Hello all,
I'm not new to the costuming world, but been out of it for long enough that I'm practically a noob again. Long story short: Been in 501st since 2005, own FX armor that was the standard back then. A few years ago life got really busy and major changes happening, and left my 501st status lapse into retired status.
Now my FX armor is no good without some modifications, but I feel is a waste of time since it's now frowned upon. Especially when the helmet will more than likely be completely phased out in the near future as 501st acceptable. It's a shame really. I spent a chunk on it back then initially, then more with improvements I made to it over the years. I want to kick myself now for letting my status lapse, but it sounds like even if I didn't, the FX armor is looked down upon now anyhow. Frustrating. I have mixed feelings about it, but I have always realized the helmet is truly quite inaccurate so part of me understands my costume becoming obsolete.
So where to go? I found this place and it's nice that TKs finally have a "home".
My head is spinning on all the different ways to go on reputable sources for armor. So far in my brief research to re-educate myself on TK armor, I am curious though to ask this first question: I realize originalstormtrooper is expensive, but is it really not "turn-key" ready for 501st approval and trooping?
