WOW this is going to be super helpful for me, thank you for taking all of these detailed progress shots of the blaster!!

Has it been trimmed at all yet? My cousin's wife contacted me asking if I could recommend a kit for him, she wants to surprise him. He's a bigger guy, this is the kit for bigger guys, right?

An imperial presence was requested at "The Book Stall" bookstore in Winnetka, IL for DK Star Wars in Your Stocking http://us.dk.com/static/cs/us/11/features/swiys2011/ 2 Stormtroopers and a shadow scout suited up and made an entrance at 2:00 to a packed house! The store had taped off a corner for a ...

Quick Update:

Received the following from the event planner:

Thanks again! We had such a great time on Saturday, and our patrons really enjoyed having you all here!

And the library has posted their photos of the event: https://picasaweb.google.com/CookMemori ... y/StarWars

Imperial forces descended upon the Cook Memorial Library in Vernon Hills, IL to provide backup for their first ever Family Star Wars Party. As kids and their families entered, they were greeted by a stormtrooper and invited to use their passport to tour the planets of the galaxy far far away. The li...

Looks like a fun night, Brian! Love the youtube video. Nice job!! Would have been neat to hear the script read.

Great write-up Kevin!! It was fun, and you did an excellent job coordinating. Bumps in the road come with any event, it's how you handle them that counts! So nice job!

Welcome, Kyle!! Nice work on the scout, looking forward to trooping with you!

Nice work on making it to cnn.com (not that it's mentioned, but there's a picture from the screening!) That's awesome!!!! Who is the trooper in the picture?

cnn.com or
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/12/09/ka ... tml?hpt=C1

Thanks Javier! It was great meeting you too!

Great job!! If the BaB events weren't happening I would have been there for sure. Cheryl - your pink scout looks awesome!!

WOOHOO!!! Thanks everyone Couldn't be more excited to be a member of the garrison.

Thanks River!!

Yeah I should probably change the avatar, I wasn't initially going to apply until I finished the AP kit but that all changed after the weird al troop. I'll get on it!

Thanks!! :) What do I need to do next to get upgraded from an "imperial recruit" and registered in the 501st forums?

It's official!! I am now TK 4541 :) Just wanted to give a special thank you to everyone, you've been so welcoming and helpful! Especially: River, Neil, Brian, RDB, Whinter and Chris. I can't wait to get out there and troop with all of you! I went ahead and got my FX approved, but I'm still hard at w...

This was an amazing 1st troop in the white armor, thanks so much for letting me join in! I can still hear the crowd erupt when we walked on stage Definitely a moment I will never forget.

Alright alright, by popular request here's a progress picture. :) Bucket is mostly done, just need to upgrade the lenses and put in one of those hard hat liners. Someday I'll upgrade the mic tips but these will do for now. Today Neil and I added the mesh to the bucket teeth, and trimmed all 4 thigh ...

HUGE huge thank you to Neil for not only opening his home to me to work on my TK, but also for his help trimming the armor, which is not a fun job. I can't thank you enough! Once again, the generosity and kindness of the MWG members is demonstrated. And of course, it's always great to see Whinter to...

I'm still in!! Thanks again, Neil.

Neil - That is awesome, thank you so much!!! I really appreciate it. I will try and get as much done as I can to maximize the saturday, considering the box just showed up on my doorstep this week.

Thanks again, can't wait!