Carolina Garrison

Hello! My name is Brayden, and I live in Clayton. I started my journey with Star Wars Cosplaying with the Mando Mercs Costume Club. I am currently an Auxiliary there and in the process of building my armor there. I noticed many members in the MMCC are also a part of the 501st. So, I decided that one day, I can build my armor and become a member.

There are 3 builds that I hope to complete over time. They are all part of the Special Ops Detachment. The first costume I'd like to go for, hopefully will be approved unless it already has been, is the Sith Jet Trooper. Then I'll try to go for a First Order Flametrooper, and a Phase 1 Purge Trooper Commander.

This will take quite a while to start working on my first kit, as I am in the process of building Mando armor. But I hope to join this garrison, as a future member. Cheers!

Hello and welcome. I live right next door in Garner. There is a nice group of locals here.
If I can be if any assistance letter me know. Looking forward to trooping with you soon!

Awesome! Can't wait to join you guys! Is there a Discord for this garrison?

No, but feel free to friend me on Facebook and I can invite you into a chat group as well as once you get your TKID I can get you into the Garrison Facebook page.

Chris Casino

Brayden,

Welcome to the Garrison. I'm near you, just south of Knightdale. I am excited that you have chosen to work on costumes from the "Darker Side of the Darkside"

I am a DCA in the Spec Ops Det so if you need any assistance in your research and build I might be able to help.

Look forward to seeing your progress!

Awesome! I look forward to creating an amazing kit with you all. I will definitely do my best to learn about this awesome community.

Also, I looked at the approved costumes on the main 501st website, but I didn't see a Sith Jet Trooper on there. I saw it on the Spec Ops forums. Is it approved?

UrLocalDhead wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 4:58 pm Awesome! I look forward to creating an amazing kit with you all. I will definitely do my best to learn about this awesome community.

Also, I looked at the approved costumes on the main 501st website, but I didn't see a Sith Jet Trooper on there. I saw it on the Spec Ops forums. Is it approved?

So there is an initial draft document for the Jet Trooper, the CRL has not been completed due to no one actually building one. IOT make the CRL and get it approved we need someone to start a CRL build WIP thread so we can compare the build to the reference photos we have and then tweak the CRL wording. That individual then becomes the model for the CRL photos.

If you have the desire to be the 1st, go start a WIP thread and we as a Detachment can finish the CRL.

I know that Kevin from KB Props was building molds for the Jet Trooper but I have not seen any thing produced from him about it.

Will do! The First Order Jet Trooper and Sith Jet Trooper are pretty much the same thing, but colored red. The little red decal on the chest piece, is changed to a yellowish, orange color. So, I could probably grab a regular FO Jet Trooper and try to recolor it red.

A lot of new CRLs are generated from previous CRLs of costumes that are similar. For example the TK ANH and the Shadow Stormtroopers are almost identical. It would save some time in creating a Sith JT CRL.

I saw your post over in the Detachment. That'll be a great place to start the discussion.