Valegon

Ah, tough luck there. I'm almost the exact same body build as you, just an inch taller with the same weight so I'm actually in the same situation as you. Hopefully there's a kit that'll work but I haven't pinpointed one yet.

Panda's definitely got some good info there in his post. You might also want to check out the following links. ------------

Padding, hadn't thought of that, will need to look into it. Hopefully the armor will still look somewhat natural, don't want it to be sticking out on the arms/legs too much that it would draw too much attention to itself.

Going to jump into this thread as there's some good info here and my question is more or less the same. Plus I'd rather not add to the list of threads when there's one present. What I'm looking for is roughly the same as what was mentioned at the beginning - not overly concerned with it being THE MOST accurate available. I've read through the 'different types of armor' and it mentions body builds such as (5'10" / 165lbs) and (5'6" / 115lbs) but my body type is more of a combination of the two. 5'11" and 120 lbs Tall and skinny. Metabolism is still in high gear, trying to gain weight by that's a whole different topic. I'll keep my TK nice and clean so shiny would be nice but I also move around a lot so one that can take some abuse won't hurt. The AP kit looks good but I'm not certain if it will work for my build. I checked that link referenced above and in one of the images it has what looks like stickers for the helmet (tube stripes, gray patch for dome, etc.) which surprised me a bit. The end goal of course is a kit that is 501st acceptable. Unfortunately I'm not exactly experienced when it comes to modding and such, willing to learn but still new overall. I've already made the rookie mistake of getting armor from ebay before I found this detachment, so I want to do it right this time. I'm repenting for it, please forgive me. Edit for grammar and info.

The Star Garrison was having an event at the local Barnes and Noble. I went to meet some of the members and take some photos of the event. Here's the small version of a few but I took over 100 pics so I put them on a flickr account so you can see them all at full size. I would have taken more but I had to leave early to head into work. If anyone from the Star Garrison wants to PM me feel free. I'm not in the 501st so I couldn't take part in the festivities but am hoping these can be put on the garrison site at some point. I even got some sequential shots of the R2D2 dancing to the cantina song... which was stuck in my head for the rest of the day. A Han Solo showed up at some point, didn't ask where he came from but don't think the kiddies were concerned about that.

I'm going to piggy-back on this thread as my question is somewhat related. Earlier today I was at a trooping event that was happening. I was told to swing by to meet some members of the local garrison which was extremely fun. I was told there would only be around three members there which gave me the idea to bring my own camera as it didn't sound like there'd be extra members to take any photos, I thought I'd at least be able to help by getting some pictures for the site. Afterwards though I realized, I took a lot of pictures of people with the troopers. People that I don't know and technically I never asked if they would mind if I took the pictures. So my question is, considering I'm not an actual member of the 501st (yet...) am I allowed to display these pictures here or submit them to the garrison to display on their site? Or am I thinking about this too much? I took around 115 pictures so there's plenty to share. I was thinking of putting them on a flickr account but want to see if its alright before I do.

This is a somewhat odd request but did it come with any type of packaging that would making it easier to find/recognize when we're looking for it? Do you still have it so we could see?

*rimshot* I like the idea though.