Firedog

I’ve never heard of either. My curiosity impels me to investigate.

LMAO...I had to go back and watch, as I didn’t even notice it the first 100 times I watched it.

That’s an awesome story, Matthew! It’s nice to have great women by our sides that support our love for the franchise. Welcome to FISD! You won’t find a better group.

Shawn Williams TK-12399 EIB Letter Joseph http://www.whitearmor.net/eib/certificates/12399-eib.png 305

Mine is from my years in the fire service. As a rookie, I had to don the “Sparky” costume on many an occasion for community events, school events, parades, etc. I guess this was my first experience costuming...lol. The kids always loved seeing Sparky. One day, while trying to come up with a name on another board many moons ago, I chose Firedog. It’s followed me around ever since.

Um...That patch just blew my mind! Kudos to the designer/designers and all that made this happen! I’m so glad I was able to be a part of this!

Good luck to you David! I know the feeling!

That can’t be the EIB patch. Too much paint on the frown!

Thanks Paul and Mario! I’m still smiling...lol

Thank you so much! I started this build with my eyes on first 1k, but due to being a novice among what I thought would be delays getting my blaster such, I had my doubts. Its amazing watching all the other EIB confirmations and while I was cheering on each one, I'd lie if I didn't say I got a bit more anxious with each one as well. This is an exciting milestone for me! Also, you were correct in your assumption regarding the elastic on the straps. I knew I would miss submitting a photo. Keep an eye out for my Centurion application in the very near future. I'll have to work these fixes in while building @McNuggies kit and blaster.

Hard not to talk you up! That’s what happens when you provide a high quality, innovative product and provide a great customer experience. Best advertising is word of mouth.

That is the kit I purchased. He has a thread in the Ongoing Sales area for these and the fans. I purchased the fans with the bracket and it works well, although I had to do a little trimming to get it to sit in the helmet like I wanted. The audio system is self-powered and rechargeable. I just have a USB battery for the fans in the bucket. If you look closely on the right side, there is a section of padding that I removed to put the flat battery pack. It is attached with Velcro. Additionally, the cable that connects to the USB power bank has a switch on it. Since this photo, I drilled another hole in the mounting bracket and inserted the main cutoff switch into the bracket.

I have recently installed Ukswrath’s TK audio and fan bracket in my bucket and am very happy with the quality of what he provides. The bucket is a bit of a tight squeeze to get into, but I managed to fit it all in with a decent sized battery pack to boot.

Thanks for the feedback, David. I chose to err on the side of caution on the frown, but may have been overly cautious. Unlike ABS, it is much easier to add paint than remove it...lol.

One tip I learned on the snap setting was to let the weight of the hammer do the work, barely tapping them. When I started, I thought more force would be necessary, but this resulted in misaligned snaps.

It could very well be!

That’s the piece of the puzzle I was looking for!!!! Actually, not really. I still can’t make out the whole picture. Such a tease!

Sooooooo close!!!!!!!

When your BBB arrives, you'll be like a giddy child on Christmas morning! Your heart will be beating out of your chest and you'll shed tears of joy! Well, at least that was my experience. I wasn't expecting my BBB until a Monday according to tracking, but my son knocked on my door early Saturday morning with a BBB sitting on my dining room table. It was an amazing feeling!

This was a long time coming. I have wanted to build my own set of TK armor and join the 501st since not long after its inception. After many conversations with my son about it, we decided to move forward. It has been and continues to be an amazing experience as I am already working on finishing his TK. A cool story is that another couple that we are good friends with were over for a small celebration of their daughter's birthday on the same day that I got my email from my GML about being approved. I had wanted to take a few new pictures for my EIB submission later in the evening when they were gone, but we got to talking about the 501st and the process of building armor around the table ( in the absence of the kids ) and I suggested, off the cuff, that I could put on my armor and present her with a special birthday cupcake from the Empire. When they began to sing Happy Birthday, I emerged from the room, cupcake in hand, and got to watch her eyes light up. She's a big fan of the bad guys...lol. Later on that evening after they had made it home, they messaged my wife and told her that was one of the best birthday suprises she had ever had! It really made me feel good to bring that kind of joy to a youngster and I'm looking forward to many more opportunities ahead.

I just added this photo to show that I filled the seam. The ammo pack sits on top of the bottom rim against the cover strip. I just added this photo as well.

Oh, I already have sir! No time to waste!!!!

I apologize for the crazy formatting. I had it all typed out in Google Docs and the copy/paste made it janky.

Name: Shawn Williams Garrison/Squad: Florida Garrison/Parjai Squad TK ID: TK-12399 Armor Maker: AM 4.5 (Dave's Darkside Depot) Helmet Maker: AM 4.5 (Dave's Darkside Depot) Cloth Belt Maker: Self made Neck Seal Maker: Darman's Props Boot Maker: Imperial Boots Handguard supplier: JustJoseph Blaster Maker: Quest Design Canada Height: 6' 3" Weight: 205 lbs TK Type: ANH Stunt Received Help From: TKSpartan, Gmrhodes13, LTM, JustJoseph Full Body Armor Details Helmet Details Accessories Blaster Details

You are correct. The Han snap is unpainted.