Hello James, and welcome! Good to see another recruit for the dirty corps, personally I find a good way to start, is by laying out a budget. Generally you look at spending roughly £700-£1500, all depending on your location, which armour you choose, and which accessories you choose. I find it fun to first pick the trooper you want to recreate, it's not necessary, but it's certainly a whole lot of fun. Let's start looking into the "breakdown" threads you can find on the top here; http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showforum=3 Once you've determined which trooper you want to do, you can start doing research. Either by going to other build threads, or by taking loads and loads of screenshots from ANH, and stare at them endlessly (I'd advise to watch build threads either way). Have a good look into which armour you can get. There's plenty around, and they vary in price, material and accuracy. For starters, where are you located? If you're in the UK, you're lucky, and in a prime location for the best armour Have a good look into the accessories you'll need, pouches, pauldron, backpack. There's several section here on the MEPD you can take a look at. So enjoy your time here James, hopefully that small bit of text has sort of given you an idea