Stormies and bullseyes some spoilers

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Favorite Armor (Armour, for all you English Speakers non-American)

Stormies
11
17%
Clones (Episode II)
7
11%
Mandalorians (Sith War)
3
5%
Mandalorians (Deaths Head?)
0
No votes
Mandalorians (Fett and Company)
6
9%
Clones (Episode III)
39
59%
 
Total votes: 66

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Commander Bacara's helmet was the best, bar Vader's (obviously), and I admit to having always liked Snowtrooper armour.
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DPDarkPrimus wrote:
Vympel wrote:I still wonder about that damn unique Clonetrooper type we see in Obi-Wan's legion on Utapau, with the unique un-Clone helmet and the ARC-trooper type half-skirt, but none of the extras (the shoulder pads and extra ammo).
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DEATH wrote:Episode 3/CW armour, CloneT white rather than that patheric STormtrooper white, makes it much better :P

EDIT: Scratch that, didn't see the mandalorians, Originals are best but what are Deaths head M's?
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I put that question mark there cause i wasnt sure if thats the name, the link is to google. The picuture im talking about is the one thats the second from the left in the next to last coloumn, it has the 3 mandalorians, the center is the Sith War and the one on the right is the one i put as Death Head. Its the ones that apear in Jango Fett Open Season the ones that are in the faction who wanted to kill Jango Fett and Jaster
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That armour just looks cool. Nice and heavy for extra protection and the helmet style has the cool "Hoplite" look, though without "The Rocketeer" angle.
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weemadando wrote:*snip*
About the only thing that could improve that first picture would be if he was using just one finger instead of two.
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I always liked the Snowtrooper from "Empire Strikes Back". When I was little, I didnt think of them as actual Snowtroopers, but as Vader's Peronal Guard, cause they looked so badass. But still, I think they look pretty damn cool
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See, the Rebel pilot outfits were depicted as having an extra "full face closure" thing that (I guess we assume) snaps into place upon ejection (or can be manually put up, as Luke has it when he's out fixing his X-Wing... even though that's R2's job!) in some comic I remember reading (was it one of those "Classic Star Wars" marvel collections?).

But then we learn they have these crapply shield bubbles instead (Star Trek TAS anyone?).

The Clone pilot does indeed appear to have an open faced helmet (with just some sungoggles covering his eyes. What's the point of those air hoses? Do they just blow oxygen in his face?

Perhaps you're right, perhaps they snap in place upon ejection like the comic Rebel pilot helmet. But I wonder what's the point.. why not just have it closed?

Answer: because they want to see the actor's face. It's just like in those movies about fighter pilots and they always keep their mask off so you can see the actor (but the "bad guys" get to wear masks to make them faceless and mysterious).
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One thing I want to know is what the DC-17 pistols of the Clone Commandos look like. We can only see the grip and the back of the gun from its place in the holster.
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Vympel wrote:One thing I want to know is what the DC-17 pistols of the Clone Commandos look like. We can only see the grip and the back of the gun from its place in the holster.
the commandos used a DC15s Pistol, like dis.

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probably different from the arc-trooper/clone commander pistols, which I haven't seen much reference for.
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That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks. The VD says DC-17 close combat pistol or something similar, but probably meant DC-15. But it looks like a *dead ringer* for what we see Commander Bly carrying in his holsters, for example.
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Vympel wrote:The VD says DC-17 close combat pistol or something similar, but probably meant DC-15.
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Too bad in game they don't really have 999 ammo. ;)

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Yeah the DC-17m can't possibly fit into Bly's two holsters.
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I'm torn between the armor of storm troopers and the elite clones featured in Republic Commando. The former is likely more advanced than the standard clone armor, but the latter does appear to have regenerative shields, so it's fairly difficult to compare the two. For example, we see stormies going down from a single shot in the movies. However, in Republic commando, the elite clones are far tougher. However, this is most certainly a result of game mechanics (for instance, in battlefront 2, the super battle droid is trivial to kill with any weapon, while in republic commando, they were one of the toughest enemies in the game).
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Actually, I like Scout Trooper armor myself, but among the choices given, yeah, Ep. III armor was the best.
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The Clone Troopers on Kashyyyk who had helmets that looked like the Scout Troopers (they've got a macrobinoculars over their eyes or something) look cool. In green camo, too.


Btw, apparently the DC-17 and DC-17m are completely, totally different. The DC-17 is a heavy blaster pistol, whereas the DC-17m is that modular rifle thingy.
The DC-17 is what you see being wielded akimbo by certain Clone Commanders in the Clone Wars series, whereas the DC-17m is what the Commandos are using as their primary weapon.
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Fett's Mandalorian armor, because of all the integral weapons, but if I could, I'd have a customized set of Episode III clonetrooper armor-- more coverage-- with the weapons from Mandalorian armor. I believe something similar was in the 'Revenge of the Sith' video game-- a clonetrooper whose heavy armor has integral booster rockets and flamethrowers.
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Sidewinder wrote:Fett's Mandalorian armor, because of all the integral weapons, but if I could, I'd have a customized set of Episode III clonetrooper armor-- more coverage-- with the weapons from Mandalorian armor. I believe something similar was in the 'Revenge of the Sith' video game-- a clonetrooper whose heavy armor has integral booster rockets and flamethrowers.
"Blaze Troopers". They always seeemed a bit silly to me.
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Manus Celer Dei wrote:
Sidewinder wrote:I believe something similar [to Mandalorian battle armor] was in the 'Revenge of the Sith' video game-- a clonetrooper whose heavy armor has integral booster rockets and flamethrowers.
"Blaze Troopers". They always seeemed a bit silly to me.
Maybe, but seriously, who would you rather be, the armored trooper using his flamethrowers to mow down enemy soldiers/droids with minimum fear of getting a taste of his own medicine, thanks to the protection offered by his heavy armor, or the unfortunate soldier/droid who has to deal with the blaze trooper?
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Those gun nuts do not understand the meaning of "overkill," and will simply use weapon after weapon of mass destruction (WMD) until the monster is dead, or until they run out of weapons.

They have more WMD than there are monsters for us to fight. (More insanity here.)
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Sidewinder wrote:
Manus Celer Dei wrote:
Sidewinder wrote:I believe something similar [to Mandalorian battle armor] was in the 'Revenge of the Sith' video game-- a clonetrooper whose heavy armor has integral booster rockets and flamethrowers.
"Blaze Troopers". They always seeemed a bit silly to me.
Maybe, but seriously, who would you rather be, the armored trooper using his flamethrowers to mow down enemy soldiers/droids with minimum fear of getting a taste of his own medicine, thanks to the protection offered by his heavy armor, or the unfortunate soldier/droid who has to deal with the blaze trooper?
The guy picking him off from outside his flamethrower's range with a standard-issue blaster rifle.
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