As requested by Clonehead, here are some 1:6 scale customs of some Rebel Commandos. This was my first shot at customizing in this scale.
Group shots...
Individual Shots...
Mon Calamari Rebel Commando - Commander Loligo Gammarus (Mon Calamari)
1.Body / Uniform
I switched the Hasbro Admiral Ackbar body for the "F" style DiD body. I cut half of the forearms off and hollowed out the Ackbar hands with a Dremel in order to slide them over and stop right before the elbow.
Head and hands are from Hasbro’s Admiral Ackbar.
The rest of the figure’s clothing is mostly all standard Sideshow stuff except for the tunic. The tunic was from the Admiral Ackbar figure but dyed using Cocoa Brown RIT dye. I left it in long enough to where the color matched the tan vests from the Rebel Commando figures.
The rifle is a standard A295 rifle from Sideshow with some Boltgun Metal weathering and some wear added to the straps using some black ink and fine sandpaper.
I attempted to sculpt a helmet for this guy, like those seen in ROTJ on some bridge officers in shots with Ackbar, but scrapped it because I'm not fortunate enough to posess the ability .
2. Accessories
Bandolier - Sideshow Endor Rebel Infantry with 2 flares from the Luke Skywalker as Rebel Pilot.
Pouch - Hot Toys 23rd Reg USMC Sniper OD Drop Gas Mask Bag
Rebel Commando Grenadier - Sergeant Wahs Tinian (Correllia)
1.Body / Uniform
I switched out the Sideshow body for the "F" style DiD bodies because I had planned on using bendable fingers with real cloth gloves but I ended up not liking the look and the fingers were hard to work with. So, I dug out some of the Sideshow glove with a Dremel and secured the hands to a DiD ball joint.
Head is a Robert Shaw (as Quint) look-alike. I’m not sure who makes it.
The rest of the figure’s clothing is pretty much all standard Sideshow stuff.
2. Weapon
Using the A295 rifle as a base I grabbed a few parts from 1:18 EWEB Cannon for the grenade launcher and attached it to the side of the rifle. I also took the scope from the EWEB in place of the A295 scope. An extra handle and trigger form an UZI was added in place of the fore grip. The rifle was then painted flat black and given a dry-brushing with Boltgun Metal and a bit of Poly Scale Dirt.
3. Helmet
I wanted to make the helmet a little different than the stock Sideshow version which was the same for all three of the Endor Commandos right down to the same painted chips and scrape patterns. I repainted the "donut" using Poly Scale Pullman Green and added some chips and scratches using Boltgun Metal and Silver. I also took the Dremel to a few spots to create some dents.
4. Accessories
Bandoliers - One is the Sideshow Endor Rebel Infantry bandolier and the other I bought off of Ebay and I’m not sure who makes it.
Pouches - Pouches are from the Sideshow figure dyed Cocoa Brown using RIT.
Proton Grenades - These are kept in the two sideshow pouches.
Goggles - Hot Toys USMC Infantry Fallujah goggles
Rebel Commando Rifleman - Sronnok Nivek (Coruscant)
Head is from ?
The rest of the figure’s clothing is pretty much all standard Sideshow stuff.
2. Accessories
Chest Rig- Ebay
Breather Mask- Sideshow Han Solo Bespin
Pouch - Ebay. Not sure who makes it.
Rebel Commando Marksman - Cam Ebaak (Alderaan)
1.Body / Uniform
Head is Dragon's Willi Rauch.
The rest of the figure’s clothing is pretty much all standard Sideshow stuff except the German Zeltbahn, or poncho. That is from a Dragon accessory set.
2. Weapon
The rifle is a German MG34 Machine Gun with quite a few modifications to make it look more like they appeared in Star Wars but also weathered specifically for the type of figure that will be carrying it.
Step 1 - Repositioned the legs so that they are reversed. This was done by cutting off the existing "T" part that held the legs in place. Then I found a new "T" piece and dremeled a new spot for them closer to the muzzle.
Step 2 - In the film they used windshield wiper blades attached to the top part of the gun. For this I used thin strips of styrene.
Step 3 - Added a rectangular box made from strips if styrene to the side of the gun, as seen in the film prop.
Step 4 - Removed the A295 scope that came with the Sideshow Endor Rebel Infantry figure and added it to this rifle.
Step 5 - Replaced the black elastic sling with the leather sling from the Sideshow Endor Infantry figure's rifle. The sling was weathered a bit using fine grade sandpaper and a light dry brushing of Citadel's Flesh wash.
Step 6 - Painted the rifle Flat Black, then gave it a wash with Boltgun metal, made some scratch effects with silver.
Step 7 - Painted the stock in FolkArt Buckskin Brown. When dry I dry brushed in some Citadel Paint's Flesh Wash and a light coat of Flat Black.
Step 8 - A light wash was applied over the entire gun with Poly Scale Dirt.
3. Helmet
I wanted to make the helmet a little different than the stock Sideshow version which was the same for all three of the Endor Commandos right down to the same painted chips and scrape patterns. I repainted the "donut" using Poly Scale Pullman Green and added some chips and scratches using Boltgun Metal and Silver. I also took the Dremel to a few spots to create some dents. The com-link type box on the side of the helmet is from Hasbro’s Luke Skywalker in Hoth gear.
4. Accessories
Bandolier - Sideshow Endor Rebel Infantry
Headset w/Mic - Hot Toys 23rd Reg USMC Sniper
Compass Pouches - (dime sized OD) Toy Soldier LC2 Sets
Electrobinoculars - Tatooine Luke Skywalker
Rebel Commando Recon Droid 
There were quite a few repulsor type droids in the films, games and EU such as the senate cam droids, Imperial Probot, Sith probes, patrol droids, etc... I'm a big fan of the Battlefront games and since this figure is a sniper/marksman I decided to give him a recon droid similar to the ones given to the marksmen in the game although I went with my own design. I call it ICU-2.
The droid is completely scratch built using 95% Hasbro parts from the 1:18 figures. If you know what you're looking for the parts are easy to spot. The outer shell is from 2 largeer sized Imperial Interrogation droids split and hollowed out. A wooden ball was placed in the center and the 3 pieces glued together. A Sandtrooper's backpack was cut up and glued along the inner trench. A little radar dish from the Naboo sweeper droid was attached and an antenna from a GI Joe playset was used.
Painting/weathering : Pullman Green was used for the outer shell, Boltgun metal for various parts and for dry-brushing, Flat Black for the center, Guard's Red for a few buttons and a wash of black ink and water to dirty it up a bit and bring out the details.
