Thank you very much for the pics! It shows how dedicated FISD is with their costumes and making everyone of them look outstanding
Now, with the armor, I say let's do it like it's done in TFU. It's a ROTJ armor with ANH helmet and handplates, BUT with the exception of the hand plates which they look super odd to me. I've never seen clone handplates, maybe I've seen them since a local trooper has a CC, but i've never really paid attention to the CT or CC's handplates. If anyone has any pictures of them please share them with us! About the weathering being optional, I don't think it should be optional. Troopers might look shiny new, but as the time passes battle leaves them scarred, dirty, scratched, etc. So making weathering a must for CENTURION, I'm up for that. But for EIB and 501st acceptance it should be optional. And yes, it looks like the blaster the trooper has it's either this one:
http://images3.wikia.../bb/Dva0516.jpg
or this one:
http://images4.wikia...aster_Rifle.jpg
both I think should be acceptable. BUT the price of them are an obvious challenge since the cost of them are dramatically different so it might be good for us to decide which blaster should be accepted and which one should be not. The action figure carries both of them but I'm not sure if we'll use the action figure as a reference or the one in star tours.