Sunday, March 13, 2016

'Risk Taker' from StefanK - 'Han Solo'

When the painting challenge started I had a look at the bonus rounds and all of a sudden an idea for the 'Risk Taker' theme stroke my mind. Who could be a better choice than daredevil who is bold enough to kick a hunk of junk hard enough to make the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs? Or the one who was stupid and daunting enough to pick a quarrel with a giant space slug supervillain? 


As you see I chose Fantasy Flight Games' incarnation of this well-known scoundrel. It's a nice plastic miniature the company is making for their Star Wars skirmish game 'Imperial Assault'. The details are worked out crisp and clear and the casting quality is pretty good. Maybe not as good as we are used from top-notch miniature companies like Perry Miniatures, Warlord Games or maybe Games Workshop but nevertheless much better than one would expect from board game pieces. Probably the material limits the quality in a certain way. It's slightly softer than those historical hard plastic miniatures, bendable and thus more suitable for board games who might not necessarily be careful tabletop gamers as well. Altogether a nice piece and much better than those old soft plastic figures from earlier days. 


As usual I painted this chap with Vallejo colours and used Wargames Foundry for the skin tones. I kept the base pretty simple as with all my Imperial Assault figures: Just a dark grey base colour and three shades of drybrushing.

23 comments:

  1. Great to see Han in here with Lando! Very well painted.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Adam. Yes, nice to have both in this bonus round. :-)

      Delete
  2. More nostalgia! But yes, if anyone is a risk taker, it's Han Solo!

    ReplyDelete
  3. I had thought about Han and Lando for this round and/or my Curtgeld, but had a feeling that others would be thinking along the same lines!

    Nice work Stefan :)
    (but I can't see the Corellian blood stripe on his trousers :( )

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Good grief! How could I miss the red stripe. Thanks for the hint, I'll add it of course.

      Delete
  4. The best Solo I've seen in ages. The colours are spot on Stefan!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Very nice - but have we seen this mini before from someone?

    ReplyDelete
  6. Fabulous work Stefan! I really like how you did his skintone. Very nice indeed.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Many thanks Curt. The Wargames Foundry paintset is a great help.

      Delete
  7. Gorgeous work Stefan, a perfect choice my friend.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Great figure Stefan, you've captured him!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Awesome! Great work, Stefan! So glad you did Han as we all remember him rather than the carbonised slab ;)

    ReplyDelete
  10. Done of my favorite risk takers and definitely the #1 scoundrel! He turned out really well and I'm sure you got his blood stripe in place now! ;)

    ReplyDelete