The Crew of the Ghost - Painted Miniatures for Imperial Assault

Star Wars Rebels (2014-2018) remains one of the few treasures to be found in the rag-and-bone shop that is Disney's Star Wars franchise.

Rebels revisited and reamplified all the treasured themes of the original trilogy without becoming mawkish or repetitive. As Graeme Virtue wrote at The Guardian, this is probably because the show borrowed so much from Firefly: "Shambolic heists, an emphasis on wisecracks and the unplanned formation of a surrogate family? Star Wars Rebels is the Firefly remake fans have been crying out for ever since Joss Whedon’s space western got cancelled." 

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It took me four or five years longer than I planned, but I've finally painted all the miniatures for the crew of the Ghost that were released by Fantasy Flight Games for Star Wars Imperial Assault.

First up is Ezra Bridger, released in 2018 as part of the 11th Wave Ally pack with Kanan Jarrus. Ezra stands out as one of the few young-adult heroes who is not altogether exasperating. Indeed, his occassional childishness is exactly what helps the other characters (especially Kanan and Hera) jell into a coherent family.

I've always had a soft spot for Kanan Jarrus, since, when we first meet him, he fits into my favourite SW roleplaying archetype: the failed Jedi. Sadly (at least for me), he seems to get his act together pretty quickly within the first season.

Sabine Wren is probably the reason I took so long to paint these figures. I was always intimidated by portraying her hand-painted armor and brightly dyed hair. She was released in 2018 as part of the 11th Wave Ally Pack with Zeb Orrelios.

No beat-up starship is complete without an oversized and occasionally gruff alien. In the case of the Ghost, this vital position is filled by Zeb Orrelios. Kudos to the sculptor for rendering the first miniature I've ever seen in the process of cracking his knuckles. Very characterful!

Faithful readers might remember seeing Chopper and Hera already (they were released in 2017 and I wrote about them later that year). But for completeness, I'm posting their pictures again. Chopper, of course, is just R2-D2 after four or five lines of Colombian toot.

Hera remains one of my favourite Star Wars paintjobs. I was very pleased with how her patterned tentacles turned out. Mmmm... lekku.

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