I bought 6 more #41 clones (I found 13 all together at 4 different stores, but I restrained myself ) and a Crab Droid. And then there was my birthday haul:

A Vader T-shirt
The Visual Dictionary
The novel adaptation
The Making of ROTS
ROTS Incredible Cross-Sections
10 Star Wars Lottery Tickets (almost forgot about these  )

I finally found the series II JL ships last night at Hobby Lobby. The refit Enterprise is just so purdy! 

Here's my clone army right now:

10 x #6 Clones
4 x #41 Clones
1 X Target Clone
1 x AT-RT
4 x Pilots
8 x Clone Commanders
4 x AT-TE Gunners
1 x Jet Pack Clone
1 x ARC-170

Glad to hear it!  You're gonna be sculpting your own figures in no time!  You're hooked, haha!   

Well, I would like to make Commander Cody's helmet.    But I'm far from being ready to try sculpting. I'm probably going to stick with clones for now, since I'm army-building them (first time doing that as well).  I'm going to make Bly and his squad (I have the commander figures, I just need to get the right colors), and maybe do a couple of shock troopers. I'm thinking of experimenting with decals to get the small details right. But eventually I'm going to try other customs. Right now I'm thinking of trying to make a Khaleen (I think that's her name) custom. But again, I'm not ready for that yet.

I messed around with washes and dry-brushing on the R4 I mentioned. I still want to work on it a bit more, but here's a picture of what I've done so far:



And this is what my clones looked like after dirtying them up; I was trying to get a more subtle look, but I'm starting to like how they turned out:

That one id'd as Commander Fox looked more like some kind of a Clone Trooper medic.  He was looking over one Clone Trooper, and then advised that "nobody could have survived that fall".  That's the sense I got from watching it.

There was also a shot of Fox, or another like him, kneeling over a wounded clone and motioning for someone off-screen. I guessed he was calling for a medic.

As for Thire, I thought I glimpsed a red commander with his helmet off behind Anakin as Obi-Wan is preparing to leave for Utapau. I'm sure it was a commander, but I'm not sure what color his markings were.

Thanks, everyone! I really appreciate the words of encouragement!

Hopefully you start getting into the more advanced stuff then like head/part swaps, and the like.

I'm planning to get into that soon (I want to make a super-articulated commander, but I want to use #33's more detailed right arm instead), so I've been reading up on removing parts at the link you posted.

My only suggestion would be to add a little grime to the armor here and there, to emphasize that the armor rubbing up against rough edges and such was what helped grind off some of that paint.

I've been holding off on doing this until I do some experiments with it (I have an R4-G9 with a flaw in the paint on his dome that I'm going to work with). I really like how the chipping turned out on these, so I want to get the scuff marks to look as good.

Unfortunately, Alpha (the commander, inspired by Darth Delicious' version) has suffered from some discoloration. I was trying to deepen one of his peg holes, and when I set him down I noticed that where I had been holding him had become stained reddish. Looking further, I found more places on him like this! I noticed this a couple of months ago when I was modifying the R4 mentioned earlier to fit into Obi-Wan's starfighter, but I didn't think much of it because most of the problem was hidden when the droid is in the slot. Has this happened to anyone else? I try to make it a habit to wash my hands before handling my figures, but now I'm afraid to go anywhere near them!

I'm not going to let this deter me; I'll paint over the whole figure if that's what it takes to save him, but I hope this doesn't happen again!

Again, thanks for the kind words, everyone!

And SLC, I'm going to see it at the new theater in Greeley for the midnight showing. I was thinking of going to the digital theater in Denver, but I decided to just go to Greeley. I'm kind of regretting that, but I already have my ticket. I'll see it digitally eventually.

Not much for me today: one more #6 Clone and the Episode III soundtrack.