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8/18/23 - Star Wars Rendezvous Fan Film Premier 73rd TK troop, 28th for 2023. This troop was in support of a fan film made by a local 501st member. They had a screening of it and a few other short films by local film makers. We TKs showed up to protect the public from that lone Jedi. I highly recommend this if you get the chance. Get up on stage in a large theater. It feels fantastic! @elwessbrandon singing his little black and white heart out. A+ pipes trooper!!! Annnnd that's about it for pix. We didn't really have handlers and we were all busy entertaining the crowd the rest of the time. I only shot a few pix before helping at the velvet rope. I've never said "MOVE ALONG" so many times in one night. And I could say it another few thousand. It was a great event! We even got some coverage by the local news. Good times! The film is on youtube if you'd like to search. A few local Dewback Ridge members are in it. Quite enjoyable. Just wish I had more pix from the event.

Forgive me Vader, for I have sinned. It's been ages since I updated this troop tracker. 8/16/23 - Elijah's Toy Drive 72nd TK troop, 27th for 2023 This was a troop I did in 2022 and was happy to repeat. A toy drive for the organizer's son who died a few years back. That's why we wear the armor, right? Many kids are getting smiles in honor of Elijah. With some of Rio Bravo fire team. We had a good TK showing for this troop. I... I used to be so white. Now I'm a little more movie accurate off-white. However, four of the troopers in this pic have WTF armor, which is incredibly white. I'm not THAT yellow right? I love these. Olaf selfie for my collection And pikachu! I was smiling pretty hard under there. Never trooped with a pika before. Lastly, my buddies Chuck and Randy. Chuck changed out of Boba and into.... THIS for the last half hour of the event. I caught a single photo of Randy's force choke - in my TK with bucket and gloves on! One photo was all that was needed. It was perfect.

GRACIAS DE NUEVO

Troop 37 Hamilton Comicon Hamilton , Ontario September 23, 2023 Day 2 was fun with us getting to do a photoshoot in the Buffalo aircraft. Got to troop with @Wompet today as well. This was also the same troop 1 year ago when I did my first troop. Some other shots from the day.

The selfie king! i've managed one selfie so far. Bart

Well..not to bad I have to say

Ah, that's it. Thank you!

Thanks for the advice, all. Issue isnt so much the fit once its on, just getting my head through it initially. I'll start with gluing the trim, and see how it goes from there!

Day 17 Working on gluing/filling the kit kat bars on the shin. The shiny application looks like a good blend, but after sanding, I am not sure it'll be so good.

Awesome! Thank you. I might add a spring in that area behind the bolt just to complete the look before I make the end cap permanent with glue.

It's ok for Centurion level.

Alrighty, thank you!

Congratulations Manvi, welcome to Centurion rank sir

Congrats, trooper! That was fast!

E11 Other Side @TKSpartan

Great looking Blaster sir. I would be great if you can post a photo of the other side.

Looks pretty sweet. I'm sure the @Deployment Officer Team will chime in if they see any issues for L3

Felicitaciones !! Well done!

Also the angled ends of your plastic belt look a little large, you may want to trim the ends. For Level 3, the corners of the plastic ammo belt shall be trimmed at a 45 degree angle that meets the outer edge of the cloth belt.

You may want to bring that belt up a little more. The top of the ABS belt shall sit at or just above the bottom of the central and vertical ab button panels. A slight overlap is suggested, but not required.

There are images out there showing the F11D's front grip are functional, here's just few

I have a pretty big head and it's a challenge. But I have a lot of stuff in my bucket as well. I have 4 fans, an icomm unit, and an audio amp along with the 12v power supply to drive it all. Plus I added a little hearing assist system that I designed. But I'm still able to fit my head because I removed all the padding except in the top and replaced the rest with very thin black EVA foam all around for lining and for looks. It's a process to put on and off but it fits comfortably when it's on. So even if you don't have a lot of stuff in there, removing the pads should help a lot. I also had trouble with the s trim wanting to come off for the same reason but I glued it all the way around with E6000 to take care of that. I wouldn't trim the opening except as a last resort. Sent from my SM-A546U using Tapatalk

I would first look at reducing your padding, all I use is soft foam, 5mm on top and a block @ 1 1/2" on each side in front of the ears. You have padding on the back of the helmet which may interfere with your ear. You can trim a little more but remember if you do your neck S trim will be too short. Also make sure you don't trim too much, you don't want younglings to be able to see your face under the front of the helmet

Congrats anda welcome

Gracias a todos de corazón, en especial a Chemi, por sus buenos consejos y tanto tiempo dedicado, he tenido que reformar algunas cosas, pero con sus orientaciones ha sido más fácil. Como él bien dice, he tenido un problema de espalda serio, que me limitaba a la hora de hacer cualquier cosa y me empezó a sumir en un inicio de depresión de la que, afortunadamente, ya estoy saliendo, luchando por mi salud y adelante siempre!! Ahora a poner fuerte la espalda y a volver a troopear pronto!! Esta señora Centurión es una señora Fuerte y luchadora. La Fuerza es grande en mí. Seguiré trabajando en mejorar y mantener al día mi armadura. También agradecer a todos los compañeros que me han estado a mi lado como Nora Escrich, y que han hecho mis días más bonitos. Y a mi inseparable Apoyo, y Amor de mi vida, Álex, ya que sin en él, nada de esto sería posible. Y también, como no, a mis bichejos de 4 patas, que nunca fallan y son amor puro. A todos los miembros que voy conociendo os quiero y os admiro, hacéis que la vida de muchos sea una vida mejor. Agradecida siempre y a vuestro servicio. AGRADECIDA Y FELIZ. Manvi Viztoria. TK-16970. Señora con Coquilla. Orgullo Asperger. Protectora de los animales. .

EDIT: Here's another!

It is with great pleasure FISD presents Commander Pyre CRL officially approved and open. Congratulations to Dino (Sano) TK 75608 for his epic work bringing this character to life from the animated series Star Wars Resistance. This one was a long time in the making and we are excited to finally add this new costume to the detachment roster. We now stand at 21 CRL's https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:Commander-pyre