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1. Girl Scout GIRL Expo, Fresno – 1/23 The one you can't really see in the back left. (Which sort of was a trend for a while...)

2016: Girl Scout GIRL Expo, Fresno – 1/23 Star Wars Day @ DJs Collectibles, Hanford – 1/30 Ani-Me Con Day 1, Fresno – 2/20 Ani-Me Con Day 2, Fresno – 2/21 Weekend Blender (Spring), Clovis – 3/5 Spring Fling, Hanford – 3/19 Spring Community Health Fair, Dinuba – 4/2 Eaton Elementary Carnival, Fresno – 4/8 Able Advocates Pancake Breakfast, Fresno – 4/9 Hanford Mall Kids Day, Hanford – 4/16 Star Wars Day at the Sacramento Zoo, Sacramento – 4/30 Honor Guard for John Salles, Merced – 5/3 May the 4th Be With You at TGI Friday's, Fresno – 5/4 Star Wars Fans Blood Drive, Fresno – 5/7 Rata Pancake Breakfast, Fresno – 5/14 V Town Roller Derby, Visalia -5/21 Superhero Run, Fresno – 5/22 Kids Safety Awareness Day, Hanford – 5/29 Memorial Day 10k Walk, Fresno – 5/30 Fresno Grizzlies Star Wars Weekend - Day 1, Fresno – 6/10 Fresno Grizzlies Star Wars Weekend - Day 2, Fresno – 6/11 Independent Living Program's High School Gala, Fresno – 6/17 Modesto Con - Day 1, Modesto – 7/9 Stockton Con - Day 1, Modesto – 8/20 Weekend Blender (Fall), Fresno – 9/10 Make Matthew Smile, Stockton – 9/24 First Annual Fallen Heroes Car Show, Fresno – 10/1 ZappCon - Day 1, Fresno – 10/15 Zoo Boo - Day 1, Fresno – 10/21 Zoo Boo - Day 2, Fresno – 10/22 Zoo Boo - Day 3, Fresno – 10/28 Legends Free Halloween Comic Book Day, Fresno – 10/29 Central Valley Walk to End ALS, Fresno – 10/30 Toys for Tots Marathon Day 1, Fresno – 12/3 Modesto Festival of Lights Parade, Modesto – 12/3 Rogue One Premiere, Modesto – 12/17 2017: Lemoore Naval Base Rogue One - Day 1, Lemoore – 1/20 4-H Conference @ Wonder Valley, Sanger – 1/28 Music of John Williams w/ The Stockton Symphony, Stockton – 2/25 Tulare Sci Fi Con - Day 1, Tulare – 3/11 AniMe Con - Day 1, Fresno – 3/18 Superhero Run, Fresno – 3/25 Able Advocates Pancake Breakfast, Fresno – 4/8 Make a Wish for Nalynn, Fresno – 4/8 Children's Hospital Run with the Heroes, Madera – 4/22 Star Wars Fans Blood Drive II – The Drive Strikes Back, Fresno – 5/6 Imperial Fanfest, Clovis – 5/6 V-Town Roller Derby, Visalia – 5/13 Carry the Load 10k Walk, Clovis – 5/29 Grizzlies' Promo w/ KSEE24 Sunrise, Fresno -6/14 Fresno Grizzlies' Star Wars Night. Fresno – 6/17 Weekend Blender (Summer), Clovis – 8/12 – And Induction of Margo Apostolos as Honorary 501st Member! Be Your Own Hero Walk/Run, Hanford – 8/27 Lemoore Naval Base NEX Cares, Lemoore – 9/16 CenCal Muscle Walk, Fresno – 9/23 Zoo Boo - Day 1, Fresno – 10/20 Heroes for the Cause Blood Drive, Fresno – 11/4 Clovis Children's Electric Christmas Parade, Clovis - 12/2 2018: 59. Madera South High School Fashion Show, Madera - 2/9 60. Family Fun Festival, Fresno - 4/13 61. Star Wars Fans Blood Drive III - Return of the Blood Drive, Fresno - 5/5 62. Yokomi Elementary School Spring Concert, Fresno - 5/31 63. Red Ribbon Week, Fowler - 10/26 64. Valley Deaf Festival, Fresno - 11/17 65. Clovis Children's Electric Christmas Parade, Clovis - 12/1 66. Tehipite Middle School Winter Fest, Fresno - 12/7 67. Zoo Lights @ The Fresno Chaffee Zoo, Fresno - 12/8 68. CHP Kids' Christmas Party, Fresno - 12/15 2019: 69. Sequoia Symphony - Great Movies, Great Music, Visalia - 3/2 70. Able Advocates Pancake Breakfast, Fresno - 4/6 71. Spring Fest at Tehipite, Fresno - 4/11 72. Human Good Corp. Anniversary Dinner, Fresno - 5/1 73. Fresno Grizzlies Star Wars Night Promo Filming, Fresno - 5/3 74. Spring Carnival, Laton - 5/3 75. Sunnyside Library MT4BWY, Fresno - 5/4 76. Valley Animal Center Super Adoption, Fresno - 5/4 77. Gillis Library MT4BWY, Fresno - 5/4 78. Sanger National Night Out, Sanger - 8/6 79. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Strings Attached Tour, Sacramento - 8/11 80. MDA Muscle Walk, Fresno - 9/14 81. Spooktacular, Clovis – 10/24 82. Eaton Elementary Harvest Carnival, Fresno – 10/25 83. SunMaid Family Appreciation Harvest Festival, Kingsburg – 10/26 84. Hydrocephalus Walk, Fresno - 11/10 85. 100th Annual Veterans Day Parade, Fresno - 11/11 86. Hanford Christmas Parade, Hanford - 11/29 87. Zoo Lights @ The Fresno Chaffee Zoo, Fresno - 11/30 88. Toys for Tots Marathon Weekend (Day 3), Fresno - 12/8 89. Rise of Skywalker Premiere (Day 1), Fresno - 12/19 90. Rise of Skywalker Premiere (Day 2), Fresno - 12/20 91. Rise of Skywalker Premiere (Day 3), Fresno - 12/21 92. Rise of Skywalker Premiere (Day 3), Fresno - 12/22 2020: 93. Rise of Skywalker @ Lemoore NAS, Lemoore - 1/31 94. The Weekend Blender (Day 1), Clovis, CA - 2/22 95. The Weekend Blender (Day 2), Clovis, CA - 2/23 96. Fowler Trunk or Treat Drive Through, Fowler, CA - 10/29 2021: 97. StocktonCon - Day 1, Stockton, CA - 9/11 (Phasma) 98. Zoo Boo (Day 2), Fresno, CA - 10/30 99. Festival of Lights, Sacramento, CA - 12/11 (Reindeer Phasma) 2022: 100. Easter Egg Hunt @ First Street Church, Fresno, CA – 4/16 101. Star Wars Night with the Fresno Grizzlies, Fresno, CA - 5/6 (Phasma) 102. Star Wars Night with the Modesto Nuts, Modesto, CA - 5/14 (Phasma) 103. Star Wars Night with the Sacramento Rivercats, Sacramento, CA - 7/16 (Phasma) 104. Star Wars Night with the Reno Aces, Reno, NV - 7/30 (Phasma) 105. Weekend Blender (Fall), Clovis, CA - 8/20 106. Central Valley Fallen Heroes Car Show, Clovis, CA - 9/24 2023: 107. Fresno State Men's Basketball Star Wars Night, Fresno, CA - 1/14 (Phasma) 108. Walk MS, Fresno, CA - 4/1 109. Fresno Grizzlies Baseball Star Wars Night, Fresno, CA - 5/12 2024: 110. MT4BWY/FCBD @ DJ's, Hanford, CA - 5/4 (Phasma)

Ha, my two favorites are (currently) in the lead... Honestly I wouldn't be disappointed with any of these, though. Great work, designers!

Looking pretty good! Soon enough SVS should have another EIB in our ranks!

THANK YOU.

Yeah, every time I see that image I have to quiet my utter rage... I've done my best to update my own posts, but the build threads especially are just gutted, on ALL our forums, which is disastrous and frustrating. Also when you realize that whiteamor has spoiled you and other detachments don't have near the wealth of build threads to begin with. Curse Photobucket!

Have: 501st: TK - ESB TK DZ - Jawa TI - TIE Reserve IC - ROTJ Crewman ID - Staff Officer (Black) ID - Warrant Officer IG - Gunner TI - ANH TIE Pilot TX - Shadow Scout ID - Social Officer (Solo) ID - Line Officer (Olive) ID - Admiral Daala (Olive uniform) IC - ANH Crewman IC - ESB Crewman RL: Willrow Hood Jawa (dual membership) Jedi (generic) - Servina Crooow (guess that reference! Hint: they're two snarky robots from a cult TV series, now resurrected) In Progress: 501st: TK - Phasma Mando: My Mando - gotta get that trifecta of clubs! Plus our local Mandos are awesome and I'd love to troop with them as one of them not just as a sister club. Someday this would be cool (eventually, no timeline): 501st: BH - ESB Boba Fett BH - Boushh (might try for dual Rebel Legion membership, but I don't like that they have hair requirements, even if you don't take off your helmet) TD - Sandy (Desert Foxes and SWAT!) TS - Snowtrooper (maybe, if I ever move somewhere actually cold, or just when I run of out of other costumes I want to do) I've come to the conclusion I'm addicted to collecting Detachments (and patches). Non-SW: Artemis Engineer - Artemis isn't a Star Trek game, but it's the Star Trek game you've always wanted. It's a space ship bridge simulator game where you have a team and each member mans a different station (Captain, Engineer, Weapons, Helm, Communications and Science). Check it out here- it's super fun! (If you do a costume though you will spend the entire time explaining what it is. I still love how mine came out, though). Klingon - TNG (the best kind of Klingon, honestly) Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas (I was gonna make it, but then I found a dead-accurate awesome one on Etsy and it's not a ton more than I'd probably end up spending on fabric and supplies, so now I'm conflicted). Jessica Rabbit - I also need to upgrade this one to actual wearable without terrifying potential for wardrobe malfunctions status (it's mostly possible in the sense you have to modify it from the cartoon to fit a real human anyway). In progress (sort of): Ariel from The Little Mermaid - She has always been my favorite Disney Princess. I have the fabric and the pattern, have I done anything else with it? Nope.

Here's the links to my: EIB Thread - #574 Centurion Thread - #284

To be a part of something so amazing, so passionate, with unparalleled (and unquestioned) loyalty to the 501st, the Legion’s causes, and to each other. (Let's be honest- that picture says it all, but I felt like I needed to write something anyway!)

Whoo, another potential Centurion! I did Centurion from the start as well, with AM2 armor. I contacted RT-Mod for a replacement back plate. Interestingly, in researching, I discovered that the CRL for ESB TKs indicates AM 1.0 chest is to be replaced, and AM (not specified 1 or 2) back plate to be replaced; however, on ANH Hero and Stunt, it's listed as AM chest and back plates to be replaced, without specifying 1.0 or 2.0. (I did ESB). I'm inclined to say it's an oversight in the language, as the reference image on all three CRLs is exactly the same. But, full disclaimer: I have no actual authority on this, so this is just my humble opinion. (Anyone with knowledge and/or such authority, please chime in- I'm curious to know for future reference as well). I've also heard AM2 is now accurate for all levels, but I've not seen one in person or a photo to accurately judge for myself. I bought my kit about two years ago, and had to upgrade the back plate (if I can find a picture of both versions, I'll add them, the difference is pretty obvious side by side). My recommendation is do what I did- order the AM, check out your pieces and determine if replacement parts are necessary, if not, build to Centurion and done. If needed, get replacements on order, build to Centurion minus those requirements, join in the Legion and all the fun, then swap out once they arrive and apply for EIB/Centurion. Good luck!

Holster (and its attachment to belt), helmet details (decal only for ESB Centurion v. hand-painted only for ANH Centurion; black frown v. gray frown, color variation, different number of teeth cut out, maybe?), Snowie hand plates (and how they attach), no bubble lenses, and blaster (stripped down from ANH version; there are also two ESB versions, but I couldn't begin to tell you the difference). Maybe one other tiny detail, but yeah, like everyone else said, pretty dang close. I took the second and third bullet to mean the bridges free float in the back, but are held in place/connected by the white elastic band, and the elastic or webbing connector (elastic stretched out in two troops in my experience, got replaced with webbing), which are snapped to the chest and back plates. The free-float also, in my experience, makes it easier to get on and off, an puts less stress on the bridges themselves, so less potential for cracking. Here's my photos:

Two of us TKs in the Squad have a pair of those- they are so much fun! Not to be worn at canon-troops, but the vast majority of our troops aren't cannon, so not a big deal. It's also kind of hilarious how inept you can be trying to hold them up to open them and get them onto a potential prisoner because you can't see very well while wearing your helmet. Another Squad member painted a pair gray and carries them with his Naval Trooper.

Your hand-painting on your bucket is fantastic.

So are anything Rubies, but people still buy them...

Congratulations! Welcome to the Centurion club!

I have no intention of buying this (I plan do get Jimmi's when the time comes), but I was curious if anyone knew anything about it: https://www.amazon.com/Stormtrooper-Captain-Phasma-Armor-Costume/dp/B01MRV40BU Seller is "Thor's Costumes and Hobbies." Specifically states "Meets or exceeds all requirements for 501st club accuracy and detail." in the description. Maybe he's a legit dude; though with so few Phasma and TFA makers... I can't help but wonder. Edit: Yeah, I figured this was bunk. I reported inaccurate info to Amazon- does not meet, let alone exceed 501st requirements. Those knee plates just look wrong to me, among other things. Mentioned is unauthorized re-casting, but Amazon likely doesn't know what that means. *Link updated

Your helmet looks great! Good luck!

Rebecca Beiderwell TK-29118 Letter Andrew http://www.whitearmor.net/eib/certificates/29118-centurion.png

You can never use too many clamps. Also, when putting your velcro on the back of the shins, I recommend using E6000 or whatever glue you're using to adhere it, even if it's sticky-back already. Sticky back just isn't strong enough to hold up to opening and closing, and if you live anywhere where it will get hot, the glue will melt and it will come off and be a big mess. I learned about the heat = glue mess from another project. If you're not using sticky-back then it's kind of a moot point because you'll need to glue it anyway.

I did Eastbay originally, and just used a sharpie to black out the gray lines in case they showed. It needed to be touched up after every wash and/or a few troops, and I had a tenancy to get sharpie all over me in the process, but otherwise it was doable. Eventually I found a random brand without seams (here's the men's version, I think: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B017ULOWSM?m=A2IFB4OR508H7D&ref_=v_sp_widget_detail_page&th=1). I still use the Easbay tops and they're great. Just pick off the Eastbay logo at the bottom.

Nice job on the teeth- very clean. If the hot water bath isn't enough to round out the forearms (it wasn't for me), then you can c-clamp it and use a heat gun (very carefully). Keep up the good work!

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Top post updated.

D'oh! Here you go: