KCS Mary Shelly: Manning the Rails

It is an old Naval tradition, that when arriving at a port, the crew of a warship stood in formation near the edge of the main deck.  Though now simply ritual, the original intent of “Manning the Rails” was to display to port officials that an arriving foreign vessel had no hostile intent. (If the crew was on deck, they couldn’t be loading the cannons and preparing the ship for battle.)

The current complement for the Shelly is:

3 Senior Officers – Captain, Chief of Flight Ops, Senior Intelligence Officer

2 Navigation Crew - Navigator, Attendant

1 Flight Controller

4 Fighter Wing Techs

7 Ship’s Security – Team Leader, 3 Team Members, Corpsman (2 on detached duty to the Tartarus Rim, not pictured)

15 Able Spacers

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I have a few pilots and Flight Ops crew still waiting for paint. I tend to do them in breaks between 

projects.  The sources are:

Captain: Hasslefree “Not Adama”

Senior Intelligence Officer: Colony 87 “Archivist”, I think that’s the name

Chief of Flight Ops: GW

Flight Controller: Heroclix, Nova Corps Officer

Navigator: Colony 87, but I don’t know what she’s called

Navigator Attendant: some OOP GW mini I acquired a few while I was working there

Ship’s Security: The Assault Group, Cops

Fighter Wing Techs: Colony 87

Able Spacers: Heresy Inspectors, Zombiesmith Aliens, Reaper Bones Grey Aliens

I am looking for more sources for Able Spacers.  I like the Heresy Inspectors, but they are limited to 5 poses.  I need more variety, but with the same sort of low detail coverall. Also, I am looking to replace “Not Adama” as the Captain figure.  I would like a sculpt with a little more personality.  Maybe one of the new Astropolis figures from Lead Adventure, but they seem a little too far in the other direction.

Thanks for looking!