@JMT: Yeah the stormy Mando is definitely an appealing concept for sure! My first thoughts were in not ending up with a clone trooper, or a more sleek obvious look. I wanted unique and distinguishable mash-ups featuring all 3 character types equally. My only improvement I'd make would be that the stormy helmet I used was a cast (courtesy of Joe! Finally used one of those haha) and thus it wasn't Hasbro's official vinyl and reacted with the paint differently. Kind of absorbed it and didn't allow for reduction work to be done. I used the same technique on this figure (for the desert weathering) that I did on full sized Stormy costume for the 501st. I'm thinking of doing some sandtroopers with that weathering. If you attempt to make him be patient. There are a lot of pieces I used from random sources and even a few Joe parts. I can post some step by step recipes if you'd like or PM them to you. Glad you want to see more! I've got Codename: Frostbite up for painting tomorrow and will be working on my Codename: Gearbox build as well. I can also do a commission for you if you like, but will need parts.
@Orangepeace: Hey that's a high compliment indeed! Thank you! haha Bogey is one of the easier ones to create. While researching to see if people had already done this idea I stumbled upon a drawing of a mandalorian pilot that borrowed from both tie fighter pilots and rebel pilots and that inspired me to add the flight harness and the code cylinders. I want to do a squad of 3 Tie Mando pilots altogether (build 2 others) wingmen for Bogey. Codenames: Six and 12 but instead of doing them in a black silver motif I want them to have an imperial gray with tie fighter black combo and black T visors. Honestly I came up with the ideas for this unit of Imperial Mando mash-ups while at work. Not exactly sure what sparked my thinking, but I wanted to blend the standard Imp troopers with mandos as close as possible. Taking each specific kind of trooper and building on their environment specific fucntions, i.e. sandtrooper=sandalorian, snowtrooper=Mandsnowlorian etc. Yes there is a Snowmando in the works! Thanks! I'm really flattered you think it's revolutionary! I can PM you the recipe or do a commission if you'd like.
@Kaleb: Thanks so much! It just kind of seemed so obvious after I hit upon the idea. "Wow... I bet someone has done this!" then finding they hadn't I set off in motion! Glad you like Bogey, he's certainly a favorite
