Trying to duplicate effect... 3D? Perspective?

I have an .eps file
and I would like it to match this effect:
and I can't seem to figure out how to do it. I've tried the 3D filter, I've messed around with the perspective grid (but I don't know what I'm doing there), I've tried to free-transform, etc.
I'm all self-taught, so this seeming simple effect is proving very difficult for me. I want to do this in Illustrator so as to keep it as a vector. I know I recreate the effect in Photoshop, but then, of course, it'd be rasterized.
If someone could give me an idea of tools/techniques I'd be very appreciative.
I'm using CS6 on Windows 7.

I was able to do something similar...
I started with the edge being White with a 60% Black stroke > duped it and put it in the back adding 60% fill and nudged it to give the edge a slight thickness > duped again and removed the stroke for a White fill and nudged that in the back to give a White edge > duped the top shape again and applied a 40% Black stroke only, no fill > duped that and maipulated it to conform to the shadow exterior warp and gave that a White stroke > selected both the last two duped elements and applied a smooth blend > sent that blend to the back and I ended with the above file which could be grouped and sent to the back of the color file.
The only thing I might do differently is apply a .5pt stroke instead 1pt stroke to the top element. In your case, if you already have the "Blue" shape, you could do an offset path to get the edge shape that would conform exactly to your original shape. But the entire outline and shadow effect can be done with copying the original offset path again and again to build the illusion of depth.
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