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Oh man! This is going to be a cool project. Just need to get my 3D printer so I can join the fun.

Here's one of the first cards I have seen with shinny Stormtroopers, one is having a slight malfunction though with his td, maybe he needs a backpack to cover it

Yes I agree less is more which is the feedback I gave to Peter after his second attempt. The only sticking point has been the colouring, I realise there are a lot screen images available, which some have sent to me as examples lately, BUT many are either in full sunlight or shaded/shadowed, these images then do not accurately show the correct colouring, most of the lighter shades, tan/sand/rust/orange is lost in these images leaving them looking dark brown/black. Prime examples of images some of the colouring is lost, first few you find in google images, all you see is black or dark brown. For weathering that is mainly black or brown in colour I advise to add a tinge of orange, other terminology could be a shade of rust/clay/earth. To me burnt umber does have a tinge of orange to it especially if mixed as a wash. Some images I like to suggest as a guide for weathering are from Pandatroopers thread and also other troopers who have been approved. And although I think a little too much weathering I do like the colouring and layering in the tutorial on looksirdroids.com I know for basic approval pretty much most weathering can be allowed but it is nice to have a consistent look between your troops or you can be the odd man out, which gets a lot of attention as one of our older Sandtroopers has found, to which he has recently commented he will be re applying his weathering to match everyone else. Recently one of the biggest complaints about 501st approvals has been consistency, so if I'm way off in my suggestions of colouring please let me know.

I had to build my 3 button plate to. I used domed head car interior trim clips. When I built my Tie kit I needed to use 2 of them in the trident area and so I had 4 left. Cut the backs off and glue them to some styrene sheet, a bit of paint and all good