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Troop #27 - 20 July 2024 - RAF Henlow Summer Ball Bit of a fun location for this one, an active RAF base. Being a secure site we had to get the blasters inspected which was taken a bit more seriously than at a convention! We were looked after very well getting a the sports pavilion to our selves for changing. The Ball was great, lots of people in No1 uniform, gowns and tux's having a great time. We did the usual patrolling of the event for photo opportunities. There was one attendee who joined when the sterling was still the the active service weapon and seeing us using them took him back. After initially showing him them up close we let have have a hold of one for a photo and he was impressed how accurate they were. Sadly the base is supposed to be closing, but I am hearing conflicting info from other sources so hopefully we will get another opportunity next year. TK-63827 - Mark Mulcaster DS-19777 - Karen Angel TK-10911 - Chris Pearson

It's not about what Disney likes or doesn't it's about replicating the source material to the best of our ability. For example to go down a GE First Order Stormtrooper route you'd need to have a 1 piece chest/yolk which is visible above. They also appear to have no side seams on the abdomen either. It would not be an amendment to the other CRLs which are based on the film suits.

Before you go too far on the gold, you will need to have another pass on the sanding and filling. The chest looks okay but the abdomen has a few areas that need more work.

Can you show a picture of the clipped ends of the screws? A few options to deal with them. One is brute force and ignorance. Brass is pretty soft so you use a correct size socket and screw driver and turn. Other wise you are looking at filing or grinding the ends to remove the damage from the cut ends.

Welcome to the FISD.

If you are good to go please check against the current working CRL in the first page and then PM me and we can check over the costume and sort out the appropriate photos.

Minor update to the General Construction Notes section to account for the recent changes to the CRL header.

Congratulations on reaching 100 troops!

They key to the grey seems to be less is more. Seems that they all have some, and if there is a big panel like a helmet or chest plate it's not all of it, and then there is maybe 1 or 2 small patches. Ideally I'd say match a screen trooper but this is also a rare chance for members to express them selves. So long as they aren't solid grey I think we can be reasonably open with the wording. All of the close ups we have, not one has any cracking on a shoulder strap.

I have a feeling they used a Boss VE-5 but I can't be sure.

Hi, Please make sure you are consulting the draft CRL available here: As it stands on the current wording these should be fine. Best images for this are in this post

Welcome to the FISD. Good luck with your Enoch build, it's still pretty new for us and the CRL is not yet 100% complete but we hope to be done soon. If you have any questions get a build thread going and we will see what we can do to help

I left the measurement off on purpose, as in the past there have been issues with GMLs treating these as an exact measures not guidelines. 2.5" feels about right but we also don't have anything in the reference of a known size to compare against. With that in mind I am currently inclined to let "be proportional to the wearer" in the header do the lifting here and so long as it looks right let it clear.

He's trying to get them out as fast as he can but has had no end of troubles with parts. All orders will be honoured.

Congratulations to @giskard8 on being the first to earn the Senior Armorer award!