Starting an ROTS Guard
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2020 3:01 am
Greetings!
I'm in the process of starting a Royal Guard and I'm definitely leaning towards ROTS as I like the red leather gloves and I can wear black leather boots (Size 13-14 US, depending on the cut.)
I've been in the Legion since 2006 and I've done all manner of costumes, seen CRL's change and get updated. I wanted to ask some questions about things I already have or suppliers I've already worked with.
So for boots, the CRL says that the black boots with a pointed toe, where as some people talk about using jack boots, which usually do not. Is there a prevailing middle ground? I can imagine that some people with wide feet may not be able to tolerate a pointed toe boot for long while trooping.
I have soviet jack boots that have been previously approved from my Navy Trooper/ANH TIE Pilot and if I can use those, that would be great. But they're a jack boot, not a pointed toe.
The other questions is about gloves. Navy Troopers and TIE Pilots wear gauntlet style gloves and I bought a leather mystics pair, simply because they look great and aren't that expensive. I noticed that leather mystics also makes the same gloves in red leather.
http://www.leathermystics.com/gauntlets/gauntlets.html (If you scroll down the page, you'll see them.)
Now while I don't own red gloves atm, I do like this supplier and was curious if their gloves would be approvable. From the description on the CRL, they seem to fit the bill and for $25, I can't lose. I've read about people being approved wearing them in the past, but I'm curious if anyone knows anything otherwise.
So far, I have a helmet in the mail and a force pike being made from a pool cue under construction. Thanks for reading!
I'm in the process of starting a Royal Guard and I'm definitely leaning towards ROTS as I like the red leather gloves and I can wear black leather boots (Size 13-14 US, depending on the cut.)
I've been in the Legion since 2006 and I've done all manner of costumes, seen CRL's change and get updated. I wanted to ask some questions about things I already have or suppliers I've already worked with.
So for boots, the CRL says that the black boots with a pointed toe, where as some people talk about using jack boots, which usually do not. Is there a prevailing middle ground? I can imagine that some people with wide feet may not be able to tolerate a pointed toe boot for long while trooping.
I have soviet jack boots that have been previously approved from my Navy Trooper/ANH TIE Pilot and if I can use those, that would be great. But they're a jack boot, not a pointed toe.
The other questions is about gloves. Navy Troopers and TIE Pilots wear gauntlet style gloves and I bought a leather mystics pair, simply because they look great and aren't that expensive. I noticed that leather mystics also makes the same gloves in red leather.
http://www.leathermystics.com/gauntlets/gauntlets.html (If you scroll down the page, you'll see them.)
Now while I don't own red gloves atm, I do like this supplier and was curious if their gloves would be approvable. From the description on the CRL, they seem to fit the bill and for $25, I can't lose. I've read about people being approved wearing them in the past, but I'm curious if anyone knows anything otherwise.
So far, I have a helmet in the mail and a force pike being made from a pool cue under construction. Thanks for reading!