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Update for relaunch Total 16 points, 2 more EIB and you make Master! It sounds like you may have had a part in some basic clearances as well if those can be confirmed you would be able to earn some extra points there also. Jim @gijim - TK-28888 - MTK ANH Stunt - EIB - 2 points Grave Wong @MrGrave - TK-36036 - MTK ANH Stunt - EIB - 2 points Billy Au-Yeung @baysk - TK-71814 - Anovos ANH Stunt - EIB - 2 points Henry NG @Henry Ng - TK-12762 - Anovos ANH Stung - EIB - 2 points Peter Lee @TK28228 - TK-28228 - RS ANH Stunt - EIB - 2 points Galton Ho @Galton - TK-28823 - TM ANH Stunt - EIB - 2 points Tiffany Wong @rabbitiff - TK-92230 - MTK ANH Stunt - EIB - 2 points Gary Ng @TK66124 - TK-66124 - RS ANH Stunt - EIB - 2 points

Update for Relaunch Hi Justin, I have gone through and I will take your word for the extra singles on the 3 confirmed, as bar 1 which is classified they only have one TK so would be their first and so would indeed count. There are three unconfirmed assists on your list, for these to count we will require confirmation. I make your confirmed total 13 points, 16 if the rest are confirmed. Thanks, Chris. Confirmed: Jessie H. @JHowe102 - TK-10272 - Anovos ANH-S TK - EIB #805 - 2pts Max P. @Ninety-Nine - TK-42199 - AM ANH-S TK - Basic Approval, EIB #923 - 3pts Dwight S. @Dsposato0 - TK-62345 - Anovos ANH-S TK - Basic Approval, EIB #1038 - 3pts Michael G. @Gh0stxxiv - TK-11914 - Anovos ANH-S TK - Basic Approval, EIB #1048 - 3pts Scott S. @TattooedStormtrooper - TK-82077 - RS ANH-S TK - EIB #1049 - 2pts Unconfirmed Michael W. @Crow2xs - TK-40473 - Anovos ANH-S TK - Basic Approval Yahir G. @OFFICER_LASKY- TK-10896 - Anovos ANH-S TK - Basic Approval Zachary D. @stormztrooper1 - TK-98752 - MTK ANH-S TK - Basic Approval

Finally opened it all up and took inventory. The pulls all seem reasonable, few marks in places that hopefully won't cause too many issues, though the back triangles need a little work. The trim lines on the shoulders are borderline invisible, which will be fun to deal with. Biggest worry remains the proper trim line on the forearms, but others have managed so I am sure I can too. Guess I need to start cutting bits out, I have set my self a goal of being done by November and that's only going to happen if I actually start. What's the glue of choice on these builds? Still E6000?

So far the best screen reference we have is in this post https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/54641-welcome-to-the-captain-enoch-resource-thread-for-crl-creation/?do=findComment&comment=780859 I was seeing it as a pleat but given we've already ruled out a single piece, that crease could easily be more just how it's hanging. In which case a simple overlap could be the truth. I am not a huge fan of using toys as reference but in general they are based on the originals at least to a course degree. I am happy to change the wording to reflect an overlap, but would appreciate some other input on this one.

Hi Justin, The points were calculated taking the old awards into account. As you state, to get Armorer under the old program required 5 EIB assists. Under the new program that works out at 5x 2 points, giving 10 points. So at a minimum, no trooper is worse of than they where 2 days ago. However if you have also assisted on the Basic clearances, and are able to document those you might well be on your way to master armourer. Over the coming days I will go through and update the current threads based on the EIB clearance. If there are basic ones to take into account on those same troopers that will need to be accounted for separately as currently we have no documentation of those.

The updated Armourer system is points based. By assisting other members in person you can earn points which count towards the ranks of the program. Ranks Apprentice Armorer (new) - 5 points Armorer - 10 points Senior Armorer - 20 points Master Armorer - 30 points These ranks will be awarded in the form of a forum badge in your profile. Rules All assistance must be in person and for a minimum of 30 minutes. Help is given in the spirit of Troopers Helping Troopers, no money or items of value may be exchanged. The candidate armourer must create a new thread in the Armorer Program Forum, For each member helped add a post to your thread stating: Who the member helped was. A summary of the help given. A link to the relevant approval page (legion for basic, or FISD for EIB). For points to be claimed the member helped must confirm the assistance in that thread. Should 2 people assist one member both may claim but must have assisted to a similar level, and both must be claimed and confirmed individually. Staff will update your running points total, and awards as they are earned. Points will be awarded as follows: 1 Point for assisting a member clear their first stormtrooper costume. 2 Points for assisting a member earn their first EIB award.

FISD has many wonderful programs to help members build and submit costumes for our detachment, whether it be a classic Stormtrooper, a First Order Stormtrooper, or even one of the new Imperial Armored Commandos. While our Expert Infantry and Centurion programs get most of the attention, FISD staff wants to relaunch the Armorer Program (Currently called the Master Armorer Program). What is the Armorer Program you ask? Well, it is a program designed to recognize those troopers that go above and beyond to assist themselves and others in getting costumes built, submitted, and approved. One of the goals of all the detachments in the 501st Legion is to help members build and submit costumes that meet and hopefully exceed the minimum requirements of the Legion’s CRLs. Currently the Master Armorer program has the requirement of helping a minimum of 5 members achieve Expert Infantry status. The member must have spent at least 30min physically helping another member with cutting, gluing, sizing, etc, just because they want to help (no money exchanged). The definition of an armorer is “a maker, supplier, or repairer of weapons or armor”. So while we certainly love the feedback that members provide to others on the forums, and the extra steps some do by having video calls to help walk people through issues with their builds, this program requires hands on work. The new program will have the same physical help requirement, but we are going to move from a “wins” system, (where a win was help an individual for 30 min or more) to a points system, and we aren’t limiting it to only Expert Infantry builds. While we are pushing the Advance to 1500 to try and achieve 1500 Expert Infantry members, we recognize that the goal of the detachment is to get FISD members build, submitted, and approved. So we will be awarding points for Basic builds as well. Currently there are 3 levels of the award, FISD Armorer, FISD Senior Armorer and FISD Master Armorer. The new program will add a 4th level at the beginning called the Apprentice Armorer. The point scale will be as follows. 5 points - Apprentice Armorer 10 points - Armorer 20 points - Senior Armorer 30 points - Master Armorer The Armorer candidate would earn points based on what level the member costume they assisted with achieved. If you help with a basic build, you get 1 point, if you help with a EIB build you get 2 points. So a person to basic you get a point, help them again to get their EIB earning another 2 to a total of 3. The thought again here is that we want to help build as many stormtroopers as possible. If you love building armorer and love helping fellow members get their costumes built, then this is the program you’ve been searching for. We look forward to awarding more members with this award as we know how much we all love Troopers helping Troopers.

Not sure I could recommend that, it looks like the 5thHorseman files (https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/45171-first-order-f-11ds-the-force-awakens/) but there are parts missing in the photos.

Hi Isabel, You might have better luck at https://ukgarrison.co.uk/forum/, try get an idea of price and post up there and I am sure some one will be willing to take it off your hands.

Hi Troopers, I am going to assume that a number of you who are requesting access are looking to order a racing shirt, and that closes tomorrow. Given you're waiting on us, if you want to order a shirt please contact @jsilvius with the same link you provided here, and so long as you meet the costume requirements he will help you order. We will catch up on the paper work later. This only applies up until the deadline - 29 May 2024 at midnight US ET (GMT -4). Any requests after closing will unfortunately be declined. Apologies for the delay in your approvals.

A reminder to those of you working on this costume that we still need a CRL model. If you are done, or almost done and would like to start this process please do get in contact and we can get this one over the line.

All I can say really is try make it look right. There are at least 3 different materials in play, the leather, the fabric for the borders, the fabric for the rest. The hip pads probably are that same fabric, but they could be leather or even something else entirely. I appreciate that this isn't a very helpful answer but so long as it looks right, and the difference in tones is not to big I expect you would be okay with your GML.

As another idea, here is how mine is setup: I can only just get my head in doing the TK twist but once in it is a nice firm fit and stays where I put it. The grey pads are "tactical" pads available from the usual suspect pretty cheaply. I did replace the provided Velcro on most as it had terrible adhesive. I use 25mm Velcro brand squares for those. The round one doesn't really do much other than set the hight for my eyes, the 4 pads on the side are what holds things in place. At the front I have the fans tucked up inside the cheeks so they are well out of the way. The power switches you can see at the back of the helmet where I can reach them in armour, and the battery is a USB power bank I fit between the fans at the front on a bit of Velcro. At one point I used a Bluetooth microphone which you can see the Velcro for. I stopped using this as at larger conventions the wireless interference caused too many issues.

I have a pretty big head and manage with a standard sized helmet. From what you are saying it sounds more like you need to adjust the fit rather than the size. Can you show a picture of the inside?

Always good to have a retirement plan ?

The RS and CFO helmets and suits are cast from production made originals. I am not privy to how exactly but I expect they used silicone moulding techniques. So why do everyone else sculpt from scratch? Well screen used suits are very rare in private hands. Most of what is left is probably in the Lucas Film archives. It’s also incredibly expensive, the last helmet for sale was in the region of $120,000 from memory. The the final nail is these are all at best 40 years old and so will probably be quite fragile by now. So the chances of getting hold is something that some one would allow to be cast is effectively 0 at this point.

Welcome to FISD trooper! Do make sure you check out the EIB program and also have a nose around the new areas once available. We also have a Facebook group you can join, for FISD members only, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1728216427199180

I can make an estimate but your best bet is to makes something that has the correct relative size for you. It's not something I will be doing, as much as I'd love an Enoch there is a long queue! Anything produced and share would be warmly welcomed I am sure. Gloves look okay to me, maybe a little bright. A second opinion might be a good idea. Probably wants a littler wearing in and weathering. We cannot use some one else's photography. We have to provide our own. For the fabric, I don't think it's a corduroy in the show, for basic I suspect it would be fine but some thing closer would be best fore higher levels, as I think the gaps between rows wouldn't meet "must be proportion to official references."

The DN TD is a pretty hefty lump of resin so I am going to use the Jessie M replacement printed on my nice new Bambu P1S. I did try print the outer initially but the white eSun PETG doesn't want to play nice with the new printer and so the support failed. However the black eSun PETG prints wonderfully, so I made a start on the tube. I initially went for strength as this needs to troop and so will get knocked. 4 perimeters, 15% cubic, and I completely forgot to check the estimated weight. 260g Whilst I am sure this would be less when finished compared to the resin cast it was a bit on the heavy side. So I reprinted it at 2 perimeters, 5% "cubic support" which came out at 87g, 66% saved! Cubic support is a clever pattern that uses no infill initially and then slowly builds to the stated percentage. This left the part almost hollow. It seems up to the job, I should have added an extra bottom layer or two as the default was 3 which flexed a lot. Though when glued you get 1.2mm which is probably fine. Worst case it breaks and I can make a new one somewhere in the middle. My printer wasn't tall enough to do the 1 shot part, so I needed to glue the 2 sections together. The model has a small hole in each end, which is perfect for a short section of 1.75mm filament. Once a short section was glued into 1 side I then used some thick CA to join them forever. As mentioned there was some flex to the mating faces so I used a reasonable amount of thick CA and spun it to spread it over as much surface as possible. This should give a nice solid join, though I want to try source some water thin to try wick in the edges just in case. The end result is a perfectly aligned tube, I even aligned the seam. I'll get some new white soon and print the holder. Then I need to source a close white paint match.

Let's try this again. Trying to 3D print a suit didn't work out so I made use of the May 4th sale this year and got a DN kit. Helmet: Denuo Novo TLJ Standard Helmet Armour: Denuo Novo TLJ Neck Seal: Denuo Novo Gloves: Imperial Boots Boots: Imperial Boots The fact I have IB boots and gloves, shows how long I have had them as they rebranded and then stopped selling the gloves! I picked the standard helmet over the premier, partly due to cost but also to save the weight one my neck. I know the premier is slightly ,more accurate but I also want to be able to wear it all day. I still have some decisions to make. I am definitely aiming for EIB, but centurion means a rubber gaskets so that will need to be looked into. Glory to the First Order!

Looks like you are off to a great start!

Sounds like it's worth trying, but I agree you might want to start with a few smaller pieces. Then do a bit of a torture test to see what issues you will face in use.

Welcome to the FISD. Lots of traders, and there was a patch run late last year so there should be a few in circulation still. Good hunting.

Welcome to the FISD, glad you made it over

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