BOSS SHOP: DUNE - THE SPICE PIRATES - PROJECT OVERVIEW

I love the SPACING GUILD! It tempted me to know more about it when I started this project. The Guild is fun because of it's shadowy mystique and because it is mostly just a simple plot device in Frank's books. They are important but not the focus of the stories... but you want to know more. I also love the whole concept of The Spice Pirates that work with The Guild and anyone else who can pay their fees for raw unregistered pure SPICE! Of course I have to have them in my wonderful DUNE Skirmish Game. 

 Ole hippy activist Frank described almost nothing in his sleepy novels. I call it Dune-fog-vision. Cool things are happening but feel free to imagine just about anything visually. A happy consequence of Frank's vague space drama narrative is that we get to see a million versions of The DUNE Universe!

In the decades past the DUNE novels first publication DUNE has been wonderfully illustrated! These modern artist did what Frank could-would not do. I have found much to ponder and enjoy while researching! You can barely find art that is consistent in design, but some of it is similar in the basic vision of the concept. Look up any character or the beloved worms; you will find great variation, and I like it, because much of it is well done.

The Dune-fog-vision has made it easy for me to use the models and miniatures that I like and that look the way I want them to look. I am happy to report that I have found great models that matchup with what I see when reading the wonderful DUNE Novels. With GW being inspired by Classic Sci-Fi properties like DUNE and the wild selection available on Etsy this new adventure has been a lot of fun.

As I wind down the research and planning stage of my DUNE GAME Project I saved some of my most deep Dune Lore for this Neutral Faction, in the form of wonderful Chriss Foss Art to base some of my models on.

This will be a small but very fun faction (like The Sisterhood). I can add them to most any Great House, or The Guild, and... heroes from any other faction that know the benefits of quietly traveling with Pirates. That means that yes Gurney and Duncan, and others who have had a relationship with these badass Space Wolves.

As I planned my DUNE Miniatures Game I did a lot of NEW Research since I recently started reading the Brian Herbert main storyline Dune Universe Prequel Novels. I looked at what other DUNE enthusiast have done with scratch and limited release/converted miniatures and models too!

DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES

DUNE: SPACING GUILD

 

More to come... THE SPICE WILL FLOW!