Also, what is the difference between Triple Velvet and Plush Triple Velvet? Would it just be smoother/ softer? More importantly, would it be acceptable?

Thanks for imput. I'm about 5'6" 178 lbs if that helps. Buying and sewing large amounts of fabric is quite new to me.

So I've been doing some research and While I can find patterns and refererance pics, I have no idea how much fabric I'll actually need. I'm sure it'll be a lot, I just don't know how much. Plus I need to figure out how much money I need to put away to buy said fabric since this stuff ain't cheap. Ho...

I live in Florida and it can get pretty toasty, and muggy, down here during the summer. My understanding is the Rubies bucket doesn't do well in that type of heat. Anyone have any suggestions on a bucket that will work. If it matters I'm 5'5"

No worries. I might might just go down the road of giving them an obscene amount of reference pics and do a measurement session.

I'm planning on doing a ROTJ guard. I haven't been on in a few days so I haven't been keeping up with the boards.

That looks really nice. Was this a local fabric store or like a chain? I really like that fabric.

The outer robes aren't what I'm concerned about considering its pretty straight forward. It's the inner robes in which I'm more concerned about.

If you can´t sew (like me :D ) Try to find a good seamstress who can help you out. You will be definitely more satisfied with the endresult. That's what I'm thinking of doing and I think I might know someone who could help. Would you know offhand where to find sewing patterns? If they even exist? ...

Does anyone know if there are sewing patterns out there for the inner and outer robes? What about for gloves? Ive been searching the boards and I cant seem to find anything. This would be my first build for 501st approval and it's also my first attempt at sewing, so I'll take any help I can get. On ...