Space, My New 28mm Frontier (Jan. 12: pics recovered & 2 pics of final project)

[dinohunterpoa]

OMG!   Just... PERFECT! CONGRATULATIONS!  

I never ever had even remotely thought to have all that work to cut the "teddy bear fur" on the AF Banthas and greenstuff some proper fur on them! When I used a couple of them in a game of SW RPG eaons ago, the players said they were actually elephants covered in Wookie fur!  

Great work on that Dewback, BTW! 

[vodkafan]

Latest stuff looks great. I am not too familiar with the Star Wars universe but I recognise the speeder bikes. I am itching to see what your spaceport will look like. I have a feeling it's going to be huge!

[Andym]

What about adding some wings to the sides of one of Raes speeders? Just to make it look different to the other? Or maybe even attach a couple of engine pods to the sides? Some of the pod racer minis would have been perfect to cut up for that.

[War In 15MM]

dinohunterpoa, thanks for the kind words about the Banthas and Dewback.  Replacing the teddy bear fur with yellow grey (red and white box) Milliput was really pretty easy.  Once the Milliput was attached in a thickness I liked I just scored it with the blade of a hobby knife… pretty easy.

vodkafan, I am no Star Wars expert myself.  I learned more about Star Wars putting together this collection for my Firefly/Star Wars-like spaceport.  It will be huge.  I will be using two 5 ft. x 7 ft. tables, more than a dozen parked spacecraft, a military base, two repair units, two gun towers, market stalls, nomad-style tents and a town of between 20 and 30 structures.  I will also have a cantina interior and a spaceship interior.  Hope to have it done before the end of June.

Andym, food for thought.  Among the odds and ends that I have been collecting to add flavor to my market stalls and repair units are some Heroclix rocketeer style backpacks that have wings.  I have a couple of boxes in my storage shed dedicated to that kind of stuff for this project, and I am hoping that in those are a couple more speeders found at the swap meet.  When I collect this stuff for years in preparation for a project, I get some surprises when I start the work and begin digging around in what I have accumulated… sometimes nearly ten years earlier.

[dinohunterpoa]

  I learned more about Star Wars putting together this collection for my Firefly/Star Wars-like spaceport.  It will be huge.  I will be using two 5 ft. x 7 ft. tables, more than a dozen parked spacecraft, a military base, two repair units, two gun towers, market stalls, nomad-style tents and a town of between 20 and 30 structures.  I will also have a cantina interior and a spaceship interior.  Hope to have it done before the end of June.

OMG!!!

I really do appreciate your passion and drive... and no need to sleep! 

 

[vodkafan]

You mean June 2019 yes? 

[Aquamarine]

I really enjoy your posts, especially how you can bring so many different pieces under one umbrella. The painted and modified figures are all done admirably.

[War In 15MM]

dinohunterpoa and vodkafan, my craziness knows no/maybe few bounds.

Aquamarine, normally my projects are driven by both much loved figures and an exciting subject.  My Victorian African adventure is a good example.  This project was originally rooted in the subject Eavesdown Docks/Firefly) with few specific figures in mind.   In the months since I began painting I have discovered large numbers of wonderful figures that have really got me excited, but they have also clouded the definition of where I will be taking this one.  That said I am glad for the confusion, and I have no doubt that a clear direction will be revealed to me… probably in a dream!

[dinohunterpoa]

I have no doubt that a clear direction will be revealed to me… probably in a dream!

Seriously: dreams are powerful. So go to sleep... and dream... NOW! 

[War In 15MM]

They haven't failed my yet.

[dinohunterpoa]

They haven't failed my yet.

 

[War In 15MM]

About six years ago I happened upon a wonderful find at the swap it… a huge sandcrawler.  While I have repeatedly stated in these postings that Star Wars is not the focus of this project, I have taken the fullest advantage of its equipment in putting this project together.  I see the sandcrawler as a troop transporter for my Alliance forces.  That said for the purposes of this photo I am offering the more traditional look of the sandcrawler with Jawas.  The Jawas, which are repainted and rebased Wizards of the Coast Star Wars’ figures, offer some sense of the size of this sand crawler.

[dinohunterpoa]

Great model!

Looking forward to see your spaceport town and cantina! 

[Michka]

Damn. I've always wondered how that toy looks next to miniatures. Now I really do need one. Thanks for that.

And the head and body mods for the Action Fleet toys worked out fantastically.

[War In 15MM]

Thanks to you both for writing.  The sandcrawler is a great piece.  It is a big toy... approx. 16 inches long by 8+ inches tall.  It was a wonderful swap meet find.  It cost me $20 which for me is big swap meet money, but a cheap price by non-swap meet standards.  It is also the only one of that size I have ever seen at the swap meet in my 15 years of swap meet weekends.  I'm very happy with the way it matches up with the Wizards of the Coast Jawas, and if I can fit it on my spaceport tables I think it will look good as an Alliance troop transport or mobile command center.  I'm a little nervous about painting it, but when I do I believe I will just use its original color scheme. 

Michka, I agree that the head swap with the speeder bike riders worked out great.  The Action Fleet riders' bodies were in the ballpark size-wise with 28s (sitting helps), but their heads were small and by adding the Wizards of the Coast heads I think I got figures that work well with 28s.