Hello, all. My name is Kyle Smith, and I have joined this forum having been referred here by one of it's members, Bill, whom I happened to meet at the Oregon City Fred Meyers. He commented me on my Mark Ecko Boba Fett Jacket, and the conversation went from there. I had been interested in costuming for some time, but had neither the money to buy pre-made armor, nor the confidence to make my own. I suppose part of the reason was that I am overweight, and at 5'4" and 330 lbs don't fit the proper image of fitness for most costumes. Well, after a talk with Bill, I've decided to look into perhaps making my own costume.
I'm not sure exactly what I want to do yet for a costume, although I believe that I have the handy-skills required to make one, provided it's not overwhelmingly complex.
My current ideas for a costume are torn somewhere between Star wars Canon and the Steampunk Star Wars trend which is growing in popularity. I'm leaning towards Imperial, although making some sort of Steampunk Boba Fett or Dengar might also be fun.
I also have a large, seperate two car garage full of currently unused hand and power tools, and some old broken machinery which could be scrapped for interesting parts and would be more than willing to help anybody out with any of their projects, if they need it.