One of the most interesting things about Star Wars is that it is not Science
Fiction. It's Space Fantasy. The Star Wars Universe is vast
and made up of thousands of worlds and cultures. One of the unique
style concepts in Star Wars is the juxtaposing of the ancient with high
tech. This gives you a great deal of latitude when looking for miniatures
for your Star Wars games. You can use miniatures from other fantasy
and sci-fi lines and they will still look good for Star Wars because Star
Wars has so many looks. Fantasy magic users become force adepts or
Jedi with simple conversions. Sci-fi troopers or adventures can be
used for Player Characters or bad guys. Aliens can be used as aliens
and critters can be used as critters. You can write up your own stats
for new races. I have a race called the Nhym that I made up because
I have Clan War ratlings and my friends have Skaven from Warhammer Fantasy
Battles. They are a primitive rat-like race from an outer rim planet.
Below are some minis I have used in my games from non-Star Wars lines.
Kuni Yori Here is from Alderac Entertainments Clan War line. The
line is out of production by Reaper is bringing it back to use in Oriental
role-playing game. Mr. Yori had made a number of VIP appearances
in my game as a Villain or and Important noble in rescue scenarios.
Because so much of Star Wars design is based on Asian design he fits right
in.
This necromancer is from Reapers Dark Heaven line. She could easily
be used as a dark side force adept or a Night Sister of Dathomir.
With a minor conversion she could even be a very nice dark Jedi.
I've used this miniature to represent a crime lords slave girl. That's
probably the best and only good use for this miniature in Star wars.
It's a mini from Doppleganger USA which is a small company that is fairly
new to the miniature scene.
That's just a small sampling of examples and they
are all from fantasy lines. You can easily find minis to satisfy
a wide variety of miniature needs.
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