Billhag

Vic..... <_< You are a man after my own heart mate

As a self confessed 'Blaster Addict' , I would have to break my preferences down as follows;- Trooping 1st.- HyperFirm wins hands down, sorry nothing even comes close to it for durability, this bad boy is the undisputed World champion in my book 2nd.- A nice and well made PVC scratch build.as long as its light and accurate looking as possible 3rd.- Modded resin Sterling copy. with replaced fragile parts where possible 4th.- Good ol' Hasbro converted with Doopy Doos Kit. 5th.- An old chair leg from your Grannies dining room set painted black and some good ol' gaffa tape Show- off / Display 1st - Sterling SMG, fully kitted out with Hengstler,M38/M40/M19,metal rail and 'draw rail' T-Track 2nd- Master Replica's E11, 3rd- Metal scratch build with fully working stock (but would have to be good <_< ) 4th- Good resin copy, modified with real parts where possible Would kill for!!! 1st- An original prop from ANH 2nd- Pablo's!!!!!!!!........tchh!, need I say more

Comparison shots <---2009/10 TM Helmet.......2008 TM Helmet---> Right, I'm off to phone Ms.Hayek.....Enjoy!!!

What could be better then to start off the new year then a beee-ewww-teeefull new lid? OK, maybe Salma Hayek returning all my calls ‘coz I know that she can’t be out walking her dog EVERY TIME I phone her , but this as got to come bloody close I can tell ya So, I was asked by one of my Garrison chums and all ‘round bloody nice guy 89Batman-Gary if I could prepare his new TM lid for the forthcoming onslaught and abuse of the new years trooping. Which may not sound too bigger a deal until you know that this guys lives to troop. The finale count on his Service Record for ‘Official 501st Troops’ for 2009 came to a ground total of……85! (yerrp that’s what I said,….eight ten’s and one five…the guys just not human, he’s like some sort of frigging Trooping machine or something ) Anyway, he wanted me to tweak and tighten and do a little bit of pimping on it for him so that it could withstand the rigours of this Super Human Trooper . For those of you that don’t know, Trooper Master TM constantly re-sculpts and re-evaluates his armour in his unyielding quest (and ours ) for the ultimate, most accurate ANH armour on the planet. This is one of his latest helmet’s which incorporates his brand new face plate which as changed dramatically from his previous creations. Stand by for an onslaught of pictures (‘coz we all lurrrve pictures ) of both Gary’s new lid and some comparison photos along side my 2008 TM helmet ( well, MY 2009 TM one’s a different flavour now ain’t it!...tchhhh! ) more to follow..........

Right-Click SAVE,Right-Click SAVE,Right-Click SAVE,Right-Click SAVE, Pete Top Man for posting these up mate ....and yerrp. no Imperial stormtrooper worth his salts would leave home without a least a couple of rolls of good ol' Gaffa tape sitting nicely in their kit bags

Have a fantastic time everyone, and I hope that 2010 is a brilliant year for one and all

Congratulations Dan, welcome to the ranks of the EIB's

Michel, Patrick Welcome to the FISD gentlemen. Access granted and status updated

Yerrp, me too Mind you, not as good as last years one

All requests updated and access granted

I did a bit of digging and found the Court Ruling Here's the link;- http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2009/1328 And here's a breif outline of the findings;- Mr. Ainsworth must be laughing his nuts off and punching the air right now. It certainly is a strange old World that we live in

This was reported in the London Evening Standard today;- Very interesting

OK, I'll kick it off I've watched this guy from the start and I'd like to say he was a very shy and retiring type but I would be lying He hit the floor running and was full of confidence and wasn't afraid to show it. He's provided some fantastic tutorials in the short time that he's been aboard that may not have been unique but have been extremely informative to his fellow members. This guy seems to be in it for the long haul and seems to know what the main ethos of the FISD truly means. Soooo, without further ado, I would like to nominate......(drum roll please ) Pandertrooper - Terry (TK-2886)

Gary Looking bloody sweet there mate I love scratch builds and this looks like it as the makings of a REEEEEEELY nice one Great work so far mate, can't wait to see it progress

Gentlemen All good to go, status updated and access granted

Crap, Cold and Raining in London ,....forcast for the next few days Crap, Cold and Rain Now over to Julie who as a story concerning a rather unusual kitten........Julie

Daniel All set now mate Marc Aaaahhh, we have just the job for a ROTJ trooper like yourself.How d'ya fancy some extermination duty on some small bear like creatures that have been running amok on the outskirts of FISD headquarters? Status updated and 501st access approved Ananda Welcome to the FISD Sir, we eagerly await your submision to the ranks of our EIB's

Travis Shieds deactivated. proceed to hanger 72 and report on arrival. TK3623 cleared for access

Daniel. Kevin Please see below I know it seems like we're nit-pickin but it just make everyones job that little bit easier.

Paul In your 'Photobucket' float over the picture that you'd like to attach to your post and a little window should pop up like this;- Highlight and copy where it says 'Direct Link' and then click on this little symbol on the post tool bar and paste the link into the window that pops up like so And that should sort it out for you mate .

Steven Congratulations and welcome to the fighting 501st Eric Brilliant news mate and well done, after all your hard work you really deserve it fella. Next stop full MEPD deployment Gentlemen, you are both good to go now

Same as Paul, tried all the permutations of meaningful dates I could think of but they were all taken (really wanted 7718 to sort of spell out BILL upside down ) Got lucky at the last minute and looked up the time of my daughters birth and came up trumps with 16.50 and Hey Voila!.....TK-1650 reporting for duty

Benedikt , Dave Great to see yous guys here, Welcome to the FISD Gentlemen As you may have noticed from my previous posts we try to encourage all new members to post up in the 'New Member Introductions' section so that we can all get to know you a little bit better and also to welcome you in a fit and proper manner , So please feel free to take a wander over there when you can. In the mean time you are both good to go with 501st access.

FOURTY-FRIGGING QUID!!!!!!!! Well done matey , Now THAT was a brilliant deal