scalawag wrote:Yeah the Luke boots do have more interest to them, but they are the Hero version I guess. It's always tricky to know which way to go with these things. The trooper boots in the pic are probably only ever meant to be seen from a distance or in the background, and so were made cheaper and with less detail but to look like the hero boot in the circumstances they are to be seen on screen. We are never meant to see them as close as they are in the pic that you posted. The hero boots will have all the detail as we are more likely to see them up close. But on screen both types would in theory at least look like similar boots to one another, so do we go with what we know they wore? or what we 'see' on screen? always a choice to be made.
Personally I would always go with the 'Hero' of any given object when making a figure I think, as that is what the director intended us to see on screen.
Interestingly this sort of dilemma happens less these days due to the Hi Def filming techniques used now and because we all have near perfect quality freeze frame. Today film makers insist that the background objects need to be as accurate and detailed as the hero versions because that detail can be seen, so this dilemma disappears. They are often made of other materials to lighten them or make them cheaper but they look identical now rather than the 'good enough' that used to suffice.
I know they used rubber casts of STG44 german rifles for a lot of the rebel guns on Hoth (the trooper at the back of the pic stood against the trench parapet has one of these), and Sterling smg casts are evident in the pic too in the form of DH 17 rebel blasters in the troopers holsters, but I can't find reference to the M1 Carbine ever being used. That of course doesn't mean it wasn't as one may have snuck its way in, who knows. It may just be one of the STG44 casts that is being held at an angle that makes it look more like the muzzle end of an M1 carbine????
I didn't think of that -- some boots being "hero" versions; but if helmets could do it, why not boots? Or it could be Sideshow making them look even more expressive (weathered, detailed, etc) than the actual prop used in the movie.
Speaking of guns, while I will leave the weaponry identification to you, I did just complete a long-delayed weapon custom I had planned -- check out the Dengar thread (HERE).
I will give it a try -- just bought some.
Exactly the thread I needed. Thanks
