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Please everyone join me in congratulating Joseph as the incoming DL of our fine Detachment. Congratulations, Joseph, I look forward to seeing what the next chapter for FISD will be under your direction. The membership is in good hands, and I am here to support you with what ever you need, as I am positive any of the staff existing and new into the future will. Once again, congratulations

Congratulations Joseph!!!

Congratulations, Joseph! I'm very much looking forward to this next year

Greetings fellow members, It is my pleasure to announce the two newest recipients of our Imperial Attaché Outstanding Achievement Award. This honor is bestowed on Attachés who go above and beyond the call of duty in their role as an Imperial Attaché, and both of these troopers have consistently exemplified the qualities warranting recognition. Arthur @giskard8 - TK39093, Hong Kong Garrison A seasoned veteran of the Detachment, when Arthur is not trooping he can be found welcoming new members to the forum and congratulating our new and higher level approvals. His actions contribute to the long tradition of FISD being the friendliest forum in the Legion, and no doubt Arthur will continue to consistently be at his Attaché post! Today we salute your unquestioned loyalty, Arthur! Gerald @Doggydoc - TK96004, Canadian Garrison It's nearly impossible to sneak in a new member introduction or special approval post without Gerald jumping in and welcoming the aspiring builder or joining the celebration of the new approval. He is also known to provide valuable input and helpful feedback throughout the forum. Today we salute your unquestioned loyalty, Gerald! Please join me in congratulating these two troopers!

This was my reaction when I got the call!

Congratulations Joseph!! It is going to be another amazing year!

Your Attaché award banners have been added, congratulations once again.

Well done guys! It would be my privilege to troop with you someday

Way to go Joseph! As you know being a DL is a marathon, not a race, and you've been training for this for years. I'm sure you'll be a stellar, amazing, and highly effective leader for this detachment. The fact that you ran unopposed is a testament to your dedication, and the positive relationships you've built throughout the years. Your contributions to FISD are noteworthy and of singular accomplishment. I can't wait to see what you do next. Seems like I'll need to go to FL for a staff breakfast in 2024!

Congratulations Joseph, good luck with this term

Troop #38 First troop of 2024 today at Cumbernauld BGCP comic con, collecting donations for Glasgow Children's Hospital charity. Great to be out again after a short break my calendar is filling up nicely with upcoming events.

Excellent news, John! One thing I would suggest is that when you receive it, put everything on, take pictures and then post them up in the "Pre-Approval" thread here. This way we can help you with any tweaks you may need and make the 501st approval process a lot smoother. You won't need a blaster for Basic, but do you have your boots/undersuit/neck seal/holster on hand or ordered?

A well deserved honor for both of you! Now that you will be on Staff in the new term, we will be expecting even MORE from you.. Thanks for all you do for us, my brothers. It doesn't go unnoticed or unappreciated!

Congratulations!

Congratulations Joseph!

Congratulations Joseph!!! Can't wait to get started!

Congratulations!

Update: 12 week lead time on the commission. Should be here for May 4th! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Congratulations!

Congratulations Joseph!

Congratulations!

Congratulations! Well deserved.

CONGRATULATIONS @justjoseph63 !!!

Congratulations Joseph. Looking forward to an amazing year.

Congratulations!

Awesome! Congrats brother. Just the man for the job

Congrats! Bart

Congratulations @justjoseph63!!!

Congratulations, Joseph!!!

Happy February 2nd!

Congratulations, you two! Truly, you deserve this honor for all that you do

The ammo pouch and the armor trim have arrived! The pouch is gray in color because while looking at the game model, I saw weathered bits of gray and thought taking a gray pouch and darkening/weathering it is the best route. Stay tuned!

Mine is standard aircraft safety wire. Not sure if that's accurate but it looks pretty close. It gets twisted together, cut so that about 4-5 twists are left, and then bent up and out of the way. There's dedicated tools to twist and cut it, but needle nose pliers work very well. Safety wire CAN be horrible stuff if you've never worked with it. It's rather springy and bounces everywhere. It loves to create puncture wounds. Wear eye protection any time you're handling it.

Few pictures from today. New born baby supporting the Empire Centre manager dressed as Jedi TK18910 getting his eyes checked at opticians Brothers in armour

Congrats, guys!

Congratulations Joseph!![emoji1320][emoji1320]

IMO 5mm is not a big deal and not noticeable. Unless you're a perfectionist and won't sleep knowing that there are 5mm extra there (lol).

Beautiful sentiment Arthur, I am positive your videos will make a huger difference for those who speak Cantonese, and continuing to keep the language alive is also truly wonderful. Congratulations once again.

Thank you for the memes guys, Love them.

Legion Election Nomination Notifications Anyone with gmail may want to check the elections portal just to make sure they have not been nominated for any legion/garrison/squad/outpost/detachment positions, my GCO was nominated a few days ago and didn't receive an email notification and the same has just happened to me overnight. This may just be something that is happening locally but wouldn't hurt to check if you use gmail. FYI I did contact the LWM "I can see where the nomination and the second nomination emails were generated. I also see the archive box has a copy of each. So they were sent, but depending on the provider, no guarantee that they were delivered. Gmail has been doing some weird on and off delivery of even Google forms lately, if what I was told today was accurate."

(we had spoken before, but it's always wonderful) My second choice for TK ID was the national dex number for Whimsicott with some extra zeroes.

Han: “Oh yeah? Watch this!” Leia: “Watch what?” Here goes. I had started this a bit before I started this thread, armed with some of what I’d seen in the forums, mainly @TK bondservnt's post here: I am grateful to the rest of you in this post who provided further information! End caps I started by rough cutting the extra plastic off the end caps with a bandsaw: Then for the more precise cut, II thought I’d try and be all fancy, so I hacked together this jig: There’s a little backstop on the other side: I then proceeded to hold a pencil in place while rotating the tube, to get a fairly good cut line. One builder mentioned doing successive low pressure cuts with an X-Acto blade, rather than pressing too hard and cutting all the way through at once, so I tried that. I think it was referred to as the ‘score-and-snap’ method. But I quickly found that it was very hard to see the cut line, but I did get deep enough eventually. Next time, laying down painter’s tape and marking it instead might be easier. Now it came to try and get the extra stuff off. I used a Dremel to cut relief marks, and then wiggled the bits back and forth until they came off: This got me close enough. I then placed some 220 grit sandpaper on a flat surface, and moved the cap back and forth on it until I got all the rough edges out. I think I’m just a tad bit over 20mm thick now. For the second end cap, I decided that I was just overthinking everything. I ended up using the jig again, but instead I used the Dremel saw held in place while carefully rotating the tube, also taking care to not go too deep. I again followed with relief cuts and wiggling out the waste material, then sanding as before. Tube and cap fit test I quickly found that the PVC tube was a bit larger than would fit into the end caps (or vice versa). I attempted the boiling water trick with mild success. I had read somewhere else that it’s a good idea to sand down the ends of the PVC, so I did that: The caps fit fairly snugly after doing this, but in terms of overall length, it went past the 7.5” total length. So I did some trimming and re-sanding: I will still need to sand the whole tube to provide enough scuffing for good paint adhesion. Aluminum clips Next step were the clips. I had seen some measurements at 1-⅛” wide bars, and others at 1”. The CRL said 1”, so I went with that (and it was the only thing I could find). My local hardware store had them: I drilled holes and prepped the bars as specified by @TK bondservnt: I was too cheap to buy more metal bars to make a bending jig, but I had plenty of ⅛” acrylic lying around the shop, so I just used that instead: Hardware After a lot of Googling and not-so-great search results on Amazon, and no inkling of shipping cost at McMaster, I was happy to find that there is a shop near my house that specializes pretty much in bolts! So I was able to pick up the following: 6-32 pan head slotted machine screws, ½” long, stainless (will need to paint the heads) #6 washers Matching nylon lock nuts I got 10 sets of these for $3! Everywhere else I would have to buy 1000 and spend 5-10x as much! Control panel I’m now at the point where I need to cut the control panel, so I know how much I need to mask off the tube before painting it. I see quite a variance in its dimensions, so I’m thinking that it should be cut to 122mm long. For the ‘wraparound’ part, I’m a little confused. Somewhere I saw 95mm, but I need to be sure. I’m going to look at @MaskedVengeance's tutorials next. In parallel, I need to find the grey paint/primer, hopefully at my hobby shop. Please let me know if you see anything here that I'm doing wrong! Thank you in advance!

Congratulations [mention=24968]giskard8[/mention] and [mention=39196]Doggydoc[/mention] Enviado desde mi iPhone utilizando Tapatalk

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Congratulations to the both of you! This is so well deserved and your generosity doesn't go unnoticed!

Congratulations to both!!! You guys are a credit to FISD.

Hey Matt, you bet ya. We know that there were officially between 17 and 20 Rogue One sets of armour detailed for the live actions stuff. These were duplicated out in digital copies copy and paste style, in fact they didn't hide that they pasted in several instances the same trooper next to each other. Screenshots show this in the gallery. The idea for this CRL will be to chose if you wish what parts you paint grey based on what is seen on screen, plenty of variations there, and to then create your cracking weathering and Gold elements. This will become the first CRL to have a good level of variety available to be creative with. We have a source who worked on set where we got info on the number of R1 suits modified, plus the info from Costume department on fabrics what they actually did to the armour, but no one has mentioned anything about OT armour being used. Accounting for most of the R1 costumes now, based off the numbers we were given, and the information extolled, they were complete R1 assets. They actually Dremeld those kits to create a lot of the cracking, so they are now damaged in that respect forever you could say. They were able to do that easily because of the thickness of the parts and Urethane material R1 kits are made of. Unless there is solid proof of OTTK components, the CRL should be based on R1 armour only. That is not to say if down the track we get that solid evidence, and it can be publicly shown and seen on screen, that allowances can't be factored into the CRL.

A few threads on the subject Another thread here And here Most of our local troopers who have purchased a RS kit have gone for ABS Also an interesting read here online