Long time ago...

 ...in this very blog...

...I used to paint (and even play!) the long forgotten Imperial Assault game. You know, the kind of Star Wars dungeon crawler, before the times of Legion (and of course Shattered Point). Even before those days, Knightmodels produced some really beautiful 28mm Star Wars minis.

I was there. 

I still had some of them, unpainted, forgotten, waiting for years and years for their moment to finally come.

Well, better late than never. While I'm working on some other (titanic) projects, I've been putting some time on these, just to breathe within project stages.

I'll start with the Knightmodel minis. They were really, really sweet. I only managed to get a few of these second-hand, and honestly, I totally regret not buying more back then. I was caught up in other projects at the time and figured I could just get them later. But unfortunately, Knightmodels lost the license (same thing that happened later with the Lord of the Rings line), and the minis stopped being sold. Real shame, really.

Here you have them. Han Solo and Chewie carrying poor dismantled C3P0:

Space scoundrels

It was kind of a reedition of this post of ancient times, though I had totally forgotten the recipe for Chewbacca's fur, so I had to improvise a little.

The other couple is our favourite and most famous twins (apart from those from the Acolyte TV show, of course -sarcasm mode off): 

Ebony and Ivory

 There's really little to say about these. They are true 28mm, well scaled and proportionate, so they can pose a challenge to all those who, like me, are so used to GW and their kind of minis. To better illustrate what I say, let's compare them to the Imperial Assault ones: 

They are beautiful and really well sculpted

Of course they are enormously cool, don't take me wrong

But I think you can see what I'm talking about

The Knightmodels ones are delicate and are of a different scale. They are white metal, traditionally sculpted. They are not as clumsy or random as a 3D sculpted mini; an elegant miniature for a more civilized age...

Here you have them all:

Rebel fanfare sounding now

I also took this shot of the Knightmodels minis only, with the other one I had from long time ago:

Sigh, still so very few...

 It's been ages since last time I played Imperial Assault (or any other thing). I’ve gotta admit, painting these has totally reignited my urge to do some Star Wars projects and play something—anything, really. I don’t think I’ll be able to right now, but hey, the idea and the itch are definitely floating around out there...