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Here I am! My first trooping at the Friedehorst, Bremen, Germany 02.07.2023 Thank you OLC Kai & Katja for this honor. And The team who gave me a warm welcome and supported me! It was a special and great day in my life!

My second trooping. It`s getting hot in here! At the HOTutpost One in Northern Germany, 08.07.2023 Staffshortage at the #deathstar on the #weekend that's how I came to my second troop but first I had a danceaudition at my staff chief, dark lord boss, darker lord big boss to feel the hot side of the force…

12. 7/29/23 Rubber City Tattoo Invitational Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

45. 07/29/2023 -- Franklin County Back to School Fair (INC)

Was not part of the original discussion as I only noticed it yesterday reading the CRL. Continuing discussion in this thread as requested

This entry is a personal milestone not recorded on my troop log. I always wanted to visit the Cruachan Dam near Loch Awe after seeing it used as an Imperial facility in the Andor series on Disney plus. So during our summer break I persuaded my family to take the trek with me and enjoy the beautiful scenery from the summit of Ben Cruachan. It was awesome to see this incredible structure built in the 1960s. https://www.visitcruachan.co.uk/

NEW In Memoriam Detachment Leader Merchandise Officer Hall of Fame FISD Meme's Around the Detachment Competition 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 2023 Follow FISD Richard "Ryath" Rowntree (TI-9632) was a member of Atlantic Garrison, and sadly moved on the morning of April 9th, 2023. Richard was a fan of life as well as many pop cultures, especially Star Wars, which especially translated over to his Legion Family. If there was an event, Richard could be found in the middle of it, helping others kit up, manning the booth, or seeking out the latest swag to trade. Richard loved his legion family and always made time to talk with current members, sharing memories, or speaking with prospective members, giving advice on where to get costume and prop items or who to talk to, to get build advice. Condolences to his garrison, family and friends "Buckets Off" Dominik Rehm (CT-32723) was a beloved member of German Garrison who started his journey with the 501st Legion as a dedicated cadet supporting the German Garrison, such as the time when he helped to distribute water to troopers at Legoland 2018, or by covering booth duties. He joined the 501st Legion in May 2021, and his first official event was Cosplay Days in Speyer. His debut as a clone of the 327th Star Corps was a smashing success! The German Garrison got to know Dominik as a dedicated member who put his whole heart into Star Wars and the Legion. He built and wore his Clone armor with great passion and enthusiasm. Like many other 327th Clones in Acklay Company, Dominik came to his costume and to our hobby via an Armor Party. He had been looking forward to throwing a big Armor Party at his home in 2022, which would have been the first one after the pandemic. Condolences to his garrison, family and friends "Buckets Off" Greetings and welcome to the July FISD Newsletter! Lots happening again here at FISD HQ with merch runs, competition winners and CRL work continuing. Personally i have been investing my time in building the new CRL's mentioned in last months addition. One of them is currently with the LMO office awaiting feedback for any small changes then hopefully green lit so we can officially add it to the FISD costume roster. As to our newest costume, Imperial Commando or imperial super commando, there are more vendors coming on line with various parts. Looks like 850 Armor works will be the first to have ABS armor kits available, and we are looking forward to seeing their test kit assembled and complete so we can review it. Sheev's Emporium is reworking their under/jump suit with the extra detail garnered from the recent Disney Gallery show release, and one of the 3D vendors has just announced he has the Riot shield files now available for purchase so the accessory list is growing. I will be updating the vendors list in the coming week as I am waiting for some more info from these vendors. Watch this space. Don't forget to check out our new section of the forums dedicated to this new costume. https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/forum/257-costuming-and-builds-the-mandalorian/ If you haven't already, best jump on our pre interest threads and open merch runs so you don't miss out. More details in this edition but currently we have 3 lots of merch going on. FISD Shield Pin OPEN FISD Sheild patch standard and large back patch style Pre interest thread FISD Sheild stickers OPEN What a great time to be a Stormtrooper and member of our mighty detachment! GET ON IT!! I hope you enjoy July's Newsletter, until next edition, see you on the forums and our socials! With Unquestioned Loyalty Andrew Franke TK-11469 "Sly11" Detachment Leader Greetings Troopers! The FISD Pin Run will be closing soon! 16 July 2023. We currently have less than 100 pins left available for sale! Check the run thread here for more information. We also had a member help us with setting a PR Mech Item! If you've been looking for FISD shield stickers Tony can setup you up, check out the PR Merch thread here! Or you can just order now via the website at: www.assassingraphics.co.uk Password: alienLV426 thread here I'm also working on doing a patch run. I opened a thread to just get an idea of how interested the Detachment was in patches, and I'm hoping to find a member or two outside the US that might be willing to help distribute them once we do the run to see if we can cut down on some of the shipping cost to our International brothers and sisters. you can find that thread here Hope all are and getting out to events! More Merch to come soon! With Unquestioned Loyalty James Silvius TK-12953 "jsilvius" Merchandise & Branding Officer Cooling down for a while, Chaos Division style! Please welcome TK 66744 to the Stormtrooper Hall of Fame, June 2023! @Morgi Troop log can be found here. Congrats on the badge! Many more to come! Other HOF recipients can be found here. With Unquestioned Loyalty Jonatan Östling TK-23592 "Nairy" Curator Hall Of Fame A few of Morgi's favourites Thank you to Luca "Morgi" TK-66744 for starting the FISD specific meme thread, you can find it here New Era Pauldrons A little research on the new era pauldrons covering Rogue One, Solo, BOBF, Mandalorian, Obi Wan, some subtle differences between versions. You can find the thread here Celebration Picture Contest Winner Thank you to all of you who entered, staff have been polled and the winner is Birgit TK-71384 "Swoby" Image manipulation by Jonatan TK-23592 "Nairy" You can find the competition thread here 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 Andrew @Sly11 , 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 June - July TK-42085 "mamaking" Helen- - - - - - TK-82611 "rzill" Ron - - - - - - TK-20177 "Cybergrunt" Bill 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. For a complete list of Imperial Attaches, go here. Some of the benefits: Access to exclusive Attaché merch., including patches, IA patch and IA Rocker You may also be in the running for an Imperial Attaché Award Imperial Attaché 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. The FISD Master Armorer program is an optional, detachment only incentive award to recognize individuals who have directly helped another 501st stormtrooper to achieve Expert Infantry status. Some people spend countless hours helping others, and want to reward their results as well as incentivizing new people to help as well. To register a “win” in the program, the assistance must have provided hands-on help trimming, building, and/or fitting of said armor for the person who was awarded Expert Infantry status. 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. 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.! The 1500 Strength in numbers! This area lists all those who have gone above and beyond basic approval toward screen accuracy and obtained EIB or Centurion or both. FOR June - July the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment would like to congratulate the following. Expert Infantry Badge Award: Justin "evnltr" TK9921 EIB 1066 Alex "Alikh" TK31701 EIB 1067 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: None this month - 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! Another bumper issue, if you have any interesting articles or stories please reach out to me. 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): Andrew Franke (Sly11) TK-11469 Detachment Executive Officer (DXO): Joseph Pedigo justjoseph63 TK-10963 Chief Deployment Officer (DCA): Mario Reyes (TKSpartan) TK-48117 Deployment Officer (DCA): José Mª Sánchez (Chemi) TK-30173 Deployment Officer (DCA): Tony Jobe (ukswrath) TK-10116 Provost Marshall (DCoG): Steven Sheades (starsaber25) TK-10466 Provost Marshall (DCoG): Tim Waychoff (DarkCMF) TK-51878 Provost Marshall (DCoG): Chris Pearson (themaninthesuitcase) TK-10911 Special Unit Director-Valkyries (DCoG): Teresa Nuthall (Soulart) TK-41307 Provost Marshal SM Platforms (DCoG): 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 (DMBO): Eric Ho (Hoda) TK-77520 Personnel Officer (DPER): AC (NoVATie) TK-5597 Content Editor Support (DPRO): Adam Wolf (Revlimiter) TK-89400 Content Editor Support (DPRO): Jeff Salt (Wingnut65) TK-50297 Content Editor Support (DPRO): Jonatan Östling (Nairy) TK-23592 Content Editor Support (DPRO): Vicky Mandlmaier (Vicky_Velocipanda) TK-50893 Social Media Relations (DPRO): Luca Hahn (Morgi) TK-66744 Newsletter Publisher (DPRO): Glen Rhodes (gmrhodes13) TK-85421 Attache Ambassador (DPRO): Caleb Mask (MaskedVengeance) TK-73692 Systems Administrator (DWM): Eric Brager (Darth Aloha) TK-9674 Systems Administrator (DWM): Mathias (Locitus) TK-2959 Detachment Founder (DF): Paul Hoeffer (Daetrin) TK-8020 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

44. 06/28/2023 -- St. Louis Cardinals Star Wars Night 2023 (INC)

Have fun! It's going to be an experience! Bart

Thank you, I appreciate the info!!! I thought maybe I was missing something on my profile.

I think that means "joined recently" But let's wait for someone to confirm it.

Gloves - check ✅

Last night and this evening have been my time to glue together the different pieces of the leg armor. I still had some adjusting to do with the thigh pieces, so I glued the lower leg armor last night. Not surprisingly, my lower legs are a bit bigger than the armor anticipates, so I had to modify the procedure a little. I retained a small amount of the excess material from the molding process and allowed the front part of the lower legs to overlap the respective rear portion. This was glued and held in place with clamps and rare earth magnets. This means each side of the lower leg armor will have 2 seams (the seam where the parts join together and the built-in seam showing where to cut off excess material), rather than just 1 seam, but I can address that with whatever putty I settle on to smooth this out. The big thing for me is to be consistent when I deviate (but only deviate when needed) to keep appearances similar. I think this is the case for most of the femtrooper kits, be they Legacy Fem or FEM7, but I did need to allow the lower leg armor to open slightly to allow my foot and leg to go through, so the seams between my lower legs were not glued. These will utilize velcro to secure the armor pieces around my legs (with the strapping holding them up, of course). I assume that is what the indentations in this part of the lower leg armor is for. I still need to glue the velcro into place. I am now gluing the thigh pieces together. I had to measure, mark, remeasure, and remark a number of times to get this properly measured. I still have some pencil marks that need to be erased... I had to maintain some of the excess material in this are as well, but that was mainly to keep a consistent 2-seam appearance across all leg armor pieces. The other seams of the thigh armor will be glued once the seams shown in the photo set. It looks like this is my weekend project. I am moving quicker than I thought I would!

[45] Xenophon Summer Camp 7-28-23

23. 2023-07-28, NärCon 2023, Linköping (Hero) View more images from this troop

Well done trooper, the empire is proud of you! Go and serve and make sure to look after that kit.

Troop 6 : Dominic Strong/Children's Hospital support Medicine Hat June 24, 2023 This was my first outdoor troop and my first out of province troop within my garrison. The weather was perfect. We had shade and a nice cool breeze blowing through the area for the two hours the event took place. Four of us, all 501st members this time, with no rebels in sight, attended a baseball game to lend support and draw attention to the Dominic Strong/Children's Hospital fund raising. Not many photos as we had no dedicated handler this time. I'm hoping the organizers can get some photos from the team photographer who spent quite a bit of time around us and share them with us. No wildly interesting stories from this one. We did get a request for photos with "just" the TKs so we felt special for a bit. I took part in a staring contest with a kid who was trying to stare down the shadow trooper. I took the kid's side. It went on a very long time and I'm told many more kids were lined up behind me taking part too. The shadow trooper did win after the kid's friends got bored and dragged him away. I spotted some photo-op stations so we had a go looking like baseball players: The organizers also wanted us to play some crokinole which I played a lot of as a kid, but it was much more difficult this time. The shadow trooper didn't do any better: Here is a FB video as well: Facebook They have been doing this fund raiser for a few years now and have had the 501st for all of them. I would do it again for sure. They even had a BBQ for us before it started so we went in with a full stomach. We TKs sort of blend into the team! A good month to troop number 7 which is local to me so I only need to travel 5 minutes to it! Bart

I know right? The resemblance is uncanny. Bart