I am the eternally gratefully owner of this armor made beautiful by the extremely talented, detail oriented and most gracious person I've ever met, Steve (gazmosis)!
I've always been a life long Star Wars fan but exactly one year ago when Lucusfilm accounced they'd be releasing more films I decided to double-down on my fandom and fulfill a life-long dream of owning an accurate Stormtrooper "costume". Well, I spent months researching and stumbled upon this forum where Steve was the first to reach out to me - and happened to live near by. He and another local trooper let me take a peek at an RS build and I decided, if I'm gonna do this, I better do it right and spend the money on RS. Spending the money was about 5% of the real work involved - so I found out. During all this my family and I were in the middle of a move and I lost the time and workspace needed for this project - and though Steve warned me there was "no way" he could take on another RS build with his busy schedule - he fit me in (literally and figuratively!)
Most of what came next is documented in this thread - and Steve was absolutely vital in helping me reach my goal of a completed suit by Halloween.
Steve - there is absolutely no way I can repay you, you are the most generous person I have ever met, there's no way I could've completed this alone in the time I had - nor would it have been anywhere close to the very high standards that you hold yourself to.
I can't wait to get started trooping with you and EVERYONE! - what an incredible way to be introduced to this awesome community!
Thanks again!
