http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/waterlilly/fma/11055906576777se.jpg

That's the only official image of him in a uniform... and that's Armstrong's. xD;

X3 hmm...this makes me wonder if the color bars are a denotation of rank...because, if they were, Ed and Armstrong's bars would technically be the same...

I hereby declare Ed the Cutest Li'l Cosplayer of Them All.

He looks like a kid playing dress-up ^ ^

The only official art of Edward wearing any form of military uniform is the trading card artwork of Edward wearing Armstrong's oversized uniform top and saluting, looking cute.

But 90% of Edward-in-Uniform artwork is from Blue Bird's Illusion, or fanart.

Do you, by chance, have a link to any of the Blue Bird's Illusion art? I'm just wondering if they've paid attention to little details like the color bars >.>

If you look here, you can find screencaps for Ed's uniform. The creators have NOT given him a visible colorbar, even though he has been promoted to Colonel in the video game.

Oh, and it seems that the post if friend's-locked. >.> You're going to have to join blubrdsillusion to see most of the screenshots in their memories.

*is, of course. Not if.

Errrrrrrrr, no I don't... all I know is from what people post in icons or screencaps from Bluebirds Illusoion.

FACTOID: Bluebird's Illusion is a CHINESE FANGAME. It is not official canon in any form!... Just felt like pointing it out... cuz then it'd get messy if you started arguing that it was canon when it's really fanon... x.x;;;

Yeah, I know it'd be a bit hard to find official images of him in the uniform, but if the fan-stuffs is pretty accurate in terms of details and stuff, then I'd be willing to use it.

No...what she's saying is that there aren't any official images of him in the uniform. All we've got are him dressing up in Armstrong's, because Bluebird's Illusion is a fangame. So there's no way for the fanstuffs to be "accurate" - they're doing as much guessing as you are.

His rank, of course, would be Major - so Armstrong's epaulettes (shoulder ranks) will be the same. However the colorbar is a mystery; in real militaries those are often awarded based on your training/department/awards (depending on a few factors) so Ed's wouldn't necessarily be the same. Best way to find out would be to compare Armstrong's colorbar to other Majors.

I always wanted to know too, I don't know the right decorations to give him for the colorbar thing when drawing him in uniform :(

Even if you're interested in how Bluebird's Illusion dresses Ed up, it wouldn't be "accurate" because they chose to gave him an ordinary white colour bar for convenience.

You might already know what I'm about to link, but...

http://fullmetalalchemist.info/military.html

Contains large images of color bars for each rank. All you need to know from here is his official ranking. According to the factbook at http://www.fullmetal-alchemist.com/ Ed (and most other alchemists) is ranked as a Major.

And -I'm- going to link http://www.storms-end.com/cosplay/hagaren_uniforms/

They have the bars there and everything. Ed would be a major, same as Armstrong :)