Status Report/Spoilers!
This is all hypothetical and subject to change:
Firstly I've been toying with the idea for a Star Wars garrison based massive correspondence based multi-player table top-esque game that utilizes figures from our personal collections as pieces on a game board. This might be a bit like playing chess through the mail as some people used to do. But so far the idea is that everyone's collections can be broken into up to 7 factions. These factions are: Empire, Rebels, Sith, Jedi, Clones, Separatists, and Scum (bounty hunters, rogues, thugs, etc.). Each figure type/character gets stats which would be used to predict the outcome of combat scenarios. Each unit (figure, vehicle, or stationary piece such as canons and bases) gets a set amount of hit points. The moves are turn based. Any faction can battle any other faction. If both players have the same figure(s) they're treated like chess pieces in that everyone has a king, a queen, 2 rooks, etc. Much like Battle Front 2 Heroes act as leaders and at least one hero is needed to command a certain number of units. Heroes often can fit into more than one faction, i.e. Luke Skywalker is a Rebel and also a Jedi. Obviously Heroes are harder to kill than regular units and they possess unique abilities.
One must name their Garrison, photograph their faction figures, (so we have proof of the units you're using and you can't say "I have 2000 Darth Vaders" in one faction).
Next we must establish the stats and abilities of each Faction Member. Are your units combat or non combat units. i.e. a protocol droid is a non combat unit as its programming prevents it from engaging in violence, but it could offer a boost of battlefield intelligence, or foster better unit cohesion via translation between species or something like that.
Not sure if this would work with custom figures as the stats are harder to generate and they're unique non-canon characters. Perhaps there could be an exclusively customized faction.
Please please please offer suggestions, comments, ideas, anything you can offer that might make this make sense. It'd be really fun to battle our collections, even if we can't all get together in person for it.
---Spoiler Alert!---
I feel like when I'm working on multiple creative projects, customs included, I'm a chef with any dishes cooking standing over hot pots with flavors and smells blending together. My work space is my kitchen and my pieces are my dishes. At least that's the image I sometimes get. Anyway, this week I'm cooking up some brand new customs. I've got my heavy Mando needing some re-gluing and then it's time for painting. I'm also working on a Mando duo a male and female team to fight the Imperial Mandos. The female, is a Lt. and the male is a General. She wields a pretty serious heavily modified DC-17M that builds on my EE-3/T-21 rifle combination trend but this time features a totally unique scope, and an under-barrel grenade launcher. It's a gun with its own back story and is a legend among most soldiers. It takes it's name from a Greek myth and in my opinion it's one of the finest custom weapons I've made yet. The female Mando boasts a unique hair style as well! Also in the works, a mutant Mando the product of a failed military experiment.
Be sure to check back at the next update for all the details on these two new customs!
