pfew! Amen to that Daetrin! It was like pulling teeth to find out who was doing EP3 clone stuff! It literally took me a month of asking the SAME questions over and over and over again and then finally breaking down and asking why eveyone uses abbreviations and slang. Thats when I found out about Big Brother Lucasfilms' ear and thought "Thats rediculous, they ask for us specifically to come and do events for them, Celebrations, etc, but are the first to jump down someones throat and slap lawyers papers around!"
Do you know why they do that? Its those prop builders that CHALLANGE Lucasfilm in order ot get publicity to boost sales! They ruin it for the little guys in the Legion. Its all just a bunch of crap-hole politics! I HATE politics.
Im mean honestly, no one is going to get rich off of making this stuff! Not unless they charge rediculous amounts of money, and then, who's gonna buy? Whos their customer base? US, thats who. We cant give them government contracts, we cant give them hollywood contracts, we buy ONE suit and dress up a couple weekends a month, if that! HOWVER< Lucasfilm makes all kinds of money off of us doing it!!!!!!!! So why are they getting all uppity on our prop-makers???? Its harassment!
You will find that many prop makers here preffer to trade, rather than money as its "more" legal. But technically, US currency is BARTERING TENDER. Notes for TRADING. So I dont get why its OK to sue someone for making money off of an item. aaaargh.
OK, Im done ranting VIVA LA PROP BUILDERS!
Anyway, if youre looking for the who's who of prop builders in an area, visit that specific area. Sandtroopers: here. Clonetroopers: clonetroopers.net. Biker scouts: bikerscout.net etc. If youre a 501st member, send in your info and proof and you get allowed into the members only section where people speak a little easier. Send Private Messages to people posting about stuff youre intereted in checking out. They can direct you to appropriate buiders.
-Jason