Can you break up with someone who has just died? I think of this Seinfeldian question when I contemplate Star Wars Imperial Assault.
In the beginning, I went deep for the Imperial Assault miniatures. We went for long walks and took cooking classes together. But gradually I began to feel trapped. As the game lost vitality, languished and fell into a coma, I knew my love was dying too. When Fantasy Flight Games announced there would be no new minis for the game, I hit my limit. As the hearse carted the game away, I stood in the driveway shouting, "And don't come back!"
I had just one regret. I always wanted to possess the iconic roster of six bounty hunters from The Empire Strikes Back. Imperial Assault gave us splendid renditions of Boba Fett, Dengar, IG-88 and Bossk. But it croaked before it could bequeath the final two: Zuckuss and 4-LOM.
Thankfully there are other ways to get 28mm Star Wars miniatures. For instance, there is that wretched hive of scum and villainy, the 3D printing service Shapeways. I turned to the excellent designer Mel Miniatures, whose catalog fills the gaps left by the more orthodox gaming companies. Here's the Zuckuss that I bought from them:
And here's the assassin droid 4-LOM.
Once I entered the world of off-brand Star Wars miniatures, I didn't want to stop. If it was wrong to cheat on Fantasy Flight Games, I didn't want to be right.
But 3D printing through Shapeways is expensive. Twenty-five dollars a figure turns miniature painting from a hobby to a vice. So I turned to the pre-painted Star Wars miniatures produced by Wizards of the Coast between 2004-2010. They often sell for a dollar or two, and there are hundreds of choices. Of course, this line of miniatures has some problems: the plastic is soft and doesn't capture fine detail. But the shoddy factory colouring makes the sculps seem worse than they really are. A decent paint job at home will hide a many sins.
To illustrate my point, here's my slightly converted rendition of Boushh, the bounty hunter who Leia impersonated in The Return of the Jedi:
And here's the Wookie bounty hunter Black Krrsantan, who's well-known to anyone who has dabbled in the recent wealth of Star Wars comics:
Stay tuned for more off-brand Star Wars minis in future posts...
Stay safe my friends!
Great renditions of all your bounty hunters, it's been a big problem for a lot of people who invested in Imperial Assault, not getting all the figures we desired, I to have used WOTC to fill some gaps and sculpted others which were harder to find, if only they had made Legion the same scale we could have got extra models in the right scale
ReplyDeleteI was sooo angry when I discovered that Legion would be made in distinctly different scale than Imperial Assault. I generally try to refrain from taking the business decisions of gaming companies personally - but I made an exception in that case. It felt like such a fuck-you. At the very least, it displayed a stunning indifference to what really motivates miniature enthusiasts.
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