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Greeting all, Calling all attaches and approved 501st Stormtrooper members Last year, we launched a new campaign to further grow our ranks of Expert Infantry troopers. Advance to 1500! Link for the newsletter launch: March FISD Newsletter Advance to 1500 launch What is Expert Infantry you ask? Well, putting it simply, it's making some tweaks and minor additions or changes to your armour, edging closer to screen accuracy. Now EI as we call it, was introduced back in the day when we had very few vendors, and the armour itself wasn't as accurate as the superb level of kits we have available today. It was designed to make those kits, and FX specifically, look a little better. This tradition carried on, and over time it has become easier to build your armour to the EI level, with vendors making improvements and in some cases making easily available the little extra bits that make the difference. This is perfect for anyone joining the 501st and wanting a touch more authenticity without spending much more on achieving it. By its very design, EI was made to be easily achievable and low cost. A few years back, we developed a program called "March to 1000", the aim to hit 1000 troopers approved at EI level. We had a supportive merch run along the way, and achieved the 1000 mark a couple of years ago now, celebrating with a very special piece of merch many will remember for the Victory 1000. Now back to "Advance to 1500"....... Back in the March 23 newsletter, I mentioned we would have some incentives along the way to help us all sing the virtues of Expert infantry level, assist new and existing members to take on the easy challenge of building to, or upgrading their armour, and gain some more momentum. We also relaunched a new and improved Armorers award program in the slow build up of momentum towards our 1500 target. Well fellow troopers, the time is coming close to releasing our first real push with a special piece of merch that will help us get the word out on Advance to 1500. A talking piece, something many may find both cool and useful. I might now have your attention if you are reading this, but we are not quite ready to let you know what this item is yet, but we promise to announce it very soon. Come help us support fellow and new members in the endeavor to reach the goal of 1500 proud and approved Expert Infantry rank troopers. Here is a little teaser to spark your interest with more to come. And don't forget

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The 1500, force by numbers!

Hi, back from vacation! Here are the pics of the red lights in low ambient light conditions. The LED lights do interfere with the CCD camera sensors and the pictures are not representative of what the eye sees. In real, the lights are a pure RED (I used red LEDs for all lights except the jetpack for which I used a diffuse white LED and in front on them, I used red tinted clear plastic so that it still looks red if powered off, thus the only light emitted is red ), there is not yellow/white tint as the pictures tends to show when the CCD gets saturated. I tried my best to take a couple of light conditions with reflections that show how bright they are. They are clearly visible in daylight. N.B., the chest light is not mentioned in the CRL, but it should be included in the level 3 reference. Overall pictures of all the lights together. Zoom in on each component

Congratulations Trooper! Impressive! Most impressive~

Congratulations Trooper!

Please review these adjustments

After seeing Michael Rose do a solo event back in May, I felt I might as well jump in to the deep end of the pool. Signed up for another troop this weekend with some seasoned pros, will feel a lot easier.

Thank you for pointing out that I was missing photos. I must have misread the guide I was looking at. I have edited my original post to include those pictures. Please let me know if I am missing anything.

Very cool, and excellent promo video too! Bucket list for me.

Scrolling down to see your latest - The Death Trooper is great! Gonna be epic for upcoming Spooky season!

Thanks to both of you, especially for being that fast and sorry for taking so long to answer. Yea I figured that my painting skills don't meet level 2 standards I'll have a friend fix that for me, otherwise it will again look like a three year old painted it. That might take some time tho. Here's the missing pictures, except the action shot. That will follow once the helmet paintings are fixed. Hope thats all (except the action shot) Thank you for your effords

Finally, FISD’s turn for a sit-capable CRL.

Great work One small color detail on the heavy blaster is the rear sight is white not black like the standard blasters

Today's (May 26, 2022) update: Today I finished the build! The grand finale photo is below. There's definitely still some work that could be done along with the structural bracket to attach, but everything essential is in place. Now on to finish the TFA bucket I have and figuring out the actual purchase / build of a TFA kit itself... Final photo: