Daetrin

Well, we didn't have a merch section back then. The forums were a lot smaller.

The photo is dated *2007*. The link you provided was our second run. Can you believe they were $15 shipped? The good old days!

Does anyone remember the first FISD shirt run? Does anyone still have one? I still have one of the original hoodies...but miss these basic shirt designs.

I had a brown box in a closet for a long time. Just visualize what you want it to look like when done and dive in. The best part is that everyone makes mistakes on the first go. Don't worry about trying to get perfect, just keep moving it forward.

Maybe adding some links to your EI/Centurion & build threads / photos may help illustrate that point ;-)

Why is Empire Strikes Back considered one of, if not the best, Star Wars film? "I felt I needed humor in the picture, and yet I couldn't have gags. I felt I needed a love story, and yet I couldn't have a lot of smooching and kissing and all that stuff. And it had to be implied". -- Irvin Kershner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVlXXwCIUiQ

Amaury Guichon has sculpted some pretty amazing artwork out of chocolate, which you may have seen on School of Chocolate, or else his YouTube channel. He's now made a stormtrooper helmet in chocolate. While maybe not screen accurate, it's pretty good considering it's 100% chocolate. Short at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woj7pR9k-2Q

RIP Dan, and bucket's off. It's shocking that someone can be such a voice and then be silenced so unexpectedly. My condolences to his family. Truly a sad day for our community.

I hope everyone is able to find time and a way to celebrate today, Star Wars day, May the 4th. I'm a big fan of David Petersen's Mouse Guard series, and today he posted on Twitter some really cool artwork that is SW related, using mice of course! If you haven't read his books, I highly encourage you to check them out. If you have read his books, these are a joyful way to enjoy two fandoms together. Cheers, Paul

That's awesome! I was able to watch ANH in the theater a few years ago and you are right that it's a completely different experience than watching at home. You are so in to enjoying the movie you don't notice any small flubs, etc. Glad you had a great time.

Welcome to FISD. Remember, us old guys like pics!

Hello UKG. I and my daughter in London this week and while I didn't bring armor, I did bring my FISD shirt and the FISD flag and some swag. I realize it's a working week, however if anyone has an opening in their schedule it may be fun to meet up for a coffee or bite if the stars align. We are staying in Sydenham though are going into the city daily. Our tentative schedule looks something like (it's a little fluid) Sunday the 16th - Tourist day, see Trafalgar Square -> Piccadilly Circus and likely King's Cross for the obligatory Platform 9 3/4 photo op Monday the 17th - Canary Wharf tube stop (501st obligatory photo) - Tower of London tour - St. Mary Aldermary visit - St. Paul’s Cathedral visit Tuesday the 18th - British Museum - Masonic Grand Lodge (photo op, maybe tour if possible) - Maybe some shopping at Tottenham Court Road & Oxford Street Wednesday the 19th - Fan Wars / Star Wars Exhibition (11:30am ticket time) - Kew Gardens in the afternoon Thursday the 20th - See Hamilton Musical (2pm show time), free after Friday the 21st - Open day My email is feibao@gmail.com

Awesome work gentleman. It may have started as an April Fool's Joke, but somehow I think someday someone will make this real, even if it's just a con costume.

Link to order?

I just can't beat that.

+1. Round of drinks for this actually happening. Seriously.

Love the concept. Don't forget the (c) LFL logo on it and we're golden. Who wouldn't want one?

Sweet! Put me down with an order 66.

I had one back a few years ago, but I heard the DOs now have a different one that is more complete.

Priceless . Of course, I'm that silly guy who never bought and original hocky jersey, which I now lament.

Actually recasting is meant to be simply that, making a cast of a set of molds. Authorized recasting: you get permission to recast something. Unauthorized recasting: you did not get permission to recast something. In general use though when we cite someone as a "recaster", we mean the latter. The first screen derived suits were recast from an old ROTJ tour suit and cleaned up to be like ANH, so it's not correct to say it's a direct recast. These are suits that were bought by someone. In theory you are right LFL could issue C&Ds anytime to anyone making stormtrooper armor without a license, however they do not. Doing so would kill the 501st Legion and many other Star Wars costuming groups. I mean, it's not just TK armor, is it? However LFL recognizes the marketing and PR appeal of having Star Wars costuming clubs, and so the gentleman's agreement from back in the 90's was that as long as we make no profit from what we do, they essentially turn a blind eye. If you want to dicuss this topic futher, please read through and if still unsure create a new post at Recasting Discussion - 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment (whitearmor.net) as otherwise this is off-topic for this thread.

I'm sure we've all seen articles and posts about "The Stormtrooper Effect" about how it seems stormtroopers have poor aim. I'd like to put that tired meme to bed, as it's simply not true. Consider: - The rebels lost all but 3 pilots (Wedge, Luke, and a Y-Wing) attacking the Death Star in A New Hope. All others were lost in ship-to-ship combat. - Han barely escaped by the skin of his teeth at the start of Empire Strikes Back and is caught easily enough in the end. - The rebels weren't doing too hot in Return of the Jedi until the Death Star got blown up. They were otherwise losing. A lot. As you all know, my alter ego is a stormtrooper. Below are my thoughts from the perspective of TK-8020. This was originally posted in 2008. -- OK, I just have to defend our guys in black and white. First off, I was there in docking bay 94. Our orders were to stop the ship. The only reason that scruffy Correlian lived was because we weren't aiming for him. If we killed him and the ship got away we'd be toast, so everyone aimed for things like the insystem flight controls to keep them from taking off, or to cripple them so they couldn't run in case they did get off. That was the priority. Yeah, a few of us bought it, but not everyone had the opportunity to run for cover & there was a pretty powerful laser cannon swinging our way...I like to think we were able to soften up at least the lateral controls. My buds in orbit said it wasn't maneuvering all that well and they barely escaped. Now I wasn't on the Death Star when all that hullaballoo went on (though I was earlier), but I talked to another of my buds who was, and he said that Vader had issued orders that those prisoners were not to be killed and to let them get away. So all that running around escaping bit you hear about? Well let me tell you they were only supposed to keep up enough fire to keep them running, not to kill them. At any cost. And the ship escaping? Same thing, he was in the docking bay (what a coincidence - both of us doing the same thing) and he told me that they were told just to aim to miss, e.g. let them get away. Why? Vader's idea. Dumb move if you ask me. So us guys in white did an outstanding job when you understand what was going on. And the TIE pilots? Again, they kicked some major butt. Only three rebel ships plus that freighter got away - the rest destroyed in ship-to-ship combat. Yeah, our TIE guys don't get nearly enough credit as they deserve. Endor? Jeesh, I never hear the end of it. Listen, those guys were all ROADs (retired on active duty) and guys out of basic. Apparently, the higher ups thought Endor duty was pretty low risk what with all the other hardware around, and it was just after holiday. Most of them were pretty toasted if you know what I mean. And my cousin who's in intelligence and watched some of the classified security tapes told me that they were very much outnumbered, more so than the general public was led to believe. As if a small band or so locals could defeat troopers. As if. There were a lot more of those little fur coats around and a lot of them bought it before our troops were overwhelmed. Dirty little secret the rebels didn't want to reveal - made them look much tougher than they really were. Remember that we were one base, and they were a whole planet of those little buggers. Eventually numbers win out. OK long story short. We've gotten a lot of flack about our ability to aim, and some writers and what-not have tried to lump us in with the sorry suckers of other military forces, but the reality of the situation is that we are the elite, and don't go down as easily as we're made out to be. TK/TD-8020

Awwwwww! Love em

Well deserved, I say!

True story: when we marched in the Rose Parade back in 2007, on the bus ride there nearly everyone was standing in armor. On the way back, *everyone* found a way to sit!