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Who knew there were so many buttplate pick-up lines out there?

This is what I did for my RS Shin Closure: @Bobatrooper since you cut off the upper return edge in favor of mobility cuts, you might want to put some rigid strapping inside your shin, such as either putting a corresponding tunnel into the opposite shin or going with a different strapping altogether, such as particularly strong velcro or strong magnets:

Glad to hear that!

I had the same happen to mine -- what happened was that I accidentally edited the post date as well, because that date changed to the current date. If you go to edit it once more, look at the bottom for the schedule post option and enter the correct date you previously posted it. That should move it back to its original position in your thread. Hope this helps!

A TK milestone, truly

Love it! You didn't think I was gonna start this without any memes, did you?

Okay, but it's already been wayyyy too long

Glad to see that! Congratulations, Trooper

@MaskedVengeance @revlimiter

Not gonna miss this opportunity

Sadly there isn't much space for picture uploads on the forum. Many of us use an online host like Imgur or Flickr instead to store our pictures and then upload them. Here's a quick tutorial on how to use Imgur: Good luck with crafting your own neckseal!

The template can be found here, if you want to use this for your own memes. Credit to @T-Jay for taking the pictures -- thank you!

[39] 02.02.2023 -- Star Wars Reads Day Lohmar A small imperial delegation arrived to support a library and help motivate kids to read. The library itself offered StarWars lineart for coloring and several StarWars books that were read out loud to the kids. Whilst all that took place, we were exploring the library, reading some of the books they had on offer, interacted with the children and I took the opportunity to re-order some of the books. Before we left the library I took the opportunity to have a small break, as I'd had to get up at 04:30am just to be there on time. Despite it having been a small troop I'd had lots of fun and want to thank TK-61276 for being my ride and letting me stay at his, therefore making the troop possible in the first place. [40] 04.02.2023 -- Globus Bedburg Time to go shopping -- this troop was at a huge supermarket, so we took our time exploring everything on offer. There were banana (pistols), carnival costumes and several Grogu's on offer: Sadly we soon ran into some custody troubles regarding the little one, as apparently, Mandalorians don't take too kindly to imperial troops buying their child. This soon escalated into a game of catch in the supermarket parking lot, where the Mandalorian was able to trade his child back. One special surprise that day was us meeting Lord Vader. I couldn't miss this opportunity and got to take a picture with him. Aside from pictures for our own entertainment, we also provided the visitors with pictures of and with us and there was a photo booth where one could take pictures in exchange for a donation to a local animal shelter. [41] 05.02.2023 -- Retro Amour Dortmund Having said goodbye to TK-61276 the previous day, I headed over to IN-88900 for the final troop of the weekend: the Retro Amour, a small convention for everything pop-culture of the 60's, 70's and 80's. Although pop culture of that time isn't something I have a lot to do with outside of StarWars, it was an amazing opportunity to meet up with various friends. Towards the end, as interest in us faded, we took the opportunity to create various new costume designs in a mix-and-match way. Pictured above is ID-14445 as Lord Vader. Truly a lot of fun and some of these should definitely be adapted and become part of the Star Wars universe. I personally took a great liking to ID-11813's general Helmet. TK-66744 signing off

Wait, I'm at 195 this month... I can do this. Also hit this milestone Yay, I did it! But now the important question: should this be celebrated or should someone start an intervention? Shout-out to @MaskedVengeance, who started the January meme chaos, @gmrhodes13 who was a driving force behind many of these late night meme sessions, and @TKSpartan who gave me the idea of trying to reach 100 Memes in one month. As evidenced, I went a bit beyond that goal, but it was super fun! Now, I probably will dial back the amount of memes shared on here, because 200 Memes in one month was pure insanity and I've got absolutely no idea how I did it All Memes counted together, this meme marks the FISD hitting exactly 500 Memes this month. Wow. Thank you so much to everyone who has participated during this, whether it was one meme or 202 memes. This is truly incredible. Over 150 Memes by Glen, 66 by Caleb, @revlimiter with a strong 45, @jsilvius with 12 memes... and many others chiming in as well Oh, and @Nairy? I gotta agree -- it's a wonder the Imgur Database hasn't crashed yet in light of these numbers

Most TK's have found it to be possible to sit in their armor, once they tried to sit, so I'm pretty sure that we will indeed soon see TK's sitting everywhere @revlimiter Thanks for the offer! I'll have to get to work on that tutorial soon it seems. I'll keep you updated -- thanks for the offer

Welcome my friend! Also, believe it or not, we do create bad memes Should I create a tutorial? I feel like I should create a tutorial. There's been way too much disbelief lately

When you use the online form for your submission, you'll definitely get an answer from our GMOs. It's truly just the public forum that is inactive, behind the scenes everyone is way more available. If you don't get an answer within four weeks, you should definitely reach out, but as-is the German Garrison GMOs should answer you. Online Form

Chestplate strapping is the one true factor. If your chestplate can touch your ABS belt, you're good to go, as Adam said. I personally haven't even needed mobility cuts so far -- even a little bit of space can go a long way. If you can bend your knees and hip joints by 80° as well you've got all the necessary mobility for running, kneeling, sitting or even laying down. Tbh, I've got a row of cracks in my codpiece and a few in my buttplate -- from my Codsnap getting stuck and me pulling too hard. If you're careful when initially sitting down you probably won't have any problems. The Buttplate is bendy and the codpiece gets little to no pressure thanks to the flexible chest strapping, which allows for the abplate to simply be pushed up.

(you won't, probably) Thanks for sharing your pre-approval pictures! Your armor looks great, so you shouldn't have too many problems. Now, there's a few things that the German GMO's love to point out during a TK Approval, all of which are an easy fix on your part,: - make sure to tuck your undersuit fabric underneath the shoulderbell. Right now it's bunched up in front of it and obscuring the shape of the armor - lower your right forearm a bit. The position of the forearms should be symmetrical and to get through the Basic Approval easily it helps to have a lesser gap between the forearm and the handguards than between the bicep and the forearm - your thighs should be the same height. The GMO's mainly look for the inner upper return edge for this one, so make sure you have one to tug those into position - and lastly you should keep an eye on your drop boxes. One of them got twisted up on one of the photos. Each of these points can probably be adressed simply by having a friend or family member tug everything into the right position -- or a quick adjustment to the strapping. Now, all of these infos are based on actual feedback by our GMO's, so I'm pretty sure they would point at least one of those out. Otherwise I'd say you're good to go! Good luck with your approval!

Welcome! Glad to see you joining in!