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Hello there! My names Nathan, a Causeway Garrison member and I have an approved Shadow Scout kit (TX 82766). If possible could I please request access as an international member to sign up to events? I am interested in doing some cons with you all, now that I have my kit. Many thanks, Nathan

Hello all, I have enrolled my son in the Galactic Academy and would like to request crew status. We'd both live to get involved with the garrison. Thanks.

I met Todd and Shane at Megacon today. Would love to get involved and learn.more about coating & making things. I spent years doing living history, so made everything from bronze age shoes to Norman chainmail. I..may have to clear out some of this for space for a new hobby. I'm interested in droid making (I need to finish my bb8), saber making (i really want an "impossible saber" despite the mechanicals bring complex), armour making with vacuum forming (I've always wanted to make Clone trooper armour). Happy to help folks with electronics, 3d printing, carpentry, welding, leather & clothes making. If there are meetups to make things etc. I'm all ears. So, here is me as an old & far Cal Kestis, with BD-1.

My 11 year old son and I attended Megacon today - we're both STAR WARS fans. We spent almost an hour chatting to Shane and Todd about becoming members- they were so kind and generous and made my son's day, and mine too! Thanks so much guys. We hope to join up and are brainstorming what costume i could create - any advice here would be great. We're definitely 501st legion and would love to get involved in events and activities. All suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hi everyone, My name's Danielle or Danni. I've been working up the courage to join the forums for at least a year at this stage! I spoke to some of the guys here at comic con in Belfast in September 24 and fully intended to have my costume finished and signed up by the end of the year but life got in the way. It was a scout trooper, I still hadn't decided but I was leaning towards the Mando version. This year though, or rather 2026 at this stage, I'm committing to getting the costumes I'm working on done. I have a FO tie pilot which belonged to a former 501st member before he passed away. It was previously approved but needs new gloves and some small adjustments before it could be approved on me. That's top of the agenda for me. Following that, I have the previously mentioned scout and a shore trooper in the works along with an animated phase 1 commander Bly, but it's very much in the early stages. Looking forward to hopefully getting approved and trooping in 2026!

Hello Nathan and welcome! Always delighted to have members from other Garrisons join us on troops. You're "international" members access has been sorted.

hey everyone, few of you guys already know me as a mando builder in the Mando Protectors - im currently going for a canon build and building an MS2 Boba and need some pointers on the girth belt, if theres anyone here that has already built it. i see that a lot of the basic level of approval use the pet hardware cord for making their own, however this doesnt appear to be available any longer. can you let me know if there are any other alternatives or which cord do i need to use to make the screen accurate version. have already asked in TBG, so hoping for some local pointers

Thanks for all the information. We're definitely going to sign up for the Galactic academy for my son and I'm going to work towards membership of the 501st for myself. I'm going to research how to assemble a costume - I've seen lot of options for materials you can buy and have 3D printed. When I have more Information I might post here and see what people think of the materials and seek advice. Chat soon and thanks again.

Hello @DarthLumbergh There is no reqirement for the pet hardware cord to be used for the belt for the basic clearnace. For that cord it was marked as an optional lvl 2 clearance, most likely for it beening extremely rare to unavaiable nowdays. As long as the cord used is a 3 strand (black-brown-beige) braided, is a light polypropylene cord and meets the reqiurements of the crl. You should be good for basic clearance into the 501st. As for where to get the rope I would have assumed most maratime shops and sites or outdoor adventure shops would stock these. Though I could not tell you what color Variations they would have.

Hello Danni, Welcome to the forum, I see that you have several kits on the go already. So I'm looking forward to seeing those submissions. Though you can still get involved with the garrison and get to know our members by signing up to events as a crew member. It's a great way to see how things work on a troop, but more so to help our visually impaired troopers to navigate. To get the ball rolling on that, if not done done so already. Head over to the the Crew Rank Request. From there you can request access and you will be able to see our upcoming events that you can sign up to. I would also suggest a read over the welcome topic Welcome new members, this will give you a good base of knowledge to get you going. After that if you have any issues, questions or just need advice on kits. Everyone here would be more than happy to help where they can. Also seen your doing a shoretrooper, which is great as there are a good few of us in the process of completing various versions of that kit. With 2 that have already been cleared by our members. So there is plenty of fresh help and info here for that kit. I would definitely take a look at the Shoretrooper Group Build Thread Other than that, welcome again and hopefully we will see you out at one of the events soon. BM

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Hello and welcome Jan.

International legion membership would be great! I have added details to my profil. I will make sure to do so!

Welcome to our forums, Jan. If you request international legion membership, you'll be able to see upcoming troops & hopefully, you'll be able to find an event that you can sign up & join the team. I look forward to trooping alongside you at some point soon. Let us know what costume you have with you while you're here.

It was an absolute pleasure talking with you on Saturday and discussing prop building. We have a lot of great talent here in the Garrison but we're always looking for more people interested in taking on new.projects and being a part of this great crew -Todd

Hello John, Welcome to the forum, always great to see more people interested in getting involved with the Garrison. From the sounds of it your going to hit the ground running, though if you need any help or direction with kits or clearnaces, I am sure everyone on here will be more than happy to help. More so if you end up going down the clone trooper route. In the meantime, I would suggest if you want to get involved a little sooner, head over to the the Crew Rank Request , from there you can request access to be able to see our upcoming events that you can sign up to. That way you can get to know the members and see how our troops are run. Also I would suggest a read over the welcome topic Welcome new members , this will give you a good base of knowledge to get you going. Look forward to seeing you at a troop in the future and possiblly your first kit clearance.

Welcome John, looking forward to meeting you and chatting about all things prop making

Hey Barry & thanks for posting here so quickly. It was great to chat to you all today. Here's some links to get you started. For the cadets, there is http://www.galactic-academy.net The main legion forums are http://www.501st.com The CRL (costume reference Libraries) can be found here - https://crls.501st.com/costume-reference-library/costumes-by-name The Legion can be divided into costume type (detachment) or by geography (country by country -> garrisons or outposts). For example stormtroopers are in the FISD (First Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment), jawas are the Krayt Clan detachment, Sith Lords are the Sith Lord detachment... I could go on as there's more than 10 more detachments. Here's a list of each detachment- you can click on each detachment to show the list of costumes in each one - https://crls.501st.com/costume-reference-library/costumes-by-detachment That's plenty of reading to keep you going. Feel free to ask any question & hopefully someone will be able to answer.

hi all hopping to do some troops outside on England next year and hopping to pop over to Ireland if I can work dates out whit work so hope to see some of you next year

Hello @dak82! Apologies for the delay - I have updated your access to international member. You'll be able to see our calendar now!

Hello and welcome! Definitely love the kit, and thanks so much for follow up with us after today’s con! There’s definitely no shortage of props, kits, and all things Star Wars to make, build, paint, or stitch together. @Dropkick @todlambe

Hello and welcome! Thank you so much for the feedback. Always great to hear, as well as receive follow ups! @Dropkick @todlambe You have definitely taken the first step by reaching out to us here and at megacon. Would you be interested in Galactic Academy for your son? It is the 501st and Rebel Legions club for those under 18. Or looking more towards 501st membership for yourself? Or even better, both!

Welcome Nathan. It will be great to have you troop alongside some of your Spec Ops fam here.

Welcome Nathan, hope to see you at some troops soon. But first let me flag your request so we can sort your international status sorted. @Xadras @SyntaxError & @Ghostmaker would one of ye be able to sort Nathans internation access out please. BM

Welcome @Nathan!! Will be great having you troop with us this year!!