This sounds great to me. I was thinking of doing a Tusken in the
future. Besides, I don't check out the main Rebel Legion websites as
often as I should.

I assume my wampa which was approved by the Rebel Legion would also be
included in your new group? Along with any others?

Thanx,

Jay

--- In wookiee@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Pfingsten" <gotwookiee@...> wrote:
>
> I've just approved three new members today and I figure it's time to
> announce my plans for the future of the Wookiee Costuming Yahoo
group, which
> I founded and run in case anyone was not aware of that.
>
> As some of you know I am a member of the Rebel Legion, a former
member of
> the RL Council, and I am currently the Wookiee Costume Rep. which
means I
> process all membership applications for Wookiee costumers. I also
wrote the
> current Wookiee costuming standards (club requirements for Wookiee
> costumes): <http://rebellegion.org/about_standards.php?id=8875>.
>
> I am also finishing my mechanical Chewie mask and plan on building an
> Admiral Ackbar suit for my dad (who is also a member) and a Kit
Fisto for a
> friend of mine.
>
> Therefore, I have decided to form an Alien Detachment within the Rebel
> Legion. Detachments are sub-groups focused on a particular group of
> costumes. They aren't like Bases or Garrisons in that they have no real
> authority within the club, although Legion Costume Reps are
recommended by
> the detachments and in practice detachments have a a great deal of
influence
> over the club standards for their costumes.
> Detachments are basically groups to learn about making certain types of
> costumes and share/get advice and post progress updates. In other words,
> it's kind of like this yahoo group. However, detachments also have a
logo
> and a cool name, and get to make club merchandise like patches, shirts,
> trading cards, etc.
> Detachments are explained in greater detail in the Rebel Legion Club
> Charter: <http://rebellegion.org/about_charter.php#5>.
>
> As you have probably guessed, my plan with this group is to merge it
with
> this proposed Alien Detachment. However, the Legion charter requires 20
> interested members with the appropriate costumes to sign-up. Right
now we
> have 10 with two or three others who are working on alien costumes.
I figure
> we have enough active Wookiees here who are members to get interest
up to
> meet the requirements. If you are interested, please swing by the
discussion
> thread on the Rebel Legion forums: <
> http://rebellegion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10114>. It's on a
members' only
> forum (Rebel Briefing) so you'll have to join the Legion to sign-up: <
> http://rebellegion.com/join.asp>
>
> I plan on filling out the detachment application soon and actively
> developing the detachment website after the first of the year. Some
of the
> features of the website would be:
>
> - Discussion forums. There will be a number of forums, some private,
> most public. Those relating to costume construction will be public so
> newbies can get info, ask questions, and get advice. There will
be a Wookiee
> forum to replace this yahoo group. The old posts will be
transfered. I don't
> plan on pruning the forums so advice will always be around unlike
here where
> the old messages are deleted.
> - Private forums will include For Sale/Trade forums which will be
> restricted to Rebel Legion members only for obvious reasons.
Detachment
> related issues like standards, charters, sub-units, and so forth
will be
> discussed in private forums accessible only to detachments members.
> - The forum will support attachments so people can post pictures of
> their projects with their posts, rather than having to host them in a
> separate gallery and then link to them like they do here.
> - A gallery application like Gallery2 or Coppermine will be
hosted and
> Legion members may post pictures in it. Video might be allowed
too. No real
> limits on how much can be posted although some limits would be
added if we
> began to approach the limits allowed by the webhost (several
GB's). Much
> better than Yahoo's 100mb limit.
> - Project blogs. Anyone actively working on an alien costume project
> may be granted a project blog where they can post pictures and
updates on
> their progress. A lot of folks on the RPF start project blogs and
I think
> this is a good idea.
> - Costume Information Page's: Pages like my Chewie Costuming
Resources
> page for other costumes. These aren't true tutorials but they are
kind of
> like Super FAQ's and contain lots of information as well as links to
> tutorials, forums, and other resources.
> - Tutorials section: Tutorials for alien costuming. Includes
tutorials
> hosted on the detachment site as well as links to tutorials hosted
> elsewhere.
>
> The detachment will cover all non-human costumes except for droids.
I think
> the three main areas of interest will be Wookiees, Twi'Lek's, and
Tuskens
> and Jawas.
>
> Once the alien detachment is up and running I plan on transferring this
> group's posts and picture gallery content to the detachment website.
I'll
> also move the Chewie Costuming Resources page to the detachment website.
>
> --
> Matt Pfingsten
> GotWookiee.com
> MightyWookiee.com
> TuxFilms.com
>