Collins Does Star Wars Legion

Being a Sullustan means that Equulean has a natural propensity for piloting. He is a master of the Slash and Dash missions, be that in space, in atmo or on the ground, albeit that his slash on the ground is vastly under powered by comparison.

Being a hotshot pilot comes with with plenty of perks and an abundance of overconfidence. There is nothing this Mirialan pilot cannot achieve in the sky but he is very much out of his depth in ground based combat, not that Zeth would ever admit it

This Pantoran pilot had humble beginnings flying mediocre shuttles before joining a planetary defence fleet. There he upgraded to the equally mediocre Z-95 Headhunters. In the interests of never-ending adrenaline rushes Corvus joined the Rebellion, changing the local governor’s iconography for the Rebel Starbird and his 2 winged Headhunter for the much more impressive 4 winged X-Wing

Joruus is Alderaanian. Nobody needs to ask his motivation for joining the Alliance. He leads the reformed Blue Squadron since it’s destruction at the battle of Scarif.

Wherever there is conflict you will be able to find the warlike Trandoshans. Their species have the ability to regrow limbs which is a handy trick to have when your normal profession is somewhat dangerous. Rall has regrown a number of fingers in his time, mostly due to the appalling throw that Vi-dar has. Due to cultural differences Rall is not allowed anywhere near the landspeeder owned by Eirtaé, the less said about that the better but Rall has vowed to not walk everywhere in the near future.

Dugs come from the planet Malastare and Darred is constantly been mistaken from a lier and dangerous cheat from the illegal racing circuit. Something he laments on a daily basis and when wound up by his squad mates becomes quite punchy. Olum hasn’t become brave enough to join in with this tomfoolery but it is only a matter of time before the Rodian figures out whether the Dug hits harder with his hands or his feet.

When you need to enforce something or bring freedom to the galaxy you better be sure to bring an Aqualish with a really big gun. Flirry is a big powerful individual and regularly breaks up the infighting in the squad when it gets out of hand. When he gets up people tend to sit down, a lesson the Imperials really should learn.

Not all Bothans are infochants, some are politicians, mechanics, or farmers. And some are just down on their luck and in need of a purpose. Alulat found her way into the infantry because her previous occupation was of little use to the Alliance. Now she takes the fight to the Empire one aloof step at a time in a way only a Bothan can.

Everyone always underestimates the Chadra-fan. Sure they’re not particularly smart and their race regularly mistakes enslavement for gainful employment but what they lack in intelligence they make up for with enthusiasm. In Vi-dar’s case he has bundles of enthusiasm for seeing things explode.

The Mon Calamari called Jaster Stormdiver used to work as a dock hand in a reasonably busy port. When the Empire came to town Jaster boarded one of the last MC30 frigates moored up and ended up defecting to the Alliance by default. He wasn’t exactly looking for the rebel lifestyle, just wanted to get out of dodge. Now he spends his time keeping his profile low, gills damp and and aim true.

Ortolans have a knack for getting everywhere in the galaxy and usually are terrible at demanding payment for things or services rendered. Sio Tan is no different. He has a liking for fireworks and always loved the displays he saw on his home planet of Orto. Along with food in considerable amounts the only payment Sio demands of the rebellion is rockets in vast quantities, he figures if you can’t see a proper display just make your own, something that has led to a lot of unnecessary extra attention for the unit he is posted to.

Eirtaé as a female Wookiee who is the industrious individual who procured and retrofitted the land speeder. she has always been one to feel the wind rushing through her fur, be that when she is swinging from vines hanging from wroshyr trees back on Kashyyyk or driving a boosted speeder too quickly down the left flank. She rarely speaks of family or home now and her comrades suspect that for a time she was imprisoned or enslaved by the Empire simply for being a Wookiee.

So nobody knows where Eirtaé procured GH-7 from but one thing is clear, he is the best ‘Gonk’ this side of the mid-rim and has managed to save the land speeder from meeting it’s deserved demise on a number of occasions now. If droids were seen as equals to sentients this little power box would have medals and privileges. For now however all he gets as reward is to ride up front…

The officer of this ragtag group of rebels is an Ortolan by the name of Nejaa Okul.  He is not particularly well experienced having only been involved in 1 mission for the Alliance before. In that un-noteworthy skirmish over a supply convoy passing through a wooded area he ended up being blinded in one eye. He doesn’t know how it happened or what did it to him because he simply didn’t see it coming.

Ebb was a Rhyl spice miner on Ryloth. He was part of the Guild that ran mines for Twi’leks by Twi’leks. A number of issues tested the Guild, tangling with local Hutt gangsters (who ultimately perished by the hands of the own employees escaping from Mos Shutta) and finally the hostile take over by The Empire. It was during this time that an industrial accident tore a lekku from Ebb’s head. Due to the bureaucratic policies of The New Order Ebb was unable to claim compensation from the Mining Guild’s employee safety guarantee insurance scheme for which he is extremely bitter about. He does not want to see other hardworking beings suffer the same injustices he did at the hands of the Empire’s red tape.

Kemp Nightdream is a Zabrak male who for mysterious reasons is no longer on Dathomir being used as as a mate by the remaining Nightsisters. Not much is known about why Kemp has come to be in the Alliance but most agree he sees things that others don’t, he’s been brought onto the unit to help the Lieutenant.

Every team has an over eager try hard and this squads enthusatic recruit is a Rodian called Olun Tomes. He has done nothing, achieved nothing and currently impresses no-one with his marksmanship. He is the butt of many jokes but assumes this is just gentle encouragement. Olun wears a yellow bandana because he believes it is the mark of a true warrior for the Alliance. Unfortunately for him it is another jibe from his squad mates who actually know that anything with a yellow stripe is just plain useless.

This model(s) is from the Maddox Patreon but now on gum road.

Ive managed to make this model WYSIWYG for the list too! (except the linked targeting array).

the print wasn’t perfect with 2 issues (see right hand engine being flattened at the back and left bodywork having layer lines above exhaust) but its good enough for me at the moment.

painting was quite simple.

• Halfords grey primer
• administratum grey highlight
• warp lightening green
• warbles green highlight
• lead belcher
• nuln oil
• agrax earth shade and typhus corrosion for weathering
• warlock bronze stipple for chips/rust

the wookie was done simply using

• Halfords grey primer
• mournfang brown
• agrax
• leadbelcher
• nuln

the ortolan was done using

• Halfords grey primer
• karak stone
• agrax earth shade
• nuln oil
• administratum grey
• thousand sons blue
• drakenhoff nightshade
• temple guard blue
• lead belcher
• black templar contrast

the gonk droid was

• Halfords grey primer
• basilicanum grey
• mechanicus grey
• administratum grey
• mephiston red

It’s been 3 years since I last touched this project and so its time for a facelift. a lot has changed with the game and to be honest I don’t think my current force is diverse enough.

All the models I have are either human or duros.

now thanks to the 3D printing brigade I can solve that one. so using models from Skullforge, Dark Fire Designs, Maddox and a few others I will build a list, print and paint it.

my plan is to have no humans (or at least for them to be the minority). in terms of competition winning or overly synergistic it will come second. in fact im kind of dictated by the models I can find to print more than build a cool list.

so in this group i’ve printed and primed we have

• Ortolan
• Dug
• Sullustan
• Rodian
• Tweilek
• Trandosian
• Mon Calamari
• Aqualish
• Chadrafan
• Bith
• Zabrak

and that’s just the ones that aren’t near human races that can be made by simply repainting skin and adding tattoos etc eg

• Mirialan
• Pantoran
• Chiss