Saturday, May 21, 2016

Bashir Through the Looking Glass


He's not a brilliant doctor, but a harsh Terran pirate. 

This Julian Bashir possess all the bedside manner of the Bubonic Plague.  Armed with lethal cunning and a hatred for the Alliance, Bashir rose quickly through the ranks to become one of the principle leaders of the Terran Resistance Forces.

Little is known about his early life, but when we first see Bashir he is questioning the wisdom of an open attack on Terok Nor.  His loud objections to the proposed plan soon result in a smack-down at the hands of our Benjamin Sisko--who was posing as the movement's dead leader.

As time goes by, Captain Bashir becomes even more ruthless in his methods--itching for conflict, advocating scorched earth campaigns,
and delighting in subjecting a cat-suited Intendant Kira to the agonizer.  Bitch had it coming!   

Despite his sadism, he remains willing to volunteer for increasingly risky missions--such as taking his raider out in an effort to lure the Alliance away from the Terran base at Terok Nor.  His bravado was ultimately successful.  Throwing off the sensors of the Alliance fleet and leading them in a wild goose chase long enough for the rebels to bring the Defiant online, Bashir returns to the field in just enough time to do what he does best--kill Klingons. 

Hero?  Villain?  Human?  Whether you enjoy the darker side of humanity or like the prospect of a universe where humans are brigands and swarthy pirates or simply like the idea of Alexander Sidgig with scruff, the mirror universe never disappoints.  Oh wait, there's still Enterprise.

To make this figure, I took Space Seed Khan's hair and placed it on the head of a scruffy, random character from some line of figures I have never heard of.  I took the bear chested body of Khan (its actually under his gold dress tunic) and constructed the outfit from paper based on stills from the episodes in which the mirror-Bashir appeared.   I fashioned the holster from sculpy.  The Cardassian disruptor was inserted into the holster for effect.  The legs are from Klingon Commander Kor. 

The Terran Raider is the Maquis Raider Geronimo from the Star Trek: Strike Force collection.

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