Cantina Craig Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Hey all. Just a little report on my induction and first ever troop this weekend over on the Isle of Wight for their yearly Garlic Festival. Had an early start on the Saturday morning, I got picked up at 5am by my local Sandie buddy Neil (Elegance) and Kathii, his lovely soon to be wife and spotter. Caught the Ferry at Portsmouth where we met with 3 other local troopers- a recently cleared Vader who was acting as spotter for the day, a Snowtrooper and Iron Man :-) Got to the site with plenty of time to spare before it all kicked off, giving me the chance to talk to people I'd only ever spoke online to which was great. The local build team has set up a display tent including a replica Landspeeder, Pod Racer engine, an Ugnaught, painted Tatooine backdrop, a stuffed Ewok (the best type) , a Stromtrooper dressed mannequin plus a variety of helmets for the public to try on. It looked great, and as Neil and I were the only Sandies, we knew a good bit of our time would be spent manning the speeder for photos. I went out spotting for a couple of hours in the morning before the inevitable stitch up happened and I was marched into a facepainting tent and came out with a lovely rabbit face. All good fun. Then some press ups at blaster point with which I added some claps to for entertainment, ha ha :-) Then it was off to get kitted up with the help of Neil's partner Kathii. Me being 6'3" and Kathii being 5' caused some amusement and we needed the aid of a chair ;-) Then my UKG Decal was added And out I went. Lots of photo shoots around the speeder plus a parade march to the main arena for an inspection by Lord Vader. It rained pretty heavily Saturday afternoon, causing most of the public to leave early sadly. So we headed back to the Garrison members's garden we were camping out in for the night, set up tents and then enjoyed a BBQ with the local guys. Next morning we headed back over to the festival where we enjoyed a great day's trooping, the sun was shining and the public were loving us, but that **** Iron Man just about stole the show, haha! I had a fantastic first weekend's troop, and a massive thanks to Neil for taking me under his wing and helping me become a Dirty Boy. I seriously cannot wait till my next troop and I should have my T-21 all ready for me by then too. Bring it on brothers!! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBoy Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 great pics man!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantina Craig Posted August 19, 2013 Author Share Posted August 19, 2013 Thanks Rick. We had some great people with us who captured some fantastic shots. Nice momento ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Versku Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Nice to see you lose your trooping cherry, bro ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBoy Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Im surprised they didnt feather you and make you fight your way out of the lions den lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longboard8 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 That looks like a hoot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRIBBLER Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Awesome! Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elegance Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Great pics Craig, due to a slight errrrrrr "technical" error I didnt get any It was a fantastic two days and the Vectis Squad put on a great show and really looked after us as always, best bit for me was the 2 of us walking the que's with our officer shouting at the public to leave any blasters or sabres at the gate lol. You did great mate and soon got into the swing of it...... even over taking Vader in the parade I dont think he'll be so forgiving next time......... Roll on to the next one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantina Craig Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 Yep, the queue walkabout was great fun mate. And yes, gotta watch my long strides in parades in future, ha ha :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smally Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Consider that Cherry good and busted. Welcome to our world dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantina Craig Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 Thanks Brad. I like this world a whole lot more mate :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Great pics and suit, looks like a great day. Troop on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantina Craig Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Thanks Rolf. My next one is already booked for a couple of weeks time! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inglorious trooper Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 nice pics craig and welcome to world dude! look forward to trooping with you in the near future mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantina Craig Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 Thanks Marcus, appreciate it bro. Definitey got to get a troop going on soon :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacta Baby Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Nice pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantina Craig Posted August 28, 2013 Author Share Posted August 28, 2013 Nice pics! Thanks bro!! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir david Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 AWESOME STUFF BRO! congrats dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantina Craig Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 AWESOME STUFF BRO! congrats dude Thanks Dave. 7 days till my T-21 is on it's way up to you for weathering bro. Cannot wait to get it back again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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