BOSS SHOP: X-WING CHARACTER & DROID MINIATURES PREVIEW

Now that I have my Star Wars Miniatures organized I am starting to work on them by factions.

ALLIANCE

The only hope for the free peoples of the galaxy.The Heroes represented include: Jedi Master Obi Wan Kenobi, Jedi Luke Skywalker, Princess Liea Organa, Captain Han Solo,  Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, Wedge Antilles, Biggs Darklighter, Protocol Droid C3P0 and Astromech R2D2.

EMPIRE

The Galactic Empire is the greatest threat to all peaceful systems. The Villains represented include: Grand Moff Tarkin, Lord Darth Vader, General Veers, Baron Soontir Fel, Mara Jade, Howl Runner, Mualer Mithil, Night Beast, and Back Stabber.

RIM WRAITHS

The Rim is dominated by Pirate Factions. As the power of the Black Sun waned, a new faction arose form the remnants of the old. In time they came to dominate the secrete places like Wraiths. The Pirates Represented include: Lord Barron Thain, Duke Arhn, Captain Jossok, Captain Wrath, Siren Killien, and The Lost Jedi Master Thariss.

BOUNTY HUNTERS & MERCENARIES

The Wretched, The Scum, and The Villainous. The Bounty Hunters and Mercenaries represented include: Boba Fett, Jango Fett, Kath Scarlet, Krassis Trelix, Bossk, IG-88, 4-Lom, Zuckuss, and Greedo.

For comparison sake these are the 39 miniatures I collected from October 2013 until May 2014.
Not a bad start, but as you can see if I wanted to play STAR WARS X-Wing with all of the cool heroes and villains, and my Rim Wraiths Pirate Faction, I needed to buy more.

As of this month I have advanced my collection from 39 miniatures to 74, much better. Now I only need a few more miniatures, mainly to cover Epic battles and to complete my Named Pilots for all three of my factions.
I am going to convert several of these little figures to represent important characters, particularly females such as Kath Scarlet, Howl Runner, and others. I will probably have about 100 X-Wing Personages when I am done.

I am starting work on converting my special X-Wing Characters with a miniature of me as The Alliance Hero: Joe Boss Red Seven...Ha, Ha! I am also making a female Sith Character to go with my cute little Sith Infiltrator.

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Miniature Boss out!

FFG PREVIEWS THEIR NEW LARGE SHIPS!!!

FFG posted their Bring Out The Big Guns Article today in which they gave us our first look at the incredibly cool Wave Five Ships, which includes the Rebellion’s YT-2400 and the Imperial’s VT-49 Decimator. Both of these babies are obviously our New LARGE Ships.

What can we say to this my friends?!

OH GREAT GLORY AND GLADNESS...HAIL, HAIL, HAIL!!!

To the naysayers who have complained about FFG in general, or about how they handle their business and how they treat their properties (taking to long to release new products...blah, blah, blah)...you people need to get a life already!

Fantasy Flight Games has shown us again how much they value quality over quantity, and again just how well they know us, because they are of the same kind, and again just exactly how much they love STAR WARS and X-WING!

I Love Fantasy Flight Games...I really do.
And you know what my Star Brothers...Dammit, they love us too!

A VERY Happy Boss out!!!

THE NEW ANALYZER 1/12 SCALE MODEL...HURRAY!

Gundam Planet sent me an email today which caused me to smile:
The New ANALYZER MODEL is coming out soon?
HURRAY!

Analyzer is almost as dear to my heart as R2-D2 and in this new kit he is 1/12 Scale, which means he should be about three inches tall, and that puts him in the same world of the top of the line R2-D2 figures.

I am going to probably have to get this.

Boss out!

STAR WARS & X-WING SWAGIES

I might be a nerd but for some reason I love this stuff.
FFG Dice Bags FFG just announced these this week.

I need this stuff.

I am going to buy all of this stuff... Ha, Ha!

Boss out!

BOSS SHOP: X-WING CHARACTER & DROID MINIATURES PROJECT OVERVIEW

I love STAR WARS and Star Wars Miniatures. X-WING has both, and we love it don't we. Sure we do.

For me, it is an easy choice to buy everything that works for the X-Wing game within the rules. With that stated, I am certainly going to expand these guidelines to include my own ship, character, and monster designs.

I want to tip my hat to the child I was, who owned so many of the Star Wars Toys. I am not going to even try to collect action figures again, but what I can do, with a reasonable game budget, being a somewhat mature adult, is buy the Star Wars Miniatures and fix them up.

There are three good reasons in my view to add these 30MM miniatures of beloved characters and droids to the X-Wing Game, with some additional persona of my own design.

One: It will look awesome on my table.

Two: I want to have a more intense and interesting presentation of the mandatory rules data.

Three: The X-Wing game already has esthetically pleasing cards and tokens. Upgrading these rules components with cool miniatures provides me with even more enjoyment.
I will be able to see character driven ships amidst the myriad cards and tokens, at a glance. This approach will be particularly useful during large EPIC (300 points +) games.

I have been slowly collecting Star Wars Miniatures since I began my X-WING Adventures back in October 2013.

X-WING Miniatures Collection: Oct 2013 - May 2014.

This month I added a great many new figures to my previously meager set. It was a cool idea; having models for the Character Pilots with their Crew, Mercs, and all of the important Droids, but I sort of just dabbled with it as I collected the X-Wing ships.

Now that X-WING has entered the EPIC stage, which is exactly what I wanted the game to be from the start, I am getting setup to do this project right, and for real.

I think I need to make a set of Joe Boss Black Six (Night Beast ?) and Joe Boss Red Seven (Jek Porkins ?) figures, among many others.

PREVIEW Article

Boss out.

X-WING ALL-IN-ONE MANUVER REFFERANCE CARDS BY MALMER

These excellent cards are ready for print. You can find them posted in Malmer's topic at The FFG X-WING Forums.

For solo gaming and general reference these are a very nice must have item I think.
Thanks to Malmer who was kind enough to make them and to share them with us.

Boss out!