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Just a quick update on what's going on with the detachment stuff since it's been a quiet period (not always a bad thing!). 1. We're actively designing merch for a racing shirt, patch, and coin themed for KOTOR 20th based on votes. These will come in the next few months. It is slow due to lack of artists available and, well, life. 2. We're working on 3 New to the Legion CRLs/costumes currently that we're hoping to be released before the end of the term in Feb after updates to the costumes are finished. 3. We were told by LMOs that we had to wait until the end of the season of Ahsoka before submitting requests for assignment of the costumes. But, after the short, "please don't spoil the episode for us" request time, we're submitting for Shin, Baylan, Morgan, Marrok, and all 3 Great Mothers to be assigned to TFE. 4. We're still looking for artists and a new Programs Officer if you're interested/able to assist the Detachment! If you have any other requests or ideas, please feel free to comment or message me!

Hi everyone! Finally got my butt in gear and got my clone wars asajj approved and hopefully the first of many asajj approvals for me. I made every single aspect (except my lightsaber) from scratch without much experience before so I’m really proud of this one 😊🥰 I’m a brand new member of the pikes peak squad and the mountain garrison! Excited for all the new experiences to come 💕

Hello everyone, I’m Daisy from the Dutch Garrison and together with Rikki I have been assigned as your LMO team for this term. About Me: My name is Daisy van Rijn, and this is my second term as a 501st Legion Membership Officer. I have eight approved 501st costumes, four in the Rebel Legion and I have a Seventh Sister costume that I'm hoping to finish this year. I have been sewing since I was 19 and love sharing that acquired knowledge with others. I'm excited to be able to assist you this year with the TFE Detachment as I have a large love for the Old Republic Era. What is an LMO? The Legion Membership Team is responsible for reviewing and processing applications for membership, and maintaining and updating member information in the Legion database. The Legion Membership Officers drives costume policies, including acceptable costume types for membership and setting standards for costume submissions, and are the final arbiter of member costume issues and approvals. The Legion Membership Officer supervises and advises Detachments, Garrison Membership Liaisons, and Garrison Web Liaisons on any questions or issues they may have with member’s costumes. Have a question about membership these are the folks to talk to! There are LMOs you can contact at any time at Legion Officers however Rikki and I are the ones who are assigned to the Imperial Gunnery Corps this term. Thinking of starting a NTTL (New to the Legion) Costume? Please message the Detachment and me here as well as send a link to your build thread. I love researching new costumes and helping. Worried a costume may or may not be eligible for the Legion approval? https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:CRLGuide See Character Approval and New to the Legion Costumes (NTTL) sections for details. For “New to the Legion” costumes please also have a look here: Costuming Standards Have a question? Do not hesitate to message me. Get your references together and sent to LMO (at) 501st (dot) com.

It's finally here! Galactic Armory's V2 mask. Much more detailed and accurate than the old version. I figure I can fit red LEDs into the eye sockets to emulate the eyes.

Just as a head's up to anyone interested in doing this costume: It has been agreed that so long as the visible parts of this costume match the references available, I am good with allowing the missing parts to be supplemented from Eleena Daaru's references. With that, I look forward to seeing a high quality submission soon!

New guy here! I've been working on a spinning GI saber for a bit and it's starting to come along. I have a youtube channel documenting the build but I also wanted a build log for better documentation and thought 'what better place then with people who can give me some sound guidance.' So here I am! Looking forward to chatting with you grand folks. I'm pretty far along in the project, so I'll be updating this log until it catches up with progress.

Try everything on Boots & gloves are from Crowprops And now I'm searching for armors

Soooooo, figured I'd give it a go with trying to make the outfit for Ventress from the Bad Batch episode. I wanted to do some research first and try out a few things before moving forward with this on here (FE forum) as a thread. I'm going to post things that I have already played around with, along with moving forward for stuff I will be doing in future. A thank you to folks who have posted pictures on the Facebook group. It has helped immensely and I will be including some of them in this build. Please keep in mind I am having a hard time with getting my phone to take pictures of the colors so I did invest in two Pantone booklets Pantone GP1601B 2022 Edition Coated and Uncoated Guide. I have been making notes of the colors of the fabric to compare to what I have seen on the different screen from the show. I will be pointing them out in the photos so people can check the colors and whatnot. I'm currently working on the prints for the tunic and the two outer collars and short sleeves. I worked on the patterns in a program called Creative Space that is used with the xTool Laser machines. They have a silk screen printing machine which "sort of" works with what I am trying to accomplish. The fabric for the tunic and the outer collars I am choosing to use Scuba knit fabric. Partly due to it laying down smoothly on a human body, two it has stretch, which shows up on the upper sleeves of the lighter fabric (see following image of upper arm) and it's in tribute to the fact that this episode deals with water and an island (this particular part will continue with some other parts of my build that I will share when I get to them). So, I guess I'll start with the pattern for the collars and short sleeves. I looked online and in some of my books to see if I could find a woven pattern that could be bought or even hand woven on a loom (I have a loom). But there is no actual weave for this pattern. There is something close, but it was definitely different. And physically it wouldn't present itself well for a fabric as it would be too loose of a weave and not look like what is in the cartoon. But this is just my personal judgement call. I have decided to go ahead and make a print of the pattern and silk screen it onto the fabric. My first attempt I felt was too uniform and didn't have the same feel as the cartoon. So I went back and reworked the edges of the lines and reshaped as well as resized the pattern. I worked on the counting of the height of the repeat of the print to the collars and to the cartoons neck and my real neck. I sized the print accordingly to "hopefully" work for myself. I'm still working on alignment for repeating the pattern on fabric, but I have pictures to show what I have so far. When I am done with printing it, I will be going back over the fabric with another layer of transparent paint with more of a light coffee stain color to match the color in the show. There are areas around the seams and edges of the collar where the material is lighter, closer to ivory. I am working with the ivory colored fabric to see if I can keep some of that coloring in and around the collars edges. For now I am just working on the printed part. I have been hand mixing my colors. I am using a mixture of Speedball water based inks. After making the changes to make the pattern feel more organic The following section deals with the blue printed fabric on her tunic. Boy this is an oddball fabric but I think I have it pretty much figured out. Though I do have questions about pattern repeats, but I will continue with that at the end of this post. The main part of the issue is finding a way to have the pattern show up in light but not as much in darker shadowy areas. After studying different images of her outfit in the light and dark (and even when it is wet and in the light) I came to the conclusion that the print itself is a semi gloss coating on the surface of the fabric. BUT, when you put a coating of say acrylic clear coat it turns darker when printed on. I also noted that even with the "clear" print on top some areas of the fabric had a "painterly" feel to it. I ended up getting a teal colored scuba fabric and then painted it in long strokes with a sponge and a translucent paint mixture (of transparent, white, blue and a dash of yellow) that soaked up mostly into the fabric, giving it a ghostly painterly look as the base and making the color a bit lighter than the original fabric which I found to be too intense for the base color. I also decided to try out a oil based paint for the clear coat on top of the fabric. This seems to do the trick on a synthetic material (natural cotton did seem to absorb some of the ink and make it darker). As with the collar and sleeve pattern I had made an initial pattern but felt it to be too angular and modified it to look more organic with slight curves and I also resized the pattern to match the size of myself. Being a bit larger than Ventress I opted to go with a few rows more in the sizing to keep in ratio with what is in the cartoon. So far I have some of the fabric painted with the translucent white mixture along with trying to print a repeat pattern on the fabric with the oil based transparent paint. I'm having a bit of an issue with getting the pattern exactly aligned up. Which is where I am at the moment. My question so far is how close does the pattern have to match? I have pictures included for folks to look at. I might be able to stabilize some of the printed pattern and wash out part of the other sections and try again when the fabric is dry. But if I don't have to do it, I'd rather not as it is already a massive undertaking. showing the best copy of the neoprene fabric that I have (on the right). The fabric on the left is a stretch cotton wool blend that didn't work out in my testing. But I have found that between the paint and the clear coat it lightens up and has an overall feel/look of the fabric on the left. You can see the brush strokes of lighter colored paint on the fabric. printed clear coat on top of fabric so far. How it interacts with light and shadow. Highlights on left are from inside light and outside light on the right. in slight motion (blurred like in many screen shots from her movement) same angle but not in motion and shows how it blends into the fabric when in neutral lighting. Couple of reference shots I'll leave it here for now and hope to get feed back sooner than later.

While working on the other gauntlet, I figured I'd work on other stuff as well, including her pauldron. Including pics of it and hers for reference.

Okay! So I now have a painted blaster! I also worked on the blade modeling over the last day and today and I am currently printing it out. I am adding pictures of it from Blender. When it's done I will updated this post to include the printed version. Anyways, here are some pictures... cause we all love progress pictures! Enjoy Blade

So I've gotten some stuff done. I decided to try on what I have so far. I'm working on finishing the boots. Just got the backpack pinned to the shoulder straps and x straps along the back. I'm going to be adding some Sintra or thin metal to help the shoulder straps keep their shape and prevent the sagging in the back. Pouches are almost completely done. I had to blue tape the small additional pouches on the backpack, but they kept falling off. I'm happy with how they look so I plan on gluing them down. I also started on the belt. I have to make the second layer and fix up the side where her light saber hangs. and I also have to make a mount for the lightsaber. I also started working on the bracers. Played around with a concept which seems to have worked so I am moving forward with it. When I'm further along with them I'll post pictures. Once I have the boots finished, the backpack and straps finished, and the belt finished, I'll start modeling the blaster and the knife. Then make the holster and sheath. Either way, please excuse the untidiness of everything and that my husband took a few weird photos. Oh and pinning through multiple layers of leather and neoprene sucks. And pliers are important!!

Hello from France (but like one foot in Belgium and one in France) I'm Antoine (but prefere my nickname Gaz😀) SL-62477 🙌 I have my Darth Revan approuved this month and proud to be part of the 501st / The Flagship Eclipse detachment after some trooping invitations with the Belgian Garrison 🤝 And special thanks to @VadeRick62023 for time and patience

Hi all. I'm Tracy. I recently got approved in the IOC for an ISB officer to be able to troop sooner. I have to big goals with costumes. One is Grand Admiral Thrawn. And the other, which I anticipate will be much more complicated, is the Grand Inquisitor. I get the feeling I'll be working on it for awhile, but got to start somewhere, and will be asking a lot of questions. I'm based in the Pensacola area of Florida, but I'm a travel RN right now so will be seeing many different areas. Don't have my tools with me right now, but I can plan. I hope to make as much of the Grand Inquisitor costume as I can. In the process, learning a lot about makeup and masks and armor. If it something more than I can do, I hope you all can help me.

Hi everyone! I absolutely loved The Acolyte and I am happy to start a build thread for this super comfy Osha outfit! I have been mostly in the research phase, but I am hoping to start this build very soon. To start, I do have a rough write-up started as well as an album of reference images. I'll link the gallery here :) Here's an overview of my build plans; - Wig: I have 3B/3C curls, but I am dedicated to my current hairstyle. As such I have been looking for a wig either already curled, or a wig I can curl, in as close colors as possible. I might have to custom dye a wig but we shall see! For a visual idea, here's a few ideas I found from Amazon and a couple other wig websites; wig 1, wig 2, wig 3, wig 4, wig 5 - Hoodie: I think my current plan is to use my favorite knit shirt pattern (Simplicity 9226), modifying it by cropping it in the right spot, adding the under layer, and extending the sleeves/adding the shoulder cut-outs. I'll probably dig through my stash for a hood pattern, but otherwise I might be able to draft it myself. For fabric, I am thinking of using either ponte de roma knit or scuba knit. I am not ready for the possibility of dyeing more grey fabric so I am hoping to find some already in the correct color. - Pants: They look like pretty simple leggings. I have a couple of patterns for leggings, but might also try my hand at pattern drafting if I can't find a pre-made pair. I'll be making them from a charcoal grey ribbed knit. - Boots: Looking at references, they appear to be calf-height black leather boots with a suede over layer and flat soles. I'll probably look around for a base pair of leather boots (either second-hand or I'll look online too!) and add the suede myself. - Saber: My cosplay partner HiraethSolo is working on Qimir, so I'll probably lovingly borrow it from him. I'm not sure what he wants to do though, so I will look at options - Knife: I am looking at one of these options on Etsy, and hopefully will print them myself once the printer is working. ImperialArmorSurplus or BigFredsCustoms. - Tank top configuration: The tank top configuration removes the hoodie and is a matching rib knit as the pants. It also features her arm tattoo. I'll probably design some temporary tattoos, and will make the tank top myself unless I can find the tank top and pants in the wild to purchase. Let me know if you have any questions or advice!

Posting a few pictures of how it's going. I'm almost done with the main tunic. I'm working on finalizing the shape for the black vest. Also, I tossed in a beginning of a boot to show the direction I'm going with it. I'll be using a zipper and hook and eye closure for the back of the collar. I'm also planning on raising the inner black collar about 1/4". Leggings are pretty much done. I have to hem the bottoms, but I won't do that part until I have the boots on the go. I'm very happy with it so far. I have black gloves. I'm still thinking which is the best way to make the gauntlets (I have a few ideas in mind and have a couple of different kinds of materials to play with). I'm pretty excited about how this is turning out.

Hi folks, I just wanted to share some of the pics I took during my shooting at the Georges Henri park in Brussels

Hello from Japan. I'm working on Darth Margas. Thank you for your opinion. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Korbanth has a Savage hilt for sale: https://korbanth.com/empty-double-sided-staff-the-oppressor

So close to being done. I need to redo the arm guards and chest armor and shorten the bottom corset pieces.

Today was play with makeup... I didn't get around to doing the back of the head tattoos. I do plan on making a stencil for that part. This took around 2 1/2hrs. Still learning the best way to work with the materials. I think I did a pretty good job.

I found this on StarWars.com if it helps.

Galactic Armory has updated and revised their Inquisitor mask, and I'm helping them attempt to model the hard parts on the belt. Thankfully the Inquisitor wears the typical jackboots, so that'll probably be the easiest part of the build.

Separate post: The mask from Galactic Armory arrived. It looks pretty spot on, we'll see how it holds up when the show comes out. As well, GA agreed to help me research the costume after the show airs and will help me develop any armor pieces or hard parts I may need.

So have been staring like a crazy person at the pictures I have again and think that the rubber at the center front of her costume and on the gauntlets is a rubber window seal. I'm buying a few typs of S and V shapes to do some experiments with that as well. All of my printing supplies have finally come in. I hadn't planned to do it all myself, but paying to have the screens made wasn't cheap and I screwed up the scale of one of the patterns, so I decided to just bite the bullet and buy what I need. I purchased blank screens with the proper thread count for dense prints and but 2 types of emulsion to try. Both are made for high density printing. I found a supplier online that prints the film negative of the pattern for pretty cheap ($10 for my small one and $25 for the larger plus shipping). They arrived in a few days. My next step is to make my first attempt at high density screen today. I'll take pictures and share links and things later. I'm going to start with the glove pattern first since it's small volume. I've also got the pattern for the bodysuit, so I will be adapting that for what I need so I can pattern out the parts for printing. Going to be a lot more activity over the next few months! A friend of mine that loves doing leather work is helping me iwth the armor and she has one of my boots to pattern out the new shaft. I did some initial tests for aging the boot vamp and those worked pretty well. When I get the leather parts back, I'll share images and how I did things for that too.

Big Update: My mask came in and it is gorgeous! I also have the armor finally smooth and ready to paint in a satin black. The soft parts are being worked on now, pleats for the sleeves were just finished recently and were a nightmare to do, the Kylo Ren costumers were right on how bad those were to sew lol.

So excited about this! Going to buy this gorgeous lightsaber from Shadowfoil props when they are ready for order.

I was so excited that I rushed to get all the changes made lol. Here is an updated photo.

Dropping these in here in case you haven’t seen them! Moses Ingram posted some BTS on her Instagram stories today including some shots that show how the costume layers. Hope they help!

Yay! You're welcome for the help, and I'm excited to see this build happening and that my creation of this CRL was an inspiration! Here are some more answers to your questions: -Make sure your poncho color is lighter and less blue than the arm inserts. I had a *really* hard time correctly capturing the poncho color via photos. When in doubt, try to match the comic book color over the photos in the CRL 🙂 -Yes, there is a little bit of blue in the arm insert color. I noticed this in the comic book and added a tiny bit of denim blue to my dye bath to get it to match. -I'm attaching a photo of my poncho instructions I made for myself, so hopefully this will answer your questions on this topic. Sorry if the stitch callouts look confusing - I did them like weld callouts since I'm an Engineer and I was writing this for myself. 🤓 But if you come up with a construction that works for you, go for it! I opted for this to minimize visible seams and make it look as comic booky as possible. -For the small blaster, my husband modeled it from scratch in CAD (he's an Engineer too!), and we have 3D print files that you (or any other TFE members or prospective members reading this) are free to use if you wish! I just have to find them and will add them to this thread when I do. I would think a piece of orange tape on the end would suffice where orange tips are required, but I don't know for certain, as I never needed to do this. -For the bag, there is a frame in the comic book that I'm pretty certain is in my build thread with Mara's hand over the side of the bag. That's what I used for scaling. I made a bag out of paper and tape to check the porportions before cutting leather. As for the leather, I bought a 5 oz (I think) veg tan shoulder from Tandy a while ago that I've been using for several things, so that's what I used for the bag. You could certainly go thicker though! Let me know if you have any other questions, or free to reach out!

All the armor is in the painting phase now and assembling the weapons now. No pictures I wish to share yet except maybe this:

Since I have been asked several times for different characters in GoH, both older and newly released, I'll make one post to hopefully help clear it up! 1. Yes, the current TFE Command and assigned LMOs for TFE support adding GoH versions of characters as eligible for TFE approval/new CRLs, SO LONG as there is a full 360 degrees of reference to show all the details. The view option in game makes that pretty much a non-issue, but we still need the highest resolution possible. 2. If the character in question already has an approved version in TFE, then a couple things can happen: a) If there are no differences between the approved version and the GoH version, then no new CRL is made and it is considered the same as the existing approval for said character. b) If there are differences between the approved version and the GoH version, then a new CRL can be made. In this case, it is considered a New to the Legion Work in Progress (NTTL WIP) and requires an entirely different approval process that includes the TFE Command Costume Staff and the TFE LMO directly. In this case (and any not already approved character, regardless of media source), it is recommended to contact the DL and LMOs directly so that the process can be set up and advisement can be given. In this case, you can contact the LMOs at LMO@501st.com and they will redirect to the proper folks, or email me directly at Nina501st@gmail.com and I can pull in our specific LMOs.

Here's the thing: these are animated characters. There isn't just one right answer because these are like art; the reference can support a handful of interpretations. The armor color is mottled, and is not just one color. I'll give an example of my favorite boots. These are black underneath, and the wax polish on top marked them look anything from grey to dark brown, but I know for a fact that the leather is black because I'm the one who put the polish on. It is the weathering that dictates how people interpret it, but these are what they looked like when I bought them: This is a real world translation of what the armor looks like in the cartoon. Now to the CRL. It is an animated cartoon, and just like 99% of the rest of our CRLs in TFE, the colors change as much as the number of times the character is seen. There is an accepted level of colors on a gradient that could be argued for the character's armor, but that does not make the CRL wrong. We only make CRLs for, "variants" that are approved, otherwise we'd have a 48 page long CRL for Aphra, alone, with all the Barbie dress up versions she has in the comics. So the correct statement isn't, "how can we make it not inaccurate?", but, "do I have the references to validate my interpretation for approval, which can then be ADDED to the existing CRL that already has done so?". The answer to that lies with the Detachment Leader, LMO, and your GML on how well you replicate the references to the real world.

Making them turned out to be very easy for me. I used foam and Worbla. It was the first thing I made with Worbla, so even if you’ve never tried it before you might find it easy enough. You can read my blog about it here if it helps- http://withoutastitchon.blogspot.com/2016/04/mara-jade-knees-and-shin-guards.html?m=1

This is super well done! I loved seeing this look from Asajj in the show and you captured it perfectly. Heres hoping the whatever is putting new CRLs on hold is finished soon so this can be made official hopefully. I don’t know how much longer I can calibrate my enthusiasm haha

I've been working like a fiend trying to get a few things going. I have been working on the blade, sheath, blaster, holster and now the gauntlets (including sewing the arm part of the gloves to fit a bit better). I will get more photos of the blade with sheath and the blaster with it's holster when they are closer to being finished, possibly with me updating this post with the photos. For now though I wanted to try and hit another hurdle and make sure my idea would work, the gauntlets. I'm showing pictures of what I did for the pattern along with what I did to make it so the part over the hand section will be able to move some. It's not done and will be Velcro'd to the glove for a better effect when it is done. I also will be painting the surface of the gauntlets with paints. This is just what will make up the base part of the shape of the gauntlet. I'm using neoprene fabric and Sintra (the white material for those who are not familiar with it). I will also need to shape the foam around the hand area to continue the inner design shape of the gauntlet.

Always happy to see more aspiring inquisitors! I’d recommend you read through the CRL for this costume if you haven’t already: https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:Grand_Inquisitor The pictures and guidelines in there are usually very helpful in planning out a costume! regarding the contact lenses, you wouldn’t necessarily have to use Sclera contacts since the Grand Inquisitor really only has a yellow eye color with some red in it, much like any other sith/dark side user. the Suit/uniform requires the use of a “medium weight suiting material” I used a cotton twill for my suit, similar to a officer uniform, just keep that in mind when deciding on fabric. prosthetics is something I’ve been wanting to do for this costume for a long time, but I haven’t really gotten around to it yet. Just let me know if there’s any questions that arises, and I’ll try my best to help you out! //Malte

Hey Todd, I see what you mean about the eye shape and nose vents. Just a suggestion from Ryan, since I was asking him about the feasibility of modifying .stl files, if you bring up the discrepancies to GA, they may be willing to modify their file, especially if you tell them that you want to use it for the CRL. Ryan brought up something in a Bad Batch build group about an inaccuracy in their Wrecker armor, and the GA guy saw it and fixed the file a couple days later.

Here is the current list of greenlit eligibility characters from LMO votes that do not have an approved CRL and are awaiting costume submission. Eligible for 501st and under TFE -Darth Bane: Battle of Ruusan -Witches of Dathomir -Sith Apprentice uniform : KOTOR -Am : Visions -Great Mothers : Ahsoka -Morgan Elsbeth : Ahsoka -Marrok : Ahsoka -Darth Talon : GoH -The Father : Clone Wars -Cal Kestis : Inquisitor Vision -Dessan : Jedi Knight : Jedi Outcast II -Unnamed Inquisitor : Tales of the Jedi / Empire -Merrin : Jedi Fallen Empire - Mae (assassin outfit) - Osha (unknown planet cave and Brendock Temple as acolyte) - Mother Aniseya - Mother Koril - Bode Akuna Voted NOT eligible for 501st by LMO -Kreia -Jorus C'Baoth -Dagan Gera : Jedi Survivor -Atris -General Grievous (deemed a puppet) -Merrin : Jedi Survivor Qimir has been voted by LMO into SLD. If you have a character that you would be interested in adding to the 501st roster, please contact myself and the LMO team with full 360 degrees of references for details. Our emails are nina501st@gmail.com and LMO@501st.com.

Did a lot of pattern work today. Mostly on the bodysuit, but I also did some work on the screen prints for the bodysuit (ordered a mirror of the one I already have so I don’t have to laser cut it.) I’ll try and explain what I did a bit. The bodysuit pattern is actually not bad. The sizing is true to what the packaging claims. The only thing I don’t like about it is the weird roundness at the hips. It’s not a natural curve and I had to edit out. I still highly recommend it. this is the pattern I’m using and a link https://www.etsy.com/listing/719618406/catsuit-with-long-sleeve-and-front?ref=yr_purchases I used a curve to adjust the side seam line and I was much happier with the fit. After I did a mock-up I had to cut the pattern into parts. There are 4 panels to the legs but I cut it again at the calf. The reason for this is because my screen size is only 17” x 24”. Doesn’t cover the entire leg and would look terrible pieced together. Since the pleated legging will cover that, I’m not worried about it. More to come on the legging bit. Both the internal and external seams can be seen clearly in the 2 images above. it was tough to get a good image since the pattern pieces are so large. I split both the front and back pattern in half. Then I measured up from my ankle to determine we’re to cut at the calf. I marked which parts will be printed fabric and then cut them all apart. I removed the seam allowance too. I don’t really need a 1/2” allowance and I’ll be serging and trimming the seams down anyway. I prefer to add allowances to the fabric with chalk after I’ve traced the pattern pieces on. The above image shows the vinyl screen I laser cut. It was good to see how things would line up. if you plan to make this costume keep in mind you’ll need 3 screens. One for the gloves and 2 for the bodysuit since there is a left and right slant to the pattern. After I finished this part of the bodysuit I tackled the leggings. Not sure what else to call them. Originally I thought it was all part of the bodysuit but I don’t think that’s the case now. After closer inspection there are a few things that stand out: 1. The stitched gathers at the back of the knee were to tighten the fit, but that wouldn’t be necessary if it was all one bodysuit 2. There is gathered fabric above the pleats which indicates a difference in fabric volume between the legging and bodysuit leg or at least enough pressure from the legging to squeeze the fabric underneath. 3. the calf side of the legging is really lumpy and looks like it’s layered over something else. 4. it is much much easier to make it as a separate part and slip it on. With all this in mind I patterned out a separate part for the leggings. I kind of eyeballed the length needed and made sure I had 6 pleats. I plan to use a doubled layer of fabric that will fold down from the top. That and the pleats themselves should give enough volume but I’ll find out tomorrow. I still have some pattern work to do for the torso and I need to model and mold the greeblies since I couldn’t find practical solution. I also need to patted the gloves. While perusing Etsy, I found a vendor selling patterns for this costume. It consists of the armor, belt, greeblies, and boot covers. So far I don’t have complaints. The sizing seems to be okay, but I’ll need to mock up some of the parts to be sure. I won’t be using the belt as I don’t agree that it’s something other than a straight black belt blank with embellishment. Everything I’ve found so far has odd shaping, but unless you have a hip tilt to accommodate the curve it’s not a good pattern option. I have a belt blank on order and will talk more about it when I have the parts printed. Here is where I got the patterns for the armor: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1255438991/third-sister-inquisitor-reva-costume?ref=yr_purchases

Full makeup test. Getting closer to the colors I’m happy with. Thank god Mehron had a pastel yellow that works!

Finally I did it, boots have been altered and kitted up yesterday completely. I had a brain dump and couldn't work out how to do my hair. Of course, during the night I mentally worked out how I should have done it. Hopefully though it won't hold it up too much and require another full kit up. The boot clips have now been permanently attached in place, so that there is no way of losing them.

Great find by @Trachta! Custom belt for Reva on Etsy. I’ll need to customize it a bit to make it more accurate, but it’s one less thing to build myself. :) https://www.etsy.com/listing/1265073920/third-sister-belt-reva?click_key=53f5f3b76d0ba3cedeaf7830e93173ef209efb8d%3A1265073920&click_sum=3cff8fd3&ref=shop_home_active_29&sts=1

I was just looking into this too. Great minds think alike.

Initial suit up cheesin. I'm very pleased with how this is looking so far and I'll be very happy to get the helmet finished. Really not too much different than in Kenobi and I'm going to be called Darth Vader anyways so why does it really matter [emoji6] I'll make changes to the lightsaber and the boot/greave debate at some point but for now I'm totally good with this. It's funny, I started this well before it was ever announced the Grand Inquisitor would be in Kenobi and I knew there would be costume changes but I was way too far into this to stop lol. I couldn't be happier though with his live action inclusion.

Just a head's up, we only have 1 active approved member with this costume, so specific assistance will be very limited. BUT, we can do our best to assist with any build questions.

I am approved with both versions of the wicked armor Nihilus. You have to add to both a bit to do it. The KOTOR2 mask they make would probably be approvable, but I changed the center detail to match the CRL better. You will also need to add the chest padding. I used a sheet of open cell foam, cut to fit. I recommend a different obi, but the one they sew into the skirt is approvable. In all cases, the wicked armor will give you the materials to do it, but go through the CRL and make it match up once you have it in hand.

Hello everyone, I have put together my Darth Revan build and summitted it for approval. I need to send more close up pics and stuff, but it was suggested to post here as well to get opinions from current members that had approved costumes. But I am not exactly sure where to post the pics at. Obviously the lightsabers are not part of the actual build, but this is the full costume minus BOOTS and actual PANTS which I was looking for ideas on where or what to buy. Thanks in advance for the help,

Belt & Rank bar from PHprops

I went to 4 movie troops since Thursday night and was happy that my Second Sister was very well received. Several recognized who she was or at least that she was an Inquisitor. Visibility was fairly poor though especially in dark theater lobbies, so I am hoping that the new version of the helmet when I receive it will be a bit better.

This is my breakdown write up from the Second Sisters Build Group on facebook. The community has put the microscope on the details and we came to these conclusions for material and accuracy. This is so very near the final version of what we have discovered. Anyone is free to use what is provided for their own use. One of the few things remaining is the description for an unmasked version which the community wanted to hold out for a couple weeks due to potential game spoilers. I have a bunch of hi-res reference images to organize and contribute as well. Those will be posted or have an available public gallery link posted within a few days. Updated: 9:05am (CST) 6 JAN 2020 Nearing final version for details - edited for clarity, and continuity to other CRL descriptions. This still has more detail than a typical CRL. Second Sister Materials Jacket • Black material that has a distinctive rib texture. rib-knit or quality Calvary twill lined in red rib-knit or quality Calvary twill material. • Red material of same rib texture for arm stripe, sewn in. Cape • Black canvas-like woven material, single stitched channels with dimensional padding • Lined in red gabardine or twill material • Yoke is a plan black fabric. Pant • Black rib-knit same as Jacket Gloves • Leather or leather-like material, black back, red palm. Boots • Black Leather or leather like material Helmet/Pauldrons/ Arm Bracers • Plastic or similar hard surface with satin finish & weathering where appropriate. . . DETAIL BREAKDOWN Helmet: • Outside and inside of the helmet is black • The back as a slightly bulbous round with a turn out aventail at the bottom • The sides of the helmet arch out at the bottom edges. • There is an under collar of the helmet design. • The cheeks have row of inset openings with mesh covered vents. • No skin is visible around or under the helmet. • Eye slit is shaped across the helmet and red in color. • Eye slit can be lit up (optional) . . Neckseal: • Smooth material with ribbed back piece, two side seams. • Back has several rows of padded where the ribs disappear under the helmet and under the collar. • No skin is visible around or under the helmet. . . Jacket: • Made of a black fabric with a ribbed texture. • Jacket is lined in red fabric with a ribbed texture. • Jacket is form fitted. • Sleeves have red strip on the outside also of ribbed material. • The jacket front is fitted with princess seams from shoulder to bottom seam - does not extend past the peplum. • The jacket folds left over right. • Jacket has a squared standing style collar with a small gap in the front. The rib is shown vertical and is stiff to stand on it's own. • Front of jacket has a sewn vent/dart at center front. • Jacket has two metallic silver rectangle bars on both left and right upper chest. Same light metallic silver tone as the belt buckle. • The top and bottom of the jacket are separated by a visible seam that is a few inches below the belt and in conjunction with the ending of the front panel. • Back of jacket has princess seam that ends an inch above the belt and aligns with insert panel. Princess seam is curved from the armhole then to straight line to the insert panel. • Back of jacket has an insert panel that starts at 1 inch above the belt and ends 1 inch below the belt (small of back). • Back of jacket has a center seam on the upper part. Insert does not have center seam. • The peplum is split in the back with a slight iverlap. • The peplum has a wide fold on each side of the split. • The peplum has side dart that stops at the lower hip and is in line with the jacket side seam. • The bottom back of the jacket is straight across and extends to mid thigh. . . Cape: • Yoke is a plain black material (not leather). • Yoke back is square from shoulder to shoulder stopping at the top of the arm. • Yoke front is angled from neck out to the Jacket’s overlap seaming. • Yoke has 3 stitches of narrow width apart at the outside edge with another 4 rows of stitches of a wide width apart. Neck edge has a single stitch. • Cape is made of black fabric with canvas-like woven texture. • Cape material has vertical single stitching from yoke to hem and the vertical lines look quilted with slight dimension. • Cape is mid-calf in length. • Cape design does not cover the front, and drapes off the shoulders sweeping to the sides. • There are white imperial “cog” symbols painted on fabric on both biceps, weathered to show weave texture. • No visible front clasp. • Lining of cape is red with a gabardine/twill texture. • Cape consists of two side panels and one back panel. . . Pauldrons: • Two armor plates extend from neck to just past the shoulder. • Black finish with no decoration or lines. • Does not have any visible straps or fastener. • Some mild weathering revealing silver underneath. . . Pants: • Made of same ribbed material as coat • No visible pockets • Has front fly closure • Pants are slim fitted • Pants have a crease down the front and the back starting from lower hip down. • Pants are tucked into boots . . Belt: • Made with leather or leather-like material approximately 1.5" • Grove on the top and bottom of the belt. • Trapezoid shaped silver belt buckle with two rectangular insets in the upper left and beveled edges. Slightly curved to the body. • Same light metallic silver tone as the silver bars on the jacket. • No other visible greeblies (except when a covertec clip is needed for wearer to hold the lightsaber hilt) . . Forearm bracers: • Constructed out of the same material as the pauldrons. • Black semi-gloss sheen • Form fitting to the wearer’s forearm. • Arm bracers start at the wrist and end just below the elbow. • Two black adornments are attached to each of the bracers at the lower forearm. The design is a rounded rectangle raised with beveled edges. It has two raised buttons and one slightly raised red lighted panel (light up optional) • They have a back seam with appropriate design insets. • They have an inner wrist adornment on each of the bracers. It is a rectangular inset with beveled edges, It has two shaped cylindrical objects positioned nearest to the wrist. It has a small side pipe extending from the cylindrical objects to the side of the inset. It has a round protrusion on the upper part of the inset. • No visible clasps or attachments. • Arm bracers are identical in detail and are a mirror of each other. . . Gloves: • Black leather or leather like material on back • Red leather or leather like material on palm. • Gloves tuck into forearm bracers. • Palm has thumb seam, double stitched • Back has thumb seam, no top stitching • Thumb and Forefinger tips have separate piece. • There are fourchettes between each finger. • Gloves have no extra stitching or detail on back. . . Boots: • Black leather or leather like material • Shaft of boot ends just below the knee • Boots have no more than 1.5” heel • Boots have no visible zippers (hidden zipper on outside of boot) • A small tab covers the zipper pull on outside of boot. • Boot has a thin red line visible on the top of the boot, and the side tab is lined in red. • Sole of boot is black • There are three rows of “V” stitching on the upper shaft of the boot. The point of the V is in the front center of the shaft. The “V” has a slightly padded look. • The lower boot has a strap across the ankle area. • No buckles or other decoration is visible. . . Light Saber: • 1st option: no blade and is attached to the hip with the half curve situated to the front. • 2nd option: half circle single blade • 3rd option: full circle double blade. • Circle part of the blade has a inset/cut out shape with writing along the inner bevel. • The blade, if used, is red in color. I don't know if the legion will require this to be exact like they do for other prime characters, but they might? .