It recently occurred to me that the designs of replica clone trooper and stormtrooper costumes are almost completely opposite from one another. Bear with me here.
After spending almost a year piecing together my clone, the desire has always been to make everything perfectly symmetrical and uniform. Since there was never an actual clone costume built by ILM, costumers must work hard to turn fan-made (usually lumpy and irregular) piceces of plastic into CG qulaity, perfectly symmetrical armor. Doing it "right", requires a lot of time trimming, gluing, Bondo'ing, sanding, filling, sanding, etc..
The ironic part of this is that here, everyone is trying to make their armor asymmetrical. I was suprised to learn that a more symmetrical ROTJ helmet was turned it into a less symmetrical ANH bucket. I understand that the real ANH sculpt was asymmetrical and that's what folks are going for, screen accuracy. I'm all for it. It just seemed odd to me that, to be as screen accurate as possible, this time around I'll want to be crooked.
I'm sure this has come up several times, but I'm curious as to what the you TK enthusiasts think.
If ILM had the technology then that we have now, would the stormtrooper armor be perfectly symmetrical or not?
After all, humans are asymmetrical, so why wouldn't their armor be the same? Was this planned from the beginning or just a limit of available technology?
Vader is a good example of what I'm talking about. Back in the day, he was lopsided. Today, he's not.
Please share your insights with a noob.
Semper,
General Fidelis