“Warfare is an inescapable part of the Star Wars universe, from the Rebel Alliances defeat in the Battle of Hoth to a few elite Rebel strike teams taking on a legion of stormtroopers on the Forest Moon of Endor. You can seize your chance to get your boots on the ground and lead your troops to victory with Star Wars: Legion, a miniatures game of thrilling infantry battles in the Star Wars universe!

Star Wars: Legion invites you to enter the ground battles of the Galactic Civil War as the commander of a unique army of miniatures filled with troopers, powerful ground or repulsor vehicles, and iconic characters like Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker. While innovative mechanics for command and control simulate the fog of war and the chaos of battle, the game's unpainted, easily assembled minis give you a canvas to create the Star Wars army you've always wanted to lead into battle; whether you fight for the monolithic, oppressive Galactic Empire or the ragtag Rebel Alliance.” from the FFG website

Skullforge Vader and FFG Storm Trooper.

The game was announced half a year ago with the usual pomp, being a Star Wars fan I was interested right from the start. In addition, the more of the rules were introduced, I realised that the game shares some key design elements with my Victory Decision rules. Movement, Suppression markers, alternate unit activation etc. Always a nice, warm feeling!

Empire

The first full 5 Trooper squad.

Finished! A 7 Trooper squad.

I started a Purge Trooper squad. A simple head swap. (Head is from Jordan) IMO a very effective conversion!

Rebels

After much whining about the scale difference to Imperial Assault I got my sxxx together and painted Captain Rex. Since it was confirmed in Rebels that he fought on Endor, I just had to paint him. I worked also on some more Rebels. Even bigger than Rex! The trooper left is the Legion Duros trooper with a head swap and some extra shoulder pads, the right trooper received a heroic scale Statuesque female head. Works fine IMO since the coat is so formless it could also be a female under it.

And the first full 5 Rebel squad.

And the WIP conversion for the next Rebel squad.

The female “aiming” Rebel conversion for the next Rebel squad painted.

A Heer 46 Ewok! Nice addition to every Endor table. Means a lot from me since I really dislike Ewoks...  ;)

Scale Comparison

The one thing that soon made my less happy were the 1st miniature pictures, for whatever reason FFG chose a different scale as in their Imperial Assault miniatures. So after getting the game a couple of days ago, I decided to assemble a squad of Stormtroopers and line them up against other SW minis.

So from left to right FFG Imperial Assault, Legion, the OOP Knight Model Troopers, Legion, the OOP “bendy” WotC mini and Legion.

And together with another well know miniature line: FFG  Legion, GW Primaris Space Marine and Legion.

As you can see the minis are bigger than all other Stormtrooper minis so far release by other companies and FFG themselves. The minis are of the same quality as Imperial Assault, mold line removal is still a pain, they also share the same mini design style, slightly heroic proportion. Detail is OK, not as good as GW and way below crisp castings like Prodos AvP or Modiphius Star Trek. One more thing - being plastic and all, mini conversion will be easy!

A wasted opportunity: Why FFG chose to make them bigger as Imperial Assault minis will always remain a secret for me, IMO they lost a great opportunity of cross promoting the games. It would be a lot of fun to field the 6 heroes of the core IA box as an elite Rebel commando. The “would be” possibilities are big, unfortunately now they are no more an option. All in all I am a bit disappointed with Legion, but I have to play a game and paint some of the minis for a final “judgement”.

I also put him side by side with some other minis, the Rebels are not as tall as the Stormtrooper, so I might be able to sneak in some Imperial Assault minis!

Han (IA), Rex (Legion), Chewie (IA) - works!

Hera (IA), Rex (Legion), Chopper (IA) - works!

Tanith 1st Infantryman (GW 28mm), Rex (Legion 35mm), WWII US Inafntryman (Artizan 28mm) - no way!

Rex with the IA Wave 1 core box heroes.

Legion Rebel with the IA Hoth heroes.

Legion Rebel with the IA Tattoine and Bespin heroes.

Fallen Order

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is a canon single-player video game that was developed by Respawn Entertainment. It was released by Electronic Arts on November 15, 2019. The game tells an original story about Cal Kestis, a surviving Jedi Padawan, five years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.

I played the game and really liked the story. I absolutely disliked all the Lara Croft jumping and climbing, but the overall story redeemed the game for me. As soon as there were some FO minis around I just had to get them.

Second Sister - "I'm stronger now because of the pain." -The Second Sister, to Cal Kestis The Second Sister, formerly known as Trilla Suduri, was a Force-sensitive human female who served in the Inquisitorius during the reign of the Galactic Empire. Trained in the Jedi arts, the Second Sister was an expert lightsaber duelist and one of the Empire's deadliest Jedi hunters. However, Suduri's strongest asset was her brilliant intellect, being able to anticipate the behavior of her prey.

The Second Sister was once a Jedi who learned the ways of the Force under the Jedi Knight Cere Junda. In the aftermath of the Clone Wars, Suduri and Junda sought to hide from the newly-risen Empire while protecting a group of Jedi younglings. Ultimately, both Master and Padawan were captured and subjected to torture, allowing the dark side of the Force to transform Suduri into the Second Sister. Having forsaken her former identity and the Jedi way, the Second Sister was a relentless Inquisitor dedicated to destroying the last remnants of the Jedi Order. An ambitious and cruel woman, she sadistically toyed with her prey and desired to win the approval of Emperor Palpatine.

The second sister is from Skullforge. The two Inquisition trooper are from Dark Fire (right) and an ill fitting conversion by me (left), I realised later that Inquisition trooper had Clone airborne armour!

The Ninth Sister, formerly known as Masana Tide, was a female Dowutin who once served the Jedi Order before joining the Galactic Empire as a member of the Inquisitorius. In the early days of the Imperial Era, the Ninth Sister accompanied Darth Vader, the Sixth Brother, and the Tenth Brother to the planet Mon Cala to hunt the Jedi Padawan Ferren Barr. Later, she accompanied the Second Sister to hunt down the fugitive Padawan Cal Kestis. However, Kestis defeated her in a duel on Kashyyyk.

The 9th sister from Skullforge. Another flawless sculpt that really catches the brutal physical presence of the sister. I really liked the character in Fallen Order and the comics, finally not another thin human Sith, but a hulking female presence. Finally something very unique and a good contrats to the Second Sister! I took extra care with this miniature, the base is made from milliput using a Greenstuff roller.

Terrain

The good thing with all the Legion hype is that the aftermarket is also booming. Several terrain kits popped up, one of my favourites are the Tatooine buildings in hard foam from Micro Art Studio.

Luke and two Trooper (Imperial Assault) are getting into it in front of the “Desert Habitat”.

Rex (Legion) comes out of the Desert Silo.

Corvus Games Terrain Pilgrim City (Jedha) building, right out of the printer, minimal priming and an easy paintjob. The terrain is HIGHLY recommended!

And a scale shot with a Legion Trooper and a Skull Forge Rebel!

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