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3 minutes ago, Pretzel said:
Out of sheer curiosity, I am 4 hours away from that place. Closer than Pittsburgh, PA! Which I have been quite a few times. I may need to make a visit up your way one day Sarah!
You're always welcome to stop by Preston! I try to make these happen every other month or so
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Welcome to FISD!
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Thread necromancy!
But having assembled 2.5 AP kits, and currently helping two other troops build theirs, I have to say Mark makes a kickass kit that looks super slick.
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*bump* This weekend!!!
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So the thing about Tapatalk is they require their own plugin to be installed with their own authentication system. Then they advertise to everyone that visits your site, unless you pay them. Effectively their business model is to hold forum owners ransomed... and all for software that guts most of the features already available in the web view of IPS :/
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Armor party time! Come join the Connecticut 501st Garrison for costume building, hanging out, making new friends, and swapping tips and tricks.
I'd like to openly invite all interested FISD members, recruits, and active members to an armor party. We'll be building props, exchanging ideas, and helping each other.
Dream of being a stormtrooper but find building a helmet overwhelming?
Got a kit and don't know where to start?
Need some advice on how to fix a blemish or break?
Just want to hang out and meet new members?Come on over to Portal and join in on the fun
All costumes welcome, not just stormtroopers!
We'll be hosting at 12pm Noon on June 9
The Portal
60 Hilliard St,
Manchester,
CT 06042
Please please please RSVP below if you're planning to attend so we can keep a rough head count. If you need any special tools or components let me know, we probably have extra!Special thanks to Jonathan Roath for offering our use of his venue for these armor parties!
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Welcome to FISD!
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I usually use imgur if something needs to be used by persistence isn't a big deal, it works pretty well so far.
Now what I'd love to see, is FISD itself (or all the detachments) host image attachments. Currently there's a 0.83MB max limit per user or something tiny like that... maybe we could get that bumped up a little? Disk space can become a problem, but we could always attach an IPS script that resizes/jpegifies stuff down. It's what we did over on the CTG website. Obviously our traffic is nowhere near comparable to here though...
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It's simple; if you host an image or anything on the internet and you don't own the web space, it's no longer in your control and it can be gone tomorrow. Photobucket has always been garbage tier service, but I'm kind of glad it showed so many folks that this kind of thing can happen. If you value information on the internet and don't want it gone tomorrow, host it yourself and save a copy locally!!!
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I'm one of the few that uses and loves a one-piece I guess!! I tried my husband's two-piece a few times and just didn't feel "secured". Plus the one piece makes those winter troops here in the North East warmer
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Don't suppose we can get a re-upload or source of these? They were super useful before the great photobucket removal
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Thanks for all you've done and continue to do!
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Field Report.
Location Code:
Location Id: Simsbury - Connecticut
Transmission Details:
The Connecticut 501st Garrison took over the Simsbury Children's Carnival! Four of our members went to the school yard for some fun photo ops with the kids, and to get in on the carnival shenanigans...
Full image gallery here: https://ctg501.com/community/index.php?/gallery/album/16-simsbury-school-carnival-2018/
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Field Report.
Location Code:
Location Id: New England Air Museum - Connecticut
Transmission Details:
The Connecticut 501st Garrison was joined by member of the New England Garrison as we took over the Air Museum in Windsor, CT for their annual Space Expo!
Transporting the prisoner
"You seen that new BT-16?"
Flight Simulations!
My husband also brought his Black & White film camera and snapped a ton of fun pictures:
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I used charcoal powder then hair spray to keep it on.
Gave the armor a bath and it all came off ezpz =)
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Hello again! I'm Sarah Bailey, TK-20466. I'm the attache for Connecticut and also the commanding officer of the Connecticut Garrison!
I started in the legion with an Imperial Stormtrooper (ANH Stunt) build a year and a half ago. Ever since then I've been hooked on building costumes! I was terrified on my first go around, but if a novice like me can learn all this stuff anyone can!
I eventually talked my husband into joining (He's TK-66402!) and we both made Heavy Weapon Stormtrooper variants too! Later that year I also made an ESB-Style stormtrooper, which I swear I'll get to Centurion one day with
I do more than just Stormtroopers though... Over the last year I've completed an Imperial Line Officer costume, and my first face-character Admiral Daala (my signature picture). I'm working on some non-CRL variants for her from other depictions. I've also started two Bounty Hunter Builds, my Dengar Build (which is nearing completion) and a Jodo Kast build (about a year out from completion).
Along the way I picked up many new skills and learned a love of molding. Now instead of buying and assembling props, I make my own props too. (some people even buy them!!)
If I haven't gotten a chance to say hi to you yet feel free to drop me a PM. If you're ever in Connecticut and need help or just want to say hi, feel free to drop me a line
Or stop into one of our Armour Parties!
~20466
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Zap a gap + kicker sorta works. Cut it up with a razor on the bottom for extra texture to grip.
Or get ones with embedded cheese cloth or canvas
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For snaps: Tandy Line 24 snaps I'd strongly recommend https://www.tandyleather.com/en/product/line-24-snaps
For cap rivets (belt) I'd use these: https://www.tandyleather.com/en/product/steel-double-cap-rivets
For chicago screws (holster): https://www.tandyleather.com/en/product/chicago-screws (seeing a theme here?
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For split rivets (ab/kidney/cod/knee) you can nab them from joseph
or for slightly less cheap from me
https://www.etsy.com/listing/600962011/stormtrooper-516-8mm-movie-accurate
Or if you're in Connecticut give me a shout and I'll hook you up with everything but the snaps for free
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Yesterday afternoon the Connecticut Garrison hosted our second armor party of the 2018 year. This is my sixth armor party I've "lead".
The Location
The Portal in Manchester.
The Portal is a local gaming store. Normally not quite the ideal scene for this sort of event, a member of the CTG (Jonathan Roath) is the general manager / partial owner of the place. He loves the 501st, and though he rarely has the time to actively participating in troops he goes out of his way to make sure these sort of outreach events have a place to happen. Just his way of giving back how he can.
The cool thing about using this public venue is we get people that are just wandering in for tabletop gaming or whatever see us, come talk, and sometimes it leads to new recruits/events!!
The Troopers
Quentin - ID Pending
Quentin is a new recruit of the CTG. He's working on a Del Mekko TIE Pilot uniform. Pretty slick, and he had tons of questions about approval, requirements, etc. He came with a printed CRL and a big smile and we were able to help point him in the right direction on a lot of stuff--and save him from a few ebay purchases!Michelle - TK 24124
Michelle is the newest CTG member. Recently approved as an ANH Stormtrooper, she brought along her helmet to ask some questions. Her main concern was replacing the eye pieces from acetate film to an actual harder material. I pointed her in the direction of green tinted face shield and let her snag some pictures of the buckets I'd set those in for ideas. She seemed to have a great time, and is excited for her first troop this Saturday!!!Nick - TX 686
Nick is our resident Death Trooper. He's also at just about every armor party to help, socialize, and put smiles on faces all around. His currently project is an all metal E-11D for his death trooper. Partially aluminum, he's machining several bits himself. Since I had a torched Sterling L2A3 I brought it for him to take for reference (since I'm still a long way from finishing my pipe to weld it to). It was really cool seeing the aluminum parts he'd gathered. He also hooked me up with a spare Hengstler Counter, so that was awesome!!!Brian - ID Pending
Brian is a recruit of the CTG that was brought in by stumbling upon our armor parties! He purchases an Anovos TK kit a while back and has been assembling it over the past couple of months. He brought his kit to work on and ask some questions. He had us look over some parts, notably the leg and arm pieces, for a sanity check. Not that it was needed! Brian is doing an amazing job assembling it! I'm hoping to see him in our approval inbox very soon
Christopher - TK 66402
Christopher is one of the CTG event coordinators. He brought along his stormtrooper kit to shine up like he does for most events, as well as talk and help out new members/builders. He's pretty fun to be around, that's why I married him.
Arthur - ID Pending
Arthur has been a recruit of the CTG for a while now. He's most of the way through a stormtrooper Rogue One style kit. He had a few personal complications along the way, but the end of those seem to be in sight and he should be in our approval inbox soon! He came by to meet the other recruits, say hi, and get a set of my Patented (patent pending) Floppy Silicone TK Hand Guards™ (trademark pending)
Joan - ID 31461
Joan is the second event coordinator for the CTG. She lives wayyyyyy on the other side of the state, so it was a real treat to have her out and meet up with us
Joan has been convinced to start building an ANH Stormtrooper, and came by to ask us where to cut some parts, and what parts are left/right for legs. She also came to nab a set of my Patented (patent pending) Floppy Silicone TK Hand Guards™ (trademark pending), since I'd asked her to testrun the first pull of them Now that she's over her fear of cutting into ABS I expect her to be up and running in no time.
Oh yeah, I was there too.
Group Shot:
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Another year goes by, and I learn more things. I broke out the HWT for a troop again recently.
The thighs and shins got *even smaller* to fit me better. I've ditched rubber gloves forever and now have nomex gloves with a self-made rubber backing.
I'm putting magnets under the back of my shoulder bridges and under my backplate so they stay down nice and tight.
I've repadded my helmet twice... my face is a tight squeeze in there.I'm redoing the backpack strapping because it KILLS my back currently. Going to go with a harness-like solution, ala Boba Fett.
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25 minutes ago, justjoseph63 said:
Way to go, Sarah! Hope you don't mind me adding this to your post, but I have a little more general info. on APs for any new folks interested in attending:
https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/42877-armor-party-101/
Awesome info for folks! Thanks for adding it
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Attention all Imperial Recruits and 501st Hopefuls
It's armor party time! Come join the Connecticut Garrison for costume building, hanging out, making new friends, and swapping tips and tricks. We'll be building props, exchanging ideas, and helping each other.
- Dream of being a stormtrooper but find building a helmet overwhelming?
- Got a kit and don't know where to start?
- Need some advice on how to fix a blemish or break?
- Just want to hang out and meet new members?
Come on over to Portal and join in on the fun
All costumes welcome, not just stormtroopers!
We'll be hosting at 12pm Noon on April 14
The Portal
60 Hilliard St,
Manchester,
CT 06042Please please please RSVP on our forums at the link below if you're planning to attend so we can keep a rough head count. If you need any special tools or components let us know, we probably have extra we can bring!
Special thanks to Jonathan Roath for offering our use of his venue for these armor parties!
https://ctg501.com/community/index.php?/calendar/event/22-armor-build-party/-
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Welcome to FISD! =)
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Greetings from Connecticut
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