DarthValkyria

Try again! I made them visible to members to comment and upload references. It was still set to officer-only while we set it up! Woops!

Black leather or leather-like smooth texture gloves with no shine finish to them, and no additional embellishments for his. Silk would have too much of a sheen, and most fabrics used to gloves are not smooth texture. If there is stitching that is completely covered by the hand plate, it will be alright, but none of the stitching can show around the plate when it is on your hand. Hope that makes sense! These are a more fitted option, but are a good example for the low sheen and smooth texture with no embellishments or detail stitching.

Congrats!!!!

Oh good! You have the vertical stripe down the front of the neck seal already. Looking good.

Yes! We will be starting this week to get CRLs going. You can see the ones being worked on here as they are posted. http://www.theflagshipeclipse.com/forums/index.php?/forum/195-incomplete-crls/ The Maladi one is up so you can start throwing whatever images, references, and descriptions of parts that need to be added or edited from the 501st CRL.

Hooray!!!!!

You can email me at Nina501st@gmail.com and we can go over the letter.

Eeeeexcellent! ::Mr Burns hand gestures:: Welcome to the Flagship Eclipse!

Give me a day to look at all the references we've got and do a bit more research on it. I'll gather a list of stuff and compare it to yours to see what should be added, if anything!

That's adorable! Training the future generation!

So, I went through the high def video at .25x speed and managed to grab this for the back details. The only thing missing is the belt and pants detail, which, TBH, if you have the robe as a part of the costume for, can be argued that they aren't necessary for the approval, similar to Revan's back plate and kidney plate right now. Plus, at some point, you can assertain that based on the front and side details of her pants from the 3D rendering, her....ass.....ets show no signs of additional details on just her cheeks or the back of the legs. Even the red stripes seem limited to just the 2, but would be one of those things that *if* a future reference comes out that shows that 3" width of area on her leg not visible does prove to get a red stripe or something detailed to it, it could easily be added without the need to change what the costume is written as, and, at least from where I can see, would allot for access to the 360 degree reference eligibility for approval references. Additionally, here's another couple angles on the lekku tattoo design for 360 degree and another up close of the details and greebles of the bracer (especially those metal prongs sticking out the sides). Her bracer seems a lot more rectangular than the Jedi one, with sharper edges and more details, as well as a different "block" setup on the top of it, which you can see in more detail in the image above compared. Here's a side by side to explain better. Each color signifies an area of "difference" between the basic structural shape of the two.

I would advise maybe getting a bit heavier of a surface weather on the armor parts after watching the Deceived and Alderaan videos again. Like, applying a coat of really thinned paint, letting it sit for a bit, and then dabbing to remove with a sponge or microfiber towel to match the weathering in the groves. It doesn't have to be a heavy weather, but so it is consistent in showing the dark areas as weathering vs outlining. Those shoes seem perfect for the task!

For the hood: Yes! Exactly! I'm understanding it as describing the overlap of the draped parts you linked so that it does not end up looking like a black sheet ghost costume coming from your head! I also just realized the image never posted, and my comment made no sense, so here it is! For the belt: Great! Then it should be all set. For the hilt: For events like that, I see no issue of a "ballpark" design for the hilt since the references are not exactly screaming with high quality details for acceptable options like the KOTOR II sabers. While not as terrible as the "vaguely metallic stick with glowy thing coming out of it" files of KOTOR, they are still not perfect.

Boom! There you go. That's got everything you need for it. Now get that sacrifice going to the costume gods that you can find it or something similar!

Based on the belt, I'm assuming this all to be for COTF edition. 1. They never really show the boot details for him in any reference, so as long as you have embellishment-free black boots that reach to at least your mid to upper calf with a normal heel, they should work fine. Most Nihilus I know just use some variation of the jack boot for theirs that are shared with a handful of other costumes in the Legion. 2. On the hood, I am going to go out on a limb and assume it means these parts here circled in red. It is to highlight the fact that even though it is all one part, there needs to be an obvious 'hood' shape that drapes over the cape so that you don't just have a straight piece of fabric going from the crown to the shoulders. 3. Those look fine so long as they stay relatively close against your arm when they are on (no wing flares, no matter how fabulous Nihilus is!). 4. Without seeing the belt on you and how it lays/is proportioned, what you have looks really good! 5. The mask also seems to be really good and matches the higher crown that COTF has vs KOTOR II in the CRL as well as the more pronounced "duck-face selfie" cheekbones the COTF version has against KOTOR II. 6. Maybe one of the Nihilus specialists can chime in here, but as far as the CRL states, any of the KOTOR II or COTF style hilts would work. The one in the link seems a bit too etched and beveled for the smooth casing that the body of the hilt shown in any of the reference images I'm finding.

The sash itself is a fairly rich red, and it appears to have weathering or texturing that causes the mottled pattern. The Glitterbug Crushed Panne seems to create two different effects depending on the light, one being a very reflective surface, and one being more subdued, which actually matches the effect that the reference image shows pretty damn closely with the darker mottled areas. My only concern with this is that it is in the "really shiny" phase more, but maybe dirtying it up a bit will lessen that? Without seeing the fabric hanging loose (which is always nice when you are trying to match drape and movement), The colors of both the first options seem to fall short of the vibrancy and richness of the red necessary, though the second one, just off glance, seems to have a good matching drape effect. the color of the crushed panne with the fluidity of the biking red jet set. You don't want to start too dark with the fabric, but rather chose a richer red (like the reds seen in the background of the first two, but in matching knit style) and then distressing and weathering them to get the darker mottled contrast will get you a closer resemblance.

From what I can see in the comic references, with a little staining and weathering on the boots, this is all coming together very nicely!

These are looking slick!

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Were you just approved with a costume that is eligible for the Flagship Eclipse Detachment? Congrats! Now, have you applied to the Flagship Eclipse Detachment on the 501st forums? You are not automatically made a member of TFE with approval of a TFE-eligible costume, but that is easily fixed! Once you have a registered account here on the TFE forums, you can request Detachment Access by following this link to the 501st and Detachment Access Request page http://www.theflagshipeclipse.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1660-501st-andor-detachment-access-requests/ Follow the directions for your request, and you'll have access to a whole new world of information and Detachment-exclusive areas. If you want to be eligible to vote in any Detachment-specific stuff on the 501st forums (elections, voting, etc), go to 501st.com/forum and after logging in, click on the Membership DB on the left hand menu, click on YOUR PROFILE DATA, and scroll down to the bottom until you get to Your Unit Affiliation. From here, you can apply to TFE along with any other Detachments you have an approved costume for.

You can go here and follow the instructions for requesting access http://www.theflagshipeclipse.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1660-501st-andor-detachment-access-requests/ As soon as it's up I'll check it and get you your proper access!

Having a low zipper like that definitely helps!

Of course! You should be all set up now.

My pleasure, there is a LOT more available to Detachment Members on here that public and 501st do not have access to.

You are listed as a Forum Member, have you applied for TFE on the Legion page? If you are interested in being a member of TFE, you can get the application part done and then post here to get greater access to the forum! http://www.theflagshipeclipse.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1660-501st-andor-detachment-access-requests/