Bociwen

Not sure how helpful this will be to you, but I have been messing with a hardhat liner (the goofy suspension system, whatever you wanna call it) to see how itll work. In order to sit low enough on my head that I actually see out of the eye wholes, the holding clips are about 1/3 deep into the skull cap. At that point, the top of my head is basically touching the top of the skull cap, so I think in the near future I may just swap to a simple pad on the top, with a few heftier along the wall to keep it from turning.

Cant view 501st forums yet, my current endeavors are aimed at assembling a suit worthy to join the ranks =D

We plan to, just trying to track down crafters, I have most of the knowhow to get into production myself (engineering degree etc) just not the time So far the only obvious seller I have found is that CostumeJunkie guy, and research on him is showing mixed opinions. Not yet found anyone for the others (except TM which isnt an option for us), other then RT-MOD who I guess you can email directly? Thanks again for taking the time to confirm the info I have found, as well as correcting me on the height/weight issue, I am glad that more accurate replicas are not out of the running for us! Since I have not seen any information regarding glasses under the helmet, what kind of clearance would you guys estimate you have between your eyes and your lenses? Depending on that clearance, it would be possible to use those "sport" glasses that use elastic around the skull rather then wireframes that would require more side clearance to fit properly. I wonder if I could take my old Army issue gas mask inserts and mount them inside the helmet....

Greetings all! Let me begin by saying thank goodness I found this site in my research, its been a great resource! Long story short, I am researching Trooper armor for myself and two friends, and I wanted to make sure I had some things correct. FX Armor - Most common, and generally cheapest suits. Helmets usually too large. AP Armor - Copy of originals? More expensive, harder to find, and not suited for "larger" people RT Mod - More accurate then FX TE/TE2 - Stands for trooperexpert, casts possibly made from originals, hard to find? TM - Troopermaster from this forum! Excellent accuracy, but located in UK (cost barrier for US citizens) Assuming this is correct, I wanted to confirm some other impressions I have gotten thus far. First, that AP and other super screen accurate versions are not well suited to heavier/taller folks. I am 5ft 11 and 185lbs while my friend Adam is 6ft 1 at 215 or so. From my understanding, we would want to stick to FX for the armor side of things, and then something more accurate for the helmet. Second is simply a question. I wear glasses, as well as Adam; any fellow four-eyes out there run into issues with the smaller, more accurate helmets while sporting your glasses underneath? Thank you for your time, whoever elects to respond =) Thomas/Boci