Athrun Zala

looking at that compared to pics I've seen of Star Wars stormtroopers...that looks awful.

I'm just going to say....WOW!

unfortunately I live in Chile and have no clue where to get anything...or what they have here. and I'm unsure whether my dad will go out of his way to buy the stuff when I already have a suplly of cardboard. so the guy on the site used 3mm sheets. should I make it 3 mm thick then?

ok, I'm 16. I've read all these things about vacuumn machines and molds and such. I don't have much of an understanding of how they work, where to get the materials, how to build them, and such; that would be up to my dad to figure out. Unfortunately we do not have the room, nor the type of money to spend on things to make stormtrooper armour. So, since I'm the only one in the family who really wants it, I've decided to make it myself. (with the aid of my creative talented sister) My basic materials are white paper, black construction paper for some details, cardboard (it looks like 2-3 layers I think), some thinner cardboard, and toilet paper rolls (you know, the stuff they use to hold the paper on?). [No padding, styrophoam, tubing, or whatever.] My main question is how thick do I need the armour to be so I don't look more like a box or something. If anyone has any ideas or comments on how I should do it, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Athrun Zala