I don’t know if this happens to everyone, but when I come home from a tournament my mind goes directly to wondering about my next project in that game system. As I mentioned last week I played in my first Star Wars Legions tournament, and of course had the urge to paint more models for the game. A quick chat to a friend with unused Legion models later and I’m apparently starting a Galactic Republic army!
First up on the painting table is Anakin Skywalker! I’ve already painted his future self so it only seemed fitting! The model is one of the newer Legion offering and was very nice to put together and a beautiful cast all around. Far cry from the early models which were made from that terrible boardgames model plastic.
As I’d done the glow effect on Vader’s lightsaber I felt I should do it here too, although I was very apprehensive about putting blue all over the face I’d just finished painting. Luckily I think it turned out ok.
I used the airbrush to sketch in the glow itself, and went back over and picked some highlights with a brush to accentuate the effect.
The lightsaber I painted after having done the airbrush work, as it was very much in the line of fire! I just did a somewhat textured gradient from blue to white using a brush.
When it came to basing him I wasn’t too sure what to do, but settled on a swampy look. This was nice and quick to do and should look nice over a whole army.
I also painted some terrain this week, but I’ll wait till I’ve received the new mat that goes with it before showing it off!
Lair of the Lagomorph 
Crikey, that’s brilliant Nicolas (no pun intended)! 🙂 The glow looks very realistic I think!
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Thanks John!
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The OSL is perfect and I always hate having to cover up perfectly good things I’ve painted with lighting effects. It just always feels bad to me! Thankfully, if it turns out, then you have something to really be proud of and I think Anakin is more than worthy of that. Also, I’m the same way generally that getting a game or several games in helps fuel my painting. Its not a bad tactic for any time your momentum is slipping either!
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Thanks! Yeah it’s a bit of trepidation because if you get it wrong it’s not going to be fun, but you know the risk is worth it because the miniature will be a lot better for it if you go for it!
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Meesa likeums dat goodums paintin’, Annie! Dem lightins looksa all shiny-bright!
Yipeee!
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Well that cracked me up haha. Well done being the first gungan reply I’ve ever gotten on a post!
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That lightsaber is absolutely spectacular! I’m just getting in to painting Legion myself and I’ve been really struggling with how to make lightsabers ‘work’ outside of painting them for one specific angle (i.e. the white line down the middle).
This has really given me something to think about.
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Thanks a lot! I had the same issue with trying to figure out how to do lightsabers actually. I ended up watching a video on YouTube by Sorastro’s painting and he did the lightsabers with that gradient from hilt to tip which I really liked. His are very smooth, but I like adding a bit of texture (I.e. lazy blending 😉 ).
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