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Ziz Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 26 Feb 2022 Posts: 112
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2022 9:55 pm Post subject: Miniatures Box Sets that should have been |
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Ok, I don't know if this belongs here or in the Artwork forum, so move it if necessary. Also, as far as the art itself, let me know if I need to do anything to make it "Unofficial", so as not to step on any legal toes.
I've been working on filling out my WEG Minis collection - picking up stuff I never found or had the chance to get back in the day - when a thought occured to me...suppose they had continued with the box sets instead of converting everything to blister packs?
To that end, I scanned in a box cover as a template and created these "What If...?" (to borrow a title from Marvel) box covers.
Flickr Album - Star Wars WEG
If you download the full size versions, they're made to print out and glue over any spare minis boxes you may have. You'll need Legal size paper, 8.5" x 14", as they're just a bit too tall to fit on standard Letter size. Cut out the white areas at the top and bottom to create the tabs to overlap at the corners. Fold all four sides and wrap the excess around to the inside of the cover, just like the originals did.
Now, boxes are all well and good, but what about filling them? What figures could be cribbed from existing ones to fill out the FarStar and Thrawn sets?
FarStar crew is 10 characters but only 9 figures were produced. Ackbar or the generic Mon Cal could be Doctor Akanseh.
Thrawn Trilogy had the set of 3 - Thrawn, Joruus and Pellaeon - plus the Noghri pack (two of which are the same), so that leaves 4 to 5 potential empty spots there.
Shadows Of The Empire would require new sculpts - are there figures out there that can be 3D printed? Obvious choices are Xizor, Guri and Dash Rendar. Maybe Luke, Leia, Lando in different outfits. Chewie in Snoova disguise like Hasbro produced for the action figure line. Who else?
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Whill Dark Lord of the Jedi (Owner/Admin)
Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 10435 Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA, Earth, The Solar System, The Milky Way Galaxy
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fogger1138 Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 25 Feb 2021 Posts: 104 Location: Maine
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Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Nice! I had a few of these box sets, and still haven't painted some of the minis. |
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Ziz Lieutenant Commander
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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Whill wrote: | Nice work! The only WEG minis I have are the two blister packs that came with the Mos Eisley box set. |
That's a mixture of figures from Heroes Of The Rebellion (Han and Chewie), ANH (Sandtrooper, Jawa, Hammerhead, Greedo) and Mos Eisley Cantina (the remaining aliens). |
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Ziz Lieutenant Commander
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Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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Created some new ones for the Mos Eisely box set, the original Miniatures Battles box set and a "What If" Shadows Of The Empire box. Hit the link back in my first post. |
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