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TFE folks! The Legion Census is live, so please go to https://www.501st.com/memberDB/ and go to "Census" to complete your mandatory information.
As some folks have asked, you may have a, "Pending" listed on your TFE membership under your profile. This membership does not show up anywhere except on your personal information page and only affects your ability to vote in the detachment election early next year. I updated this list after the past election this year, and will be doing so after the census is completed in a few weeks, as well as in the months before the election next year to ensure everyone is able to participate.
Please do not worry if you say, "Pending" at the moment, as part of the requirement for being a member of the detachment is being active in the Legion, so it makes my life 100x easier knowing that this requirement is up to date by waiting until after the census. To give you an idea, it requires cross referencing every single email listed in the Legion Database under Flagship-eligible costumes with every single email registered in the TFE forums to ensure the requirements are fulfilled, and when they are not (say, you aren't registered on the TFE forums, but are on the 501st DB), I send out emails to every single one of these people to let them know how to get back up to par with the requirements. Per the Legion Charter/Ops and Protocols requirements for Detachment Membership:
"Formal membership, voting rights, and eligibility in a detachment requires that a Legion member be active, own a qualifying costume as represented by the detachment, and have the corresponding costume designation in his/her profile. The approval of said costume is, however, still the purview of the LMO. Ownership of a qualifying costume is verified annually as part of the Legion census. Membership in a detachment is optional, and you can be a member of more than one detachment. Membership is initiated by the Legion member when the above criteria is met and they register on the detachment's forum. Active status is maintained by logging onto said forum once a year. Failing this, the member becomes an inactive member of the detachment. All that is required to be reactivated is to once again log in."
Therefore, in order to make it easier for the cross referencing, I wait until the end of the census time frame, then go through all of the automatically listed active members who completed their census, and then use only those to complete the syncing of the DB and our forums. The TFE forum does not affect the 501st Legion DB, and the DB does not affect the TFE forum EXCEPT for the fact that registration on our forums and logging into it once a year are some of the requirements for the 501st Legion DB Detachment approval.
If you are registered here on the forums and are logging in at least once a year, then I consider you a member of the detachment, and you get access to all of the non-election benefits such as the Membership Programs and Merch runs. The membership in the DB is merely an administrative parameter in order to make election organization easier. That does not mean that I neglect it, but it is fulfilled before any necessary actions are required.
That being said, emails will be going out to those who are pending the week after the census ends to those who are not registered on the forums OR who have an email registered on the forums that is different from your 501st Legion information email so that I can get everything synced and sorted.
Also, if you are able to log into your account and you are correctly listed as a Detachment Member, don't worry about the 50% account profile stuff. It is not necessary. You can dismiss it.
Hope this helps!
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So far it is looking good! Just smooth out the surfaces and you're rocking it.
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Glad we finally got you on here!
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No problem! We look forward to having you join the Detachment
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1 minute ago, btabc said:
I did not see that, thank you so much
Also, here's the link to his visual references for when you need it.
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18 minutes ago, btabc said:
Good morn-err *looks at clock* afternoon. The name's Btabc (Bryce) or just plain "B" (nickname that's stuck with me since I was a wee little imperial in training). I'm currently a TK awaiting approval, but I've always had another fascination for one of my favorite PSP games, The Force Unleashed. The main character was nice, but I cannot pull off the buzz cut like he can, however I noticed that my favorite costume doesn't mention a hair cut so I was thinking "yay"! The costume/armor I was looking into making is Starkiller: Dark Lord's Armor:
https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:SL_starkiller_darklord_armor
HOWEVER this being said, I'm still in the researching phase so I have no idea who to contact for the hard armor pieces? I know with the other site I'm with there's a "Please no WTB threads" so this is not me wanting to buy, but asking if there's anyone who I can contact that makes the main hard armor parts?
Thank you for your time,
B
Here is a good place to check/ask, as the people who have built him would be the best to reply!
http://www.theflagshipeclipse.com/forums/index.php?/forum/118-starkiller/
Hope it helps,
Nina
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We generally don't host movie characters, but you are more than welcome to start a build thread here! He may go the way of other movie types who don't fall into the other detachments and go into the, "Unaffiliated" detachment section.
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It seems like a crosshatch woven effect to me.
That, or a crush velvet with the directional pattern, which would fit better for a royal individual.
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Advised yes, but specifically square toe not required. The strap and correct coloring will be, but those are easy additions.
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Try hosting the images on imgur.com as photoshop requires you pay now.
As stated before, if you have references for a version that you want to do, then go for it!
P.s. I love the dedication to the research aspect! That sort of passion is exactly what this detachment is built on.
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Looking good!
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The rig is not approvable, but the strap can be added afterwards.
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I agree with Pam's mask! The proportions match much nicer to the reference.
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If you are going for a COTF, the skeletal structure is what you want.
If you are going for KOTOR II, you'll want as little structural shape as possible.
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My pleasure!
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If a solid piece isn't feasible, a set where they do not overlap should still work.
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I have rings that I use for mine. I believe they are smooth key rings that conceal the split part but allow me to detach the hood while still having accurate looking rings.
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It's open to anyone and everyone.
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It should be proportional to you, but the average size is ~5" diameter.
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If you can make the leather rigid and not look like leather (the game file and screenshot references very clearly show a metallic effect that porous leather fights against), then there shouldn't be an issue.
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I would advise doing a solid piece instead of the overlapping pieces as that standard for the CRL is changing VERY soon. The clamshell pieces are not accurate.
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Mine is formed Worbla that is backed with fiberglass strips and resin, I just built a body mold and then built the plastic parts onto that.
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Need photos of the entire bracers, top, bottom, and sides, to say if they will work or not.
The bracers do not have that ridge. If you need, you can add additional support on the inside of the bracers.
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Do you have a 360 degree reference of it? The image provided look good aside from that ridge on the part of the bracers that sits against the upper forearms.
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Looks good so far.