When I was a kid I always wanted to be trooper, but as I grew older that went away. That was until CIII in Indianapolis. My friend was a huge SW fan, and his friends, turns out were working on Heart of An Empire, the documentary on the 501st. I had never heard of the 501st, but after I saw all the troopers and worked with Jay Thompson promoting the documentary at CIII, I knew I needed to be a TK.
Well I got the armor pieces but never assembled it until after Dragon*Con 2006, working another round of promotion for Heart of an Empire.
It took well over a year, but I got armor, got help from a local TK and now I am TK-2063.
Oh yes, go see Jay's movie, Heart of an Empire when it arrives in Theaters. (heartofanempire.com)