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Happy Holidays to everyone in the Empire!




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Woohoo.... Now get to work scanning stuff LOL

My scanning crew costume was approved and I was assigned my number today IC 10446!
This is just a dream come true. I am so excited. Thanks to you guys and gals for all of the great advice. 

Alright folks.
The plan is for this to go live in early January.  But there will be a window where the current version and the new iteration will both be valid options for new approvals.
That's not an Earth shattering announcement, but it's where we are.
So enjoy the holidays!  We'll have this polished and ready after that.
- Jeff

Sorry for the delayed (several times) updates.  Look for an announcement on 6 December 2020, aka tomorrow.
- Jeff

Looks awesome! In regards to your pant legs puffing up at the top of your boots, a great option I use, is adopted from the military. Boot Blousers. Just tuck and fold your pant ends around your ankles nice and snug and wrap the blousers around the ankles. It keeps your pants nice and snug inside your boots and are Velcro, so you can adjust them if they are too tight. You can find them on Amazon or any military surplus shop and they are really inexpensive.

Ditto, for the ANH version i think you might have the wrong compad on!
 
 
 
 
 
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Sorry kman, just seeing this! I don't Iron my uniform, I have it dry cleaned. It doesn't mess up the puff! 

did a troop at a local ShopRite Saturday dressed as krennic and i was mistaken for as a employee 

Some CRL's have detail pages for certain parts. Like the ANH tie pilot helmet page. Maybe we should make those for the rank bars, code cylinder, code disk, and belt boxes. Ide be happy to help write that!

The moment yall have been waiting for! Sorry for the delay! 

We also see a “staff officer” piloting a Gozanti.  Get ready for the JRS to try and poach   

Even I have been called Vader when wearing my Gunner! So not just Tie pilots!

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I did a charity party recently in my TIE Pilot and a person called me Darth Vader. I have heard this is super common among TIE Pilots so much so there is a patch from the JRS that says #NOTVADER

Already covered 

I've asked a couple of women at a movie premier if they wanted me to take a picture of them with our costumed characters. One of them replied, "No thanks! We're not Trekkies."

Hey guys!
 
Coming back from a funeral, I felt a little upset, so to make myself feel better, I did what any self-respecting star wars fan does: watch other star wars fans dress up as their favorite characters in parades. I went to eat dinner, and found suddenly I'm watching videos from an official 501st youtube channel!
 
This lead me to a single question...
 
WHY THE BIBBITY BOBBITY ISN'T THIS POSTED ANYWHERE?!
 
I've included a link at the end of this for those who also are unaware of this. I'm watching the Spec Ops and Pathfinders detachments go through their costumes and CRLs, I see Kylo Ren reading a star wars story, and what hurts the most is that most of these videos have less than 100 views! 
 
This is a wonderful resource that we should make plainly available here on the IOC, and I really hope to see some IOC videos get published as well!
 
Not to throw shade at any detachment, but the biggest reason I went Officer and not Death Trooper was because I couldn't actually find the SpecOps forums... I asked and no one would help me with my link issues...
 
So, who else thinks that the youtube channel should be posted SOMEWHERE here? What kind of videos can members(Cause I still got some time before I submit) begin dreaming up? Do you need music for them(Please say yes)? And where is the video about how IOC is the best detachment?
 
Thanks guys!
 
Note: Any indignation or ingratitude expressed above is purely for comedic purposes and is not in any way reflective of actual resentment held by the speaker. Except for the IOC being the best. That's objective fact.
 
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0RPXPnp77ytAiOO5i___GQ

At the moment, we're sorting out the least disruptive way to implement this.  Also, the naming convention is a sticking point.
I want to have an announcement very, very soon.
- Jeff

Hahahaha...... I was talking to my father about getting back into the 501st again (1999-2003 Active) and since I am sure he has nothing better to do, he dug this old treasure up out of the old family photos. Now if I can find a big enough set of PJ's to recreate the picture this Christmas LOL 
December 25th 1983
 

Whilst I enjoyed the first book in the new series I have not been overly impressed with them all so far, however im loving this one.

I have put together a communicator for some upcoming Transportation Officers in my garrison. Wanted to share it out for anyone to use.

 
 
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4563778

Not every Legion member has their own design.  In fact, I'd say relatively few do.  Mostly people with the talent to do the art themselves, or the strong desire to have someone do it for them (as a favor, perhaps, or for a commission fee?).  Then you have to actually buy the custom patches/stickers, which are not cheap given setup fees and the quantity needed to purchase.  But there's no one in the Legion who has the job of creating personal designs for every new trooper... that would be crazy, fast.
 
Many, but not all (as Jeff noted... there are plenty of people who are not interested in merch) people like to collect patches and such from their Garrisons and groups around the world, and trading is a fairly popular pastime at large get-togethers, or when visiting other groups.  Personal patches get traded as well, of course, for those who have them, although unless they're particularly compelling for some reason (or you're particularly popular), they don't tend to have as much value as official Legion stuff does.  (Obviously a good friend will be more interested than a total stranger)
 
The 501st Legion name, Garrison Names, Squad names, and all the various official logos are not allowed to be on personal merchandise.  But beyond that, since it's your personal merchandise, you can do anything you want with it.  The Legion is not involved, except to make sure their protected names and logos are not being used.  (Disney limits how much official merchandise can be made, since it's their intellectual property and copyrighted material we're working with, so our logos can't be used. If they were, it would look like we're trying to get around their rules and limits, and it's dangerous to bite the hand that allows us to play!)
 
All that being said, we're all Star Wars geeks here, so whip up something cool and show us! LOL

A friend of mine in Phoenix, who isn't a 501st member, decided to help the cause using one of my application pictures.
 

 
 
For the Empire!