Taking a break from Zona Alfa, I need to finish some mini's for a forthcoming roleplaying adventure for Orc Borg. We will be using my homegrown d20 rules but playing in the Orc Borg setting. The group is most familiar with my d20-lite ruleset, and it brings much mirth to the table whenever a Natual 20 or a Natural 1 are rolled. So, we will be sticking with that whilst playing in the Orc Borg sandbox.
The lads will of course be playing as Space Orcs (or Orks for 40K fans). So, I'm going to put together some miniatures with magnetised arms so that as they find gear and weapons, I can swap these out on their models. But for the adventure I want them to encounter two NPC robots. An astromech and a protocol droid. I have C-3PO and R2-D2 from both the Star Wars Imperial Assault and the Star Wars Legion games. The Imperial Assault models aren't as nice quality as their Legion counterparts and so the actual 3PO and R2 will be made from the Legion's miniatures.
So, what to do with the Imperial Assault models? Entre EB-GB and CHI-P3O (read that as "Chi-peo"). These two will be on the Roter Zwerg in the Visitor Centre and be the first NPC's the Boyz encounter upon getting into the Zwerg. They will act to provide some insightful, but otherwise useless, background information on the Zwerg to the Boyz. Maybe EB-GB can open a door here and there after the Boyz spend a round or two trying to break the thing down. But other than that, they will just be providing levity and being a general annoyance to the players.
I've painted EB in the vein of R4 and the 3PO as a silver version of C-3PO as seen in the background of the first Star Wars movie when we first meet 3PO and R2. Now they are ready for the table. On to the next lot of miniatures.
