Special Edition Sandtroopers - black frowns

When filming new footage for the Special Edition of A New Hope, Sandtrooper costumes were assembled using leftover RotJ Stormtrooper costumes. This resulted in them having the distinct black, rounded frowns.

The Stormtroopers in the base game are all based on the RotJ costume, though Sandtroopers were given 1977 ANH-accurate gray frowns. This looks out of place compared to all the other Stormtroopers in the game, and given that Stormtroopers had been seen in the Special Editions with RotJ-styled frowns, I decided to whip up a fix.

The updated frown is in no way perfect and up close you'll probably be able to spot some unevenness, but it should look completely fine from a distance in regular gameplay. And besides - the frowns were handpainted on the actual costumes, so the standard Stormtroopers in the base game don't have perfect frowns either.

If you want a Sandtrooper with a black pauldron to match the Special Edition costumes even closer, check out my Shoretrooper replacer mod, which provides it as an option for both the assault and heavy classes.