December 2012 Newsletter

[LadyInWhite[TK]]

 

 

From the DL

Around the Detachment

Tip of the Month

Troop of the Month

Trooper of the Month

FISD Web Site What's Up

Swag Report

 

 

 

Greetings, Fellow Troopers,

 

The holiday season is upon us. I know that a lot of the Troopers out there are doing parades and a lot of charity events like "Toys For Tots" and "The Empty Stocking Fund." I also know that the 501st Legion is a costuming group, but it truly does warm my heart to know how much good this organization can do and how we can make a difference in someone's life and in this world. So, buckets off to everyone out there that is giving their all!

 

Contributor Badges and "How To" Tutorials

 

A few of our web tools are being switched around. Some great tutorials are being added into the TKipedia. A special thanks to Darth Aloha for his hard work here. I am very pleased to know that these will help any future members to make their TK build or upgrade an easier one.

 

There has been a special contributors badge made up for the ones that have done and the ones that are stepping up to make some awesome how tos and tutorials. So, I challenge all of you to take the time to put forth some great information out there so you can earn a contributor's badge. A special thanks to Damian for designing the badge.

 

 

The FISD Brochure

 

Back at C6, I designed a brochure to help promote the FISD website. I was pleased to find out that the brochure was one of the hot tickets for handouts at the 501st table. The unfortunate matter is that the computer that I designed the brochure on was an 11 year old computer that crashed. Since then, I have been trying to find someone that could recover the information that I lost when the computer crashed. I finally gave up the ghost and recently purchased Photoshop and redesigned and did some upgrading to the brochure. We have it posted now in a PDF for all the TK's out there so they can have it professionally printed or they can print it home. (PDF Link coming shortly.) The brochure will help promote at events/troops and inform anyone wishing to know more about the Stormtrooper costuming and guide them down the right path of making the best TK they can for the 501st Legion.

 

The Brochure is a "Z" style tri-fold (8.5 tall x 11 wide).

 

Front/inside:

 

 

Backside/poster:

 

 

I tweaked everything.........even my brain....LOL

 

 

The Remainder Of The Year

 

Even though the year is winding down, there are still a lot of great things to come for the FISD. One of the little treats will be that we hopefully will have the Kashyyyk Stormtrooper (KTK) as one of the new costumes for the Legion within this month.

 

I am going to be like Santa and keep the rest of these gifts a secret until they are opened. So look for some good surprises coming very soon.

 

 

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all!!!

 

With Unquestioned Loyalty,

 

Tom Gardner

TK-5940 "RogueTrooper"

FISD Detachment Leader

 

 

 

 

Just a quick recap of NOVEMBER's activity:

 

Centurion Awards: 7 (total 69)

Expert Infantry Awards: 11 (total 288)

 

We are so close to the "Road to 300" - can we do it by the end of the year?

 

Fire Team Tally: 11 total

Attache Tally: 0 new

 

What's an Attache? Someone in your garrison who represents FISD with the friendly "Troopers Helping Troopers" spirit! Is that you? Volunteer today!

 

New member registrations: 150

Active members in forums: 385 new topics and 6281 posts

 

Reported Field Exercises: 31 (Awesome!)

 

Check here to experience them all!

 

Twitter Followers as of 11/30: 552

Facebook Followers as of 11/30: 1503

 

Do you know of people in your garrison who don't regularly visit whitearmor.net, but might benefit from the FISD and Legion updates, as well as tips and some community-oriented fun? Invite them follow us on Twitter or Facebook.

 

With Unquestioned Loyalty,

 

Ingrid Moon

TK-6818 “LadyInWhiteâ€

Public Relations Officer

 

 

 

 

This month's newsletter tip is all about the knee pack. Call it the knee ammo or knee battery pack, either way its the thing that sits at the bottom of the right thigh. Many people struggle with getting this just right. Thanks to our DO's tutorial, we will explain how to trim the curve properly. In addition we have a few screen shots from our reference gallery that show where to place the knee pack on the thigh itself.

 

Once you have determined the proper length take a standard sized spray can and lay out your curve. Ensure that the bottom edge of the belt and the side edge of the belt are tangential to the curve of the can. The photos below are self explanatory.

 

 

 

When it comes to attaching your knee pack to the thigh, the split or cap rivet should go through upper corner of the knee pack and into the center of the thigh's lower ridge. If that makes no sense please look at these images for clarification. The front box must be centered on the thigh cover strip.

 

Click on an image to see the larger more detailed version in the FISD reference gallery.

 

 

 

 

 

Below is an example taken from a Centurion request of the past that shows where to place the rivet through the thigh pack and thigh ridge.

 

Please post on the FISD forums if you have questions about this or any tip of the month.

 

With Aloha and Unquestioned Loyalty,

 

Eric Brager

TK-9674 “Darth Alohaâ€

Chief Tactical Officer

 

 

 

What a month of amazing trooping opportunities from all over the world. We had troopers patrolling Holiday parades, toy, memorabilia and Lego events, bowling, hockey promos, photo shoots on Tatooine ( (ok not really but close enough) and even had troopers starring in a movie. It is so very difficult to decide which one deserves to be the Troop of the Month as they are all important in so many different ways.

 

In the sprit it of making children smile and giving back to those who have helped you in the past, this month's Troop of the Month is the Lurie's Children's Hospital Visit. A Big Shout Out goes to Carlos (Solcar23) and the Midwest Garrison in partnership with the local Rebel Legion. This was a troop featuring a who's who of great OT icon characters: Stormtrooper, Scout Trooper, Lord Vader, Boba Fett, Tie Pilot, Han, Leia and Chewbacca ... SWEET!

 

Everyone got into the act and did their very best to brighten the day of many children at the hospital. I won't spoil this any further as the troop report really does a fantastic job of summarizing the event. Once more, congrats Carlos and team.

 

 

 

 

 

Check out all the troop reports from the last month and those posted for December already. Also, keep your eyes peeled Christmas Day to see our fantastic folks from Florida taking part in Disney's Christmas Parade.

 

With Unquestioned Loyalty,

 

Charles Bowes

TK-25267 “Clamps†(known in these parts as Chookaboom)

Imperial Propaganda Machine

 

 

 

Do you need a TK to fight teddy bears? How about escort a bounty hunter back to his ship on Bespin? What about a Stormtooper to be stationed on the Death Star and have his armor easily stolen by a scruffy nerf herder? Or maybe you require a TK to run around the halls of the Death Star and shoot wildly and consistently miss a 10' tall, slow-moving Wookiee each time. If you answered yes to all four questions, FISD has a single trooper for all of these jobs.

 

Congratulations to Frank aka rhapsodyred99, our December 2012 Trooper of the Month.In what seems like very short order Frank has attained the goal of getting all the TKs from the three original trilogy movies approved. His Return of the Jedi was awarded the prestigious 69th Centurion. The armor is from CFO. It marks the first CFO kit to win this award, and only FISD's second Return of the Jedi Centurion. I would expect Frank to apply for Expert Infantry and Centurion for his other three costumes shortly. Congrats trooper. Report to the Death Star immediately with your four changes of armor for any occasion.

 

 

With Aloha and Unquestioned Loyalty,

 

Eric Brager

TK-9674 “Darth Alohaâ€

Chief Tactical Officer

 

 

 

I should change this section to "FISD Web Server What's up" because I'm more of a server minded guy. Thankfully our DL just hired Dmian as our forum web master and forum admin. Congratulations and welcome back are in order.

 

Speaking of web design, I intend to disable all 2011 related skins shortly after this newsletter drops. You will be forced to use the FISD 2012 theme when the 2011 ones go away. Please don't be alarmed if the FISD forums look different when you log in. The A New Hope theme will also still be available. RogueTrooper will be commissioning a new theme for 2013 from Dmian. We will let you know when the new theme is imminent.

 

Many forum users rarely pay attention to the top navigation tabs of the FISD forum. There are two relatively new website sections that you may not have noticed. We have a reference gallery that houses 1895 screen captures from all three original trilogy movies and EU video games. You can find general costume part reference photos as well as photos from the LucasFilm archives. If you are building a TK this is your best place to judge your screen accuracy, rather than other 501st members' photos.

 

The other new section is the tutorials or TK Information Post (TIP.) As useful posts come up we will be promoting them to become a permanent site tutorial and put into an easy to find category. The collecting has just begun and we anticipate the HOW TO tutorial area to grow quickly. If one of your posts is selected to become a tutorial you will get a little badge next to your name that says "contributor" to let everyone know that you are one of righteous FISD troopers helping troopers. We are making the call for strapping tutorials right now. If you have a nice clean build with snap plates please post how you did it with high quality photos and you may find your post immortalized as a tutorial for all to use.

• Reference Gallery
  
• Tutorials
  

There are two other forum features on the horizon. First is a portal page that incorporates an article system for us to publish newsletters and detachment related documents. The next thing further down the feature road is what we are calling the TiKipedia. There will be an Tikipedia entry for every part in the CRL explaining what it is, how it is assembled, and where to find the part. Stay tuned for that in Q1 of 2013.

 

Of course here is this month's Google Analytics statistics:

 

 

With Aloha and Unquestioned Loyalty,

 

Eric Brager

TK-9674 “Darth Alohaâ€

Chief Tactical Officer

 

 

 

 

FISD SERIES TRADING CARDS are all the rage right now, and FISD's official trading card line is OPEN!

 

Don't be confused by the "2010" posting. This 2012 baby is an extension of that series and is going on NOW. The 2010 instructions in the first post have been updated for the current 2012 run.

 

• Instructions
  
• Submissions
  
• Backgrounds
  
• Proofs
  

WINTER PATCH RUN!

 

Get 'em while they're hot! The winter patch run includes blue and red FISD patches, beret flashes, and EI and Centurion rockers. It's the patch extravaganza you've been waiting for so you can show off your unquestioned loyalty!

 

 

OTHER STUFF

 

There are a lot of other ideas and interest threads floating around in the general Detachment Merch threads, so take a look and see if anything interests you.

 

Why don't you pair a FISD 5th Anniversary card with your new FISD Trading Card?

 

 

With Unquestioned Loyalty,

 

Ingrid Moon

TK-6818 “LadyInWhiteâ€

Public Relations Officer

 

 

 

Don't Forget We're on Facebook and Twitter!

 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/whitearmor

Now with "tip of the week" and other ongoing discussions. If you're on FB, stop by and say hi, ask questions, and share stories!

 

Twitter: www.twitter.com/FISD501st or @FISD501st

From crazy TK merch findings to minute-by-minute Death Star climate control updates, follow FISD on Twitter!

 

With Unquestioned Loyalty but some degree of Questionable Sanity,

 

Ingrid Moon

TK-6818 “LadyInWhiteâ€

Public Relations Officer

 

Special thanks to

 

Jennifer Riddle........................Andrea Loar

TK-9496 “jnnfr72â€....................TK-6093 “Picklesâ€

of the Imperial Propaganda Department

 

On behalf of the 1st Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment Command Staff.

 

End Transmission.

 

 

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[Solcar23[TK]]

Wonderful job guys! I'm honored to have my troop picked for the TOTM! As usual, this newsletter is chock full o' awesomeness!!!

 

Congrats also go to Frank for Trooper of the Month!!!

 

 

[Mogwai[TK]]

As good as usual. Great Newsletter

Can`t wait for the next one!

 

And Congrats to Frank!

[Mongoose[TK]]

Another great read. Will be looking for the pdf file of the brochures fo sure.

[TK-42779[501st]]

I look forward to these every month, keep them coming team.

[Clamps[TK]]

Well done everyone another great newsletter. I love the brochure!!!

[Techne[TK]]

I like these newsletters.

 

But, and I really hate to say this, the back of the brochure/poster spells "unquestioned" wrong at the top. It's missing the "u."

[Darth Aloha[Admin]]

Unquestioned spelling! (Until now)

 

-Eric

[TK-42779[501st]]

I like these newsletters.

 

But, and I really hate to say this, the back of the brochure/poster spells "unquestioned" wrong at the top. It's missing the "u."

 

Nice catch! I'm usually quite the grammar hammer but I missed that, I'll chalk it up to viewing it on my phone. Lol

[LadyInWhite[TK]]

I like these newsletters.

 

But, and I really hate to say this, the back of the brochure/poster spells "unquestioned" wrong at the top. It's missing the "u."

 

There's a reason why the PDF isn't linked yet Good catch!

[gmrhodes13[Staff]]

Another great read, well done again everyone

[jnnfr72[TK]]

Love reading these! Congratulations, Frank! Well done!!!

[dgcook[TK]]

I really look forward to these. Thanks for all of your hard work!

[Dark Trooper[TK]]

Thanks for all you do for us

[Mongoose[TK]]

Just noticed that on the backside of the trifold pamphlet Unquestioned Loyalty is written as Unqestioned Loyalty.

 

 

Guess I should have read a little higher. Funny.

Edited December 11, 2012 by Pfneisl

[captsafe66[Admin]]

Another Great edition!!!

 

Thanks to you all!

[Teach]

Great looking newsletter. Thanks for all the time and effort you've put into designing and publishing it.

[Griffin-X[TK]]

Awesome way to close out the 2012 year. Great newsletter!

[Fleetfang[TK]]

There's a reason why the PDF isn't linked yet Good catch!

 

Ingrid, if you could email a final draft of the FISD tri-fold to the Legion PR Officers (pro@501st.com) for final approval before issuing it for distribution, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

Nice work on the newsletter, Tom!

But if I'd known that the Lurie Hospital event was going to be publicized on the FISD, I might have worn my TK, rather than represent the Scruffy Nerfherder that day.

 

Cheers, troops!

[sskunky]

Nice one Eric!

 

Congratulations Frank..... again!.....

[RogueTrooper[TK]]

IBut if I'd known that the Lurie Hospital event was going to be publicized on the FISD, I might have worn my TK, rather than represent the Scruffy Nerfherder that day.

 

Cheers, troops!

 

But you are one of the better looking Solo's Brian. Next time we will need you to play Han as Han plays a TK...LOL

 

 

 

Congratz Frank on TOTM!!!!

[Plastic Soldier]

Great work on the newsletter and way to go Frank, your obsession knows no bounds! Just kidding, you do our Garrison proud,

[Oztrooper[TK]]

I love getting this Newsletter...Great job everyone !!!

[Dutchtrooper[TK]]

Links to patches and beret brings up an error... HELP!

[svache[501st]]

Links to patches and beret brings up an error... HELP!

They're only available to 501st members and posted in the 501st threads on this forum. If you are a member of the 501st, you need to specify this in your profile and have someone (like an admin) 'make the switch' so you get access to those threads