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70. 2024-11-01, Comic Con 2024, Stockholm (Hero, with Space Pack, DLT-19) 71. 2024-11-02, Comic Con 2024, Stockholm (Hero) 72. 2024-11-03, Comic Con 2024, Stockholm (Hero) Photographer's names are available upon request. Okay! So Comic Con Stockholm Winter 2024 happened, and boy was it awesome! I got to meet up with the fellow Garrison mates and Squad mates and Fire Team mates and fellow FISD staff too! I've had talks with the troopers in my Fire team for some time, telling them that I've wanted to up our game when it comes to the marching in parades. @Tall_Trooper has a signature banner that I really got inspired by, so I gathered all the TKs aside after the morning meetings to go through how to turn and how to walk in the parades (with holstered weapons) - but then came @Locitus (in his Officer uniform) and had a marching session with us! It was really the thing that we all needed to take it that one step further of becoming the Stormtroopers we see on screen! (of course it can and will have to be fine tuned more, bit it's a start!!) This Comic Con I also used my space pack, for the first time since implementing my new strapping system! It sits great right now, but I don't like not being able to put it on by myself, so I'll continue working on that in the future! We start the days off by patrolling the queues! That's always really fun since people usually are super excited in the morning queues! A pic from the first photo booth session of the weekend! The line up looked like this after one of the parades! We were quite a few, nothing compared to some of the events in the U.S. but for us this a great turnout! This was before our march training session, don't have a picture yet of the "after"! I can't find the hotel room I'm looking for... But something that I had been looking for that I was able to find was the FISD Beret flash! Now I've got two! Don't ask me how! A pic of me and @Lafleur who had his first con experience this weekend! So happy for him, and he is a great addition to our Fire team Scary Looking Nerd Herders! Been helping him with 501st approval and EIB submission photos, we're aiming for Centurion! We have a really fun thing which is the "Statue corner", where we can stand up on a little platform and stay completely still, and then people can scan a QR code to read more about the costume, and when they do - or when they stand close to you and take a picture, you can scare them a little bit! Everyone, meet my sister from another mister, Jenny "Storm" TK-94012! She usually features on "Cantina's New Hope" on YouTube! They had a 1:1 scale X-wing cockpit that I got inside of (having flewn by myself for the first time in a real aircraft lately I was inclined to jump in to see what technology the rebels had to work with) and by instinct started shooting at the rebel medical frigates! (@TheSwede didn't see this so he suggested that I should be relieved of my staff and attaché positions ) I came back later in my Space Pack to point it out for my fellow gunners to take care of! And with this, let the Spacetrooper montage begin: They also had a 1:1 scale Falcon cockpit! Naturally, I pointed this out as well! Side note: @Coil looked awesome inside the Falcon! Anyways, here's the droid... Here is me pointing out that this is our member @SwedishTX who is working on his Captain Enoch! It's rumored that our Emperor has a TK armor on the way! Boss forgot his helmet! He had something right... there! I'm pointing out the charity of our choice, the Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund - to which we have helped over all the years to collect over 2.500.000 SEK, a total we reached at this year's Comic Con! A stinky little green thing! Gonk! Do you have a license for that thing? Showing the kids where to aim at our Blast a Trooper booth! That's all for now! Take care everyone!

73. 2024-11-14, Akademiska sjukhuset (Uppsala University Hospital), Uppsala (Hero) Another day another hospital! These troops are the best, to be honest! Just so much happiness in an environment not necessarily associated with that! I taught them a little bit about how to solve a Rubiks cube! (my record is 23 seconds, but I'm working on it to get down to under 10)

96. Orange County Light The Night - Irvine, CA - Sat. 11/9/24 (ANH-S #66, FTE #75) As a Hodgkin's Lymphoma survivor and a grateful beneficiary of their services in the past, this event supporting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society was a special one for me. Attendees received lanterns that indicated if they were a supporter (red), survivor or current fighter of blood cancer (white), or attending in remembrance of someone who was lost to blood cancer (yellow), and they had a full program of fun activities at a local park. It was tough to see so many kiddos who also had white lanterns, but it was nice to be able to share my story with our host and a few attendees, and for them to see that the Empire supports them in their fight!

NEW Detachment Leader Executive Officer Merchandise Officer Hall of Fame FISD Meme's Around the Detachment 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 Newsletter Editor Staff List 2024 Follow FISD Greeting troopers, This month you may have noticed some issues with the forum. This has become my primary focus and ensuring the site remains reliable will become a key issue for the rest of the term. A number of years ago the then team was looking into hosting and the result was we ended up on hosting owned and managed by the Legion web team. This was great for us at the time as the Legion was covering the cost. But all good things must end, and this arrangement was only ever meant to be temporary. The recent issues have highlighted we've aged out of our current platform and could use an upgrade. I have been working with the Legion team to get an idea of what we need to do and how we might go about doing this. There are a few options but as things become more concrete we will let you all know. Hopefully this will move quickly once we get started and it would be great to have this in place before the election season kicks off in the new year. On a more cheerful note, the Sheild logo challenge coins have been landing on doorsteps all over the world. It's been great to see these and seeing what people think of them. The team worked hard on these to make something we are proud of. Thanks to the team for the design work, quoting, production and then also all of you who are now receiving them and sending them on to troopers. There is still a small amount of merch to go out this term so keep an eye on the Merchandise Officer update, and also the forum for updates as they come. With Unquestioned Loyalty Chris Pearson TK-10991 "themaninthesuitcase" Detachment Leader Hey all, it's your friendly neighborhood.......ummm, nix that!! Greetings fellow members, ahhh that's more like it. Don't forget, we have the interest thread open for another week or so on the first piece of campaign merch in Advance to 1500! Open to all 501st approved members, this key tag is available with a limit of 20 per person. Once the sales thread goes live, group orders will also be accepted, as it is generally the best way to keep freight costs lower. Our aim is to get the word out that we are on a mission to have more TK's approved at Expert Infantry level. A total of 1500 is our target, currently sitting at 1088. We have no time limit on this campaign, and there will be various merch available as we hit milestone on the way to the big number. Interest thread LINK With Unquestioned Loyalty Andrew Franke TK-11469 "Sly11" Executive Officer Merch Update Time Old Business EI coins are still available. To be eligible, 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 FOTK patch run is closed. I have shipped more than half of the orders. I'm still waiting on shipping payments from members. So please check your email, or contact me if you can't find the shipping invoice. 2024 FOTK Patch Run "Official FISD Standard Logo Coin" The coin run is closed. The order has been placed. I'm still waiting for Sold Out Swag to let me know when they are complete. I will notify everyone once they are shipped to me and the distributors. There are 6 distributors for this run EU, UK, Australia, New Zealand, parts of Canada, and Everything else comes to me. You will receive shipping instructions from the member that is responsible for your region, once the coins are in their possession. More information can be found on the thread. Standard Logo Coin New Business The Standard Logo T-shirt/hoodie an hoodie run opened on 14th Oct 2024 and will closes on 29th Nov 2024. There are some details in the forum, so please read everything carefully before ordering. Standard Logo T-Shirt/Hoodie run Advance to 1500 Keyring - Interest Thread We are posting an interest thread to help us gauge numbers for the Advance to 1500 incentive Key Tag which will become an eventual run. This is a non-branded merch item, so it does not take one of our limited slots. We are still finalizing a vendor, so no solid price yet, but numbers will also affect a final price. As usual, item price will not include shipping and that will be determined by destination and package weight. We will update this information as the supplier provides us more information on costings. Please post an approximate quantity of key tags you would consider ordering. 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 above shows both side of the tag. Interest thread here As always, questions, comments, thoughts, suggestions, please feel free to reach out. With Unquestioned Loyalty James Silvius TK-12953 "jsilvius" Merchandise & Branding Officer You came in that thing?! You're braver than I thought! Please welcome TK-12953 to the Stormtrooper Hall of Fame, October 2024! @jsilvius Troop log can be found here. Congrats James, and congrats on an amazing 50th troop in the white armor! 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 Star Wars MP3's - Background - Games - Droids - Soundboards - Displays 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 LFL Retail Moratorium Lift For most of the year we are under an embargo from LFL and can not 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 October - November TK-47933 "Tilheyra" Brian - - - - - - TK-19525 "Tall_Trooper" Torben - - - - - - TK12953 "jsilvius" James - - - - - - TK17032 "Wompet" Gary - - - - - - TK78808 "robojoe" Joe - - - - - - TK-42085 "mamaking" Helen - - - - - - 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 patch Imperial Attaché Rocker Imperial Attaché Outstanding Achievement Award Greeting everyone! I'm pleased to announce that we have done a lot of work in the Attaché department, and increased our coverage in the world - filling out 12 vacant positions! Give a warm welcome to the following Attachés in the extended FISD staff: ARIZONA Dune Sea Garrison Jundland Wastes Squad Scott @Hesikaya ARKANSAS Diamond Garrison Bryan @Kagamaru CALIFORNIA Southern California Garrison Inland Empire Squad Eriberto @TK Cowboy CALIFORNIA Southern California Garrison Channel Islands Squad Brian @mikidymac FINLAND Finnish Garrison Tommi FLORIDA Florida Garrison Everglades Squad Tarkan @TookBreaker ILLINOIS Midwest Garrison Dan @KaiserintheHood KENTUCKY Bluegrass Garrison Derby City Squad Darin @Darin Ennis LOUISIANA Bast Alpha Garrison Shane @Shanester NORWAY Norwegian Garrison Even @Bobafett75 TENNESSEE Midsouth Garrison Twin Sun Squad Terry @dblcross TEXAS Star Garrison South Texas Squad Helen @mamaking Keep up the great work out in the field! Troopers helping Troopers! 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 October - November the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment would like to congratulate the following. Expert Infantry Badge Award: No recipients this month 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: No recipients this month 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! I'm always on the look out for interesting stories or posts, please drop me a message if you have anything of interest. For anyone interested in having a look through any of the older newsletters they can find be found here. 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 On behalf of the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment Command Staff and the Imperial Propaganda Department

[27] 31.10.2024 - Scary for the palliative care unit at the university hospital / Göttingen Trick or Treat? After a long time, we had an official 501st. troop in Göttingen again. We were invited by Gruselhaus Weende to collect donations for the hospital's palliative care unit. You can't see it in the pictures, but later it was so dark that I couldn't see anything under the helmet. This is what happens when you take too many sweets... Happy Halloween!

Troop # 178 Riley's Children's Hospital Indianapolis 10-24-24

Hi everyone my name is Dave or TK25097 I live in Sunderland. Life long fan obvs. It’s have taken me around ten month to get to this point and my TKID and my stormtrooper ESB to be cleared but I’ve made it. Still have to get first troop done but due to working oversea it will not be until the back end of Jan. just wonted to say hi and see if there is any one from up north UK garrison. Looking forwards to making new friends.

54. Maker Faire Rochester, 16 November 2024 An annual favorite to troop. This year's was a bit smaller than previous - previous years' were held on both floors of the Rochester Convention Center; this year's was the field of the Rochester Institute of Technology's field house. Look sir - droids! Obligatory group shot: The Empire's new exercise program: https://imgur.com/9I49Wdt At one point, I took the high ground:

You came in that thing?! You're braver than I thought! Please welcome TK-12953 to the Stormtrooper Hall of Fame, October 2024! @jsilvius Troop log can be found here. Congrats James, and congrats on an amazing 50th troop in the white armor! With Unquestioned Loyalty Jonatan Östling TK-23592 "Nairy" Attaché Ambassador

Star Wars Ambient Background MP3's https://star-wars.ambient-mixer.com/ Star Wars Game Soundtracks https://downloads.khinsider.com/search?search=star+wars Droids https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QWn85WRpO310CtCE00kogPQcoTPTdFU_/view?usp=sharing Soundboards https://www.myinstants.com/en/search/?name=star wars https://www.101soundboards.com/boards/34524-star-wars-soundboard https://www.soundboard.com/sb/stormtrooper_sounds https://www.voicy.network/official-soundboards/movies/stormtrooper Displays Blueprints Halcyon Bridge Deathstar Plans Deathstar Ambient Backgrounds

70. 2024-11-01, Comic Con 2024, Stockholm (Hero, with Space Pack, DLT-19) 71. 2024-11-02, Comic Con 2024, Stockholm (Hero) 72. 2024-11-03, Comic Con 2024, Stockholm (Hero) Some additional images by the great @ackehallgren With some editing, this turned out to be my absolute favorite one!

2+3/11/2024 - FACTS Convention, Gent - Belgium. Hello ! This was my frist troop in my anh stunt tk last weekend at a convention. Troop went great, only small fixes needed but was pretty comfortable in the event (I'm the most right trooper btw haha) I give permission for FISD to repost my photos on social media in an appropriate fashion.

[80] Space Cowboy Ball ~ Space Center Houston (11.2.2024)

501st Troop: 45 FISD Troop: 16 Event: New York Comic Con 2024 (Day 4) Location: Javits Center, Manhattan NY Date: 10/20/24 Encountered the TRUE Dark Lord of the Sith!

[25] 26.10.2024 - Birthday party for a young Star Wars fan / Wolfsburg This was my official 25th troop for the 501st. Actually, I'm not a big fan of children's birthday parties because you spend longer changing clothes than you're actually in the costume. But here it was something different. The children were very happy with us. When the children had eaten, we of course took the opportunity to test out the playground. Remember, Tie pilots don't let you get off the seesaw.

[23] 23.09.2024 - Science Fiction Meeting / Speyer The science fiction meeting in Speyer is an annual event that is a must for me. There were over 22,000 visitors there. Unfortunately I don't have many Stormtrooper photos from the science fiction meeting, these are the best ones I have. TK group photo from Saturday managed by TK-71384 This is our German Garrison group photo. [24] 23.09.2024 - Science Fiction Meeting / Speyer It was only when the Emperor wasn't there that I noticed how comfortable the throne was. Hopefully he won't see the photo TK-66744 took a few pictures of me. Thanks again for that I hope I can go there again next year.

Troop 23: Gas City Expo in Medicine Hat Alberta 26Oct24 I was lucky to be able to arrange myself to get to this one. October is a busy month for me and the original date for this with the 5th. The 26th was a tough one to fit in. It is my second time at this event. We had a few more troopers this time which made it much nicer. The organizers treat us well with private and secure changing areas as well as food and drinks. This is much like a meet and greet although the organizers do have different organizations they support with the entry fee. A highlight from this one was a little boy that was sort of following us two stormtroopers around at a distance. I asked him if he wanted to troop with us and help look for rebels which is was eager to do so he made the rounds between us for a good amount of time. I thought he would get bored and disappear, but nope, he hung on to the end. Sadly none of our people were around to get a photo of it. Photos from various members in attendance. They all got jumbled together. This one was almost like us. At least in terms of the colours... The Klingons were across the aisle from us so did a few things with them. Star Trek has always been my favorite Sci-fi. I have a broken sight guard... hmmm, don't know when that happened but looking back at some photos it was after the July troop. Should be fixed before the next one. This Klingon thought he was being funny... These guys wanted to get into a battle. We had to decline the beating. This Fallout guy usually has the best booth layout at this little expo. The gang's all here. Probably the only bad part of this troop was the cement floor and standing on it all day. We were all pretty tired. It wasn't held in the regular location which had carpet. I don't normally pay much attention to the vendor badges, but it was brought to my attention that TK55810 and myself were on this one. The organizers took the photo last year. If the weather holds I'll be back up in Saskatoon for November 16 for a meet and greet and to hash over some "business". Our local GEC is going to step back from the role at the end of the year and we'd like to ensure we have at least one in the province so the group has to come up with a plan. Or we will have to strong arm him into staying on longer! Bart

Mandatory Information Costume = Stormtrooper, The Force Awakens Costume CRL Link = https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:TK_-_First_Order Name = Justin R. TKID = 61490 Forum Name = TheRascalKing Legion Profile = https://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=26076 Garrison/Squad = Southern California Garrison, Orange County Squad Armor = Denuo Novo Helmet = Anovos, Standard TFA Optional Information Height = 5ft 11in, or 180cm Weight = 175lbs, or 80kg Neckseal & Gaskets = Sheev's Emporium Forearms, Cod, & Belt Boxes = Imperial Surplus, TFA Belt Pouches = Denuo Novo and Trooperbay Holster = Dantooine Props (functional) Hand Plates = Dantooine Props Gloves = Endor Finders Undersuit shorts = Geeky Pink's Boots = Imperial Boots Blaster = Branfuhr Studios F11-D, TFA Armor Photos Helmet Off (unadjusted) Front / Back Right Side Left Side Action Pose Detail Photos Helmet Neckseal Chest Plate Back/Yoke Thermal Detonator Shoulder Gaskets Shoulder Bells Biceps Forearms Gloves/Handplates Abdomen Section Codpiece Posterior armor Belt Thighs Knee Gaskets & Plates Shins Spats Boots Optional Accessories F-11D Blaster Thank you for your consideration, @Deployment Officer Team! Huge thanks (and Armorer credit should they desire) is due to @equuspolo for the hands on assist with adjustments and to @KC Grim for taking my full armor photos.

I proudly can announce It's approved.

Hey FISD! Like many folks I was among the crowd that ordered a FOTK kit from Anovos back in 2016 and never received it. After emailing Denuo Novo last month however, they said they'd honor the purchase and ship it to me. Eight years after I bought it. I was appropriately skeptical. Imagine my surprise and delight when a gigantic box showed up at my door! Finally, I can get started! This is my first stormtrooper build, but not my first build. I'm a fairly experienced maker already, but this is a new one for me. Here we go. Most of the armor, helmet, neck seal - Denuo Novos Various pieces of the armor - DIY Boots - Keep Trooping Gloves - Endor Finders Gaskets - DIY, but I'd love to pick up some extra real rubber gaskets from Thorsson if he's still making them. Still waiting for a response. If you know of anybody that's still making legit rubber gaskets please tell me! F11D Blaster - DIY Since this is my first stormtrooper build, I'm shooting for centurion, but I'll cross that bridge when I get there. Since a lot of this build so far has been doing A while waiting for B, the progress is probably going to be fairly disorganized for now. There are a lot of parts of this I haven't documented because I've been so busy working on it, so I'm actually farther along in some areas than is shown here. Firstly, cutting the armor out of the vacuum pulls. You're all familiar enough with the way Denuo Novo/Anovos' kits look and how this process goes. Days of checking, measuring, double checking, cutting, thumbs hurting from the little scissors, you know the drill. Started by using one of my inking microns, then moved on to trimming, praying I wasn't going to cut off something essential and have to patch it later. What a mess. I'm eventually going to put some electronics in the bucket to facilitate hearing and speaking, so I soldered together a little proof of concept circuit with an electret microphone. Fortunately, I'm no stranger to creating my own circuitry. Worked like a charm! I'll get back to the helmet in a little bit. For now, the rest of the armor is more important since it's occupying valuable real estate on my living room floor. Starting to glue up the armor pieces with E6000. Those are rare earth magnets I'm using for clamps. The rags zip tied around them are to keep them from exploding and shooting metal shards into my eyeballs if they break. So far it's been really effective, my eyeballs are still metal free. Unfortunately since I have a very limited supply of clamps and magnets, and e6000 has a very long set time, this process is one of the parts of this build that is taking the longest. Well, more of A while waiting for B. Considering the fragility of abs sheets, my goal with the strapping is this: If a piece is hard, it has to mount to something soft. That way if a component comes under torque or stress from my body moving, the soft component will flex, not the hard one. I had a high quality spare belt laying around already, so I picked up a very basic cheap harness for internal strapping. The original harness, pre modifications: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09VPMLC26/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 Started by sewing together some straps and buckles for the midsection. These have velcro sewn in so they're very adjustable, and will remain 100% stable after the suit's been sized. Starting with the snaps. These are belt mounts for the thigh straps. Also started on ye olde abs slurry mod. Against my better judgement, I went too heavy with that first application of abs, and as the acetone evaporated, it left a few little bubbles that were revealed as I started sanding. I filled them with my second and third applications. Currently waiting for the third application to dry, then I'll probably be able to wrap it up with the 3000 grit. As of right now, it looks almost good! Getting the greeblies and boxes all painted. Also printed out a bunch of F11D parts and got them all sanded and painted up. Half of the gun is assembled at this point, only a couple more touches and I'll have that part wrapped up. I prefer the version of the F11D with the stock, but I'm not going to be dressed as a heavy trooper. Is there a regulation somewhere that says I'll need a rifle without a stock if I'm your normal, run-of-the-mill FOTK? Getting the midsection strapped. I opted for Ardeshir Radpour's technique of building a separate fabric piece with a zipper for the midsection back. The fabric piece connects via velcro, meaning that the midsection sizing can be adjusted if I get fatter. Thanks Ardeshir, that was a fantastic idea! I also added a zipper pull using a shoelace and some shrink tubing. I've tested it, and can undo the zipper quite easily, even while I'm in the suit. Also shout out to YKK zippers, they're the best. Never gets stuck. Thermal detonator and backplate. Painting this thing was fiddly, particularly that white stripe around the cap. I've got the TFA TD version that's all one solid resin piece. Now that it's all assembled, I can see why TLJ and TROS versions were hollowed out, this thing is quite heavy. Is there an allowance for a TFA trooper to swap the solid resin one out for the hollowed two piece construction? Or would that negate any shot at higher approval levels cause it's not "screen accurate?" In this instance, one could make an argument that the two part construction is more universe accurate, even for a TFA trooper, and to me, that's more important than screen accuracy. Anyway, the Denuo Novo manual claimed that the backplate is supposed to be velcroed on (no), while other builders here tend to use an abs clip. The clip seemed more secure to me, especially considering the weight of the full resin TD, but I was kind of stumped on how to attach it. I started by epoxying in some eva foam backing to fill out the piece a little more, then I made an abs clip out of some scrap by heating to 250 in my oven. I discovered with my first attempt that the abs sheeting likes to curl up like an arthropod when its heated like this, and once it cools it's rock hard and impossible to uncurl. It also cools very very quickly, so once you take it out of the oven you've got about 15 seconds to shape it. I pre creased a couple sheets of scrap cardboard so that I could quickly bend them into a U shape, then laid a piece of abs sheeting between them. To keep the piece from curling up while it was baking, I placed a 2.5 lb weight on top. Since the weight was pure metal, it kept sucking the heat out of the abs, so I had to leave it in the oven for a good 30 minutes for the abs to get pliable. The cardboard jig worked well, and gave me a rock hard abs clip. I opted to use epoxy putty to hold the clip in place, but I was concerned that it wouldn't hold without some kind of mechanical connection. It needs to support quite a lot of weight while I'm walking after all. I added a couple m3 screws to be encased in the epoxy to give it a bit more strength, then lined the clip with canvas fabric to make sure the clip slides on well and doesn't scratch up the back of midsection. Feels solid as a rock now. You're all probably aware how stupid Denuo Novo/Anovos' long belt pouch is. It's a full inch shorter than the plate that's supposed to attach to the front! What the hell were they thinking? Anyway, this pouch sucked, so I made my own. Eventually I'm going to print out some rigid resin boxes to slip inside of these fabric pouches to keep them crisp and square, but I haven't had the time yet. Now on to the fun stuff. With a few of the suit parts, I've found that parts I manufacture myself are better than the provided suit parts, so I ended up replicating and replacing them entirely. Fortunately, I work as a lead 3d tech artist at a game studio for my day job, so replicating these pieces digitally was pretty straightforward for me. Basically just a few extended work days. I remade the hand plates in 3d from scratch, and printed them in resin. The sharper ones are the ones I made. I modeled in a pocket behind the pill shape so that I could mount mesh behind it. The abs copies were ok, but I figured since my endor finder gloves look so nice and I'd likely be touching my hands a fair bit, why not make the hand plates really premium? These turned out really nice; they look great in person. I remade the forearm boxes from scratch too. I placed grooves on the underside. I found some long rare earth magnets and will be epoxying them into place here. I'll put magnets on the inside of the forearm under the box to keep things in place rather than velcro. Here are the forearm prints, fresh out of the alcohol. Crisp as hell! Here's the print next to the Denuo Novos abs version. Once mine gets painted, it'll look much nicer. I also made a mold for the arm rail greeblie. In order to hit centurion I'll need to cast the arm rails in flexible material so the forearm box can move. I've noticed that a lot of people complain about certain pieces of their FOTK armor cracking and breaking when they try to get in it. Most notably the back/yolk piece around the shoulders, and the calf pieces. The reason for this is clear: many components of the suits used in the movie were made from a flexible polyurethane, and the armor was designed around this fact. The calf for instance, is designed to be pried open to get your leg inside. The problem is the shells that Denuo Novo produces are vacuum pulls made out of thin, rigid abs, which is not supposed to bend like that. I tried gluing up one of the abs calves I've got, and ripped half the epoxy off when I tried to get in it. Not great. That got me thinking. I'm scrappy, I'm a maker, I can do better. I wanted to replicate these pieces as accurately as I could, and unlike the pieces above they're difficult to measure with calipers, so first I wrapped my back/yolk and one of my calf pieces in painters tape to prep for a photogrammetry scan. I ended up drawing a rough topology mesh over the back/yolk piece to provide more accurate registry points. Photogrammetry doesn't do well with featureless shiny objects, thus the tape. I should have taped the leg up more thoroughly, but it worked out ok in the end. After a boatload of processing, this is what I got out. It may look like a hot mess, but it was pretty much exactly what I was expecting. Unusable as-is, but a lot of the waypoints were there. I remodeled them from scratch based on the measurements I got from the scans. These are about as accurate as you can get. I modeled the clip greeblie into the leg because I wanted it to flex with the rest of the calf, rather than being glued onto the outside and have the potential to pop off. After I modeled these, I inverted them and engineered some slush cast molds. This part was tricky, particularly with the leg, because I wanted the leg to only have one opening on the inside, and be seamless on the outside. That meant that I needed to design a roto cast mold with overlapping walls on one side; essentially a spiral. Then I had to puzzle out how to get the cast out of the mold, not an easy task considering I had to model in return edges. Eventually I landed on a mold design that can be disassembled into a few pieces after casting. I also had to split everything up into sections that would fit on my build plate, then epoxy them together and sand everything smooth after the fact. An annoying step, but necessary. The chunky bits on the outside of the mold are screw mount points that hold the assembly together. I've done a little bit of slush casting and fiberglass mold making, but that was a very long time ago. Naturally, I bricked this first cast because I used the wrong mold release for polyurethane. Whoops! Lessons for next time! I did another test today using only a single piece of the calf pre-epoxy to prevent any further tragedies. I've still got a lot of mold pieces to print and assemble. Don't spill it don't spill it don't spill it don't spill it don't spill it don't spill it don't spill it don't spill it don't spill it don't spill it I added some white. It came out ok! That greeblie turned out really nice. The rubber is still a little too floppy for my taste, but I think that's either poor mixing (I was trying to pour only 25ml out of two gallon buckets--I would not be surprised at all if I screwed up the ratios), the layer is too thin due to it only being a test, or maybe it's too bendy because it hasn't cured fully. Apparently it takes 7 days for this stuff to fully set up right. Or it's probably all of the above. With a full proper cast I'll get it right. EDIT: I just went and picked up the test piece, and it has hardened up quite a lot. Still flexible, but not floppy at all anymore. Perfect! Here's the polyurethane version next to a sheet of Denuo Novo abs. Pretty close! Hit it with some paint and I'll be good to go on the color. I'm excited to cast the full leg!

Brickfest is a great way to get rid of excess collectible cards. I'm all out and need to order more. Fun hanging out with the Order.

11/2/2024 - STEM EVENT FREDERICK, Frederick, MD

Thanks for that, Mario! - I had already started fixing up those print lines on the E-11. NEARLY finished! I hadn't picked up the one on the end cap - good spotting! I'll fix that now. The vocoder just recently got a fresh coat of pain, as it had a few chips/scratches from trooping. Definitely all the one correct shade of black. That's just the reflection of my coffee table making it look two-tone. Here's a pic Thanks again!

Hi Daniel, and thank you for your EIB application! CRL and EIB Application Requirements: All required photos have been submitted, and on behalf of the entire D.O. staff we are pleased to welcome you to the rank of Expert Infantry. Congratulations! Other-Armor Fit/Assembly; In this area we review observations made by your fellow troopers and the DO team. Some observations may lead to suggestions to improve the overall look of your armor, and please keep in mind that we consider both text (CRL) and pictures (screen caps/reference images) when reviewing submissions. Congratulations Daniel! Amazing armor, we can see that all the details have been taken care of. Just a couple of suggestions to make you look definitely stunning. -The helmet is a little high. Maybe you can remove some of the padding inside to lower it a bit. Reference Images -The CRL states "Ideally, placement of ears (and screws) should closely follow the rear angle of the trap above them". Your left side is perfect. The right side could be improved a bit, but since it doesn't make the helmet look "ugly", we leave it as we always do in these cases, as a suggestion. Reference Images Centurion Requirements: In this section we prepare you for our highest tier of approval. Because Centurion photos must show more detail than EIB, items pertaining to Level 3 might be seen there and not here and additional photos may be required. We try to point out all that we can from what we are able to clearly see, but the final accuracy is the responsibility of the trooper. A couple of fixes here and you're ready to go. -The vocoder is almost perfect, but maybe you can define the lines a little more to make it look perfect. Reference Images -L3. The blaster may have minor weathering or base metal exposure however, T-tracks and grips shall be of a black plastic appearance with no silver/metallic weathering allowed. A little black paint and 5 minutes will do the trick. Reference Images And that's all Daniel. Congratulations! Don't forget to request your certificate HERE

https://www.kollerauktionen.ch/en/353540-0018-1211-STORMTROOPER-HELM-1211_537397.html From the auction listing: Lot 4040* - A211 Out of This World - Tuesday, 03. December 2024, 05.00 PM STORMTROOPER HELMET ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’, 2016 Lucasfilm, USA Vinyl 30.5 × 28 × 33 cm Provenance: - Directly from a crew member - US private collection - Swiss private collection Presented here is screen-worn Stormtrooper helmet from ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’. Production-made and featured in the film, this iconic helmet was crafted from cast white vinyl, taking its cues from the original Star Wars ‘A New Hope’ from 1977. ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ is a thrilling stand-alone film set in the Star Wars universe, bridging the gap between the prequel trilogy and the original ‘A New Hope’. The movie follows a group of unlikely heroes, led by Jyn Erso, who embark on a daring mission to steal the plans for the Empire’s superweapon, the Death Star. Unlike other films in the saga, ‘Rogue One’ explores the gritty reality of war, showcasing the sacrifices made by ordinary people for the greater good. With its stunning visuals, memorable characters, and high-stakes storyline, ‘Rogue One’ delivers a powerful tale of hope and rebellion. The interior features foam padding for comfort, along with a black webbing strap to secure the helmet during filming. This helmet is a direct link to the fearsome soldiers of the Empire, prominently seen throughout ‘Rogue One’, especially aboard Darth Vader’s dreaded Death Star. This is an extraordinary opportunity for collectors and fans alike to own a genuine piece of cinema history. The helmet exhibits minor production wear but is in very good to fine condition. We have thoroughly verified the authenticity of this Rogue One Stormtrooper helmet by consulting with three highly respected collectors in the field. Interested parties will be provided with detailed information from these experts. Additionally, the interior padding, soft materials used for wearer protection, and a specific sticker are all consistent with other known authentic examples.

Troops 9, 10, 11 - Supanova Brisbane Australia

It's also a good idea if you use padding to have velcro glued to it so you can remove and wash it, majority of my helmets have removable padding and it's a godsend after a really hot day of trooping

Greetings from a future member in-process. I purchased a set of WTF ANH armor from its previous owner and will be joining a build party in two weeks. Did a test fit a couple days ago and lost my freakin' mind when I looked in the mirror. 7 year-old me thought it was the coolest thing ever! I've read a lot of good advice in the forums over the past few months and made specific purchases to make my trooping easier. A little about me personally. I'm an AEMT and work in the ER in Sacramento. Been a volunteer in Search and Rescue for 14 years and studied martial arts for 30 years. Looking forward to taking orders from Vader...

Thanks man! Yeah I’m tall haha. I’m 6 foot 4 inches. I throw it back on this week and grab some more detailed pictures and more angles and post them up.

Another smidge of ink added

501st Troop: 44 FISD Troop: 14 Event: Walk With Us to Cure Lupis- Intrepid Museum Location: Intrepid Museum Pier, Manhattan NY Date: 10/19/24

[18] 07.09.2024 - Annotopia Rotenburg / Rotenburg an der Fulda That was my first time at annotopia. It was a lot of fun with everyone, especially CC-75367 and TK-66744 Annotopia has many different groups there. For example Fallout, Middle Ages and many others If you want to see another troop report, check out TK-66744's wonderful report https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/51518-77-tk-66744-troop-log-social-media-consent/?do=findComment&comment=788888 We caught Han Solo. Now Boba Fett can take care of him Spontaneous target training together with TK-66744, of course we scored brilliantly Of course, Darth Vader also needed a new hat. So I was the personal fashion consultant. [19] 08.09.2024 - Annotopia Rotenburg / Rotenburg an der Fulda On the second day we had to teach a Tusken not to eat the sand and to build sandcastles instead I would like to conclude the report with ANNOTOPIA!

[17] 23.08.2024 - Gamescom Controller Bandits In Cologne we were the right support at the Controller Bandits stand for this year. Unfortunately there was no German Bone Marrow Donation stand at Gamescom this year. But since it was my first real troop, I wanted to troop at the Gamescom again. It was nice again to only have 4 Stormtroopers and a Scout Trooper. So it was **white plastic time** At Ubisoft we had the opportunity to test the new Star Wars Outlaws on our own. We had a lot of fun.

Troop #34 (162) Al Sigl Walkabout Eastview Mall Victor, NY October 20, 2024

Johnstown Trick-or-street 2024 This was my first FOTK troop last year so it seemed fitting to wear it today. Last year it was cold and rainy, today was perfect classic fall temperatures & sunny. This kid beat me at rock paper scissors. Honestly the first time I've done that on a troop. Got a partial group pic with the Mandos.

501st Troop: 44 FISD Troop: 15 Event: New York Comic Con 2024 (Day 3) Location: Javits Center, Manhattan NY Date: 10/19/24

Halloween ComicFest/Trick or Read, Sioux City, IA; 10/26/2024

Hi I have been looking at doing some storm trooper armor for my first if I don’t do a death trooper (I’ve heard it’s a bit complex) and am primarily looking at either RS props or Denuo Novo. I’m wondering what the Denuo set falls under. They just have it listed as “classic” without any ANH or ESB classification. I’d like to eventually aim for centurion level cause I’m a perfectionist so I just want to get as much info as I can before I get a kit. Thanks all, looking forward to getting something built

Wow! I'm always jealous of those that can get so many stormtroopers together in the same place at the same time. Best I've got is just three of us! Bart

[XX] 16.10.2024 - Hospital troop / Göttingen We were at the UMG (the largest hospital in Göttingen) to make the children in the children's wards happy. Many children were happy that we were there. Unfortunately I only have a few good pictures that I can post here. It was a United Force Squad troop again The Java found a droid trash can. But they weren't the ones we were looking for...

[20] 15.09.2024 - Time Warp Retro-Convention / Brunswick The Time Warp has taken place for the first time. It's a mix of a comic con and a small retro con. There were a few actors and voice-actors there. TK-66744 has (exceptionally) the high ground This is what happens when you lose the keys to the handcuffs... [21] 15.09.2024 - Time Warp Retro-Convention / Brunswick On the second day we met Hans-Georg Panczak (the German voice of Luke Skywalker and Quagmire from Family Guy). Pure fangirl moment TK-71384 suggested that we register for the pencil cassette spool championship. Of course only with the TK number so that it doesn't get too easy. There were “real professionals” there. Nevertheless, we managed to take the first three places. Congratulations to TD-55024 for first place and TI-30813 for third place. I became vice world champion. That was the Retro Time Warp Convention. I'd love to come back next year

Phew this has been a busy month! Final event for the month was space con and it was a big one! Had some big actors come including Hayden Christen and Ewan McGregor unfortunately I couldn’t afford any of their pictures or autographs so I mostly just hanged out at the 501st booth while everyone else was waiting in line. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

501st Troop: 43 FISD Troop: 13 Event: New York Comic Con 2024 (Day 2) Location: Javits Center, Manhattan NY Date: 10/18/24 Shiny but not chrome

Troop #72 Forge Market Parkhead Glasgow It's been a busy weekend for our Troopers starting with the Science Centre on Friday, followed by the ECHC at the Gyle Saturday and Sunday making an appearance at Forge Market. Photo op with event promoter

Troop #26 We were back for round 2 of Boo at the Zoo at the Knoxville Zoo! The Knox Eisley Squad had a good mix of different costumes, with five 501st detachments represented! It was the clone troopers first troop as well!

13) October 19th, 2024 - Halloween Trick or Treat on the USS Yorktown (Mount Pleasant, NC)

Troop 8 - Toowoomba East School Fete Toowoomba fete by Chris Stewart, on Flickr

Make-a-Wish Colorado Trunk or Treat Greenwood Village A really fun evening troop. Loving the cooler temps. Some troops have a lot more interactions than others and this is one of them. Didn't get many photos, but the dynamic trio looks great together.

Congrats on your 100th troop today, Tarkan! I'm super bummed that I was unable to be there in attendance. I would have been honored to have assisted you in kitting up for the occasion. I'm here in the Fort Lauderdale area this same week every year, so perhaps I can make it happen in the future. Big props on the big 100, brother! Keep up the amazing work!