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  2. 501st age requirements

    in Off Topic

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    **puts PR hat on**

    The articles that surface periodically about people being arrested in Star Wars costumes? That's generally what happens when you show up unannounced and uninvited. NOT all the time, but we like to avoid that. That's why the 501st operates with request forms to have us invited places. We work closely with our event hosts to make sure our appearance in costumes with fake weapons are okay. Showing up unnanounced and in costume, brandishing a fake weapon is not good.

    Also, when we do photoshoots out in places like parks, we check with local law enforcement. We make sure to advise them ahead of time where we'll be, when we'll be there, Is this okay? Example.. I organized a shoot at a popular spot in the national forest here.. I called the park service ahead of time. They said it was okay. Once we were onsite, I spoke to a park ranger, invited them to come over, inspect our things if there was any concern. We were cleared to go have fun in costume and take photos. 

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  15. Trooper horror stories

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

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    Keep the stories coming! I have yet to have any horror encounters myself. I did get hit on shoulder a few at TFA releases in my armor, but walked away after telling the guy "Don't do that!" I'm usually very picky and choosey about what costume I wear to which event. Sporting events, I always go Rebel and bucketless. People seem less brave when they can see your face. Even drunks.

    My garrison mates on the other hand.....

     

    Hubby and another snowy getting the cops called on them at 2 in the morning for weathering their kits on their dirty cars after a marathon build.. 

    My husband's Vader cod popping off at a birthday party the two times 'cake' was mentioned..

    TK's getting abused at sporting events, which is par for the course.

    My husband dressed in his Vader got groped at a roller derby by someone who resembled Gimli. Same event, husband was goosed by a woman who managed to reach around and under the surcoat.

    At a Boo at the Zoo event, hubby was in his TK, told a kid dressed as Harry Potter "Dude, Slytherin is where it's at." The kid looks to make sure his parents aren't watching and flipped hubby off. Hubby still giggles about the brass ones on that kid.

    We had a kid damage one of our R2 units at the recent Avalanche game... while the parents watched. Busy environment and the kid wasn't caught in time by a handler or the builder. :/ Also had a rude and very drunk attendee refuse to put his drink down in order to have his picture taken with another of our R2 units. The guy was so unruly, we nearly had to have security called over.

     

    There was a birthday party, a Tusken was sent in first, did the typical gaffi stick over the head and shrieks.. The kids scattered like roaches when you flip the light on, shrieking like banshees. The TK's were sent in to 'arrest' the Tusken, and it took a bit to calm the kids down. LOL

     

    And I think this one is a winner... during a TFA release event... a sober woman approached our Darth Maul and asked to deep throat his lightsaber. Yes, the actual prop lightsaber.

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  19. Should I get this?

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

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    I was mostly looking at the helmet, as that was the most glaring of design issues to me. Now I'm looking at more pictures of the armor.

    On the calf pieces, the black 'pills' should be facing out, not in. Not fixable by swapping out on your legs, as there's the little vertical bars that do face out. 

    On the forearms, the black boxes are on the inside of the wrist. Could be an easy fix by popping the boxes off and re-affixing them to the correct forearms.

    The chest piece needs to be sitting a bit higher, which that's just simple positioning. Nothing about the armor really screams unapprovable to me, but I'm not a membership officer judging costumes. 

  20. Should I get this?

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

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    Some of it looks... off to me, could just be how the armor is all positioned for the photo. No clear identification on who the maker is. There are so terribly few makers for the First Order at the moment. 

    The helmet definitely doesn't look right on the sides, the trapezoids... The vents are facing up rather than out. The helmet is definitely not screen accurate. 

    For all things First Order, I'd recommend starting with this thread that Clint started. Amazing crazy information!

  21. Tall trooper

    in Hard Armor (General Discussion)

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    My husband is your height and went with MC/MonCal armor. The fit was beautiful with him. However, due to wait times, MC/MonCal is not recommended to first time buyers/membership seekers. AP armor should be good! 

    Standard, original trilogy TK's can be pretty forgiving in the height department. That's my two cents on the topic, whatever that may be worth!

    WELCOME TO FISD!!

  25. Color painting a Stormtrooper Armor

    in Getting Started - Read this First!

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    You can color your armor. The first question is, is she wanting to join the 501st? If she is, pink armor is not approvable. (But we do have members wear pink armor or under armor for Breast Cancer awareness events!)

    If it's armor she is not intending to have approved.... sand.. spray the armor with primer, sand, then paint. You can use anything from rattle can paints like Krylon to using automotive grade paints or even a paint booth used in the automotive industry if you have the money to do so.

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