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Gotcha! I waited a little more than 24 hours and that may be why. I’ll make sure to let it dry for longer with the clamps and magnets still on. Thanks!

I started the same process the right shin by trimming it down on the front and applying the inner front cover strip. After that settled. I went ahead and sized the shin pieces similarly to how I did the left shins. With these measurements, these are the lines that I traced. As always, and comments or feedback before I made final cuts is appreciated!

This was a real shock to our whole garrison, Dan had already beaten cancer, so it was very unfair that it came back. If you'd like to leave a donation to help beat cancer, you can do so here https://march.royalmarsden.org/fundraising-page/beatsarcomawithbrantz

I wanted to save this for after my first troop. It didn't seem real before that. Perhaps still surreal. In 2012 at the Calgary Expo I first encountered the 501st "live" and of course I got in line for a photo. At the time I was in love with their costumes and the detail and thought that it must be so much fun for them and maybe one day I could do the same. I had a couple false starts when I was ready to pull the trigger. I was given some contact information for a local TK which was exciting as where I live there is not a lot of members and it is a very large garrison so vast distance between most of us. Well, long story short, he shut me down before I even got out the gate. I'm told he is no longer a member, but at the time he did manage to sour me on the idea. I had a hard time trying to make further contacts and life events always got in the way. I didn't know at the time that I was suffering from depression and anxiety and that was putting the brakes on a lot of things that I wanted to do but just couldn't. Once I got help with those I made advancements in my life and the 501st still was coming up in my mind. In the summer of 2022 I woke up one morning and told myself that now was the time to either do this or forget about it for good. This time it was much easier to connect with the right people and finally get the information I needed. @wook1138 must have answered a thousand questions and with each answer I got closer to the final decision which was, of course, to just do it! There were still a couple stumbling blocks along the way. I knew I didn't have the skills or resources to do the build myself so I did go for the commissioned build then just worked with the strapping and fitting adjustments to tune it for me. While that was still stressful it was still much easier to tackle those kinds of jobs over a scratch build. @revlimiter and @justjoseph63 got me through some stressful times which may have ended up in bailing if they hadn't stepped in and sorted me out. Revlimiter still puts up with me when I need to evaluate what I'm doing. I got things fitting well within acceptable parameters and submitted my final photos on January 8, 2023 (TK23108) then sweated it out for at least 3 years (well maybe 10 days) until the approval email came down the pipe and the Garrison public FB page posted this: Then there was another big event. Only a couple days after approval I had a sudden retina detachment in my left eye and emergency surgery to save the eye. That laid me up for a number of weeks and it didn't heal as well as hoped so I ended up with complications, which are ongoing, and very imbalanced vision between the eyes. I couldn't do any close up work without hours of struggling but there were things I wanted to do to advance the armor further so I worked in short stints and by feel a lot of the time and wondered the whole time if my journey was going to be over before it started. After struggling getting darker lenses in the bucket and fans I couldn't fit my head in with my glasses so trooping would have to be almost done blind. That was a stressful reality as sight lines are already bad enough without that added complication. I was finally able to get new glasses which helped correct some of the every day vision problems but I wasn't all the there yet with the sight clarity and the first opportunity to troop was getting closer and closer. I flip-flopped on the first troop a dozen times in the week leading up but forced myself to go. It was a three day event and much larger than I thought I'd want to do for the first one. Luckily @GilesWoodward saw that there might be a way I could still wear my glasses with the bucket and YES, it worked with some bucket juggling so after the first troop, basically blind, on the first night I was able to see for the remainder of the event! The nerves were going strong on night one and I almost had to be forced into the armor and by day 3 I could hardly wait to get into that armor and troop! The deep end of the pool was exactly what I needed and so was the welcome and all the fuzzy feels that negated that very negative shut-down years ago. Now I still feel like a guy with a plastic pail on my head and it amazes me that others see a Stormtrooper but damn it sure felt right and good! I think that now after a troop that I really earned my TK number and really am a 501st member. Thank you again to all those that got me here! As for the side story from that photo taken in 2012 (left above). I didn't know it at the time but the trooper in that photo was @Starscream3247and I met him last November at a 501st meet and greet but I didn't know that it was him in the photo. Turns out my trip to Calgary got me a photo with one of the troopers who I'll now regularly troop with out of Saskatoon! So at my first troop it seemed fitting to do a full circle and another picture with him but this time I'm in the armor! Bart

I look over the end of the thread about shins. Looks like WTF is a pain to tell the difference. The clue for me is the inside left ridge dip.

Did you rough both the surfaces with coarse sandpaper first, that usually helps the E6000 to grip to, also for any areas under any strain leave clamped for 48 to 72 hours. Personally I'd lift it, add a little more glue and clamp again. BUT in saying that I doubt your GML would see it and you could be ok to troop with it as long as it doesn't catch on your shoulder bells when moving.

Please take a read to the bottom section of this thread https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/41887-robs-wtf-anh-stunt-build/

Keeping with my theme of easier to suit up (as much as possible), I am going from this rig: To using the installed snaps in my Sheeve's gasket shirt. The velcro is for my amp box Will trim the excess after full fitting So the end of the rams horns are digging into the under-suit Thinking as it is covered mostly by the gaskets, to cut off the angle and have the highlight follow it down (thoughts?)

Congratulations trooper and welcome. Do proceed and check out our EIB program: https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/95-expert-infantry-program/

Thanks! Will do! I had a feeling that part would be a pain in the armpit. I should be able to trim it right off

Welcome to the FISD!

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Could you post a photo with the tow halves together but by the front please?

Congratulations !!! Welcome to the ranks and awesome story Trooper.

Thank you! I’m honored to have been chosen!

15th Troop - 3/5/2023 - Great Ormond Street Hospital Visit (London) Back to GOSH again, this time for my first Ward troop. It was a tough one both physcially and mentally but I'm really glad I did it. Seeing the kids, their parents and the nurses, doctors and staff so happy to see us really is something. Best moment was seeing a kid get out of bed for the first time in 3 days so he could give us a fist bump. His mum was nearly in tears.

14th Troop - 16/4/2023 - Ware's The Brick (Ware) Second time doing this troop but this time I got to go out in my TK - just as fun as the first. I keep meeting people and telling them about it! Also got to see a friend from school that i've not seen in about 10-15 years!

12th Troop - 8/4/2023 - Star Wars Celebration 2023 (London) 13th Troop - 9/4/2023 - Star Wars Celebration 2023 (London) My first ever Star Wars Celebration and my first "big con" as a paying attendee. Totally amazing time, got to see some amazing things and meet some fantastic people - including a bunch from FISD! Highlight was helping induct Annabel and Harrison Davis into the UKG as honoury members

"TK MEMES Coin Run" Please read everything carefully. Coin designed by your friendly neighborhood Meme Squad The meme trio drafted and modified the design several times, and in my IMHO has given us an amazing design that will surely stand out in any coin collection. We are happy to present the TK Memes Coin. Original April 1st joke proof with poor editing Actual proof for design revealed on April 2nd Artwork by Adam with Luca modeling Here are some basic questions you may have, but please ask on this thread if you have others. 1. How much are they? Each coin is $13.20 (USD) Priceless. DO NOT SEND MONEY UNTIL I CONTACT YOU! Payments will be due upon receipt of the PayPal money request! 2. Who can order this coin? This coin is for participants of the FISD Memes thread only. We will be checking for proof of thread posts. If you are a forum memer but have not posted on the FISD Meme thread, you can qualify for this coin by posting prior to submitting an order. 3. How many can I order? There is a limit of 1 coin per memer. If you completed the interest form, you should have already received an email to verify your purchase intent and shipping address. We are allowing group orders, but still need to know the memes posted of each purchaser. These are being monitored. 4. How much will shipping be? Shipping to the lower 48 US is roughly $5.00. Unfortunately for our International friends the quotes range very widely. Shipping will be billed separately for this run as we need to pay for the coins before 04 MAY 2023 5. What is the time frame for ordering? Run will close on 02 MAY 2023 or when the supply of coins is exhausted. 6. How long will it take to get my coin(s)? Production/shipping time from the manufacturer is 4-6 weeks. Add 1-3 weeks for individual packaging/shipping/arrival to your destination. so you are looking at 6-9 weeks after the run closes. ALL UPDATES WILL BE POSTED BELOW! ORDERING INFO. - PLEASE READ COMPLETELY! 1. If you filled out the interest form, you have already been contacted via email to verify your shipping address and confirm your shipping cost (shipping will be paid for at a later date). 2. Once those that completed the interest form have all responded, a link for the run will be posted, and those wishing to buy what is remaining will be able to submit their request via the linked google form. 3. All orders will be emailed a PayPal money request for the coin cost. You will either click on the link provided in the email, or go to PayPal and send the total due via PayPal using the "Send to a Friend" option to me, memelover421 at gmail DOT com ***Funds sent via "Pay for Goods/Services" will be refunded. If you do not have the Friends and Family options contact me and we'll make it work*** 4. If you don't get a PayPal money request email link from me and you have to send funds to me via my email, Please include your name, a link to at least one meme thread post, and FISD screen name in the "Notes" section when remitting the payment. 5. If doing a group order, please make sure I have the contact info for where the order is going, as well as all the memers (including post links) in the group order. 6. Shipping will be billed at a later date, more than likely late April. I will provide tracking numbers via the email you provide me once shipping labels have been printed, with all shipping at the purchasers risk. ( smol edit by @revlimiter on 4/2/23 ) THIS IS THE WAY! @revlimiter @Morgi

Perhaps you noticed Joseph's coin looks a little... different? A very limited number of GOLD Command Staff MEME Coins exist. Most are currently traveling around the globe in search of their owners.

Certain key meme staff won't need to order... We’ll say no more.

Hmm, do I need one of these!

If you’re really asking, Adam and I have the US inventory, and Luca is managing the Euro distribution.

YOU KNOW IT.

SO. COOL.

WHEN YOU SEE IT.

April 2nd... must mean it's time for a COIN CHECK!!! Yeah. It's real. @Morgi Coin Check!!!

Per the date of posting, I though this was an April Fool's thing, lol. Turns out I was (more than happily) mistaken. AWESOME graphics, and now that I have one it is now my new challenge coin. THANKS!

Where’s the coin for the rest of us that had to deal with it all??? [emoji1787][emoji1787] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well starting to feel better and in laws have left so time to get to gluing! Starting with the arms quickly realized i need a ton more clamps! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk