"Hello, I'm Emperor Palpatine (see? It says so on my stand.). I'm glad you could join me as I unveil the Empire's newest weapons system, the Phase V Dark Trooper, or Dark Trooper Commando."



"That's right, you heard me correctly, a Phase V Dark Trooper. 'Huh? What? Where did that come from? Didnt Jedi whatshisface destroy that stuff? Didnt the Emperor stop funding that project?' you ask...."



"Stupid Rebels. For every one secert weapons lab you losers distroy, I have five more you dont know about working on the same project! It's protocol that if one is lost, the others go silent until a viable unit is ready for mass production.
Let's go have a look shall we?"



"It's a beast, isnt it?"



"You can see here a dual side mounted rocket launcher. What are the interesting points on these, DTC-001?"
"Several diffrent payloads available, fire and forget or guided with a range of several kilometers, my Lord."



"And here we have two dual rapid fire waist mounted mini cannons. Tell me a little about these 001."
"High explosive, armor piercing, tracer, chemical, radioactive, blaster or needle rounds at my command. The larger cannon will take an X-wing fighter down and the smaller one will remove 500 rebel troopers a minute from your glorious Empire, my Lord"



"An X-wing you say? Impressive! Lets have a better look at that cannon!"
"Yes my Lord, if I coordinate my fire with other DTC units, it is possible to stop a rebel transport from escaping, my Lord."



"Wonderful! Lord Vader could have used a few of you at the Battle of Hoth, hmmm? I see you also have two more rockets stowed on your back and what is this I see on your backpack?"
"A jetpack, my Lord. Providing 30 minutes of flight time, depending on local gravity, my Lord."



"Ah! Now my favorite feature! Watch this!"



"AHHHHHH!"




"What damage did that do, 001?"
"None, my Lord. My armor is impervious to lightsaber blades."
"Thats f***ing awesome, isnt it? My idea, by the way."



"So, in conclusion, keep your systems in line, or I'll start replacing the garrisons of Stormtroopers with garrisons of badasses, like Mr. 001, here, and unlike my Stormtroopers, he never misses, do you, my friend?"
"Never, my Lord."
"Oh, and to the to the idiot that destroyed the first Dark Trooper lab, on board the Arc Hammer, we know who you are and there is a bounty so large on your head that Jango Fett himself is gonna come after you, and he's dead!"


Dark Trooper Commando:

The camo on that badboy rocks Hard.

Is that a young studly Palpatine?

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Very cool. Camo's never something I traditionally associate with the Empire, but you did a great job on it. The dialogue's what really makes the custom, killer presentation! And where is that Palpy from?

Brian,

That was hillllllllarious! I love the sales pitch by the 'cloned' Palpy. I figured him to be less of a sales person tho. I love the figure, he really does look like he is ready to drop down in a Wookie community and kick some furry tail.

Amazing, simply amazing. I love the cammo, and the mods are perfect.

The sales pitch is priceless.

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That's all I got man. Great figure and very creative presentation. I think all customs should be presented in this way. Nice job!

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First, BEST CUSTOM PRESENTATION EVAH!!!!!

Second, that is your best camo painted to date. All my droids just got jealous because of how cool this guy looks. I'm floored by all the improvements you've made.

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I like the consistency of the camo, as well as the additional weapons.
good job.
I happen to like seeing both SW as well as Joe customs here.

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Thanks guys, glad you dig it, I had fun doing this custom and putting this dioshow together.

The Palpy is a custom of mine, from the comic book Dark Empire.

And when you see Chris at Crazy Palpy's, be sure you get the extended warranty on your blasters!

Lovin' the paintjob and accesorization (and the presentation, duh); but not lovin' the weak 6-point articulation. Bash that bastard onto a Colossus already!

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yeah, AV might have a point, if you plan to play with your figure.

The dio is soo frackin funny,

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OK first of all what ever you guys are drinking or smoking eating (shrums?) is working and you need to package it and sell it. The Dark trooper looks like it walked right out of a video game. I personally like the mini dio story, it takes a WHOLE lot of outside the box think and creativity to come up with that kind of explination of a custom.


A++++ from Oneforceleader.

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Brian that rocks my man,and great to see your creative humor come out in the way you presented.

Dio story awesome, Camo paint job even more awesomer.
I really should send you my stuff to paint.

Thanks guys, glad ya dig him.
I forgot to add the shots of him without his gear: