Finally Upgrading
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2020 12:44 pm
Hey all!
I've had my Guard for about 10 years now? I put it together shortly after the CRLs changed, so it was never approved. I've used it for the local club I'm in because while it doesn't pass 501st standards, it's still a damn good looking costume. However, I decided to finally upgrade it to meet the CRLs and officially join the detachment. I'm a member of the Officer Corps, but I've had this costume for so long, I figured it was time. A friend of mine locally is part of the detachment, but his costume was approved before the CRLs were updated, so he decided to upgrade his costume as well. So we decided to have ours match, because we will rarely do troops that we're not both on.
We decided on this for the outer robes
https://www.fabric.com/buy/0416182/kauf ... en-scarlet
And this for the inner robes
https://www.onlinefabricstore.net/burgu ... abric-.htm
We both have black boots from other costumes, and another friend took my old helmet that needed repairs, made it wider and taller and is recasting it. So hopefully after COVID is gone, I can get the fabric to our seamstress and get two new costumes up and running.
I've had my Guard for about 10 years now? I put it together shortly after the CRLs changed, so it was never approved. I've used it for the local club I'm in because while it doesn't pass 501st standards, it's still a damn good looking costume. However, I decided to finally upgrade it to meet the CRLs and officially join the detachment. I'm a member of the Officer Corps, but I've had this costume for so long, I figured it was time. A friend of mine locally is part of the detachment, but his costume was approved before the CRLs were updated, so he decided to upgrade his costume as well. So we decided to have ours match, because we will rarely do troops that we're not both on.
We decided on this for the outer robes
https://www.fabric.com/buy/0416182/kauf ... en-scarlet
And this for the inner robes
https://www.onlinefabricstore.net/burgu ... abric-.htm
We both have black boots from other costumes, and another friend took my old helmet that needed repairs, made it wider and taller and is recasting it. So hopefully after COVID is gone, I can get the fabric to our seamstress and get two new costumes up and running.