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I've had the honor of helping some wonderful people build their armor and get approved. Thank you for the fun hours working on your armors, my friends! 1. TK-28112 -- Tobias (Basic Approval) - adjustments to the armor and strapping for proper fit and sizing - help with the approval photos https://501st.com/members/displaymember.php?userID=33948&costumeID=124 2. TK-92227-- Pascal (Basic Approval) - adjustments to the armor and strapping for proper fit and sizing - help with the approval photos https://www.501st.com/members/displaymember.php?userID=34672&costumeID=124 3. TK-29073 -- Jannis (Basic Approval) - help with building the armor, strapping and research - help with the approval photos https://501st.com/members/displaymember.php?userID=35931&costumeID=124 4. TK-19525 -- Torben (Expert Infantry) - help with adjustments to the armor and strapping, fitting and details - help with the EIB photos https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/56546-tk-19525-requesting-anh-stunt-eib-status-rwa-1085/

76. 2023-12-12, Musikhjälpen 2024 (The Music Help), Sundsvall (Hero) 77. 2023-12-13, Musikhjälpen 2024 (The Music Help), Sundsvall (Hero) 78. 2023-12-14, Musikhjälpen 2024 (The Music Help), Sundsvall (Hero) 79. 2023-12-15, Musikhjälpen 2024 (The Music Help), Sundsvall (Hero) These four days have been crazy, to say the least. "The Music Help" (lazily translated from Swedish to English) is an annual charity event that is a live TV broadcast! For one week, three presenters are locked inside a "cage" where they only eat soup and take turns in presenting so that there is coverage 24/7 for a week. Swedish national television and radio collaborate to send out the broadcast on both mediums. The way it works, is that people donate X amount of money to get a song of their choice played live. There are multiple Swedish artists that perform inside the cage and people auctioning off items or artworks and the like. This year's charity theme was: "Everyone has the right to survive their pregnancy", and the money that was donated will go towards different projects that will reduce the amount of deaths during a pregnancy and delivery. Every two seconds, someone dies during their pregnancy/delivery - and 70% out of all the deaths happen in Africa, and we know what the solution is, so summed up most of the deaths are because of the lack of money. So, what is our role in this? We are outside the cage, dancing, giving high fives, spreading Star Wars love and we're collecting money for this charity event as we've done now for 12 years in a row. Dare I say we've become "famous" because of it, and are expected by the citizens to show up - and the pure love that we receive outside the cage is incredible and it really shows. We've received so many hugs and donations and my heart is filled with peace and love. 76. 2023-12-12, Musikhjälpen 2024 (The Music Help), Sundsvall (Hero) Someone caught us on TV the first night! We had a late start due to travelling 4 hours north from Stockholm, to Sundsvall. Some of our members had travelled for 6 hours (and they drove south, crazy to realize how big my own country really is). 77. 2023-12-13, Musikhjälpen 2024 (The Music Help), Sundsvall (Hero) 78. 2023-12-14, Musikhjälpen 2024 (The Music Help), Sundsvall (Hero) The day started out... well... I was hyped and ready to go out, or so I thought. I had forgotten a crucial detail! Here you see me as I realize it! This has never happened for 78 troops, but my 79th troop... disaster struck! I had just taken everything on and had to take most of it just to take it on again! So annoying!!! We were invited into the cage for an interview, and to push our initiative (there are multiple initiatives where people send money to, and the Swedish Garrison had one too) - I was not one of the people inside the cage, but we stood outside in the front row to cheer them on! @Coil was the Din Djarin. 79. 2023-12-15, Musikhjälpen 2024 (The Music Help), Sundsvall (Hero) I'm as I said filled with joy, and we've done an amazing job. As you might have seen - we opt for not wearing our TDs, because we are out in public and the cage being situated in a square in the city (a different city for every year of the event), it gets really crowded! I think someone got their TD stolen once and since then we tend to take the safest option and just simply not wear it (although I feel brave sometimes). It is a non-cannon event anyways so it is acceptable. We've been outside in negative celsius for four days, trooping about 5-6 hours every day, and I can tell you - the condensation inside the helmet is insane! We always need to pack our helmets with paper tissues to soak up the water that builds up, especially on the inside of the pertruding edges that goes around the mic tips. I'm sore in every part of my body because of the constant dancing for hours! But I close off this year of trooping with an amazing event on my resume, and this year's total was: 38 troops! Until next time! Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

NEW Detachment Leader Executive Officer Merchandise Officer Hall of Fame FISD Meme's Around the Detachment Costume Totals Trooping Opportunities INFORMATION & AWARD PROGRAMS FISD Tri-Fold Brochure Common FISD Acronyms and TK Glossary Pre Approval Forum 3D Section Field Exercise Award Imperial Attaché Program Master Armorer Award Fire Teams EIB & Centurion: What do these terms mean? Need Help Ask the Deployment Officers Advance to 1500 Advanced Tactics Awards Social Media Newsletter Editor Staff List 2024 Follow FISD Greetings troopers, Welcome to the festive edition of the newsletter. As mentioned last month my attention has been mostly consumed by our hosting situation. A number of steps have now been made in the direction we need to go. The domain was transferred to a new custodian last week, and a new server is now up and running. Testing is currently under progress and hope to have more news soon. The promising news is that the new server seems a lot faster, though admittedly there's a lot less users on there! This month has some merch updates, including the launch of our Celebration Tokyo 2025 Patch. With inspiration from Japanese art I am really happy with what the team has produced and I hope you all do too. The CRLs have taken a bit of a back seat over the last few weeks. The Enoch CRL is still awaiting a model, but things look promising there as builds near completion. With the launch of Skeleton crew this month who knows if we might even get treated to something new? As this will be the last update before the new year, I hope you enjoy the holiday season and that the new year treats you well. With Unquestioned Loyalty Chris Pearson TK-10991 "themaninthesuitcase" Detachment Leader Greetings fellow members, As Chris has mentioned, CRL's have taken a back seat while we have prioritised Forum stability. We all agree, smooth navigating and uninterrupted scrolling of our mammoth resources are essential for a great member experience. On the CRL topic, we are also still searching for a Night Trooper CRL model. If you are keen to be a Legion first, please reach out. You will be working with myself and the team in completing this exciting costume and bringing it to 501st and FISD approved fruition, I wish everyone a wonderful holiday season, be safe, and hopefully spend time with your loved ones. See you in the new year. With Unquestioned Loyalty Andrew Franke TK-11469 "Sly11" Executive Officer Greetings Troopers! I am so very thankful for the support I have received from all of you for these runs so far this term. I am truly appreciative of your patience, understanding, and assistance. I'd also like to give a shout out to all the members that help distribute the Standard Logo Coins. You made a difficult job much easier, and hopefully less expensive to most members. I hope you all will consider helping me with future runs. With December here, we have to start wrapping up our Merch for the term and I have a few items left to announce. But First, let us cover the old business Old Business "FISD EIB Coins" EI coins are still available, but quantities are becoming limited. In order to buy one, you have to have an approved EI costume and you can not have ever bought an EIB coin. EIB coins are a once and done coin. If you have this one and would prefer one of the older versions, I may have an option for you so please dm me. EIB v11 coin run is open "Official FISD Standard Logo Coin" The coin run is closed. And all the orders have been shipped from all six of our Distribution points. The DMBO might have a few left to sell, keep an eye out for the DMBO's 2nd Annual leftover Merch sale, towards the end of the term. Standard Logo Coin "FISD Standard Logo Hoodie/T-Shirt" The Standard Logo T-shirt/hoodie an hoodie run opened on 11 Oct 2024 and was extended to 9 DEC 2024 All orders should have been placed and they will be fulfilled by Custom Ink. Standard Logo T-Shirt/Hoodie run "Advance to 1500 Keyring/Zipper pull" This is a non-branded merch item, so it does not take one of our limited slots. This run will start on 9 DEC 2024 - 6 JAN 2025. We are going to place a maximum limit of 20 per approved 501st member. Please keep this in mind when doing Group orders. These key tags will be woven so the details are sharp. There is only one variant, the design below shows both side of the tag. Check the Detachment Merchandise Only Forum for details. New Business "FISD Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025" We have completed the design of the Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 patch and will be opening an interest thread. This Item needs to be ordered, paid for and ready to go so that I have time to get them shipped to members that will be attending Celebration. Click here for more info "FISD Stepping Out Challenge Coin" One of the most requested items in the past couple of years has been the "Stepping Out" logo on merch. We did a Black Staff version of this for Andrew's last team as DL, and the current EI Gold version as well. Now it is time to bring it to all members. An Interest Thread was posted in Late November. We are hoping to get an idea of numbers, and then submit it for approval and do the run in January. FISD Stepping Out Coin Interest Thread FISD Attachés Keep an eye out in the Attaché forum for an announcement. Click Here As always, questions, comments, thoughts, suggestions, please feel free to reach out. With Unquestioned Loyalty James Silvius TK-12953 "jsilvius" Merchandise & Branding Officer Off-Duty Troopers: Pipe dreams and plans on the lunch break! Please welcome TK-19525 to the Stormtrooper Hall of Fame, November 2024! @Tall_Trooper Troop log can be found here. Congratulations on your 30th troop Torben! Other HOF recipients can be found here. With Unquestioned Loyalty Jonatan Östling TK-23592 "Nairy" Attaché Ambassador You can find the full meme thread here Blast-A-Trooper Finally after many years of asking the Blast A Trooper files have been shared on the legion forum, sharing here for anyone who may have been looking for them https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_W3-wBM3Gsp5EN_juDwPSCVYhLcpv_MD *NOTE* unfortunately for those of you Down Under due to our PLI (public liability insurance) restrictions we are not able to run Blast A Trooper events as the insurer do not allow the firing of projectiles at our members (I know right, foam darts, ouch ) Thread here Request Edited Signature Banners/Profile pics/Fire Team Logos Troopers! I want to help out the community and the people that doesn't have the time or have the necessary tools or skills to create a cool Signature banner or have the background of your Action Photo removed, or even if you have a request for a certain Profile picture! I don't know how popular this will be, or what requirements I will need, but we will learn as we go and if it turns out to be popular and it gets too much for me - I'm sure that we can find a few more that are willing to help out! Thread here With Unquestioned Loyalty Jonatan Östling TK-23592 "Nairy" Attaché Ambassador Trading Card Archives For those with FISD detachment trading cards please consider sending two to Paul @Daetrin keeper of our detachment archives. Address and more info here With Unquestioned Loyalty Paul Hoeffer TK-8020 "Daetrin" Detachment Founder Keeper of Archives Currently (as of 9th December 2024) there are 33,585 approved costumes in the legion, out of these under FISD there are 4958 which is 14.76% of all approved 501st costumes. This percentage has been dropping for the last few years but this is the first time it has dropped under 5000 and 15%, the larger the legion costume totals grows the smaller amount of TK's there are. Info can be found in the legion holocron LFL Retail Moratorium Lift For most of the year we are under an embargo from LFL and cannot attend retail locations unless prior approval has been given by them. At certain times of the year this embargo is lifted, generally around Blu-Ray / movie releases, May 4th and Force Friday, the recent correspondence from LFL outlines the lift of the embargo: Lucasfilm has informed LEC that the retail moratorium is being lifted December 1-31 at retailers selling Star Wars Related merchandise for the holiday season. All fans, costumed or otherwise, can participate with venues of their choice within this window with the restriction that costumed appearances must not be used in the advertising for the event. Although these appearances will be treated like an open invite, we’ll leave it to the fan groups to independently organize around these events as they see fit. LFL will not need to approve or coordinate these. Please note that retail locations should not include restaurants, bars, or venues with no apparent reason to feature Star Wars characters. In the coming weeks, we may send out a list of ‘preferred’ retailers from certain regions who would welcome fans to participate at their venues within these event windows, but you are all still welcome to make plans with appropriate retailers or venue hosts of your choice regardless of whether or not they appear on the list. Please distribute to your members! Alex Vargas Fan Relations Lucasfilm Ltd. *REMEMBER* Always follow your garrison/squad/outpost guidelines when it comes to organizing Disney/LFL promotional troops, only command staff should deal directly with LFL. INFORMATION & AWARD PROGRAMS For a full list of FISD awards programs head here. *Now Available in Swedish* Want to spread the word about FISD?, you can with our FISD Tri-Fold Brochure. Originally these were done in a limited run by the member who created them, but nowadays, we have moved this to a print your own service making them accessible to all countries around the globe. Files are available to all full 501st members on request by contacting our DL Chris @themaninthesuitcase you can find more info here Currently Available languages: English - Spanish - German - Swedish Are you new to the FISD and wondering what the heck all those abbreviations and strange sounding terms mean? To help you @justjoseph63 has started a list of the most commonly used ones that will give you some insight. If you have ANY questions about a particular term that is not listed or suggestions for new ones please contact Joseph. You can find the list here. Pre Approval Forum allows future Troopers the opportunity to submit photos of their completed build to be reviewed by the Staff, Imperial Attaches and others in preparation for forwarding it to their GML for approval. Any and all advice/suggestions given will be specific, constructive, helpful and respectful. Please note that this program will NOT take the place of your local GML, as Detachments are not chartered for costume approval and can not override a GMLs decision, but is instead a peer review program designed to help you look your best and offer guidance and positive feedback. For more information on this program, please visit the link here. Don't forget to visit our 3D section when next surfing the FISD forums, there is plenty of useful information to potentially help you on your next TK adventure. You might be feeling may generous and share with our community a new TK related 3D file and maybe win yourself a 3D contributors award so check out the details below and be part of the in house 3D community. Here is a link to the FISD 3D Contributor program. Don't forget to create a troop log here on FISD and get awarded for your adventures The list of accomplished troopers keeps growing, so get on board and register your troops today Simply start (or update!) your troop log, keep the running total in the title, and post (at least!) a date and name for the official 501st event where you wore your TK! Once you've hit a milestone count, go over to the "Field Exercise Awards -- Post your milestones here" thread to request your profile be updated! Simple, right? Also if you would like your troop photos shared on our social media channels please add the following to the first post of your FISD troop log: I give permission for FISD to repost my photos on social media in an appropriate fashion. Award Recipients November - December TK-28301 "chris788" Chris - - - - - - TK-23072 "budu1" Mario - - - - - - TK-23011 "TookBreaker" Tarkan - - - - - - TK-61490 "TheRascalKing" Justin - - - - - - TK-36544 "Surgtech" Kaden - - - - - - Are you an approved TK that spends more time on the boards than the average Trooper? Do you enjoy using your knowledge to help out future and existing Troopers? If so, we would like to invite you to join the Imperial Attaché program! Members of the I.A. team are chosen to help out not only those here on the boards, but on a local level as well. Our aim is to have at least one in each and every Garrison, Squad and Outpost in the entire legion to be the eyes and ears of the FISD on a local level. If you are a 501st approved Trooper who wishes to join the ranks of the Attachés, please get in touch with me and/or visit: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/15252-fisd-attaché-program/ For a complete list of Imperial Attaches, go here. Some of the benefits include: Access to exclusive Attaché merch, including patches. You may also be in the running for an Imperial Attaché Award. An award for those attaché's who have gone above and beyond [minimum 1 year of service]. You can find a list of prior recipients here. Imperial Attaché Outstanding Achievement Award I'm still looking for Attachés in certain Squads, so if you are in a Garrison that has Squads, and they have a vacant position in the list - don't hesitate do get in contact with them and ask if they are up for the task! With Unquestioned Loyalty Jonatan Östling TK-23592 "Nairy" Attaché Ambassador Master Armorer Program - 2024 Relaunch FISD has many wonderful programs to help members build and submit costumes for our detachment, whether it be a classic Stormtrooper, a First Order Stormtrooper, or even one of the new Imperial Armored Commandos. While our Expect Infantry and Centurion programs get most of the attention, FISD staff wants to relaunch the Armorer Program (Currently called the Master Armorer Program). What is the Armorer Program you ask? Well, it is a program designed to recognize those troopers that go above and beyond to assist themselves and others in getting costumes built, submitted, and approved. One of the goals of all the detachments in the 501st Legion is to help members build and submit costumes that meet and hopefully exceed the minimum requirements of the Legion’s CRLs. Currently the Master Armorer program has the requirement of helping a minimum of 5 members achieve Expert Infantry status. The member must have spent at least 30min physically helping another member with cutting, gluing, sizing, etc, just because they want to help (no money exchanged). The definition of an armorer is “a maker, supplier, or repairer of weapons or armor”. So while we certainly love the feedback that members provide to others on the forums, and the extra steps some do by having video calls to help walk people through issues with their builds, this program requires hands on work. The new program will have the same physical help requirement, but we are going to move from a “wins” system, (where a win was help an individual for 30 min or more) to a points system, and we aren’t limiting it to only Expert Infantry builds. While we are pushing the Advance to 1500 to try and achieve 1500 Expert Infantry members, we recognize that the goal of the detachment is to get FISD members build, submitted, and approved. So we will be awarding points for Basic builds as well. Currently there are 3 levels of the award, FISD Armorer, FISD Senior Armorer and FISD Master Armorer. The new program will add a 4th level at the beginning called the Apprentice Armorer. The point scale will be as follows. 5 points - Apprentice Armorer 10 points - Armorer 20 points - Senior Armorer 30 points - Master Armorer The Armorer candidate would earn points based on what level the member costume they assisted with achieved. If you help with a basic build, you get 1 point, if you help with a EIB build you get 2 points. So a person to basic you get a point, help them again to get their EIB earning another 2 to a total of 3. The thought again here is that we want to help build as many stormtroopers as possible. If you love building armorer and love helping fellow members get their costumes built, then this is the program you’ve been searching for. We look forward to awarding more members with this award as we know how much we all love Troopers helping Troopers. More information can be found here Armorer Rocker Patches Rocker patches are now available for the Armorer Program, there is currently just the one patch, and members are eligible to receive two of them once they reach Level 2, "Armorer". More information can be found here Want to setup a "Fire Team? the Fire Team program is completely optional, and is intended to help form a common identity and spirit of camaraderie among 501st Legion Stormtroopers in the same geographic area/garrison that troop together. Fire Teams are not officially recognized by the 501st Legion nor the FISD, although they will be able to access a Fire Team sub-forum on the detachment website. You can find more information here. For those interested here is the original discussion on the creation of Fire teams here With Unquestioned Loyalty Mark Ryner TK-4584 "captsafe66" Fire Team Relations So what exactly are and levels? These programs were designed for those who choose to take their armor above and beyond the minimum requirements for basic 501st Legion approval. It gives you the chance to show a level of dedication and pride that takes your armor closer to being as "screen accurate" as possible, without as much extra work as you may realize! You can find more information on the programs here. For those unaware it is possible to achieve extra awards at Expert Infantry for each additional version costume you have approved, additional awards are not issued with another Expert Infantry number (you are only issued 1 Expert Infantry number) but you will see a star above the award on your profile and the thread title will show [APPROVED] 2nd, [APPROVED] 3rd, [APPROVED] 4th and so on. Multiple EIB award recipients and info here NOTE If you are approved with a "2nd Version" of a particular costume that you are already approved with you do not receive an additional award, there is only 1 award issued for each costume version ie: only 1 x Hero, 1 x Stunt, 1 x HWT, 1 x ESB, 1 x TFA and so on. If you have a second/additional version costume approved you will see "2nd Version" and [APPROVED] added to the thread title, no additional profile stars (more info on profile awards here) For those of you who have a particular issue (or issues) before or after submitting for Expert Infantry / Centurion level approval, in order to get you an answer faster you can now privately contact the entire Deployment Officer team at one time! Questions about fitting, repairs, CRL standards/requirements or anything pertaining to reaching Levels 2 and 3 are not only welcomed, but encouraged. Keep in mind that no question is too small, and that your queries will only be seen by the D.O. Staff. We are here to help in any way we can, so please feel free to send us a message by clicking on this link: @Deployment Officer Team and we will get back to you A.S.A.P.! More info here This area lists all those who have gone above and beyond basic approval toward screen accuracy and obtained EIB or Centurion or both. FOR November - December the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment would like to congratulate the following. Expert Infantry Badge Award: Daniel "Lafleur" TK20928 EIB 1083 Chris "Slouch" TK70384 EIB 1084 Justin "TheRascalKing" TK61490 EIB 6th Award GREAT job on your approval, now on to Level 3! Request your free EIB certificate here. You can find a list of multiple award recipients here. Multiple EIB award info here Expert Infantry Honor Gallery here --------------------------------------------------------------- Centurion Badge Award: Daniel "Lafleur" TK20928 Centurion 535 Outstanding job on reaching Centurion, Troopers! Request your free Centurion certificate here. You can find a list of multiple award recipients here. If you see any of these Troopers around your Garrison or Squad, be sure to congratulate them! Have you already scrolled down to the last section in the Newsletter? No? Well, make sure to take a look at it this time as we've added a new Social Media platform to our collection. As of last month we're now represented on Bluesky alongside our other Social Media accounts. Make sure to leave a follow wherever you want to see more epic Stormtrooper content! With Unquestioned Loyalty Luca Hahn TK-66744 "Morgi" Social Media Relations With Unquestioned Loyalty Adam Wolf TK-89400 "Revlimiter" Content Editor Support I would just like to wish everyone a safe and joyful festive season and here's to a great 2025 and for those who will be on duty please lay off the eggnog With Unquestioned Loyalty Glen "Q" Rhodes TK-85421 "gmrhodes13" PRO, Newsletter Detachment Leader (DL): Chris Pearson (themaninthesuitcase) TK-10911 Detachment Executive Officer (DXO): Andrew Franke (Sly11) TK-11469 Chief Deployment Officer (DCA): Mario Reyes (TKSpartan) TK-48117 Deployment Officer (DCA): José Mª Sánchez (Chemi) TK-30173 Deployment Officer (DCA): Gerald J Gyorffy (Doggydoc) TK-96004 Provost Marshall (DCoG): Steven Sheades (starsaber25) TK-10466 Provost Marshall (DCoG): Caleb Mask (MaskedVengeance) TK-73692 Provost Marshall (DCoG): Arthur Wong (giskard8) TK-39093 FISD Diplomat (DPRO): Tony Jobe (ukswrath) TK-10116 FISD Diplomat (DPRO): Tim Waychoff (Dark PMF) TK-51878 FISD Diplomat (DPRO): Christoph (Danny) Lauber (Ripper_L) TK-55550 Fire Team Relations(DCoG): Mark Ryner (captsafe66) TK-4584 Merchandise and Brand Officer (DMBO): James Silvius (jsilvius) TK-12953 Trading Card Specialist (DPRO): Eric Ho (Hoda) TK-77520 Newsletter Publisher (DPRO): Glen Rhodes (gmrhodes13) TK-85421 Content Editor Support (DPRO): Adam Wolf (Revlimiter) TK-89400 Content Editor Support (DPRO): Jeff Salt (Wingnut65) TK-50297 Special Unit Director-Valkyries (DPRO): Vicky Mandlmaier (Vicky_Velocipanda) TK-50893 Attaché Ambassador (DPRO): Jonatan Östling (Nairy) TK-23592 Social Media Relations (DPRO): Luca Hahn (Morgi) TK-66744 Personnel Officer (DPER): AC (NoVATie) TK-5597 Systems Administrator (DWM): Mathias Rodstedt (Locitus) TK-2959 Systems Administrator (DWM): Eric Brager (Darth Aloha) TK-9674 Systems Administrator/Detachment Founder (DF): Paul Hoeffer (Daetrin) TK-8020 Imperial Propaganda Machine (IPM): Brian Long (Tilheyra) TK-47933 Facebook: www.facebook.com/whitearmor - - - Facebook Group: 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment (FISD) Official Twitter: www.twitter.com/FISD501st or @FISD501st - - - Instagram: www.instagram.com/fisd501st Discord: https://discord.gg/FmQZ2qW8gx - - - Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/fisd501st.bsky.social On behalf of the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment Command Staff and the Imperial Propaganda Department

Well.... it's been a while. But I'm back now! [78] 28.09.2024 -- Science Fiction Days Speyer, Saturday There's no event quite like Speyer! Outside with hundreds of people running around in Star Wars cosplays and costumes. Nobody really has any clue what exactly we're supposed to be doing there, but we're all having fun and that's the important part. Personally, I took the opportunity to start my day off with the worst intentional bedhead of my life, just running around the area, enjoying the unlimited movement. After the first two hours like that I then changed into my FISD Racing Shirt for the first StarWars part of the weekend. Turns out, booth duty can be surprisingly fun! Unlucky for me, between running around and having fun, I forgot to take pictures of myself, so let's just skip to the next big part of the day: The Parade and Group Photo! Just look at me carrying that Swiss flag! Only ran into one pole during the parade! Success! At the end we did an OT-TK promo shoot with one of our Vader's. Sadly, they forgot that this was supposed to be our Detachment photo, so we didn't get our FOTK onto the picture, nor did we manage to get a photo without Vader. A bit of a disappointment. [79] 29.09.2024 -- Science Fiction Days Speyer, Sunday With a travel time of over ten hours each direction I couldn't possibly miss out on the second day! All in all, everything went pretty similarly to Saturday. I got up, ran around as the Tenth Doctor, switched into my Racing Shirt over lunch for my booth duty and then enjoyed some time in my armor afterwards. Of course, everything wouldn't be quite as much fun without my friends! One of the best parts of Speyer is meeting people you haven't seen all year -- or ones that you just saw two weeks prior. Even without many pictures to remember the weekend by it was still a fun time. [80] 12.10.2024 -- Galeria Kaufhof Centro Oberhausen TR-88900 gave me the opportunity to join this troop in our Western Squad. We were invited to join the Halloween part of the store. And let me tell you, by the end I couldn't listen to the pre-recorded lines that some of the items were constantly playing. So instead of standing next to the Halloween part all the time, I instead took the opportunity to become a part of the store's showcase, fooling people into thinking I was just a puppet advertising the Star Wars toys. And by the time even that wasn't helping anymore, I went on a shopping spree inside the rest of the store. Or as much of a shopping spree as one can manage without ever managing to buy a single item. However, by the end I -- and my fellow troopers right alongside me -- found our favorite section in the store. I mean, this is just perfect, isn't it? TK-66744 signing off

Even Lord Vader approved my armor. ComiCon Stuttgart was a blast. Exhausting but so much fun.

Glad to hear that! Thank you for your comment, it really brightened my day! Those engine pictures are a must! You haven't been in Speyer if you don't have that engine pic! [81] 30.11.2024 -- Comic Con Stuttgart, Day 1 Once more, Stuttgart! Let's be honest, at this point I'm mostly going to meet all the wonderful troopers from the south of Germany. Together with BH-23203 I journeyed down to Stuttgart. We checked in to our hotel, almost got charged too much, greeted all those people that we hadn't seen in months -- and got surprised by CC-75367 and TK-19525 who decided to simply show up without telling me. Shout-out to those two for deciding to not to tell a single soul about their spontaneous decision to go to a troop halfway through the country just to see my face when I realized that they are at said troop. The troop itself was rather good. Sadly, we've since moved on from the good old days of having an entire convention hall as our changing room and instead got a handful of overcrowded conference rooms, but we simply got together as a friend group and snagged our own small room. About as overcrowded as our changing area was the convention itself. Once more there were so many visitors, that I spent most my time near our booth, unwilling to brave the masses. Being a bit insane, quite a few of us troopers decided that an entire convention day wasn't enough and decided to crash the aftershow party in full armor. Anybody see a video of a bunch of troopers dancing a couple hours at the CC Stuttgart aftershow party, rest assured, that's us. However, after reaching 11 hours that day in armor, I decided to call it quits before overdoing it and alongside most my fellow troopers changed out of armor. Only two stayed for a while longer. Meanwhile TK-19525, CC-75367 and I went to my hotel room and ordered ourselves pizza rolls. Yummy! [82] 01.12.2024 -- Comic Con Stuttgart, Day 2 Did we get enough sleep that night? No. No, we definitely didn't. Still, we were back in armor bright and early and ready for the second day of trooping. And, wow, once more with a big group of TKs, which I absolutely love to see! We started off strong with a patrol -- Lord Vader and the Emporer leading us troopers all through the Star Wars area until we reached the throne and took quite a few pictures. Really, quite a few. I'm honestly surprised I don't have a copy of my own to show you, given the amount of pictures that were taken. After that we patrolled the convention area a bit on our own, listened to a few panels and had a healthy lunch consisting of chips/french fries. Really, just using the time to catch up with one another and have fun. Take some silly pictures. Meet friends. All those fun things that make a troop special. We stayed as long as possible, since BH-23203 and I had bought train tickets for an overnight train back north that very evening and the longer we could wait inside the convention, the less we'd have to wait at the train station. However, the train ride back ended up being relatively sleepless, as we had rather loud travellers in our coach, had to give up our seats at 4am for safety reasons for 45 minutes and then once more had rather loud people to share the coach with. Considering we had to sit, I consider it a miracle that I got roughly 2.5 hours of sleep and we both agreed to stay another night at the hotel next time. [83] 07.12.2024 -- Dreamhack Hannover, Saturday The annual squad Christmas celebration brought lots of troopers to Hannover this year -- including guests we got about 150 people from our various Star Wars clubs and the largest booth we've ever had in Germany. We had a TIE-fighter, several cockpits, a Death Star wall with functioning blast doors, the Endor bunker and an AT-ST present. Wow. And if that wasn't cool enough already, we also had lots of white plastic. So, of course we went on patrol and took quite a few pictures together! Quite possibly the best photoshoot location I've ever had the pleasure of seeing at a convention! However, my personal highlight had nothing to do with white plastic and cool pictures. Instead, we had a rather tasty joke, where we smuggled a chocolate fountain into our changing room. You can't see it in the picture, but just imagine a bunch of giggling guys in a way too overcrowded changing room eating chocolate coated fruit. We're not quite sure what we're gonna do next year, but waffles would be nice. Maybe we can find a 501st waffle maker for that one. Once everything had been cleaned up we trooped a while longer and then went to the squad's Christmas celebration. With roughly 80 people present there was quite a bit of waiting to actually get some food, but the food was good and the company better. We celebrated our new troopers, we thanked our (retiring) squad leader for his work these past couple years, and we talked quite a lot. I couldn't have asked for a better way to close off the trooping year. Thank you for everyone who trooped with me, who turned long hours of wearing plastic into joy and fun! With so much going on in my personal life it's been difficult to find time to troop (and I don't anticipate that changing next year) but you made the effort worth it. See you 2025! TK-66744 signing off

[84] Client appreciation Clayton Pet hospital 12-14-24.

2024-12-14 LC Toys for Tots Distribution 2024-12-14 Toys For Tots Distribution #4 2024-12-14 NCDSA Christmas Party Trifect Saturday. Also, probably the last time I'm doing more than 2 troops in 1 day. Photos: Grey Grindle

[31] GG--07.12.2024 - Gamevasion / Hanover Last year the German Garrison was at Dreamhack. Now the convention is called Gamevasion. Unfortunately there were fewer visitors there than last year. Nevertheless, we had a lot of fun. I think I should cosplay Jeans Guy We had some great props there for that. For example a Tie Fighter, AT-ST, the Endor Bunker entrance and much more. Maybe I can add a few more pictures here if they are sent to me. Also, CC-75367, @Morgi and I came up with the idea of doing something. We bought a chocolate fountain to use at Troop. It was really funny. I also think that a DLT-19 looks pretty good on me. What do you say? [32] GG--07.12.2024 - Gamevasion / Hanover Something's wrong here. I don't really know what? A Christmas photo shouldn't be missing either. What a great troop year! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year I'm looking forward to seeing you again next year! Thanks

[29] 23.11.2024 - Comic Con / Stuttgart We went to Comic con Stuttgart very spontaneously because a few places became available at short notice. CC-75367 and I thought how fun it would be if we just showed up after saying we weren't coming. That's how we did it. We were just noticed before... Great TK group photo If you want to see what we did at the Aftercon Party, have a look here: https://www.tiktok.com/@tall_trooper/video/7443883044231990550 [30] 23.11.2024 - Comic Con / Stuttgart TK-66744 and I quickly secured the smuggler thing But then we need a short break on Tatooine It was a very tiring weekend, but also a very nice one.

Hi FISD, A couple of months ago I watched the feature on Netflix about the 501st Legion and discovered this amazing community of Star Wars fans and dedicated costumers. The best advice I've found at this early stage is to do loads of research so I've enjoyed many hours of poring over numerous posts, gleaning knowledge and building up an idea of which costume to start with and how to go about it. Whilst I enjoyed the prequels and sequels as they were released, I grew up watching the OT so these episodes represent the classic Stormtrooper for me personally. For a newcomer such as myself there are a number of factors inclining me towards the ESB TK. As they're UK-based RS Propmasters seem a logical choice and have a good rep for screen authenticity. I'm really looking forward to both the build phase and out trooping, joining the 'bad guys who do good'.

Greetings troopers. As mentioned in some previous posts, we are moving the forum to a new server and are now ready to make this move. On Sunday, January 5th, there will be an extended period of downtime so that we can back up the old server, move it to the new one, and make the swap. Exact times have not been planned, and these things always take as long as they take. We thank you for your patience in advance. Chris - Detachment Leader.

Troop #76 Braehead shopping centre collecting donations for Back Onside mental health charity.

501st Troop: 55 FISD Troop: 23 Event: CPNassau Sugar Plum Ball & Galactic Gala Location: CPNassau Sugar Plum Ball & Galactic Gala Date: 12/08/24

12-17-2024, Ranger Unitt Community Service Award for Erin A great troop for one of our own Mountain Garrison member. Even if she is rebel scum. Recognition for public service by Fort Collins. I was proud to be part of her escort to the podium.

TROOP #10 - Fort Worth Parade of Lights 11/24/2024 Troop 10! I totally forgot to post it here a few weeks ago, but here it is. This was an insane event, there were so many members marching, and THOUSANDS of people attending the parade it was awesome. TK-54832 and I also had fun decking out our kits in Christmas livery. We also marched with the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Tarrant County, to raise awareness for the program.

Troop 75 Etobicoke, Ontario December 15, 2024 Starlight Foundation /Toys R Us troop This troop is hands down the most special troop for me and this was my 3rd time doing it. Starlight Foundation teams up with Toys R Us and opens up the store 2 hours early to provide a safe and quiet place for families with disabled children to visit. Each family is given a $50 gift card to shop. We greet everyone as they come in and then wander through the store interacting with the families and children. It means so much to see the smiles on their faces.

[14] Desoto county Light garden "The circle is complete" This was the place of my first troop last year and let me tell you, It was one of the Hardest troops I've done! With the rain came low attendance, my helmet fans didn't help my vision at all ( I suspect it was because of all of the moisture in the air), one of my brand-new Hovi tips broke off, and my Dlt-19 broke. The only plus part was being with my fellow troopers although I left first. And as always, it was a pleasure trooping with the Boss. Stairs were the first obstacle to over come. Nice and slow... Ugg, the rain. Here we are looking for people😆 The boss got to hang out in the Lego tent to stay dry. Look at all that rain. That one is in the books.

12/8/24 McLean Winterfest Parade, McLean, VA

#2 [2024-11-30] Golden Gate Garrison - Fan Expo 2024 | San Francisco Somebody just gave this to me, so nice! John Rhys-Davies!

97. HPE 92nd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade - Hollywood, CA - Sun. 12/1/24 (ANH-S TK #67, FTE #76) Photo by Zak D with an an edit by @KC Grim, remaining photos are from Sebastian C. My Garrison mate who originally found this very kindly gifted me my own little pen light, so I can now share that the maker is "BioWorld" if it's helpful in anyone's search who wants one. They're out of production, but I found another one of these if anyone is looking! https://www.ebay.com/itm/175392961626

Hey everyone. I figured I would post this as it has recently come up on the Deployment Officer discussions. With respect to the Hovi tips that are supplied with the AP props kit, the front ring is a little bit thicker than optimum. Having an AP kit myself which I absolutely love, I figured I would look into a method to make them a bit more screen accurate. Please not that we have decided that at this time, this modification will be requested for level 3 approval. Here is the original AP Hovi tip- Note the wide front portion as compared to screen references. References To correct this, I used my Dremel tool with the grinding tip pictured below. Using the mesh as a floor to keep the grinding attachment steady and at a right angle to the wall, it was just a matter of carefully running the edge of the grinder around the inner ring of the Hovi Tip front ridge. Completed result with less than 10 minutes of work

116. 12-27-24, Holiday Bowl Parade 2024

Hello all! Just wanted to drop in and wish all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I am still working on my kit and have made a lot of progress, but have not had the time to take photos and upload images. Right now I am working on the fitting of the torso and locating the strap anchors. I am off tomorrow so I plan on making a day of working on the armor. I will try and get some photos if I can and put up a progress post here. So yeah! The holidays and work slowed me down, but progress is still being made. I am shooting to be approved before May 4th 2025 and make that my debut troop. Stay shiny!

Imperial Binders - Handcuffs References of different binders/handcuffs seen in Star Wars ANH ESB Another version on Chewbacca ROTJ TFA TLJ TROS, extra large for chewie Rogue One Andor Solo The Mandalorian Ahsoka Battlefront II Star Wars Outlaws Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor How to wear Disney Imperial Binders come with a clip Metal clip Some use pouches I used to make these 3D files https://www.etsy.com/listing/1200996154/cosplay-binder-holster-3d-stl-file Disney First Order Conversation on how to wear here Where to find binders info here 3D Files OTTK https://www.yeggi.com/q/star+wars+imperial+binders/ FOTK https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/37433-first-order-handcuffs-3d-printable-files-available-now/ PLEASE NOTE the wearing of non approved props is entirely up to your GCO (Garrison Commanding Officer) and GML (Garrison Membership Liaison) so definitely check with them as some garrisons DO NOT allow the use of non CRL props. Currently there are no FISD CRL's with an option to use Imperial Binders - Handcuffs ( BUT there could be, if someone builds them as screen accurate and supplies photos and references )

501st Troop: 57 FISD Troop: 25 Event: Toys Of Hope Holiday Party at Oheka Castle Location: Oheka Castle, Huntington, New York 11743 Date: 12/19/24 And that's 25 troops just before the end of the year! Oheka Castle on Long Island is an amazing troop. Lots of happy kids and some very famous/historical rooms Any Swifities here? Recognize anything familiar?

Thanks everyone! My Garrison also gave me a cool certificate to mark the milestone.

Troop #75 Glasgow children's hospital charity At The Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. Paying a special festive visit to young kids spending Christmas in hospital. Always a humbling troop seeing the bravest children raise a smile during their hardest times. A photo collage from the charity's Fb page.

[82] Navidad En El Barrio ~ NRG (12.14.2024)

#13 - Dreamnight at Western Plains Zoo - Dubbo

*311th Signal Command Christmas Party - Tustin, CA - Sun. 12/8/24 (POC #7) I try to serve as the Club Point of Contact ("POC") and organize at least one event a year, and this Christmas party for military families was a quick and easy way to spread some holiday cheer!

Troop #28 Finally, a holiday party I could troop! This troop was at the workplace of one of our fellow troopers, and he had drummed up a lot of excitement for us, so we were second only to Santa in terms of being a center of attention! No blasters were allowed, so we improvised:

Agreed and will note for the troopers who help me take the final photos. I do intend to release the visor files and a downloadable template for the pauldron for free to the Detachment once the CRL is live.

Finally found time to put the whole costume on and get some decent photos shot by @KC Grim. Please let me know any additional feedback you have before proceeding. I plan to add some light weathering to match reference before submitting final photos for the CRL, but want to ensure everything else looks good in advance. Thank you!

501st Troop: 52 FISD Troop: 20 Event: Cohen Children's Hospital Location: Cohen Children's Hospital, New Hyde NY Date: 12/02/24

Okay, this is going better than I thought I fixed the frown. Also I realized that I picked up the wrong blaster. Here is my "real blaster": I hope it's better this way. But thank you very much for the help

501st Troop: 50 FISD Troop: 18 Event: Big Apple Con Location: Wyndham New Yorker Hotel, NYC Date: 11/23/24 Ok this was a highlight of the year for me. I got to meet Anthony Forrest who's the original "Move Along" trooper! He's incredibly kind and enthusiastic about his role as a stormtrooper. The autographed pictures was a cool behind the scenes look where he said that the other troopers stood on the landspeeder platforms since they were shorter than him in order for all the sandtroopers to have the same hight (he's the tall one). Also look how busted up the back of their calves were. He also said that his bucket didn't even have the "star" yellow foam and he just took it off as often as he could in the heat. But my favorite part was getting to do the "Move Along" with him. Dream come true (video link at the bottom) Instagram link of the "Move Along" video if interested: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCzLRayOajN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

There is a general problem in that we've out grown our current server. Work on a replacement has started but is being done as time is available. @Locitus has also suggested we add Cloudflare in front of our systems after the transfer is completed. This should help lighten the load on the server and so help keep things smooth.

Event: # 33 Event Name: Cohen children's medical center of New York Date: December 2, 2024

This has now happened. There was a short 1-2 hour down time but should now be resolved.

Troop #74 St. Enoch Centre Macmillan Cancer charity fundraiser. Had the run of the shopping centre meeting and greeting shoppers. We also reached a milestone with our donations for the charity.

74. 2024-11-30, Nördarnas Julmarknad 2024 (The Nerds' Christmas Market), Stockholm (Hero, with Grappling Hook/Comlink) 75. 2024-12-01, Nördarnas Julmarknad 2024 (The Nerds' Christmas Market), Stockholm (Hero, with Grappling Hook/Comlink) Got my 74th and 75th troop this weekend! It is a lovely nerdy market that happens every year! The turnout on the Saturday was great, and a little more relaxed on the Sunday! Absolutely lovely! I received my Grappling Hook/Comlink set from Joseph finally after a 9 month wait (the package had been in transit for 9 months, crossing the atlantic sea about 3 times for some reason ), so I really had to use it for these couple of troops! Such an awesome thing to have! Close up! Me and @Lafleur in the changing room Quite a nice turnout for this event! We're usually 2 or 3 people! We had a large Lucia parade (or "train" as we say in Swedish), it is an old tradition in Sweden! @Lafleur had a funny E-11 blaster toy for the Lucia parade! 75. 2024-12-01, Nördarnas Julmarknad 2024 (The Nerds' Christmas Market), Stockholm (Hero, with Grappling Hook/Comlink) We dropped a Santa hat on the floor, and we realized that we were alone and no one could bend down to pick it up, luckily my handy dandy Grappling Hook could be of assistance!! Finally got it! Christmas vibes brought to you by the grappling hook! December has only just begun and I've already been sent to Whamhalla!

Mision 27 01/12/2024 - VALDEMORO ( MAD ) - AMIVAL MARCHA POR LA DISCAPACIDAD

Let me just say this: I'm still very very baffled at the sight of the two of you standing in front of me when you're supposed to be half a country away. You're absolutely insane Trooping with you was also fun, the aftershow party was fantastic, but who on Earth just shows up to a troop half a country away without letting me know?!? Wow.

*HPE Disney+ "Skeleton Crew" Launch Event - Disneyland, Anaheim, CA - Mon. 12/2/2024 Not a troop, but I was very fortunate to be invited to the world premiere event for the new Disney+ Star Wars show, Skeleton Crew, held at the Disneyland Park. It was fantastic meeting most of the cast, crew, and Star Wars 'royalty', and we were treated to a screening of the first three episodes in the historic theater in Tomorrowland, next to Space Mountain - which was used for the first time in many years. I really enjoyed the show (Goonies but make it Star Wars!) and am excited for more!

[83] Fan Expo 11/30/24 San Francisco, CA