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Imperial Creative Engineering => Custom Figures => Topic started by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on May 06, 2020, 02:37:01 AM

Title: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on May 06, 2020, 02:37:01 AM
A few custom remnant troopers, click the pictures for bigger image ..got some saga helmets on the way to replace these with, think they will look better

(https://i.imgur.com/Kq6dSTm.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/R7aAa6d.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pIbPQEJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/JV1jxLB.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/oGGyUI8.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CfCCorj.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ppXH7tc.jpg)
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Tamer on May 06, 2020, 05:29:04 AM
Wow, very nice. Good to see you back around too.

Off to the front pages.
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on May 06, 2020, 06:10:38 AM
Wow, very nice. Good to see you back around too.

Off to the front pages.

Thanks Tamer, it's good to be back  8)
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: JDeck on May 07, 2020, 05:09:40 PM
These are cool. I really like how you utilized the R1 Stormtrooper armor. It turned out really cool.
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on May 07, 2020, 11:57:28 PM
These are cool. I really like how you utilized the R1 Stormtrooper armor. It turned out really cool.

Thanks JDeck, i think i'm going to paint a little more stormtrooper armour on them so they only have a few parts missing and upgrade the helemt's to the saga version
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: nickeltcd on May 08, 2020, 05:57:35 AM
Excellent work, I love the weathering you created.
I wanted to ask what head did u use on the bold goatee  and what  lower body for the mind bender, I love the use of the holster?
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on May 08, 2020, 06:48:28 AM
Excellent work, I love the weathering you created.
I wanted to ask what head did u use on the bold goatee  and what  lower body for the mind bender, I love the use of the holster?

Cheers  ..i think the head is Dr Rex Lewis from the rise of cobra line with some green stuff putty for the tash (made it last year and had it put to one side so not 100% sure but i think it is)  ..the body is a rise of cobra elite viper with the chest armour removed
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Starchaser on May 14, 2020, 09:25:07 PM
These guys looks great - and appropriately gritty! They add to the less "uniform" sense of a unit without the resources and backing of a major military regime.
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on May 16, 2020, 01:51:11 PM
These guys looks great - and appropriately gritty! They add to the less "uniform" sense of a unit without the resources and backing of a major military regime.

Thanks bud, i've changed them a little ..still waiting for the saga helmets and might add brown or black capes/ponchos

(https://i.imgur.com/1yOKldU.jpg)
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Tamer on May 17, 2020, 05:36:09 AM
Nice, off to the front pages.
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Moronarama on May 17, 2020, 10:47:42 AM
Nice batch!  Like other's have said I really dig the piecemeal armor and the use of the Joe heads.  They've got a lot of personality.
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on May 17, 2020, 12:02:29 PM
Nice batch!  Like other's have said I really dig the piecemeal armor and the use of the Joe heads.  They've got a lot of personality.

Thanks bud, yeah there are some great Joe figures in that rise of cobra line  8)
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Starchaser on May 18, 2020, 10:03:36 PM
I think that brown capes might be interesting.
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on May 19, 2020, 02:31:44 PM
I think that brown capes might be interesting.

I was thinking something like this?

(https://i.imgur.com/O0ymzr5.jpg)
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on June 25, 2020, 12:38:52 AM
Added a few more new troopers, the saga helmets have finally arrived after 3mths lol so upgraded the others, going to paint the rifles later and the other general hawk figure (these are real cheap on ebay right now btw) still waiting for Vader capes ..i call this group Legion

(https://i.imgur.com/6PDCJEp.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/WJNxnLN.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/bsOXOvF.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/DnZsVsL.jpg)
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Tamer on June 25, 2020, 07:08:09 AM
Very nice. You make me wonder what you could do with the armor from this set:

(https://i.imgur.com/VSh0J2W.jpg)

Off to the front pages.

If you can shoot me a link to some of those Hawk auctions too.
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on June 25, 2020, 09:49:46 AM
Very nice. You make me wonder what you could do with the armor from this set:

If you can shoot me a link to some of those Hawk auctions too.

That could work, thanks for the tip  8)   ...them General Hawks, single figure eBay item number:153677935885
5pc (better deal) eBay item number:153672626991
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Tamer on June 26, 2020, 05:41:56 AM
Thanks for the numbers. Here are the links if folks want to see them (very good prices)

General Hawk 5 action Figures Link (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5575055288&toolid=10001&campid=5337373868&customid=&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FLot-of-5pcs-GI-Joe-The-Pursuit-of-Cobra-General-Clayton-Hawk-Abernathy-Figure%2F153672626991%3Fhash%3Ditem23c79a332f%3Ag%3AMQwAAOSw7dNdmGja)

General Hawk Link (just one) (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5575055288&toolid=10001&campid=5337373868&customid=&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FGI-Joe-The-Pursuit-of-Cobra-General-Clayton-Hawk-Abernathy-Weapon-Stand-Helmet%2F153677935885%3Fhash%3Ditem23c7eb350d%3Ag%3A1FgAAOSw7D5dlxoF)

I will have to take these to the front pages.
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Starchaser on July 02, 2020, 04:46:09 PM
You're building quite a remnant army here. Really good choice of bodies to underneath the armor.
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on July 03, 2020, 10:59:20 AM
You're building quite a remnant army here. Really good choice of bodies to underneath the armor.

Thank you
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on August 28, 2020, 02:00:37 AM
I've got a load of black capes for my guys 8)  ..going to do a comic style story with these at some point about them living out of an old AT-AT and having been trained by a formidable Mandalorian warrior who now leads these mercs  ..the days of just shooting in someone's general direction are over bbfet ;D ..need get all the back grounds printed off etc and find time ha

(https://i.imgur.com/rAGuVxw.jpg)
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Tamer on August 28, 2020, 05:18:14 AM
I love the story of these guys. Man and they are gonna be able to shoot! Outstanding.

Off to share the update on the front pages.
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: JDeck on August 28, 2020, 11:21:19 AM
The Stormtrooper remnants look great! My theory was the E-11 was inaccurate. I figured it was made mainly for close quarters and for boarding ships, much like the Blunderbuss of the 1700s. That's why you always see them shooting from the hip, because they're bound to hit something in tight quarters.  However in the new games they are pretty accurate, so there goes my theory.  Shooting from the hip is not a good technique.
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on August 28, 2020, 01:07:30 PM
The Stormtrooper remnants look great! My theory was the E-11 was inaccurate. I figured it was made mainly for close quarters and for boarding ships, much like the Blunderbuss of the 1700s. That's why you always see them shooting from the hip, because they're bound to hit something in tight quarters.  However in the new games they are pretty accurate, so there goes my theory.  Shooting from the hip is not a good technique.

Some great observations JDeck  8)  ..what do you use to stop the paint chipping at the joints?
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: JDeck on August 28, 2020, 01:42:26 PM
In short I avoid painting joints. There really isn't a sure fire way of preventing joint rub. You can use the super glue technique. You put droplets of super glue over the paint without getting into the joints. I never tried. If I have to paint joints I select parts that are as close as possible to the color I need to paint. Otherwise I would rather paint the body to match the arms or legs.
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on August 28, 2020, 01:48:19 PM
In short I avoid painting joints. There really isn't a sure fire way of preventing joint rub. You can use the super glue technique. You put droplets of super glue over the paint without getting into the joints. I never tried. If I have to paint joints I select parts that are as close as possible to the color I need to paint. Otherwise I would rather paint the body to match the arms or legs.

Thanks for the info 8) .. new to custom figures so was wondering how you guys did it  ;D  ..maybe some kind of dye might work, will have a play around
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Starchaser on August 30, 2020, 09:05:00 PM
These guys look great! I'm with JDeck on the joint thing. Some customizers do a great job sanding the joint down a little and such, but that's more skill than my thick old fingers are equipped for, so I avoid painting the joints whenever possible.
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on August 30, 2020, 11:23:16 PM
These guys look great! I'm with JDeck on the joint thing. Some customizers do a great job sanding the joint down a little and such, but that's more skill than my thick old fingers are equipped for, so I avoid painting the joints whenever possible.

I will have to remember not to paint the joints in future, i might try some black dye or permanent marker pen on the one's i've done 
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Starchaser on August 31, 2020, 09:32:05 PM
I do use Sharpie permanent markers to color joints when I can. They have lots of different colors, including metallics.
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on September 01, 2020, 01:27:33 PM
I do use Sharpie permanent markers to color joints when I can. They have lots of different colors, including metallics.

Cool 8)  ..i will look for some of them
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Lance Quazar on September 02, 2020, 11:50:41 AM
Great job!  These guys look more like remnant troopers than the ones in the show!  Rough, cobbled together, like they really are out on the frontier with no resources.

Terrific!
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Mos-Eisley-Customz on September 04, 2020, 05:04:53 AM
Great job!  These guys look more like remnant troopers than the ones in the show!  Rough, cobbled together, like they really are out on the frontier with no resources.

Terrific!

Thank you, that's the way i would imagine them to be too, armour missing, dirty, piece together what they can, capes to keep them warm at night as they sleep where they can etc
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Darth More on September 12, 2020, 03:07:24 AM
I'm late to the party, but I really like the black capes and the idea of a Comic style story for them! The diorama display looks spot on to do so. Really looking forward to seeing how this develops.
Title: Re: Remnant stormtroopers
Post by: Moronarama on September 14, 2020, 02:29:34 PM
The story is intriguing, I'm looking forward to seeing it laid out.  I think you are doing some fun things with the concept, and the figures look really good.