I was told there was issues with those pieces, I was told they were waiting to see if there was any more feedback, and now by this point I have been given the same notes you have now posted here regarding Drape and Length of those pieces. Perhaps I worded that post too antagonistically or aggressively to vent some, but that was sort of how I felt at the time, frustrated and let down.
I will look into hemming up the bottom of the cape. I can probably wear the skirt a little higher to bring it up off the ground, but I can get it hemmed up as well. The Tunic does have padding, but perhaps not enough, so I can add more. It’s just at this point I’m not sure when I will have the time to get around to those mods due to an upcoming schedule full of 12 hour shifts, but when I do I will send the images along to my GML to be sent up the chain for approval, after posting and waiting for feedback here first.
I have a member in my area who only has a Nihilus, so I knew and respected that I would probably never get much of chance to wear it to Official 501st Events. It’s the same with my Kylo and my Boba. I have a Scout and a TK so I can pretty much always wear either of those two and I’m happy to let someone else who only has the Face Character do it since I can do a Trooper and I never want to be the reason that another can attend an event. In non-pandemic years Boba and Kylo each only got 1 Troop and I knew it was going to be the same with Nihilus, if not even less. So, in a way that means I almost didn’t have to go for Approval for this Costume, since I was really only going to wear it at Cons or Halloween, and rarely at best for 501st events. But I wanted to go for approval anyway because I love the Character and the Costume and I wanted to contribute and be involved. I have always been one to recommend to our local recruits and potential members to always go to the Detachment of their prospective costume. Sure, get feedback from local members, but at the end of the day go to the detachment and engage with them, and to not rely on one of the wide variety of unaffiliated or loosely affiliated Facebook Groups even if they feel more convenient. I love the detachment system and the sense of camaraderie I have seen in many of the other Detachments I have been involved with over my time in the 501st.
And then it felt like there was nothing to be involved with here due to the lack of engagement. Even when it was recommended to me to reach directly out to members of Staff via PM to get feedback before submitting, due to it being December and encroaching on the Holidays, when I visited several Staff profiles to send a PM I saw that they had not logged onto the Forums in Weeks, or Months even. Which felt little bit more than just Holiday distraction, and at that point I felt like even sending a PM would not get a response, so I went ahead and submitted what I thought looked like the examples of several other members here who had been approved and I got kicked back. Which always sucks and I am sure we all know always tends to make prospective and even current members feel a little put off, but doubly so when you now know it is things that could I have been easily caught when asking for Feedback, but I know I also rushed things due to my excitement for the costume and finally fitting getting my pictures taken into my schedule. Had I been more patient I would not have wasted my GML’s time as well as the time of the LMO and the Detachment Staff.