Thanks for the warm welcome people, just so you know this is the first time most of this WIP pictures are available, I hope you like them, now to answer a few Q's;
if you trim the armor in the right spot there is no loss of articulation, they are expensive, I don't have an army but I do keep 4 with me at all times then when an order is made I check to see if there is a lot for auction or buy them individually, that way I always have figures available (the same goes for the clones). Family comes first and spending $70-100 in a figure is asking for a divorce, I am always happy to show others how to do it because it's not that complicated, the micro cost an average of $20, the clone $10, you can build one for less than $40 (+ s/h) . My price gets you a nice custom Microclone with all the joints tested before I ship them (yes I play with them just to check if I can brake it, lol) if I brake a part I replace it and I take the loss and that's one of the reasons of the tag but don't worry I am working in a video tutorial where you will actualy see me at work.
Each one of YOU are as good or better than me (you just don't know it yet), I learn by trial and error, because I experiment with different techniques to do one thing and by luck discover another one. I wasn't a fan of clones until I had a microman in my hands, I have a bussiness partner and we are currently working in Jedi, Sith, Mandalorians and Scouts. I have to leave, I'm in the middle of moving my workshop, here's more pics, enjoy!