[How to Join the 501st Imperial Legion?]

God what I really want is a cheat sheet, with a magic fairy to come and grant me all that I need without effort or expenditure.

 

Then an attractive model to suite me up, but heck we can't get everything we want can we. So where do I go about getting my hands on an AP kit. Does anyone have any advice about who I should talk to or where I should go to get a hold of such a kit? So I can start shopping?

[How to Join the 501st Imperial Legion?]

I have my heart set on being a TK, I'm pushing the edge of 5' 11'' and I weigh about 170ib's. but I will most definatly keep my options open. When it comes to making stormtrooper armor don't you need to somehow get your hands on molds and some sort of molding machine for the plastic? That seems much more skill intensive. Yet perhaps possible if it's not as difficult as I imagine it would be.

 

Heck I know about expensive hobbies, i've played warhammer tabletop for years! The only thing is that it gets expensive over time, in increments. This seems to be a rather large cash sink all at once following by more cash in the future (which is not as difficult to manage as such large initial payments). If I could get a quality TK kit for around 600 or 700 dollars I see that as managable. Just the basics, then I can build on it from there, modify my helmet etc.

 

And on the topic of the kit, when I check ebay all I see up for sail typically are FX kits which I have read from around here aren't the greatest when it comes to quality and accuracy. For my height what would be the most appropriate Kit for me to consider?

 

On the gun, well I think I can make the gun, just needs tom pvc pipe, paint and other knick nacks I assume. I've decided that i'm not in a great deal of hurry, so I have the patience to do what is needed.

[How to Join the 501st Imperial Legion?]

Great! Thanks for the reply. Well with skill I have none, but I feel that I can follow directions and i'm relatively sure that i'm not a moron so I would hope that I could learn to do what is needed. Time? Well I have plenty of time that I don't use constructively now so i'm sure I can make do. Money is my only issue, which could throw a major wrench in my dreams but heck i'm trying to keep involved in the process and not dwell to much on what I can or cannot afford!

 

Yeah I figured as much, I very much want to focus on my first armor being quality. I'm of the opinion that I would like to do it right the first time so I don't have to obsesse over having armor that does not satisfy me in regards to quality.

 

now i'm not totally familier with the type of kits out there, and while this doesn't seem at all cheap to me is the SDS 2005 armor a quality set of armor? Is it sort of an expensive but easy method of attaining trooping quality armor?

[How to Join the 501st Imperial Legion?]

For the longest time it's been an idle fantasy of mine to get involved in the process of putting together my very own suite of quality stormtrooper armor. Recently (most notably with the approach of GenCon Indy) this idle fantasy has become more concrete for me. Now I know there is information out there, and I have looked but I have little to no experience in any sort of costuming let alone the more challenging process of building and/or acquiring stormtrooper armor and was wondering if I could prevail upon the knowledgible members of this community to help me begin this process.

 

Overall I guess what i'm asking is if you have any advice how a beginner who doesn't have a very large bank account to break could start on the road to becoming a certified 501st Legion member. I am afraid to say that I'm completley flabbergasted when it comes to what the particular difference is between say a FX kit or TE2 kit, or an AP kit (really these are just abbreviations that i've picked up on the forum and places like Ebay, I don't actually know what i'm talking about.

 

For a beginner who doesn't have a lot of green to burn, what would be a good start? Is their an easy way? Is their a harder but cheaper way? Should I built it myself with a vacuuform machine (sp) I guess what i'm trying to say is that i'm willing to learn, but i've spent so long thinking about it by myself that I don't think i'm ever going to do it unless I get some motivation from people who've actually accomplished the dream!