Tube Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Greetings MEPD, I've been on here a little while now but haven't posted anything until recently. Then I realised I should have introduced myself first. Sorry about that. About a year and a half ago a friend of mine (who I've known for a long time) mentioned he was in the 501 on a road trip. I'd never heard of it, he was way into it, so I guess I hadn't know him that well after all! I had not thought about or seen Star Wars in over 15 years. He explained what went on and something lit up inside me. He awakened my dormant inner stormtrooper. It was in there all the time, just being repressed or something. I was five years old when I saw ANH on the big screen. I remember three things- wanting to join that sandtrooper platoon, wanting a dewback and the appropriate saddlery, wanting one of those big monster blasters, and crying all the way home after the Death Star blew up. No wait that's four things. My little friends were wearing their karate outfits trying to be farm-boys (I couldn't imagine why) and wearing those hair-danish things on the sides of their heads. I wanted dirty, sh*t-covered armour. And I never got it. So I guess I am a stormtrooper fan, rather than a general SW fan. To be honest I didn't much care for the Muppets, Ewoks, latex masks or CGI things with biologically improbable (or impossible) eyes on stalks. But I never got enough of the tooled up desert grunts marching around in the dunes looking for stuff because they were told to. So right now I have a pile of beautifully-shaped bits of ABS as high as the ceiling, and several bags of fuller's earth. I've been working on my TD AP-kit for a year and a half now. I didn't want to post anything until I had something respectable to show everyone, including the 501st adjudicators. You guys set a pretty high bar. That's me. Glad to be here. TC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordvader74 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Welcome aboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dutch Dirty Trooper Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Welcome onboard ! Grtz RAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Trooper Peter Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Welcome aboard tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theGreatSot Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Welcome to the MEPD, TC! You couldn't ask for a more knowledgeable group of guys. We'll get you up to snuff in no time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caomhanach Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Hey TC... (Why did I say that in Brain's voice from Top Cat... <_< ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wightsand Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 "Ello ello ello" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCKo Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Hey Toby, glad you decided to post... WELCOME TO THE MEPD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD4549 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Welcome to the gang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchy Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Great to see you here!! The AP is a good choice to get started and before you know it MEPD will be your middlename.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Welcome on board trooper. I´m sure, you will have many good hours in here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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