This is translated into 'real-life movie' scenarios whereby you would always see the stormtroopers run, walk or move in an awkwardly stiff manner.

Constraints in limb movement were determined by parameters of an armor suit that essentially doesn't have a lot of give in its joints. While it's was possible to configure the figurine in a myriad of poses, limitations were being imposed by the very nature of the stormtrooper's armor suit. However it's a small price to pay for a rewarding project that's not too time consuming.īandai Star Wars 1/12 scale First Order Stormtrooper Especially vexing was the tedium involved in painting the whites of the blaster rifle which was molded (and subsequently primed) completely in black. Any misgivings aside, you have to hand it to Bandai for designing a scale model kit that looks as good as it does, incongruous to the amount of modelling work required on it. As underwhelming as this project may have been, the Bandai Star Wars 1/12 scale First Order Stormtrooper is nonetheless complete.

First order blaster rifle