Greetings from Switzerland
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 1:39 pm
Hello all, thought as you've been nice enough to accept me into your ranks I should introduce myself. My name is Steve, an Englishman who has been living in Switzerland since 2005. I've been a Star Wars fan all my life and happily my daughter is too (she even gets to play with my old SW toys from the '80's)!
This may seem an odd question and I do not wish to cause offence to any purists who spend years building their suits but I was wondering if the RS suit is 501st approvable "out the box". I read that their TK set is but as my favourite film is ESB and I've always loved the look of the Snowtroopers I'd love to be able to have such a kit. Why not build it myself? Simple. Time. Or the lack there of. I'm currently building a ANH Vader kit to 501st standards which I expect to take 2-3 years (just the wait for the KevVader capeset is nearly 2 years) but I'd love to have a costume to wear in the meantime but don't want to end up building two costumes simultaneously ( I also build RC trucks so time really is a premium)! I'm really torn between a TK and a TS but would love to go TS if possible (would be great for Switzerland!). If the RS kit needs lots of work and time to make it 501 approvable then I'll maybe go for their TK and then build a TS in the future once my Vader is complete and I have more time.
Also, should I go TS, what, if any, voice effects do you use? I already have some Akers from my Vader but do you use the iComm or is that just for TKs?
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
Steve
This may seem an odd question and I do not wish to cause offence to any purists who spend years building their suits but I was wondering if the RS suit is 501st approvable "out the box". I read that their TK set is but as my favourite film is ESB and I've always loved the look of the Snowtroopers I'd love to be able to have such a kit. Why not build it myself? Simple. Time. Or the lack there of. I'm currently building a ANH Vader kit to 501st standards which I expect to take 2-3 years (just the wait for the KevVader capeset is nearly 2 years) but I'd love to have a costume to wear in the meantime but don't want to end up building two costumes simultaneously ( I also build RC trucks so time really is a premium)! I'm really torn between a TK and a TS but would love to go TS if possible (would be great for Switzerland!). If the RS kit needs lots of work and time to make it 501 approvable then I'll maybe go for their TK and then build a TS in the future once my Vader is complete and I have more time.
Also, should I go TS, what, if any, voice effects do you use? I already have some Akers from my Vader but do you use the iComm or is that just for TKs?
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
Steve