In the early years of the empire, the military knew that their troops were easily replaceable, so their first generation Commandos were lightly armored, for two reasons. The first that thye told the troops was for easier movement. The second, that wasn't on the record, was to keep their budget down. The first few commandos wore simple armor, sometimes with reinforced plates over top. Later they adopted the stormtrooper armor as a whole.
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A simple part swap of a custom.
Body is entirely a blue Imperial Guard
Head is a GTG DSG cast, surprisingly it fit near perfect on the neck post.
The helmet is a GTG commando cast with a GTG range finder addition.
The gun is from the POTF Endor trooper, I love this gun.
And the armor is obviously from a DSG.
A paint scheme is next, and I'm leaning towards black with charcoal highlights on the armor. The head will be painted by Mrs Steady hand, my wife.
Question, comments, gripes...let me have them.
Dre