With the release of the first official Virtual Set still almost a month away, I'd like to take this opportunity to present the finished product of the Next Lost Twenty, a fan-based custom project that has been quite some time in the making.
You can find a pdf here, which contains all 20 cards and size-appropriate base tokens:
www.mediafire.com/file/g3hjhy8jbyri7ja/T...Obviously, this project was intended as a sequel of sorts to the original Lost Twenty customs set. Unfortunately, unlike the original set, we did not have enough minis customizers who create physical pieces, so we're just limited to cards.
Our setlist:
1-Gryph
2-Admiral Saul Karath
3-Darth Zannah
4-Captain Fordo
5-Master Tholme
6-Alto Stratus
7-Tycho Celchu
8-Admiral Daala
9-Jerec
10-J'oruus C'Baoth
11-Ben Skywalker
12-Saba Sebatyne
13-Celeste Morne
14-Chief Chirpa
15-Vergere
16-Watto
17-Cassus Fett
18-Demagol
19-Supreme Overlord Shimrra
20-Yammosk
For those who may be interested in the history of the project, it went down something like this:
Quite some time ago, well before the release of MASTERS OF THE FORCE and the announcement that the game was ending, there was a discussion on the WotC Customs forum that it was about time for a new Lost Twenty set.
Some folk eventually started a voting thread, which was quite lively for a bit, then dropped into obscurity (probably with the release of a new set). Eventually, someone (I think it was Dendrite) resurrected the thread, and we started sifting through it.
We wanted to make sure that every faction was represented, of course, so the top vote-getter for each faction immediately made the cut. After that, we tried to balance the factions as much as possible, giving priority to the less-supported factions (Old Republic, Mandos, etc). We wound up with a list of 22 names. As with the first Lost Twenty, the basic criteria was that these were characters who SHOULD have been produced but had not been.
At that point, we were still hoping to do physical minis in addition to cards and the potential customizers realized that 2 of the pieces on the list (Watto and the yammosk) would be very difficult to do, so they became our "alternates."
At that point, Roque Saber set up a section on the Star Wars Customs Miniatures Database (newswminisdatabase.proboards.com) for us to have our discussions. This being a project of love, it obviously took much longer to complete than most of those involved would have liked. :)
We had actually finalized the majority of our pieces (or thought we had) when MASTERS OF THE FORCE was released. The new (and final) set introduced 2 challenges. First, we had to go over all pieces to make sure we hadn't created something that would interact poorly with MotF. Second, 2 of our initial setlist were made as official pieces (Lord Hoth and Ganner Rhysode), so suddenly our 2 alternate pieces were no longer so alternate.
As we re-assessed each piece, we also kept an eye on trimming text as much as possible to make sure each would fit on the card. We had, for example, a wonderfully magnificent Celeste Morne--but even on the smallest legitimate font, she has enough text to rival an AT-AT card.
As we were finalizing again, the very talented cardmaker Galak Fyyar joined our cause, but unfortunately only had a little time in which to do his work before leaving the country for a lenghty period (during which he will have limited internet access). Although this slowed things down, GF did a wonderful job (and hopefully I've done a better job proofing that WotC!), so we're now proud to share our finished product with you.
As with the interaction between customs and official sets, I expect that the Virtual Sets may quickly render some of our pieces moot, but we had fun designing them, and we hope you have fun perusing--and using!--them.
Enjoy, and may the Force be with you!