STAR WARS New Imperial Unit: Aquatrooper (Part Two)

I finally got around to doing the underwater scenes. The first four images below are brand new, the rest are an updated presentation of the background and vignette that first introduced the character on the old site.





























Hope you enjoyed it.

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Is it Hasselhoff under the Helmet ? Great Entertainment ! You can made the next Star Wars Episode, can´t be poorer than the last ones....

That was cool. I really enjoyed it, well, except for the harpooning of Nemo

Ephiane wrote:Is it Hasselhoff under the Helmet ? Great Entertainment ! You can made the next Star Wars Episode, can´t be poorer than the last ones....

Thank you, Ephiane! I wish I had a Hasselhoff head. And I will take your suggestion as the compliment for which it is intended.

Mr. Razz wrote:That was cool. I really enjoyed it, well, except for the harpooning of Nemo

Thanks Razz. I can only assure you this was Nemo's very distant cousin. It was just one of two or three more or less sixth-scale fish I possess (besides the imperial shark), and no connection to Nemo was intended.

Haha, it's quite dumb, but still makes more sense than the Executioner Trooper or even the Shore Trooper.

Ovy wrote:Haha, it's quite dumb, but still makes more sense than the Executioner Trooper or even the Shore Trooper.

As long as you realize that this was the point -- to make fun of them.

Very nice character Gub! Now you have to build the companion accessories like the Tide Fighter and the Depth Star. Probably going to need a Protocol Droid that speaks the language of Moisture Evaporators as well....

Pontiacivan wrote:Very nice character Gub! Now you have to build the companion accessories like the Tide Fighter and the Depth Star. Probably going to need a Protocol Droid that speaks the language of Moisture Evaporators as well....

Thank you, Pontiacvan! Good suggestions, but I don't have your talent for robotics, so I am sticking to humanoids for now. Got to think of the next ridiculous specialized unit.

Ha! Pretty funny.

Thank you, Mark, glad you found it funny.

This gave me a chuckle, don't let Disney see it though, you will give them ideas for the next film lol.

Paul

Another fine presentation. And, it did indeed make me smile.

Attaboy.

Oh man, this so cracked me up. I keep picturing this like an enlistment video for the empire. It might get me to join up...

And the "you're my only hope" line killed me. Leia would be so mad the empire stole her line for a propaganda video!

scalawag wrote:This gave me a chuckle, don't let Disney see it though, you will give them ideas for the next film lol. Paul

Thank you, Paul. Well, if they stole the idea, it will only vindicate my good-natured mockery of them.

dadrab wrote:Another fine presentation. And, it did indeed make me smile. Attaboy.

Glad you liked it, and that it made you smile. That was the point, after all.

ReverendSpooky wrote:Oh man, this so cracked me up.  I keep picturing this like an enlistment video for the empire.  It might get me to join up... And the "you're my only hope" line killed me.  Leia would be so mad the empire stole her line for a propaganda video!

I am pretty sure Leia has no monopoly over the expression, but glad you liked it and got into the spirit of the thing! At some point more trooper variants are bound to follow.

AquaTroopers totally need to be a real Star Wars thing.

I love the beach bar! It looks... looks... simple enough, and relatively inexpensive to emulate. I may need to add something like that to my Winter Projects list.

Some guys get all the best assignments!

davidd wrote:AquaTroopers totally need to be a real Star Wars thing.

I love the beach bar! It looks... looks... simple enough, and relatively inexpensive to emulate. I may need to add something like that to my Winter Projects list.

Thank you very much, Dave. And, yes, it was relatively easy (which might be why I attempted it). I used a sturdy cardboard shipping box of suitable dimensions as a basis (I think I removed the inward- and downward-facing parts), which I then outfitted with dowels and planks, then plopped on a wider board for the countertop. The canopy required some more effort, making the frame, cutting and gluing the poles. The raffia (straw) was a mess to work with. The canopy was attached to the countertop using a couple of lego connectors. I left it unpainted, because it had the right look to it, although I suppose I could have tried to weather it a bit.

BAMComix wrote:Some guys get all the best assignments!

Indeed they do! Lucky bastards! Thanks for visiting.

LOL! Great fun!! You've made me want to create a fully clad Aqua Trooper now!

I don't know, this looks authentic enough
Reminds me of the various "join the Empire" fanart posters.
The logo on that shark (roboshark?) is a nice touch.
Since this is Part Two, is there a Part One?

shovelchop81 wrote:LOL! Great fun!! You've made me want to create a fully clad Aqua Trooper now!

Thank you Alex, glad you enjoyed it. Well, if he were fully clad, he would not be appropriate for the warm shallow tropical waters of Carabino, and even if otherwise fully derivative, he would be classed a completely different trooper to boost toy sales. Also, he might accidentally go back to his precedents in the AT-AT Drivers and TIE-Fighter Pilots. Speaking of which, I came across this, which was coincidence, not precedent:

Apparently the summer of 1976 was very hot and the guys at Shepperton Studios couldn't be bothered to dress up when trying out the gear!

Visisonor wrote:I don't know, this looks authentic enough
Reminds me of the various "join the Empire" fanart posters.
The logo on that shark (roboshark?) is a nice touch.
Since this is Part Two, is there a Part One?

Thank you very much. Well, surely as authentic as various other variations and novelties that have cropped up over time. I still don't know if the shark is fully organic, but yes, it is definitely branded with the appropriate logo, to signal its professional affiliations.
If I recall, Part One was simply the original installment on the old site, which did not include the underwater shots (which were created later); so this really is more of a Take Two than a Part Two...