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5/27/23 -Bubbles Birthday Bash 65th TK troop, 20th for 2023. Yes, this is the actual troop pic. This was the only one taken. And this troop counted internally on our troop tracker, so it's listed here. This was a troop for The Learning Experience's mascot named Bubbles. Bubbles is the blue elephant seen in some of my troop pix. Bubbles was having a birthday. No one came to celebrate that birthday. No workers. No families. No kids. No bubbles. Just about 10 of us troopers... We stayed about 30 minutes and then left. They left no phone number and the email address bounced... so it was a no-go. My first in 66 troops. Alas. 5/27/23 -Lobo Anime Troop for Duke City Comic Con #2 66th TK troop, 21st for 2023. This one is a series of troops leading up to Duke City Comic Con. If we troop for an hour and hand out fliers (with photographic proof) we get a day's free entry into the upcoming con. Troops are every Wednesday and Saturday for... 8 events I think. The weather was nice, so I popped on my HWT pack. We flagged down traffic. We posed with folks who stopped by (of which there were TONS). We did a little browsing. I managed to go home without any additions to my armor.

Yes, that IS my pile of E11s

Nice work trooper, there are a few images missing, have a check through this list You also need to add a link to your legion membership profile: "Mandatory Information Link to your approved armor(501st record)"

Congratulations trooper

Post-COVID troop dump (sadly a few pictures missing this time, but I swear I'll take some during the next troops): [26] Supporting a Vaccination Event in Duisburg, GER 08/15/2021 [27] Visiting a Toy Store in Oberhausen, GER 08/20/2021 [28] Child's Birthday Party in Düsseldorf, GER 09/25/2021 [29] Star Wars In Concert RotJ in Cologne, GER 04/28/2022 [30] Summer Festival at the Centre for Infant Support in Düsseldorf, GER 09/17/2022

Congratulations Dan!!!

Congrats, trooper! Tracker updated.

Hi Dan, and thank you for your CENTURION 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 CENTURION. 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. You did a fantactic job on this second version sir. Well done! I'm just adding the note from Joseph " Ideally the top of the cannister should be lined up with the top of the canvas belt (see reference pics) and the top of the clips should be barely visible from the rear. The TD from your last submission (3rd pic below) looks great! Note how the bend in clips on the screen used TD (4th pic) don't even reach the height of the top of the cannister." Congratulations and welcome to the Centurion ranks once again!!

Hi Tyler , 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. You have made a great job with the requested fixes Trooper!! Well done. Let's start from top. It looks like you may have a bit too much padding in the top of your helmet. It is sitting pretty high and for a much better overall look should sit a lot lower. References For accuracy, you may want trim the back tab of your shoulder bridges and remove a little more of the return edge as the references. References For accuracy, we suggest to trim a little more the small ab buttons panel . References Yours forearms look uneven, adjusting a little the right one's strap could help and let you carry your weapon more confortable. References 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. CRL L3: There should be a minimal gap between the shoulder armor and the chest/back plates. This looks like a simple strapping issue. shortening the shoulder strap and a bit could reduce the gap. Looking closely to the large ab-button panel , it must have at least a small flat edge around it. We see this a lot, and it's honestly not to difficult to remedy in your case. You can add an ABS plate behind it, touch up the edges with some ABS paste and sand/polish it. The other solution is to replace it with a new one. Glue a piece and fill the seam with ABS paste Sand and polish CRL L3: Ideally there no gap between the abdomen and kidney armor. Abdominal and Kidney Plate align horizontally at top. This looks like a simple strapping adjustment and take care when taking the pictures. CRL L3: The top of the ABS ammo belt should sit at or just above the bottom of the central and vertical abdomen button panels. In your case, you're almost perfect, you could use a piece of velcro to allow the right side of the belt to come up a little more. CRL L3: Drop boxes are vertically aligned with the end of the ammo belt with minimal gap between belt and box. Easy fix here Trooper . Just reduce the right drop box strap to get closer to the belt and you can add a dab of E600 behind the strap to keep it aligned References This issue is not specifically noted in the crl but the centurion level if all for accuracy. Your butt plate is overlapping too much your kidney armor and canvas belt. The V tabs method can help to fix it. V Tabs Method Mold 2 pieces of ABS plastic and give then the V shape and glue one side to the butt plate and leave the kidney section free to move. Looking to your Thigh Ammo Belt , It could be a light effect but it looks to have a different shade of white. If you apply for Centurion (we hope) we'll need you to show a very clear photo showing the same color or if it's different you will need to replace it for the correct one. Reference Finally Trooper , It looks like you have a mobility cut just on your left thigh. You will need to make the right one and give them a rounded shape . Just take care to do not extend beyond the top of the raised ridge and every time you suit up your shins check the closure . That's all Tyler, welcome to the EIB ranks and we are confident that you're going to continue to the finish line with your Centurion application soon!!

Broken link too

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!!!!!!!! 5/4/23 - May 4th Troop 1 - Magnet Schools of America Certification Celebration 62nd TK troop, 17th for 2023. TI-50597, 11th troop and 3rd for 23. The first troop of May 4th was at a school to welcome the kids in. This selfie was the official troop pic. Juno handled as best she could (she's amazing) but we technically had no handlers for this troop, which is a rarity. The kids were STOKED for us to be there. A little rowdy but great kids all around. We walked all over the school, gave out stickers and high fives, and then settled at the top of these stairs for pix with the kids. A school admin took this one with my phone. These upright postures won't be that way for long. Some trooped from 0730 till 2230. 5/4/23 - May 4th Troop 2 - UNM May the Fourth '23 63rd TK troop, 18th for 2023. TI-50597, 12th troop and 4th for 23. The local university's May 4th celebration was a high point for me in 2022. I was excited to return. And more excited to share it with my wife! This is some of the mob we entertained. I mean, we had two Vaders! Who wouldn't be entertained? Make that THREE Vaders!!! The boss was somewhat less than entertained by my new armor addition. And of course, the photo booth strikes back! I will drive hundreds of miles for a good TK photobooth. They're always a highlight for me. Much of my time trooping was IN this photobooth. We TKs would rotate in and out of the booth depending on if people wanted to have us in their pix. Good times and tons of smiles. Then I went home and took a nap... Others did several troops between, which was far too hardcore for me. 5/4/23 - May 4th Troop 3 - NME Movie Night: Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back 64th TK troop, 19th for 2023. The last troop of the day was a 2130 showing of ESB. MANY of us answered the call. I didn't get to do this troop in 22 and was jealous all year. I mean, look at us. We're a fine army of Imperials! I checked tickets... (and trooped with my E-11b for the first time!) I sold tickets. I selfied in front of a full theater.... (after which I yelled out something like "What datapad?!? No one here saw me selfy'ing with my data pad!" which just killed the crowd ) And then me and the boys settled in for a showing of the greatest film of all time.

You only have 2 posts according to your member profile and no build thread A couple of threads on trimming ears

[22] Imperial Photoshoot near Waalre, NL 06/14/2020 (picture by Max van der Veer, edit by ID-77888) [23] Child's birthday party in Düsseldorf, GER 07/18/2020 (sadly no picture, but you wouldn't want to see my in my armor at 96° F anyway..) [24] Ringbearers for a wedding in Krefeld, GER 08/08/2020 [25] Imperial Photoshoot at Zeche Zollverein in Essen, GER 08/23/2020 (picture and edit by SleepingBeastPhotography a.k.a. BH-4517)