Soooo
SW Legion... 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!
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.
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”.
