Important Costume Application Information

[Grey Jedi (Donna Keeley)]

A Message From the Rebel Legion Costuming Judges:

Here are some tips for upcoming applicants some to help make your submission go faster and smoother.


1. Submit more than 1 photo.

The best shots are a full (head-toe) front and a full back, which show the details of your costume. If the Legion Costuming Judge cannot see the details and confirm that you have met the requirements, then your application will be put aside while we request and wait for more pictures.

If you take a long time to get us additional photos (more than 2 weeks), then your application will be "dumped" by the system and you'll have to submit a new application. It's a pain for everyone; giving Judges everything they need the first time around is much easier.

Action shots are good for your membership picture, but we really need the boring ones.


2. Choose a plain, solid colored background for your pictures. (Preferably something that contrasts with your outfit colors.)

Pictures with brick walls, rock walls, bushes, trees, wood fences, mulch, grass, polka-dots (I got two with that background ), patterned wallpaper, and/or same/similar colors to your outfit take a lot longer to Photoshop. It breaks my heart to see a really great costume be "butchered" in the background deletion process because of all the little, nitty, irritating pieces that need to be removed so that you can be "placed" in one of our backgrounds from the movies.

An Endor Trooper may look great in the backyard, but that means the LCJ has to spend even more time to remove all those elements so that we can put in an actual image from Endor behind you.

Think "greenscreen" and don't worry about the background details; plain is good.


3. BE PATIENT.

LCJs have a life outside of RL and sometimes we can't get to your application as fast as we would like. The LMO requests that we process applications within two weeks of it being submitted. That may mean that people who submit at the beginning of the window may wait longer than those who submit at the end. We tend to do applications in batches.


4. Accept the LCJ's decision.

It has been a long process to upgrade the costuming standards for this club. Just because "that guy" got in with an inferior costume doesn't mean you can. "That guy" may have joined back in 2002 when the standards were less strict and his profile hasn't been updated/edited yet.

The standards are the standards. You need to read them and follow them. If you have questions then ask the LCJ for that costuming category before submitting your application; they should be able to give you the information you need.

The costuming forums (Pilot, Jedi, Rebel Troopers, Royalty/Senatorial, etc.) are there for YOU. There is a TON of good information in there. Use the Search function on this board to find discussions on specific items.

If you are still unhappy about the decision, then you can go to the Legion Membership Officer and request a review.


Thank you for listening and I hope your upcoming applications go smoothly.
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[Schph Gochi (Phyllis Schulte)]

Just wanted to interject a few other points from the judging team before I exit the office of LMO.

As a very long time judge, I can assure you all that the amount of applications entering the queue has probably quadrupled in the last year. Where that is good for the RL, it is also a daunting task for the Costume Judges to keep up with. We have added additional judges, but finding good quality judges who not only know a wide variety of costumes, but also a number of costuming "disciplines" is not easy.

Also, applicants make things more time consuming and difficult when they do not follow the instructions for submission of photos.

We get photo links that don't work. You can not link photos from Facebook, or your computer, or from a private album. You must use an on line photo hosting website and use a direct link and NOT an image link and the album must be public.

We get inadequate amounts of photos. In addition to your "action shot" that gets Photoshopped and ends up in your profile..we also require additional photo links.... minimum is front, back and both sides. It helps to provide additional close up photos of important pieces of the costume-submit as many additional photo links as you can.

We get photos that are so small in pixel size or look like they were taken from across the street and you can't make out anything. Please take photos using higher settings on your camera and take close up photos.

In the area of the application that says Character/Costume Description - we get all sorts of "back stories" on your character but no information we can actually use. Sorry to tell you that most judges don't read those backstories, we are looking for information on the costume construction like fabric type or a listing of optional items on your costume...etc.

As noted by Donna, just because a costume was approved in the past, does not mean it will get approved now. Read the current costume standard carefully. Standards change as new information comes to light.

And...
for the love of Yoda...

when a costume judge sends you an e-mail with questions or requests for additional photos...PLEASE ANSWER THEM ASAP....we have costume applications languishing in the queue waiting for responses from the applicant. Please be considerate and answer the judge within a day or two. For example if they are requesting additional photos that you do not have...at least let the judge know you have gotten their message and will take the new photos. We get too many applicants who don't bother to reply to the e-mail at all. As Donna noted, we are real people with real lives outside of the Rebel Legion and we honestly don't have the time to chase you down for additional photos or information.
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[TriumphFX ()]

I submitted an application a few weeks ago. I've heard no news. How soon can I expect an answer?

[Schph Gochi (Phyllis Schulte)]

[Amon-Chakay (Unai Urbieta)]

As you said if everybody followed the instruccions for applications it would be easyer abd faster for you judges.

For example I submited the minimun photos (back, front and both sides), actions shot, belt and accesories, saber, boots, and also a close photo of my upper body showing my inner tunic.

All that with a plain background that had a contrast with my colors.

I lacked the part of the back story

But, with all that done correctly my costume was aproved formal/canon in 3 days.

Now I have some friends that are sewing theyr costumes, and as soon as tehy finish i'll tell them how to make the aplication correctly
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[Toddo ()]

I submitted two costumes on Nov 25th or 26th, but I have not heard anything yet. Can you confirm that my submissions were received?

Thanks

[Schph Gochi (Phyllis Schulte)]

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[Schph Gochi (Phyllis Schulte)]

sometimes the system is soooooooo slow ...
so..just give it time to accept your application...
don't hit submit a second time...that just makes matters worse..



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[AlTJediKnight70BBY ()]

Hi, My name is Al T, and I would like to submit a generic Jedi application. I am wearing a Ki Adi Mundi style surcoat. What must I do to enter my pics to the RL site? I am a new (or shall I say, re-instated) member to the RL. Please let me know, May The Force Be With You.

Al T Jedi 70BBY
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[Schph Gochi (Phyllis Schulte)]

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[Grey Jedi (Donna Keeley)]

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