, it almost looks like I need to shorten the shoulder bridges an inch or so at the front so the chest armour sits a bit higher. Thoughts?

[762s]

 

 

Thanks for the feedback guys. I was going off this part of the Lancer Specs that says the pouches are touching the belt. The pouches are sewn to the bund, but shouldn't be to hard to unpick and adjust out and up.

 

The cod shouldn't be much of an issue either as it is attached with velcro so I can raise it up a touch so that it doesn't sit quite as for down and pull in between my thighs.

 

Looking at the picture of the Lancer approved costume in the Lancer thread, it almost looks like I need to shorten the shoulder bridges an inch or so at the front so the chest armour sits a bit higher. Thoughts?

 

yes, it does look like you could raise the armor a little.

 

im not sure you need to undo the pouches, just raise the cummerbund and pouches up to so they touch the chest armor and then your belt will come up too ... the TB belt is not like a normal belt, the TB belt will sit higher on your body

[Aliaz]

Yeah the cumberbund can come up, aslong as it does not show above the side straps between the chest/back armor.

[Gruntsky]

Been a while since I updated this thread, but with our big Australian troop coming up this weekend I got all my kit together as it stands now:

 

One issue I've found now is boot slouch, so just need to add some Velcro onto the boot and flight suit to hold it up

[Stroker]

Looks good. I think you should tighten the cod piece up a bit.

[Chopper]

Hey dude, as Stroker said, can you move your cod upwards maybe an inch?

 

Boot droop is a common issue. One solution I've found is to sew a military elastic boot blouser onto the leather. It's hidden by the holster, so you don't see it, but it'll keep your boot from falling down.

 

[Gruntsky]

Thanks guys, yeah moving the cod up an inch won't be an issue at all. That boot blouser is exactly what I'm after, cheers Chopper.

[Gruntsky]

Had some photos taken today with the state of my kit as it is. I think I'm ready to apply for Lancer

 

[Chopper]

The only minor thing I can see is that your td is slightly off center. Otherwise you look solid. Get that application in!