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Good evening members of the FISD, I'd like to thank you for having the confidence in me to fill the role of Detachment Leader. This is not the way any of us would want to be taking this station. Joseph has been an important part of this detachment for as long as I have been here. He embodies Troopers Helping Troopers, and has never shied away from helping others. He was a natural choice for DL. Sadly personal circumstances have made that impossible for him. I wish him the best in this difficult time he finds him self in. Andrew Franke @Sly11 has agreed to step in as XO. His experience is undeniable, and will be a welcome boost as I catch up with this term. Other positions will remain unchanged at this time. Having been thrown in at the deep end my priority is to get a plan for the term up and running. Wheels had already started to turn on a number of projects, though most of which are not ready to share yet. This said I do want to take a fresh look at the year, looking at any carry over from the last term and coming up with a final plan for the year. With unquestioned loyalty. Chris Detachment Leader

Congratulations Chris( @themaninthesuitcase)!!! I hope that with our help, we can make this a little easier for you. And thanks also to Andrew( @Sly11), who prefers to be with us instead of enjoying his retirement in Hawaii... I would also like to wish Joseph( @justjoseph63) all the best. I hope all is well, brother.

Okay @gmrhodes13 and @Doggydoc, how do these look? Sent from my SM-N981U1 using Tapatalk

Congrats, Chris! And best wishes to @justjoseph63.

Congratulations Chris.

They should be cut down to sit almost flush on the belt Original screen used belt (from gallery):

Congratulations Chris - looking forward to this year and what will come.

NEW In Memoriam Detachment Leader Merchandise Officer Hall of Fame FISD Meme's Around the Detachment Costume Totals Trooping Opportunity 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 With heavy hearts we mourn our member Stefan Ofner (ID-23008), who died suddenly and unexpectedly. Stefan has been a member of the Austrian Garrison since November 2016. Not only that he represented the Detachment officer excellently with several uniforms. From 2018-2020 he was GMB and from 2019-2020 GPR. He will remain in our memory. Always open, friendly and ready to do the good thing. He also had an open ear when needed. He was able to inspire many with his drive. Thank you for letting us meet you. Our thoughts are with his family and friends and wish them all strength during this difficult time. Rest in peace, Stefan! We will miss you! "Buckets Off" Greetings troopers! It seems we live in interesting times. You may have noticed that the name of the detachment leader has changed a bit ahead of the normal cycle. To see how we got here please have a read of this post https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/54568-resignation-of-detachment-leader-joseph-justjoseph63/ and https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/54596-message-from-new-detachment-leader/ A familiar face is coming back as the new XO @Sly11 and he will be showing me the ropes. By now most of you should have been receiving your shield patches from the last term. The DMBO team did a great job on these, and I look forward to seeing them on jackets, hoodies & shirts soon. I am excited to show mine off but I am putting off sewing that big back patch! Whilst there have been some changes over the last week, the team had already been hard at work for the new term. Now that legion teams are starting to be ratified we should soon see some movement and hopefully will have more to tell you next month. I have a couple of pairs of large shoes to fill, but I am hoping to rise to the challenge. Before I go I would also like to let you all know about the legion funding drive currently happening. For those of you who are not aware FISD is hosted along side the main legion forum. Whilst we have some of our own costs, the legion covers the majority of the cost of keeping our lights on. If you have not already done so please check the main legion thread on this here: https://www.501st.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=113646 With Unquestioned Loyalty Chris Pearson TK-10991 "themaninthesuitcase" Detachment Leader Greetings Fellow Troopers! I hope all of you are well and are starting to get out and troop here in the new year. The weather in the Mid Atlantic portion of the US is starting to warm up and the days are getting longer so soon we'll be able to get outside and start some of our costume projects that require paint and sanding. On to the Business of Merch! Old Business The #SecretMerch Item is well on the way. The factory in China having been closed for the observation of Chinese New Year for most of February has finally sent us color proofs for approval. I got with the SpecOps MBO and we approved the colors and requested that Manufacturing begin. Pfab tells me that he expects that coins will start shipping late March/early April. I'll post any updates on the Sales Thread located here: Secret Merch Item The Rocker run is closed. @MaskedVengeance has placed the order soon, so hopefully they will be in your hands in the next 6 - 8 weeks. I'm very jealous of those that can wear these. I'm working on building my new AM kit to EI standard so that I can help "Advance to 1500". Rocker patches. The Banner patch run is closed. The orders have been confirmed and we are now waiting for updates from the factory for color proofs. Once I have any more updates, I will post them in the sales thread, located here: Stormtrooper Banner Patch New Business As many of you know we lost a pillar in the community a while ago. We are working to create a Memorial Patch for Terrell Reber of ATA. We have an interest thread running here for those that are interested. It will be closing soon, so please let us know if you would like to participate. We are still working on this years plan for merch. Racing Shirts, Tee Shirts, Baseball Hats, "war" banners, coins, patches and a few other items are on this list of items we are discussing. Look for more updates, interest threads, and a design contest or two coming very soon to the Detachment Merch and Detachment Only Merch Threads! If you aren't already subscribed to them get alerts for new post, you should do so soon! Go here and follow! https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/47-detachment-merchandise/ https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/272-detachment-merchandise-only/ If you have any thoughts, suggestions, comments or concerns about FISD Merch or Branding, my "virtual" door is always open. Hit me up, you can reach me via email, forum DM, or find me on Facebook. Here is to another year of great FISD merch! With Unquestioned Loyalty James Silvius TK-12953 "jsilvius" Merchandise & Branding Officer Now this is how every parade should be, amazing photo Helen! Please welcome TK-42085 to the Stormtrooper Hall of Fame, February 2024! @mamaking Troop log can be found here. 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 Currently (as of 13th March 20224) there are 33,334 approved costumes in the legion, out of these under FISD there are 5160 which is 15.45 % of all approved 501st costumes. This percentage has been dropping for the last few years, the larger the legion costume totals grows the smaller amount of TK's there are. ]] Info can be found in the legion holocron LFL Retail Moratorium Lift While there is currently a retail moratorium on character appearances in effect, it is being lifted May 3-5 at retailers selling Star Wars Related merchandise during the May the 4th fan holiday. We are also happy to allow appearances at theaters screening The Phantom Menace during this time. All fans, costumed or otherwise, can participate with venues of their choice within this window with the restriction that costumed appearances must not be used in the advertising for the event. Although these appearances will be treated like an open invite, we’ll leave it to the fan groups to independently organize around these events as they see fit. LFL 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. In the coming weeks, we may send out a list of ‘preferred’ retailers and theaters 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 Andrew @Sly11 , 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 February - March TK-10486 "Kingman85" Steven - - - - - - TK-31701 "Alikh" Alex - - - - - - TK-22617 "techdesco" Andres - - - - - - TK-87665 "Stardust665" Angie - - - - - - TK-62257 "MDeliso" Mathew - - - - - - TK-89400 "revlimiter" Adam - - - - - - 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 ATTACHÉ AMBASSADOR Hello there! My first message to the masses as the new Attaché Ambassador! To start off, I'd like to announce that we have already grown 3 new sets of eyes and ears of FISD out in the field! Welcome @Tilheyra (Bloodfin Garrison), @Sithping (Imperial Scottish Garrison) and @R2Chris (Outer Rim Garrison) to the list of Attachés! For the already existing Attachés that haven't done the Sound off for 2024, please do so! With Unquestioned Loyalty Jonatan Östling TK-23592 "Nairy" Attaché Ambassador The FISD Master Armorer program is an optional, detachment only incentive award to recognize individuals who have directly helped another 501st stormtrooper to achieve Expert Infantry status. Some people spend countless hours helping others, and want to reward their results as well as incentivizing new people to help as well. To register a “win” in the program, the assistance must have provided hands-on help trimming, building, and/or fitting of said armor for the person who was awarded Expert Infantry status. 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 74th Fire Team: Name: Fire Team Tydirium Region: Central Ohio Logo: To Follow - - - - - - Let's all give a warm FISD welcome to our 75th Fire Team: Name: Fire Team Mantero Region: Garrison Tyranus Logo: 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 February - March the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment would like to congratulate the following. Expert Infantry Badge Award: Kevin "KFo TK-21921" TK21921 EIB 1073 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: 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 CMF) 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 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

Congratulations Chris!

Please stand by, A.J. is not on the forum every day and will be here in due course

Me and @Coil finally started painting the 3d print that I got from the people who did my scan! All the shadows as you see them are painted on! Gonna look awesome when it is done!

The requests are checked as frequently as able. Given the volunteer nature of FISD, it may take a bit if life gets busy. A.J. will be here as soon as he is able.

It worked!!! It took multiple attempts and I got glue in a lot of places, but the forearm is generally put together and I can fit my hand and arm through without cutting off circulation!!! After letting the glue dry for 48 hours I removed the clamps and magnets. I was a little concerned about how well I overlapped the cover strip with the edges of the forearms, but it appears I decently centered the cover strip across the gap! The wrist area is wide enough to accommodate not only my wrist, but also allow me to tuck in the edges of my gloves! I will need to do some cleanup work to remove the glue that ended up getting all over the cover strip and the edges. Removing the glue will then allow me to properly add the ABS shims to fill the current channel in the forearm armor. Some trimming is also needed for the return edges near my elbow. The outer side looks as it should! As I finally found a good way to construct the forearms I will construct the other forearm piece in the same way! It feels great to be making progress again!

Just looking forward to spending hard earned credits on my FISD Merch Sir.

All costume approvals go through a local GML (garrison membership liaison) you will need to reach out to the Garrison that covers your area, I believe that would be Golden Gate Garrison https://www.501stggg.com/ GML: Ricky Resurreccion(TX 74259) GML@501stGGG.com GWL: Sha Sha Chu(TK 19233) shashachu@gmail.com

This is the same issue I had with my kit. As Glen indicated, I think this results from the way the kit is made. This is one of those situations where it would be good to check with your GML to see what guidance they can provide. I had to try twice to get my sniper knee into the right position. Also, I still have about 1 or 2 mm of a gap between the front cover strip and the sniper knee itself. This wasn't an issue for me as it is on the underside of the sniper knee where it really isn't seen.

Requesting member access for SL3983 https://www.501st.com/members/searchresults.php?searchfield=3983&criteria=tkid

Thank you, Chris. We're all in.

That is my dream project! Would be so cool to have!

Amazing!! I still need to reprint another Lil’ Nairy as well to finish what I was working on with the holdable hologram

Hello and Welcome to FISD. Good luck with your build journey.

Unfortunately in can just be how the armor pieces have been made, many are near on impossible to get symmetrical, I've used heat before to twist the front section so it sits straighter but that's my OCD kicking in. At the end of the day most may not notice it, ultimately it's your GML who has to approve it.

Thank you both. I'll work on cutting those down. Sent from my SM-N981U1 using Tapatalk

Congratulations Chris! I think it’s pretty clear that the staff are all here to support you, and judging on the Poll for confidence, the membership are too. Joseph, all my love to you brother, we are here for you too.

Let's get this bread!

Thank you Chris and @Sly11 for stepping up .

Depending on how the sniper plate fits (some may need twisting as they don't sit quite straight) you can add a notch in the lower section so the plate sits on the coverstrip more central. It's all about tweaking, oh and using a lot of magnets, clamps, tape

Thank you for stepping up Chris, ready to serve

Congratulations Chris! I am very confident that you'll do an amazing job for our Detachment as DL, and you have everything you need and more in your DXO, with the all experience and knowledge that Andrew comes with! Let's do this together!

Congratulations guys on your new role

Congratulations Chris and best wishes in your new role.

While I certainly lament the departure of Joseph, and wish him all the best and my love, I'm excited about for this new term under your leadership. We are here to support you and the membership!

Congratulations Chris! You are a great person and the right man for the job. We are all behind you!

An airbrush helps when painting figures in this scale. But when painting shadows and highlights it helps to be aware of color theory and not to be afraid to mix in other colors. White is one of the most difficult colors to paint in my opinion. Lil Nairy is a fun challenge.

Heres a close-up of my shin. Hope this helps.

Now there are 2 of them!!!..lol

3/9/2024 - AwesomeCon 2024, DC

Troop number - 52 Date - 3/10/24 Event - New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade Location - New Haven, CT Hours - 1 Costume - TK - Shocktrooper

4. Jellick Elementary School Reads Day LA, CA-3/08/24 https://imgur.com/gallery/3KBtIZv

Congrats on 100 TK Troops Adam!

Awesome work as usual, Marc!

@Nairy - just wanted you to know that you were the very first thing I ever printed to test out my new resin printer! Scaled at like... 8% haha I definitely did some damage in my enthusiasm to rip the supports off, so lesson learned there, but overall, very happy with this little guy and he lives on the shelf in my workshop now. Thanks for making this file available to us! Printed in about 4 hours with Anycubic High Speed Resin.

A major benefit of teaching college/university courses in communication is the relative ease of connecting the subject matter to what we experience in daily life. Although this results in thinking of my academic discipline a little too much during my off hours, I (and my students) benefit from bringing lots of cool and interesting ideas into the classroom to enagage course concepts in various ways. Working through this habit, the question arose: How can I connect being a professor and a stormtrooper? The series Social Science with a Stormtrooper grew out of this question. These are supposed to be short videos of up to a few minutes that connect a specific concept in the social sciences (mostly within Communication Studies) to Star Wars. The most relevant and believable context for these videos is an academy for stormtroopers, with me playing the role of an instructor who helps stormtroopers with their abilities in interpersonal interaction. In these videos, I try to use plain language to avoid the lecturing and academic-speak common in college classrooms (not sure if I hit the mark). I hope these videos will eventually be a teaching tool for the classroom, but I thought it would be best to show some of the videos here first. I've also thought about posting these videos on Instagram for public consumption. This video (helmet hair and all) is a test to see what I did well and to determine what needs improvement. I had created a basic script and worked from memory during the recording. Clearly, I need to improve the video quality the next go around. I am also thinking about how to make the video itself more engaging, because the plain background seems pretty dull. Given all the flaws, this video is currently unlisted on Youtube, so it can only be accessed through the link here. If anyone is interested, give it a watch and let me know what you think!

So I might need to trim off the base that came with the scan which should be easy enough Most of the glare of the light is because of my screen protector on my phone camera, but it is pretty bright nonetheless so I will add something to lessen that Larger statue Smaller statue

Yep! That's the idea! Need to find a good light though. Someone I was talking to before who did something similar in the past got a puck light on Amazon.

Totally forgot to post a picture, but it turned out great! I've printed 3 so far. First one had a print bed issue, so you had a really flat foot. Second one was good, the last one I made larger sized.

Oh that's awesome! I have a resin printer with transparent blue resin which I've been wanting to use to make a hologram and this model would be perfect for it! I'll post a picture here once its finished printing