[Happy Holidays from the Staff]

Merry Christmas and happy new year everyone.

[Sugarland TK bucket]

Here is a sneak peak at the charity auction bucket:

 

 

 

If anyone is wondering about the signatures:

 

Jennifer Nettles (lead singer) & Kristian Bush (lead guitar) are under the wings on the winged-heart.

Brandon Bush (keyboards) is by left earpiece.

Scott Patton (guitar) is at bottom of dome.

Annie Clements (bass) is by right earpiece.

Thad Beaty (guitar) is upper right of dome.

Travis McNabb (drums) is upper left.

[Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - Bastrop]

Very cool, nice job troopers.

[SDS Stunt trooper Helmet]

Is it the battle spec or the high end stunt?

[TD-9328 Requesting EIB ANH Stunt[ATA][APPROVED] 2nd]

Yes, you pass.

[Dwolla]

I've never heard of it. I know Amazon.com has started a paypal like service as well, and so has google. Hopefully competition will help int he fee and customer service dept. Unfortunately Ebay owns paypal so you can't use anything else there anymore,

[HOW to: assembling ATA ABS helmet #1]

ScottM sells tube stripes for $3 shipped. I don't think the decal files have ever been posted anywhere.

[changing user name]

Click on your user name near the top right of the screen, go to "my settings", and "display name" is the third tab on the menu.

[Is EIB slowly becoming obsolete?]

Remember there are 2339 TKs in the Legion and only 190 EIB. So at the moment we have reached out to 8% of the Legion's TKs. I know there are people all over the Legion (I see it in my own garrison too) who are one mod away from EIB but just don't want to take the plunge. That's OK in my book because of indirect exposure to the EIB program from garrison mates they are a cut above the Legion base requirements.

 

Another bonus is that because of the EIB program since it's launch five years ago things like black tube stripes, the over sized and/or miscolored ab buttons, silver detonator decals, and plastic belts are no longer Legion acceptable for new members. Just like all costumes in the Legion the standards are ever evolving. In another five years I could see almost all the EIB requirements being Legion minimum which would make for a bunch of great looking TKs.

[EIB Requirements - Base (all costume types)]

I think it warrants a discussion for Centurion. I'd start a new thread here about it and see what peoples thoughts are.

http://forum.whitearmor.net/index.php?showforum=66

[Need Help - Vader Boots]

No one knows for sure what the screen used boots are since David P provided his own and isn't telling (or can't remember). I use a pair of WWII german officer parade boots for my Vader.

[Neck trim?]

It's undersized but passable. The large curve goes around the neck opening facing the outside, the smaller slot goes inside the helmet.

[What to use to clean your armor after each troop]

You can get the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser from any department/grocery store in the household cleaning area. Novus you will need to contact boat marina shops, plastic distributors or get it online. The cheapest I've found it online is from amazon for $8.

[What to use to clean your armor after each troop]

I use a Mr. Clean magic eraser to get off the major scuffs, I leave the rest. I always seem to bump into the colorfully painted clones and wind up with a red, blue, or yellow streak on my armor.

[Sugarland TK bucket]

Brandon Bush (@TheBrandonBush) tweeted a pic of the stormtrooper helmet we sent him. Sugarland is going to autograph it for an auction to benefit the Indy victims fund. More details will be posted when the helmet is returned.

 

Thanks to Terry (Pandatrooper) for finishing the helmet, and Jon (Blasty) for handling the Sugarland communications!

 

Imperial Carpool Duty by Backstory, on Flickr

[Please bare with me........]

My condolences to you and your family.

[Who made this...thing?]

I call those LEGO helmets.

Why insult LEGO with a helmet like that...

[Any hope to clean this up?]

I've used a q-tip with mineral spirits to get painting goofs off of helmets before. If there is still a little residue the magic eraser will take care of it.

[S-Trim : Do You Glue It?]

On my trooping helmet I put a few dabs of white glue just to make sure it doesn't try and come off. My only fear with CA glue is that it could fog the area around the neck trim as it dries.

[Star Wars Blu-Ray]

Guys just got a friend to check this and he has confirmed the bonus discs are Blu-Ray!

Interesting, I guess Amazon got it wrong.

 

EDIT: And there it is, Amazon's listing is different than it was a week ago when I pre-ordered.

[Star Wars Blu-Ray]

How can you watch it without a Blueray player - from your computer?

All the bonus material is DVD, only the movies are Blue Ray.

[Star Wars Blu-Ray]

I'm getting the box set and don't have a BlueRay player. The mountain of extras will be worth it.

[REQUEST : How to remove super glue from armour]

I can verify that freezing works. Just take your time getting it off and you should be fine.

[darth vader armor]

I believe you have to register to see the Sith Lord Detachment's forums. It's been active for years as it's actually older than the FISD.

[Most Accurate Stormtrooper Action Figure?]

If you are patient you can get the Marmit figures off Ebay pretty reasonably. I got a stormtrooper $68, and a sandtrooper sgt. for $65.