Hello from San Diego, Current 501st member here....
I am part of ISG in SoCal starting my journey into full armor costumes.
I currently have only done partial armor up to now with my V5 Gunner. But I love building/crafting costumes (I already have 4 approved) and naturally a stormtrooper has always been a goal of mine from the very beginning when I first wanted to join the legion more than 2 years ago. And now I have joined and also have decent experience with what it takes to actually troop with limited visibility. I think I'm finally ready to take the plunge!
Especially as a bunch of people in my garrison are going to be doing a group buy from imperial surplus that is probably gonna happen next month.
(so FISD is going to be getting a bunch of new recruits soon).
I'm currently looking at going with an ESB trooper for mine. A bit nervous about the process/price but also very excited at the same time since my garrison already has a bunch of TK's and I know I'm going to need all of their help to get mine up to spec so I can join the stormtrooper ranks.
It's going to be a very interesting journey for sure.