crumdum
Active Hunter
Does this Major have influence over the 501st Garrison when it come to their apporval? so he is part of the 501st in that sense? I just don't want to cause arguments on two different fourms and act as the middle man
All I can ascertain from the 501st UK garrison is for their approval it's your ROTJ hero and ESB lid with added damage and that's the standard they are looking for a good base line SE version. I seen the damaged jetpack version and extra weathering here and there, and to me and it's all a bit to damaged looking almost like it's gone beyond somethings that is widely recognizable.
That said I will join the BHG and ask a few questions, see what feedback I get and advice
Many thanks Crumdum
Let me help you understand some 501st information. Major (real name Robert) is the Detachment Leader of the Bounty Hunters guild. His handle on TDH and the bounty hunters guild is amazingly Major, hence why I used the name. Detachment Leaders are responsible for maintaining and developing CRLS for costumes that fall within their detachments area.
For costume approval, at a local level (aka UK garrison) the local GML can ONLY approve costumes that are fully complete. Of the costumes CRL's currently listed on the 501st website, only about 10 to 15% of them are complete (aka green). The ONLY Boba Fett costume that is listed as "complete" is the ESB version, and there are updates that should be applied to that costume as well. Every other version of the Boba Fett (there are 7 other 501st recognized versions) is partially complete or incomplete currently (Yellow or white). A Yellow or white costume requires input from the LMO (Legion Membership Officer) and DL (Detachment Leader) for approval. Basically, until the CRL is green Major has a part in your 501st costume approval process. Any approval of costumes beyond the tier 1 level is also done strictly at the detachment leader level (again approved by Major).
I hope this clarifies how the process works as it can be confusing from an outsider perspective. Major's main focus in the detachment is updating and completing outdated CRLS which are rampant within the detachment currently. I know he is focused specifically on sorting out the issues on the RoTJ SE as there really are two different costumes there...the promo shot version and film shot version (two versions for one costume).
To give you an example, the 501st site currently under RoTJ lists the side belt pouches as beige when the detachment lists those pouches (correctly) as khaki in color. People who are dying their pouches beige before the switch (which is hopefully coming soon) will not be approved when the RoTJ costume CRL completes.