Making Star Wars Legion as COOL as Warhammer 40k!!!

[@EonsOfBattle]

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[@savagex466-qt1io]

Looks awsome man. Good job .

[@AzraelThanatos]

You might want to look through some of the older comics stuff with scout troopers, especially the ones with the Imperial Remnant. The ponchos is something they tend to do a lot, combined with camo paint for their armor

[@tiobridge841]

That brown base colour looked almost perfect honestly - I think the highlighting on the rocks was just a bit too much

[@johnny4560]

A rebel army could allow for some wild conversions

[@tennesseedogpack]

They don’t give many of any extra parts with legion.

[@leeperry7068]

True dat, although I 3D print a ton, I swap SO many of my units out with alien breeds and it's a cool twist most of the time.

[@phixter]

@@tennesseedogpack hahaha I have a lot of ziploc bags of extra parts from my legion stuff, I convert almost every unit.

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

Same with clones like each new show with get a dozen new variants of them.

[@tiberiusfellblade2567]

Clones and droids also leave a lot of room to customize with paint schemes. I think imperial storm troopers are really the only ones that don't have a lot of color variations.

[@TheBlackBrickStudios]

I adore this approach. Clones appealed to me a lot more as a kid because when I was doing custom figures or fanart, I could paint them however I wanted. But as I grew older, I gained much more of an appreciation for the heavily regimented appearance of the Imperial rank-and-file, with their minimal changes to fit the battlefield they were fighting on. Working within these constraints, yet still adding personal artistic flair, is refreshing BECAUSE of the limitations, not in spite of them. I adore your work, and these guys look great.

[@Bass-ef3dr]

If you really want to customize an army from star wars, clone troopers are your best option. They come in a variety of colors and troops so you can add them anything you want (armor bits, guns, you name it)

[@jacobscott1433]

There are also about 9 billion STLs with everything from Desert to Snow to Galactic Marines.

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

Dried out wet wipes actually make fantastic canvas ponchos for minis.

[@MattWash7]

I also use coffee filters as ponchos for my snipers/troops. It adds a bit of thickness/stiffness to the poncho and has great cloth texture!

[@Not-Ken-Molestina]

If you give it a lovly skin tone and cover in the blood technical paint. You can also make excellent flayed skin using coffee filters and dried wet wipes

[@2WARDEN2]

I found an ancient guide for space marine capes that I followed for ponchos on my clones (2003 clone wars style). It was literally just the cheapest kind of tissue paper (That isn't textured with pockmarks) you fold over itself 2 or 3 times, cut out into a square, poke a hole in it, put it on, and brush 1:1 water:PVA glue mixture over it, using your brush to tuck and fold it onto the mini. Costs virtually nothing and looks amazing.

[@toanoopie34]

Do you have a link to any tutorials? :)

[@SupMamma88]

That's one of the reasons I love Legion and the Star Wars lore. There are years of history that need to fill the gaps and with a little bit of imagination and effort, anyone could easily create some really unique armies. Just because Disney owns it, doesn't mean the fans have to 100% accept it

[@SupMamma88]

@yeayea7483 Go cry into a blanket some where else. There are people trying to make something good out of something bad here.

[@Aidb2n]

@@SupMamma88🫡🫡🫡

[@bobbirdsong6825]

@yeayea7483 how sad it is to stop enjoying something because someone else took a shit on it

[@starkiler13]

​@@bobbirdsong6825yes. But things like the mandalorian rogue one or bad patch came out from disney.

[@jacob-2271]

The tally marks aren't counting kills. They're counting hits 💀

[@euansmith3699]

Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise. 🤓

[@Peter_Pierre_Anderson]

Lasers in Star Wars are always lethal, except when they shoot protagonists, so they are hits and kills!

[@red0tf285]

yes yes, u only watched the movies and didnt even pay enough attention to it to know that stormtroopers were much better than any rebel soldier and been trained by clone troopers who were already great shooters

[@keeratijirananutwinyu8339]

@@red0tf285movie do them so dirty

[@YerBoyJerLoi]

still though, empire might have won if they had stuck with clones@@red0tf285

[@dominicscreativefilms]

This is why I love playing as clone troopers. Like space marines, they have countless legions with their own color schemes and designs. I made mine based off the 41st elite (the guys we see with Yoda and the Wookies during the battle of Kashyyyk in Episode 3).

[@parabot2]

I added Black cloaks and made Mimban Stormtroopers , they came out fantastic . I painted the troopers white , then glossed them . The added then wash over the entire mini , I added a tiny bit of blue to the black wash . They came out really nice

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

I'll be honest, Star Wars Legion was a game that always interested me, but was discouraged because it just didn't allow for the creative freedom of Warhammer. It's cool to see how there are methods to actually make a Stormtrooper just as awesome as a Space Marine.

[@porter-831]

I think there is still a lot of untapped potential with customization kits and alternative parts for many standard units, especially for Clone Troopers. People would go crazy for it if they actually released some official conversion parts like GW did for certain Marine chapters. But in the meantime, third party sculptors and 3d-printing are happy to fill that void along with people doing some old school conversion work just like in the video.

[@Wierdfish-ry9oq]

I paint my Imperials as Imperial Remnants. That way you can really go wild with colours as each warlord could deviate heavily on equipment

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

Great idea@@Wierdfish-ry9oq

[@kaz9357]

Nah, you can do all kinds of crazy painting. I struggled for soooo long trying to make white stormtroopers and everything by the movie. Once I did army themes... man did my love for painting them take off. I have a mountain dew army for instance. Red stormtroopers, colored dewbacks, it was SUPER fun

[@IdolsHextech]

It's a shame that Warhammer has people so closed minded with conversions

[@tjdoc143]

I’ve completely avoid painting any Legion minis because I’m such a Star Wars fan that I’ll only disappoint myself because I know what everything looks like and the anxiety will be overwhelming. You’ve inspired me, I’m going in!

[@SockimusPrime]

I’ve enjoyed painting legion precisely because there is an initial starting point for most kits. I don’t have to mull over what colours to pick for my stormtroopers, so I can just get down to painting, and once I’ve got the base down, I can decide whether or not to add some further details

[@tjdoc143]

@@SockimusPrime I gave in, I bought the Obi-Wan/Vader duel set for Shatterpoint today. It’s gonna be a fun paint! I may just forego Legion and jump on the Shatterpoint train.

[@ecMonify]

i've found that star wars legion minis are so much more enjoyable to paint than warhammer minis for me. it's mostly because the star wars legion minis aren't absolutely cluttered with tiny little details.

[@aristotle29]

These models would also be good to try using oil paints. Mended Brush Studio has some great videos about painting these with oils.

[@sirkelendor5429]

​@@ecMonifysm doesnt really have that thankfully, but boy do i empathize with gsc and horde army players having to paint like 30 models for one unit

[@andreyradchenko8200]

With Stormtrooper Corps/GAR you can actually do custom heraldry as a custom homebrew legion. With CIS, you can similarly paint your droids in any way you want and say they're security forces of some particular world/company and wear its livery. And rebs are insurgents and terries, they can look like anything really. The real problem with SWL is that its kits lack the posability and cosmetic options that make GW's kits (and many historicals) so great.

[@Blacknight8850]

The trick I've found to making sure your basing recipe stays the same between projects is to use Model Railway materials - I posted a picture of a mini I made as a kid nearly 20 years ago to a model scenery subreddit recently asking "Does anyone know how I can get this same effect as on this model?" and someone *_actually recognised the brand_* and the same company still makes it. Some of those companies have been around decades, so it's really easy to get the same stuff consistently!

[@peachcarton976]

There are some pretty cool imperial army designs online for stormtrooper replacements on the board. Like the army troopers, they are much closer to 40ks guard as they can be customized per system army like with the mudtroopers, imperial navy, or sector forces like the milita from battlefront 2. If you wanted to really go out there with some ideas from legends several warlords did have unique uniforms for imperial armies and even something like the concept art from mando season 1 has good interpretations of stormtroopers that had been cut off from reinforcements. I absolutely adore your custom works and starwars is my all time favorite so i hope to see more on this subject!

[@jonathanbirkeland1085]

I’ve seen some wild conversions for Turnip 28. Now THAT game is proper grimdark.

[@aristotle29]

Just some suggestions: Give that officer a sweet Krennic poncho as well. Give that ship thing some imperial flags (can't have fascism without an absurd amount of obsessive patriotism). Just slather that Imperial Army soldier in as much brown texture paint as you can to show that they are really in the mud. Put some volleyballs and other beach equipment on the bases of those beach troopers, and put some sunblock on them so that they have that real beach smell. This might be heresy, but put some gloss varnish on those death troopers to make them look shiny. Take the red Imperial guards and place them somewhere you will never find them since they did nothing in the movies. Take the tank off its base, flip it over, and have it upside down like the rebels flipped it in an attack. Give one of the speeder bike guys a bruised baby Yoda in a brown bag.

[@CyberViking27]

I've also camo'ed up my scout troopers. Your cloaks look much better than what I accomplished; I tried a more ghille suit approach. One thing that I found that works excellent for rifle wraps are cut strips from tea bags instead of just basic paper strips. Tea bag paper has a texture that looks closer to what real wraps are made of. Your videos always help inspire me to get painting. Now if only I could stop buying more to add to the pile of shame...

[@kaz9357]

Once you get passed the movie accurate paint jobs, Legion painting becomes so fun. My icicle blizzard force and mountain dew imperials are the most fun ive had paitning in a while. I apply the same thought to my MESBG, and just have a ball!

[@callumwright7459]

My Legion Army contains a few conversions, whilst they are kept fairly simple. I have two squads of Phase 2 troopers painted in my custom 208th legion veteran colour scheme (Grey and Red markings), one of which is a kitbash of the P1 and P2 kits, in-order to prevent my squads from looking to uniform. Three squads of Phase 1 Troopers, fitted with phase 2 heads and painted as 'Shineys' with only the squad leaders painted in 208th colours, and built by mixing various parts from other kits for the reason mentioned above. I also intend too, though haven't yet, built some imperial scout bikes (74z) as Republic variants as companion to my BARC Speeders

[@ph-1012]

small thing to note: those red markings indicate imperial shock troopers, they're the imperial guard on Coruscant so they wouldn't really make sense being on Korriban if you keep that theme.

[@cakalafatides]

Yay! A Star Wars legion video! With the flow of 40k content recently, I’m super excited to see a return to the galaxy far, far, away. This video kind of encapsulates my feelings about Legion- I LOVE playing it, but I love the modeling portion of 40k so much more. Great video as usual, looking forward to hopefully seeing some more of Jay’s imperial army in the future.

[@heathencurse3578]

I like how in A new hope the storm troopers all look perfectly immaculate in space (decontaminated), but planet-side they're rugged and covered in dirt and dust and look like they've been on a long tour of duty.

[@megagamernick9883]

using only paints, I made my Scout Troopers into Storm Commandos as they essentially wear the same armor but black and Made them grimy and muddy for an RPG campaign and I love them. I don't think I have been as proud until I made my own squad of Clone troopers and homebrewed the 117th expeditionary Battalion.

[@MSnell]

I love your Legion content and hope to see more of your progress on these imperials. As someone who's never been very good at kitbashing and converting, the 3D printing scene for Legion has breathed so much life into this game for me. For imperials specifically, the remnant troopers from Skull Forge and just about anything from Squamous Miniatures are really something special if you want to add some uniqueness to your army.

[@crilltic7484]

In terms of Star Wars Legion, the GAR seems great because there's so many different Clone Legions you pick to paint your dudes as and you can make them all unique paint schemes inside that one theme.

[@bnyu9999]

amazing work! I have never thought of making ghillies like that, super cool

[@euansmith3699]

Those micro-tufts on the cloaks add so much to the scouts.👍

[@Azrael56]

My Empire army operate on desert planet so troopers (storm/scout/snow) have brown cloths and bone/sand armor (the same brown wash over all) because it's easier than white for avoiding been killed (and also easier to paint). Vador, Palpatine, Krennic, Deathtroopers and Inferno Squad (maybe Veer to) gets their standard colors because they don't care to be seen. After watching "Andor" I'll painted my Imperial Officer as Dedra Meero. In the Starwars universe the Imperial Army can have multiple schemes for troopers, not just what we see in both trilogy.

[@Janitor1011]

You can also paint some scout troopers as Storm Commandos, if you wanna add to the range of visual interest. Really slick looking conversion.

[@barrycabbageM34]

Some of the favourite fanworks are those that take real life concept and apply them to star wars, ghillie capes being a prime example. If you've ever seen any of Edouard Groult's artwork he does "Realism Starwars" very well.

[@paudiedaly22]

The entire Star Wars franchise would've been extremely different if ANY of those Imperial soldiers had brought a single flamethrower on Endor. They were definitely in the armory at the time since flamethrowers were used by clone troopers and the Mandolorians. Excellent conversion!

[@vger9084]

Back in the 70s, Sheperd Paine (think that's name) he built dioramas for Monogram Models, he made capes and tarpaulins out of tissue paper and diluted white glue.

[@KoalaTContent]

So fun fact, there are a few special branches of Scout Trooper. There are the mid era Swamp Troopers, which are basically green Scouts, and there are the Storm Commandos, which are black Scouts that specialize in sabotage and also piloting. (Literally Inferno Squad but EA completely ignored this and made Inferno look like TIE pilots for no reason). As for Stormtroopers, don't sleep on the TFU Stormtrooper Commander, his off center blue stripe is #sicc

[@latahl]

I love what you did with these scouts! So much so that your scouts will soon be OUR scouts. (Making some for myself, not stealing to be clear)

[@maxbrandt6]

You did a really good job of making troopers that have to go out ahead of a formation blend into their sounds better. I like to go off my head canon and EU stuff so that how I best enjoy Star Wars these days since Disney really ruined the IP.

[@nateadams6459]

Legion is already better than 40k cause it’s super simple to play and pick up and there’s plenty of conversion options and 3D prints just have to put in the time just like 40K conversions

[@WhatsUpGazpacho]

This is my favourite of your videos that I've seen to date AND maybe one of my top hobby inspo videos of all time too

[@slayer_king_0033]

going in to this video i thought I was going to hate what you where going to do (my mind thought make them look like chapters with there own special design) but no this looks like something an actual trooper would do to stay alive in the midst of combat. this is honestly very cool.

[@danielh2945]

I recommend 50:50 green stuff and milliput, the mixture allows you to get a thinner more realistic looking material that takes sanding and shaping really well. It's changed my sculpting

[@proxcess4946]

I love what you're doing here, introduces some much needed customisation! The biggest thing for me with Star Wars Legion is honestly the quality of the models. People always complain about the cost of GW models, but outside of the battle force boxes Star Wars is more expensive and the size and quality of the models is noticeably worse. If anyone interested is reading this don't let that discourage you. If you're a fan they're great models to collect an army of, and the games mechanics are great.

[@timunderbakke8756]

I hadn’t realized the price creep had caught up to GW. When I played legion the troops were about half the cost of a box of 40K troops. Yikes. I cashed out after AMG took over everything and have been happy sticking to the 41st millennium

[@mishavuimo5753]

The muscular guy from the Bad Batch looks like a consequence of WH40K and SW interacting

[@Brick-2010]

jokes on you! i chose the clones who canonically paint their armor however!

[@ThKrY]

Have been rocking that palette for a while now and really like it. The honeycomb mostly with speedpaints has been great.

[@VanessaHoughton]

Awesome as always. I was just finishing my Stormtroopers and Imperial Death Troopers so it was great to watch you work at the same time. Thank you.

[@03dashk64]

Making Star Wars Legion as cool as 40k? You bought the models, so it’s done. Already cooler

[@johnson787878]

I love these. The leaves and the splatter paint looked great 👍 I'm going to try this. I think the ponchos need some rips, holes, and raggedy edges. So I may try that.

[@HävänHyviäjä]

those cloacks are amazing! thanks for the inspiration!

[@jacobsvensson9237]

the red armor you painted on your one trooper is referred to as a shock trooper. They are specialized to use different types of special weapons during combat.

[@coopatroopa_1249]

This was a super enjoyable video. I think what you did with the scouts was super cool and has inspired me to try something similar with my own legion minis. I very much enjoy all of your legion content, please keep it up!!!

[@Felipeleopold]

Those cloaks look amazing! I enjoy watching your videos and seeing how you transform a bland model into something amazing. Awesome work!

[@Trevante32]

I did this same kinda stuff with my eldar rangers I have a blue and bone color scheme but my scouts have a bright red cloak since I have them based on a mars like planet with red sand. I absolutely love making scouts of any variety stand out from your army's normal paint job

[@Daniel_Hammer419]

The cool factor of stormtroopers for me is the uniformity the faceless hordes of soldiers is cool to me

[@zobenik5]

Ty for this episode. This felt like one of the more genuine eob episodes i have seen in a while.

[@Goozy96]

More legion videos please!! I just got some for my bday today and I am in love!

[@tobiasschreiber451]

Jay under a gaming mat - you know what the fans want. Keep up the good work.

[@tabletop-mini-showcase]

❤❤ just noticed what's in the background. Also I love the texture and tufts on the clokes, they're great little details that adds so much.

[@coopernut]

I have no idea why but i LOVE scout troopers. There is just somethin about them that is sooo hood lookin. Now Scout Troopers with ponchos... ur onto sumthin🧐😂 good stuff

[@odharrison23]

They are the scout troopers that’s are REALLY good at smashing into trees on speeder bikes!!!! Thanks gents!! Fantastic as always!!!

[@themenagerie5247]

If they’re on koraban shouldn’t the ground be a reddish orange?

[@paulbeattie1182]

Excited to see how this develops. ❤

[@the23rdradiotower41]

These are amazing I need to try this sometime, one idea though you could have the knees and boots painted as if they have been walking in the elusive imperial dirt.

[@damianallen4964]

Once again, im reminded to utilize small sculpting additions. I have a custom bounty hunter for necromunda, based on the kelermorph model. I wound up add some green stuff to fill in the space that would have been filled by the third arm, and his poncho/half cloak was just that little bit extra, that the model warranted.

[@joeycostanzo9755]

That was awesome, I’ve got like 3 or 4 stormtrooper corps, I want to make one into like a 501 style to be elite looking. Just gotta get supplies and time

[@DigWitch]

I love your energy, mate. I am just getting into the hobby and your enthusiasm is infectious :)

[@eliascalabretta909]

Ngl, I loved the not so subtle nod to Mr Showmanship himself haha! Next up you should have a squad of troops inspired by Liberace himself hehe

[@Agherosh]

Those teddy bears with sticks are nightmare fuel if you ever fought against them.

[@quintu5]

I don´t like Star Wars anymore but this project rocks! Good job.

[@bananagoose2469]

Same I don’t really like Star Wars anymore

[@Selckunk]

Excited to see more custom kitbashing in Star Wars legion

[@Ryuondo]

That has given me some ideas for my Rebel army! And my Imperial army!

[@ivanivanovich4294]

As a waffen SS player, an easy way to do splotch camo is to use foam from mini packages.

[@VonBek2009]

Loved this video. I am so going to do this (at least try!). One request, I love your style and just don't change it (I mean your Vids, painting is awesome but we all change as we learn), I've seen too many channels start to get above the way they started and its the "homely" feel (and the awesome content as well as yourself) that makes this channel. Just keep it coming. 😀

[@RuthlessMojo]

Now a Liberace Stormtrooper that would be something. A pink jumpsuit, huge fur coat and massive pimp rings. And he would play the Star Wars theme on a grand piano.

[@richardkinkead7823]

That is really cool. Now I'm thinking of doing that.

[@JanWeg]

Yeah more Legion content. It's such a great game

[@tylerhunt5578]

This is a great way to spice up your scouts snipers! Another way you can spice up your imperials is by getting blast effects from Deadly Print, they have a whole bunch of special effects!

[@joseffranz3872]

They're like Scout Troopers from Tanith. Love it

[@hoxoboxo]

Yay for more sw minis. Great job on scouts

[@alessiodecarolis]

This conversion job it's as amazing as it's simple! One of my biggest regret had always been that either SW Legion's minis are too big for 28/30mm, AND that no one ever tought of making a boxed set(s) in hard plastic, as for Stargrave, imagine how many conversions and scratchbuildings would've been possible! P.s. you could also use some lichens from Christmas' decorations for the gillie suits.

[@denizplays1307]

You shall bless the algorythm but espically the emperor that this video was recommended to me and immediately took your channel to my liking Congratulations: you earned yourself a new subscriber!

[@lukestange]

star wars legion is super cool rules wise. im working on my clones painted as the outer rim battalion headed by Captain Keeli and Ima-Gun Di. it's a great game!

[@paytonpehrson7741]

I would love to see what you could do with more of the Legion models. Things like the Phase 1 Clone Upgrade pack, General Grevious, Droidekas, the GAVw... I would love to see your spin you put on them.

[@Wyvernacular]

this video has reinvigorated me to finish my imp army thanks !

[@killerhappyface]

I know you said anime-inspired /Guard/, but the first image that popped into my head was a Tau army that focuses exclusively on blobs faceless of infantry and a small number of highly customized superheavy battlesuit, with no midsize units in between. Either way, excited to see it when you get to it! As for this video, those ponchos look amazing, and I'm totally gonna try making some cloaks for my own minis using the same method!

[@marceloaugusto9787]

Star Wars Armies > Warhammer 40k Armies

[@mr_hairy_bacon356]

Not in the slightest

[@Binzob]

@@mr_hairy_bacon35640k wishes it could be star wars.

[@viityazz9466]

Wonderful job on these Scouts troopers. You made my favorite unit even cooler 😎

[@cybergames3436]

If you want to add colour to your leigon army, may i suggest giving your stormtroopers pauldrons and their survival packs to up variation, black pauldrons can be used for all troopers, though you could try a coppery red for a stormsurgeon and yellow for a rifleman. If you want to do a stormtrooper squad in the style of sternguard you could do a squad of feild stormtroopers. (Edit) could do an assault stormtrooper squad, which is just a stormtrooper with yellow arm stripes and helmet markings.

[@damonlied9495]

at 2 min in, i find that a glass bottle with rubber bands around the edges to work as a thickness gage works amazing for greenstuff cloaks and ponchos.

[@KacyJones]

Incredible job! It would be awesome to see some more Star Wars Legion videos!

[@croakingfroggie]

I like the poncho idea, it reminds me of Misty from Task Force 99 from the Star Wars comics.

[@jangru1804]

Great idea with ponchos! It inspired me to do the same with Clone Troopers!

[@GeneralHomsar]

Awesome. I might have to get more scout troopers. Long Live the Empire.

[@retrostoryteller]

The ability to kit bash and cobble together your own version of a mini is what got me to convince a whole store to switch from At-43, which really was a fun game, to Warhammer 40k.

[@Billchu13]

Mandalorians canonically have color so they are my faves. Also, Din Djarin color scheme on troopers looks dope

[@how7227]

Hey man! Loved the video, but you NEED to put all your legions videos in a playlist cuz it hasn’t been updated in a while and i’d love the binge them all. Keep up the great work man!

[@wolfsurge1]

Do I see an army painting marathon coming!?!? YES PLEASE! Lol

[@1_BhS]

I felt the same way and I actually painted my imperial army as Nova Troopers and I painting my Commander and Opperatives as my dogs. For my Darth Vader figure, I also gave him a unit of what would essentially be his 501st but they were painted with face paint to match his paint job based of of my dog similar to Ashoka's stormtroopers

[@snownoheakennedy9561]

Squad makings bro. They don't have to be directly from the movies. You can make them early stormtroopers who still have the clone legion makings and colors. You can have them be planet or station troops. Who have color additions for rank or the planet their posted too. They can be post empire troops. So their armor can be painted from PlanetSide colors, or Mando inspired paints. Like there's a ton of inspiration you can take from legends, and the expanded universe as a whole. Like my Mando army is painted as Clen Fett and Mando Crusaders. There is a lot you can do.

[@bwild7859]

Love this! For the stormtrooper upgrades I tried to make shadow troopers in mid active camo cloak! I’d love to see how you’d give it a go!

[@mjhsinclair]

Anime-inspired Guard.

[@euansmith3699]

Tanith First and Furry.

[@Lies-are-Life]

Some imperial troopers do have different armor colors. Tho the poncho idea is pretty accurate, as scout troopers do wear that on rainy planets, as well as wear camo armor