Daddy_Stardust

Yeah as said above, it's from the Resistance Bomber set. And aside from a few like Biggs and Porkins where they have special faces, I don't make them with any intention to be specific pilots, they're just our 'rebels' like the ground troopers :)

The arms are absolutely flawless, as good as Lego in my opinion. As I've stated before, the facial prints aren't as seamless as Lego, but the prints themselves are lovely and *look* like Lego faces (as in the art style), they just have a slightly raised finish which you can notice up close when the light hits them. However to have 8 more unique faces in our array of Rebel pilots, I really don't mind at all that the light hits their faces slightly differently. Here's some close-ups (well, as up-close as my iPhone camera will take): A gathering of Alliance pilots (wish I could justify the cost of getting the helmets from the UCS Assault on Hoth and UCS Snowspeeder, but not spending £15 on a mini figure just for a helmet)... and annoyed because I just realised I didn't include the T-16 pilot helmet here, but can't be bothered taking a new photo haha: Waste not want not; our array of flight-suit bodies - updated as best as possible to all co-exist with one another, plus I actually like the variety of them all being a bit more individual, they're scrappy rebels, not conveyor-belt stormtroopers: Firestar Toys Rebel Pilot arms (used them only for our very vintage torsos, because I don't like wasting them, wanted to update them instead - plus just can't justify buying 20 packs of tiny arms at £2.00 a pair!): Lego John D meets Firestar Biggs for comparison of quality: Firestar female pilot meets Lego female pilot for comparison of quality: Firestar Toys Imperial crewman arms: Needless to say I think Firestar Toys did an amazing job with the arms and I think the faces are equally an excellent addition your squadron if you're sick of 90% being the smiley pilot or the frowning pilot. I just wish they'd produce their own array of rebel pilot helmets too, sick of Lego only including new ones with UCS sets.

They're just from the Imperial crewmen you can see literally right above your post.

Excellent legs on the snow trooper, where are they from? Also where are the red legs with black boots from for the rebel A Wing pilot? It annoyed me how they printed the belt onto to the torso so couldn't use Ten Numb's legs on him.

Very nicely done, loving the use of the chain!

Hmm, I dunno, about the best I can think of right now is an Ep 1 Anakin Skywalker torso. As for the hair, either the brown beanie hat or the new dark grey stocking cap (featured in the Fun in the Park) though neither's really ideal. I'm sure someone else will come up with a better alternative. Here's one I've been pondering for a while - Imperial cadet? We've got their helmet from the first Phantom w/ Ezra, but what about the body? I don't like sticking it on an AT-DP pilot's body because it just makes the helmet look like a ridiculously oversized and ugly version of theirs rather than it representing a different type of trooper.

Yup, it's been posted a couple of times before so I certainly can't take credit for it, however Syndrome's arms are excellent for him:

It's custom, but this head from Firestar Toys would be literally perfect. It actually looks just like him. https://www.firestartoys.com/Shop/Minifigure-Parts/Minifigure-Custom-Design-Heads/41437-Custom-Minifigure-Heads-~-Curious-~-Male-~-Medium-Dark-Flesh.html

Yeah I'd go with the Falcon too, in fact it's the only one we own out of those three. There were a fair few things i changed to improve the cockpit controls, main interior and external greebling, but it was a lot of fun tinkering with it and filling it with space junk :)

Absolutely awesome work, very well done! :D I dunno, about the closest I think you can get is the Nesquick bunny minifigure (https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=gen003#T=S&O={"iconly":0}) on an A-Wing pilot's body. But personally speaking, I'd be quite happy for Buck O Hare there to be left in the past haha

Very nice, although for the first time ever, wouldn't the Rebels-stormtroopers actually be slightly more accurate helmet wise?

For the colour scheme I myself used (ie. dark blue with silver) it certainly would work stylistically. However if in keeping with the on-screen character, his suit didn't have many metallic features on the legs, so I'm personally happy with the legs I used (plus I've spent more than enough creating him haha) but it's certainly a cool alternative to the legs I used. If one went with a dark blue Saw and wanted more visually striking legs, it's certainly a fantastic idea, great thinking! Another alternative I was thinking about was the scuba Ironman body and legs with Faora's amor from set 76003, with Vader's neck piece and Mr T's head. The silver and bronze elements may clash, but Saw's all about being a bit bolted-together so may work when combined for real. However, as previously stated, I've spent enough on a Saw I'm personally happy with, but if anyone's feeling playful out there with money to burn, maybe these are some ideas to use too?

Strangely although I'm bored with the amount of times the snow speeder gets reissued and is always nearly exactly the same, I can't wait for the sand speeder. Maybe it's the fact we're finally getting some new rebel pilot helmets in a low-price set along with a new orange-visored female pilot's face. Or the fact that I bought my son the AT-ST, AT-DP and AT-M6 for Christmas (he's asked Father Christmas for his own 'Walker Assault' from Battlefront) and now we'll have another speeder to take them down with. Or maybe it's because it's based on an unreleased 80s Kenner toy from The Epic Continues line that warms my heart. Apparently it's out at Target in America, any idea for everywhere (or anywhere) else? https://brickset.com/sets/75204-1/Sandspeeder

Very nice alternative, great work! Where are the various parts from?

Haha you're not this cruel though I hope (courtesy of google images)? It's ok little guy, the pain will be over soon.

Ugh totally agree with you, I can't stand that stuff. The craftsmanship is very impressive, but as you said, it's not Lego. I only go with custom with the occasional face, helmet, screen-accurate weapon (just for one or two important characters) or accessory. Basically stuff that looks exactly like Lego, that anyone else would assume was the real deal - eg. Firestar Toys' excellent array of varied rebel pilot faces for example are just something Lego really need to do for real, I was sick of every pilot having the same 4 options of face. These are all still to be played with by my son, so can't be having lots of fragile components. I don't wish to be mean, but have you seen any of the 'custom' minifigures out there that people seem to have modified using papier mache, felt pens, paint, glued-on-paper, careless use of carving knives etc? Some of the poor little figs look like they'd be screaming in pain if they could.

After my last post which gave me that small brain wave, here's just a quick snap of putting the Vader collar on Saw (didn't even realise I had a spare lying around!) - what do you all think? Does it work? Is it an improvement? Is it stupid?

Well I've always acknowledged the two custom elements on the figure, so hope I'm not under critique there! But that said, they are just two minor aesthetic elements. I could have used the head from Lego Dimensions' Mr T and just not used the belt, so a nearly identical purist Saw of my design is possible :) And I've just had a thought... I could put a Darth Vader mouth-piece from the latest helmet design to match Saw's collar? It could work... Saw Gerrera's most unique defining feature is his amor and the fact that the Lego actually has one that I'd say is a reasonable approximation of it is just bizarrely wonderful in itself, it's just a shame it's only available in such limited colour schemes (but considering it's rather unique, it's obviously to be expected). So it was the available colour-options on the armour that dictated my choice of colour for the rest of the figure, as such I thought navy was the closest option to the real-life teal (I think the only other options are dark grey, red and bright green). The bright green version of that armour that was available with a Lex Luthor figure just looks far too garish for my liking (https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=72326pb02&name=Minifig, Armor Space with Shoulder Protection with Purple Stripe Pattern&category=[Minifig, Body Wear]#T=C) and reminds me more of Buzz Lightyear. Still, my solution makes it about as accurate as Lego's own inaccurate dark red colour schemes for Sabine Wren so I can live with that haha. This looks like a potential alternative option for the armour, but is only available in grey and sadly lacks the round sockets on the chest that I felt the one I used more closely matched the real costume with: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=13986pb01&name=Minifig, Armor Space with Shoulder Protection and Spike on Right Shoulder with Silver Shoulder Pad and Chest Plate Pattern&category=[Minifig, Body Wear]#T=C&C=77

That is an excellent call, better than the one I tried it with, but overall felt my figure looked better without any. But thanks for the heads-up :)

Have you got a photo of yours? Curious to see how it differs from mine. I tried mine with hair and without, but preferred him bald like in the flashbacks (like you, hair colour was the big issue for me).

Blimey, wow, that's quite complicated, well I'm sure it's very correct haha, these below pictures of a Moff and an Admiral however are not - so what should a screen accurate Moff Jerjerrod figure have as a rank?

To be fair, Return of the Jedi itself probably causes much of the confusion people have with imperial ranks, with both Piett and Jerjerrod wearing Captain's ranks. It also doesn't help that the phrase 'Commander' seems to be thrown around quite loosely in the dialogue.

I'd previously posted this, so forgive the re-post, but I went with the CMF American football player's legs since the kneepads are indeed accurate to the costume:

They certainly do: https://www.firestartoys.com/Pages/Delivery.html Just take yourself through to checkout and see what the drop-down menu charges you. You don't need to make a purchase until you get to the actual payment page which is after the delivery page, so can make your decision on whether or not their shipping costs are justifiable to you without having to be charged. If memory serves, I don't think you even need to make an account (though I'd recommend it if you do place an order, simply for customer service help if anything goes wrong - plus it's free to do so). Find the shipping too expensive? Just close the window :) I know Firestar aren't exactly cheap, they're no Bricklink, so I wouldn't typically buy many basic Lego parts from them, but for custom parts they're a great reliable source of both a variety of the most well-known suppliers and obviously their own excellent in-house designs too, coupled with (in my experience) very high quality customer service.

Nope in the UK, and as Fabiwalker kindly pointed out, direct link's above. I know they're not cheap, but really we only had 4 guys to account for (I figured anyone with insignia on their helmets didn't need it - like Death Star gunners) so it wasn't too much of an expenditure. Plus I usually justify any frivolous expenditure in "pints". I spent the same as I would buying two pints of beer at the pub (and I'd do that without a second thought), which I'd only have later weed down the drain, so spending £8 for these guys to look awesome forever I figured was worth it haha. Plastic is spot-on, it doesn't feel cheap or hollow like the kind you get on Chinese fake mini figures, if I didn't know they were custom I'd assume they were official. The custom rebel heads they've done are really good too, although unlike the arms and real Lego you can physically feel the prints, which have a slightly matte finish, as such they reflect the light differently, so under close investigation you can see a difference in terms of print-quality, but the prints themselves are still wonderful. I'll try and take pictures later. I also bought 3 sets of Rebel pilot arms too - granted we have around 18 orange pilots, but the aforementioned three are for original old school 90s torsos, which I had previously updated with snow speeder pilot legs, modern helmets and modern faces. There weren't enough pints to justify £36 in small plastic arms, so I figured rather than spend tons on making every Rebel pilot look super-awesome (and then the red, green and blue jumpsuit guys get left out), I'd just buy three sets for the really old school guys, to give them a modern all-round facelift so they blend in better with the pilots who at least have the great new modern body prints. If that makes sense...