I agree that the colors don't match. There aren't many different red velvets available in Canada... and we bought the helmet already painted. On the other hand, the colors of the robe and helmet also don't match in the CRL, and many of the pictures of members in the 501st gallery show much more colo...

Without seeing pictures it would be hard to say if it would be approvable or not. I can see about finding out the pattern we used for my cloak some time this weekend around the 3 troops I have running and get it posted up as a reference for everyone... keep in mind that it had to be heavily modifie...

My robe is AoTC style and has a total of 5 panels (1 front, 2 sides and 2 back)... Of course it also took a lot of fabric (somewhere around 15m since I'm 6'3" out of costume). There is a simplicity pattern for a cloak that can be modified to give a nice drape.... I'll see if my GF can dig it o...

What would you guys recomend to avoid or reduce the fogging up?
would installing fans help?

thanks
JS

Hi gang,
I just got my bucket today, looks great.
I got it from steviebxxx on Ebay...looks good and fits perfectly and the lens doesn't fog up

anyway here's my little two cents on the helmet thing

xorex

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