Imperial Stormtroopers with Darth Vader

Now that I have two Sideshow Imperial Stormtroopers (see my previous posts here and here), it's time to shoot them with Darth Vader. And since Sideshow has yet to release their 1/6 version of Darth Vader (preview pictures of Sideshow Darth Vader here), Hasbro's 14-inch Darth Vader (see my post here) will have to do for now.

Sideshow's Imperial Stormtroopers are really looking good in terms of scale and quality (all except the horrific loose joints)

The poseability of Sideshow's Imperial Stormtroopers hold up well

This is rightie

And here's leftie

And here are Sideshow Imperial Stormtroopers standing with Medicom's puny Darth Vader (more picture here). I wouldn't label it 1/6 scale because Medicom's Darth Vader isn't any much taller than the troopers. To at least get a decent picture, I'd to pose Sideshow's Stormtroopers standing behind Vader so that they don't dwarf him.

And if you think posing Medicom Darth Vader with Medicom Imperial Stormtrooper (more pictures here) should work, you are so wrong. Somehow Medicom's Stormtrooper helmet is slightly too big for his body and Medicom's Darth Vader head and body is way too small.

To get a more accurate picture of Darth Vader towering over the Stormtrooper, I'd to pose him standing in front of the Stormtrooper. It now appears that the trooper is hiding behind Darth Vader and not doing his job as a trooper.

Close-up of Medicom's Imperial Stormtrooper and Darth Vader side by side. Medicom's helmet is supposed to be the "Hero" helmet, made for the leading actors in the film. They differ from the "Stunt" helmets (reproduced for the Marmit and Sideshow Stormtroopers) as they feature a smaller frown and lowered brow. But Medicom's frown is not smaller but consistent with the "Stunt" helmets.

And here's a picture of Hasbro's 14-inch tall Darth Vader surrounded by four Imperial Stormtroopers, the two in front are by Marmit (more pictures here) and the two at the rear are by Sideshow. Notice how it works better when there's leftie and rightie. I'd also posted pictures of Hasbro's 14-inch Darth Vader with just Marmit's Imperial Stormtroopers here, including posing Jedi Luke meeting his father in the scene from "Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi"

In the next post, we'll compare the various Imperial Stormtroopers.