SW Legion: Father And Son

The most complicated father-son relationship to be found in a galaxy far, far away...figures from Fantasy Flight Games.

More Star Wars Legion? Of course more Star Wars Legion! Here we have the final two figures from the Fantasy' Flight's "Legion" Core Set - Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. These are plastic 28mm size figures from Fantasy Flight Games. 

Are you choking on something?

I love the pose on Vader...one can instantly imagine the direct "motivation" being provided on the scene...

These characters are pop culture icons - not much I can say about them, other than it's great to have them available for any "Star Wars Legion" games that might happen out here in Northern Ontario.  

Luke, striking a defiant pose...

Trusty blaster on his hip as well, in case the light sabre is not the right tool for the job...but really, when would that be?

The sculpts of these iconic figures are excellent, but they are let down by the crappy bendy plastic that FFG opted to use in the manufacture of the figures. BOTH of the light sabres were quite droopy, and no amount of hot water or other tricks would straighten them out. I did my best to sort things out, but at a certain point, I figured "f*ck it" and just painted them up the best I could. But to be clear, bendy plastic is just the sh*ts when it comes to wargaming miniatures.

Galactic Empire figures from the Star Wars Legion core set.

One other thing you will notice immediately is that there is no OSL-type effect on the Luke and Vader figures. I simply cannot wrap my head around that process, and the odds that I would have managed it even close to properly on these two figures are zero. You can search elsewhere on this blog for figures by Dave and Dallas to see how cool OSL can be when done right...maybe I will try it one day. But for now, plain old colours to represent the light sabres!

Rebel Alliance figures from the Star Wars Legion core set. 

With Vader and Luke finished, I have now managed to complete all of the figures from the Core Set! That is a decent-sized small force for each side of the conflict, already bolstered by Rebel and Imperial Specialists! This will bring a halt to the Star Wars Legion painting run for now, as I move back to some other projects, but I'm sure it won't be too long until more Star Wars figures are under my brush - especially with Curt's next "Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge" on the horizon. Thanks for reading!