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Congratulations!

A couple of days ago I went on a 2-day troop at Nordsken, while it's usually in the spring, schedueling confilcts made it so there was none in the spring 2023. Although it was a smaller event from the usual, there were still a lot of people, probably because of the free entrance. Anyway, it went along as usual; stand in photo-booth, give high-fives and hugs and generally having a good time. I used both costumes this time, serves me right for having the only TK (and TS, I think?) in the entire northern part of the country. :p

So, last weekend I went to this year's ComicCon in Stockholm. 10 year anniversary, so it was a bit bigger than usual, including around 100 participating SG members! Unfortunately I had to cut it short and only attend 2/3 days because of transport issues. I went kinda ragged though so it might have been for the best with only 2 days, oh well... I did however have fun as always and used both of my armors. It was the usual, stand in photobooth, patrol a bit, greet the guests and such. You'd think we would have more snowtroopers up here but we really don't have that many. I was the only one during the first day with that armor, I got reinforced by one of the others who's also a TK on the second day though. (We need more snowies in this garrison!) Anyway that's all for this time, will add more photos if I can find any.

Went to a troop in Bjurholm for Gameskap, the same one as last year. I went with Vader with 2 of his sons, in Kylo and Scout respectively. It was the usual, high-fives, photos and the like, trooped for about 3 hours. Fun to troop as always. (Will add photo if I can get one)

Coming along nicely!

That's just how life goes I suppose Anyway, I should probably not fill up your thread too much

I have the same problem, sitting on DLT 3d kit I've had for over 1,5 years by now. Forgetfullness, other thing to do and procrastination in one can do that to you

Aw yeah, looking forward to seeing this buddy!

Went on a short but fun birthday troop for a girl in town. Me, Vader, his son (now in a Kylo) went to the EOs apartment to change and then we were led to the premises where the party was taking place. It was the usual ; hugs, high-fives, photos, etc. All-in-all didn't take more than 10 min but it was nice anyway.

I don't know what to say... Buckets Off.

Although I didn't wear my TK for this (and I'm not adding it to my numbers here), I've had a pretty big 2-day troop that I still want to document; Klossfestivalen, an event dedicated to LEGO (and some charity ). Usually it's located much more south, but this time it was in town here up north. And as such, SG was invited. As it's still quite wintery, I decided to use my Snowtrooper more thoroughly before the season is over. As usual, I went with the local gang and we trooped us very tired at the end of it. Because the event had sold out it's preorder tickets, we were quite swamped with kids, big and small. When at it's busiest we couldn't go 5 meters before being asked for pictures or high-fives. All in all, a successful troop! Also, I met up with the Sandie from way back; Hot and Cold! See you next time!

Done. This was for a garrison troop though, did I miss a new guideline or something? I have done these kinds of troops before so I'm just curious.

Just a small one, some photos for social media, specifically for International Heart Children's Day.

Congratulations!

Just did my 24-26 troops, would like a badge please.

Ok, 3 days of Comiccon in Stockholm has come and gone and it was fun as always. Although I couldn't troop as much as I wanted to, as some buttons in my armor strapping pushed a nerve on my side and my back , (wasn't a necessary button so I've removed it) I still had fun! I met some of the troopers from last year, and some new ones; Greeted the visitors outside; Participated in the cosplay parade; And took some fun photos! I also tried out my newly approved Snowie, unfortunately the only photo I have on it here is for one of the Christmas photos we took: (I had to crop it since we should not share these yet.) Thank you and see you next time!

Aaand... Approved! I did jump over some steps regarding going back and forth with the coat weathering, but hey, No one needs to see that slog. I do want to thank my GML Daniel @TheSwede for helping me along the way, it probably would've been a lot harder without him. Thank you too, everybody else that's been watching this build, it's been a year, but it's finally done!

Ok, I needed to spray with coffee again as the batch I had done previously was not that strong and wasn't noticeable when dried. That being said, I think I'm (hopefully) done with the weathering!

Sprayed coffee on the coat and trousers today:

Did the black weathering today:

Ok, this may have been easier than I thought. So the reason that part of the helmet was so "tight" as it were, is because I had glued the shroud and the visor together (which I hadn't on the other side). So after removing some of the glue (thank God for e6000) it went back to it's natural curve, or atleast close enough for it to be not noticeable. Before: After: As you can see it's pretty even on the sides now (I atleast think so). And regarding the weathering, as I didn't need to remove much of the glue, the parts that I had painted look fine: Last but not least, the ugly bump is bearly noticable anymore! It's still there, but unless you look for it, you shouldn't be able to see it Thoughts @TheSwede ?

It's e6000, so I can redo that bit, but would it be necessary to reform the plastic? I haven't really used a heat gun before and it's a bit too late for a warm bath, so I would like to avoid it if possible, but I understand if it's needed. The biggest problem though, is my time. I would really like to have it approved by Comiccon and since I will probably need some modifications before that I don't have too much time, with how often I'm able to work on it.

I guess it's the bump you're referring, right? I hadn't noticed it before you mentioned it just now and it seems I may have screwed up a long time ago I just checked and it seems that is what happened when I glued on the vinyl in the first place: See how it's squeezing the right side more than the left? I hadn't noticed that until right now, it's been like this for months! I hope it's not a big deal, I just don't want to take the helmet apart or use a heat gun now that I'm so close

What about this? I dabbed out some of the more obvious brush strokes to make it look more natural. Might not be that noticeable, but still. :p Need to weather the soft goods too, soon. Will do a coffee spray for that.

Ok, so I decided to add a bit more weathering, as it really didn't look like much after later consideration. I can always remove some if I overdid it I personally think it came out a bit better...?