i feel your pain with those gray pilots, i've come up with some custom ideas and now i can't find any.

wow some very good points.  i've recently got into the wwii/holocaust history jj you seem right on with this.  the whole xenophobic thing the EU started up with is a bunch of crap in my opinion.  it seems by the end of ROTS the republic army is streched pretty thin, and pre clone wars each planet or gigantic business seemed to have their own army in place since there was no real republic army till this piont.  i could picture each planet having their own home guard with a garrison of some sort of imperials.  but slowly i could figure that once the clone wars were finally mopped up and they began pumping out more clones without hundreds perhaps thousands being killed in a war on a regular basis and began gaining recruits home guards i think would eventually begin to fade out.  the reason being Palpy wouldn't want military competition and revolts happening all over the place backed by a world militia.  he'd want each and every world within the empire to be in his grasp, ie the death star.   

chewie in regards to the pics of the hooded anakin, a couple of pages back, i'll get some taken and post them as soon as i get a camera.  tried a disposable but with a zoom the pic sucked.  also in regards to the 501 st the dirtying up of them do you use paint for the blackened areas?  stupid question?  well i ask because i'm just now starting on making some clones.  but i was thinking about using the artist charcol the kind used for shading i guess.  just wondering if anybody has used it on a figure.  also kind of an AU custom i've been thinking of doing but would like to see you or somebody else try.  an Anakin in the 501 st clone armor.  throw the belt from an evo ani ep ii on take off the right hand add the epiii mech one.  sorry i know i'm throwing out all sorts of stuff out mind is racing to fast.

you've out done your self again chewie.  i love beasts of burden, they add a lot to the star wars universe and the trenchback blends in quite easily along with his handler.  question? friend or foe to our hero rykrof.  have you thought about giving the trenchback like a scare over his eye our a ring in his nose?  just curious.  if you or anybody else does another beast of burden i'd love to see somebody do one with like a robotic leg maybe some body good do a enhanced rancor with monster claw hands that could fight a ring ala clone wars season 1.  sorry didn't mean to take over your forum chewie, your customs kind of give me inspiration.

wow.  no really i mean just wow.  hasbro is put to shame once again.

very impressive dressel.  everything looks very detailed.  i wish i had the nerve to try casting. 

sora except for the knees looks to be balljointastic, couple of customs will come from him, just on the head alone.  the commando looks to have about as many joints as the ARC Trooper, his legs even look to be in the same stance as him.  the rest kind of suck and i think i'll be fairly unintrested in this one.

check your local Kay-bee's boy's and girls.  over the weekend i saw a total of 5 gunships in the 2 kb's closest to my house.  of course i had to buy 3 of them, keep them away from those scalpers.