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NEW Detachment Leader Merchandise Officer Hall of Fame FISD Meme's Around the Detachment Vader's Valkyries INFORMATION & AWARD PROGRAMS FISD Tri-Fold Brochure Common FISD Acronyms and TK Glossary Pre Approval Forum 3D Section Field Exercise Award Imperial Attaché Program Master Armorer Award Fire Teams EIB & Centurion: What do these terms mean? Need Help Ask the Deployment Officers Advance to 1500 Advanced Tactics Awards Newsletter Editor Staff List 2023 Follow FISD Greetings troopers, Another month in the books. This one has been a bit chaotic for me with Darth Life rearing their unwanted head. Though on the plus side I did finally make the first cuts on my TLJ build. With all the recent work on CRLs for Captain Enoch and the Imperial Commando, we noticed that the old CRL header did not really make sense anymore. This month with some help from the Legion Membership Office (LMO) we updated the header which means we updated all our CRLs! This also meant we updated all of the original trilogy kit based CRLs to add back some items removed from the header. The key points to note: Standards have not changed. The header is now more generic and suited to all of our CRLs. With the rise of modern suits we have clarified what is not acceptable as a build material, and that all 3D printed items must be smooth and not show visible print lines. Only Original Trilogy suits will show the rules about Rubies and FX armour. Please do make sure you check out the updates and if you have any questions please let us know. https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:FISD_CRL Another key milestone this month is the reveal of the new Valkyries logo. We had a lot of great input and the quality of the entries was high. The final design is a great representation of the ladies of our detachment and something I look forward to seeing more of, and more of you who it represents. Make sure you read on to see the design if you've not yet seen it. With the summer now upon us for the majority of us, troop counts will be peaking. Make sure you get out and enjoy your armour at least once. Though remember to look after your self and keep hydrated. A stormtrooper might be the coolest thing in the legion but it won't stop you passing out in the heat if you do not look after your self. With Unquestioned Loyalty Chris Pearson TK-10991 "themaninthesuitcase" Detachment Leader Merch Update Time Old Business I still have a number of these coins available. To be eligible, you have to have an approved EI costume and you can not have ever bought an EIB coin. EIB coins are a once and done coin. If you have this one and would prefer one of the older versions, I may have an option for you so please dm me. EIB v11 coin run is open FOTK patch increase was finally approved. I've extended the run to 22 July. see the link below for more info. 2024 FOTK Patch Run We are now offering Armorer rockers to those that meet the level 2 armorer. More info can be found here Armorer thread. Racing Shirts are in production after some update were made to the design. I expect to have an update on them before the end of the month. All updates will be posted in the sales thread. Racing Shirts New Business There will be a new FISD coin run starting after the FOTK patch run is complete. Please follow Detachment Merchandise Only forum to get notification when it post. More than likely by the 29th of July. With Unquestioned Loyalty James Silvius TK-12953 "jsilvius" Merchandise & Branding Officer Roxy want cuddles! I think? Please welcome for the second time, TK-17032 to the Stormtrooper Hall of Fame, June 2024! @Wompet Troop log can be found here. Congrats again Gary! Very close to that sweet badge! Other HOF recipients can be found here. With Unquestioned Loyalty Jonatan Östling TK-23592 "Nairy" Attaché Ambassador You can find the full meme thread here Trading Card Archives For those with FISD detachment trading cards please consider sending two to Paul @Daetrin keeper of our detachment archives. Address and more info here With Unquestioned Loyalty Paul Hoeffer TK-8020 "Daetrin" Detachment Founder Keeper of Archives The Valkyries have a logo! We are proud to announce that our Vader's Valkyries now have their own logo! FISD member @HOBBIT has won the design contest, he created the beautiful logo below- it captures both the Valkyries idea and our FISD spirit perfectly. Thank you @HOBBIT and the other contestants for your ideas and support in this! For anyone who missed them you can see submitted designs in this thread With Unquestioned Loyalty Vicky Mandlmaier TK-50893 "Vicky_Velocipanda" Special Unit Director-Valkyries (DPRO) INFORMATION & AWARD PROGRAMS For a full list of FISD awards programs head here. *Now Available in Swedish* Want to spread the word about FISD?, you can with our FISD Tri-Fold Brochure. Originally these were done in a limited run by the member who created them, but nowadays, we have moved this to a print your own service making them accessible to all countries around the globe. Files are available to all full 501st members on request by contacting our DL Chris @themaninthesuitcase you can find more info here Currently Available languages: English - Spanish - German - Swedish Are you new to the FISD and wondering what the heck all those abbreviations and strange sounding terms mean? To help you @justjoseph63 has started a list of the most commonly used ones that will give you some insight. If you have ANY questions about a particular term that is not listed or suggestions for new ones please contact Joseph. You can find the list here. Pre Approval Forum allows future Troopers the opportunity to submit photos of their completed build to be reviewed by the Staff, Imperial Attaches and others in preparation for forwarding it to their GML for approval. Any and all advice/suggestions given will be specific, constructive, helpful and respectful. Please note that this program will NOT take the place of your local GML, as Detachments are not chartered for costume approval and can not override a GMLs decision, but is instead a peer review program designed to help you look your best and offer guidance and positive feedback. For more information on this program, please visit the link here. Don't forget to visit our 3D section when next surfing the FISD forums, there is plenty of useful information to potentially help you on your next TK adventure. You might be feeling may generous and share with our community a new TK related 3D file and maybe win yourself a 3D contributors award so check out the details below and be part of the in house 3D community. Here is a link to the FISD 3D Contributor program. Don't forget to create a troop log here on FISD and get awarded for your adventures The list of accomplished troopers keeps growing, so get on board and register your troops today Simply start (or update!) your troop log, keep the running total in the title, and post (at least!) a date and name for the official 501st event where you wore your TK! Once you've hit a milestone count, go over to the "Field Exercise Awards -- Post your milestones here" thread to request your profile be updated! Simple, right? Also if you would like your troop photos shared on our social media channels please add the following to the first post of your FISD troop log: I give permission for FISD to repost my photos on social media in an appropriate fashion. Award Recipients June - July TK-12331 "michael.trunko" Michael - - - - - - TK-23454 "Coolajxl" Eric - - - - - - TK-87665 "Stardust665" Angie - - - - - - TK-18910 "Tee-Kay Fisto" Brian - - - - - - TK-62000 "scottdm62" Scott - - - - - - TK-20177 "Cybergrunt" Bill Are you an approved TK that spends more time on the boards than the average Trooper? Do you enjoy using your knowledge to help out future and existing Troopers? If so, we would like to invite you to join the Imperial Attaché program! Members of the I.A. team are chosen to help out not only those here on the boards, but on a local level as well. Our aim is to have at least one in each and every Garrison, Squad and Outpost in the entire legion to be the eyes and ears of the FISD on a local level. If you are a 501st approved Trooper who wishes to join the ranks of the Attachés, please get in touch with me and/or visit: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/15252-fisd-attaché-program/ For a complete list of Imperial Attaches, go here. Some of the benefits include: Access to exclusive Attaché merch, including patches. You may also be in the running for an Imperial Attaché Award. An award for those attaché's who have gone above and beyond [minimum 1 year of service]. You can find a list of prior recipients here. Imperial Attaché patch Imperial Attaché Rocker Imperial Attaché Outstanding Achievement Award With Unquestioned Loyalty Jonatan Östling TK-23592 "Nairy" Attaché Ambassador Master Armorer Program - 2024 Relaunch FISD has many wonderful programs to help members build and submit costumes for our detachment, whether it be a classic Stormtrooper, a First Order Stormtrooper, or even one of the new Imperial Armored Commandos. While our Expect Infantry and Centurion programs get most of the attention, FISD staff wants to relaunch the Armorer Program (Currently called the Master Armorer Program). What is the Armorer Program you ask? Well, it is a program designed to recognize those troopers that go above and beyond to assist themselves and others in getting costumes built, submitted, and approved. One of the goals of all the detachments in the 501st Legion is to help members build and submit costumes that meet and hopefully exceed the minimum requirements of the Legion’s CRLs. Currently the Master Armorer program has the requirement of helping a minimum of 5 members achieve Expert Infantry status. The member must have spent at least 30min physically helping another member with cutting, gluing, sizing, etc, just because they want to help (no money exchanged). The definition of an armorer is “a maker, supplier, or repairer of weapons or armor”. So while we certainly love the feedback that members provide to others on the forums, and the extra steps some do by having video calls to help walk people through issues with their builds, this program requires hands on work. The new program will have the same physical help requirement, but we are going to move from a “wins” system, (where a win was help an individual for 30 min or more) to a points system, and we aren’t limiting it to only Expert Infantry builds. While we are pushing the Advance to 1500 to try and achieve 1500 Expert Infantry members, we recognize that the goal of the detachment is to get FISD members build, submitted, and approved. So we will be awarding points for Basic builds as well. Currently there are 3 levels of the award, FISD Armorer, FISD Senior Armorer and FISD Master Armorer. The new program will add a 4th level at the beginning called the Apprentice Armorer. The point scale will be as follows. 5 points - Apprentice Armorer 10 points - Armorer 20 points - Senior Armorer 30 points - Master Armorer The Armorer candidate would earn points based on what level the member costume they assisted with achieved. If you help with a basic build, you get 1 point, if you help with a EIB build you get 2 points. So a person to basic you get a point, help them again to get their EIB earning another 2 to a total of 3. The thought again here is that we want to help build as many stormtroopers as possible. If you love building armorer and love helping fellow members get their costumes built, then this is the program you’ve been searching for. We look forward to awarding more members with this award as we know how much we all love Troopers helping Troopers. More information can be found here Armorer Rocker Patches Rocker patches are now available for the Armorer Program, there is currently just the one patch, and members are eligible to receive two of them once they reach Level 2, "Armorer". More information can be found here Want to setup a "Fire Team? the Fire Team program is completely optional, and is intended to help form a common identity and spirit of camaraderie among 501st Legion Stormtroopers in the same geographic area/garrison that troop together. Fire Teams are not officially recognized by the 501st Legion nor the FISD, although they will be able to access a Fire Team sub-forum on the detachment website. You can find more information here. Let's all give a warm FISD welcome to our 77th Fire Team: Name: Imperial Marines Region: Southern California Garrison Logo: To Follow For those interested here is the original discussion on the creation of Fire teams here With Unquestioned Loyalty Mark Ryner TK-4584 "captsafe66" Fire Team Relations So what exactly are and levels? These programs were designed for those who choose to take their armor above and beyond the minimum requirements for basic 501st Legion approval. It gives you the chance to show a level of dedication and pride that takes your armor closer to being as "screen accurate" as possible, without as much extra work as you may realize! You can find more information on the programs here. For those unaware it is possible to achieve extra awards at Expert Infantry for each additional version costume you have approved, additional awards are not issued with another Expert Infantry number (you are only issued 1 Expert Infantry number) but you will see a star above the award on your profile and the thread title will show [APPROVED] 2nd, [APPROVED] 3rd, [APPROVED] 4th and so on. Multiple EIB award recipients and info here NOTE If you are approved with a "2nd Version" of a particular costume that you are already approved with you do not receive an additional award, there is only 1 award issued for each costume version ie: only 1 x Hero, 1 x Stunt, 1 x HWT, 1 x ESB, 1 x TFA and so on. If you have a second/additional version costume approved you will see "2nd Version" and [APPROVED] added to the thread title, no additional profile stars (more info on profile awards here) For those of you who have a particular issue (or issues) before or after submitting for Expert Infantry / Centurion level approval, in order to get you an answer faster you can now privately contact the entire Deployment Officer team at one time! Questions about fitting, repairs, CRL standards/requirements or anything pertaining to reaching Levels 2 and 3 are not only welcomed, but encouraged. Keep in mind that no question is too small, and that your queries will only be seen by the D.O. Staff. We are here to help in any way we can, so please feel free to send us a message by clicking on this link: @Deployment Officer Team and we will get back to you A.S.A.P.! The 1500 unquestioned loyalty! This area lists all those who have gone above and beyond basic approval toward screen accuracy and obtained EIB or Centurion or both. FOR June - July the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment would like to congratulate the following. Expert Infantry Badge Award: Dan "KaiserintheHood" TK80419 EIB 2nd Approved GREAT job on your approval, now on to Level 3! Request your free EIB certificate here. You can find a list of multiple award recipients here. Multiple EIB award info here Expert Infantry Honor Gallery here --------------------------------------------------------------- Centurion Badge Award: John "JBar" TK91213 Centurion 532 Outstanding job on reaching Centurion Request your free Centurion certificate here. You can find a list of multiple award recipients here. If you see any of these Troopers around your Garrison or Squad, be sure to congratulate them! I'm always on the look out for interesting stories or posts, please drop me a message if you have anything of interest. For anyone interested in having a look through any of the older newsletters they can find be found here. With Unquestioned Loyalty Glen "Q" Rhodes TK-85421 "gmrhodes13" PRO, Newsletter Detachment Leader (DL): Chris Pearson (themaninthesuitcase) TK-10911 Detachment Executive Officer (DXO): Andrew Franke (Sly11) TK-11469 Chief Deployment Officer (DCA): Mario Reyes (TKSpartan) TK-48117 Deployment Officer (DCA): José Mª Sánchez (Chemi) TK-30173 Junior Deployment Officer (DCA): Gerald J Gyorffy (Doggydoc) TK-96004 Provost Marshall (DCoG): Steven Sheades (starsaber25) TK-10466 Provost Marshall (DCoG): Caleb Mask (MaskedVengeance) TK-73692 Provost Marshall (DCoG): Arthur Wong (giskard8) TK-39093 FISD Diplomat (DPRO): Tony Jobe (ukswrath) TK-10116 FISD Diplomat (DPRO): Tim Waychoff (Dark PMF) TK-51878 FISD Diplomat (DPRO): Christoph (Danny) Lauber (Ripper_L) TK-55550 Fire Team Relations(DCoG): Mark Ryner (captsafe66) TK-4584 Merchandise and Brand Officer (DMBO): James Silvius (jsilvius) TK-12953 Trading Card Specialist (DPRO): Eric Ho (Hoda) TK-77520 Newsletter Publisher (DPRO): Glen Rhodes (gmrhodes13) TK-85421 Content Editor Support (DPRO): Adam Wolf (Revlimiter) TK-89400 Content Editor Support (DPRO): Jeff Salt (Wingnut65) TK-50297 Special Unit Director-Valkyries (DPRO): Vicky Mandlmaier (Vicky_Velocipanda) TK-50893 Attaché Ambassador (DPRO): Jonatan Östling (Nairy) TK-23592 Social Media Relations (DPRO): Luca Hahn (Morgi) TK-66744 Personnel Officer (DPER): AC (NoVATie) TK-5597 Systems Administrator (DWM): Mathias Rodstedt (Locitus) TK-2959 Systems Administrator (DWM): Eric Brager (Darth Aloha) TK-9674 Systems Administrator/Detachment Founder (DF): Paul Hoeffer (Daetrin) TK-8020 Imperial Propaganda Machine (IPM): Brian Long (Tilheyra) TK-47933 Facebook: www.facebook.com/whitearmor Facebook Group: 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment (FISD) Official Twitter: www.twitter.com/FISD501st or @FISD501st Instagram: www.instagram.com/fisd501st Discord: https://discord.gg/FmQZ2qW8gx On behalf of the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment Command Staff and the Imperial Propaganda Department

Iykyk Sent from my SM-N981U1 using Tapatalk

[72] 15.06.2024 -- Charity-Event „Team-Doppelpass“ Nortorf On one of my very few free days in June I had the pleasure of supporting the "Team Doppelpass" event in Nortorf. It's a soccer tournament with local clubs, where they raise money for every goal shot, as well as taking separate donations -- this year of up to 10000€. We were there simply for the fun of it. People could take pictures with us, or simply enjoy our presence. The real heroes of the event were all the players on the field, playing some spectacular games and raising the money. It was a really rainy and pretty chilly day. I had been sick the week before and trooping that day set me back in my recovery, but I'm certain that it was well worth it. One of our troopers had his 100th troop, for two others it was their very first. Definitely a special day. And not only that, but the event raised a total of 43,114.30€ for children's cancer, which is incredible! [73] 22.06.2024 -- Supporting the Family Support of our military at the Kieler Woche, Kiel For those of you who don't know, the Kieler Woche is the world's largest sailing event. It's a week-long street festival all over the city with vendors, games, more vendors and of course some sailing. Honestly, trooping that event had been one of my biggest goals since I first joined and this year I had the honor of making that dream come to life! Our non-501st (but still Trooper!) contact at the military managed to snag this event for us, by promising that we'd support the family support center of our military that day. In return for posing for pictures with kids and adults, we'd show presence in the heart of the military area of the Kieler Woche. For us that meant walking around, visiting tanks, planes and ships, sometimes getting an exclusive behind the scenes tour, talking to the visitors to encourage them to take a look at what the family support does, and taking lots and lots of pictures. People there loved us! We barely could move most of the time. Since it was a rather hot day, we spent every free minute in the shade and drinking water or iced tea that we were supplied with. And not only that, we got everything from classic military food to ice cream -- and a small birthday present for me since it had been my 21st birthday a day prior. Everyone had lots of fun and I'd gladly troop this event again next year! TK-66744 signing off

Troop 20: Humboldt "Boldt Con" June 29, 2024 / another meet and greet and raised funds for the Pattison Children's Hospital. This was our first troop at this small town event and furthest I've travelled yet to one. It was our Canada Day long weekend so we were short on staff however we usually make it work and three of us had fun doing it! The organizer was very happy we were there and told us that the presents of the 501st at his event has given their little collectable con legitimacy. One of our members (Mara Jade among others) showed up this day as someone else completely from another genre and in another area of the con. A turncoat or just some kind of different and po'd Sith happening here? She had a great costume though either way! Photo by Douglas Brecht (our local Ben Kenobi) All photos below by @GilesWoodward. Trying to do my best impersonation of the trooper on the banner... I do think I am better looking... Nasty creatures those Jawa. Let go of it! Me drawn as Han Solo during his transformation to a TK. I had a blast talking with the artist during this. She said she has never done a stormtrooper before. It has given me an idea for a future project. Sure it may be considered contraband to some but it's still what I grew up with and love. Next troop is July 20 and that is the local one for me! WooHoo, a five minute drive! Bart

TROOP #1 Greetings troopers! TK-15317 Reporting in! Had my first Troop this weekend and for my first one it was definitely a lot! Not only was Rebel Scum Con my first troop, but I was also on the event staff, so needless to say I was a very busy trooper. It was a packed long weekend with a lot of work and even more fun! - THURSDAY JUNE 27 - I was the first trooper on the floor for Thursday Preview night! It was a nice practice run for walking around, and manning the 501st photo op station. I also got to sit on the Speeder Bike! Most importantly, my close friend asked me when I got approved if I could autograph a Figure for him. My only condition was I had to do it during my first troop. I was honored to fulfill his request. (I'm going to do separate posts for each day but I'm fine with the con counting as one big event.)

Troop 46 UVA Children's Health with Emily Swallow. Sent from my SM-N981U1 using Tapatalk

Troop #20 The 501st Legion and Rebel Legion made a showing for the Kokomo Jackrabbits Star Wars Night! The Kokomo Jackrabbits is a baseball team composed of baseball players from different colleges and universities who want to continue their sport during summer vacation. As Kokomo, Indiana is a smaller town, I was impressed with the large following the team has, as well as the stadium being on par with some U.S. minor league baseball stadiums. We made sure to loop around the grounds to greet attendees and keep up excitement and energy for the game. Of course, we also took some time for goofy photos: Close to the end of our troop, we were directed down to the field for a "Guess that Character" game between innings. A couple of kids were designated to guess the characters we each portrayed, and the audience could shout answers and hints. We were happy to find some of the Jackrabbits players got into the guessing game as well! It seems one player may be a Star Wars fan as he correctly guessed almost all of our characters! It was nice to see during the guessing game, and during the baseball game itself, the greater level of interaction between the audience and baseball players than would be seen at minor league and major league baseball games! It was a fun troop, but it was very hot, so we were pretty tired by the end of the troop! This troop was bittersweet for me as it was my final troop as a member of the Bloodfin Garrison. Within days, I will move to Tennessee and transfer to the Midsouth Garrison. I have been fortunate to troop so frequently with Bloodfin in the 6 months since I was approved, and I am already looking for future opportunities to visit and troop with Bloodfin again! Here's to new adventures in my new home!

2024-07-04 Denver FanExpo Day 1 2024-07-05 Denver FanExpo Day 2 2024-07-06 Denver FanExpo Day 3 2024-07-07 Denver FanExpo Day 4 A crazy 4-day extravaganza with so many unique costumes and experiences. Highlight were members of the Socal garrison that allowed us to get some great First Order photo indulgences. Definitely one for the books. We are growing our ranks. For the Order! I loved this General Grievous and was honored they wanted a picture with me. The new recruits have arrived! Handsome devil.

Troop #58 Perth Comic Con BGCP supporting Macmillan cancer support. Enjoying some fresh air outside the event. We took over the reception desk to get things back in order... This particular arcade caught our attention, though we were shocked it was encouraging us to blast Tie fighters...

- FRIDAY JUNE 28 - Friday I finished my convention work at 1600 and spent the rest of evening trooping! The highlight of this day was certainly trooping with my friend TK-54832, who helped me build my armor. I wouldn't be doing this without him! We had a blast walking around the hall together as a pair, and it's awesome how much more excited people get when there's two of us. We even made it into Chris Bartlett's Cosplay Reel! I've met Chris a number of times, and it was a huge compliment when he told me I'm one of the best Stormtroopers he has seen as far as my body language and behavior. (Unfortunately my little white band on my left shoulder wasn't put up properly so I know my shoulder is floating out a little bit. Oops) Clip from Chris Bartlett's video

Troop 59 London, Ontario July 21, 2024 London Pride Parade This was my first Pride Parade troop and it was absolutely amazing despite the plus 30 degrees Celsius temperature. We kitted up in a nearby parking lot and made our way to the staging area where we found some shade while we waited for an hour or so for the parade to start. Then it was time for action. As soon as we put on our helmets, we were mobbed for photos from the other parade goers in the staging area. Even the local chief of police asked for a photo with us. Then it was on to the parade. It was about a 45 minute march which was hot but not unbearable. The white TK armour really reflects the heat well. So many cheers and hugs along the way. We were so well received. 2 of our members had strategically parked vehicles near the end of the parade route to drive us back to where we parked or cars. This was a life saver and a chance to try sitting in a vehicle in costume (I must admit, I took off my thighs and shins to get in).

Look, I'm not gonna risk any damage with my Blaster

I’m embarrassed I let this slip passed me. Anyways here’s an update. Lined the tombstones with 0.020” styrene. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I give permission for FISD to repost my photos on social media in an appropriate fashion. TK-15317 Reporting in! Troops 1: June 27, 2024 -- Rebel Scum Con 2024 Day 1, Allen TX 2: June 28, 2024 -- Rebel Scum Con 2024 Day 2, Allen TX 3: June 29, 2024 -- Rebel Scum Con 2024 Day 3, Allen TX 4: June 30, 2024 -- Rebel Scum Con 2024 Day 4, Allen TX 5: July 6, 2024 -- Sidequest Arcade Grand Opening, Garland TX

Troop 47 Garrison Tyranus Eastern Sienar Fleet Camp Cardinal Hayes Va Wes Strong Foundation Fundraiser June 28 -30 2024

-SATURDAY AND SUNDAY JUNE 29-30- I spent a lot more of Saturday actually working (If you can call running X-wing and Legion Tournaments "working") but I still got out for an hour towards the end of Saturday, mostly to get a photo with my friend who was rocking his Grand Admiral Cosplay. I did a lot more trooping Sunday, but I wasn't able to get any of the photos as everyone was packing up to leave. But TK-54832 and I did a final 2 hour shift, with plenty of pictures with families and kids, and some fun antics interacting with the cosplayers at the Charity Sabacc tables. (They always loved it when we came over to "inspect" The Cantina.) Overall the event was amazing, For my first troop I have already passed 10 hours kitted up. It was a great time and I'm already checking my schedule for my next troop. TK-15317 over and out! (Yes my shoulder strap was still off on Saturday, but I promise I fixed it when i suited up Sunday after seeing these pictures.)

Troop #19 Star Wars Indiana was invited to provide an Imperial, Rebel, and Mando presence in the lead up to the annual fireworks show at a local retirement community! The Empire was well represented with the inclusion of Darth Vader and Darth Nihilus! But even the presence of Sith Lords couldn’t improve our aim…

47. North American Science Fiction Convention, 20 July 2024 This was a first for our garrison, so there were a couple of small hiccups. What was planned as a three-day troop for us a single day. And with us in the convention center and most of the scheduled events in the adjacent hotel, we were limited in our trooping. But there are always good points about every troop: I got a couple of autographs from Guest of Honor Alan Dean Foster when he visited our table: I saw this during my first troop in the convention center a couple of years ago, but hadn't gotten a picture yet: This planet doesn't look familiar ... You are here: (Actually you weren't there; you were an inch-and-a-half east-northeast (insert "aim" joke [here]).)

Made it to 50 today.

2024-07-20 Sci- Fi Day Colorado Model Railroad Museum 50th troop! Oops. At that range, I can't miss. Love our First Order presence lately.

Hi Hanson, The belt position shouldn't block basic, but it will not pass Centurion. If you are planning on submitting later for higher level approval, I highly recommend you make the fix now, for a couple reasons: 1) You already have momentum going with your build which will likely wane once approved (if you're like me), 2) The will probably want to just get out and troop once you are finally approved, and the last thing you'll want to do is rip up your belt and make it un-troopable while you fix it. I actually made the exact same mistake when I assembled my belt and ended up disassembling and reassembling it. You'll see there's extra holes in the canvas, but it's all covered so nobody knows it's there but me. https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/42868-sha-shas-wtf-anh-stunt-build-complete/#comment-576083

TROOP #5 - Sidequest Arcade grand opening 7/6/2024 TK-54832 and I once again in the field! The grand opening of the Arcade was an "all day event" so we decided to do a couple hours in the morning, go out for some lunch, then come back for a couple hours at the "peak" time in the afternoon. It was a lot of fun, and there was even a Mariachi band! (Yes that's me dancing.) (I'm on the right) Still waiting on more pictures from the event photographer, but in the meantime, here are some photos from from one of my coworkers, who sent them to me without knowing I was one of the troopers! 🤣 ! We had a good laugh about it. Dance Video

501st Troop: 35 FISD Troop: 5 Event: Summer Reading Kick Off Event- Valley Stream, NY Location: Henry Waldinger Memorial Library Date: 6/29/24

91. Star Wars Day at the OC Zoo - Irvine, CA - Sat. 6/29/24 (ANH-S #61, FTE #70)

#230 Supanova Convention 27-29 June 2024

Thank you! I had an absolute blast building this starting in April. I’m already getting some battle damage from trooping so i’m glad I submitted when I could. Had to improvise with a pauldron ^ Big thanks to everyone who helped and my DO @Doggydoc for taking the time to critique. I’m happy to tweak this costume further but even more excited to pass on this knowledge to future troopers. Thank you @Cybergrunt and @starsaber25 at my local garrison for all your tips as well as @revlimiter and @MaskedVengeance on Discord with your amazing reference build too

Troop #18 The Bloodfin Garrison was treated to another appearance of two shock troopers when both were in attendance at the Superhero 5K & Kids Dash on June 15th. I was told by other members that this is a fun event, so I signed up (despite it being a little further than I usually want to travel)! It was a laid back event, but with the local high school cheer squad, we were the main group to cheer on the runners as they began and ended the 5K race. The usual camaraderie was also present and we took the opportunity for fun photos. The fire department's ladder 421 was also present, so we naturally got photos with their truck!

Some pictures from a photographer from last weeks event

Hello! My name is Tom and I am from Michigan. I finally got my WTF TK in the mail today and will be diving into the build within the week! Happy to be here and excited for this process and to meet some of you. my niece had beaten cancer at the age of 2 years old. She had a long road after with many appointments and follow ups and spent a lot of time in the hospital. There were different programs where different groups or people would come visit the kids and break up the monotony of being in the hospital. I am looking forward to finishing my build and being able to join the Great Lakes Garrison and give back. looking forward to what’s to come !

[1] 18/02/2024 - Giant-Size Vintage & Modern Toy Fair - Caulfield Racecourse I give permission for FISD to repost my photos on social media in an appropriate fashion.

July 13, 2024 - Star Wars Night with the Vermont Lake Monsters

#4: 05/04/2024 – May the 4th at Lego Store. Mall of Berlin, Berlin / Germany. May the 4th Troop … 4th ground mission with 501st Legion, German Garrison, Echo Nova Squad at the Lego Store Mall of Berlin. Together with awesome Troopers TI 70121 and DZ 70773. Provided imperial security patrols during the creative brick-building process. And yes … patrol bags are not only issued to Biker Scouts. Perfect to store hydration and personal gear. Remember Troopers … hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.

Troop 48 - Pop Fest Naperville. Naperville, IL, w/Midwest Garrison Sent from my SM-N981U1 using Tapatalk

Thanks again to everyone for catching this issue and providing me tremendously helpful feedback! Drilling out the pop-riveted snaps was a simple matter with a drill press. I did some measuring, and about 12mm higher seemed good. Also, to get some slack on the belt so it would sit in front of the button plates, I eyeballed that I needed about 6-7mm on each side. Then I remeasured and punched: Now, it looks like I’m at a better height, but there is some sag in front, as you can see by my thumb needing to hold everything up in this photo: The back has the belt only on the kidney plate now: Hoping this is OK now, perhaps with some more Velcro in strategic positions.

Bro heard they were getting grey pieces and took them all

Hello All. I HAVE REMOVED ALL PREVIOUS TEXT AND PHOTOS, AS I HAVE DECIDED TO START AGAIN... I am trying to follow the RS Prop Masters Tutorials, I am starting as they do with the Right Bicep. Anyway to the build...The measurements they mention is 170mm around each piece at the bottom, and 190mm around the top of each piece. The right hand side piece has been sent to me with zero tolerance and is in-fact at 170mm already, but the top has plenty of room. Am I correct in saying I have to measure from the middle and then 85mm each way to achieve the 170mm at the bottom, and also the same for the 190mm at the top and hopefully draw a straight enough line so that they seat nicely? What also holds together the pieces together before you apply the cover strip? Tape? Glue? Attached are new photos, is the correct before I go cutting etc.

I'm working on your review now. I'll be with you soon

Thanks, Glen. Extra images below. 🤞

Not happy with the alignment of the cover strip to the bottom of the right back thigh. (top yet to be trimmed) Pulled off cover strip - taped off the area for sanding back the glue - used scalpel to trim the base to a square - cut new cover strip, leaving a wedge underneath for square fit - applied new cover strip - end result much better IMO. Question is will it pass 501st inspection? Time will tell. Image of bad alignment. Closer inspection: Off with the old and taped for sanding old glue. Scalpel out and squared off - used ABS paste later on reverse side to strengthen the hole made. Sand back glue and scalpel area. Backs look much neater - Now I'm looking at that top right cover strip and wondering how to trim/sand that to look like the guide.

Great feedback Adam, and thank you for taking the time to look at this. I figured, if we can get the right descriptive text down for the helmet, then I can continue on with the rest of the parts using the same/similar verbiage. Agreed on your comments re the wraps on the helmet, and what I have been thinking about is an easier way to explain the overall wrappings as opposed to having it in deep explanation for every piece. I don't think we want to see Ramboesq looking buckets with a headband, lol. There is also an entirely gray bucket and some with no gray at all, so I called out "sections" as opposed to patches in the first draft above, I was only looking at 3 helmet references at the time to get a general look idea, but we could definitely expand on that explanation. Perhaps we add something like whole section instead of just section The helmet can be white, contain a gray section or be completely gray as per reference's builder's discretion on how this composition looks is allowable. If containing a gray section, it should be the entire part of the chosen section. No patches or partial areas are allowable as per reference. (Found other variations that disproved this) I agree, the eyes probably shouldn't be visible as we don't allow this at basic as per that section. How one pulls that off could be quite difficult with light inside a bucket, but I never underestimate the ingenuity of our members, so I'm sure someone will come up with a great solution to do this and share it on our forums. In reanimated mode, (Lights on in helmet) the wearers eyes should remain sufficiently obscured. Open for improved wording. If we can find a suitable screen reference showing ribbed bandages being used in the show, no reason we can't look into this further as a possible addition. I do tend to agree with Adam, that these may have been tidy up repairs made for the recent promo shoot. The clean area highlighted looks to me like the original wrap may have simply loosened and slipped down, rather than a new wrap being added. I would wager the colour differences might in part be caused by the lighting. These promo photos are much brighter lighting compared to the mostly dimmer look of the TV show.

Interesting wrap, appears to be ribbed

Oh boy, haven't updated in a while, 3 troops from the last post: Star Wars Day at the OC Zoo in Orange - 6/10/2023 May the 4th Parade in Orange - 5/4/2024 4th of July Parade in Tustin - 7/4/2024

501st Troop: 36 FISD Troop: 6 Event: Undiscovered Realm Con Location: Westchester County Center, White Plains, NY Date: 6/30/24

92. 4th of July Parade - Tustin Meadows, CA - Thu. 7/4/24 (ANH-S #62, FTE #71)

My Leadership just got back to me! Counts as 4! Thank you so much! Thanks!

46. Nickel City Comic Con, 30 June 2024 Day 2 was spent in my Mandolorian Death Watch, so no pictures of that here, or @Doggydoc in his Darth Maul ... Day 3 of the con: Obligatory group shot: Guess how I spent most of the day (most of the weekend, actually): I was senselessly attacked by a web-headed wall-crawling vigilante (if you look close, you can see the web lines attached to my armor): And we presented a welcome bag to Daniel Logan, who graciously agreed to a group photo in front of our Jabba puppet:

Event: #202 Event Name: Undiscovered Realm Comic Con (Day 2) Location: Westchester County Center - White Plains, NY Date: 6/30/24 Executing Order 66

Hi John, and thank you for your Centurion application. CRL and Centurion Application Requirements: All required photos have been submitted, and on behalf of the entire D.O. staff we are pleased to welcome you to the rank of Centurion. Congratulations! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly; In this area we review observations made by your fellow troopers and the DO team. Some observations may lead to suggestions to improve the overall look of your armor, and please keep in mind that we consider both text (CRL) and pictures (screen caps/reference images) when reviewing submissions. John, you have done a great job on this kit and are well deserving of the Centurion rank. Great work on making all of the required modifications. The only recommendation that we would make is watch the slight overlap of the back plate on the kidney plate on the right side. This is likely just a dressing issue or may need some slight strapping adjustments. Congratulations again. Well done.