Deployment Standards - ESB - Beta 2

[Daetrin[Admin]]

OK, let's nail this down:

 

1. ESB style armor - same as ANH except:

* Holster worn on the right instead of left

* Snowtrooper hand plates (e.g. curved instead of angular)

 

2. ESB style helmet

* Blue tube strips

* Slate blue (aka blue grey) traps/tears

* No hand painted traps/tears - decals only

* Black frown, but paint does not leave teeth area

* Flat green lenses

 

3. EBS style blaster

* No ammo counter

* Two greeblies on left rear area

 

Anything missing before it can be considered final?

[DaBar[501st]]

...and the blaster "heat sinks" should be made of metal "u" channel, instead of rubber tracks.

 

Like mine:

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Edited June 23, 2021 by gmrhodes13
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[TK8280]

NICE!

[TK-2833[501st]]

So, at this point a canvas belt would be considered optional, I imagine.

 

So far, I think this is a pretty good set of guidelines.

[troopermaster]

I think it should be optional for either a canvas or leather belt at this point as it has not been confirmed 100% as yet.

 

DaBar....your blaster is an ROTJ model and not ESB,just FYI

[TK8280]

I think it should be optional for either a canvas or leather belt at this point as it has not been confirmed 100% as yet.

 

DaBar....your blaster is an ROTJ model and not ESB,just FYI

 

WOW! I was wondering that myself, but I'm ussually not it the right state of mind to make inferences, but who knows, I could still be wrong about it

[TK-2833[501st]]

It looks pretty ESB to me. What's different on this bad boy?

[troopermaster]

For a start that's an MGC sterling and not an L2A3 which is what the ANH and ESB's are.The ROTJ blaster in the pic above,has a totally different scope rail,different scope,barrel fins and greeblies are all different to an ESB.I'll try and find some good pics and make a comparison.

[DaBar[501st]]

DaBar....your blaster is an ROTJ model and not ESB,just FYI

 

Oops, My bad.

 

For some reason I thought they used MGCs on ESB too.

 

Would like to see a comparison pic as well.

[TK-2833[501st]]

Actually, I just thought of something that should be a part of deployment standards across the board. Hovi-Mix mic tips.

[TK8280]

OK, let's nail this down:

 

1. ESB style armor - same as ANH except:

* Holster worn on the right instead of left

* Snowtrooper hand plates (e.g. curved instead of angular)

 

2. ESB style helmet

* Blue tube strips

* Slate blue (aka blue grey) traps/tears

* No hand painted traps/tears - decals only

* Black frown, but paint does not leave teeth area

* Flat green lenses

 

3. EBS style blaster

* No ammo counter

* Two greeblies on left rear area

 

Anything missing before it can be considered final?

 

I wanted to clear up the ab buttons...are they the same as the ANH?

[Daetrin[Admin]]

Yes.

[TK8280]

Thanks Paul! , I was just to lazy to watch for it in the film

[MikeTK1536[501st]]

...and the blaster "heat sinks" should be made of metal "u" channel, instead of rubber tracks.

 

Like mine:

 

Actually that a ROTJ blaster, not ESB. ESB had the standard Sterling SMG while ROTJ had the newer Sterling design which has the different U channels, scope, etc. They're almost entirely different guns.

[firebladejedi[TK]]

There was no new armour made for esb, they re-used the stuff from anh at a very high cost.

 

It looks like 3 ear stripes in most pics, i will put together some screen grabs for people to look at if you like heres just a couple i have for now.

 

 

Edited June 23, 2021 by gmrhodes13
photos updated gmrhodes13 2021

[TK8280]

Actually that a ROTJ blaster, not ESB. ESB had the standard Sterling SMG while ROTJ had the newer Sterling design which has the different U channels, scope, etc. They're almost entirely different guns.

actually, i thought they casted some of the blasters for ROTJ and weren't all so called de-milled weapons

[SethB6025[501st]]

I think you're getting into hero vs. stunt. Cast or demilled, they were all based on the MGC Sterling for ROTJ.