dutchy Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Welcome to our new brothers of the sand! Enjoy the ride that is known as the MEPD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inglorious trooper Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 hey jason, ive seen plenty of larger troopers mate, its about being part of the 501st in my opinion and what we do! pm RT MOD with your measurements,if you think you can fit into it,go for it man!! all shapes and sizes,thats what i say!! good luck bro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byers5150v.1 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 What's up Sandies....my name is Byers but my friends call me Byers....I live in Indiana, home of Bloodfin garrison and have been researching your threads for about a month now and feel confident that I have gathered enough intel to start my TD build soon. Ive always had a love for the TD since 77 or so and can't wait to get started. I'm on the waiting list for an ATA rig but I'm looking at a 6 month wait. I imagine I'll order a bucket and start there and piece my extras together during my wait. I'll have like the longest build thread ever, and will definitely be seeking deployment with the MEPD. This community rocks and I'm ready to get down and dirty and become one of the brotherhood. Thanks, and see you in the sandpit under the twin suns soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman Tigui Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Knock on our door and sure thing a couple or bunch of us wil aid on your way. For those about to get dirty we salute you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inglorious trooper Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 welcome jason, great idea to begin collecting and building other parts while you have your agonizing wait on your armour. have you decided yet wether your scratch building or buying a backpack? i ask this as apart from the armour this is the other part of us sandys that takes the longest to do! good luck with eveything and happy building bro! also dont forget to fill out your profile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthChridan Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Ola Rodrigo.... welcome aboard and have a nice time here with the dirty lucky bunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpool Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Deadpool checking in! Still in the process of getting started. I hadn't planned on doing a TD for a while til I went to my first troop and one of the guys was in a TD set up. So now I'm trying to figure out which way to go for my first full armor kit, I will be trolling here while I'm getting my first 501st approvals and planning on what to get next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthChridan Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Welcome to the MEPD, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpool Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Thanks now on waiting list for TD armor. So in the mean time will be pulling all the extra stuff together(as I finish my TI,IG,ID) waiting approval for my first IC bridge crew and putting in my RP this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman Tigui Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Good to have you here Deadpool any pointers you need just knock on our door Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman Tigui Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Rodrigo hermano, bienvenido! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchy Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Welcome to all the new brothers of the sand!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBoy Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Welcome to the squad troopers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caomhanach Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Welcome to the sand pit everyone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smally Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Welcome aboard peeps. Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladius Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Oh didnt see this thread, made an own one, but ok , again. Not much replying necessary. Soon 42 years old. Swiss. Join 501st Legion Sept. 2012. Started first costume Jan 2012, Black line off which I'm still upgrading, with better belt boxes that will come in soon and a brown leather holster for my MSP5. Since my join I had 2 major events. Cool was that on my premier I had the chance to shake hands and talk with David Prowse and Jeremy Bulloch at Swiss Fantasy Show 2012. I will never forget that! What else do I do? Going to cinema I like. TV for sport mostly, other stuff rather bores me. TV has not that character anymore. Lot of rubbish. I like strategy games like the Total War stuff or Blitzkrieg, Suddenstrike Style. Actually World of tanks. Besides I'm doing scalemodelling from time to time, mostly in 1:72 scale with planes and tanks, concerning starwars I made an AT-ST and a Star Destroyer. Last one with no lights though, all painted by hand. At this time of the year mostly love to go skiing, but I got an injury in the back and had to make therapy as it never really went away anymore. 2 months ago I started again going to finesscenter 2times a week and a bit swimming, wich I do since years but started to become a bit contra-productive as I can only breaststyle. Oh and I like 501st Legion patches. We soon get our 15th anniversary version out. I like it here. New ground to me though, but had already good help. All the best Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trashcan Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Just found out I never put anything in here to say Hello. I'm paul from Arizona aka the 'Dune Sea'. I order my aromor any go a long waite for it but I can read up on it and with all your help get the stuff I will be needing. thanks in advance for all the help I will be getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchy Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Welcome Michael and Paul! Enjoy your stay and if there are any problems you run into..ask, ask, ask..we are here to help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smally Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Welcome along troops. Keep it dirty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Versku Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Hey there. Come on in. Leave all clean thoughts behind ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonCal Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Well.. I'm not technically a new user here but it has been many years since my activity on these forums and my information must have been lost or jumbled at some point so I had to create a new account... with that... what the heck?. ... I may as well post something My name is Cal Pierce. I am almost 40 years old.... ack.. that's wierd to type that. I have been a active member of the Mountain Garrison of the 501st since 2003 so this is my 10th year now. I actually started "trooping" 2 years before that because I "thought" I lived too far away from the active members of the Mountain Garrison so I didn't officially join until I gave up my musical career pursuits, came home from the road, and my wife and I moved closer to Denver. I got the prop and costume building bug in 1999 after going to Star Wars Celebration 1 in Denver. Yeah it rained... yeah it was muddy ... yeah it wasn't organized that well... but man did I have a blast at that convention!! I immediately started building jawas and jawa blasters which I suppose kicked things off for me. The jawa blaster was a lot of fun and I made quite a few of them for folks in the hobby. By 2002 I got going full boar. I actually got sucked in (like many) and bought a FX armor it .. but I loved that kit. I got to be included with the 501st in going to Spike TV's first VGA awards show and also got to do a lot of other amazing events. By 2004 I wanted many costumes .. of which I could not find a good available representation of so I dove in and started making them myself. And here we are today. I am still going strong, building Star Wars props and costumes like crazy. Over the past few years I've been building giant pieces like the Hoth "wampa door" set which we hauled to the Albuquerque comic expo and Star Wars Celebration V in 2010. Last year we built the Han in Carbonite alcove from Jabba's Palace. We hauled that to the Albuquerque Comic Expo and all the way to Florida for Star Wars Celebration VI for the 501st bash and then we moved it to the 501st experience room. Now I'm building a full scale landspeeder, which brings me here I now want to (finally) finish and upgrade my designs for our sandtrooper kits and eventually create a nice "roadblock" scene to go with the landspeeder. Some of you may be familiar with parts I've been making including seed trays and mushroom caps. An associate who used to work with me offered those parts here for me. Right now we are trying to get the speeder and sandtroopers "parade ready" for St. Patrick's day parade here locally next month. Boy have I got my work cut out for me??!! The speeder and the sandtroopers won't be completely finished and accurate but should be o.k. for a parade. I won't stop there though I'll continue to upgrade everything and get it as close as possible. I have been lurking here for a little while, re-aclimating myself but I will be getting a little more active, posting, and start a progress thread (or 2) for eye candy Perhaps my good friend and shop monkey will start one too since he's actually building a sandtrooper first, before me Thanks for reading. Sincerely, Cal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchy Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Welcome back in our midst Cal!! Always nice to have someone back after some time.. And I have seen your work, some of my fellow members have your armor kits, great work! Eyecandy eh....bring it on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vf2112 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Yeaha where's the pics bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Versku Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Hi Cal, glad you've stopped lurking and started posting !! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smally Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Hi Cal, Welcome back mate. Great intro and some very interesting stuff. Would love to see some pics of your work. Are you the same Moncal who produces armour by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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