Here comes the Clone Army to a quadrant near you...

Here are some pictures of my Clone army to date.

 These are all of the larger vehicles. The black base vehicles are all from WOTC.  The AT-RT's (left) are Micromachine/Titanium Toy miniatures.  The Assault Tank (left) is a Transformer/vehicle.  The AT-TE (right) is another Transformer/vehicle while the other AT-TE (center) is an Action Fleet vehicle.  The Turbo Tank (Rear) is a Play set.  The Republic Gunship/Transport (center) is another transformer/Vehicles.  The other 2 gunships (left and right rear)  are metal die-cast Titanium vehicles.     

 These are all of my Clone Troopers (WOTC), including specialists, commandos and etc. 

Here are more of my Jedi Knights (WOTC), in addition to all of the metal ones that I have. I certainly have enough Jedi for the Battle of Geonosis!

My Droid/Speratists Army...

Here are some pictures of my Droid army to date.

 Here are all of the oversized vehicles.  Most are from WOTC (Black Bases).  The MTT (upper left) is an Action Fleet vehicle.  One of the AAT's (left) is a Transformer/vehicle and the other AAT (Right) is an Action Fleet remote control vehicle.

Here are all of the ground forces that I have including battle droids, security droids, super battle droids, commando droids and General Grievous with his guards, and the Viceroy. (All WOTC)

My Star Wars Personalities...

Here are a few more of the main 'characters' from the original trilogy, Episodes IV-VI.

(L to R) Boba Fett and IG-88.

(L to R) C3PO and R2D2.

(L to R) Bespin Leia, Lobot, and Lando Calrissian. 

(L to R) Leia Organa, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker.

The Force is Stong with the Jedi.

Here is a collection of my metal Jedi Knights.  Most are from the West End Games miniatures line, but there a a couple which are customized metal figures from other manufacturers. Of course, with the WOTC plastic figures, I have a lot more Jedi now.

Here are the Jedi in all their glory.  

And here are a few more Jedi. 

I tried to customized enough 'Lukes' so that I had him in each outfit worn in Episodes IV-VI. (I have Tatooine Luke, Luke in Landspeeder, Luke with lightsaber on the Millenium Falcon, Luke in Stormtrooper armor, Luke in Rebel Pilot Suit, Luke in Hoth Gear and lightsaber, Luke on Tauntawn, Luke in Snowspeeder, Luke in Bespin Outfit, Luke in Black Jedi outfit,  and Luke in Endor Camouflage. Whew.  He changes more than a Vegas showgirl.)

These Jedi are all modifications from other figures. 

Here are a couple of the other Jedi modifications.



My Rebel Forces...from the many factions across the galaxy.

Here are some of my 25mm metal, West End games 'Rebellion' figures:

My squad of Mon Calamari Soldiers.  

Since WEG only had 2 poses, I modified a few of them.  On the left, I added a heavy blaster rifle under the arm.  In the center, I slung a rifle over the shoulder.  The two on the right had their blaster pistols removed and a blaster rifle added.

...And then there were Wookies! 

My typical Rebel forces in the light blue/tan scheme, as seen in Episode IV. 

The Rebels need a heavy Repeating Blaster! 

Here's another squad of elite rebel troopers from the Crimson Battalion.  

For those arid planets, I have a squad of Rebel troopers in Desert Camouflage with an armed speeder for support. 

I thought the 5-color camouflage came out rather well.  

"I never want to paint dots on camouflage again!" 

"Rebel pilots...to you ships!" 

Where would the rebellion be without their droids? 

Endor Troops...

Here are my 25mm metal, West End games figures:

The Ewoks are WEG miniatures.  The two gliders are from Galoob, I believe. (Again, I have lots of WOTC plastics to compliment my metal Ewoks.) 

The three different poses available.  

 Here are my rebel troopers in camouflage, ready to take out the shield generator on the forest moon of Endor.

I had to make some custom heroes by adding some green stuff for cloaks. (L to R) Luke in Camo, Endor Leia (comes like that from WEG), Han in Camo, and Chewbacca (WEG Wookie).

Denizens of Tatooine

Here are my 25mm metal Star Wars figures by West End Games.

Here are my Jawa's with an Action Fleet Sandcrawler. I have many other WOTC Plastic Jawas, but haven't taken a photo of them yet.

Here are my Tusken Raiders/Sandpeople with Bantha's. I have many other WOTC Plastic Tusken Raiders, but haven't taken a photo of them yet.

A couple of them have been customized including one with a new sniper rifle and one that I swapped the top half with a Bantha rider top half.

Meesa have a Grande Gungan Army...

Until they end up in battle, I thought I'd take a picture of some of my available Star Wars Troops.  Here we have the Gungan Army.  The Infantry are from WOTC.  The Fambaa's are Action Fleet, remote controlled vehicles/beasts.  The Catapults are from the Kenner line of Action Figures.

I've got a 'couple' of infantry figures. 

I need more Kaadu too, but at $15+ a pop for the rare figure, it's high unlikely I'll have too many more. 

I need a few more of the shield bearer figures, but of course they're 'uncommon' and at least $3 each.  

"Bring on da droids!"

Star Wars: Building a Moisture Vaporator

I found my little tutorial that I created on how to build a Moisture Vaporator, as seen in the Star Wars Miniatures Battles (SWMB) rules book by WEG.  It's meant for 28mm terrain, but could easily be used for 20mm and 15mm.  Happy Building!

 The Moisture Vaporators that I made are in the middle of the street. Each one is a little different to represent different manufacturers or the scrounging & Tech. ability of the local denizens of Tatooine.

A close view of one of the Moisture Vaporators.

"TROOPS" Who you gonna call, who you gonna call...

In 2009 I introduced a SWMB game based on Michael Webb's 'TROOPS' scenario.  There was a video online of a parody of a COPS episode using Imperial Sandtroopers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bocmVZXXY8w

This led to the scenario for 'TROOPS'.  Players play either on the side of the crime syndicates or on the side of the Imperial security forces.  Each turn, a card is drawn to show what crime needs to be committed and the reward point values.  Likewise, the local Imperial authorities are alerted to a crime in progress and must respond.  It get humorous when multiple crimes are occurring simultaneously.

Here are some pictures of the Spaceport being used.

 An overview of the city.  The tall 'thingy' in the foreground center is a periscope aimed down the main street. The other side looks like a city shop. Note the '7-11' store to the left with the skiff parked out in front.

(You know it's getting robbed, sometime soon.)

 Further down the street. Docking bay to the right. 7-11 to the left. Imperial Consulate and garrison on the right. Note the 'TROOPS' advertising on the roof to the left.

Somebody's up to no good at the lower right. Two other 'shifty' individuals appear to be in the docking bay near the A-wing fighter.

Here's the central market.  A good place for pick pockets and droid thieves. Note the Rebel troopers in the docking bay at the lower right, exchanging fire with an Imperial detachment, all while being filmed by the INN (Imperial News Network) camera droid '04' on the roof. 

 Some unsavory characters lurking near the residences in the lower part of the picture. Other individuals are gathering behind the multi-level Cantina building. The hustle and bustle of the street can be seen in the background. The 'Tatooine Tours' shuttle can be seen in the upper left. The 'Ronto-Max' is off to the extreme left. (You'd have to see our local 'Car-Max' TV commercials to get the joke.)

 The Imperial protest is in full gear in the town square.  Note the swoop gang that is parked in front of the Cantina building.  That can't be good news?

 ...another view of the town.

 Another overview of the shot. I need a bigger table!

A smuggler's ship is in this docking bay.  I wonder what he's smuggling? Imperial troops appear to have been dispatched to break up the protest before rioting begins.

 The Imperial Consulate (right) and Garrison is well armed and staffed. Note the Imperial Landing pad to the left.

The Protest is not well tolerated by the Tatooine Imperial Consulate Representative. It is blasphemy around the Grand Moff statue and monument. It shall be broken up and the rebel resistance put into binders. 

"Hey, where are you taking that droid?"