Getting armor for my bf for xmas..

[Mookattacks]

Yea the avatar cuts most off,was trying to give a refrence to what kind of armor I would need to size. I post a pic of my in his armor later, that should be a good laugh xD

[TK-42779[501st]]

Dirty boy Tony...

 

Seriously Chelsea, just try on you BF's kit. You'll be fine in the chest area. There's plenty of room there.

 

Whoa, whoa! lol I wasn't trying to be pervy! Everyone was beating around the bush about it! haha We are all professionals here, sheesh.

[Darth Hilarious]

whatever you do

Avoid FX, AM & RT-mod

They are all made for bigger people and will cause a ton more trimming work (found that one out the hard way, I did)

[Mookattacks]

I shall be sure to avoid those

 

Are there any made for smaller people?

[Nicky]

You are about as tall as my sister and she has big boobs. You will be fine, try your bf's kit they are a bit on the tall side, tm, but ap, t/mc should fit your length as well

 

I think my sis has AP, front row in the fisd family pic. Blends in fine.

 

No she is 5'4, so AP will fit great.

Edited November 20, 2012 by Nicky

[Locitus[Admin]]

AP is typically recommended for smaller people, but all screen accurate kinds are more or less the same size. I'm about 5'9 and 121 lbs and TM fits me nicely with just some slimming down trimming. The normal circumference was too big for me, but not too tall.

[Darth Hilarious]

The dudes in the movie suits weren't exactly huge (~5'10", 165lbs or so) so movie size kits fit that (with leeway either way)

You can shrink a suit down an amazing amount by trimming

types of kits out there

with handy dandy descriptions

Edited November 20, 2012 by Darth Furious

[Mookattacks]

Garrets is TM, I have a feeling it's gonna be really big though x.x

I will look into AP

[Nicky]

Yay! One more converted, we are on FIRE here

[Mookattacks]

I'll prolly do HIPS too, I don't need the expensive stuff. As cheap as possible. Buying his armor really put me back lol :c

[Locitus[Admin]]

Well, not that many of our vetted sellers use HIPS anymore. Maybe ATA does once in a while, but the price difference between his HIPS and ABS is like $50 if I remember correctly.

 

But if you're on a budget, ATA is a lot cheaper than AP, and not much different in overall size. A little larger, but you can trim that off.

[Nicky]

T/MC's prices for shiny thick abs was really interesting, but the size I am not sure, might be that it was nothing trimming wouldn't fix. I have t/mc but didnt overlap the parts with my sister's ap to compare. Like Mathias said its pretty much the same.

[Dday[501st]]

Not really made for smaller people. TM, ATA, CFO (for ROTJ armors) are all normal sized and can be easy to trim to fit the size.

 

We recently say a female trooper who did a luke 'hero' suit, it lets you make a shorter build and it's still canon, since luke was a short guy. Otherwise, just to a stunt and I'm sure you can trim it to spec easily. Only problem is most of the guys have waiting lists for new orders, so you'd have to hope for a fully made kit, or an untrimmed one, they pop up sometimes as untrimmed.

[Dday[501st]]

for a budget, go with an ATA ABS kit I think the kit is sub $400 with no helmet, helmet is an extra $125, or so, so very affordable (hence ATA, Affordable Trooper Armor).

[Mookattacks]

ahh yes, that's a good enough price haha.

[Mookattacks]

I wonder if they are going to use troopers from the 501st to do the new SW7 movie

[Locitus[Admin]]

I have no idea, but I'll gladly offer my services as one if they need TK's

[Mookattacks]

Haha just don't hit your head on a doorway

[Locitus[Admin]]

Promise!

[Nicky]

On my last event I was waiting for my queue to enter a concert hall and hit my head in the door, it's canon alright. That's what LFL wants.

[Tksomething]

I have no idea, but I'll gladly offer my services as one if they need TK's

 

I agree.

Now that the mouse has control.. I hope they film in FL not CA.

And as for the scout that was mentioned earlier, that's what I was thinking for her. Now is scout more or less affordable than a TK? And wouldn't a clean scout be able to get into every event a clean TK could?

[Locitus[Admin]]

Scouts are cheaper than TK if you can sew. The armour itself is cheaper, since there is less of it, but if you can't sew you'll have to commission it which may well end up costing more than a cheaper TK-kit like ATA.

Scouts should ideally not be super clean, since the originals were quite weathered to match the Endor conditions, but they do get to troop with TK's just like any other 501st approved costume.

[Tksomething]

Well, I just referring to the Disney Christmas parade, which I know is the basis behind her wanting a TK. It called for "Clean" armor.

[Locitus[Admin]]

I'm Swedish, I have no idea how that parade is organized.

[Tksomething]

That's not an excuse Mathias! You're supposed to be an Admin! You need to know what your TK's are doing! haha