From Curt: 'A long time ago in a fantasy far, far away...' (Corsucant and Sarah's Yacht to finish in Cybertron) (126 Points)

Hi All,

I've landed on Corsucant and thought that I'd try for something close to home for the planet's theme of 'Imperial / Good vs Evil'.

I've been a big Star Wars nerd ever since seeing the first movie as a kid in '77.  So when I discovered that my friend Kawe over at Westfalia Miniatures/One Gold Piece had done a brilliant range of fantasy not-Star Wars minis I knew I had to give them a go.

First up are our doughty heroes. These seven adventurers will be very recognizable as: The Apprentice, The Princess, The Old Master, The Smuggler, The Bugbear, The Butler Construct and the Trashcan Construct. 

Then we have our iconic arch villains, with The Liche Lord and his Honour Guard, and the terrifying Death Knight.

I actually had a print fail on the Death Knight where his sword didn't properly resolve. So I replaced it with some plasticard, doing a sort of anime thing with the shape of the blade. It's a bit of a bodge but I actually don't mind it.

The other fun thing about these being 3d prints is that it allowed me to scale up the Death Knight to be a little more imposing.  David Prowse would be pleased.

As to points, most of these models are 28mm, but The Death Knight, Bugbear and Liche Lorde are well over 40mm, so let's say 66 base points. The Corsucant location will give me another 20, and I'm going to be a clever lad and use The Princess for Sarah's Star Yacht to drop me into Cybertron, where I can use the two constructs for the Robot theme. So all this will give me a total of 60 bonus points for a grand total of 126. 

This will also give me another Squirrel point (my 6th)

There are 5 skulls tucked away in there with the baddies.

I will fill in 'N' for 'Not Star Wars' for my Alphabet Soup challenge.

Thanks for dropping in for a look! 

- Curt

From Millsy:

Oh my. How cool are these Curt?!?! This may well be the thing that finally flips my Star Wars switch from 'meh' to 'yeah'! Maybe. :-P

The deep rich red of the Honor Guard has a distinct Inquisition vibe about it and these feel far more scary than the movie version henchgoons. I can see myself using these as cultist/harem guards or something of that nature. The Death Knight's sword is an amazing piece of brushwork too and I would love to know how you achieved that effect on the edge. I absolutely love all of these.

I naturally gravitate to the bad guys in almost all sci-fi and these are no different but there are definitely elements of the good guys that resonate for me. The subtle Disney Beauty and the Beast homage is just brilliant (or is that just me?) and The Butler Construct is particularly good. I love that you've kept one leg a different colour too.

Well done working the Challenge Quadrant to get yourself a tidy bonus on top of the minis themselves mate. 126 points it is!