Dude... you and everyone else is short on time! I waited 10yrs before i started on my ESB Fett, I work 2 jobs FULL TIME!
just got married last summer, bought a Condo just yesterday.
And if i learned anything while being on this board, i learned that if you can save $$ by doing it yourself...do it!
You can use that extra $$ on something else and feel good about making it from scratch, in the end no one cares if its hand laid fiber-glass by the monks of Timbuktu. cause in the end your painting it!
A lot of noobs need to slow down and understand this isn't a quick and easy costume to make!
jash1 read this post...
http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/showthread.php?t=17421
and read my sig
We're not trying to be jerks, I've seen too many guys come here, this past year thinking, painted plastic... how hard can it be, then they fade away. because it takes a lot of time and $$ and they don't heed advice, then end up selling an unfinished costume.
Don't get me wrong there have been a few guys that have done a suit in a months time.. but to do that you need major $$ and time.
Champagne dreams on a Beer budget just wont cut it...imo:cheers
good luck on the auction.