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Its been a bit. Here are the troops for the last few years. 35 5/28/2020 Second Harvest Volunteer/Family night 36 10/24/2020 Darth's Diaper Drive 37 5.4.2021 - Marissa & Josh's Wedding 38 10.2.2021-10.3.2021 Lilac City Comicon 39 05.07.2022 - 05.08.2022 Star Wars A New Hope In Concert With the Spokane Symphony 40 June 4-5, 2022 Lilac City Comicon - Spokane, WA - 41 09.24.22 - Piper Lynn Day at We Play 42 10.08.2022 Lake City Comicon 43 Mar 2-5 2023 Emerald City Comic Con 44 05.06.2023 - Force Comicon - Fairchild AFB 45 05.04.2023 - Garland Theater May 4th ROTJ showing 46 05.04.2023 - SBAC Testing on May 4th 47 06.08.2023 - Wheeling Into Preschool 48 06.10.2023 - 06.11.2023 - Lilac City Comiccon 49 07.21.2023 - Spokane Indians Star Wars Night 50 07.22.2023 - Teen Comiccon - Liberty Lake Library 51 08.26.2023 - Jeffrey’s 50th Birthday Party 52 08.31.2023 - Shriners Children's Hospital - Spokane Visit

My squad leader convinced me to start logging my troops so here is my list. 1. 06.17.2017 Spokane Indians Star Wars night 2. 10.07.2017 Star Wars Reads Day CDA library 3. 10.07.2017 Alzheimers Assoc. Walk 4. 11.24.2017 Toys for Tots Black Friday Drive 5. 02.16.2018 Music of Star Wars Segment on KREM2 for the Spokane Symphony 6. 02.17.2018 - Spokane Symphony Interactive Star Wars Concerts 7. 02.09.2018 -- SPOKESMAN REVIEW PHOTO SHOOT FOR SPOKANE SYMPHONY 8. 06.02.2018 - 06.03.2018 Lilac City Comicon 9. 06.28.2018 - Star Wars Night Liberty Park Community Development Center 10. 07.13.2018 and 07.14.2018 - Spokane Indians Star Wars Weekend 11. 08.22.2018 - Shriners Children Hospital Visit and Donation 12. 08.11.18 C. O. P. S. Spokane Night Out Against Crime 13. 09.22.2018 - Spokane Valley Feast / Elk Lodge 14. 09.13.2018 Childhood Cancer Awareness Month at Sacred Hearts Children's Hospital 15. 10.27.2018 Trunk or Treat 16. 10.27.2018 Tri-Cities Meet And Greet 17. 12.27.2018 Shriner's Hospital for Children 18. 03.16.2019 Leprechaun Limbo 19. 03.16.2019 Spokane St. Patrick's Day Parade 20. 04.26.2019 ACCOIN Light The Way Dinner & Auction 21. 04.20.2019 Special Needs Easter Egg Hunt 22. 05.04.2019 Newport Library 23. 05.04.2019 Free Comic Book Day/May the Fourth Spectacular 24. 05.11.2019 FamCon 25. 05.17.2019 Hutton Elementary Spring fling 26. 06.01.2019 Lilac City Comic Con 27. 07.12.2019 Tri-Cities Dust Devils Star Wars Night 28. 07.12.2019 Touch A Truck 29. 07.27.2019 Deer Park Settlers Day Parade 30. 08.09.2019 Star Wars Weekend with the Spokane Indians 31. 10.19.2019 Lake City Comic Con (Coeur d'Alene ID) 32. 11.22.2019 Star Wars Nerd Night at the Mobius Science Center 33. 11.16.2019 Joey Lewis' 8th Birthday 34. 12.20.2019 Rise of Skywalker Company Theatre Showing

I built it out on my own. I got all the stuff from Amazon, eBay or stuff I had around the workbench. The fans are through an Adjustable Driver Switch. This allows the 2 5volt fans to come on without the 12 v ones, but if I turn up the driver switch the 12 v will kick on. The 5-volt ones are protected from burning out with a 12v to 5v Step-Down. These are run off a 12V Tenergy 2000mAh NiMH battery. The battery also powers the audio amplifier. The mic is plugged into the iPhone, then the modulated audio is run to the amplifier then out to the speakers. I can adjust the audio level with the knob. This is basically the setup

Just finished off the electronics in my helmet. I’m stoked. It took a bit of engineering and positioning, but I got all my electronics in my helmet and working. Voice modulator (old iPhone using trooper talk), audio amp, mic and four 15mm speakers. Along with two 5 volt fans and two 12 volt fans on a variable knob to turn them up and down. It’s all running off a 12 v battery back. The helmet itself is a heavily modified R1 black series. I stripped everything out of the inside, filled the speaker holes, molded ears, replace the screen behind the frown, changed lenses, modified mic tips (15mm speakers in side them). I know it will never be anything more than basic approval, but I happy with it.

Best my local squad could figure out of my armor was that is it an FX as well. I got it used very cheap and trimmed it for me. I did not get his helmet and got a different one. It worked out and I got approved with it. Here is my first post asking about it. It has some pictures you can compare.

Looking at other troopers it seems that my hand plates are a bit big. How much should I trim them down?

Issue fixed. Worked great for my first troop at a local baseball game Star Wars night.

Thanks for the suggestion that's what I ended up doing. I got a troop this weekend I'll see how it works out. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

TK-13717 Requesting 501st access http://www.501st.com/members/displaymember.php?userID=25056&costumeID=124

Good idea, I'll give that a shot. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

How did you fix it?

https://goo.gl/photos/m1QiHVjXaXqK631K8 Any thoughts on what would cause my shin armor to twist outward when I walk. By the time I got to the end of the block they were twisted?

Yes, I know, Now I'm looking at a FOTK

I got this approved. I did a lot of trimming down and make the joints butt joints. I also got a new bucket. I got approved as TK 13717

It is through the local garrison that this was offered to me. But the CRL says "FX helmet is no longer permitted for new approvals." It is a very low price compared to any of the quotes I have got from vendors. That's why I'm looking seriously at it and asking about helmets. I have messages out to a good portion of the vetted vendors and am waiting for then prices for a bucket through them.