I'm probably gonna start painting some minis in the near future, and while I love the armor paint-schemes some have done (like the red troopers in this thread: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/199493-tvays-painted-minis/)I'm concerned about boxing myself in down the road. So my question is this: What types of stormtroopers should I leave room for?

We have:

1.) Regular stormies

2.) Alternate sculpt stormies

3.) Heavies (taking the place of sandtroopers)

4.) Snowtroopers

I expect:

5.) Scout troopers

I can see having:

6.) Shock troopers (why I'm hesitant painting normal or elite stormies in red patterns, however cool they look)

7.) Shadow troopers

8.) Jet troopers

9.) Dark troopers (not really the same, I know, but still)

So, am I missing any that I should expect, and/or do you think they will be doing any or all of the 6-9 range?

(not really sure how popular/canonical they are... even before "legends")

Well, Cloaking Troopers or Shadow Trooprs or whatever, as well as Jump Troopers, are pretty much covered by the upgrades in the Technological Superiority deck. Dark Troopers too to an extent, I think there's a cybernetic augment card or something by those lines.

Then again, I wouldn't put it past FFG to rethread that space with future miniature releases once they bore through all the original movie content. Though I'd prefer them to rein it in a bit before that happens. I mean come on, most of the EU sormtrooper subcorps are ridiculously redundant at best, facepalmingly stupid at worse.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-13-most-ridiculous-types-of-stormtroopers-1686097129

I'm sick of stormtroopers.

Give me merc stuff.

Got to admit I wouldn't mind one more basic Stormtrooper variation i.e. one in a running pose. Not urgent but maybe they could nail it down the road.

Apart from this all I want to see is a Scout trooper, maybe two poses? and a Snowtrooper pose variation. I could maybe also handle a Shadow trooper but over this I think nothing is really required to make the game work.

I'm just tired of painting the things black and white. I'm too much of a purist to paint them differently.

I'd be up for some of those dark grey darktroopers (?) from that awesome first-person shooter back in the day.

Darktroopers (Battlefront 2 style not Dark Forces style) would be awesome.

Scout troopers are a given. Just have to wait for that.

Maybe I could see them doing shadow troopers or jump troopers, as they appeared in the new Battlefront, so they're sort of of the forefront of people's minds.

You forgot to list the E-Web Engineer. Isn't that a trooper subtype?

I really love the look of the magma troopers in Battlefront.

Another cool option, though just as unlikely, would be Imperial Commandos.

STORMIES!!!

(Great topic!!!)

I'd like to see Jumptroopers from the Force Unleashed games, but more I'd like to see Navy/ Death Star troopers.

I'd be happy with Scouts as Sniper roles, and a Flametrooper or such for a more up-close and personal approach to combat.

Stormtrooper

Sandtrooper

Snowtrooper

Scout trooper

Space trooper

It is quite apparent that all proper stormtrooper variants are supposed to have names starting with "S".

I'd be happy if they eventually did Scouttroopers and left it at that.

I'm bored of painting white things...

Stormtrooper

Sandtrooper

Snowtrooper

Scout trooper

Space trooper

It is quite apparent that all proper stormtrooper variants are supposed to have names starting with "S".

In addition to 'infantry' Sandtroopers, I'd expect to see a dewback-riding Sandtrooper as well, based on how successful the bantha riders are.

Edit: Similarly, a scout trooper on a speeder bike seems reasonable.

Scout Trooper is the only one I'm "in need of." Maybe a scout on a speeder bike for coolness. Other than that, I can wait.

Man, I would love to get my hands on some spacetroopers! Closer akin to Space Marines from 40k, the spacetrooper is an armor clad and vacuum sealed one man boarding party. They've got guns and jets and cutters and sharp sticks and servo boosted awesome.

Just thinking about spactroopers makes me want to punch a friggin xwing in its smug snub-nose.

Scout Trooper is the only one I'm "in need of." Maybe a scout on a speeder bike for coolness. Other than that, I can wait.

If they give us a speeder bike I think they should make it not only fast, but to where it MUST move every turn - or something to give the feeling of it being so fast that it takes a lot of skill to control it.

Scout Trooper is the only one I'm "in need of." Maybe a scout on a speeder bike for coolness. Other than that, I can wait.

If they give us a speeder bike I think they should make it not only fast, but to where it MUST move every turn - or something to give the feeling of it being so fast that it takes a lot of skill to control it.

Not MUST move, but IF it moves, it must go a minimum distance (and gets an extra white die or something).

A number of people have commented that the speeder bikes are too fast for the scale and scope of the game, which is really true, but it is SUCH an iconic and popular bit of tech I don't see how they could NOT produce it.

Scout Trooper is the only one I'm "in need of." Maybe a scout on a speeder bike for coolness. Other than that, I can wait.

If they give us a speeder bike I think they should make it not only fast, but to where it MUST move every turn - or something to give the feeling of it being so fast that it takes a lot of skill to control it.

Not MUST move, but IF it moves, it must go a minimum distance (and gets an extra white die or something).

A number of people have commented that the speeder bikes are too fast for the scale and scope of the game, which is really true, but it is SUCH an iconic and popular bit of tech I don't see how they could NOT produce it.

or a mechanic where if you don't steer ti properly you just crash and die. speed 10. must move all 10 spaces. You may not enter a space you have previously occupied this activation. if you can't meet these requirements you are destroyed.

I can see you far and hard in a straight line. Such as: Speed 5, (Special action) You may move beyond your Speed in a straight line, for each enemy figure you move over rolls 1 red dice and suffers (hit) equal to results. When you hit a wall, roll 1 red dice and suffer (hits) equal to results.

TIE Pilots and AT-AT Drivers would be welcome.

TIE Pilots and AT-AT Drivers would be welcome.

While both of those would be cool figures, there is not a whole lot of reason for either of them to be operating on foot, away from their vehicle, and neither vehicle makes much sense given the size of this game. I'm surprised they included the at-st and bantha.

To bring this back to the main topic...

TIE pilots and AT-AT drivers, death star troopers, etc. would all be different sculpts that would have their own paint schemes. I'm mainly concerned with stormtrooper classes that have similar/identical armor with different paint schemes.

Shock troopers are basically red stormtroopers with different weapons, so I don't want to paint my stormies red if we can reasonably expect shock troopers.

Shadow troopers are basically black stormtroopers with different weapons, so I don't want to paint my stormies black if we can reasonably expect shock troopers. Ditto for Dark troopers.

So are there paint schemes that are likely going to be seen as actual releases that I should avoid?

To bring this back to the main topic...

TIE pilots and AT-AT drivers, death star troopers, etc. would all be different sculpts that would have their own paint schemes. I'm mainly concerned with stormtrooper classes that have similar/identical armor with different paint schemes.

Shock troopers are basically red stormtroopers with different weapons, so I don't want to paint my stormies red if we can reasonably expect shock troopers.

Shadow troopers are basically black stormtroopers with different weapons, so I don't want to paint my stormies black if we can reasonably expect shock troopers. Ditto for Dark troopers.

So are there paint schemes that are likely going to be seen as actual releases that I should avoid?

People are probably responding to your title, instead of reading the full OP. In the future it may help to use a more descriptive title, in this case "What paint patterns should I avoid on my stormies based on future possible trooper variants". Your current title appears to be speculation about future sculpts, which is what ppl are responding to.

On your intended topic: I think those variants you've mentioned are probably *years* off, if we see them at all. I actually kind of doubt we will ever see them because, with the release of TFA and the whole EU/Legends change, those variants have been tossed in the fire with the rest of the detritus. X-wing has included a bunch of old EU craft, but they were popular craft and I kind of get the impression they were 'filler' until TFA dropped... and TFA has dropped.

Basically, I'd say paint them however you want. The variants you mentioned will probably never show up, and if they do it'll be years from now.

I wouldn't paint them gray, as I can reasonably guess all future Stormtrooper releases will be gray.

Why do people keep thinking TFA stuff will show up in IA? TFA takes place 30 years after IA and doesn't even have the rebels or imperials. You seriously think they'll put in First Order stormtroopers and other First Order units (we barely saw anything the First Order had in TFA) to be used alongside imperial units?

EDIT: Anyways, we'll probably see Scout Troopers, Shadow Troopers, Storm Commandos, and Dark Troopers phase 2 for 'stormtrooper' look-a-likes.

I'm mainly concerned with stormtrooper classes that have similar/identical armor with different paint schemes.

Shock troopers are basically red stormtroopers with different weapons, so I don't want to paint my stormies red if we can reasonably expect shock troopers.

Shadow troopers are basically black stormtroopers with different weapons, so I don't want to paint my stormies black if we can reasonably expect shock troopers. Ditto for Dark troopers.

So are there paint schemes that are likely going to be seen as actual releases that I should avoid?

As has been mentioned, if any of these things come out, it won't be for a long while, so you shouldn't worry about it.

But...

It should be noted that, if the armor is the same and the only thing distinguishing the different types is the color you paint them, then what does it matter if you paint them now or later? Paint your Shock Troopers red now and if you feel the need when the unit is actually released, paint those figure like regular stormies. Then you'll get some variation in poses that most other people won't have.