Daetrin
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That's absolutely amazing! I think you should be featured not only in the next FISD newsletter, but also the 501st newsletter. @Sly11 @gmrhodes13
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Yeah, usually they replace silver with gold and 100% for sure need to be able to support numbering.
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Eric, as you know the EI coin is always a variant of whatever we have going on. So is it possible to see an EI version of this?
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True. Wish it was retroactive so we can see the end of the RP...
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I fully disagree with that sentiment. I see a lot of mistakes made because people can't search the archives. What value is keeping them out of public view?
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Agreed. It's amazing what the 2021 staff do - they are incredible!
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Agreed! There is even a cachet to being the 501st if you miss the 500th
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April 1st?
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@gmrhodes13 did you do a crop of this one at some point? I remember saying it would make an awesome poster...
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Also note the difference in costumes? C3 is really just your core costumes: Vader, TK, TB, TD, ID and a few others. C8, different story.
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Just for scale, this is the *entire Legion* at C3
Celebration 5
Buckets off
Celebration 6 with Brian Muir
Closeup (I was the ID)
All the EI/Centurion who attended
I can't find Celebration 7 anymore (maybe someone has them?) but here is C8. Look at all that white!
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Some great ideas. Here is one thought: NO HELMET at all. This way there is no way anyone can feel excluded. The 5th anniversary coin for instance had no helmet at all.
Loving the Roman theme, btw.
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You know, you are your own squad now ;-)
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I missed this too. Man, that is quite the accomplishment. Well done, you!
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Yeah, you truly do want to be one of the first 500.
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59 minutes ago, Zinfer said:
Yea I definitely envy photos like that. beautiful.
Truly, I do suggest a good photographer, even freelance. It will cost some $$, but if you get some buddies to be part of the shoot you can decrease the cost. I'm really glad I had them taken when I did.
The ones with the book though I didn't pay for. I was the "model" for that photo shoot and they were nice enough to give me copies of the test shots. So I have a bunch of me in different poses, but the one for the advertisement is me simply holding up that huge book, which was so heavy I could only keep it at that angle for a short while.
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1 hour ago, Zinfer said:
TE2 was def better fit. The FX was just a tad short for you as you know, with the right shin.
I'm sure alot more differences. But looked great on you anyways. Def a nice fit all around.
Yup, but for reference these are not TE2 shins which were even worse then the FX. They are RT-Mod that were painted to match the TE2.
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On 2/28/2021 at 4:08 PM, tat2trooper said:
Fans are a must have.
Esp. in your area. I've been Seattle the whole time and have never had them installed.
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No worries. I was partly referring to my armor as well. The first one in 2005 was FX armor I put together myself and these were my 501st submission pictures. The second set was a TE2 suit I helped pull while visiting Guns in Hawai'i and was built by Wyatt and painted by Mike Appling. I was trying to make a joke that how our armor starts is now how it may end up, e.g. "how it started" meme.
As for photos, yes these were taken by a professional for a book promotion and it was just luck that the shoot was held here in Seattle and I was the only EI trooper in my garrison at the time.
That said, I found it best to get someone who you know through your garrison or other affinity group who is a professional photographer, or at least a very good one, to take the photos for you. Spouses sometimes are not the best as they don't think that a rotated shoulder is a big deal, etc.
Below is one that a Masonic brother of mine took for us. He had a studio and let my garrison drop by for some photo shoots (that is me as the officer).
The advantage of a professional is that they are masters of lighting, etc. No way you could get this type of shot at your house.
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FISD 15th Anniversary Coin Design Contest [CLOSED]
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At least historically we've never prevented people from submitting artwork. Our first webmaster and graphics guy was V'Pier, who never owned a TK. We had another DWM who also was not a 501st TK. Not sure what reason we'd give for only allowing 501st folk/TK to submit designs....