Trooper TK3002 Blog

Awesome Boosters

2011-06-25T13:22:00.004Z

A bit more progress will be made of the coming days as I've just received a nice upgrade that has been 2 years in the making!!!!

R2 now has his boosters which are made up of 70 aluminium components....

Booster closed

Booster open

how good do they look ?!!?!?
Now to get on with the painting

Armageddon 2010

2011-03-08T20:25:00.001Z

R2 took a trip to Armageddon this weekend held at the showgrounds in Adelaide

Geeks paradise and R2 was loved by everyone

We were invited by the Rebel Legion and 501st and their stand was pretty spectacular with a life size star wars figure toy box and backing card - unfortunately R2 couldn't fit!

here are some of the real life figures

R2 getting the attention from the ladies again...

a few famous people were there including Bishop from Alien

R2 at the Adelaide Comics Centre

2010-11-06T22:03:00.004Z

Even though R2 is not complete I was invited by the Rebel Legion to take him down to the Adelaide Comics Centre in Rundle Mall to raise money for the Cancer Council

It was good to get an idea of how it runs and what falls off - just had an issue with the motor shaft and cog sliping on the right foot and some issues with the jedi control electrics but overall a successful day

more foot progress

2010-09-12T10:25:00.005Z

Good progress over the weekend working on the battery boxes and getting them to fit over the NPC motors
I had filed the motors down a little but realised they need more filing off them to make them fit correctly inside the battery boxes
A quick trip to Bunnings and 1 hour later I have angle grinded the motors down

Still a bit of a struggle to get everything lined up

but eventually the motors/foot shells and battery boxes all fit

Finally I used silicone to glue the details onto the battery boxes

Just need to spray the braided battery hosings that I also got at Bunnings - fast becoming my favourite aussie store!!!

First steps

2010-08-15T07:59:00.005Z

As most R2 to builders are aware this is always a special moment - the first time R2 takes his first steps.
This is the first test of the drive system of my new r2

I'm not too happy with the centre foot and the two 2.5" casters and I think I'll need to put ankle locks on all 3 feet and still need to sort the clearance of the casters or look into getting some different ones

Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I'll be able to sort those issues out and then route the power up into the dome for the lights

R2 on his back - sorting the drive train

Started to tidy the electrics panel - needs a bit more work but its getting there

Power to the dome

2010-08-08T02:25:00.003Z

Today I spent an hour soldering the DB25 connectors onto a slip ring I bought from ebay
Scot Gray has made a board that plugs on each end

The slip ring means that power can be provided up in to the dome and the dome can spin all the way round without snagging any cabling

Outer feet, pocket vents and thinkgeek sound

2010-04-27T10:08:00.002Z

Lots of progress made over the Anzac weekend
First up was prepping and painting the JAG outer feet before attaching them to the legs and threading the power cables through

Secondly I painted and attached one of the pocketed vents into the front skins

and finally I finished the thinkgeek t-shirt modification (thanks to Andy Schwarz for the idea) to attach it to a 12ch remote. At the moment I've not bothered adding in an amp as I think it should be loud enough but I'll wait and see

The thinkgeek t-shirt came with a sound board and a wired remote. The wired remote was cut off and connected to a wireless 12 channel remote which I got from ebay

12ch wireless remote

Rear Logic Display Progress

2010-04-11T06:27:00.003Z

I finally got round to soldering the rest of the led's for the rear logic display this weekend and quickly connected it up to the rest of the jedi control system

The display already looks fantastic even though some of my soldering is not up to scratch as there are a number of failed lights - I'll need to get round to fixing them at some stage

The status of the various components of the Jedi Control can also be seen

The jedi control system will be an excellent addition to R2 once it is all put together

More info about jedi control at http://www.jedicontrol.com/

Foot drives and motors

2010-03-25T17:30:00.001Z

The JAG foot drives have arrived and here I have just fitted the 12v NPC 2212 motor
Fantastic piece of engineering

The foot shells should be ready in a month so then I'll at least be able to get R2 on 2 feet
I also still need to shave the top of the motors down a little so that they can fit neatly inside the battery boxes

Rear skins

2010-03-23T20:14:00.001Z

I have cut the rear skin panel and started to test fit them onto the frame

The trouble I had last time was not getting the door to wrap around the frame correctly so this time I'll make sure I bend the aluminium into shape before glueing

Periscope

2010-03-15T10:36:00.002Z

I've been playing around with fitting a periscope in the dome
I have the DD lifter and a resin periscope - DD ran off with my aluminium persiscope a couple of years ago :-(

Here you can see the lifter on the right and periscope housing and pie panel on the left

I have fitted it to my JAG dome plate although it still needs adjusting to make it fit perfectly

I am waiting on a better periscope housing from Marco which will have a real lens in it and I'll hopefully add some led lights inside

Horseshoe and the wonky button

2010-03-10T17:45:00.000Z

Here is a completed shoulder horseshoe and I've made the top button stick up at an angle as its seen on a lot of screenshots but I'm unsure and may take the wonkiness out

Utility Arms

2010-03-07T18:30:00.000Z

The resin utility arms arrived from Marco and they're really good
I just needed to file down the back edges to make them fit the skins better to enable them to open and close fully if I ever go down that route
This was expected and was a simple job to do

Next I just fitted them into the COM8 arm holder and they look a really neat fit - nexst up I'll need to paint them but what with time being short due to theAdelaide Festival this month I'm not sure when I'll get to do that!

Ankle and leg progress

2009-12-13T00:51:00.002Z

Over the past few days I have managed to spray the aluminium ankles from JAG and the cylinder holders, cylinders and wedges from Russ Brown

I then screwed the details into place on the ankles - well I tried but my chubby hands and fingers are too big to fiddle around inside the ankle so I got Caroline to help out

I then bolted the ankles onto the legs using 4x 1/4"x38mm bolts - I still need to get some washers for that

The legs are coming along nicely and all I need now are the shoulder details, ankle side details, boosters and booster covers

With Christmas coming up we're pretty busy but I still hope to make some progress on the skins and dome over the next few weeks

R2 Blue

2009-12-02T16:25:00.000Z

I've finally chosen the blue spray paint for artoo and have started to paint the various panels...

It's a much darker blue than my first droid and is more like that used in empire. There are various methods of getting the R2 colour right using a mixture of paints etc but that seems like a lot of hassle and can become a nightmare trying to match damaged panels later down the line

Skins and bits and pieces

2009-11-10T21:37:00.004Z

I have started work on the skins
They are 2 piece aluminium skins from John Sherrell.

Front skins (outer on left )...

I had these on my old droid but in my eagerness last time I glued them together and then had to glue the parts on like oct ports, power couplers etc on after using liquid metal. This time I've screwed them on through the inner skin and the outer skin will hide the countersunk screws - much better solution.

Here is the octagon port screwed into place....

and the coin slots....

coin slots, octagon port and power coupler screwed onto skins and outer skin attached temporarily....

and just a quick shot showing R2 coming together nicely...

Painting

2009-11-05T20:31:00.002Z

I have been busy paniting various parts white over the past couple of weeks and have found some handy props from Bunnings

Here is one of the painted JAG legs including the horeshoe....

The big rectangular hole in the centre is the new design for the boosters that JAG will be making later in the year :-)

and the completed TWD skirt.....

Rear Logics

2009-09-10T18:25:00.000Z

Having no experience of using a soldering iron I have started work on assembling the rear logic boards from the JEDI controller run

There are over hundred LED's that need to be soldered into place.....

This is quite a daunting task but I will stick at it!!

Here it is with 2 LED's in place

Dome progress and a little help

2009-08-15T18:47:00.003Z

I have spent a bit of time today sorting the inner dome out.

The outer dome sat too high on the inner dome leaving a gap between the bottom and the bottom ring so I started to sand the inner dome but after a while this didn't seem to be working and my arm was aching despite getting a little help from a lego y-wing pilot

I then decided on a more drastic course of action - cutting the dome in half which should at least make the outer dome sit 1mm lower and thus make it seem right

Here's me cutting the dome

It also may have the added bonus of making working on the dome a little easier in the long run

Here you can see the cut inner dome with the outer dome

The Y wing pilot has also helped make the holes for the holoprojectors in the inner dome

Dome work

2009-07-19T08:40:00.003Z

I've started work on the dome
Its a 300mm laser cut dome from Daren Murrer

The dome consists of an inner complete dome and an outer with the details. I have started cutting the detail pieces out and cleaning the slag left behind in the laser cutting process.

Here is the outer dome with the lower panels cut out...

This is the little saw I'm using to cut the panels out and then I use a small file and emery board to get rid of the slag

This is the size of the dome sitting on the frame

Droid number 2 frame complete

2009-07-04T10:28:00.001Z

I finished building the frame today and have also received our shipping crates from the UK which included several astromech parts

Here is the completed Com8 frame....

and here is the skirt from Totally Wired Droids....

Hopefully next week I'll get some time to start work on the 300mm dome

Droid Number 2

2009-07-03T19:15:00.000Z

I have now started to build my second droid and this time it will be an all aluminium unit where possible

Starting with the frame I bought a Com8 from James in Texas and what a piece of machining this is - anyone looking for the perfect frame then this is it as far as I'm concerned

Here is the kit of parts you get with the premium package....

It goes together quite easily

Here are the holders for the utility arms...

The really neat thing is the thought that has gone into the build of the frame and includes a lot of extras....

door latch

shoulder flanges

battery holders

side panel

At this stage I've still not decided upon what designation of droid I'm going to build

Meeting the Australian Garrison

2009-04-26T20:09:00.000Z

I met the Australian Garrison and Rebel Legion today at Marion shopping centre in Adelaide

Hopefully soon I will start to receive my first parts for my second droid so I can join in the fun

R2's proud new owner

2009-02-28T12:55:00.001Z

R2's proud new owner
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

Simon from the UK Garrison came and collected my R2 unit today
Now its time for me to start planning the new build down under

R2 is now for sale - email for details

2009-02-23T13:06:00.002Z

R2 is now for sale - email for details
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

We are moving to Australia soon and I'm having to sell off my R2 as shipping is quite expensive
Email for further details mick.pell@btinternet.com

Movie Music at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

2009-02-23T12:47:00.003Z

Movie Music at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

Last night I took R2 along to the Movie Music eventwith the Rebel Legion at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham
This was the last event for my R2 before I put it up for sale as we are heading down to Australia

More photos and video can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mickpell/sets/72157614332330074/

SOLD Nissan 350Z 2002 JDM Import FSH

2008-12-23T21:16:00.007Z

FOR SALE Nissan 350Z
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

As we're moving to Oz I have just sold my beloved Z

:-(

R2 and 3PO at ICAP Charity Day

2008-12-12T10:15:00.001Z

R2 and 3PO at ICAP Charity Day arriving for work
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

Today I took R2 along to the ICAP Charity Day as part of the UK Garrison
Brilliant day was had driving R2 around and meeting celbrities and Prince Harry
£11 million was raised worldwide during the day by ICAP
more pictures can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mickpell/sets/72157610989472379/

Star Wars in your pocket modification

2008-12-05T11:01:00.001Z

R2D2 - Star Wars in your pocket
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

I picked up a cheap key ring which has the sound clip for Princess Leia - Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope and have glued one of my servos onto it and will be fixing it inside my droid shortly
Just need to sort out a hologram projector next!!!

Legoland Star Wars 2008

2008-11-09T18:35:00.004Z

RL, UKG at Legoland Star Wars 2008
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

Over the past 2 weekends I have taken my R2 down to Legoland for their Star Wars events
The first day a kid jumped on my R2 from the side and managed to split the A&A leg!!!!
After some repairs I managed to get it back out in the park for the Sunday and for the following weekend
On Sunday 8th Warwick Davis visited the park and joined the Rebel Legion and the UK Garrison for many photos

More pics can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mickpell/sets/72157608787183237/

The video below shows my R2 running round the park and some of the fireworks

Legoland

2008-10-12T09:44:00.001Z

Legoland
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

My R2 unit will be appearing at this years Legoland Fireworks displays

Light weathering to make R2 look more real

2008-09-01T21:24:00.001Z

Light weathering to make R2 look more real
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

I've used burnt umber water based paint to lightly weather my R2 to make it look used and more real

My R2 in August 2008

2008-09-01T20:47:00.004Z

Not far from being finished now
I just need to sort the feet alignment, add a periscope and the rear logics lighting
I will also be weathering it slightly - just to look a bit more real
oh and get a new o ring for my dome drive as i lost mine and am currently using an elastic band which doesn't give enough traction

Homer Trooper

2008-08-25T12:11:00.001Z

Homer Trooper
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

Just got this from a fellow UKG trooper

July 2008 Progress

2008-07-17T19:37:00.001Z

R2D2 and C3PO
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

not too far to go for both droids now

feet to sort on r2
hands and belly to sort on 3po

hopefully get all of this cdone before the clone wars comes to cinemas!!

Wedding Day Joy

2008-07-17T19:35:00.001Z

mick, r2, 3po and caroline
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

I was so proud to marry Caroline this year on May 25th and yes we've done the normal wedding photos but also I thought we couldn't go without sharing it with the rest of my family.....

C-3PO Sounds

2008-05-17T18:47:00.001Z

toy 3po
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

This was a cheap c-3po toy I got from ebay
It has several c-3po sound clips that I'll use inside my 3po

3po progress

2008-05-17T18:25:00.001Z

3po progress
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

After a couple of weeks worth of spray painting I put 3po back together and this is how he's looking
The metallic paint looks great but its hard not to leave your finger prints all over the place
Hopefully I'll get the head finished by the end of the weekend as well

C-3PO

2008-04-13T16:46:00.001Z

the bare parts
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

Today I bought a Threepio from Jeff of the UK Garrison and picked it up from him in Bristol
This is the one that was in the Droid Builders Area in Celebration Europe.
Over the next week or so I will be spraying it gold
You can see in this picture that it came with a mannequin made from pvc piping

First Steps

2008-03-30T11:59:00.003Z

Added the radio control gear into my R2 today
My brother helped with sorting the motors and feet
I've still got quite a bit of work to do to sort the feet and make them more sturdy and stable
The motor holders are A&A and its got scooter motors running at 12V
I'm using the Viper speed controllers and HiTec radio gear

Master Replicas ANH Trooper Helmet

2008-01-19T13:03:00.001Z

Stormtrooper Helmets
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

I've just taken delivery of my new MR play.com exclusive budget ANH helmet.
Its a pretty good helmet especially as it only cost 60 quid!
Not sure whether it'll be accepted as it is by the UK Garrison though.

Here you can see it standing next to the FX helmet. (FX on left)

R2 speaks

2007-12-29T11:16:00.000Z

After messing around with various mp3 players and speakers I decided to go with the Hyperdyne Labs sound board with IR motion detection
I have installed it into the body just behind the vents

http://www.hyperdynelabs.com/

R2 at Christmas

2007-12-25T11:23:00.000Z

National Space Centre - Sci-Fi Weekend

2007-11-03T22:00:00.000Z

Today I took my R2 to the Sci-Fi weekend at the National Space Centre in Leicester

Andy from ther UKG as 3Po

Harrison and R2

Steve and Alex take their droid out for a spin

Fin, Adam and my R2

2007-11-03T21:51:00.000Z

Phoebe, R2 and Archie in the Columbus space module

National Space Centre - Sci-Fi weekend

2007-11-03T21:47:00.000Z

Columbus space module - part of the International Space Station

My R2 on the left and Steve's

Droid builders in the Columbus space module

National Space Centre - Sci-Fi weekend

2007-11-03T21:40:00.000Z

More photos ....

National Space Centre - Sci-Fi weekend 4

2007-11-03T21:34:00.000Z

1964 Dalek

Adam with the Tie Pilots

Batmand and Robin and B9 Robot

National Space Centre - Sci-Fi Weekend - Bug Hunt

2007-11-03T21:06:00.000Z

Balls!!!

2007-09-19T08:26:00.000Z

I finally got hold of some omniballs for my feet from outwaterplastics
The large centre foot one needed a bit of doctoring so that it connected properly to the A&A parts but now my R2 moves around a lot more freely and securely

Celebration Europe - Excel July 13th-15th 2007

2007-07-15T10:43:00.000Z

I took my R2 down to CE this weekend and joined up with fellow builders (Jeff, Oliver, Arnd, Mark, Steve and Wim) in the Droid Builders Room
I got to meet Kenny Baker, Don Bies, Daniel Deutsch and Albin Johnson

More photos can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mickpell/sets/72157600902280281/

Canary Wharf from Excel Arena

R2 Builders
Daniel Deutsch (Disney), Jeff Clark, Danny Wagner (ILM) Oliver Steeples, Don Bies (ILM) Wim Heirman, Arnd Reidel, Me

The R2 Builders Room

Oliver and Arnd's R2 Units

Jeff, Steve,Oliver and Wim's Astromechs

Leia and my R2

Anakin, Jeff's R2 and Padme

Another Leia and my R2

Obi-Wan and Anakin from UKG

UK Garrison

Kenny Baker signing

Jeff's R2 on CE Stage

Albin Johnson, founder of the 501st and R2 builders

UK Garrison Troopers

At-At

Darth and Caroline

Caroline and Jabba

X-Wing and R2

Arnd's first astromech

Don and Leia

Jango

Jeff carrying out some running repairs

Don Bies and My R2

Daniel Deutsch, Me and my R2

Troopers invade the Droid Builder Room

Royal Guard

Darth Maul in Dagobah

Vader Project

A bit more progress on the feet

2007-05-07T15:44:00.000Z

I've now added casters to the feet and put R2 in the 3 legged position. Centre foot needs a fair bit more work and now just need the shells

A&A Feet Internals

2007-05-05T16:56:00.000Z

The A&A feet motor holders came today and I've fitted them to my scooter motors. Hopefully Andy will be completing his A&A feet surrounds soon

Feet

2007-04-08T21:47:00.000Z

Over the Easter weekend I made some feet out of MDF. They will do for now but will hopefully be replaced at some stage with pvc ones from A&A

Spinning Around

2007-04-08T17:44:00.000Z

I have now connected the dome, Rockler bearing and the Atomic Pickle drive motor so now R2's head can spin....

It is only using a 9v battery in this test but spins at a decent speed

UK Robot Day

2007-02-17T23:07:00.000Z

Today I took my droid down to the UK Robot Day organised by Steve Cole of Articole Studios.
It was good to meet up with fellow robot builders and seeing their robots including R2 units, K-9s, Daleks,Bender and a bar tender robot!

As you can see here it was a bit of a squeeze getting my R2 into the Z

Bender

Adam's Dalek

Bar tender robot

These are not the droids you are looking for ...

Steve's R2

So this is what's really inside a Dalek

K-9

Boys and their toys

The potato gun

Ray's all aluminium R2

My Birthday!! Coin Returns and Side Vents

2007-01-17T17:47:00.000Z

Coin Returns for R2D2
Originally uploaded by http://www.flickr.com/people/19708261@N00/.

It's my birthday today and look what arrived....

R2D2
Originally uploaded by http://www.flickr.com/people/19708261@N00/.

I have now installed the side vents, pocketed side vents and the new coin returns into the skins
Here's hoping I can get the feet and skirts done in time for Celebration Europe.

C3PO Head

2006-10-29T10:03:00.000Z

I have been working on this C3PO head over the last few days
Got it from a guy selling them on Ebay

Pocketed Side Vents

2006-10-23T21:59:00.000Z

The aluminium pocketed side vents have now been completed and installed into the frame

Aluminium Radar Eye

2006-10-07T09:57:00.000Z

The aluminium radar eye for R2 has arrived - almost too good to paint!

Me and R2

2006-07-29T15:47:00.000Z

Latest progress shot of R2 with me

Logics

2006-07-10T16:07:00.000Z

The lights for the front logics arrived today from fellow R2 builder Ben

Clone Trooper Helmet

2006-06-11T19:51:00.000Z

I thought I'd take a break from R2 over the next month whilst the World Cup is on so I've got a mini project of building an Episode III Clone Trooper helmet. Thanks to Rick from the UKG for sending me this......here you can see the first coat of primer

Legs almost complete

2006-05-08T21:30:00.001Z

Finally I can see that the hard work getting the legs right has paid off......

Legs - Work In Progress

2006-05-05T20:57:00.000Z

Carried out a bit more work on the legs.....

Horseshoe

2006-05-04T22:54:00.000Z

After a few weeks away from R2 I've managed to concentrate on working on my R2 legs - here's a completed horseshoe

AP Dome Drive

2006-03-14T15:25:00.000Z

Here's the AP Dome Drive from Atomic Pickle installed in my R2

A&A Legs - More prep work

2006-03-11T17:35:00.000Z

After quite a bit of sanding.....

A&A Legs - prep work

2006-03-08T17:37:00.000Z

I've been working on the A&A legs over the last few weeks. Car body filler has come in handy to hide the ridges of the layers of each leg - now I just need to sand them down

R2 Dome

2006-02-02T20:50:00.000Z

My R2 dome is coming along nicely - just need to sort electronics now

X-Wing at EuroDisney

2005-11-15T23:09:00.000Z

We went to Disneyland near Paris at the weekend and at the Star Tours ride they had a full size X-Wing fighter

R&J Dome

2005-11-08T20:20:00.000Z

R&J Dome has finally arrived and it was well worth the wait!!!!!

2005-11-08T20:18:00.000Z

Spud Trooper joins Darth Tater!!!!

2005-10-30T17:38:00.000Z

Front skins painted and mounted onto the frame. The frame now includes the jag stops and bottom ring. All parts loosely fitted except utility arms

2005-10-01T12:50:00.000Z

The front skins being glued together

2005-10-01T12:48:00.000Z

I've now finished painting the holo projectors

2005-09-26T17:53:00.000Z

John Sherrell's aluminium skins have arrived and I've started work on them. Here you can see the skins loosely connected with some of the resin parts

2005-08-24T19:59:00.000Z

Well it has finally arrived - thanks to Matt Coatney for sending the R2 frame from the states.
After a couple of evenings building and working out what goes where we have an almost complete upside down A&A frame!!!
Hopefully next week the skins should arrive

2005-07-17T15:55:00.000Z

Guy Averett's R2 dome drive arrived a couple of days ago - pity there's no dome or frame to attach it to yet!!!

2005-07-04T19:36:00.000Z

Billy joins the darkside!!!!

2005-06-27T16:07:00.000Z

Another new arrival today - Rockler bearing for the dome

First parts for R2

2005-06-25T12:45:00.000Z

The first bits and pieces have arrived for my R2 unit:

Front and back light logic kit

;
Radar eye lens

;
3 x Holoprojectors all courtesy of Azman

At the moment I'm still waiting for my Dome, the A&A frame and the Rockler bearing which will keep me going for a while......

UKG Proudest Moment

2005-06-25T12:38:00.000Z

Finally got round to getting the A2 poster size photo of May 16th mounted....

Thanks to Gary Sheriston of the UK Garrison for this photo

Latest project...... R2-D2

2005-06-10T16:01:00.000Z

Yep I've finally decided to bite the bullet and start building an R2 unit and have just started doing all the research - mostly from www.astromech.net

r2

Darth Tater

2005-06-05T16:00:00.000Z

Look what Caroline gave me today.....................

Darth

How cool is that?

Star Wars Marathon - Leicester Square - May 16th 2005

2005-05-17T22:24:00.000Z

Well the big day finally arrived and all I can say is AMAZING!!!!!

What a day out with the UK Garrison

Access All Areas

Troopers on early morning duty - we started out at about 5.30am with my first stint in the UCI Empire cinema

Leicester Square 7am 16th May 2005

X-Wing Fighter

Troopers ready for action

Caroline and Ewan ?

TK3002 at MTV in the green room at about 5.30pm
Got to meet Hayden Christensen here!!!! Caroline seemed more excited meeting Brian McFadden!

anyone famous??? George Lucas, C3PO, R2D2, Chewwy, Christopher Lee etc

To the tune of the orchestra playing the Star Wars theme we then followed Vader down the red carpet into the Odeon for the Premiere of Star Wars III

Red Squad at the end of the day!!!

Finally - fully approved

2005-05-17T01:57:00.000Z

Although I have been a member of the UK Garrison and 501st for a few years I have not actually attended any garrison events and have not been branded but this finally came to an end on May 16th 2005 as you can see below

Branded !!!!!

Cambridgeshire Fantasy Fair 2005

2005-05-08T16:58:00.000Z

Today I made my first appearance at the Cambridgeshire Fantasy Fair at the Cresset in Peterborough.

As you can see below I met a couple of Bounty Hunters

Fantasy Fair with Bounty Hunters

....and Lord Vader

TK-3002 and Lord Vader

Vader, Bounty Hunters and TK-3002

Getting ready for the grand entrance to the Fantasy Fair ......

TK-3002 Unmasked

TK-3002 on night patrol

2005-05-07T16:27:00.000Z

Trooper TK3002

Air we go............

2005-05-05T15:50:00.000Z

As any trooper knows it gets very very hot inside the helmet so I've finally decided to buy a couple of fans for the helmet just in time for the Fantasy Fair and for the premier on the 16th

Below are some pictures showing the newly fitted fans

Helmet Fans

These boots were made for walking.....

2005-05-01T03:45:00.000Z

The one thing I have not had for my Trooper suit was a proper pair of Trooper boots

This has now all changd with the arrival of my new boots from www.caboots.com

Not long now before their first outing at the Peterborough Fantasy Fair at the Cresset, Peterborough on May 8th....

Lets Go To Work............

2005-04-07T15:39:00.000Z

What with the premier of the premier of the latest Star Wars film due in only a few weeks I thought I better make some adjustments to my Trooper suit

Below are some pictures of the changes I have made over the last few days

Side view

Front View