Doggydoc

Welcome to the ranks trooper. Great looking costume

Hi Shawn. Welcome. Looking forward to following your build and journey. Ask lots of questions and share lots of photos.

Congratulations

Hi Ian. Welcome to the FISD. The journey to build a stormtrooper May seem daunting at first. The key is research. The links above will guide your research and help you immensely. There are many very knowledgeable people here on these boards that will also be a huge help. Once you are ready to begin, start a build thread for help and advice and be sure to ask lots of questions. We are here to help you get there. Looking forward to following your build.

Welcome Ryan. Looking forward to seeing your build

Awesome. Looking forward to having 2 shiny new TK’s added to the ranks.

Looking good. Good luck Justin.

Those shoulders really tightened up nicely. you will want even gaps between your biceps and forearm and forearm and hand plate. You can remove return edge on the forearm if needed, or trim the inner curve some to reduce armour bite. Some have put a bit of padding in to hold the armour away from the inner elbow as well. Moving the forearm down a bit may solve it. I don’t think that there is any issue with centurion with respect to trimming. Just the complete removal of return edge at the wrist is required.

Congratulations Cormac. Can’t wait to see your first troop log entry.

I found that putting Velcro under the shoulder bridge, and then sewing the other piece to the white elastic kept my shoulder elastics from pulling out. with respect to the snaps pulling through the elastic, I typically double or trooper the elastic where the snap goes through and always burn the hole for the snap post with a soldering iron. Original photo before the Velcro with elastics pulling out Side view with the Velcro in place no more shoulder elastic pulling out Triple folded elastic snap

Welcome to the FISD Erik. Looking forward to seeing your build.

Hi Tilheyra. Welcome to FISD. Looking good so far.

Welcome to the forums.

Congratulations

Congratulations

Troop 24 Niagara Falls Comicon Day 3 Niagara Falls , Ontario June 11, 2023 This was the most amazing Comicon Day I ever had. Not as busy as day 2 but so many amazing experiences. While acting as a target for blast a trooper in the morning, our CO asked if I would be willing to be one of the escorts for Giancarlo Esposito after my shift was done. Well - that was a no brainer. We were taken to his room where he was giving his panel and entered as he finished. As we came in, he introduced us as the 501st and went on to tell the audience about the charity work we do. He concluded with “These people are my heroes”. He then came down and took some photos with the group and then shook all of our hands individually. When he came to me, he taped me on the chest piece and said “this here is the real deal’. We then escorted him from the room back through the show floor to his autograph table. He carried our Din Djarin’s dark sabre and called out long live the empire as we walked. I am over his right shoulder Escorting him out of the panel room. preparing for the escort through the convention floor. I am right behind him. After this, we returned to our booth where we were informed that Trish Stratus (WWE wrestler) saw this and wanted 10 of us to do an escort so she could record it and show her instagram biewers how she gets an escort. She also was very gracious and posed for a photo, shook all of our hands and donated an autographed photo for our next Comicon coming up in August. After this, we had planned a TK walk through the convention floor earlier in the day. We suited up with 5 of us and walked the floor. We visited a couple of comic book artists that had mentioned that they were fans of the 501st earlier in the day and made quite the stir as we marched through. At one point Billy Zane (Titanic) stopped us and asked to get a photo. Later on, a few of us went by the celebrity autograph area, I spotted Jerry Mathers (Leave it to Beaver) who I loved to watch daily as a child on TV. There was no one in line, so I approached to tell him how grateful I was for all of the happiness he brought me as a child. He gave me his biggest Beaver Cleaver smile and came out from behind his table to shake all of our hands and get a photo with us. All in all, this was an amazing day all I. Support of Ronald McDonald house. Tons of fun but a very long and tiring weekend. TK-96004 signing off

Troop 23 Niagara Falls Comicon Day 2 Niagara Falls , Ontario June 10, 2023 This Con got better and better every day. Day 2 highlights included taking part in a “Meet the 501st” panel. This was my first panel and our CO asked me if I wanted to attend in costume to answer any questions about the costume making process. This was such a great and interactive experience. Most of the day was spent doing Blast a Trooper and interacting with guests for photos, fist bumps and high fives. Walked the convention floor later in the day and got yo meet one of my heroes, Wendel Clark (former captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs). Finally, this is the end result of taking on 5 kids with Neef blasters at the same time.

Troop 22 Niagara Falls Comicon Day 1 Niagara Falls , Ontario June 9, 2023 Time for another big Con, Got up at 5:30 am and drove to Niagara Falls to be there for 9 am to help unload and set up our display area. Lots of fun stuff for people to see at this one, we have Jabba’s throne room, droid salvage area with speeder bike and blast a trooper (signed up for all 3 days).

Hi Tristan. Welcome

Hi Eleanor. Welcome to the FISD. Looking forward to seeing your build.

Congratulations

Congratulations

Congrats. Looking great

Troop 21 JDRF Walk for the Cure Waterloo , Ontario June 4, 2023 This was a troop that hit close to home in more ways than one. It was in my city, and my daughter has Type 1 diabetes. It felt good to get out there and support a cause close to my heart. We cheered on the walkers and mingled with them before and after the walk. Great outdoor troop that was not too hot and there was a breeze to help keep us cool. This was my first troop changing at the car as they had no change rooms for us. Interesting to say the least. Had a passer by help me with my shoulder bridge elastics. He was more than happy to help. After the troop I had a couple of people ask to take pictures, so I put my helmet and gloves back on and obliged.

Troop 20 Mackids Walk and Wheel Hamilton, Ontario June 3, 2023 This was a fundraising troop for McMaster Children’s Hospital. Lots of fun interacting with people, playing games, taking photos and cheering on the walkers, runners and riders. Group shot at the start / finish line. The boss watched intently as I played a game of connect for with one of his mechanics. Victory. Had a go at some calisthenics. Need to keep in shape to run up and down all those deathstar hallways. Stopped for a bit and mingled with some of the local law enforcement. A great turn out and big boost for the hospital. This is why we do it.