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Location: Auburn WA
Event: Make a Wish Birthday
Date: 09-15-2023
Garrison: Titan
Got a last minute pop up for a Make a Wish event for a 6 year old boy who'd beat cancer just recently. His wish was to fight Darth Vader, and we needed a couple of TKs to assist, so I signed up. He really was excited and was great watching him clash sabers with our Darth Vader for they day! Whole family was super excited and the school, Make-a-wish people were very gracious.
After the 'battle' they were off to Disney World in Florida. So glad the 501st does this work, they wouldn't do this at the park AFAIK.
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Location: Seattle WA
Event: Yuri's Night Boeing Museum of Flight 2023
Date: 04-09-2023
Garrison: Titan
Did a previous Yuri's Night as Vader and it was a ton of fun, but decided to white armor this one. It's a 'dance/night club event' that celebrates sci-fi and Yuri Gagarin's first spaceflight. The museum is really cool at night and a little surreal with all the people in various costumes.
Group Photo, had a great set of the mud troopers, Scouts and Pilots! And some dirty rebel scum.
Stuck with the Boss through most of the event. Also having a Vader it's good to watch his back, as TKs actually have much better vision than a Vader does.
This was the Moon landing display room, and really felt like a "Star Wars" backdrop.
The Museum Auditorium is quite a thing at night. We usually wrap up about the time people start drinking and dancing. Staying too long can get very weird real fast, so better to get out of kit and head home. I'm way too old for the night club stuff anymore. Bed is much more appealing.
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Location: Seattle WA
Event: Emerald City Comic Con 2023
Date: 03-03-2023 and 03-05-2023
Garrison: Titan
Emerald City Comic Con 2023 was held in the brand new Seattle Convention Center Expansion building. It was the first event ever held in that building. It's a great layout and FAR better than the older Convention Center. The old Convention Center was a bunch of hallways, escalators, and smaller rooms. The new building has LARGE concourses around the much larger rooms. Our space we pretty well situated and had a nice high ceiling and a 'backstage' area that was very open and cool.
Did 4 days in the room, with as an Officer, TK and Vader. Was fun greeting the people coming though. We had lines out in the concourse that were really impressive! Was a surprising amount of Star Wars cosplay going on this year, which is really encouraging! Hopefully we did well on raising funds for Mary Bridge Children's hospital. Will know soon.
Did a little roaming, but most of the time guarded the Throne (TK on the left of the picture). Was pretty fun standing still as people came in. Many were unsure if we were mannequins or actual people, so we let them guess a while and then would surprise them. Muahaha
Had all types of characters come through.
Occasionally the big boss would come around and check in.
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Location: Auburn WA
Event: Unlock the Con
Date: 02-11-2023
Garrison: Titan
Raising money for Make a Wish, and helping out a local collectables shop. They were supposed to have a Vader stuntman from Kenobi, but he unfortunately had COVID and cancelled.
Still was fun seeing people get surprised as they entered the shop.
Lost some weight, and the TK fit much better again!
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Location: Seattle WA
Event: Buddy Walk
Date: 10-02-2022
Garrison: Titan
Buddy Walk is a great event for raising awareness of children with Downs Syndrome. Last few years the event has been at Woodland Park Zoo which is a great location and pretty central to the Puget Sound area.
Have done Darth Vader before at this event, but noticed that the TKs were far more popular, which is usually the opposite of most events.
I'm the TK behind the scout. Was unseasonably warm and sunny here, so the snowy next to me was roasting a little bit!
Someday I'll make a snowy for the December and Christmas events, but will need a bigger place than a townhouse to store it.
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Location: Seattle WA
Event: Seattle Mariners Star Wars Night
Date: 06-17-2022
Garrison: Titan
Having Mariners night back is always great. Had good turnout in fans and troopers!
Was one of the first troops I did as Vader back in 2018, and got to go on the field then. As a TK this time around, was called back out on the field! We had the amazing Josh Beckett and his Chewbacca with us. He got to meet the Book of Boba Fett Black Krrsantan actor on the field as well. That guy was pretty tall in person!
Brought the DLT-17 this time, so I'm on the left of Chewy. Little Rey's throw was pretty good. Straight and almost made it to the catcher.
Group photo, I'm way in the back. Had a great variety of characters this year!
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Location: Seattle WA
Event: March of Dimes March for Babies
Date: 05-14-2022
Garrison: Titan
When the troop is right in your neighborhood it's really hard to turn it down, no matter how bad the weather is. Seattle this year seems to have only 3 seasons, Winter, Summer and Fall.
Had some soaking and cold rain early in the morning, so attendance was dampened a bit, but still had a lot of families that have been impacted by illness show up.
People that did make it were a lot of fun, but some of the stories were pretty rough to hear.
Got a picture with "Darth Vader".
First troop with some Mud Troopers which was pretty neat. Very detailed builds.
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Location: Kirkland WA
Event: May the 4th at the Urban Center
Date: 05-04-2022
Garrison: Titan
The ubiquitous May the 4th event. This time at the Kirkland Urban Center with a huge donation to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Was a neat outdoor shopping area that is next to some Google Offices in downtown Kirkland. They had booths, and a Laser show after the sun went down.
Plenty of families in their own costumes and Star Wars clothing running around. Was a pretty neat event as the light sabers really added some cool light effects on top of the laser show.
Tried to keep the boss safe, but then his son showed up.
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Location: Seattle WA
Event: Walk for MS
Date: 04-24-2022
Garrison: Titan
Spring time, and did the first big outdoor event of the year. Could not have asked for better weather!
Was the annual Walk for MS, at Gasworks Park in Seattle. Had a pretty good crowd for the first event since COVID restrictions were lifted. Was a lot of fun cheering on people walking for MS and bringing smiles to faces.
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Thanks! Armor Master is great stuff.That is some epic looking armour!
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Location: Seattle WA
Event: Ryther Marathon of Hope
Date: 10-16-2021
Garrison: Titan
Was a charity for mental health in children, which during COVID is very important. The event was at Greenlake Seattle which is right by my house, so that was nice! We basically collected around the finish line of the marathon and cheered the runners as they finished. Since the Community Center was closed to the public due to the virus, had to suit up in the field, which was a bit harder since there were no chairs or tables we could use to put stuff on. Overall was a lot of fun, but sure wish this pandemic thing would get itself over soon!
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43, too young. Rest in Piece. Buckets off.
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2019 Woodland Park Zoo Lights
Seattle, WA
Garrison Titan
Fire Team Orca
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2019 Buddy Walk for Downs Syndrome
Seattle, WA
Garrison Titan
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2020 Everett Silvertips Star Wars Night
Everett, WA
Garrison Titan
Fire Team Orca
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2021 Washington Summer Con
Puyallup, WA
Garrison Titan
Fire Team Orca
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2021 Washington State Summer Con Again
Puyallup WA
Garrison Titan
Fire Team Orca
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34 minutes ago, Sly11 said:
Hi Aaron, could you please post a link to your Troop log, that would be awesome.
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TK 91973 reporting 12 completed Troops. Requesting the 10 troop Field Exercise Award.
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Location: Puyallup WA
Event: Washington State Summer Con Again!
Date: 08-08-2021
Garrison: Titan
Wasn't planning on attending this Part Deux of Summer Con, but was a lot of chatter about getting TKs for Sunday so I went ahead and signed up.
Was the debut of our full size T-47 Snow Speeder! It looks amazing even if it's not fully finished. Our Prop Master Greg Smith really makes incredible stuff.
Also our Garrison has the CRL for Moff Gideon! Shaye really nailed it, and he had a very good reason to debut it at this event.
I was sporting a DLT-19 on the second to the right, to stand out a bit. First time there's been this many TKs together in a long time.
Moff Gideon, Giancarlo Esposito, was there on Sunday! We got to escort him out to the stage for his presentation and question session!
Giancarlo was VERY gracious with his time and autograph. He was having a blast and seemed very nice.
Glad I went ahead and signed up! But going to add some insoles to my TK boots, standing still on concrete floors for a hour and half was BRUTAL.
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And our Snow Speeder with Gus Fring!
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Location: Puyallup WA
Event: Washington State Summer Con
Date: 06-20-2021
Garrison: Titan
It's been a while! Well Washington's opening up finally and Summer Con was on! We had a scaled back display, but still was a great crowd and had a chance to meet Timothy Zhan and got some books signed!
Had COVID 10lbs, but the suit still fit. Time to go burn that 10lbs off!!
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Been a couple years, but Trooped with my TK recently. Charged up the iCOMM system and a inital test seemed fine. But after about 5 minutes, with it on voice activate, the iCOMM red light comes on and the speakers just start clicking repeatedly.
I think it might be the iCOMM tl-2450 3.6v battery dying. Looks pretty easy to replace.
Am I on the right track?
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E11 should it be gloss, semi gloss or flat black?
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Got the Field Marshal kit and looking to start painting before the BlastFX electronics show up.
However, have zero experience painting Aluminum so is there a recommended primer and paint I should use? Will be painting parts before assembly, so don't want something that'll be too thick and create issues.
Thanks!
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Location: Seattle WA
Event: May 4th Outdoor COVID Troop
Date: 05-04-2020
Garrison: Titan
With COVID19 all troops have been cancelled for the rest of the year basically. Might be some in the fall, but at this point I really doubt it.
For May 4th, a group decided to do a outdoor walk to help raise people's spirits a bit.
We'd picked the Green Lake part in Seattle to do a 'walk about' in costume. It was a bit of a trip, because prior to the walk we'd scheduled as a Garrison I saw a solo Star Wars fan doing their own! Was at a Starbucks getting coffee far in advance of the scheduled walk, and saw a full on TK with a Imperial Cog flag going out into the park! Most likely was just a fan with a full TK suit, kind of wish I'd run by and talked to them. But got a little freaked out that the walk was starting early so rushed home and suited up without talking to them.
Living close enough to the park, just suited up at home (really nice), and walked down to the park. Was fun seeing people waving and kids reacting as I walked through the neighborhood. Got to the park and asked the others about the early TK, and no one knew who it was, so guess it really was just a 'super fan'.
The Jedi of course believes the force is with him, so didn't need PPE.
Got about 3 miles of walking in TK armor this time and found out where all the rubbing points were around the back of my legs. Had some nasty armor burns, so did some more trimming and adjusting so that won't happen again. Usually don't walk that far in kit, so never had that problem before.
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Location: Mercer Island WA
Event: Cub Scouts Master Rotation
Date: 02-27-2020
Garrison: Titan
Quick TK Troop at a Boy Scouts Event where their Scout Master was rotating out. Was a lot of fun and got a great crowd reaction when we four TKs and a Mandilorian ran out and arrested the old Scout Master and led him away.
My eyes closed ever picture for some reason.
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Location: Everett WA
Event: Silvertips Hockey Game Star Wars Night
Date: 02-22-2020
Garrison: Titan
A medium sized sporting event in my hometown where I grew up. Was a ton of fun, missed last year due to a huge ice storm, this year was much nicer weather.
Had a really good turnout for Titan Garrison members! Almost 30 people I believe.
I'm tallest TK. Snow Troopers are VERY tall.
Didn't ride the Zamboni, but got to go meet tons of people in the crowd later with the other TKs and Jawas.
No major equipment breaks, but did get a crack in my right knee ammo pack. How's that happen? No biggie as it looks like Trooperbay sells those individually. Was able to patch the back of the ammo pack with a bit of ABS and E6000 to keep the crack running, but will need to keep a eye on it.
Fun giving the local law enforcement a hard time. They have restrictions as people here believe they have rights. But under Imperial Law, we have no such restrictions!
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Location: Tacoma WA
Event: Jet City Comic Con
Date: 10-27-2019
Garrison: Titan
This is a smaller con that happens down in the City of Tacoma. Sometimes the smaller cons are more fun since they aren't a madhouse of people like the larger ones.
We had a Photo Booth, Blast-a-Trooper and Props setup.
I'm on the left.
Empire captured some pirate that day.
Kamino Cloners started making miniatures I guess.
Passed GO, and collected 200 Dollars.
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[24] OCMANO - TK91973's Troop Log
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Location: Auburn WA
Event: Unlock the Con
Date: 10-28-2023
Garrison: Titan
Unlock the Con's 2nd attempt at hosting Daniel Logan (Young Boba Fett) and Tom O'Connor (Kenobi Darth Vader Stunt man). Last time around COVID got to them before they could come, but this time was all good! They were great and gracious with everyone that showed up. The location was a collectable shop in the Auburn Mall, which was good because it was 31 degrees F that day, and a TK isn't exactly warm. Being indoors was appreciated!
Daniel and Tom shared a lot of great industry stories and really spent time with folks, which was awesome.
Tom is the one that looks like I have a blaster to his head. LoL Daniel is on the far right sitting.