For the past few (months, is it?) in my free time, I have been working on a custom cost calculator for Star Wars miniatures. Currently, I only have one for melee units, and many abilities are not included. However, I use it on all of my miniatures and they usually turn out pretty well.
The first thing that I must mention is that I did not come up with this idea, and I did not design all of it. It was first designed by zombiegleemax on the Star Wars forums on the Wizards website. I found the calculator by accident, and have worked on translating it into a Microsoft Excel program for easier usage. The abilities colored in black were determined by zombiegleemax, while the ones in red were determined by me. I have tried to put a note below every ability that I am uncertain of the correct cost for. Many of the "more popular" and more complex force powers I have needed to determine relatively arbitrarily, for Jedi and Sith characters. This is still in development, but I find it very useful.
Here are the main flaws that I know of:
-There are no Commander Effects included
-The more complex force powers may be overpriced some; remember this when determining cost
-In comparison with the glossary, there are very few abilities
-It is suggested that the received value is used as something to get you in the right area; the value oftentimes needs to be tweaked by a few points, and sometimes completely discarded
Well, I can't think of much more to add to this post, so I'll just give the link to the document. It is located on a service called dropbox; all you need to do is click on the link, and the file will begin to download. Feedback is appreciated, and remember: it is still in development. (I am currently in school, so I don't have much time to work on it.)
The link:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49767633/Melee%20Stat%20Calculator.xlsx