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I’m Katie. I’m really happy to have my Jawa costume cleared and look forward to trooping with everyone soon.

Hello All. Great to meet you guys in person today at dunlaoghaire comiccon and cant thankyou enough for your welcome and even giving us a look behind the scenes.. Blown away by your outfits. I've listened to a lot of helpful tips and advise today that will certainly help me with my choices. Keep up the good work. MTFBWY Congratulations for reading to the end Mark P

Hey all! Name is Lauren, some might know me from my time at Dublin Comic Con and the various Cineworld events I've done! I'm hoping to get my Tinkerbell cleared for Reel Icons, and I'm working on Hera Syndulla from Season 3-4 of Rebels, and may try to get her Ahsoka live action stuff done too. Super excited for all of this!!

Hi Everyone, Shane here. Brand new to this. I was at DCC last weekend with 2 other new members Mark Parsons and Keith Connolly and decided to sign up. Been chatting to TrooperShane on insta who's been very helpful. I have a Shepperton Design Studios Stormtrooper armour that I bought last year and I'm looking for any excuse to wear it. I would love to get involved and chat to other more experienced troopers for advice on helpful mods to upgrade the armour. Whether it's upgrading the aesthetics or comfort of the suit or even more technical things like the voice changer. Any useful hacks really. Any help appreciated. Thanks guys. Shane

Thanks to all the team today! Both myself & @Mark Parsons were massively impressed with how the operation worked & most importantly, how friendly everyone was. Special thank you to the legend that is @Dropkick for allowing me to take his Shadow Scout for a test drive! Loved every minute of it!! Cheers Shane!! Look forward to seeing you all again soon! MTFBWY

Hi all. I've just joined up. Have seen you guys around for couple of years now and after seeing the show in DublinComicCon I just had to take the dive. Was there with my good Pal Keith Connolly who has also just joined this week. After some back and forth I think I've decided on a Tusken Raider costume to start off.

Hi All, I am a new proud parent of an RS PropMasters ESB StormTrooper suit I had commissioned. I have dreamt of joining the 501st back when I first saw some of the crew outside of Hanley's Toy Store in Dundrum awhile back. I am completely smitten with the suit and hope to join you all for some of the trooping events coming up. I look forward to getting to know all you fine people. A little about me, I'm 44 and have a wife and two boys. I love Star Wars, Gundams, Lego, and Video Games. I am a Senior Site Reliability Engineer and have worked in software for a good amount of time. I love to cook and like many learned to bake sourdough during lockdown. I hope I can meet you all and I hope to bring some treats to the first trooping event I can attend. Let me know if you have any questions and I look forward to meeting you all! -Todd

Hi there! I'm Erika, Aidan's girlfriend. There's a chance we've already met at the event in Tallaght a couple of weeks ago. Either way, I'm so looking forward to this Sunday Comic Con event and seeing all of you!

Hello there My name is Cian and I'm hoping to join the 501st as Boba Fett and Kylo Ren someday. I mostly do Superhero cosplays but I have always wanted to do a star wars Cosplay and join a Cosplay group. I go to as many cons in Ireland as I can. I've been tinkering away at a book of Boba fett Cosplay at the moment and I'm hoping to have it done by the end of the year. Hopefully someday I can join you guys as the Daimyo or Tatooine. May the force be with you

Hi everyone! My wife (ID-61950) and I have been wanting to visit your wonderful country for years, and we're finally making plans to do so either this coming September, or next April. After years of waiting, now that it's actually going to happen we're finding it hard to wait for our trip! We don't have exact dates or itinerary yet, but we do know that no matter where we go or what we do, we'll be starting and ending our visit in Dublin. We'd love to meet up with anyone available while we're there. And I'm sure that as our trip gets closer, I'll be asking lots of questions. For now, just a quick one: Which of our target months has the best weather -- September or April? Thanks! A.J. Hamler TK-51351

My wife and I had a fantastic visit to Ireland! Thanks to Ken and Shane for dropping by our hotel in Trim for some Star Wars chat and swag trading. We especially enjoyed stopping by the Smyth's Toy Store troop on Saturday to see Shane again, and to meet Andrea and Sean! A.J.

Just some pics from a very enjoyable DCC last weekend. Congrats to u guys. So accomodating and approachable.

For some of you, an introduction. For others, possibly, a blast from the past? (old man voice) ‘’ I remember back when this garrison was just an outpost you know… ‘’ Ian (AKA TD11420)

Hello all, Name: Michael Location: Ballyea, County Clare Hope you are all keeping well. I just joined the 501st, Rebel Legion & Reel Icons Ireland forums last weekend. Have been a long time Star Wars since the early days - have been reading up on the options to progress and hopefully get clearance. I really love the idea of 'bad guys doing good' and having loads of fun along the way. I was thinking of buying a SANDTROOPER PRO BUILT SUIT from RS Prop Master (not sure if there are other reputable alternatives) and side arm from breaking the mold Dublin. All new to me - so would really appreciate any thoughts/recommendations. Look forward to meeting you all and contributing in any way I can.

New member here just coming to say hello. Was at Dublin Comic Con today and seen the lads at the stall. Just had to join thought it was great

Hi guys! Billy here from Waterford. I've always been a huge lifelong SW fan, I enjoy collecting replica lightsabers, figures etc. I'm really the only one in my friend group who has a passion for SW so I am hoping to meet some cool people here and make some friends who share the same interests as myself! I'd love to be able to eventually put together a cosplay and attend one of the events that you guys do. Anyways, glad to have found this space and look forward to meeting you all!

Hi all, its been a while. I last trooped Sep 9th 2017 and found myself in hospital a week later. Im still battling illness but have gotten to a point where Im keen to be a part of the community again and would love to eventually be able to troop again. Have managed to amass a sizable SW figure collection in the last while and about to make some models and try my hand at customisations. Still have an inoperable "collapsed spine" so I also need to source a new costume (2 and a bit inches shorter means my TK doesnt fit ). Hopefully catch you all soon. Alan TK16076

After about a week and a half of trying to get UPS to process my custom charges and deliver my package, my Tie has finally arrived from RS! Super excited to add the finishing touches and get my photos sent in for approval!

Like the new forum folks. Let's get ready to rock in 2020!

Thanks Daniel, will see if I can figure that out I see my photos didn’t load, doh! I have tickets already for 11am entry, going to park near hotel and walk over so just need somewhere to change, had to change in the car park into my Vader in Belfast Con, that was an experience. if you do make it, look out for us, either way, I’ll be with a Jedi. There’s a bunch of my Mando buddies coming down.

Hello there! I'm a member of the french garrison, currently working in Galway for 6 months to a year maybe. I was wondering if I could come with you on troopings since I have to validate one to be considered "active" and more importantly because I love it! I have a TIE pilot outfit but didnt bring all of it so rn I have a reserve pilot costume. I brought ONE keychain of the french garrison with me (I'm kind of a new member sorry) if anyone wants to trade, or if there's some patches I can buy too... I hope we can get in touch!

Hey y'all , My name is Dan , ( Daniel if I'm in trouble with My Mother ) and I'm in Texas. I know I seen a few of y'all at Celebration 2022 in Anaheim California but honestly my memory is so bad it's not even funny. It was a Daughter / Father trip and was our FIRST Celebration. It was AWESOME ! ( All but the getting My Racers Stolen from the Airport ) I'm generally the one who will go for the joke over anythig else and WANT to make people laugh. I'm a ESB TK and have on occasion after doing my normal scheduled Troop , have placed a Toilet Plunger in my E-11 Holster and walked a few Cons simple to get the funny reactions ! My Daughter and I give out buttons about anywhere we go now when we see people ( mostly to kids ) in Star Wars Shirts. We make them at home so it's much less costly. My Facebook page is here I think but you can always find me by looking up photomandan I have a camera pointing out usually. It was GREAT doing a Trooper Talk with members of Your Garrison.

Hello All! After years telling myself “I really need to join up”, I was delighted to meet the all the guys at Dublin Comic Con last weekend & it really gave me the nudge to just dive in! I adore the work you do and admire the fantastic community you’re part of. I’m setting up my profile at the moment & would really appreciate if somebody can point me in the direction of how/where to get my costume. I’m on the fence about a Scout Trooper & Storm Trooper, but have to admit I was really impressed with the detail of Storm Trooper at the Con on Saturday. Any help in terms of contacts, online sellers etc. would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! Keith

Hey together. I‘m Bastian and member of the Austrian Garrison and I‘ll visit your beautiful country from the 24. Aug to 07. Sept. for the very first time. I‘ll stay in Dublin, Tullamore, Galvay and Limerick for each several days. Maybe some of you are nearby one of my bases and could take the time for a chat and maybe some trade. feel free to mail me, this should be easiest greetz Bastian Stimpfl TK 77762

Welcome Keith, delighted to have you signing up! We have plenty of Stormtroopers and Scouts who can point you in the right direction, so I'm sure some will be along soon. A good starting point would be to search for RWA Creations on Facebook - Ross is based on the Isle of Wight and does both TKs (Stormtroopers) and Scouts. He usually has price lists posted in his group to give you an idea of budget. There's at least one more in the UK, plus a guy in France, but I'm sure others can point you in their direction. Whichever way you go, also be sure to Google the First Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment (TKs) and the Pathfinders Detachment (Scouts) and join their forums. These are the international detachments that group information on similar costumes together. While our guys can point you in the right direction for local-ish suppliers, you'll also find detailed info for each costume there.

Hello there, greetings from Germany. I’m Jessica, 44 from Hamburg and visiting Dublin on Friday June 30th. I’m searching for company for dinner and some drinks and could bring German patches and coins with me if you’re interested. But in general I would love to make new friends in Ireland. I would be very happy if we can meet. You can catch me on FB „Jessica Wergin“. Many greetings, Jessica id68123

Hi Ireland Garrison! My wife and I are both 501st and RL members in Tampa Bay Squad in the Florida Garrison, and we'll be visiting Ireland later this month along with our daughter (also Galactic Academy!). We'll be in Dublin 29-31 May and then Galway 31 May - 3 June, before we head on to London for 5 days. We'd love to meet up with some local members while there, maybe have a pint and trade some swag? Thanks!

Looks like September it is, then. Still working on things, but it looks like it will be the 10 days beginning either on the 11th or the 18th. Don't have an itinerary yet -- so much planning to do! -- but our trip will begin and end in Dublin. Thanks, everyone! A.J.

Aye any day during summer or autumn here can give us all four seasons in a matter of hours

Hey everyone!!! Great to see familiar faces and names haha. But also so many new ones I don't know!! Super excited to get started on everything, I'll be keeping everyone up to date on Hera, etc. Thanks for all the happy welcomes!!

Hello All, So I have been a Star Wars fan for as long as I can remember and I have always been interested in the 501st Legion. But either never had the courage or idea on how to even start process to join. I went to the May the 4th Film festival over the weekend down in Portmagee and after speaking with a number of the members their, I bit the bullet and got the ball rolling on my first costume after the first conversion I had, though I have been told its a brave first choice lol. Hoping to come out of my shell a tad bit more and help out in events etc, where and whenever possible

Hi Daniel, Will do, and I have thrown my name in the hat to help out with the Street Collection for the Relay for life on the 10th June. So I'm looking forward to that. I will no doubt have plenty of questions once the kit arrives, so for sure I will be popping into the 48-clone-trooper-detachment page to ask for help and show my progress Susie says hello back

Hi Alan, Daniel here (sitting the other side of Shane on Saturday). Delighted that you both enjoyed yourselves and that you dropped in here to say hello. If you keep an eye on our "Upcoming Events" section here, you're welcome to comment underneath any of them to say you'd like to come along and help with crewing. That can be anything from helping our troopers kit up, taking photos, to making sure our stormtroopers don't fall down stairs that they can't see We have a few clones here who will be able to help answer questions, and also be sure to sign up over at the Clone Detachment if you haven't already: https://501stclonetroopers.com/forum/index.php?/login/ You'll find a lot more in depth stuff on Republic Commandos there, including recommended vendors around the world, though some of our guys might be able to point you to European vendors that will cut down on shipping and customs fees. Feel free to also create a new topic in our own clone section, where you can ask questions and post up updates: https://www.irelandlegions.com/forums/index.php?/forum/48-clone-trooper-detachment/ Welcome aboard! And hi to Susie too and her own inevitable costume

The Clone Commando Boss, bit of an ambitious build but looking forward to it

Ok I guess that's settled. I'll begin researching and get in touch when I have something significant to report. Thanks for the welcome and support.

A 000, wow!!!!! That would be amazing. I'm staff at the Spec Ops detachment along with @tipperaryred & @SyntaxError, so we would love you to take on this build. I only recently saw my 1st 000 in the flesh at Celebration in London & the costume blew me away. The Spec Ops forums will have a section on the 000 droid, so make sure to check that out. http://bit.ly/501specops

I'm currently building a Vader mask from scratch but a full costume isn't a priority as there all ready seem to be a few. Id rather focus on characters that are needed for now

Hello my name is Gary and I am a member of the Florida Garrison, Makaze Squad and the Ra Kura base of the Rebel Legion. I’ve been in the Legions for almost thirteen years now. My wife is the CO of Ra Kura base here in Florida for the past couple of years and I am the former XO of Makaze Suqad, for what it’s worth. We hope to make a trip to Ireland eventually and maybe meet up with some of your Garrison members during our visit to take in some of my Irish heritage.

Hello everyone!. I'm Fernando from Mexico City and I've been a member of the Rebel Legion for 7 years. I've been in Ireland for 5 moths and I will stay for at least 1 year here and I'd love to know you all. I didn't post before because this months have been really crazy for me to get stablished in a new country (and I still haven't completely but I'm getting use to it hahaha) also I wasn't able to bring any of my Jedi costumes with me from Mexico. But anyway I'm slowly putting a new Jedi costume together and in the mean time I can be a staff or something. May the Force be with you and hope I can meet you in person soon!!!

Good morning all, I am going to be in Ireland from September 10 - 17th and the 25th - 27th. I was hoping to bring my Jawa and possibly troop with the Legendary Ireland Garrison! Please let me know if this could be possible! Cheers all! Winter Guard TR / DZ 62619

Been a fan for a long time, so decided now its time to be a storm trooper, still an imposing sight for this man child, based in Trim, Co Meath but a Dub, born and bred Also a modelmaker/painter so always making, modifying and weathering stuff, mainly model railways, but also involved in organising of Irelands biggest model exhibitions I've @stormtroopergeorge56 to thank for being here, a chance encounter a few years ago led to an interesting conversation...

Excellent, more stormtroopers, can never have too many! Welcome!

Hi all, I'm Barry from Dublin, long time Star Wars fan and signed up to the forum a few weeks ago but wasn't sure what costume I wanted to build Since seeing Rogue One and upon several rewatche's I've decided on a Shoretrooper I've been looking at various builds on http://forum.501stpathfinders.com/ and Shoretrooper Fam on https://www.facebook.com/groups/1742353536003671 and have started acquiring some of the soft parts, boots and the stl files to begin 3d printing this over the next couple of months. .... wish me luck!

Thanks!.... Yep, I'll get a build log going and will post my current progress I have some soft parts, such as boots, Jodhpurs Paint, some of the webbing to rig up the armour and create a Sling for the E22 blaster I've started some test prints as I plan on printing everything in PETG for durability and what to make the sanding / priming as minimal as possible

Welcome! The gang are some of the warmest, friendliest people ever - regardless of your having a Star Wars build yet or not. You'll get on well :3 Hope to see you at meets when we finally return to real life events

BBB Day arrived and to say I’m delighted is an understatement!

Hi all, Rick here from up in Holywood NI, originally from Yorkshire. Not long received my Scout Trooper gear from RS Propmasters Sent you an email end of September Chris. I have the link for approval and just require what type/angles of pics they need. Thanks guys, look forward to trooping soon when we have some normality again. Rick

Thanks team! I've now completed my cross country drive from California to Boston, so in two weeks I'll be headed your way. Once I arrive and am settled I'll start the transfer process, and hopefully before too long be able to meet you all!

Hey all just back onto the forum now... Took me a while! Looking forward to trooping with you guys and gurls as soon as possible ????