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awesome i never see this before.
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The SITH OverLORD wrote:

abntroop wrote:LOL! u dorks

Hey don't you know Matt, dorks ROCKS!!

2 I-C wrote:...a ref shot of the original clay casting of the Snow commander bucket on the manequin ? I am trying to track that one down..

I suppose that you are referring to this picture of the Snowtrooper Commander clay sculpting (source : STAR WARS Behind The Magic CD-ROM)



Can't see any "nipple" from here, but a good shot of the 2 verticle lines on the nose area. Not sure what those 2 discs on the cheeks are...

That mate, basically is the holy grail, there in all its glory (minus the face greeblies) is the Snow Commander bucket. They probably pulled one or tow buckets from it ...the commander....found it was too difficult, or too expensive and went for the regular trooper version.....the rest is history...

jack, TS-2666, 2 I-C :

My pleasure to share what little information that I've in my Snowtrooper pictorial archive with everybody here in Blizzard Force forums.

2 I-C wrote:That mate, basically is the holy grail, there in all its glory (minus the face greeblies) is the Snow Commander bucket. They probably pulled one or tow buckets from it ...the commander....found it was too difficult, or too expensive and went for the regular trooper version.....the rest is history...

Thanks for sharing the history behind this holy grail mate - OK so they deleted the face greeblies. Well at least LucasFilm found some good use for the buckets they have pulled from this clay sculpted mold, otherwise we won't be having a Snowtrooper Commander today!

Got my gloves today... or actully when i came home from 2 days work.. the post man was so very kind to drop of the small package... how very lucky no one came by and steal em lol
im only waiting on my pockets to finish... then im gonna post som pic. ... hope we still got snow on wedensday !!

still no one who could helt me with my belt for the belly plate ?

Ts-150 wrote:Got my gloves today... or actully when i came home from 2 days work.. the post man was so very kind to drop of the small package... how very lucky no one came by and steal em lol

Glad to know that you have a honest and considerate Post Man at where you live.

Ts-150 wrote:still no one who could helt me with my belt for the belly plate ?

Please refer to my reply over at your Looking for belt fabric thread.

That clay mockup is close to the original Ralph McQuarrie design for snowtroopers as well



Looks like there may have been several iterations before they settled on the fabric cowl on the helmets.

kk Im Done !!
New duster other one was wrong so here he is guys !
TS-150 out of tha box !! Enjoy




New material on the helmet looks a load better the my venyl !

looks good man!! I'd trim the helmet shroud up a bit, and maybe get some bigger belt pouches, but otherwise thats rockin!

I thought the belt pouches looked a little small too, but otherwise a fantastic job....Now go stop that Millenium Falcon!

abntroop wrote:looks good man!! I'd trim the helmet shroud up a bit, and maybe get some bigger belt pouches, but otherwise thats rockin!

aahh u mean that thing must be at a sorten point ?

I'd recommend flipping the ab plate around so the angled part goes up and covers the gap under the chest more but it's up to you as both up and down are movie accurate. I think it was intended to be up but lazy prop masters didn't pay attention when dressing the stunt actors. Also, the raised circular detail on the backpack isn't painted, it needs a grey ring and black center dot.

i know mate ... but im such a bad painter... so i dont dare to paint it... i really fear what the outcome will be/look like so thats why i didt do it

But thx for the heads up always nice with feedback from the proffs.

Hi guys !
Im now officiel a TS'er
THX to all who have help'd me on this projekt.... espacially Piero THX so much bro's

Good work look awesome you have well done ,hope we see us in London
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Congratulations Brother Snow....I hope my wife and I can troop with you in London too.....

Respectfully,