Like another fellow who just posted here, I recently obtained armor from eBay; my first kit of armor. I know that is a big "NO NO" and I may catch a lot of flak for it. Spare me the lectures, please. For others reading, I in no way endorse eBay as a source for armor. This is a learning process for me. I had perused eBay for armor here and there over the past several years and had some unpleasant message exchanges with the likes of "trekfreek" and "makerofthings!" and knew they were shady or their product was trash. Then I found this set that I bought - not perfect, but in the midst of a young-professional life crisis, I just said "screw it," made a bid, and won. Anyhow, I just took lots of pictures of the armor (arrived today) and wanted to share them and hopefully get whatever advice I could on assembly, what needs to be changed, whether I should just return it, melt it down, etc. This is FX armor, and a peculiar set at that. (I am attaching a link to a web album of the pictures.) Then I found these posts: http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/22826-i-am-not-even-sure-what-to-think-of-this/?hl=+tk#820851110=
and
http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/22671-in-memoriam-mandy-zehner-tk-51110/
So, seeing that this is where the armor came from at some point, and that Andrew intended, after the fact, to sell this armor at a reasonable price to share his wife's joy with others who wanted to get into trooping, I am going to go for it and build it. I've been consulting the guides on the 501st website for the TK armor.
These are the photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/100995806495504666154/FXMArmorKit
ANY feedback, suggestions, etc., you can give would be greatly appreciated. I have captioned most of the photos, too.
I went with the FX armor made of ABS because of price and size - I have a larger head and I know the FX helmet runs large. My ultimate motive for getting armor is to connect with the 501st and get involved in all their charity work. I love fundraising, volunteer work, etc., and I know what joy a cool costume can bring some people.
I'm a little worn out - I hope this post makes sense and isn't too long-winded.