busy, busy, and more distractions. sometimes i wish i could go back into the past and stop myself from becoming a car nut. i digress. yea, i didn't go the route of the lite kit. i am currently looking at painting the armor to match. i know the troopers armor is an off white, but there is no shortage of thousands of colors of white. i blame canada. snooping around right now hunting for the name of the color i need. honestly... anyone get photographers wanting weird photoshots of you guys ?... i got three right now that is wanting me to pose mowing my grass in armor. then a couple wants to photo arresting me... there is no end to the requests.

sir, you won my internets for the day. it is indeed a cfo bucket. i almost had given up on my hopes of building a endor stormtrooper, until i tripped over them. i have to say though, the horror stories of researching was totally worth it though. learned alot by wanting to do it right.

hello all from north carolina. i must admit, this feels really odd to speak to people that are going to find me normal. i have been doing the stormtrooper persona for some time now, and ramped up in a totally unrelated way with the 501. i actually did not know you existed until recent months. personally i did the stormtrooper thing as a halloween thing as a play off my last name, but more recently it went a bit more serious. what was just a joke persona to keep up the morale in the car group i am in, evolved into starting to buy armor. within the car club i am with, the stormtrooper is widely accepted, and loved. granted it can get a bit draining from time to time. i cannot count the amount of times i have been linked to some reference to my poor aim, or height. i usually take it in stride, as the persona is to rally support for charity events and such that we do.... and that's when i heard about you guys. i was asked if i was with the 501st, and i had to google. it was then i realized why they were confused when i said that i didn't know who you were. of course i stalked your pages for a good while, learning far more about costumes than i knew. you guys really made me step my game up. i am about to complete my first true to screen rotj suit .... well, as best i can. i am sure you guys will find something i overlooked. as of now though, i figured it was time to pop in and say hi, and work on trying to join up with you guys. i will be sending in the full work up, once everything is here and together. until then... keep being awesome guys.