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By @revlimiter Here by popular demand is MaskedVengeance's ever-illusive "Troop Log" 24 September 2022: Not-A-Troop Kit-Up in a Basement/Garage, ANH-S 15 January 2023: Not-A-Troop Kit-Up in a Basement/Garage Photoshoot, ANH-S Total: 2 Breakdown ANH-S: 2 01: Kit-Up in a Basement/Garage The Lead-Up: On the night of September 23rd through 24th, 2022, I attended an overnight armor party in the dining room to continue armor assembly in preparation for my first Not-A-Troop Kit-Up the next morning. The night started off with some cover-strip bonding and every individual [armor] piece in attendance was excited to participate. The whole crew stuck together like glue. Clampers eventually got locked in with their duties and my ABS definitely got a workout. Participation waned a little as the hours stretched on, but strong energy from several dedicated members continued into the early morning. Until the incident. A little after 5:00am a knife got pulled and all Mustafar was let loose. Blood was spilt. It looked like all hope was lost and that the Assembly of Armor would have to disband. But I, the fearless recruit, persevered, shedding all calls for medical attention. The weight of magnets were shed and I belted out/up. The Kit-Up: At approximately noon, after moving to a friend's garage, my 501st buddy helped me suit up for the very first time, blood still dripping as evidenced on the floor beneath me. Shoulder bridges and drop boxes were absent. Arm strapping called in sick. Achilles Thigh Ammo pack was neither raised nor lowered. Belt dangled, snapless, by elastic bands. ANH holster required ESB mods. Rotation and spacing issues were prevalent in the formation. A substitute bucket was called up, sporting a minor league lazy brow, and an orange pauldron crashed the party(foul). But I had done it. I Not-A-Troop semi-Kitted-Up for the first time. (If it could even be called Kitting-Up with so many assembly atrocities). Mission accomplished, for the glory of the Empire. Hopefully I'd be able to Kit-Up again sometime in the future. 02: Kit-Up in a Basement/Garage Photoshoot On January 15, 2023, fours months after my first Not-A-Troop Kit-Up event, and after three years of anticipated participation, I finally FULLY Kitted Up for the first time ever. During my previous Basement/Garage Kit-Up several components of were absent, but this time every piece was in attendance. After all, this Not-A-Troop Kit-Up was a photoshoot for the upcoming Basic, L2, and L3 productions. It was time to look my best. @paradoxb3 was in attendance once more to provide dressing and image capture support, and after several hours of setup and shooting, we were all set. Fun ensued. Great conversation was had. Everybody in attendance loved the program. And thus my second ever Not-A-Troop Kit-Up came to an end. My next planned Kit-Up is scheduled for the week of April Fools... By @Morgi Yo @jsilvius

First meme of the week on here. Base image by Luca. Soon you will all know the madness.

Troop 12 Celebrate Toronto with Fan Expo, Toronto, Ontario We were asked to come out to support Fan Expo in promoting Toronto Comicon next weekend. Celebrate Toronto is a 12 day run of events celebrating Toronto’s 189th anniversary. This was the kick off event and was outside in front of City Hall with live music, outdoor skating, and food trucks. A bit on the cold side at 0 degrees Celsius but not too bad. I found that I can fit my ultraskin fleece and nylon diving suit on under my outfit and it worked really well to keep me warm. Just the fingers were cold. And here it is… I finally managed to sit down. The big marshmallow helped a lot.

Thank you! That video was very helpful. Does anyone else have any feedback on my bicep and forearm pieces? I just wanted to verify before I proceed with marking my final cuts.

De lo que puedo ver, hay algunos partes que no se parecen aprobable en su estado actual. Quizas pueda poner el hombro al rueda y hacer que son aprobable, pero sera mucho trabajo. Los que han respondieron anteriormente tienen muchas ayudas que son de beneficio por su progresso en llegar al punto de aprobacion. Igual todos de nosotros aqui estamos por qualquier pregunta que tiene.

We decided on approving the costume with a condition that they’d work with myself and a local tk expert to shim and fix the strips in a couple of weeks, Thanks for the info. I agree on what was provided.

I'm going to ask how this Vocoder looks as well. might as well take it all at one time! mind you I realize there is clean up to do with the flakes, I'm more worried about the lines.

Troop #35: March 3rd, 2023—London Children's Hospital Corus Radiothon, London, ON First troop of the year, and the 4-year anniversary of my first 501st troop! A wonderful event. Smiles aplenty. This is my favourite shot of the day. He wanted a stormtrooper to sign his cast. I signed my TK number. And some other shots of the group.

Bravo sir. Bravo.

Best troop log on this forum Thank you so much for sharing this with the rest of us Can't wait for April 1st

This is unfair, in my opinion . I've pasted over every other area and cleaned them up, and have reserve paste that I've actually been keeping tabs on this thread to determine if I need to past over my yoke-chest seam. Because I want to save 20 minutes on what has taken me quite a few hours to put together? No, of course not. I would prefer not to do it simply because I view it as a change in direct contrast to functionality, that will inevitably lead to more upkeep problems than keeping it as 2 separate pieces. I understand there has to be a line drawn in any group with standards, but to address it like the only motive would be to save a very small amount of time at the tail end doesn't capture the driving viewpoints here I don't think.

Okay, apparently I didn't goof up, I slept on it and we'll be diving back into the bucket shortly!

Just getting this started so not sure how to handle all the past troops. For now here is my most recent troop. Event: #? Event Name: Yokota Comic Con 2023 Location: Yokota Air Base, Fussa, Japan Date: 03/04/23

ABS paste depending on acetone used and thickness can leave little pin air holes so another filler may be needed to finish those. BUT some are not finding any pin holes and use ABS paste to fill thigh ridge gaps as well as some seams on FOTK armor

One of the builders is a member, they posted a video on their Facebook and instagram feeds.

Nothing worse than when parents don't accept their kid's boundaries, am I right?