reiner1967

Welcome back and good luck! Keep my fingers crossed for you!

Congrats and welcome! Have always a lot of fun! 

I thought I would share my first troop with you all.
 
First Troop. Stollery Children’s  Hospital, Edmonton Alberta, Canada.
 
I don’t even know where to begin... nausea, nerves, excitement, fear and and absolute joy. This is what I experienced at my first troop. I can truly say that this is one of the most memorable days of my life. The pure joy that we brought to those wonderful children going through what may be one of the worst time of their little lives was amazing. There wasn’t a single person in the room that didn't have a smile.
 
We had parents comment on how they could not  remember when their child last smiled so much or that it was the most they were able to do in days. One little girl was dancing up a storm, laughing and playing the entire time. Her mother told us that the day before she wasn’t even walking and had no energy...don’t you know that she was one of the last kids to stay and play with us. Amazing!!!
We did have the opportunity to walk through some wards, where they were too unwell to make it out to see us. I seriously could have stayed all night with those kids.

I had the honour (Canadian spelling) of seeing and meet some wonderful members of my Garrison who took me in as one of their own from the moment I said “Hi, I’m the new guy.” They showed me what it is to be a member of the 501st. My only regret is that I didn’t join sooner.
 
now... the bad. I lost one of my code cylinders... but I have a set coming from Philo soon anyways.
 

 

The Irish garrison needs your help for a very ill child called Evan we have made him a honourable member of the Irish garrison he's a massive star wars fan and I'm hoping to collect cards and patches for him please pm me for my address thank you

Have a look here, if you do not want to build them by yourself:
 
http://smugglersrun.net/Code-Cylinder-Clip_1

My advice is to just save up and buy/make the specific costume that you want to the most. Take your time & don't rush. Costuming is generally expensive by anyone's standards, but you'll gain the most satisfaction from going slow, researching, and pinpointing the best costume components for your body and budget.  

Hi Steph,
 
for the Dosimeters have a look at ebay. The Clips are available here:
 
http://smugglersrun.net/Code-Cylinder-Clip
 
Greetings, Reiner

yeah he did a great job on those... absolutely love the topic in both forums ^^
This is my office atm:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/egwoo06y4e29zy1/AAArPrP7kT1a1LblAPe7gKHXa?dl=0

What i´ve learned: just try! And take your time. Don´t get disappointed if it doesn´t work the first time, give yourselve also a second chance. 
At the moment i´m trying to build up a Navy Trooper Helmet from scratch... the first one got too peakish.  So... second try. Hope my GMO is more satisfied now.