Working on approval

PM me a link and when I get home Ill check it out. On a Gov computer no bay here lol

Just sitting on the couch watching some Olympics, making some ammo pouches, no big deal. Pretty much using the batninja method, minus the wooden blocks, instead I cut out some cardboard and stacked them together- much easier than having to combine woodshop skills into the mix (especially since I do almost all my work in the living room lol) Still light weight and sturdy, hopefully Ill have a finished product before the weekend is up.

12 pouch SE Fett belt done, for now, a few details still to add (mostly the grommets, have to wait till Mon to pick them up), but other than that, major building done. Im actually quite impressed with how straight I was able to sew the pouch straps lol, I am no tailor thats for sure lol, but they turned out well. Next time I may try to get the seams closer to the edge a bit. But Im happy for now.

Another round of full dress pics with the latest improvements. Im happy, I can actually see me becoming a better Fett in the process. (I still have work to do on the jet pack but that will have to wait until after I get back to the states and can set up shop.)

OK so how do you feel about dying the flightsuit next? Like take a color stripper and then dying it? You are on the right path though...did stormrider get back to you?

I'm loving your progress!

Small suggestion though, for your photography.

Is the cloth you're using for your background long enough for you to flatten it out and stand on it?

Also, tell your wife to turn off the flash on her camera, and try to light the room a little better using any other lights you have. Built-in flash ruins most pictures, by making funny light and harsh shadows.

You suit is looking great! Please keep up the good work!

I want to clean up your pics, but that part is killing it.

4 Real, no he didnt get back to me yet, still working on getting a blaster, and I swear the suit looks good, its the camera making it look so light lol and Rubio: 1. no the sheet is not long enough lol, its just a bed sheet, and I know the camera flash is throwing everything off, but the lights here in Italy are very weird (some power saving bulbs that take forever to turn on), and do not give off enough light to properly take decent pics, so Im stuck with the flash for now, at least until I get back to the states (which I should know when very soon now! I only hope its in time to make CVI, the clock is ticking) Ill do my best for cleaner pics next full dress rehearsal, after I get back home. I also sent these to the GML, with the corrections he said had to be made for approval which were: Ammo belt, girth belt, general dirtying, spat and side pouch color and raising the belts just a bit. So with those things, plus a few other improvements, I sit here with fingers crossed waiting for a reply. Any other minor improvements I can make before I move will be posted with a quickness.
Thanks for the encouragement, I feel my Fett gets better every time I put it on. (just wish I had a mannequin so I could see it all with out having to put it all on lol)

Where you headed from Italia? I leave Korea in 90 days!

Gotcha. If you want to take any more pics of the suit while you're in Italy, then try this:

With the flash deployed, hold/tape something very thin over the flash (a few layers of tissue paper/kleenex/even toilet paper). This will diffuse the harshness of the flash and give off light that is just as bright, but much more evenly spread i.e. no harsh shadows.

Just a simple suggestion!

Im on assignment for recruiting, Im trying to get Florida, where Im from and near family (CVI is a bonus) but Ive been held up on paper work, should have been stateside last month. Every time I get one thing fixed another thing goes wrong. But I should have ironed out all the wrinkles as of earlier today, and hopefully will know where and when Im going by the end of the week, and hopefully that gets me out of here in the next 2-3 weeks. Where are you headed from Korea?

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thanks for the tip rubio, I might try that, but if all goes smoothly from here ill be packing up the Fett very soon for the trip home, but I will keep that in mind.

Hey bud! Great progress so far! Some things to consider (though I'm not taking out of screen accuracy so take with it what you will )

1.) The jumpsuit looks dirtier, that's great! I wish you would weather the tan pouches too!

2.) I think you should considering weathering the back calves and thighs of the flightsuit. There is no armor or much of anything else to see from the back. It makes a world of difference visually to see even a bit of dirt to liven up the rear of the "composition" that is Fett.

3.) whatever weather method you use on the flightsuit, use on the armor as well (subtle like). Screen accuracy aside, it makes no sense for the flight suit to be slung around in dirt (brown) and for the armor not to be (no brown). I'm not suggesting smearing it on there but some flicked specs even of dirt color here and there would help bleed everything together.

Other than that though I love the work. Keep it up!

Thanks for the input archaster, Ive actually left the back of my legs clean in case I have to sit on furniture or someones car lol, I just bought a new car last year and Im a stickler for keeping it clean so I actually though ahead on that one, Ill work on the pouches a bit more, but the whole of the suit and armor is weathered and dirty, It shows up best in the pics on the knees and shoulder bells, the flash on my camera is just drowning too much stuff out right now.

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But some good news, I heard back from the GML, got a thumbs up and I am moving forward with the application process!!!