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>you don't NEED a 30 round clip
>>27950373
oh, it's a bipod i guess
>>27950379
They look OAF
>Fucking unmodified modern chestrig
Still don't want. I feel they could have sci-fied it up a bit more. It just seems like such an utterly lazy costume choice.
>>27950386
>Bipod
>Bi
>>27950373
>>27950379
>>27950386
Hip firing... Interesting.
>>27950386
>it's a bipod i guess
well no shit. if you had these pics saved you must have known that before making the thread.
>>27950446
im pulling them from the site
>>27950450
riot guy
>>27950397
>chestrig
>>27950473
Thats literally what it is. Putting it in green meme arrows doesn't change or dispute that.
>>27950455
>>27950473
you know, I kinda like this
>>27950450
>>27950455
>>27950466
There is so much wrong with that combat method...
well, at least the armor would actually be useful in a riot.
>>27950505
>Using that flashy dramatic bullshit
>When force pikes have existed for at least 30 years
Shig
>>27950379
is that the star wars take on the smart gun?
>>27950386
>bipod
>bi
>pod
>two leg
>literally just one leg
>bipod
>>27950473
>>27950386
>>27950379
>>27950373
>stormtroopers finally have reasonable magazine pouches
While I'm not a big fan of the new helmets, that's pretty neat.
>>27950397
How do you "sci-fi" a chest rig, though?
>>27950657
its got 2 feet at the bottom though
>>27950635
>force pikes are used by force sensitives
Diggy
>>27950650
I guessing its a modernization of the E-Web repeating blaster the snowtroopers used, so you don't need 3 guys to set it up. Makes sense Tbh.
>>27950670
>How do you "sci-fi" a chest rig, though?
Magnets.
>>27950473
I...like this. I actually like this. Huh.
>>27950473
no way those magazines are used for that pistol. somebody better toss that guy an E-11 rifle STAT.
interesting pistol though. doesn't quite fit with the setting, but it still seems reasonable.
>>27950670
>How do you "sci-fi" a chest rig, though?
Get rid of the obvious side-release buckles and keepers, or replace them with something more future-y. Make it out of the "pleather" that stormtrooper pouches were made of in the past, like the shoulder holster on the sandtrooper or that pouch on this guys hip. Or go the full mile and integrate it into the chestplate, its not like massive armor variation between imperial units is a new thing.
>>27950373
>>27950379
>>27950386
>>27950450
>>27950455
>>27950466
>>27950473
>>27950505
DUDE
that's fucking rad
>sci-fi-ify stuff by making it blocky and LEDs and wires
>mad
>use near-perfect modern chest rig to store weapon ammo, no bullshit just functional
>mad
what the fuck do you want, a pocket jedi that holds your mags in a big floating ball that follows you around?
fuck off this is perfect, I'm glad it doesn't have LEDs and wires and fucking useless crap dangling.
Guess what: in 1000 years a chest rig will look the same, except it will probably be bulletproof due to materials advancement.
You can't see materials advancement.
Also gun with a leg = meh
should be stabilized into the armor system
I'm glad they got a stand for that gun to handle all the recoil from a laser blast.
>>27950787
it's not for recoil, retard, it's for balancing/supporting the weight of the gun itself
>>27950765
>what the fuck do you want, a pocket jedi that holds your mags in a big floating ball that follows you around?
Uh, now I do.
>>27950787
Plasma, not laser.
>>27950505
>Stormtroopers are cops and the protagonist is a 'we wuz keengs an queens'.
those are all actually pretty hype
>>27950801
>it's not for recoil, retard, it's for balancing/supporting the weight of the gun itself
Maybe they should lift or something so they can handle a gun that weighs more than 6 lbs.
>>27950787
Star Wars 'blasters' have nearly always called that for launching a 'blast' of superheated gas. Its not a laser pointer, its a projectile rifle.
>>27950806
>>Stormtroopers are cops and the protagonist is a 'we wuz keengs an queens'.
No they seem pretty in line with nazis desu.
>new scary weapons
>devil may care attitude
>will just end up getting annihilated by artillery bombardments and strategic bombing
So this time the Imperials are the Rebels right?
Since the rebellion would have taken over and become the tyrannical oppressive regime.
>>27950787
>I'm glad they got a stand for that gun to handle all the recoil from a laser blast.
they're not lasers, they're particle blasters. They magnetically suspend blobs of condensed plasma and then fire them out using electric coils or something.
>>27950811
given that it appears to be based off a suppression/squad weapon design. it probably weighs 30-40lbs, so good luck with that
also I was slightly incorrect, star wars blasters are actually plasma bolt weapons, so there will be recoil
eat shit
>>27950839
depends on what they go with as far as timelines and shit, amongst the various books it took the new republic many years to actually stabilize the galaxy and the old empire forces actually still hold most of the galactic core systems
but who knows at this point
>>27950850
whatever
Why don't they make lightsaber bayonets?
![A+pile+of+bodies+awaits+cremation+after+the+bombing+of+Dresden,+1945+(1)[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/0Be1AiB.jpg "A+pile+of+bodies+awaits+cremation+after+the+bombing+of+Dresden,+1945+(1)[1].jpg")
>>27950832
>bombing the living shit out of a civilian population
>strategic
>>27950765
>a pocket jedi that holds your mags in a big floating ball that follows you around
I agree with you, but pocket jedi might be cooler
>>27950919
My brother, he's a lot more compassionate than I am, you know. We were looking at Rick getting in the limo, and as it drove off, Eddie says, "Man... Rick really needs help". I was like, "Hey man, we just gave him some help. We busted his motha fuckin' legs. I bet he won't come back and disrespect again."
![youngling[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/zueIaeo.jpg "youngling[1].jpg")
>>27950900
you don't need a light saber bayonet, nobody uses bayonets anymore. Leave light saber bayonets for the trained professionals. if everybody had a light saber this galaxy would turn into Tattooine.
Trust me, I got a degree from Coruscant University. People who have light sabers there are called plasma nuts
>>27950492
>meme arrows
>not 'greentext'
Hello, newfriend.
>>27950984
Style: Tomorrow
yellow text.
>>27950984
>Not knowing about the maymay arrows maymay
>Calling others new
Oh child
>>27950991
Let's be honest, no one uses tomorrow.
To clarify, I'm not that newfag calling people new.
>>27950765
>Star wars
>Impractical bullshit: The franchise
>Implying a practical piece of equipment doesn't look out of place among 40ft tall mechs that can be taken out by teddy bears, swords used as serious combat weapons against guns and using a hollowed out moon as a base
Chill out prospect, it DOES look out of place.
Also
>Guess what: in 1000 years a chest rig will look the same
Well aren't you the just most unimaginative tit. You think that in a thousand years were still going to be using nylon webbing, visible seams and attaching things to ourselves with belts? Shit, why not hold it on with static, that's what keep the rest of the white parts attached. I reckon even in the next 30-50 years were going to start seeing vests molded in one piece like a silicon baking tray, completely seamless.
>>27950473
SADF as fuck.
>>27950978
>>27950650
That's exactly what my first thought was
>>27950693
I was thinking more along the lines of the T-21 (Lewis Gun) or DLT-19 (MG-34/42) repeating/heavy blasters you saw the Sandtroopers carrying around Mos Eisley and in racks on the Death Star's security room. Those seemed to have been used like support GPMGs, DMRs, or battle rifles compared to the Blastech E11s every other trooper had.
Also, what's up with the "bipod" on some of the figures? It looks more like a baseplate or a door gunner's mount for an air vehicle.
It is a really dumb fucking idea to have infantry with heavy weapons like that and full body armor. Infantry should either be long ranged skirmishers/archers that have plenty of ammo and large caliber weaponry at the cost of protection, or close range heavily armored troops preferably with heavy shields.
This is what happens when you let retarded sci fi people design a military.
>>27951936
We put gunshields on hummvees for a reason. Heavy gunners are prime targets if you want to make the big gun stop shooting you.
>>27950978
>>27951586
>>27951977
>Heavy gunners are prime targets if you want to make the big gun stop shooting you.
Heavy gunners should be heavy gunners. They should sacrifice all aspects of capability to provide heavy gunning. If you can afford to take on any other roles it means you're gun isn't big enough.
>>27950373
>>27950379
>>27950386
This shit is so goddamn stupid they look so clean. Say what you will about the prequels they had god tier aesthetics
>>27952036
>>27952036
I swear, the only beef I had with the Clone Troops was why the fuck did they put what looks like a scope on the bottom of their long rifle and use it as a foregrip? Other than that, I really liked it when they started decorating/graffitied up their armor. Sorta had a weird Vietnam GI feel to it, which may have been what they were going for..
>>27952338
>decorating/graffitied
Well most of that is rank and mos denotation.
>>27952338
>why the fuck did they put what looks like a scope on the bottom of their long rifle and use it as a foregrip?
It is a scope, its swings out of the way when not in use so as to not block peripheral vision. According to the AOTC visual dictionary at least, though Ive never seen a pic of it with the scope folded up and the VD probably isn't canon anymore.
>>27951067
But the black background is so much easier on the eyes. Am I really in the minority using tomorrow?
>>27952471
Greentext is still green with the tomorrow theme though?
>>27952017
The jedi knights games were awesome
>>27950386
>>27950409
Monopod. The word is monopod.
>>27952567
God damn it... I knew it was coming, but I still cringed.
>>27952567
SHEEV
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>>27952036
They were also 100% CGI.
>>27950839
From the gist i'm taking the New republic hasn't completely come together yet, maybe just core worlds while the outer rim shitholes are still not giving a shit. imperial remnants use the outer worlds to regroup to make a comeback. it's sorta happened in the non-canon EU except this new guy seems to be all about a vader comeback/revenge rather than a general resurgence of the empire. I've got the feeling Ren is going to end up being a Skywalker/Solo kid and/or is related to Rey.
Can they hit anything yet?
>>27950415
If there is a sensor module on the weapon you wouldn't use the scope.
Some kind of HUD optics integration.
Besides, you can't reasonably use a scope with a helmet, just like how riflemen use a laser module when they wear night fighting equipment.
>>27950678
I can't tell if you're shitposting or actually retarded
>>27950585
>tonfa and shield
>something wrong
Only morally wrong, most modern police riot gear incorporates shields with batons or tonfa.
Are you saying riot police don't know how to function in a riot?
Does their armour stop anything yet, even rocks from Ewoks?
>>27952783
According to the EU, the Stormtrooper helmets do have HUD systems. Also one thing that is almost entirely overlooked is that the majority of Imperial soldiers are not Stormtroopers and are closer to Warhammer's Imperial Guard, relatively lightly armored and act primarily as cannon fodder.
>>27952838
>most imperial soldiers are not stormtroopers
This is very interesting and I did not know.
Really looking forward to an expanded universal in upcoming Star Wars video games, like whatever new title bioware are cooking up.
>>27952900
Storm troopers are literally storm troopers, like in WWI germany, they are elete shock troops. The reason you see them so much in the origonal trilogy is because it focuses on the heads of the empire and the rebel alliance, so it would be reasonable for elite troops to be there.
>>27952900
Is it too much to ask for a not shitty Battlefront and a new Jedi Knight game?
>>27950984
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/facetiously
>not knowing about the "meme arrow" meme
>>27952608
and?
the clone wars animated series focusing on jango fett clone commandos is badass as fuck.
>>27953013
Apparently yes.
>>27950505
>>27950466
>>27950455
>>27950450
I want to appreciate the reference to the original concept art, but I hate the shallow and lame execution of it.
This is exactly the kind of dumb bullshit I was afraid of when Abrams signed on.
>>27952819
No, it just gives them confidence. The lack of view just helps them ignore scary things.
>>27952838
>>27952900
>>27953013
also
>"they let us escape".jpg
all the "lel stormtroopers can't hit shit bruv" is because they were using blondie Mc Carcrash and the gang to find the rebel alliance's main bases.
the two times we watched Vader and the 501st/storm troopers actually go full bore were them tactically operating tactically against a rebel transport in Ep1 and the Battle of Hoth which was the empire pulling out the big guns to absolutely wreck shit for PR operation desert storm style.
>>27953145
That's not a light saber, just a beam sword.
>>27953123
>you will never have a Star Wars short of a old Clone Sargent still in phase two armor with signs of wear, mentoring squad new of strom troopers
>years later seeing one of strom troopers doing the same with the new order troopers
>>27952687
In one of the books kyp durron goes and gets vaders helmet and jerks off to it or something. I think the new movie is going to be strongly non canon with the books
>>27953314
Dude the books aren't canon anymore, Disney's decided to ignore the entire EU.
>>27951936
This is of course why all gun teams in the Army never wear armor while all assault elements basically wear a full bomb suit.
>>27952036
I also loved how customized the clone armor became. It seems like a good reflection of an Army actually at war. They start out all looking the same. But as time goes by the customize and change up their gear to suit what works for them. It's like watching the evolution of the US Army in the GWOT.
>>27952387
That's what it started as in the movies, red and yellow were generally officers, green engineers, and a few others.
But by the time the cartoons came around basically whole units had their own colors. Anikin's 501st were blue, Plo Kloon's brown, and there were a few others.
>>27952036
>Hurrr durrr why they look so clean, when would you ever even see a soldier with a clean uniform
>Just fucking stupid they should just be dirty all the time
>>27953531
>doesn't understand the difference between "clean" in the context of design and "clean" in the context of an item's cleanliness
>>27950473
I'm not really going to complain because of what >>27950670 said, but It does look a little out of place with the rest of that outfit.
>>27953610
Give him a M16, a backpack and paint on the UCP and you got yourself something out of place.
>>27953436
Part of it is that the shiny white Troopers in most of the original trilogy were space fleet stationed and had to maintain parade gloss at all times. The Snowtroopers were fresh off a ship, Scout Troopers out of a garrison that could see visit from Sheev or Vader at any time. But a backwater garrison like Tatooine that actually had to live and work there?
>>27953673
Oh no, don't get me wrong, I get why Strom Troopers generally all had pristine armor with no real modifications. You've got a more or less peace time army fighting an incurgency. So you're going to see a lot more standardization and cleaner armor as they're now basically garrison troops.
I'm not saying it doesn't make sense, just that I liked the high degree of customization from the Clone Wars better.
Also from a more meta stand point, the reason we saw so many different clone trooper customizations was to help the toy line and because the show ran for several seasons. So now they could easily introduce a bunch of different clone trooper toys. You've got your ARC troopers, scout troopers, 501st, brown painted troopers, Senate guards, underwater troopers, ect.
>>27950397
Yeah, they could've built it into the suit. Hips and Thighs. Would've fit better.
>>27950450
shit looks like fucking power rangers.
>literally killing starwars
>>27950505
>that hip shake
>>27955584
okay grandpa.
>>27952567
fucking dude is so high speed low drag that he spirals like a bullet to avoid wind drift when jumping forward.
>>27952580
Wow, that actually looks pretty based
>>27950723
that pistol is a FAB Defense KPOS glock carbine conversion kit apparently
>>27950961
I woke up this morning thinking specifically about this line. The first thread that I see on 4chan has it posted...
Pretty Jungian desu senpai
>>27950373
>>27950473
They literally look like nerf guns. Im not sure I like it. Its just way too different.
stormtroopers were being given a lot of depth and character in the Clone Wars animated series right before Disney bought star wars from Lucas and were nothing like the buffoons we see in the past star wars films.
I hope Disney doesn't reverse that progress.
While we're at it in the Star Wars thread
First Order dropped the sawn off Rexim-Favors for FAB defense'd glocks with M4 front sights
>>27950585
do you even cortosis weave, motherfucker?
>>27956931
>cortosis
>on mass produced armor for an entire army
sure
>>27956810
Even in the future there's no escape from the glocknades.
>>27956300
Those were clone troopers, anon.
Storm Trooper armor fucking sucks
i.4cdn.org/gif/1448114099728.webm
>>27956985
There was a villain in the second, or was it third, jedi Knight game that wanted to do something like that, though I don't think he was going to mass produce shit, he was at the very least going to have special forces dedicated specifically to fighting force sensitives. Those special forces were going to make heavy use of powered armor and cortosis to counter jedi powers and weapons.
>/k/ purposefully shitting on space chest rigs
This thread is treason then
>>27950678
It's a vibrating stick, not a lightsaber.
These storm troopers aren't very good at their job
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0DuUnhGBK4
>>27953172
The Desert Storm reference is a pretty apt one considering they took out 90% of the Rebel forces on Hoth. The fighter squadrons were all but annihilated, only half the light transports made it out, none of the heavy transports got away, and anyone still on the ground when the Thundering Herd showed up may as well have been written off as dead.
>>27953642
Like this?
>>27950473
I like this.
>>27957119
Galak Fyarr, yeah yeah
notice how it was the only time Cortosis was ever used in mass production
Even though it wasn't even mass produced, it was semi-mass produced for a very few elite bio-engineered troopers and originally to be used hopefully for a one time plan: destruction of the jedi temple on Yavin IV
What happened ? Galak got a custom made gold plated power armor made of Cortosis with a multitude of weapons including rockets, heavy repeater, concussive plasma launcher, lethal electric force fields and got his shit handled by a cynical guy with a lightsaber that doesn't even calls himself a jedi
>>27957256
Hnnnngh. Daddy like.
>>27957256
I like this too.
>Trandoshans confirm for reptilian space jews
>>27957080
>i.4cdn.org/gif/1448114099728.webm
fucking kek
>>27957256
sauce/more?
>>27957080
>Wearing Rubie's bootleg armor
>in 2015
He deserved it
People with shit non-screen accurate armors should get turbolaser'd
>>27957344
I think I found that one on Facebook a few weeks back...but Google says reddit, so I'm not sure.
>>27957326
oh god, that blatant Deagle brand Deagle frame
>>27955715
>>27952579
I don't know about you guys but personally I think that's awesome.
>>27957080
>i.4cdn.org/gif/1448114099728.webm
kek
>>27952580
Isn't armoring your TIE pilots kinda pointless?
>>27957561
I was about to say if was for if they survived getting shot down, but then I realized they're flying TIE fighters.
Yeah, it's pretty fucking pointless.
>>27957561
What are flak jackets?
Although I do see your point, as most of the time one hit = the thing blows up
>>27957600
The cockpit doesn't have atmosphere in it so they usually survive getting shot.
>>27950373
>>27950379
>>27950386
>>27950450
>>27950455
>>27950466
>>27950473
I can't unsee the damn smiley face on that helmet.
So are Storm troopers also clones or are they actual people?
>>27957929
By the time of The Rebellion they were mostly conscripts, no new clones were being made.
>>27957929
This has been answered a million times. A better answer is "don't worry about it". And only faggots have Star Wars discussions on Facebook. I know that is what you are doing, you little faggot.
>>27957939
>He actually answered the question
Spoonfeeding kills boards and lowers board quality. See modern /co/ vs /co/ circa 2008.
>>27957958
Wew lad. Seriously, what bit you that you're so fucking anal? Or are you just shitposting?
>>27950978
praise allah
>>27957968
Spoonfeeding melts steel beams.
>>27957958
>>27957945
Okay. I'll leave you nerds to your discussion then.
>>27950373
>implying I'm going to see this kuckolding black lives matter propaganda
>implying Hans Solo doesn't die
>>27950450
holy fuck shit, a zaku style shield.
full circle, man.
full circle.
>>27957561
>>27957894
you idiots, it's a pressurized suit.
so they can survive space.
>>27950386
Do these guns even have recoil?
>>27957600
how the hell I put you in my post? I only marked the other idi...I mean the other guy.
>>27952838
James?
>>27958150
fuck you too internet, I didn't want to post anyway!
>>27957276
>handled by a cynical guy with a lightsaber that doesn't even call himself a jedi
Granted that man was the best duelist since Obiwan himself, and possibly even better than Luke.
Kyle Katarn is basically Doomguy given a lightsaber and force powers, how do you expect him to lose?
>>27956993
>future
>not distant past
>>27950695
That might actually be pretty cool, just have strong magnets and stick your steel NATO mags onto them instead of in pouches.
>>27950695
So...same thing as space marines in 40k do?
>>27957256
>1911 rails on forearm
interesting
>>27959700
>arm mounted laser pointer
I'm gonna live my Buzz Lightyear fantasies
