Leaderboard

FanExpo New Orleans 2024 Blast-a-Trooper fundraiser for Make-a-Wish (Jan 7, 2024) -Bast Alpha Garrison I took a 3-hour shift to be shot with NERF darts for charity! We had a combined area with Rebel Legion, Mandalorian Mercs, and Droid Builders. The sets they had on hand were amazing! I explored the expo afterwards and finally found the LEGO Rancor we've needed! Lots of other vendors and celebrities (Katee Sackhoff visited the booth the day before I went).

But don't worry! There's more! @revlimiter @MaskedVengeance this one's for you:

For those who may need some wholesome memes today:

As a SW weapons fan, I think having a month showing all types of blasters would ne a nice touch. Yeah, I have done a few OT style, but some of the FO versions I've seen here are spectacular!

I recently did an out of town troop with some friends I'd never trooped with before. One shot in particular had us 4 TKs standing in very similar thumbs up poses looking basically identical in every way. It took me more than a minute to play "how well do I know my own armor?" and pick myself out of the group. Can't wait to get to share those pix. And since I'm replying I gotta meme...

Here's one for ya':

Penny Wars 3rd Grade Celebration at Covington-Harper Elementary School (Sep 30, 2022) -Garrison Tyranus, Inferno (NOVA) Squad The Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) for Covington-Harper Elementary School (CHES) hosted a Penny Wars fundraiser where students, families, faculty, and staff donated to plus-up their group's jar or to reduce another group's. At the end of the week, 3rd grade won and earned a special glow dance party! About 150 kids in 6 classes came in for high fives, pictures, lightsaber battles, and some good old running around! It was only for 30 minutes, but the 3 of us (1 TK and 2 NOT Vaders) were DRENCHED IN SWEAT. Not posting pics/vids of the event to respect the children's privacy. We high fived them on the way out and then went classroom to classroom delivering glowsticks to the other grades. The audible gasp when we walked into each room is why we do this, right?

Arts Alive 2022! at Hylton Performing Arts Center (Sep 11, 2022) -Garrison Tyranus, Inferno (NOVA) Squad We hung out in our private dressing room for a while and then went backstage. After the Indiana Jones theme, the orchestra performed several Star Wars themes, beginning with Duel of the Fates! On the Imperial March, we went on stage and loomed over the audience! At its end, a boy in Jedi robes came out and we fled the stage. We hung out up front for pics with patrons and performers. My first troop is in the books!

Did a quick wrap test today. Using iridescent silk chiffon in burgundy, I cut some strips of the fabric in different sizes, approx 5cm wide and probably around 30ish cm long. I don't currently have any painted and weathered TK armour pieces finished so I just used my Clone hand plate for the time being. I folded parts of the fabric as I was wrapping/layering. First wrap-around was loose, subsequent attempts worked way better. I was trying to replicate the look from the Eman Esfandi picture and I think it worked exceptionally well. With some adhesive and weathering me thinks this should be perfect. Maybe some fray-stop as well if the adhesive/glue doesn't suffice. The specific company I used was Prism Silks. Here is a link to the chiffon: https://prismsilks.com/products/burgundy-red-iridescent-silk-chiffon?_pos=4&_sid=327245dd2&_ss=r Unless there's any objections I'd say that "iridescent silk chiffon in burgundy colour" is the exact same as what was used on screen, or its the absolute closest thing in my opinion. If the wraps extend to level 2-3 I think this specific fabric should be listed,yes?

OK, so this is the minimum bar that you need to it. It will be fun to watch how this staff exceeds this

Pauldron References - Vintage Motocross Protection Made by Torsten Hallman 1970's Owned by a German garrison member This image comes up every few years, added for those who may have not seen it Template PDF pauldron.pdf

I had no idea that's what they were! I'm guessing anyone involved in motorcross back then would have recognised these immediately in the theater.

I figured it was coming

Adding to this idea. Drill a small hole where the TD clip screws will be mounted. Then you're not really doing any damage

An old trick was to drill a hole where it will not be seen (under a clip or control panel) then use compressed air in the hole and one cap should pop off, then you have access to knock the other cap off.

OneDrive has this cool feature where you can see "pix from this day in history" type of thing. Today it regurgitated one of the few times I got to wear a Vader. Not mine, but one of my garrison mate's. I have to say if you've never done a Vader, it's kinda tiring. That shoulder armor starts getting heavy after and hour, and having to keep your posture perfect, etc. is much more tiring that being a TK. Still, it's a huge amount of fun.

I've been a GML for quite a few years and are yet to see an application with an angled belt, I guess that comes from asking members not to holster their weapon in photos. The legion has definitely become more detail oriented since my approval back in 2012 with many things which have been ok in the past no longer acceptable, just like our higher levels

Here is the spec chart for those: The numbers we care about are the Vf (Forward Voltage, the amount of Voltage the LED will "use" essentially), Luminous Intensity (measured in mini Candela) and the Current rating (If). The max current for them all is 20mA (milli Amps, 1000ths of an Amp). It's not the voltage that kills and LED, with in reasonable values anyway, it's the current. Which is why we use a current limiting resistor. Brightness is 600-800mcd (red/yellow) which is what I would call a "bright" LED. So better than the one on your TV standby but it's not going to blind you. Orange is much better at 5000-6000 which is in the "super bright" sort of range and will have you seeing spots if you look right at it. For reference the white ones they use for torches will be in the 10,000-30,0000 range and they will be using a around 10 or more of them, the one in your TV is something like 50-65mcd. By adjusting the current with the resistor we can change how bright they get, we just have to keep it under 20mA as much past that and they burn out very fast. More resistance, less current, dimmer LED. If we make the assumption of a 2V Vf for them all (which is close enough here and inside all of their quoted ranges) and 5v supply to get max brightness you want a 150ohm resistor (of at least a 1/8w rating). Whilst I can do the maths for this it's tedious, so I tend to just use this web site: https://ledcalculator.net/#p=5&v=2&c=20&n=1&o=w What voltage are you using to power them, and what is the value of the currently limiting resistor you are using?

Funny thing about that, Terrel Reber (SuperTrooper, RIP) noted once that his son could always pick him out due to how he rested his hands on his belt in a lineup, and I found that mine could do the same. I guess we each have our own "tell" in how we stand.

Appreciate it so much!!!

Thank you very much for the nice welcome. I'll look around the forum and post a few pictures of my Trooper.

The amount of times I say this when posting with kids

To my delight last night, I discovered ATLA was on Paramount+! Memes were inspired.

Cool. I can post more detailed pix though if needed, esp. the last pages.

(admittedly this is a bit of a reach, but I really wanted that VT16 reference )

Aye aye!

A little trip down memory lane… And maybe after a previous false start… To your stations!

TK Who

I spent a fair while hunting and could not find one, or anything the same size or even similar. If anyone finds something close, I am happy to help try make it fit. Just saw this and I have the files handy: Standard 481mm long x 123mm wide x 216mm tall. Heavy 736mm long (inc stock) / 563mm (no stock but also no D ring mount) x 152mm wide x 2551mm tall Rough measurements done quickly but it's roughly 20% bigger, plus the stock.

Made the first one up using a "medium scratched" back plate. Worked almost perfectly. I used a few small dots of thick CA glue and there was just enough squeeze out to glue it to the jig I got it out with a bit of careful leverage from one bolt. I will remake the jig with a couple of holes in the back I can poke it out from. I also did a bit of light dressing to the edge to remove the glue but will see if CA remover does a nicer job. And as for this. I was expecting a price of about $ but it was actually not too bad (because China I assume) based on 10 of each scope ring. So each set would be in the $20 ish range at this qty, but I need to buy 10 sets and I have no independent indication of quality atm. I'll try find some examples of their work and make a decision another time, probably the day after the quote expires. I also requested a price for the scope rail but there was a section that didn't meet the minimum thickness requirements. I could probably make it work for me but then everyone would need a custom matching hub as well so I suspect that's off the table. I will have a think though, it's a problem with the screw hole location so maybe leaving it off and relying on adhesive is an option.

Thanks you guys for the help here are more memes I created(This one you can at least relate at 1 point)

Great meme! Here's how we post our images onto the forum! Keep them coming!

Memes using the old platform:

Welcome! Regarding the storage on the post: most of us use a picture sharing platform such as Imgur. Simply put the link to the picture in the post and it'll insert the picture

Welcome to the Meme club! Keep on posting !!

FISD Backgrounds/Screen Savers have arrived! They are available to everyone, currently in the 1920x1080 format for desktop and 1280x1920 for mobile. To download the image, simply right click it and choose the option "Save image as...". Desktop FISD Backgrounds/Screen Savers (1920x1080): 1. 2. 3. From left to right: @Doggydoc, @Swoby, @Sithping, @Alikh and @scottdm62 4. From left to right: TK-66979 (Alan), @lugalleg, @revlimiter and @elwessbrandon Mobile FISD Backgrounds/Screen Savers (1280x1920): 1. 2. With Unquestioned Loyalty Jonatan Östling TK-23592 "Nairy" Content Editor Support