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Another fool takes the plunge! I bought heartstopper85's kit and am attempting to take it through to to CRL completion. First step is inventory, next step is sizing checks - I'm 2 inches shorter than him so will likely need to trim and/or print a few new pieces. Then lots of sanding! I'm planning to repaint it all with Duplicolor Cardinal Red. And my trusty sidekick:

So like many people I initially used leftover ABS plastic for my bicep hooks. I simply heated them to shape and glued them in using E6000. Finally after installing my third pair which again broke, I tried something else. I found these 4 Pack Over The Door Hooks which are 2cm wide and are a perfect replacement for my ABS bicep hooks. They have a nice durable white finish to them as well. I had to cut them down using a rotary tool (wear protective glasses) and bent them to shape using pliers. I glued them with E6000 and these things are now indestructible As I bonus I used the other two hooks as V tabs for my posterior armor as those were cracking as well Hope this helps as a more robust alternative to ABS

At a troop, found a playground, couldn't resist making memes about it... you know how it goes

Getting closer. Did another dry fit. Still need some side strapping installed. Still waiting on the official ammo pack part of the main belt, have a place holder on there for now. Will get the rivets in when it arrives. hopefully placement is good. Seems to be according to the crl. My wife knocked out a great canvas belt. Need to reshape the shoulder bells a bit, very narrow and they like to push the biceps down. Maybe a heat gun or some boiling water? Missed the smaller holes on the frown, thank you mr. rose for that tip. Hoping to get this wrapped up and approved for a charity event on Sept 22. Is a voice changer critical for a troop, still needing to make a choice there? If any one has upgraded and has an old one to sell, please reach out.

Late addition RIP M'Lord, Buckets Off

I'm looking to add to my existing TK to achieve a Misty costume however I'm not seeing a CRL for the costume in either FISD or the Special Ops detachments, is this because it hasn't been authorised as a recognised costume yet? If so how would I go about initiating the process? Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the quick reply, I figured this was the case. I've also reached out on the Special Ops forum so hoping to hear back from them soon. Thanks again. Sent from my SM-A226B using Tapatalk

For anyone looking at purchasing these TLJ TK files there is a 30% discount currently. A few have been approved but the files do need some work. https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-models/art/other/star-wars-tlj-storm-trooperhelmet-chest-shoulder-armour-ep8

NEW In Memoriam Detachment Leader Executive Officer Merchandise Officer Hall of Fame FISD Meme's Around the Detachment 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 2024 Follow FISD Aaron R. Green TK-77778 passed away peacefully on his birthday, June 2, after a long illness, with his family by his side. He was a huge part of Makaze Squad, Florida Garrison, and donated vast amounts of monies, items for raffles and props over the years. Aaron also wanted everyone to know how much he loved and appreciated everyone in the 501st. He will be truly missed in his Squad and Garrison Condolences to his family, friends and garrison "Buckets Off" Greetings troopers, Summer is upon us and I am hoping you are able to make the most of the trooping opportunities. This month has been pretty merch heavy. The racing shirts have landed at the various distribution points and are slowly making their way out to all of the members who ordered them. This year I have been one of the distributors and have developed a new found appreciation for the DMBO team. With a mere 43 orders it's been a lot of work to inventory, pack, price, email and then ship the 1st 3 batches, with 2 more to go. I can't imagine having to 100s! I look forward to seeing these out and about soon as this year is a really nice design. We also have seen the launch of the Standard Logo coin. This had a huge amount of work put in to really make it the best we could within the restrictions of what we are allowed to do. I love the design and looking at how fast they are selling you all do too. Back on the topic of trooping we've had a few troopers hit some huge troop count milestones, with a 100 and even a 200 TK troop shield being awarded. We all know that sometimes it can be hard to get out so these numbers are incredible, congratulations to those of you who have earned them. To see the recipients and how you can begin earning your own make sure to read the rest of this months newsletter. The summer is also a time for gatherings, so if you are having an armor party make sure you look into our Master Armor program as a reward for those of you who are Troopers helping Troopers. With Unquestioned Loyalty Chris Pearson TK-10991 "themaninthesuitcase" Detachment Leader Greetings all, While Chris talks of summer in the northern sector, it is winter for us southern Hemi inhabitants. Down here that means a whole host of different things to our members around the globe, where for some it is like living on Hoth, and for others like my self, it just means It's not as hot and the days absolutely fantastic for trooping. I was hoping to have a more substantial update on the progress of the Night Trooper CRL but things have been crazy busy for me. That said I do have some clear space coming up to continue finishing up the second draft for further scrutiny. On an exciting and positive front, and well overdue, without further delay we are announcing the Imperial Armored Commando CRL is officially Green lit and ready to go. On behalf of the FISD staff team, we would like to congratulate Sithtrooper02 (Francois Pelletier) soon to be TK20236 (Currently TX20236) for an amazing looking costume, and outstanding level of assistance with writing this CRL and brining it to fruition. Congratulations on this New to Legion costume and addition to the FISD library. His costume quality is second to none making him the perfect CRL model, I am sure you will all agree. Kudos will be added to your forum side banner shortly Franc, and thank you so much for your commitment to quality and authenticity. You will find the new to Legion CRL here https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:Imperial-Armored-Commando With Unquestioned Loyalty Andrew Franke TK-11469 "Sly11" Executive Officer Merch Update Time Old Business I still have a number of these coins available. To be eligible, you have to have an approved EI costume and you can not have ever bought an EIB coin. EIB coins are a once and done coin. If you have this one and would prefer one of the older versions, I may have an option for you so please dm me. EIB v11 coin run is open FOTK patch increase was finally approved. I've extended the run to 22 July. see the link below for more info. 2024 FOTK Patch Run We are now offering Armorer rockers to those that meet the level 2 armorer. More info can be found here Armorer thread. All updates will be posted in the sales thread. Racing Shirts New Business "Official FISD Standard Logo Coin Run is now OPEN" Half the coins have already taken so get in quick. You can find the thread here With Unquestioned Loyalty James Silvius TK-12953 "jsilvius" Merchandise & Branding Officer Leading the way! Please welcome TK-23108 to the Stormtrooper Hall of Fame, July 2024! @BAZINGA Troop log can be found here. Congrats Bart!! And thank you for your engagement on everyone's Troop Logs! Other HOF recipients can be found here. With Unquestioned Loyalty Jonatan Östling TK-23592 "Nairy" Attaché Ambassador You can find the full meme thread here As reported by our DXO the Imperial Armored Commando CRL is now live, congratulations Francois TK20236 "Sithtrooper02" Looking forward to seeing more of these troopers in the near future Model TK-20236, Photo by Veronique Jomphe https://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:Imperial-Armored-Commando Trading Card Archives For those with FISD detachment trading cards please consider sending two to Paul @Daetrin keeper of our detachment archives. Address and more info here With Unquestioned Loyalty Paul Hoeffer TK-8020 "Daetrin" Detachment Founder Keeper of Archives 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 Chris @themaninthesuitcase 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 July - August TK-69826 "TikiTechie" Jim - - - - - - TK-818087 "HeeM_SeNsEi" James - - - - - - TK- "KaiserintheHood" Dan - - - - - -TK-3260 "g60racer" Brendan - - - - - - TK-18910 "Tee-Kay Fisto" Brian - - - - - - 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. If you are a 501st approved Trooper who wishes to join the ranks of the Attachés, please get in touch with me and/or visit: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/15252-fisd-attaché-program/ For a complete list of Imperial Attaches, go here. Some of the benefits include: Access to exclusive Attaché merch, including patches. You may also be in the running for an Imperial Attaché Award. An 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. Imperial Attaché patch Imperial Attaché Rocker Imperial Attaché Outstanding Achievement Award Hello there! So far this year has been a great one for us attachés. We have filled many vacant positions already and we are continuously expanding the global coverage! I'd like to welcome our newest recruit to the list of attaché's: John @JBar. He will take on the duty of attaché for the New York City region in the Empire City Garrison! It always fills me with great joy to see inspiring people taking their involvement to the next level and embody "troopers helping troopers"! Is there a vacant spot in your Garrison/Squad/Outpost? Take a look at the list of attachés, and get in contact with me in a private message here on the forum, or simply apply in the thread linked below! I wish you all a great summer (I haven't had my vacation just yet, but if you've already had yours, I hope it was awesome!), and keep up the great work out in the field everyone! Nairy, out! With Unquestioned Loyalty Jonatan Östling TK-23592 "Nairy" Attaché Ambassador Master Armorer Program - 2024 Relaunch FISD has many wonderful programs to help members build and submit costumes for our detachment, whether it be a classic Stormtrooper, a First Order Stormtrooper, or even one of the new Imperial Armored Commandos. While our Expect Infantry and Centurion programs get most of the attention, FISD staff wants to relaunch the Armorer Program (Currently called the Master Armorer Program). What is the Armorer Program you ask? Well, it is a program designed to recognize those troopers that go above and beyond to assist themselves and others in getting costumes built, submitted, and approved. One of the goals of all the detachments in the 501st Legion is to help members build and submit costumes that meet and hopefully exceed the minimum requirements of the Legion’s CRLs. Currently the Master Armorer program has the requirement of helping a minimum of 5 members achieve Expert Infantry status. The member must have spent at least 30min physically helping another member with cutting, gluing, sizing, etc, just because they want to help (no money exchanged). The definition of an armorer is “a maker, supplier, or repairer of weapons or armor”. So while we certainly love the feedback that members provide to others on the forums, and the extra steps some do by having video calls to help walk people through issues with their builds, this program requires hands on work. The new program will have the same physical help requirement, but we are going to move from a “wins” system, (where a win was help an individual for 30 min or more) to a points system, and we aren’t limiting it to only Expert Infantry builds. While we are pushing the Advance to 1500 to try and achieve 1500 Expert Infantry members, we recognize that the goal of the detachment is to get FISD members build, submitted, and approved. So we will be awarding points for Basic builds as well. Currently there are 3 levels of the award, FISD Armorer, FISD Senior Armorer and FISD Master Armorer. The new program will add a 4th level at the beginning called the Apprentice Armorer. The point scale will be as follows. 5 points - Apprentice Armorer 10 points - Armorer 20 points - Senior Armorer 30 points - Master Armorer The Armorer candidate would earn points based on what level the member costume they assisted with achieved. If you help with a basic build, you get 1 point, if you help with a EIB build you get 2 points. So a person to basic you get a point, help them again to get their EIB earning another 2 to a total of 3. The thought again here is that we want to help build as many stormtroopers as possible. If you love building armorer and love helping fellow members get their costumes built, then this is the program you’ve been searching for. We look forward to awarding more members with this award as we know how much we all love Troopers helping Troopers. More information can be found here Armorer Rocker Patches Rocker patches are now available for the Armorer Program, there is currently just the one patch, and members are eligible to receive two of them once they reach Level 2, "Armorer". 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. For those interested here is the original discussion on the creation of Fire teams 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 unquestioned loyalty! This area lists all those who have gone above and beyond basic approval toward screen accuracy and obtained EIB or Centurion or both. FOR July - August the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment would like to congratulate the following. Expert Infantry Badge Award: Ron "ronhoffman2" TK15310 EIB 1076 Ray "thisistheray" TK13836 EIB 1077 Wei Xu "anhsu" TK24627 EIB 1078 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: Dan "KaiserintheHood" TK80419 Centurion 2nd Approved Outstanding job on reaching Centurion, Troopers! Request your free Centurion certificate here. 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! I'm always on the look out for interesting stories or posts, please drop me a message if you have anything of interest. 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): Chris Pearson (themaninthesuitcase) TK-10911 Detachment Executive Officer (DXO): Andrew Franke (Sly11) TK-11469 Chief Deployment Officer (DCA): Mario Reyes (TKSpartan) TK-48117 Deployment Officer (DCA): José Mª Sánchez (Chemi) TK-30173 Junior Deployment Officer (DCA): Gerald J Gyorffy (Doggydoc) TK-96004 Provost Marshall (DCoG): Steven Sheades (starsaber25) TK-10466 Provost Marshall (DCoG): Caleb Mask (MaskedVengeance) TK-73692 Provost Marshall (DCoG): Arthur Wong (giskard8) TK-39093 FISD Diplomat (DPRO): Tony Jobe (ukswrath) TK-10116 FISD Diplomat (DPRO): Tim Waychoff (Dark PMF) TK-51878 FISD Diplomat (DPRO): 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 (DPRO): Eric Ho (Hoda) TK-77520 Newsletter Publisher (DPRO): Glen Rhodes (gmrhodes13) TK-85421 Content Editor Support (DPRO): Adam Wolf (Revlimiter) TK-89400 Content Editor Support (DPRO): Jeff Salt (Wingnut65) TK-50297 Special Unit Director-Valkyries (DPRO): Vicky Mandlmaier (Vicky_Velocipanda) TK-50893 Attaché Ambassador (DPRO): Jonatan Östling (Nairy) TK-23592 Social Media Relations (DPRO): Luca Hahn (Morgi) TK-66744 Personnel Officer (DPER): AC (NoVATie) TK-5597 Systems Administrator (DWM): Mathias Rodstedt (Locitus) TK-2959 Systems Administrator (DWM): Eric Brager (Darth Aloha) TK-9674 Systems Administrator/Detachment Founder (DF): Paul Hoeffer (Daetrin) TK-8020 Imperial Propaganda Machine (IPM): Brian Long (Tilheyra) TK-47933 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

@MaskedVengeance Thank you! Crazy to think two months ago I knew nothing about TKs. I agree and they should be easy changes relative to everything I’ve done so far

Troop 13 Event: Walt Disney Company Internal Staff Event (Day 1) Location: Walt Disney Company office, Hong Kong Date: 2nd May 2024 This photo not to be shared beyond this page, thank you.