The highest honor among the Rodian people is to be a hunter or warrior, so bounty hunting and similiar occupations just come natural to them. Often found clad in the near-identical jumpsuits common among Rodian (and other species) spacers, these reptilian beings are known to ply their chosen trade from one end of the galaxy to the other. Rodians are a common sight on any world that has at least one spaceport.

This particular Rodian has found employ in one of the many underworld mercenary groups on the backwater world of Tattooine, and earns his pay by expertly weilding his high-output concussion rifle for anyone that can afford his fee...

Rodian Merc:










Parts:
Whole figure- VTSC Greedo
Jacket- Saga Elan Sleazebagganno (modded)
Bandolier- trimmed from a POTF2 Tusken Raider cloak
Rifle- custom
Earrings- trimmings from a POTF2 Slave Leia chain


Notes:
This is another figure that came about because I scored several VTSC Greedos for $1 each at a local K-Mart earlier this year. As I really dislike the new, tight, litle balljoints used for the modern figures' knees and elbows I tend not to paint them as the paint will just rub off the first time the joint is posed (the only paint aplied to this particular figure's body was to the belts and shoes as they will not rub). In fact, I have more or less stopped buying extra figures for customizing fodder for this very reason unless I know that I can actually use them for an upcoming project (I used to get extras of just about everything just to have them on hand in case I could use them, which is why I have almost 3000 figures in my fodder bank! )

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Wow, another awesome job her Spec! Tose earrings had to be a pain in the @$$

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Yes, they were as they are sooooo small that I kept dropping them when trying to glue them to the figure's ear!

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Yah, nice work on the weathering, Specs. That's very subtle stuff on the coat and the skin.

I never thought 'reptile' when I looked at Greedo. Now that I think of it, I don't know what kind of beastie they're supposed to be. Them sucker fingers denote an octopus, but the big eyes make me think 'cave salamander' or the like. And what's with the sucker-tennae and the frill? Rodians are just weird.

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Thanks on the coat, but the skin is straight out of the package like that. Every VTSC Greedo I have purchased has had a different amount of paint washes (some ecen have a different color wash altogether!) on the skin resulting in several different "individuals" besides poor, dead Greedo



I always thought Rodians resembled sea horses, but all of the literature on them states "reptilian"

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Ever notice how all Rodians wear that same track suit thing?

I like this guy. As was said, the weathering effect is nice and those earrings look great. Now hopefully he won't get shot by any Han Solos.