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Well, photos are crap as it didn´t go to plan but....perhaps good enough to show if my suit is CRL worthy or not.

Welcome aboard, Shane! I too am a Shane and funnily enough, I grew up in Louisville so I was in south Indiana a lot. My Dad bought a house in Sellersburg and I spent a lot of time there. Definitely, reach out to your local garrison and create an account at 501st Legion. You'll need both. Good luck! -Shane

Tried to get the video to play but best I can do is the link https://i.imgur.com/9WDpqWE.mp4

Hello! Ive been a lurker for quite some time here. However, I'm excited to say that, after owning the materials for 5 years, I have finally completed building my ANH Stunt TK costume. Ive got some tweaking to do. But I think/hope I am close to approval. My question for you all is... Now what? If I'm following correctly, I need to contact my local garrison (Bloodfin for southern Indiana USA), and also reach out to y'all. Does that mean I send photos to all of y'all? Thanks in advance!

If you have all the info on the battery, like possible brands etc, I'd be happy to add your finds as an add-on to the first post Tony.

Looks fabulous Daniel! Use the R1 CRL for ran image guide, and please start, if you haven't already, getting all the individual pieces photographed for the CRL

You must be in IT security, or hush hush branch of the military 😆. If you’re really concerned about your identity don't post anything with your face. Though that option may be off the table whennit comes to 501st approval. Your garrison GMO may require a bucket off head shot. If that concerns you ask them if it's optional.

For the iComm battery do-it-yourselfers. I have an update on the battery some might be interested in I've been testing a 10440 350mAH rechargeable battery with great success. It's about the size of a AAA, greatly reducing the footprint. The current version iComm has roughly a 7.2v mah draw when in use. In layman's terms the smaller battery can sufficient operate the iComm over a full weekend, easily.

Welcome to the FISD trooper. Glad to hear you've finished your build. Awesome!

Welcome to FISD Shane if you go to the link below, that will start your application process and actually contact your local garrison GML who will be doing your approval. https://www.501st.com/join.php Feel free to post pre approval photos here on the FISD site for us to help get everything in order before your approval https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/193-request-tk-pre-approval/ Generally the GML will want views from front , back and both sides as well as additional side views with your arms raised. They may also ask for close up views of your blaster if you have one and the helmet from all sides as well. Finally, they will want an action pose and a helmet off photo. Looking forward to seeing your completed kit.

Most impressive!

Tack så mycket!

Hello Shane! Congratulations on completing your armor! You contact your local Garrison and send in your approval photos as will be requested by them! When you are approved, you come here and request trooper status in this thread below: In that way, you'll be able to purchase detachment merchandise when it launches next time! Let us know how it goes and we can assist you further!

I will get back to that helmet after I get some more confidence on cutting and reshaping, lol. I had a couple hours this holiday weekend so I did some final size adjustments on my legs. The left thigh needs about another 1/8" or so tightening but I am happy where I ended up! Sent from my moto g 5G - 2024 using Tapatalk

That's really helpful, thank you! Lol, yeah we knew right off the bat the classic TK helmet was going to kill us, so we've since been using scout trooper helmets and thats been working fairly well. Our plan isn't full armor, were putting together a custom kit that's essentially camo/olive drab stormtrooper armor with the upper thigh armor removed for mobility, and a scout trooper helmet. Tactical efficiency and durability is more of our concern rather than lore accuracy.

Okay, I had promised photos with the figure next to the helmet, but first there is one last modification. My display case also houses a Boba Fett figure. The flames from the Jet Pack were left over... They fly now! They fly now? They fly now. The radio antenna was finally added and as a last step I carefully put everything in the display case. And for those who want to see it, here is the full display case. Thank you for reading and have a nice weekend.

Oh my congrats Torben!!! Missed this too it seems!

Updated @dovahqueen @Dave2203 @Tom 91979

The cut out is a recess and the black is just a shadow on the RI helmets. Can’t use Imgur on the phone so will edit this when I get home and use a PC. Unless someone else can upload some nice ear-shots of the helmet

NEW In Memoriam Detachment Leader Executive Officer Merchandise Officer Hall of Fame FISD Meme's Around the Detachment Costume Totals Trooping Opportunities 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 2025 Follow FISD Larry Peterka TD-1529 passed away suddenly on October 12, 2025. Larry joined the 501st legion in 2006 and was assigned to the Old Line Garrison in Maryland/DC. His chosen armor was that of a Sandtrooper. As a cast member for the Maryland Renaissance Festival, living history re-enactor and a scout leader, his keen eye for detail and artisanal skill was evident in all aspects of his armor. Everything was spot on from the greeblies on his backpack to the dirt splotch weathering that make sandies so recognizable. He loved to troop as often as he could, especially charity events. When he could not troop, he would offer assistance, help others with their armor, lend materials or arrange for events such as visits to Camp Tomahawk to see the scouts. He also opened his home for armor parties and volunteered to get things made such as temporary tattoos to give out to kids at events. He was a great trooper, a wonderful person, and most importantly a true friend. He will be greatly missed by all who had the honor of knowing him. Condolences to his garrison, family and friends "Buckets Off" Greetings troopers, With the new CRL system update last month we've had a flurry of activity in this area. The Enoch CRL has been re-submitted for the new system and we hope to have news on this CRL soon. We have also been working on another new CRL, if you've been watching the boards you'll have seen this build progress over time. If not we hope to be able to surprise you all soon as the work on this is now almost ready for submission as well. We also have some CRL update news! The Imperial Armored Commando has been updated with new optional costume parts: Riot Shield and Baton. If this costume is in your future check out the CRL here: https://crls.501st.com/fisd/imperial-armored-commando-the-mandalorian, and make sure to have a look at the build section of the forums as there's some amazing work documented in there. We're coming in to the end of the term pretty hot but there still some merch drops to come, so make sure you check out the update from the DMBO below. We've also seen a lot of you earning new trooping awards for getting out there with your FISD costumes. If you've not seen this before check below and get your troop log started. If you've been around for a while but not started feel free to back date to get your self started. With Unquestioned Loyalty Chris Pearson TK-10991 "themaninthesuitcase" Detachment Leader Greetings Troopers Our DL Chris has been working diligently on getting New to legion (NTL) CRL's up and running, however there is a bottleneck at the LMO end. We are not the only Det trying to get CRL's green lit for members, so there is a backlog currently. We appreciate everyone's patience while the CRL platform changeover took place, and now for the additions of more costumes. The IAC CRL has just had a minor update, now with the inclusion of the Riot Shield and baton, please do check it out. Catch you on the forums With Unquestioned Loyalty Andrew Franke TK-11469 "Sly11" Executive Officer Greetings and Salutations Troopers! The holidays are around the corner, and this trooper is gearing up for several Holiday parades. With that said, we have new merch getting ready to go on sale! More on that in a minute. But First... Old Business "FISD EIB Coins" I still have 2 EI coins in our Stepping Out Trooper style. The next EI coin will more than likely be whatever design we do for our 20th Anniversary, so if you are eligible to order an EI coin, and you don't want to wait until 2026, or you prefer not to have an Anniversary coin, please look into it. In order to buy one, you have to have an approved EI costume and you can not have ever bought an EIB coin from any pervious runs. 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 still open Pin Run The interest thread for the pin run for Expert Infantry, Centurion and Attaché is still up. You can find more information here. Flag and Banner Run The Flag has been put on the backburner, but the Banner submissions were all amazing. Staff conferred and voted. Congratulations to Trooper @iceknyght With a few changes, we will be submitting the winning design to Legion/LFL for approval, so more to come! Details of the contest can be found here. NEW BUSINESS Helmet Bag Interest Thread So the interest turned out to be fairly good. And while I can't currently offer a FOTK version, I did make sure that the FOTK helmet will fit in the bag. We went there several versions of the bag and with the assistance of @revlimiter and our Vendor and I have submitted the Helmet bag for LMBO approval. I capped the run at 500 bags, but we did request LFL approval, so if it exceeds that number I can request additional units. The final cost of the bag is going to be a bit higher then anticipated due to some changes we made in material, but I believe the are still pretty affordable at roughly $28 USD. I still plan to do the drop shipping to the regions, as long as I still have volunteers. The run thread will be posted once the bag has been approved by LFL, so keep an out on the forum, FB group and Discord. As always, questions, comments, thoughts, suggestions, please feel free to reach out! Always be on the lookout. Danger looms around every Jawa. Please welcome TK-15592 to the Stormtrooper Hall of Fame, September 2025! @DohF4 Troop log can be found here. With Unquestioned Loyalty Jonatan Östling TK-23592 "Nairy" Attaché Ambassador You can find the full meme thread here Blast-A-Trooper Finally after many years of asking the Blast A Trooper files have been shared on the legion forum, sharing here for anyone who may have been looking for them https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_W3-wBM3Gsp5EN_juDwPSCVYhLcpv_MD Updated image added 05/09/25 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gUQPWZGdcPmlHIGTgGu0dsV5KyJw28bn/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mJdqi4fBeAp5LHPXutWkQrC9vfBmx3MM/view *NOTE* unfortunately for those of you Down Under due to our PLI (public liability insurance) restrictions we are not able to run Blast A Trooper events as the insurer do not allow the firing of projectiles at our members (I know right, foam darts, ouch ) Thread here Request Edited Signature Banners/Profile pics/Fire Team Logos Troopers! I want to help out the community and the people that doesn't have the time or have the necessary tools or skills to create a cool Signature banner or have the background of your Action Photo removed, or even if you have a request for a certain Profile picture! I don't know how popular this will be, or what requirements I will need, but we will learn as we go and if it turns out to be popular and it gets too much for me - I'm sure that we can find a few more that are willing to help out! Thread here With Unquestioned Loyalty Jonatan Östling TK-23592 "Nairy" Attaché Ambassador 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 Currently (as of 10th November ) there are 33,851 approved costumes in the legion, out of these there are 4,804 under the TK ID which is 14.99% of all approved 501st costumes, first time we have seen the total under 15%. Interestingly if you look back through previous totals, Stormtroopers equated to over 20% which shows a decline in our ranks. LFL Retail Moratorium Lift For most of the year we are under an embargo from LFL and can not attend retail locations unless prior approval has been given by them. At certain times of the year this embargo is lifted, generally around Blu-Ray / movie releases, May 4th and Force Friday, the recent correspondence from LFL outlines the lift of the embargo: Lucasfilm has informed LEC that the retail moratorium is being lifted December 1 to 31. During this time, fan groups can appear in costume at retailers that sell Star Wars merchandise. All fans, costumed or otherwise, can participate with venues of their choice during this window of time with the restriction that costumed appearances must not be used in the advertising of the event or retail location. Although these appearances will be treated like open invitations, we leave it to the fan groups to independently organize around these events as they see fit. Lucasfilm will not need to approve or coordinate these. Please note that retail locations should not include restaurants, bars, or venues with no apparent reason to feature Star Wars characters. Costumed fans should not pose with merchandise or use the appearance to promote a specific product. In the coming weeks, we may send out a list of ‘preferred’ retailers from certain regions who would welcome fans to participate at their venues within these event windows, but you are all still welcome to make plans with appropriate retailers or venue hosts of your choice regardless of whether or not they appear on the list. *REMEMBER* Always follow your garrison/squad/outpost guidelines when in comes to organizing Disney/LFL promotional troops, only command staff should deal directly with LFL. 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 missions and deployment. The list of accomplished troopers keeps growing, so for the official 501st event where you wore your TK! Once you've hit a milestone count, go over to the "Trooper Missons and Deployment -- Post yourget 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 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 October - November TK-76221 "Daar Drashaar" Piotr - - - - - - - TK-15021 "Thiboterham" Thibaut - - - - - - - TK-13456 "Malthred" Mathias - - - - - - - TK-26590 "Escrich Trooper" Nora - - - - - - - You can now also request a letter of commendation, more information available here 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 Outstanding Achievement Award Is the Attaché position vacant for your Squad/Garrison/Outpost? Interested in becoming an Attaché? Contact me by PM or apply in the thread below: With Unquestioned Loyalty Jonatan Östling TK-23592 "Nairy" Attaché Ambassador Master Armorer Program 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). 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 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. Congratulations to our most recently formed Fire Teams 78th Fire Team: REBEL BUSTERS!! Region: Hellenic Outpost and Dutch Garrison Name: REBEL BUSTERS & 79th Fire Team: Causeway Patrol!! Region: Causeway Garrison Name: Causeway Patrol 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.! More info here This area lists all those who have gone above and beyond basic approval toward screen accuracy and obtained EIB or Centurion or both. FOR October - November the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment would like to congratulate the following. Expert Infantry Badge Award: - - None this term - - You can find a list of multiple award recipients here. Multiple EIB award info here Expert Infantry Honor Gallery here --------------------------------------------------------------- Centurion Badge Award: - - None this term - - 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! As always if you have any interesting stories or photos please send me a PM. 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 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 Social Media Relations (DPRO) Luca Hahn (Morgi) TK-66744 Content Editor Support (DPRO) Adam Wolf (Revlimiter) TK-89400 Content Editor Support (DPRO) Vicky Mandlmaier (Vicky_Velocipanda) TK-50893 Content Editor Support (DPRO) Jeff Salt (Wingnut65) TK-50297 Attaché Ambassador (DPRO) Jonatan Östling (Nairy) TK-23592 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 Imperial Propaganda Machine (IPM) Torben Sobierey (Tall_Trooper) TK-19525 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 - - - Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/fisd501st.bsky.social On behalf of the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment Command Staff and the Imperial Propaganda Department

Legion announcement https://www.501st.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=116042&sid=fb3db776d9806ff7753eccc1456e9995 The new CRL system has gone live to replace the old wiki we’ve been using up until now. This is the result of 100s of hours of work so please join me in thanking the team behind the new system. Whilst all effort has been made to ensure we have copied this over correctly, it was all done by hand so errors are probably inevitable. If you see any please let us know and we’ll get them fixed as soon as possible. Main page https://crls.501st.com FISD CRLs https://crls.501st.com/fisd