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T-21 in TK? or leave it for TDs only...?


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would it be a dork move to carry around a T-21 blaster in my TK armor...? certainly you can do it, but would i be the butt of all jokes for rest of 2012 and beyond?? almost like going helmet-less and a wife-beater shirt on a Sunday morning sportbike ride??

 

btw, any "ready-to-assemble" DLT-19 kits around for less than $150 shipped?

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Where I come from we think T-21's are really cool BFGs!!

One thing is for sure, it is not the most practical and comfortable thing to carry around.

 

Saludos.

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Have you been to the Cushman site? I have one of these on order based on a great recommendation over at 501st Special Ops.

 

http://www.cushmanpaintball.com/ReplicaMg34DLT.html

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If it's a casual event - mmmm maybe. If you like it and everyone else is good, then there you go. I'd agree though for the T-21 you might as well HWT it up and put on a pauldron and some pouches, even if you skip the pack once in awhile (those packs get heavy and even as a sandy we used to take breaks from it).

 

Personally, as a clean TK I prefer the E-11 or DLT-19 (MG-34), but that's how I roll...

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Danny,

 

I would suggest it is up to how realistic you want to be.

In keeping realism with the films then yes you really should only carry a DLT-19 or E-11 as a TK. T-21s and MG-15s should only be for Stormtroopers as that is all we see on the screen.

If you are talking in terms of realism, I have always looked on the TK's that we see in the films as kind of a ceremonial force, much like the troops guarding the palace at Westminster in the UK. Serving soldiers who have taken up a ceremonial post which means they must look their best while on duty.

This doesnt explain the troops who storm Tantive IV however, who could be labelled as like Marines serving onboard a Navy ship. Troops of this type would probably only carry the basic issue rifle of the force, in this case E-11, and you would get certain troops in the unit carrying a longer, unit suport weapon, i.e. the DLT-19. Usually 1 per section or something like that. These troops would carry out the role of security aboard the vessel and act as an attack force for boarding other vessels.

Then you have your specialist units of the army who would have a mixture of weapons in a unit, including heavy weapons. This is what you could lump the likes of the troops at Tatooine in. So for that I would suggest Sandtroopers and probably Snowtroopers would carry E-11, DLT-19, T-21 and MG-15 (although we only see snowtroopers carrying E-11.)

I know that GL never really looked into it that heavily when making the films but that is how I would look at it. Compare it to the military side of things and come up with your own realism.

 

Nick

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Have you been to the Cushman site? I have one of these on order based on a great recommendation over at 501st Special Ops.

 

http://www.cushmanpa...icaMg34DLT.html

 

oh perfect! thanks for the link!

 

for some reason, i was mistaking cushman for doopy dos...

 

 

p.s

yeah, Paul's right - it would be a dork move to carry an T-21 wearing TK armor. i'm gonna wait for TD... heh

 

your're right, Nick. but Pat, i think twinkies would work better, no?

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So a TK could carry a DLT-19 and still be considered canon?

 

Yup, I believe so. If I remember correctly one of the stormtroopers searching the Millennium Falcon while it was on the Death Star was carrying a DLT-19.

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I had a Cushman DLT-19 that my buddy sold me and I really wasn't happy with it. The detail is not good at all. The only good thing about it is that it's light. Also, he gave it to me after EXTENSIVE mods to get it to look better. Overall, I wouldn't recommend them.

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I too had a Cushman that was pimped out. For close-in work you're right - the details are soft and it's not that great. However it's perfect for parades as it weighs nothing and at that distance no one can tell anyway. It became my #1 piece of hardware that people wanted to borrow.

 

So - the answer is it depends :)

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Cushman has also taken many people's money and not delivered. Some of them local to him. For about the same price you should be able to get a decent wood/PVC BFG.

 

doh! that's not good...

 

is the "wood/PVC" an actual kit, or are you meaning that i should do a scratch build?

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Do not buy from Cushmann. Plenty of people have been ripped off.

 

And I agree with that as well. I count myself fortunate I was not one of the victims...

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  • 5 months later...

doh! that's not good...

 

is the "wood/PVC" an actual kit, or are you meaning that i should do a scratch build?

 

There are templates out there for a pvc/wood dlt-19. I have a build thread over on the DLT-19 page - not the best looking one ever made, but it was a fun project. From a distance it looks accurate enough :). I will probably only use it for outdoor troops/parades as it is a bit cumbersome/easy to whack someone with due to the limited field of vision of the helmet (at least in my experience).

 

A couple of people in my Squad have also been ripped off by Cushman, for what it's worth...

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