Human Swoop Racer

My gaming group is about to start a brand new SWRPG campaign following the formation of a new Rebel starfighter squadron just after the Battle of Yavin. I'm looking for a quality character portrait of my character Westley Dunerunner.

As far as look I'm imagining him looking quite a bit like the actor Ben Foster.

For costume I was thinking along the lines of Zane Carrick's outfit seen here.

For pose I'd love for him to be kind of leaning on a swoop bike kind of like this.

Of course these are just ideas, and I'm open to any suggestions from the artist. I'm trying to give you an idea of what I see, but keep it vague enough to allow the artist to have fun.

Here is a quick bio to give you all an idea of the character.

Westley Dunerunner hails from the small settlement of Mos Zabu on Tatooine. Westley was born in 7 GrS (28 BBY) to the wealthy (by Tatooine standards) moisture farmers, Crix and Camie Dunerunner. The Dunerunners had a near monopoly on moisture farming in the remote settlement of Mos Zabu located nearly on the opposite side of the planet from Mos Eisley and far from the control of Jabba Desilijic Tiure.

At a very young age the boy became obsessed with pod racing. With the Declaration of a New Order in 16 GrS (19 BBY) pod racing was outlawed, and those who still sought the thrill of high speed racing flocked to the ancient sport of swoop racing. Tatooine was a hot bed of not only swoop racing, but the seedier side of the sport, the swoop gang. Westley seemed to be naturally gifted (Force Sensitive) with handling swoop bikes, and performed amazing stunts while jockeying one. The Dunerunners were wealthy and could afford Westley's expensive teenage hobby racing the dangerous machines, but the young boy was soon caught up in the underworld of the gangs. He was known as a great "runner" and smuggled many illegal items over the sands of the desert world. He also was well known as one of the best racers on the Tatooine, much to the chagrin of Jabba the Hutt who sponsored most of the races and had a swoop gang in his employ.

Dunerunner was released from a short prison term on the same day that another Tatooine native, Luke Skywalker, helped the Rebel Alliance destroy the Death Star. Westley had met Skywalker and his friends once at Tosche Station while picking up some power converters, and was surprised that the young farm boy could be the now famous starfighter pilot. Knowing that he could out fly Skywalker, and embittered towards the Empire, Dunerunner sold his prized Flare-S Swoop for 2,500 credits. He bought a new blaster, and other needed equipment and set off in search of a Rebel recruitment officer. Westley is intent on proving that Skywalker and the late Biggs Darklighter are not the only sons of the suns that can fly a starfighter.

Westley Dunerunner is a 28 year old sandy haired, blue-eyed human with a short scruffy beard. He stands 1.75 meter and weighs in at 73 kilograms. His favorite color is orange and incorporates the color into his dress. Westley is a bit arrogant from his past successes as a swoop jockey, and most can see it just by looking at him.

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