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Review: Patience needed with base on second figure :-) - This is
a beautiful set of figures, complete with data cards and other
things to include in the game. However, my review is based around
being a figure painter and not a gamer, so please bear with me.
The figures come on a very nice sprue, with numbered parts, and
so easy to follow with the instructions. Also, you get extra arms
for the figure, so you can make one of the action poses even more
dynamic by adding a second lightsaber wielding pose, with a
little fiddling and filling of gaps :-) This is the second time
I've done these figures, but my first time building and painting
them for my own collection, so I went with the Force wielding and
walking stick pose as shown in the box and instructions, and a
single weapon wielding pose for the leaping figure. One thing I
learned early on is to rock formation the leaping figure is shown
on by gluing the main part to a base first, then carefully gluing
the second part to it, and leave it to set before adding the leg
piece (This will take some patience, too, even if using super
glue, as it slips slightly under pressure). The rest of the parts
go together very well, and you even get spare heads on the sprue,
with some nice expressions on the faces, so there's even more
choice value there :-) I didn't use the blank bases that come in
the box, as I wanted to use some spare resin scenic bases, so
have two extra blank bases now to use for other figures, so happy
days with that little addition to my collection of spare bases.
The artwork on the box and the game sheets is wonderful, very
high quality, and gives a good idea for how to paint the robes
and the lightsaber, with areas showing Object Source Lighting if
you want to paint that effect for that little extra "oomph" on
the figure. Absolutely beautiful when assembled, with plenty of
space to get the inner sides of the robes painted, and wonderful
detail on the faces, hands and feet, and even hair to paint, so I
am very eager to get down to painting these figures again, and
seeing the finished product among my growing collection. My only
complaint is the three part base, which can be very fiddly to
assemble if you're not used to building models this small, and
could have been better cast as just a two-part piece, but that's
the only minor complaint I could come up with, as these figures
are just so beautiful for their small size, packed with
character, and a joy to paint when assembled/primed. I'm going to
see what other figures are available in this game range, and
start adding them to my collection soon :-)
Review: Star Wars Legion - Easy to assemble, fun to use in the
game. Feels smooth, the size is right, sturdy and the colour is
fine.
