Great Lakes Garrison & Base

masteroftheforce wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 11:57 pm Staz's last troop was in the summer of 2023. He was also a GML during the 2023-2024 Legion Year, so not 5 years since he's been around. Either way, we are glad to see him back.

My bad. Seemed a lot longer than that.

Deadeye wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 7:09 pm Good to see you up here, bud!

Just curious…your status on your post says “Reserve”. I don’t think that requires re-approval (if it’s correct). You should just be able to troop to get reactivated.

Yah, he’s been gone roughly 5 years or so, so he’s definitely retired.

Woo-hoo!

This is the usual advice I give to people looking to start out: Read here first: https://databank.501st.com/databank/Join_Us Then sign up for the detachment of the character you want to do. The "detachments" are the character-specific web sites we have set up where you can find armor vendo...

Welcome! We have character-specific web sites we call “detachments” where you go to learn about building a particular costume. For stormies, head to whitearmor.net. For clones, 501stclonetroopers.com.

Good idea , eventually I’ll have to tackle em again, appreciate the input! There’s always something you’re going to want to tinker with later on and modify. Happens all the time. And with all the wear and tear that goes on, something always needs fixing. Just about everyone has horror stories of th...

Honestly, if they’re telling you it’s good enough, I wouldn’t worry about it. If you look at the screen used costumes, everything was a bit wonky. If I’m not mistaken, the only time those ears were perfect was with the R1 TK’s. Also, you could just leave them as-is for now and upgrade them later on ...

I heard someone who lives close by us might be having one. He’s not sure yet.

Yes! More clones! Welcome from lower St. Clair County!

Sorry, but foam armor is not allowed for membership. If you’re looking to do an RC, head to the forums at 501stclonetroopers.com to learn how. It’s not as hard as you think. It’s basically a giant model kit. My clone was my first build, too.

Awesome! More clones!

For my clone, I used air conditioner weather stripping foam. Comes in 1 and 2 inch thick strips. Glued them in with E-6000.

If you haven’t already, post pics on the forums at 501stclonetroopers.com and they can give you feedback too.

EVA foam is not allowed for builds.

Never heard of them and kind of leery, as it looks like they are using Cossky pics.

If you haven’t already, be sure to register for the forums at whitearmor.net. That’s *the* place to learn all about building a stormtrooper.

Honestly, you’re probably better off buying a vac-formed kit than buying a printer and trying to set it all up before you can even print anything.

The forums at whitearmor.net are the place to go for TKs. For scouts, http://www.501stpathfinders.com/

Cossky is the bottom of the barrel and Wampa is the next step up.

I got my code cylinders from Philo. Belt buckle and rank bar from Tiggwolf. Belt blank was from EBay.

DeafTrooper, are the videos relatively universal (meaning regardless of kit origin) and is there a particular video/series that you recommend? The vendor has a few quick tip videos but nothing for full builds. Not sure. Never built a TK before. Have just seen people's posts linking the video throug...