WIP: Kraasa Xan, Female Bounty Hunter in the Star Wars/Darth Stryker Universe

Well, here is my new (made up) Star Wars character. Not sure if she's finished or not, or maybe she needs more stuff. What does everyone think? More? Less? Sucky? Stupid? Sort of cool?





#WIP #KraasaXan #female #bountyhunter #SW #DarthStryker #kitbash

I have to say.., she looks fantastic . I really like the use of the Avatar assault rifle, gives her a real edge. I personally don't think she needs anything more, but in keeping with some Star Wars bounty Hunters maybe a full or half length cape? (I know, I reaching, as I really do think she looks great as is). I like her sculpt a lot, is it a custom sculpt? either way it suits the character a lot

Yeah she looks great imo. Didnt know what to expect when i clicked on the title, but first impression was "wow looks quality"

I like the use of that kier head (and body? Since the color matches so nicely)

Also think she is great as is.

Ha you can expect absolutely everything when it comes to Star Wars bounty hunters (just look at that crew from ESP or all the other beautiful side characters. Or  @Ephianes beautiful Bounty hunters)

Good job Darth.

-the high boots and heels make her look alienishly tall which works very well for Star Wars
- I guess she is the same species as the grey bald headed Assaj Ventress from the Clones Shows?
- she would totally work with red lightsabers, btw
- armor in Star wars is completely useless anyway if you don't go Mando, so outfit makes perfect sense. But I think she looks like she prefers to work in the cities or space, not dusty mud planets
- immediately recognised that beautiful gun as I have two of these for some reason, haha. I guess it's in star wars traditon to remove (drum) magazines and add rectangular thingies. When I bought it I wondered what this gun is until I found out that it was modified for Avatar  (well I have never been a fan of anything Avatar, really. But all the mechanical designs are beautiful, of course.)

-  I am bad advice when you ask if you could 'add' something to a custom figure, never ending story.    Maybe add some Star Wars specific items. Some wrist comlink thingy to contact her customers etc.
-  by removing the drum mag you made that ammo business much more compact. Maybe add some same sized rectangular magazine thingies (like stormtrooper belts) to her waist belt or on a strap on her thigh. Or some chewie like, diagonal ammo belt
-  maybe give her a sidearm and holster
-  or a blade, either a little knife or something more dramatic like a staff or long blade she can carry on her back
-  or give that avatar gun your own touch with...rectangular additons and coney things.
-  put rockets into her heels for rocket boots
- I don't know if she is the jetpack type, but doesn't she have the holes in her back for the wings anyway?
- maybe give her personal appearance and items like a necklace with unique pendant (with a story) or scars, cyborg stuff or a cool personalized belt buckle
- I think a helmet won't make much sense as the hair is already rather very massive. The only thing I would add to the head are a (black) mechanical face mask/breather in the tradition of Star wars props and maybe evil round goggles
- I think she could sport a collar or scarf/shemagh
- maybe add tiny accents of color. I would only use one additional color, I think red, yellow or light blue could fit.
- or just leave it as it is, just my ideas

I like her a lot. In fact infinitely more than the set the head came from. Tough and grim and no-nonsense, despite the revealing outfit, which is a coup in and of itself. And I'm glad to see I'm not the only one to spruce up a look with more belts and straps.

A bit of a possibly tattered (p/leather?) cape as Dal suggested might be a good idea, a nod to Star Wars tradition. One thing that intentionally or accidentally tied things together in the Star Wars universe is the reuse of armor/outfit elements. But I don't know if she needs another belt. Maybe if you can get one of those straps that can go around a leg or arm with the flares or whatever they are? The weapon certainly looks very appropriate, perhaps it could bear a bit of weathering with gunmetal grey, oily steel, or a tad of silver dry brush.

I think she looks great, who knows what sort of weird fashion there is in all the planets of star wars, for all we know she's rocking the latest fashion!

As for stuff to add, maybe look for a sash or a side skirt or something similar to that, perhaps a few pouches. As Ovy said gear in star wars is basically whatever, thats why its fun to come up with stuff for it.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions and kind words. I have a Darth Maul dual-bladed lightsaber that I purchased for her originally, but thought maybe that was just... too much Sith... not enough Bounty Hunter. I also have a couple of futuristic "pistols", but I don't have any type of rig (like a dual pistol gunslinger-style) setup that goes with them, or would actually fit a female figure -- almost everything is made for men, and it's all either cheap looking plastic, or canvas -- somehow neither feels right for SW which is mostly leather or hard cases. Still debating, but I like all the suggestions.

She looks awesome! Sorry I missed it earlier. I absolutely love the poses and the lighting -- simple but elegant and effective. The all black outfit works surprsingly well with the greyish blue skintone. Very striking figure!

skywalkersaga wrote:Very striking figure!

Can anyone expect anything else from Darth Stryker!?

skywalkersaga wrote:She looks awesome! Sorry I missed it earlier. I absolutely love the poses and the lighting -- simple but elegant and effective. The all black outfit works surprsingly well with the greyish blue skintone. Very striking figure!

Thanks, sky. Glad you like her.

GubernatorFan wrote:

skywalkersaga wrote:Very striking figure!

Can anyone expect anything else from Darth Stryker!?

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She looks amazing!! Now I wish I had waiting for that White Wolf set. Those belts and stuff look fantastic.

She is perfect.

Diana wrote:She looks amazing!! Now I wish I had waiting for that White Wolf set. Those belts and stuff look fantastic.

She is perfect.

Thanks, Diana. I used everything from that set except the vest with the coat tails and the boots (and the head sculpt, of course). It really did seem like the best set for this character once I saw it.

LOL, GF. I did that on purpose of course...

And while I thnk it looks great as it is, I do agree that a few more Star Wars-y accessories might help complete the look. Being a bounty hunter, I bet she could use a couple spare weapons and and ammo on her person. Like maybe something slung over her shoulder or back, and/or an additional sidearm. I'm sure you've considered all of this, and Ovy already covered a lot of great suggestions. A cloak or cape of some sort is also quite Star Wars-esque.

It can be quite fun to get some cheap Hasbro Star Wars weapons and 'de-barbie-fy' them with paint and weathering to make them look less fake and plastic. I was able to do a battle droid blaster for an AotC/Clone Wars Padme kitbash that way (sourced from a Forces of Destiny doll).

skywalkersaga wrote:LOL, GF. I did that on purpose of course...

I know, although sometimes puns happen organically (those are the best ones), I was just playing off of yours (besides, I am Captain Obvious). Darth Stryker was unimpressed -- at me, not you. But I agree with your comments, and some cheap Hasbro parts may be excellent kitbash material (Mark, do check out Zhukov's Attic for such). To be honest, she already has a very well-balanced look, so I think Mark should probably not overdo it, just one or two items here and there maybe.

GubernatorFan wrote:

skywalkersaga wrote:LOL, GF. I did that on purpose of course...

I know, although sometimes puns happen organically (those are the best ones), I was just playing off of yours (besides, I am Captain Obvious). Darth Stryker was unimpressed -- at me, not you. But I agree with your comments, and some cheap Hasbro parts may be excellent kitbash material (Mark, do check out Zhukov's Attic for such). To be honest, she already has a very well-balanced look, so I think Mark should probably not overdo it, just one or two items here and there maybe.

Agreed.

I think she's absolutely perfect and very impressive, and she displays well like that.  The thing is that, especially as a bounty hunter rather than some official military, she is not confined to some official set of specific gear.  Although we generally do think of SW characters that way, either because we are thinking of specific scenes or because it's what their toy came with.  So especially if you're using her in a photostory, sequentially she could go through a bunch of different gear and you could take all the above suggestions, or none of them.

One above suggestion that appealed to me was a cloak, but I wonder how she would look hooded given the shape effects of Keir's hair cone and braids.  It could look either cool or too weird.  Another thought I had, again in a photostory context or something like that, would be to swap everything on her temporarily to a Heaven Keir body for dramatic contrast, maybe with the back story that her species changes skin color in different atmospheres.

I think MBAM makes some very good points.

Agree that she doesn't need to be confined to just one look (though again, her current look is just fine as it is).

And just to clarify -- the suggested cloak doesn't necessarily have to be hooded or long and voluminous, it could just be a cape or scarf type thing.

Thanks for all the tips and suggestions. I was just scanning the Zhukov’s site — some cool stuff there, that I may be able to use. And MBAM, I love the idea of her being able to change her appearance like that using the different version of Kier; depending on the cost, I may just do that.

OMG ! I don´t want to mess with her. She don´t looks like a figure, more than a real person. For me this is a believable SW Character, but i´m not the expert. The Poses are also just excellent

Ephiane wrote:OMG ! I don´t want to mess with her. She don´t looks like a figure, more than a real person. For me this is a believable SW Character, but i´m not the expert. The Poses are also just excellent

Thanks, Ephi. Glad you like her. She might have to chase down your Twillek thief.

Stryker2011 wrote:Thanks, Ephi. Glad you like her. She might have to chase down your Twillek thief.

Actually they would look interesting in a vignette together. Tough bounty hunter vs wily thief.

GubernatorFan wrote:

Stryker2011 wrote:Thanks, Ephi. Glad you like her. She might have to chase down your Twillek thief.

Actually they would look interesting in a vignette together. Tough bounty hunter vs wily thief.

Indeed.

As far as a hooded cloak -- it really wouldn't work with this head sculpt at all. In fact, the outfit she is wearing has a hood, but as you can see, it's unusable.

Oh yes, no chance of a hood here, unless it is permanently pressed down (visually appropriate) under those braids.