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Update: As I've said before, I'm working on multiple projects (custom mandos, dark troopers, TFA trooper, etc). However, due to a friend's crappy turn of events, I'm putting everything on hold except 1. He needs help to complete this project by the end of the month - or he'll have no place to live. I know you guys will understand.. As a consolation, here's what we're working on.. As you can see, it needs A LOT of work. The rest of the armor is coming along nicely - though there's a bit of a debate as to keeping the chest piece 3 separate pieces or just molding it into 1. I'm picking 3 for added maneuverability, since the guys at Celebration couldn't even put their own buckets on. To show that he knows what he's doing: He just focusing on completing the armor he's starting from scratch with. I'm gonna be working on the bucket. Other guys are also helping him in this, so we hope to get EVERY thing done by the end of May.. we may even get to troop the ALVCC in June Please note that the picture of the TFA bucket is only shared with you guys. He's worried about how things are turning out in the Legion, with the upper echelons having to get chummy with Anovos /wince

He's not a member.. I just clicked on his FB profile and saw that he lives here in Las Vegas. I've made contact and suggested he join the SpecOps forum.

The main reason for taking this task on (besides doing it just because), is for the SW themed wedding we're gonna have. Technically, we're only engaged - but we're married as far as we're concerned. With that, everyone who's someone to us will be in 501st- grade costumes. Wife and I'll be custom mando's from my own designs My family will be Imps (dad and brother) and senators (mom and sister) Her's'll be DTP3 (dad), mando (sister).. we're not sure about her mom yet This isn't just a personal project for me, but for A LOT of people - that's why I'm sure this project(s) wont peter out.. (The one thing I'm dead sure of is that this'll hurt the pockets -.-) I'm excited because I got people on my end who're willing to make this particular project happen - especially the FiL. I REALLY wanted to do black on this, because I think black would be an awesome color (there's a reason why I wanted to join the 501st as a TX in the first place). I'll make a poll later on what the final color will be but I'll stick with the gray (gloss). Before I do ANYTHING related to color, I'll worry about getting it started first >.< I was honored when Bruce (the guy who worked on the movies I listed) took me in. I've called him my mentor from then on. The chest and forearms need some tweaking, jetpack is nonexistent, and those thighs don't look like they're for human use.. And it looks like gray is the popular color of choice anyway lol Yeah, saw him there, too! That's why I got reminded of building it in the first place >.< He was posting stuff on tubachris85x's group on FB.. and here's the guy's flikr

Considering DF was the ORIGINAL source, I believe I'll pay homage to that... Depending on the path, I was gonna do both Pep and scratch it. Color: Should I go black, or matte blue-gray? Bucket: definitely Pep with a resin (urethane) coat for the rear. The grill I'll make on my own - it just doesn't look right to me Body: FPP's will suit the job, but needs work. I'll tweak the file and sculpt the other parts Thanks! I was (and still am) daunted by this but I do have a couple of people to help. I have my father-in-law (FiL for easier refernce) to help me build this - among with a couple of other guys with impressive resumes; one of them has been in the industry for twice as long as I've been alive (worked on Starship Troopers, Team America, Air Force One and Titanic to name some stuff).. I'm just taking the lead on this because I have the most time to spare.

Completely forgot about Dark Forces! So then it boils down to Empire at War or Dark Forces, since both have decent 360's.. The questions now are: Which do I go for? Which is the preferred?

Which Phase III variant is the most "popular"? The wikia shows this There's the EaW version then FPP made this My father-in-law is about 6'5", 250lbs of muscle.. and keeps on bugging me about getting him into a TK - at least till someone suggested making him a DT. We settled on P3, but we weren't sure which one to pick.