Fistful of Lead, Galactic Heroes - Star Wars

 Good Day fellow Grognards and Young Guard!

Today we break from the 54mm AWI project and jump right in to Fisful of Lead, Galactic Heroes - Star Wars.  If you aren't familiar with the Fistful of Lead series games by Wiley Games, I highly recommend you check out their website (see my favorites on this blog) as well as the numerous YouTube videos they have published demonstrating their games or just BS'ing with the Baron (Jaye Wiley) and his crew.

Fistful of Lead is a small skirmish game in general, with individual stats for each model. Those who enjoy Necromunda or Mordheim should enjoy Fistful of Lead.  A core rulebook exists that covers basically and time period or genre you wish to game.  Individual, more in depth books have been written to either supplement or flesh out the genre.  Galactic Heroes is one of those stand alone books.  Reading through it, you will quickly see it is excellent for gaming battles in Star Wars, Star Trek, Flash Gordon, and the like.

Today, I present some scoundrels or rebels to use in your games.  Some are 3D prints acquired from ebay or Etsy sellers while other are repurposed models from games like Heroclix and Wizards of the Coast Star Wars.  Both of the later had some serious scale creep issues with their figures, so many examples fit well into the 32mm or Star Wars Legion figure scale.

With the exception of the female leader below, all other models were repaints/ rebases from WOC Star Wars. I cut them from their bases, touched up paint jobs and added new basing and flocking.

Note, the female leader is actually a Herolcix model of Psylocke.  Including removing her from her old base, cutting off the sword blade that was in her left hand, she was rebased and received a bolt pistol and holster from an old Beakie nose GW Space Marine bits piles.  I cut off the bolter from another holster and glued the holster to her other hip, making her a two gun threat.  A laspistol or blaster was then glued to her right hand.  The laspistol was from an older Rogue Trader area pile of Imperial Guard weapons.

Next up is a mash-up of WOC Star Wars Gamorrean Guards with Rifles and a 3D print purchased online of a Gamorrean in some old Imperial armor and carrying a heavy weapon for some added firepower.  Just the kind of brutes needed when walking the sandy streets of Mos Eisley.

Again, the scale creep of the WOC Star Wars figures makes them ideal for Star Wars Legion size (32mm) miniatures.

Next but not lastly, for this installment, I was able to find two Imperial Gunners to add to the forces.  The gunners are again way out of scale for the WOC Star Wars figures, but make great 32mm Legion scale miniatures.  With only rebasing needed, they fit right in.

Lastly, I'd like to finish up with General Secura!  She needed a bit of touch up as her paint job from the shop was a little less than desirable.  Once fixed, a simple rebasing was all that was needed.  I did apply a black wash to her and attempted to heat and straighten her lightsaber.  I'll have to give that another go, but her she is in all her glory!

PAINTED MINIATURES SCORECARD:

2021 Painted Miniatures: 169

2022 Painted Miniatures: 97

Next up...we are headed to the Dark Side, and will be taking a look at some Shoretroopers for Galatic Heroes!

Until next time, May the Force Be With You!   GAME ON!