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(Mods - I meant to post this in Field Training - please move) Quick disclaimer: I am not a fan of the football team we associated with but the opportunity for local (and somewhat national) exposure was too great to pass up! My Squad had the opportunity to do a video shoot on the Longhorn Network, an ESPN subsidiary that carries the University of Texas at Austin Longhorns. Their away game uniforms are all white, and the coaching staff refers to them as their 'Stormtrooper' uniforms, so they wanted to do a tie-in with those and the 501st Legion armor. The shoot itself was fun - my armor was chosen for the 'suiting-up' part: putting on the arms, calf, helmet. They made me do those shots over...and over...and over. At first I thought I'd be getting a lot of 'face time' on camera, but they just zoomed in on the armor itself, which is fine. Two of my Squad were briefly interviewed, which turned out great! The sad part is that most of the players interviewed...didn't know what Stormtroopers are, much less Star Wars what is! Damn kids these days with their Jersey Shore & Honey Boo Boo... One of the cool add-ins they did was translating names into Galactic Basic text and using TKIDs for the troopers interviewed Enjoy! http://espn.go.com/v...clip?id=8461877 (quick note - for some reason the video doesn't play on my computer at home...but works on my Android tablet...apologies if you can't view it!)

I don't know how Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona memorial slipped my mind! Definitely going to both places. Thanks for the link and recommendation of the Cultural Center. As for the tattoos, I think someone in the North Texas Squad was responsible for those...we're flattered she is representing for us

My wife & I will be staying at the Hilton Waikiki Beach next week (10/9-15) and I wanted to ask if there is anything we MUST see/do while we're there. We're already signed up for the usual tourist-y stuff (surfing lessons, helicopter ride, snorkleing). It is our first trip out there...and I'm not sure when we'll be able to return, so we'd like to see as much as possible. If anyone lives near where we're staying I'd love to meet you in person - I won't have my armor with me (although I did debate bringing my bucket...) but will buy you a beer & have a Star Garrison patch or two with me. PM me if you're nearby. thanks!

Thanks for the compliment - it's funny that the rest of my Squad TEASES me about being a Centurion Barricade's Fett is very impressive & detailed. There is a small greeble on the cheek of his helmet that he had to search high & low for...and he still hasn't found the exact Star Wars beach towel for his cape...

The kiddos did have a blast - our presence was just icing on the cake. There was one little girl dressed up like Princess Leia...our photographer didn't post it up to FB so I don't have it to post here...oh, and we had one of the 3 of us in front of the Victoria's Secret store, peering in through the windows

Actually, Barricade is wearing the Prototype Boba Fett armor - kind of a rare version of Fett. He's still searching for the exact Star Wars beach towel the prototype used for a cape.

Another fun troop - the Lego store opened a bit early for their Club members to come in & play/shop. We were happy to represent and have some fun as well. (Photo credit: Sarah Tso) Obligatory "Let's go to work" photo:

Here's the 'unofficial' CRL: http://903rd.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=forcegenreq&action=display&thread=267&page=1 Lightsabers can get pretty pricey - especially if you are going to get into sparring/dueling.

The Acolyte is on my short list of next builds. Have you started researching lightsabers yet?

Congratulations! Another RT-Mod Centurion!

Looking forward to both being available as well...and FISD trading cards too (i know this is the wrong thread for those )

The little boy in the picture does not speak English and was a bit scared to approach us at first. Fortunately, our Jango is fluent in Spanish and was able to get the boy talking and after that it was all good. I agree, it is a very powerful picture - Chris really nailed that shot.

The much-needed rain gave us a bit of a break for us to troop at the Purple Stride 5k/Kids K. This was the first troop I have done in quite some time, and also the kick-off for my Squad having events every weekend until early December! (photo credit: Melissa Gaither)

I just registered/visited the new Detachment and am ROTFLMAO The sub-categories under "Costume Stuff" - Hair...brilliant!

Second vote for RT-Mod. I'm 6'2", 205# and had to do very little cutting/sizing to fit into my armor.

Screws in the Hengstler - Genius!

They seem to have pretty good reviews over on Sith Lords but I have no personal experience to draw from.

Congratulations! I really like your TKID on your Hengstler - I thought of doing the same thing myself...but don't trust my dremel skills to engrave mine

Congratulations! Great work on your armor!

Ok, now THAT is funny! Was ice cream served after the flash mob? I'm sure it was quite creamy from all the jostling around

Congratulations! I love the weathering on your armor - how did you weather the helmet?

you can also use 1" webbing for snap plates - just poke a hole through for the snap. I used an old saudering iron for doing that. make the webbing about 2" long and just put glue on the ends, not the snap itself.

Mine's back and I see others above me in this thread have theirs as well - good job, Eric!

Thanks for answering my questions - hell, if you can balance the l/r hearing I'll never take my helmet off! Of course if I did that, i'd never be able to use the 'selective hearing' excuse I give my wife when I tell her i didn't hear what she said...

Congratulations, Ingrid!