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NEW In Memoriam Detachment Leader Executive Officer Merchandise Officer Hall of Fame FISD Meme's Around the Detachment 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 2024 Follow FISD RIP M'Lord, Buckets Off Although not officially post by the legion, many of you no doubt would be aware of the recent passing of Vincent Vigil "22Vince23" TK-23000 of the Golden Gate Garrison, North Bay Squad, also a member of the Legion Charity Team. Dee, Asia, and Ayden ( Vince’s wife and children) have shared the following message on Vince’s Facebook page: “Our family is at a complete loss for words. Vince’s sudden passing has deeply affected us all. We know that many of you are also feeling this heartache and disbelief. Please know that you are in our thoughts as well. We encourage you to lean on one another during this time. For now, we kindly ask for time and space to process and grieve privately, and request that there be no social media posts for the time being. Thank you to everyone who loved, knew, and supported Vince. Dee, Asia, and Ayden" We ask that you respect their need for privacy during this incredibly difficult time. As requested, please refrain from posting anything on social media. Condolences to his family, friends, garrison and squad "Buckets Off" Greetings troopers, We are now past the half way mark in this term and we've managed to do quite a bit, despite the unusual start. Just making the last newsletter @Sly11 was able to announce the first ever Imperial Armored Commando, @Sithtrooper02. This month they have taken it further by passing Level 2 clearance: Expert Infantry! The fact they passed with no comments is a huge testament to the amount of work they put in building an excellent suit that does us all proud. If you would like to join the ranks of the Imperial Commandos you wouldn't go wrong by checking out their build here: Hopefully most of you should have received you racing shirts and are wearing them with pride. If you have not had yours or have yet to pay your shipping costs, please make sure you check in on the sales thread as there have been updates for those affected. With Unquestioned Loyalty Chris Pearson TK-10991 "themaninthesuitcase" Detachment Leader Greetings fellow members, I'd like to thank our Detachment merch officer Jame Silvius (jsilvius) TK-12953, for the huge amount of effort he has put in so far this term. For those who have helmed or assisted in a merch run, you will know just how much work that involves. It's crazy really as you need to keep full records of all transactions, tracking of shipments, packing and sending, fixing discrepancies, sort issues, this list seems endless. That's just helming the run. It doesn't take into account the other duties of the DMBO. James drives discussions in staff on merch ideas, comes up with ideas for designs, juggles our slots and when to use them, plus schedule the full term for timing of release, closures, special events, not to forget the back and forth between multiple vendors trying to get us the best pricing etc., etc., etc. Next time you jump in on one of our awesome merch runs, please take a second to thank James for all his efforts, it's a big job with a Det of our size, and he does it all for the love and our motto Troopers helping troopers. Thank you James for all you do, brining the membership extremely trade worthy and exciting merch. Big job brother and you do it so well. With Unquestioned Loyalty Andrew Franke TK-11469 "Sly11" Executive Officer Merch Update Time Old Business I still have a 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 run is closed. I approved the sample and manufacturing started Aug 20th, so I am expecting patches to arrive to me between 17 Sept and 1 Oct (4-6 weeks). I'll update the thread with more information as I get it. 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 all accounted for. I still have 11 in my possession awaiting for shipping payments. If you ordered a shirt and haven't received it yet, check the thread to see if you are on my list of members that still owe shipping. Racing Shirts "Official FISD Standard Logo Coin" The coin run is closed. The order has been placed. I'm hoping to have these in hand by mid-October. There are 6 distributors for this run EU, UK, Australia, New Zealand, part of Canada, and Everything else comes to me. You will receive shipping instructions from the member that is responsible for your region, once the coins are in their possession. More information can be found on the thread. Standard Logo Coin New Business With the Racing shirts, patches and coins completed, we turn our attention to the next Standard Logo Item, The basic T-shirt/hoodie. This item will be available to order in late to September, early October. Keep an eye out for more information on the Forum. With Unquestioned Loyalty James Silvius TK-12953 "jsilvius" Merchandise & Branding Officer I'm pleased to see that our detachment is leading the way in droid hunting! Please welcome TK-11198 to the Stormtrooper Hall of Fame, August 2024! @camroc13 Troop log can be found here. Congrats Cormac!! Give our regards to those pesky Sandtroopers will you? 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 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 August - September TK-42414 "Kagamaru" Bryan - - - - - - 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. 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 Augst - September the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment would like to congratulate the following. Expert Infantry Badge Award: Angie "Stardust665" TK87665 EIB 1079 Lucas "lugalleg" TK21476 EIB 1080 Francois "Sithtrooper02" TK20236 EIB 1081 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: No recipients this month You can find a list of multiple award recipients here. 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

At a troop, found a playground, couldn't resist making memes about it... you know how it goes

Posted these on Discord, but figured I would share here.

60. 2024-08-30, Massive Entertainment - Star Wars Outlaws release party, Malmö (Hero) Troop 60!!! And what a troop it was! Got a pic with our 501st stormtrooper Acke, who worked on the game as a quest designer! Trying out some mind tricks on security We also got to enjoy the party afterwards

August almost passed without a meme.

NEW In Memoriam Detachment Leader Executive Officer Merchandise Officer Hall of Fame FISD Meme's Around the Detachment 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 2024 Follow FISD Aaron R. Green TK-77778 passed away peacefully on his birthday, June 2, after a long illness, with his family by his side. He was a huge part of Makaze Squad, Florida Garrison, and donated vast amounts of monies, items for raffles and props over the years. Aaron also wanted everyone to know how much he loved and appreciated everyone in the 501st. He will be truly missed in his Squad and Garrison Condolences to his family, friends and garrison "Buckets Off" Greetings troopers, Summer is upon us and I am hoping you are able to make the most of the trooping opportunities. This month has been pretty merch heavy. The racing shirts have landed at the various distribution points and are slowly making their way out to all of the members who ordered them. This year I have been one of the distributors and have developed a new found appreciation for the DMBO team. With a mere 43 orders it's been a lot of work to inventory, pack, price, email and then ship the 1st 3 batches, with 2 more to go. I can't imagine having to 100s! I look forward to seeing these out and about soon as this year is a really nice design. We also have seen the launch of the Standard Logo coin. This had a huge amount of work put in to really make it the best we could within the restrictions of what we are allowed to do. I love the design and looking at how fast they are selling you all do too. Back on the topic of trooping we've had a few troopers hit some huge troop count milestones, with a 100 and even a 200 TK troop shield being awarded. We all know that sometimes it can be hard to get out so these numbers are incredible, congratulations to those of you who have earned them. To see the recipients and how you can begin earning your own make sure to read the rest of this months newsletter. The summer is also a time for gatherings, so if you are having an armor party make sure you look into our Master Armor program as a reward for those of you who are Troopers helping Troopers. With Unquestioned Loyalty Chris Pearson TK-10991 "themaninthesuitcase" Detachment Leader Greetings all, While Chris talks of summer in the northern sector, it is winter for us southern Hemi inhabitants. Down here that means a whole host of different things to our members around the globe, where for some it is like living on Hoth, and for others like my self, it just means It's not as hot and the days absolutely fantastic for trooping. I was hoping to have a more substantial update on the progress of the Night Trooper CRL but things have been crazy busy for me. That said I do have some clear space coming up to continue finishing up the second draft for further scrutiny. On an exciting and positive front, and well overdue, without further delay we are announcing the Imperial Armored Commando CRL is officially Green lit and ready to go. On behalf of the FISD staff team, we would like to congratulate Sithtrooper02 (Francois Pelletier) soon to be TK20236 (Currently TX20236) for an amazing looking costume, and outstanding level of assistance with writing this CRL and brining it to fruition. Congratulations on this New to Legion costume and addition to the FISD library. His costume quality is second to none making him the perfect CRL model, I am sure you will all agree. Kudos will be added to your forum side banner shortly Franc, and thank you so much for your commitment to quality and authenticity. You will find the new to Legion CRL here https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:Imperial-Armored-Commando With Unquestioned Loyalty Andrew Franke TK-11469 "Sly11" Executive Officer 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. All updates will be posted in the sales thread. Racing Shirts New Business "Official FISD Standard Logo Coin Run is now OPEN" Half the coins have already taken so get in quick. You can find the thread here With Unquestioned Loyalty James Silvius TK-12953 "jsilvius" Merchandise & Branding Officer Leading the way! Please welcome TK-23108 to the Stormtrooper Hall of Fame, July 2024! @BAZINGA Troop log can be found here. Congrats Bart!! And thank you for your engagement on everyone's Troop Logs! 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 As reported by our DXO the Imperial Armored Commando CRL is now live, congratulations Francois TK20236 "Sithtrooper02" Looking forward to seeing more of these troopers in the near future Model TK-20236, Photo by Veronique Jomphe https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:Imperial-Armored-Commando 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 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 July - August TK-69826 "TikiTechie" Jim - - - - - - TK-818087 "HeeM_SeNsEi" James - - - - - - TK- "KaiserintheHood" Dan - - - - - -TK-3260 "g60racer" Brendan - - - - - - TK-18910 "Tee-Kay Fisto" Brian - - - - - - 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 Hello there! So far this year has been a great one for us attachés. We have filled many vacant positions already and we are continuously expanding the global coverage! I'd like to welcome our newest recruit to the list of attaché's: John @JBar. He will take on the duty of attaché for the New York City region in the Empire City Garrison! It always fills me with great joy to see inspiring people taking their involvement to the next level and embody "troopers helping troopers"! Is there a vacant spot in your Garrison/Squad/Outpost? Take a look at the list of attachés, and get in contact with me in a private message here on the forum, or simply apply in the thread linked below! I wish you all a great summer (I haven't had my vacation just yet, but if you've already had yours, I hope it was awesome!), and keep up the great work out in the field everyone! Nairy, out! 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. 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 July - August the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment would like to congratulate the following. Expert Infantry Badge Award: Ron "ronhoffman2" TK15310 EIB 1076 Ray "thisistheray" TK13836 EIB 1077 Wei Xu "anhsu" TK24627 EIB 1078 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: Dan "KaiserintheHood" TK80419 Centurion 2nd Approved Outstanding job on reaching Centurion, Troopers! 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

Greetings troopers! We have recently received our annual software license bill the forum you are on right now. This was covered for us as part of the Legion hosting in the past few years. This arrangement was temporary and has now come to an end. The cost for us this year was $75. We would like to let as many of you contribute as possible, so we are asking for a $2 donation towards the running costs from any members who are in a position to do so. Please send your $2 donation via PayPal friends and family to tk-12953@outlook.com. Once the required amount has been covered we will close this fundraiser. All members who donate will also have the 2024 supporter banner added to their profile, as with the earlier email costs fundraiser. With Unquestioned Loyalty, Your FISD staff team

Troop #1 - Fan Expo Canada 2024 (Aug 24-25. First official Troop. What a huge event. James (The Librarian) and I finally suited up for the 501st after building our kits together. Our first day was the group photo before the event opened up. What an experience this whole event was. Longest Only suited up for about an hour on the first day, just to get the lay of the land. Had a blast helping the team fundraise on Blast-a-Trooper. Day 2 I suited up for my longest time even (3 hours). Seeing the smiles on kids (and adults) faces was so rewarding. I never wanted it to end. What an amazing group! Can't wait to get out for the next one.

10th Troop! First milestone reached. Got to troop with St Alban's Church in Long Island. We helped outreach free healthcare for local residents in the areas. Had a little fun too 501st Troop: 40 FISD Troop: 10 Event: Bronx Anime and Comic Expo Location: 1315 Olmstead Ave Bronx N.Y 10462 Date: 8/17/24 https://i.imgur.com/H99ATDi.mp4

61. 2024-09-07, Retromania 2024, Västerås (Hero) Retromania in Västerås, basically pronounced like "Westeros" that most of you know from Game of Thrones! I was leading the way outside to give the people in the queue some attention! This was the first time that an escalator was included in the path of the parade! Interesting indeed! Looked very cool though! They are after all very Star Wars:y End of the parade photo where all parade attendants lined up!

8/30/24 Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital in Baltimore with our friends from the Old Line Garrison

Hi all - getting a start on my troop log before I lose track. After getting approved in April, I managed to knock over a handful of troops within my first few weeks with all the May the Fourth festivities. My first troop was something I'll never forget - I had the biggest grin under my bucket. I couldn't believe I'd achieved a childhood dream. The most rewarding to date was attending the Royal Children's Hospital and helping to cheer up some pretty sick kids (and their parents). It was (emotionally) tougher than I expected, but something I'm so proud of the Legion for being involved in. I've trooped with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra a few times now and get such a kick out of it. I've got a handful more troops booked in before the end of the year. My local garrison has been awesome and so welcoming, so I look forward to giving back in any way I can. Here's some pics and details of my troops. I give permission for FISD to repost my photos on social media in an appropriate fashion. Troops 1 & 2 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - ROTJ (19th, 23rd April) Troop 3 - Disney Open Call shopping centre appearance (27th April) Troop 4 - Melbourne Children's Hospital (3rd May) Troop 5 - Lego Store and Shopping Centre appearance (got my bucket on TV with the host of Lego Masters as a bonus) (May 4th) Troop 6 & 7 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - ROTJ Encore Screenings (6th, 7th June) Troop 8 - Lightscape Photo shoot (28th July) ***Photos courtesy of Amanda Lee Starkey Photography Troop 9 - Early Learning Centre Book Week - (21st August) Troop 10 (Milestone!) - Croxton Special School Book Week (10th September)

Troop #62 Braehead Macmillan Cancer charity bucket collection. ISG troops hit the mall today at Braehead to help collect donations for Macmillan.

Colorado Springs Comic Con Day 2 A hectic fun day. I hope the General doesn't look at this photo or I'm back for another reprogramming.

Troop #23 An Imperial presence brought joy and excitement to the East Tennessee Children's Hospital! This was my first hospital troop, so I was a bit nervous because it seemed a troop like this has a bit higher stakes, but everything went well and my nervousness went away shortly after we started! The children and teens there were very excited to see us, and it was very touching to see how much joy and excitement we brought to everyone we encountered at the hospital.

(I don't remember seeing one of this same meme format, but sorry if I re-did the same idea)

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Another fool takes the plunge! I bought heartstopper85's kit and am attempting to take it through to to CRL completion. First step is inventory, next step is sizing checks - I'm 2 inches shorter than him so will likely need to trim and/or print a few new pieces. Then lots of sanding! I'm planning to repaint it all with Duplicolor Cardinal Red. And my trusty sidekick:

Templated up and feeling better about version number 3 of the center connector. The center panel looks a lot closer and the overall shape was changed to better suit the new angles, but needs to be at least that long to cover the chest armor indent. I also plan on mixing the grey paint a bit darker this time. I went pretty easy on the glue to avoid it bleeding out from under the red panels, but I do need to go back and CA or leather glue all the corners that have the more aggressive bends in them as well (can see it at the top). Finally, you can't see them, but I pulled up the velvet lining and epoxied two large, round neodymium magnets underneath, so the front of the pauldron is held down by the same magnets that secure the chest, and strong bar magnets in the back. This allows the pauldron to click into place easily and securely but still move some with my arms, but it always wants to return "home". Making some progress again and will cut the connector out of leather next if it looks good. I'm not happy until everyone agrees it's ready for a CRL!

So like many people I initially used leftover ABS plastic for my bicep hooks. I simply heated them to shape and glued them in using E6000. Finally after installing my third pair which again broke, I tried something else. I found these 4 Pack Over The Door Hooks which are 2cm wide and are a perfect replacement for my ABS bicep hooks. They have a nice durable white finish to them as well. I had to cut them down using a rotary tool (wear protective glasses) and bent them to shape using pliers. I glued them with E6000 and these things are now indestructible As I bonus I used the other two hooks as V tabs for my posterior armor as those were cracking as well Hope this helps as a more robust alternative to ABS

Mision 21 08/09/2024 - VALDEMORO (MAD) - PASEO MOTERO SOLIDARIO ZARIGÜEYAS

Troop 66 Toronto , Ontario August 29, 2024 SLC Live 2024 This was an engineering and arts students frosh mixer troop at Toronto Metropolitan University with a sci fi / star wars cantina theme. There was a little bit of concern with it being a freshman / frosh party but as it was a dry event and we had handlers, we felt we would be okay. We were pleasantly surprised by the atmosphere and respect we were given by the organizers and students, everyone was polite and cordial and we were very well taken care of. With over 1000 students in attendance, this was absolutely amazing. (photo credit Ashvink Photography)

Hey guys. As you might know by now my partner in creating the Dark Fury fire team has passed away. Vince Vigil Jr TK-23000. I'd like to officially submit this art as our logo.

#6: 07/20/2024 and 07/20/2024 – Anime Messe Moveipark Babelsberg / Germany. The Anime Fair at the Filmpark Potsdam Babelsberg took place again this year with our support. This year we showed our imperial presence in the medieval area of the film park on the market square. There was also an information stand and space for the exhibition of props again this time The event took place again with the support of the Saxony Outpost and the Star Wars Dinner Berlin. Imperial presence at the main entrance. Hoping he doesn't ask for my TK number ... a moment etched in memory. Stay in the shadow and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Reminded me of Tatooine or Mustafar. Last orders for the upcoming parade. Imperial Recruitment Office. For the empire. For the good and benefit of a stable and secure society. Even these Rebels and Jedis could be convinced.

Leading the way! Please welcome TK-23108 to the Stormtrooper Hall of Fame, July 2024! @BAZINGA Troop log can be found here. Congrats Bart!! And thank you for your engagement on everyone's Troop Logs! With Unquestioned Loyalty Jonatan Östling TK-23592 "Nairy" Attaché Ambassador

Now that it is pieced together do you think the center grey area (or central panel) may be a touch too wide? Grey area appears narrower and higher on the pauldron. May be too much of a gap between the red panels. Tried to get these images roughly the same size, reference is slightly on an angle though. It's pretty darn close and if you are happy with it leave it as is

Alright, got it mocked up, using a TIE pilot bust as a stand, and I gotta say I'm loving it so far. The printed brow trim actually looks pretty damn good. Once I get the white parts all smoothed and shined up I'm going to add the black paint to the tear and trap recesses and adhere everything together, just gotta make the time to do that next!

I can see your point and have modified the gray panels to suit, and will be painting them a bit darker gray this time around! This was an excellent point and I'm glad I spent some time on this before going any further. When the new, thinner and more flexible pauldron is laid on the armor, it is now able to lay more naturally to ensure that it does not raise above horizontal at the shoulder. However, it became clear that trying to push the front pie slices into place was the main cause of this and that more material would need to be removed from the front edges of the pauldron. At our Squad armor party this past weekend while I had some extra eyes, I laid out the pauldron and red panels using some magnets to hold them in place - I used the back panel to help locate everything but didn't have enough magnets to also hold it on, which shouldn't matter for the front placement. It became clear that all of the excess material in black would need to go in order to allow the pauldron to slope more naturally downward... One side done, for comparison... And the other, with all of the pie cuts trimmed to fit... I'm MUCH happier with the way that lays now and I think is a huge improvement over the previous version, shown below for comparison... If no one protests, I think this is now pretty much ready to be glue down, but I welcome any final constructive feedback. Thanks all!

Congratulations trooper and welcome to Expert Infantry and the EI Honor Gallery

18. Peds in the Weeds; Glen View (8/3/2024) 19. VetBros Charity Dog Show (8/4/2024) 20. Carol Stream National Night Out (8/6/2024) 21. FanExpo Day 2 (8/17/2024)

Troop 49 - Fairfax Comic Con, Chantilly, VA. Sent from my SM-N981U1 using Tapatalk

National Night Out - Gig Harbor, WA - 06AUG2024

20. 06/22/24 - Reynoldsburg Pride Celebration

8/10/24 Fairfax PD Back to School Fun Fair

Apologies, I'm not sure what you mean by 'could you add to the bellow line to your application'? Do you mean answering the Social Media Consent (photo) and adding it to the main application? If so I just did it.

Troop 65 Toronto , Ontario August 25, 2024 Fan Expo Canada Day 4 This was a busy day. We started with a request to provide 6 stormtroopers to interact with guests lined up for the Ubisoft panel for their new Star Wars outlaws game. I was positioned at the door and did ID checks, warned of underworld and syndicate activity in the area and ensured that no secret plans were being sent to the rebels via people using their cell phones. This was probably one of the most fun events I have done just harassing guests. Having 6 stormtroopers in kit provided for some great phto ops. Even got one with my dog who attended all 4 days with us.

Troop 64 Toronto , Ontario August 23, 2024 Fan Expo Canada Day 2 Day 2 involved a live interview with a local news radio station and the morning in my TK. The afternoon was spent at the booth and exploring the con a bit. Day 3 was dedicated to my Darth Maul, so no TK suit up as I wanted to maximize the use of the 3 hour plus makeup application.

Troop 63 Toronto , Ontario August 22, 2024 Fan Expo Canada Day 1 I wore my Death trooper in the morning and did the TK in the afternoon. A fairly quiet day as it was a Thursday afternoon. We raised money for Make A Wish Foundation over the 4 days.

Hello, my name is James. So unlike my usual process for Halloween of starting two weeks before and rushing through a costume build I decided to start planning earlier in the year for a build from Mando, then I put it off. I restarted the process at the beginning of August and pivoted to Captain Enoch. In doing so I decided I needed reference photos and that landed me here in the Enoch section for the last week or so gathering data. This has pushed me from semi phoning it in on the soft parts of the costume with a red kilt instead of a Kama to deciding I want to try and get the armor approved once that is finished so I can join the 501st and my local garrison. I look forward to participating in the forum, now off to order 5 more kilos of filament.

Thank you all very much, really appreciate the support. Hopefully the next 50 will be with some of you all.

22. Toledo Mud Hens Star Wars Night 8/24/24 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you so much TK 20177 (Bill S -COG) for your time and your help to get this approved .

Apply some painters tape on top, carefully lift a corner, may need to run a knife just under it to get it started, then carefully peel backwards. I've done this to a few helmets in the past and it's worked quite well, you only really need to adjust a couple of the stripes to make it look right.

Before the DO's get here you may want to look through this guide as you seem to be missing a few photos, especially an "action" photo You may also want to clean up some of your black lines, they are a little thick and wobbly in places Only 7 lines in cheek traps and should be all the same length References Good luck with approval

That is one of the things that did make me nervous beforehand. I have survived cancer myself, so I was putting it in my mind that I may choke up or shed a tear if one of the kids was having an especially difficult experience with cancer. Seeing how happy the kids were is what really made me relax! It's rare to be visited by stormtroopers! I bet the travel distance is a difficult part of garrisons that are so geographically spread out. Many big events in my new garrison are a 5 hour round trip (Nashville, Tennessee) or further (Memphis), so I've found myself having to be choosy with what I may attend. At least events in Knoxville are frequent enough!

Well, of course I don’t have the semi-gloss black, so will need to pick it up at Michael’s when I’m over that way. In the meantime, I painted the torso buttons. At first I was going to laser cut a template so I wouldn’t mess up too much, but concluded that I was overthinking it, and instead did it freehand. Good light, hand on table, workpiece on table, and magnifying glasses are all useful. French blue is a pretty color!