Did a little beta testing on the Hoth troopers last night.
I'm liking the result thus far. Still want to add a little detail work to the antenna shaft but the overall construction I'm happy with. I tried to find something at Hobby Lobby like what Nate was describing in his build but I have a feeling he has a genuine hobby store where miniature bits and pieces are easier to come by. I actually had better luck at Lowe's home improvement finding some little pieces that would work. Then there's a lot I had to fashion myself. The grenades I sort of just stumbled upon when I was going through a box of Sideshow stuff I've got and I noticed that the Endor bandolier has one on it. So luckily I have 8 bandoliers that I highjacked that part off of. I still need to come up with four more so I may end up stealing them off my original Endor guys as well. The belt buckle I used is a cast from Duane of the Imp. buckle that I cut the stud off of and glued a Sideshow Jedi holocron pad on and then added the three little studs. All these processes I'm doing I'm trying to keep simple and make sure I have enough material, whatever I decide to use, to make three of them the same way.
