Great Lakes Garrison & Base

I'm in the process of getting everything I need for my officers uniform what's the easiest way of making my own uniform?

What kind of fabric and is there a private rank ?

What's an easy blaster to build and how?

Check out the Imperial Officers detachment

http://www.imperialofficer.com

And the CRLs

http://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:IOC_CRL