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Thank you! [74] 07.09.2024 -- Annotopia Rotenburg an der Fulda, Saturday Two months without trooping?! Good to be back in white plastic after that break! Exactly three years after my approval as a 501st Stormtrooper I got to troop an event that's, well, it's basically my first ever troop, but at a different location. Crazy coincidence! With the help of CC-75367 and TK-19525 this was made possible, so thank you both! The weekend turned into a very hot experience, so we weren't out and about too much, rather seeking out our cooled changing room and water bottles. After I'd already gotten a sunstroke only a few weeks earlier I still hadn't recovered fully and a relapse wouldn't be welcomed. Although StarWars isn't a main focus of the event in any way, shape or form, the visitors loved interacting with both us, as well as the local clubs that were there. Especially whilst escorting Han Solo around the premises we gained a lot of attention -- and even had some escape attempts when his fellow Rebels spotted our prisoner. [75] 08.09.2024 -- Annotopia Rotenburg an der Fulda, Sunday Starting the day off strong, we immediately headed to the playground after the parade to have some fun fooling around, taking pictures and videos. For someone who'd claimed on Saturday morning that it was impossible for him to sit in his armor, TK-19525 adapted quickly and joined us in all sorts of shenanigans -- everything from the swings to a sand ceremony with our Tusken got explored and enjoyed. With better temperatures on Sunday we walked around a lot more, found a second playground and explored other costuming groups and their booths. The Annotopia is great in that it had just about everything: post-apocalyptic role play, zombies, orcs, trolls, superheroes... whatever you could think of that is fun, interactive and in character, it is there and it fits there. I became a zombie myself during our exploration, but luckily there were experts there who could help out. A bit of a random part of the event was where they'd organized a Wolverine/Hugh Jackman double to perform various songs on stage. But as confused as we'd originally been, the double was really, really close to what I've seen of Hugh Jackman so far and I very much regret not getting a better picture of him than the vastly zoomed in one I took of him on the stage. All in all a pretty fun weekend with some fantastic company! And given that it was my first weekend since finishing exams, I couldn't help but really really enjoy every minute of it. Note to self: two months is too long a time to go without trooping. [76] 14.09.2024 -- TimeWarp Braunschweig, Day 1 Why have one trooping weekend, if you could have two? Welcome to the day that I mostly spent behind the camera! The TimeWarp retro convention was held for the first time ever with a handful of vendors, a few star guests and a small, but steady stream of visitors gracing it's halls. We started off by touring around the area and spending a bit of money (I got a 1960's Batman comic!) on various merchandise. Having seen everything and with it being CX-37202's first troop in his Tech, we decided to show off this masterpiece. He'd spent two years bringing that armor to a seldom seen perfection, including working gadgets and lots and lots of electronics. With there being lots of space in our changing area it was the perfect opportunity to take different types of pictures -- everything from the Clone Bar on Coruscant to action scenes in Imperial facilities to dramatic chip removals from other Clones. I probably should've switched my phone to a professional camera and my armor into clothes with actual mobility at some point of this spontaneous photoshooting, but neither did any of us have a camera with us, nor did I think of changing. Oh well, we still got some incredible pictures out of it! And after the troop (and, yes, some more public appearances outside of the changing room as well) (and an armor switch, because I actually really love wearing Clone armor) we'd all gone for a nice joined meal, beat, but ready for Day 2. [77] 15.09.2024 -- TimeWarp Braunschweig, Day 2 Day 2 started off better than day 1, with us fooling around with the crew and with Deadpool and all the other cosplayers, instead of sticking mostly to our own as we'd done the previous day. There still wasn't too much foottraffic -- and they'd have deserved lots more visitors, cause it's a really cool convention -- but the people who were there enjoyed our shenanigans as much as we did ourselves. As a joke TK-71384 suggested that we should join the world championship happening at the convention (it was about cassette tape, so it would've been a pretty harmless joke, if a televised one). What started as a joke ended with our Sandtrooper as the new world champion, our pilot in third place and TK-19525 in second place! Congratulations! Now, that deserves FISD kudos! It's not every day that one of our own wins a world championship, and in full armor no less. What started as a fantastic day suddenly turned into one of my most depressing moments in armor in a matter of seconds. I'd been posing on this horse as a kid started up the mechanism, making me loose my hold and get an irreparable crack in my codpiece. My armor is pretty old and has been through a lot over these past few years, so I'm going to have to get myself new armor soon. Lucky for me, with some emergency repairs and lots of helpful advice from my fellow troopers, the armor should hold up for a couple more troops, I'll just have to be more careful. Maybe I should leave the horseriding to Deadpool in the future, he seems to be more of a natural in it. That heartbreak aside it was a really cool troop and I very much hope that they'll do another one of these next year! TK-66744 signing off

Troop #33 (161) Flower City Comic Con Gates, NY September 14, 2024

Leaps and bounds compared to the V1

Correct - hopefully you're pointing this out just as another way in which the new pauldron has improved over the original commissioned one Okay just a few more before I find time to put everything on again...

Here are all the hard parts: Helmet: Upper Armor (front/back/shoulder straps) Abdomen Backplate (I hope it's acceptable to ignore the fastener, its dissappearing under the upper part and is giving a better grip for a better fitting) Shoulders Bizeps Forearms Thight(s) (second following for obvious reasons) Shins Blaster

I give permission for FISD to repost my photos on social media in an appropriate fashion. XX=privat or unoffical troops GG=501st. (German Garrison troops) 2023 (15 total) Number: DD/MM/YYYY - Event Name / Location XX.--XX--01.05.2023 - Playground festival / Ellierrode (near Göttingen) 01.--GG--25.08.2023 - German Bone marrow donation at Gamescom / Cologne 02.--GG--26.08.2023 - Game-Day New Yorker Lions / Brunswick 03.--GG--02.09.2023 - Botanika goes Space / Bremen XX.--XX--09.09.2023 - District festival / Hann Münden XX.--XX--15.09.2023 - Birthday party for a Star Wars fan / Seulingen 04.--GG--23.09.2023 - Science Fiction Meeting / Speyer 05.--GG--24.09.2023 - Science Fiction Meeting / Speyer 06.--GG--08.10.2023 - Art and culture mile / Peine 07.--GG--14.10.2023 - Walking act at the Infa exhibition / Hanover 08.--GG--15.10.2023 - Walking act at the Infa exhibition / Hanover XX.--XX--31.10.2023 - Halloween House / Göttingen 09.--GG--09.12.2023 - Stars of the Galaxy / Bad Hersfeld 10.--GG--16.12.2023 - Dreamhack / Hanover 11.--GG--17.12.2023 - Dreamhack / Hanover (GG=11 / XX=04) 2024 Number: DD/MM/YYYY - Event Name / Location 12.--GG--10.02.2024 - Kreuznach fool's ride / Bad Kreuznach XX.--XX--12.03.2024 - The Music of Hans Zimmer and John Williams / Göttingen XX.--XX--30.03.2024 - Birthday party for a young Star Wars fan / Ellierrode (near Göttingen) XX.--XX--01.05.2024 - 25 years of Episode 1 in the Cinemaxx / Göttingen 13.--GG--03.05.2024 - Star Wars in Concert / Hamburg 14.--GG--04.05.2024 - Wedding at Wittgenstein Castle / Bad Laasphe 15.--GG--01.06.2024 - 40th annual meeting of the German Glass Bone Society / Duderstadt 16.--GG--08.06.2024 - Galactic Night in the Culture Museum / Goslar XX.--XX--27.07.2024 - Cosplay Convention at Alternative Bear Park / Worbis 17.--GG--23.08.2024 - Gamescom Controller Bandits 18.--GG--07.09.2024 - Annotopia Rotenburg / Rotenburg an der Fulda 19.--GG--08.09.2024 - Annotopia Rotenburg / Rotenburg an der Fulda 20.--GG--14.09.2024 - Time Warp Retro-Convention / Brunswick 21.--GG--15.09.2024 - Time Warp Retro-Convention / Brunswick 22.--GG--20.09.2024 - Intercultural Week / Hann. Münden 23.--GG--23.09.2024 - Science Fiction Meeting / Speyer 24.--GG--24.09.2024 - Science Fiction Meeting / Speyer XX.--XX--16.10.2024 - Hospital troop / Göttingen 25.--GG--26.10.2024 - Birthday party for a young Star Wars fan / Wolfsburg 26.--GG--27.10.2024 - Charity troop at the flea market / Wendeburg 27.--GG--31.10.2024 - Scary for the palliative care unit at the university hospital / Göttingen --More Reports and pictures coming soon--

Hey folks, Pretty late in my progress but I'll try to give all of you a bit of a overview along the progress. Pictures may vary a bit as I'm gathering all my pictures from all the different sources. Hope all of you got fun, as always I'm open to critics or suggestions! Started as a 3D-print, everything exept greeblies in ABS on my RatRig Vcore and my Bambu P1S I'll save you from a lot of sanding pictures, files was mixed for maximum perfection: Painted everything in Ral9016 Pretty happy with the paintjob, nearly too nice to destroy later on https://imgur.com/HlNQ0jf First fitting, don't judge yet, there is more to come and I'm still not done at the moment Fitted the Cogs, already gave me a good amount of headache Didn't like any colour I had so i mixed it myself Started Strapping Gold. A lot of gold (total run time for gold leaving approximatly 15h) Prepared Strips to make the border of the Kama Top already strapped, undersuit is still to loose and the wrong colour started weathering...and took everything of later on as I wasn't quite pleased I clear coated everything between 4 and 10 times to give the gold leaving enough protection (always freaked me out when the clear coat was drying) Sewing the undersuit tighter fitted the eyes perfectly (took a lot of trial and error!) Also looks pretty creepy from the inside Getting closer with fitting, ignore loose belts and neck seals! started weathering again after endless youtube sessions and trying to find my way gave everything after rethinking and redoing another coat of varnish, two heavy layers and one dusting to get the right sheen started with the blaster, not much to add here, mostly abs with a handle out of resin and knobs out of aluminium Shoulder belts added, waiting for the correct ones Kama, done by my wonderful friend Anne / @Xavenia (more on this later) coloured the undersuit darker Still a good amount of work, but I'm positive to be done soon!

If you know where this is from than you'll get it:

Thank you so much for this! Some great stuff in here

48. Flower City Comic Con, 15 September 2024 One of our members bought a very nicely designed white lightsaber with black trim (perfect TK colors!) which I had to pose with: Question: Is this a Jawa problem, or a droid problem?

Thanks for the feed back glen! I will be getting back at it in a day and will put what you said to work. So many suits and when looking at references , sometimes these small details are hard to see. Appreciate your help!

My question is are the inside of the forearms supposed to look different or trimmed to the same “u” shape. I have them trimmed to where the flash was. Normally the right and left sides are a different shape/size, same as screen suits Also, the bottom cod piece of very bland and no hard lines to see where to exactly shape it too, I have a rough pencil marking for now but curious any tips or tricks. Trim line looks fine Bicep with the thumb print goes on the left arm NOTES ON BICEPS: In the original films, many of the biceps had an indentation, or "thumbprint" (normally worn only on the left) on the inside. As the biceps are interchangeable, this is not a requirement for any level. You can take off all the return edge on the shoulder bells if you wish too Swoop on the shoulder bells goes to the front Note: For ANH S/H and ESB as mentioned in the CRL for basic approval, shoulder bells are interchangeable. However, note that many (but not all of) the originals contained a "swoop" (slight curvature on one side) at the bottoms, which should ideally face the front. Some armor makers have incorporated this detail into their molds, but some have not and many times troopers get them backward. This is not a requirement at any level. <--- Front References to other WTF forearm builds Found from searching that the left forearms have a slight curve to it while the right is more straight Left Wrist Left Elbow Sorry if I've missed anything.

Awesome Alex. congratulations!

Thanks gmrhodes13 for the first reviews! first point...not even the best sanding and finishing prevents you from tipping over a finshed prop, shoved it away for later all the time as its nearly invicible...but you are right, lets get this fixed! Also thanks for the second pic, helped me a lot! Think this is the way! EDIT: now I'm happy with it!

Nice work so far. Just watch out for print lines and cracks 3D printed components must have no visible print lines and must be smooth for a realistic appearance. You may also want to distress/weather your red cogs

If you use the "direct link" or link with the extension ie: .jpg, .png, .gif (or right click, copy and paste) your image will show in your post A good how too here

94. Orange Public Library Comic Con - Orange, CA - Sat. 9/14/2024 (ANH-S #64, FTE #73) It's the Crocs and the confidence for me

(I don't remember seeing one of this same meme format, but sorry if I re-did the same idea)

Welcome aboard Steven! Good luck

Welcome, Steven! Glen has you on the right track! Would be awesome to see you run with this new build! Whereabouts in TX are you? I grew up in Amarillo, and have family in SA. #GSG

Oh hello there I know you dare to join the Tk ranks huh? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks Chris for the kind words on my Armored imperial commando build. I will gladly help troopers who would like to start this build. I will also add content to my build thread you mentioned, in the upcoming months, to make it as complete as possible.

Could also be a good opportunity to create more than one CRL, build the base and then variants. Base Shock Desert (or what ever this is ) Pilot

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Alright, after getting excellent customer service from RS Prop Masters ("RSPM") who answered many questions within 24 hours, over the weekend, even when they are supposed to be closed, I have decided to commission an ABS set armor from them with an E-11 and DLT-19. I did go with ESB build as opposed to ANH. I decided on ABS over PVC because here in the northern areas of the Empire State, the cold is a reality almost 50% of the year. Apparently, according to RSPM, PVC gets brittle when exposed to cold temps, making ABS a better option for winter trooping and travel. Thanks to those who commented. Looking forward to becoming a part of the community. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As Glen mentioned, the "ideal" ear position has the top (round) part centered right below the rear of the trap, and in a perfect world it should cover the faceplate/cap seam completely. Note in the references how the bottom screw lines up with the rear angle of the trap. Sometimes the top 2 line up with that line, sometimes they are just close, which is fine and dandy. We aren't looking for perfection by any means, but it's important that the bottom should be angled back.

That's the one