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CORUSCANT CUSTOMS
Figure and Diorama by:
Blue Snaggletooth
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This photo gives you the
overall feel of how things are developing from a bird’s eye view.
The streets are starting to come to life with activity. The vendor’s
market area is nearly 100% complete, which was seen in the last update
as just a conceptual blueprint, and is located on the right in this
photo. The main vending area offers 3 shop-fronts being: Bespin
Imports (the greatest resource for underground arms in the entire
city), a Jawa/droid exchange area and quite an elaborate general store
(Florist) that is owned by a Ithorian who specializes in botany
(let’s just say that this guy has a green thumb). Currently there
have been 26 figures customized for SoME (and it’s still growing)
for this project alone and I have several more to create. We will meet
a few of them in a few minutes. |
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Here is an aerial view of
the vendor’s market. This photo shows off the individual vendor/lots
a little bit better. Up towards the front of the picture you see
Bespin Imports, The Jawa/droid exchange is to the right and the
Ithorian plant master’s “Florist” is to the left. Behind the
“Florist” is a small fenced in junk yard (one of Watto’s many
junk areas) with two working Pit Droids (but that is for another
update). To the left of Bespin Imports you see an Aqualish merchant
peddling his various items. When this area of the diorama is 100%
finished it will feature 7 exciting vendor/lots packed full of intricate
detail. Let’s view theses shops a little closer. |
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Welcome to the
florist!!! This is truly a diamond in the ruff. Plant life is very
uncommon on Tatooine – the harsh desert doesn’t mix well with very
delicate tropical plants, but that doesn’t hold back ol’ Narlon
Roldo. Narlon is an Ithorian, who comes from a subtropical home world,
on the other side of the galaxy. Roldo is on Tattooine by sheer
accident. His space craft had a mishap and had to make an emergency
landing on Tattoine. Once there, Narlon raised money by growing rare
& exotic plants and selling them on the city streets. His ship was
loaded with several strains of seeds from his Ithorian homeworld. He
sold enough plants to get his ship repaired and in the process made a
huge chunk of change to boot. After realizing the potential of his
plant life proficiencies he decided to fly back to his homeworld and
stock up on a variety of botanical seeds and cuttings with the sole
intension of becoming a very rich man - and thanks to Mos Espa and the
demand for such items this was a fairly easy task. At his newest
market, Narlon sells custom made house plants, exotic fruits, seeds,
eatable vegetation, and all sorts of gardening/upkeep items. With
these items being in such high demand he is now quite wealthy, indeed.
Jabba and the other Hutts are some of Narlon’s best customers. He is
considered a magician of sorts and is known throughout the entire city
for his great work. |
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Here is a ground shot of
the market place. To the left you see “Bespin Imports” which is an
arms dealership. This is the greatest place in Central Mos Espa to
purchase high quality arms. They carry all avenues of weaponry. Much
of the actual firearms are imported from Bespin, however this shop has
many traditional Tattooine items as well. There are vibro-axes and
vibro-pikes, long range Tusken rifles and Jawa rifles & pistols
O-plenty. To the right you see a “purchase of the droids” type of
situation with Jawas hustling their droids on the street. There are so
many things to see and do in the streets of Mos Espa, so be sure to
stop by all of the shops on your next trip to the marketplace. |
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This is another shot of
the main area at ground level. Starting to come together! I have 5
more major pieces to be 100% complete with this diorama. I am
currently working on mega structure #2 & cantina w/ working lights
(see past SoME updates). After those are finished I will start the
preliminary work on the landing bay, entrance into town (featuring
Swoop Outlaws) & lower level of the cantina.
There is much more work to do but I am starting to see the light
at the end of the tunnel. I can’t wait to show you the next upcoming
couple of updates. Things are getting exciting so you definitely need
to check back soon for your next installment of, SoME.
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