Seeing as this is a new forum, we are all new here. So I would like to start off by introducing myself to all of you. Some I know, most I don't, so here goes....
My name is Michael, most guys call me Payney, a typical Aussie Surname nickname. I'm 34 years old, Brisbane boy, and I have been a Star Wars Fanboy for as long as I could remember. I am married, to my wonderful wife Sara, and have 3 kids, Hayden (8), Cooper (5), and Kaya (2). My wife... tolerates my facination with SW, but I am slowly swaying her over to the dark side
I have been collecting SW stuff since I was 12, but only seriously for the last 5 years. I met/heard about the 501st at Supanova here in Brissy in 2009. Joined up and became a full member in February 2010, with a bought-off-Ebay FX kit, which someone had already made, and I just needed to modify for my short stature
That then started the bug, real bad! I then bought a Biker Scout, Gunner, AT-ST Driver off the Legion boards, scratch built my Bossk with the help of my lovely wife, and some awesome Latex parts off Ebay. Early this year was a mad rush to get 2 costumes finished for Dreamwrold. A BARC, or Kashyyyk Trooper, and a Bith, both of which are RL approved. I just recently helped out on a run of Jawas, which is 501st approved, and will soon be RL aswell.
I am also on a quest to have my own R2. I have been working on him for about 2 1/2 years. I am now getting down to the nitty gritty of having the majority of the parts and starting assembly. I'm hoping to have him up and running by DW2013. I also have other 501st and RL costumes in the works, but more on that in the not to distant future.
(This post was last modified: 08-12-2012, 11:54 AM by Payney.)