EB-GB and CHI-P3O

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.

Studio Bergstrom's Millennium Falcon (aka Tramp Freighter)

Studio Bergstrom makes a tiny Millennium Falcon miniature called a Tramp Freighter. It's part of his Renegade Alliance range.

A teeny Millennium Falcon!

I'm not currently building a Star War's fleet but I have wanted a scaled Millennium Falcon equivalent to use for ACTA Star Fleet (and NO winging about this being a crossover, Reader!). I have loved the Millennium Falcon since I was a kid and saw the first Star Wars movie. So I have always wanted one. As such, I finally purchased one of Mr Bergstrom recently and painted it up.

Lots of detail for such a small ship

Painting it was very simple. I just followed this process:

• Based the miniature on a flying stand.
• Base coated it in Chaos Black
• Wet brushed it in White
• Inked it in Nuln Oil (i.e. black ink)
• Dry brushed in White again to the level of paint application I wanted
• Painted red bits in a suitable red paint using a VERY fine brush
• Painted the engine outlet in light blue
• Painted the gun in Administratum Grey
• Painted Nuln Oil ink into depressed areas in order to highlight the raised areas.
• Done!

I didn't use the hole in the model for inserting the flight stand as I felt it was a little too far to the back of the model for what I wanted. So I instead cut off the small peg at the top of the flight stand and glued the now flat top of the base of the centre of the miniature.

"Punch it Chewie!"

So how big is this tiny fella? You can see below next to an ADB Destroyer and MicoMachines Light Cruiser. Its the perfect size for an ADB 2400 scale fleet.

Under escort. Clearly been a bad boy again!

So its a good fit for ADB 2400 / Attack Wing / MicroMachines scale and will go well with my ACTA fleet.