Star Wars Legion: Imperial Scout Bikes

Imperial Scout Troopers on speeder bikes - here comes fun!

November has arrived, and so has MORE painting for "Star Wars Legion"! Here we have two Imperial Scout Troopers on 74-Z speeder bikes. These are 28mm plastic models from Fantasy Flight Games, and came as part of the Imperial forces in the "Star Wars Legion" core box.

Gun that engine, before the rebel scum escape!

Service in the army of the Galactic Empire has a lot of downsides, but it always seemed to be that the poor Scout Troopers seemed to have a particularly difficult time of things. Sure, riding around on those speeder bikes looks like fun, but things always seem to conclude with some manner of terrible mishap - if some Ewok didn't already steal your ride!

I really like the pose on this figure - plus it is easy to imagine him racing straight into something while not paying attention! Such is the fate of Imperial Scout Troopers!

The Scout Troopers do provide some pretty hilarious moments, too - with the discussions between the two Scouts that kicked off the finale of season one for "The Mandalorian" being a particular high point of hilarity and enjoyment!

Racing to battle!

I had been procrastinating on finishing these models...mounted figures of any sort are always a bit of a pain, and these speeder bike models were particularly tricky. You'll see that one fellow doesn't quite line up exactly with the front of his notched base...that is because I failed to realize the tiny plastic stem actually has a specific alignment to fit into the bottom of the bike, and this realization came only AFTER the super glue took hold. I didn't want to risk breaking the model, so I left well enough alone...

One other challenge, of course, getting the white colour right...I have used an acrylic extender to try and squeeze more life out of my "White Scar" paint, and this did not quite work out - the extender make the paint lumpy, and thus you can see in the photos that the white armour on these fellows has a not-very-smooth texture...I can hear Duncan Rhodes right now in a video, extolling the virtues of "two thin coats"...anyway....

Off to their next maneuver!

Zipping around at high speed on the gaming table will be fun - I certainly enjoyed that aspect of things during my first game of "Star Wars Legion". We knew the Scout Troopers would meet some manner of terrible end, their bikes crashing into something and blowing up - and we were not disappointed! But it is all good fun. These two will surely do their bit to restore order to the galaxy as they maneuver in support of the Imperial Forces on the gaming table in the future. 

Have to share a big "thank you" to Dallas - I really didn't have an idea of the Scout Trooper uniform beyond a very general notion of "white, you know, with black too". Dallas shared some great pictures, which made the painting process much easier.

That's all for now - but more "Legion" painting work should be along any day now...thanks for reading!