I think I said a few posts back that I had no intention of recreating the entire cast of Star Wars with Bob Olley miniatures. However, this is looking like a hollow claim, as I'm now actively working on a the bulk of the principle and supporting characters. I'm very pleased with my Boba Fett though!
Boba is a slight conversion of Venk from the Iron Claw space pirates range. I added a few extra pads and resculpted the helmet slightly. He also got a jetpack made from a squat jump pack plus a random piece from my bits box.
I went for an approximation of the costume colours and placements, given that it's not a movie accurate copy! I think it's enough to give the right feel though!
I'm pleased that the few tweaks and different colour scheme do enough to differentiate Boba from Venk:
You'll have noticed that I've also painted up my own sarlacc pit for Boba to hang around in. This is the plastic ogor mawpit from Games Workshop that I picked up a little while back, but didn't get round to doing anything with. It comes with a few additional structures, but I built it a stripped-down as possible - pretty much the perfect thematic terrain piece.
| All those teeth took an age to paint! |


This is the coolest double-niche project.
ReplyDelete"the heavy blaster goes up for auction next month if you happen to have a spare $1m!" – is this a Star Wars thing being auctioned, or an Olley thing being auctioned?
Thanks Curis! It's the hero prop as seen in Empire that's up for auction, sadly not a cool Olley thing!
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