Patrol Trooper CRL revision (and Level 2)!

[BikerScout007]

Okay with the release of the Hot Toys and the discovery of a few new details, we thought it was a good time to revise the Patrol Trooper CRL and draft a Level 2 ("Corellia Highway Patrol" or "CHiPs")!  

Most of the armor level 2 changes are just to require weathering, which is optional for Level 1.  There are a few more details called for on the back plate.  The majority of Level 2 changes are for boots and soft goods.  The fit and finish of the costume. 

We've also removed the requirement to paint the toe of the boot, since we've confirmed the toe armor.  

So take a look and feel free to chime in if you feel we've missed anything!  We are excited to welcome new Patrols to the Detachment!

Required Costume Components

The following costume components are present and appear as described below.   Helmet Helmet is black and white and may be lightly weathered: the dome, visor and face plate are gloss white, along with the ear and the portion of the tubes running from just past the foremost tube stripe to the front of the helmet. The rest of the helmet is semi-gloss black. The four (4) traps (trapezoids on dome of helmet) and two (2) tears are gray. The two (2) Rear traps have 13 vertical thin grooves, painted black. Lens is one piece, flat material, green in color and sufficiently dark enough to obscure the costumer's eyes. Front of dome has a white curved visor that protrudes past the level of the faceplate. Helmet has rubber brow line and rubber bottom brim. Ears are connected by two rivets or screws with white semi-rounded heads. The ear bar area is gray and has two bumps. The front rear bump is narrow and is painted black and the frontrear bump is wider and remains gray. Frown is painted gray and the gray does not leave the teeth area. A total of 8 cut outs in the teeth area of the frown are present. Tube stripes are recessed and number 12 per tube. Flat bottom recesses are painted white. Two vent tubes in black rubber, or look like black rubber, span each side of the face plate. Main aerator module is painted black. Aerators/Hovi mic tips are black or painted black with a fine mesh screen and white on the inside.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required. Cut out areas of teeth are backed with black mesh. Under the blaster shield and above the lens, there is a black recessed curve.       Balaclava A balaclava is a black head sock/hood that is worn under the helmet and is used primarily to hide any view of the wearer's skin and/or facial hair.      Jacket Smooth semi-gloss black material. Sleeves are ribbed, except portions of sleeve under the shoulder bells and under the forearm armor.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Jacket should be tailored to wearer so as not to be too loose or baggy.     Pants Black, loose-fitting, cotton type material. Pants without pockets are preferred. If pockets are present the front pocket must open discreetly along the outside leg seam and the rear pockets do not have flaps. No visible pockets or belt loops. White narrow vertical stripe trim on the outside of each leg. Pants are not overly wrinkled.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): No visible pockets or belt loops. White trim stripe is between .5 and 1 inch in width. Pants should be tailored to fit wearer. Optional, but recommended:  There is a riding patch that covers the center of the buttocks and ends just below it.     Shoulder Armor Gloss white and may be lightly weathered. The front edge has a graduated step. The back edge has a diagonal rather than defined corner. Shallow grooves are present in a pattern matching the photo.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required. Attached with no visible strapping.     Bicep Armor Gloss white and may be lightly weathered. Bicep armor is half round, covering the outside of the upper arm.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required. Attached with no visible strapping.     Forearm Armor Gloss white and may be lightly weathered. Forearm armor covers the outside of the lower arm. Right piece has two rounded rectangles painted black.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required. Attached with no visible strapping.     Gloves Gloves are black with white palm, thumb and forefinger. Gloves extend underneath the forearm. White area is made from leather or leather-like material.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): White leather or leather-like material on the palm, thumb, and forefinger. The palm has 5 raised padded sections. The white oval detail is aligned with the index finger of each hand.     Handplates Gloss white and may be lightly weathered. Handplates are roughly pentagonal in shape and are mounted securely over the back of the glove. Over-the-palm elastic strapping is not allowed.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required. There is an oblong recess on the front edge.     Chest Armor Gloss white and may be lightly weathered. Chest plate has rectangular button panel at the center. Button panel is painted semi-gloss black with white metal or metal-like stripe on top. There is a gemstone shape button on the right, painted green. Chest recess has a small black circle indent along the top right edge. There is an oblong indent painted black on the wearer's lower left. Where the chest curves out to the sides, there are thin slits running along the bend. White webbing passes through these slits, connected to a harness buckle on either side of the chest armor. Buckle greeblies attach to upper chest plate by the shoulders. Shoulder straps are white, rubber-like and ribbed and are affixed to the chest plate at the buckles.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required. White webbing is 2 inches wide.     Back Armor Gloss white and may be lightly weathered. Back Plate has a collar that extends upwards and tapers to the chest plate. Back has two large cut out recesses with vent details and greeblies inside. Interior of both recesses is black along with the greeblies within. Bottom left features a smaller rectangle cut out with the left side stepped. The floor of the cut out shall be black and the walls inside match the white color of the armor. Half circle indent detail beneath the raised section of the back plate must be present. There is a small circle indent above the left recess, painted black. There is a small oblong indent above the right recess, painted black. There is a raised slot on each shoulder for the straps to fit into. Shoulder straps are white and are affixed to the chest plate at the buckle.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required. Left and right recess greeblies match the screen used sets: Left side recess has a rectangle shape greeblie with an angled right side end with 5 panels. The first left panel has a tube on top that then runs up the left side and then across the top of the recess. On the right side a heat sink greeblie is fitted. Right side recess has a long thin strip has 2 flat ends with approximately 17 cylinder shaped teeth in the middle. Below it is a rectangle shape greeblie with a moon shaped end on the right. Approximately 1/3 of the left side is flat followed by a thin line recess and 7x3 rows of oblong shaped indents. On the right side is a circle type hose connector. There is a rectangle shaped line cut recess on the edge of the back plate, positioned halfway down the right side.     Ab Armor (Front) Gloss white and may be lightly weathered. Beneath the horizontal ribs at the top of the plate is a black notch on the wearer's right and a recessed strip running across the plate below that. The rectangular plate is raised in relation to the ribs with an oblong indent in the wearer's lower left which matches the opposite indent on the codpiece. The top of the ab armor goes under the chest armor and the bottom goes under the belt. 6-10 ribs should be visible.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required. Ribbed sections of the Ab armor may be composed of a semi rigid/flexible material     Ab Armor (Back) Gloss white and may be lightly weathered. Raised angular detailing to top section. Oblong indent on upper wearer's right. The top of the ab armor goes under the chest armor and the bottom goes under the belt.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required. Ribbed sections of the Ab armor may be composed of a semi-rigid/flexible material.     Belt The belt is ribbed and made from rubber or rubber-like material with no visible buckle or fastening mechanism. There are 3 white plastic boxes on the front of the belt. The largest one has a black oblong rectangle painted at the bottom front. There are two small black pouches with a hard plate and black press stud on each pouch flap on either side of the three white boxes. There is a leather or leather-style pouch with a black press stud and no visible stitching located front-right wearer's side of the belt. Back right of belt has a thick black pouch covered with large white oblong shaped plate.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required. Belt is approximately 3 inches high. Belt boxes and pouches conform to size and shape of screen references.      Thermal Detonator Attached to the back center of the belt. White rectangular box, painted black on the top and along the front edge. White plastic tube runs through it, with a black ribbed cap on the right side and a groove around the left end. Silver White rings border the openings on the box that the tube passes through. A gray rectangular greeblie is attached to the left front panel and a circular gray greeblie to the right front panel. A small oblong cutaway on the front is painted gray.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required.     Codpiece Gloss white and may be lightly weathered. Affixed under the belt. Oblong indent in the wearer's upper left corner which matches the opposite indent on the ab plate. Bottom portion of the codpiece angles slightly around the wearer's groin.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required.     Shin Armor Gloss white and may be lightly weathered. Fits over the boots. Shin armors are mirror images of each other. A harness style buckle greeblie is attached to the inside edge. A harness style buckle greeblie is attached to the outside edge. A ribbed strap connects the two buckles, passing around the calf of the wearer. Strap may be black or white. There is an oblong groove on the outer side of each shin guard, close to the harness buckle, painted black.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required. Ribbed strap is 1 inch wide.     Boots     Black leather or faux leather riding boots. Armor plating placed behind the heel ("heel guard"), over the top of the foot ("dogbone"), and over the toe portion ("toe armor"). Heel guard has opposite diagonal cut at both ends. Dogbone is attached to the boot with a thin rubber-like strap passing under the boot's sole.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required Spanish cut tops required. Boots have rear zippers. Boots have snap closures above the zipper. Optional: Boots have rear elastic gussets running alongside the zipper. Dogbone strap is between 1-1.5 inches.       Pistol Holster Gloss white and may be lightly weathered. Attached to the right side of the belt. If present, the blaster pistol fits into the holster.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required.     Baton Holster Gloss white and may be lightly weathered. Attached to the left side of the belt. If present, the baton fits into the holster.  OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required.

 

 

 

[Hask]

Just my 2 cents, I feel the boot section should just focus on the boots themselves and the armour txt be part of the shin armour section or completely separate.

[Ruthar]

What about separating it into three distinct areas - shin armour, heel/toe covers/armour, and boots? There's probably a better term for the "heel/toe" that I'm not thinking of...

Just thinking it might be clearer to have a picture and description of those armour pieces off of the boot.

[BikerScout007]

9 hours ago, Hask said:

Just my 2 cents, I feel the boot section should just focus on the boots themselves and the armour txt be part of the shin armour section or completely separate.

 

27 minutes ago, Ruthar said:

What about separating it into three distinct areas - shin armour, heel/toe covers/armour, and boots? There's probably a better term for the "heel/toe" that I'm not thinking of...

Just thinking it might be clearer to have a picture and description of those armour pieces off of the boot.

Okay, okay... I'll make a new "Foot Armor" category

[Hask]

That was my thinking too, Taylor

[Hask]

Can I ask what the metal stripe in the following line is referring too? 

Chest plate has rectangular button panel at the center. Button panel is painted semi-gloss black with white metal or metal-like stripe on top

[BikerScout007]

1 hour ago, Hask said:

Can I ask what the metal stripe in the following line is referring too? 

Chest plate has rectangular button panel at the center. Button panel is painted semi-gloss black with white metal or metal-like stripe on top

The painted portion of the black chest greeblie.  There must have been something in the photos we had last year that made us believe it was painted metallic

[Ruthar]

1 hour ago, BikerScout007 said:

The painted portion of the black chest greeblie.  There must have been something in the photos we had last year that made us believe it was painted metallic

You can see it in this shot below. It definitely appears to be metallic here.

[Hask]

Looks to me like it's just very shiny black and just reflecting, below the ear does it too but not as much, I also see no evidence of a metal strip on any other reference.

[BikerScout007]

Yeah probably.  You got the Hot Toys so you have the most info right now.  Would have loved to have had it last year but we did the best with what we had!   

We can remove it.  

[Hask]

I would loved to have had it last year too as I'd have my armour already 😁

[Hask]

A friend is at a Q/A session with Glyn Dillon next week, I asked him to ask about the rubber torso sections 

[BikerScout007]

1 hour ago, Hask said:

A friend is at a Q/A session with Glyn Dillon next week, I asked him to ask about the rubber torso sections 

That would be amazing, buddy!  Let me know what he says

[Hask]

Anyone else seeing a strap?

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[BikerScout007]

57 minutes ago, Hask said:

Anyone else seeing a strap?

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Could be.  Could be a shadow.  Could be a smooth part of the sleeve, since there are some.

But more telling is that there are no sign of straps on the main promo photo of the Patrol Trooper.  If I had to pick one to be the best representation of the costume and the one we'd base Level 2 requirements on, it would be that pic.  

[Hask]

No problem with that but I thought it only fair to ask

[BikerScout007]

Just now, Hask said:

No problem with that but I thought it only fair to ask

All good man!  I like to get everything out on the table when we do revisions.  

[Hask]

This is the response from Glyn Dillon.

Glyn said the armour is made with the new compound that can be tweaked to be more rigid or flexible, so indeed the abdomen section could give to be more comfortable. So it's not rubber, but is flexible.

 

 

[BikerScout007]

On 6/22/2019 at 2:23 AM, Hask said:

This is the response from Glyn Dillon.

Glyn said the armour is made with the new compound that can be tweaked to be more rigid or flexible, so indeed the abdomen section could give to be more comfortable. So it's not rubber, but is flexible.

 

 

This is a good note for our armorers out there -- not sure how this would translate to the CRL though.  Any thoughts?

[Hask]

I personally don't think it should be mandatory even at L2 as the skills involved would be beyond many, I would say L3 but I noticed Pathfinders does not have that so how about?

 

	Ab Armor (Back) Gloss white and may be lightly weathered. Raised angular detailing to top section. Oblong indent on upper wearer's right. The top of the ab armor goes under the chest armor and the bottom goes under the belt.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required. Ribbed sections of the Ab armor may be composed of a semi rigid/flexible material

[BikerScout007]

I like it!

[BikerScout007]

@wingnut65 brought this to my attention:

• The ear bar area is gray and has two bumps. The front bump is narrow and is painted black and the rear bump is wider and remains gray.

That should actually be reversed.  It should read:

• The ear bar area is gray and has two bumps. The rear bump is narrow and is painted black and the front bump is wider and remains gray.

[wingnut65]

On ‎6‎/‎24‎/‎2019 at 10:19 PM, Hask said:

I personally don't think it should be mandatory even at L2 as the skills involved would be beyond many, I would say L3 but I noticed Pathfinders does not have that so how about?

	Ab Armor (Back) Gloss white and may be lightly weathered. Raised angular detailing to top section. Oblong indent on upper wearer's right. The top of the ab armor goes under the chest armor and the bottom goes under the belt.
	OPTIONAL Level two certification (if applicable): Light weathering required. Ribbed sections of the Ab armor may be composed of a semi rigid/flexible material

As I am gearing up on my build, I'm digging into the CRL to fully understand it and what I need to do when my BBB clears customs.  Mickey noted above, one of my observations on the ear bars.

I'm glad we figured out that the ribbed section is flexible as it can help many troopers with sizing and expansion abilities. I like how Taylor got creative in making his ribbed section very flexible.  But as I read these updates and saw this proposal, all I can ask is, What are we really looking for with this statement?  Are we saying it can be flexible for Level 2, only, but must be rigid for Level 1?

I agree with Kris's idea that if we would have Level 3, then it should be required and not optional. 

Should this added statement really be part of the basic, Level 1 requirement?

[Ruthar]

I didn't even catch that - nice change with the ear bump flip!

1 minute ago, wingnut65 said:

Are we saying it can be flexible for Level 2, only, but must be rigid for Level 1?

I see what you mean - it almost reads that Level 2 has more options available. Putting the option in the level 1 text does open it up to all builders.

Also, something that caught my eye the other day before submitting. The text for both holsters say that the items should fit inside. However, the items in question are optional accessories, so everyone may not have them in the first place. I'm probably splitting hairs here, but it just made me think for a moment if there's a better way to describe those items without using the items that may not be there.

[BikerScout007]

4 minutes ago, wingnut65 said:

As I am gearing up on my build, I'm digging into the CRL to fully understand it and what I need to do when my BBB clears customs.  Mickey noted above, one of my observations on the ear bars.

I'm glad we figured out that the ribbed section is flexible as it can help many troopers with sizing and expansion abilities. I like how Taylor got creative in making his ribbed section very flexible.  But as I read these updates and saw this proposal, all I can ask is, What are we really looking for with this statement?  Are we saying it can be flexible for Level 2, only, but must be rigid for Level 1?

I agree with Kris's idea that if we would have Level 3, then it should be required and not optional. 

Should this added statement really be part of the basic, Level 1 requirement?

We don't do Level 3 at the Pathfinders.

Anything in Level 2 is available for Level 1 as well.  It's just that to achieve Level 2 status, you must have ALL of the Level 2 requirements.  

The language Kris proposed says "may be".  So even for Level 2, it's not a necessity.  Until we really know how this was constructed on the actual costume, we can't really do anything more than suggest.