I’ve been working on a tagging system where I add descriptive keywords for each miniature, making it easier to find a miniature that fits a specific character. For example, let’s say you have a Human female scoundrel/gunslinger. A search for “Human female pistol” turns up notables such as Aurra Sing, Jedi Hunter, Rebel leader, Mara Jade, Emperor’s Hand, several versions of Princess Leia, and so forth.
I tried to be flexible with the tags — Aurra Sing, for example, is Near-Human, but her miniature could pass for Human. Similarlly, some miniatures could pass for either gender, and someone wielding a blaster rifle with a collapsed stock in one hand is tagged both “rifle” and “pistol” (more of a stretch, but when wielding it in one hand it looks enough like a pistol for gameplay).
Seeing Aurra Sing, wielding a pistol and lightsaber, prompts an idea: How about having the gunslinger wield two pistols instead of one? Let’s add “twin” “dual” (which I added to all cases of wielding two weapons) to the search: “Human female pistol twin dual” turns up a shorter list of five miniatures, with three wielding a lightsaber (Aurra, Dark Jedi, and Dark Side Adept), one wielding a wrist rocket (Mira), and the Echani Handmaiden, who fits the bill perfectly with two pistols.
The system isn’t perfect yet, since the internal search engine doesn’t restrict itself to whole words. For example, to find only males, you have to search for “, male” (because “male” would also be found in “female”). Also, it doesn’t like apostrophes, so if you want to search for Twi’lek you have to type in “twi lek” to get it to work. [EDIT: Problem solved!]
Try it out! I’ll add new tags as I think of them, and feedback is welcome! A list of all current tags is after the jump.
1st-degree
2nd-degree
3rd-degree
4th-degree
5th-degree
Abyssin
Acclamator
Action
airspeeder
Aleena
Amanim
Anzati
Aqualish
Arcona
Arkanian
armor
assassin droid
assault droid
astromech droid
Baktoid
Banking Clan
battle droid
Belbullab-22
speeder bike
Bith
blockade runner
Bothan
bow
bowcaster
bulk freighter
Caamasi
Cathar
Cerean
Chadra-Fan
Chagrian
Chevin
Chiss
Clawdite
cloak
clone
coat
cold
Colossal
Colossal(cruiser)
Colossal(frigate)
Colossal(station)
Corellian
corvette
courier droid
creature
cyborg
Cygnus
Defel
destroyer droid
Devaronian
double
Dreadnaught
Dressellian
droid
dual
Dug
Duros
Empire
emplacement
Ewok
Falleen
Feeorin
Feethan Ottraw
Felucian
female
flamethrower
flightsuit
flying
Fondor
Free Dac
frigate
frozen
Galactic Empire
Galactic Republic
Gallofree
Gamorrean
Gand
Gargantuan
GenDai
Geonosian
Ginivex
Gotal
Gran
grenade
Gungan
Haor Chall
heavy
helmet
Hoersch-Kessel
hologram
Huge
Human
Hutt
Iktochi
Incom
interceptor
Ishi Tib
Ithorian
Jawa
jetpack
Kaleesh
Kaminoan
Kel Dor
Klatooinian
Koensayr
Kuat
Kubaz
labor droid
Lannik
Large
lightning
lightsaber
male
MandalMotors
Mandalorian
Mankvim-814
mask
Massassi
medical
Medium
melee
Miraluka
Mon Calamari
mount
Mustafarian
Muun
Naboo
Nautolan
Nebulon-B
Neimoidian
Nelvaanian
New Republic
Nikto
Noghri
old
Pau’un
Phlac-Arphocc Automata
pistol
polearm
Polis Massan
power droid
probe droid
protocol droid
Quarren
Rebel Alliance
Rendili
replica droid
repulsorlift
rifle
robes
Rodian
Rothana
Sakiyan
Sand People
Separatists
shield
Shistavanen
Sienar
Skakoan
skiff
Small
Snivvian
SoroSuub
speeder
spirit
starfighter
starship
Sullustan
swoop
Talz
tank
thrown
Togruta
tracked
Trade Federation
Trandoshan
transport
Twi’lek
Ubese
Ugnaught
Umbrian
uniform
Utai
Utapaun
vehicle
Verpine
walker
warm
warship
Weequay
whip
Wookiee
young
YT-1300
YT-2400
Yuuzhan Vong
Yuzzem
Zabrak
Zeltron