Legion will be the first time I'll ever try painting my miniatures, so I'll probably keep it simple for any special designs. I know I'm going to paint the shoulder right shoulder of each trooper in the squad to match the color I choose for the commander so I can make sure squads don't get mixed up during battle.

I'll also see if I can paint one of the commanders with the paint job that showed up in Force Unleashed.

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5 hours ago, VanorDM said:

I've never seen Paris, but I don't doubt it's there. I've never run into it myself but I've heard of it happening often enough to believe it does happen.

That's not been my experience at all. Most of the 40k players I've encountered seem to expect codex approved stuff, and it's a even bigger deal in historicals.

I can't speak for historical wargames, where I suspect you're spot on in terms of the expectation of historical accuracy, but I really don't think this has ever been a serious issue in 40k. I played GW games for over 20 years (fell off the GW wagon a couple of years ago), I was a GW Store Manager for 11 years, and have run/been involved in various tournaments in the London area during that time. Literally the *only* 2 times I have seen (or heard of) anyone having their minis turned down for a game was one guy who had modelled bunny ears and cotton tails on his Playboy Marines, and that was because it was the complaining party's opinion that it was just plain daft. Which I think was pretty reasonable, to be honest. But even that guy hadn't come across that attitude before. The other time, the guy had modelled his Imperial Guard to look like the Iraqi Republican Guard, complete with Saddam Hussein army general, and Scud launchers for artillery. Again, he got plenty of games, but occasionally someone would think it was in extremely bad taste.

So, in summary, I think it's *highly* unlikely that people will refuse to play your non-canon colour scheme stormtroopers as long as your treating the Star Wars IP with a bit of respect. So fluffy bunny ears and cotton tails may not be a wise choice, but hey, it's your hobby. I would also be gobsmacked if you were turned away from any official tournament for having the 'wrong' colour figures, unless you'd somehow made them appear potentially offensive, like painting Nazi swastikas on them, or something similar.

Most wargamers like a bit of variation, it makes the scene a lot more interesting to see new conversions and funky colour schemes, rather than endless armies that look virtually identical.

9 hours ago, Andreu said:

Painting them will probably make them look canonically speaking like a different unit... Black for death troopers for example. But there is room for small interesting color changes. If u check the battlefront game u can get some ideas like the red markings but this might actually popup at some point as expansions bringing different weapons or the likes

I cannot wait until all the tryhards go to tourneys with their stormtrooper models painted black, their deathtrooper models painted white, etc. just to confuse the **** out of their opponents. Since I'm assuming there will be no official rules requiring models to be painted (or painted in any particular way).

unfortunately in the EU its explained that Stormtroopers have labels in "invisible ink" on their armor that the helmets can pick up. its how they can differentiate each other.

honestly just do what you want. whats nice about miniature wargames is you can create your own background for your armies. iconic characters "should" be the same atleast like vader. but an imperial officer could easily match your stormtroopers. its up to you. If you want neon pink troopers, do it. people will complain im sure but f those guys. But a blue scheme for a water world like kamino or mon cal is fine. Look at some of the clone trooper armors. 501st was Blue, Cody was Yellow, dude yoda killed was green. You can just make up a story how they are the remnants of that battalion and honor their progenitors.

Ill stick to movie scheme for my imperials because I love the look and i hate myself so i punish myself by painting white.

if/when I paint the rebels they will most definitely be in a custom scheme for some unknown planet. The rebels are less organized and more rag tag so it works.

Imperial armor was white so it stood out, it adds to the fear factor (i smoke rocks joe rogan), and they want their presence to be known so people don't act a fool. modern police do the same thing with having POLICE on their uniforms in bright colors.

17 hours ago, VictoryLeo said:

I don't know if Legion will ever have those types of gamers playing. Other than the license, I don't think you're going to pull a lot of people away from Warmahordes or 40K.

I've had player refuse xwing games because they cant handle seeing mirror match factions, same with the rebel tie. Never assume............

As for schemes, do what feels right for you. There will no doubt be clone schemes, eu schemes, camo and a host of themes from outside the movies...... whatever madness you devise there will no doubt be someone even crazier

18 hours ago, Vineheart01 said:

Technically you could just do what Space Marines do in 40k

Paint them in whatever scheme you want, give them some random name as a Successor chapter of another established chapter to use their rules. (even though in this case it literally just aesthetics).

Paint them in hot pink and call them the "Fairytroopers"

"It's not pink, it's salmon!" . I have no doubt we'll see brony legion at some point as well.

Remember that Star Wars spans an entire galaxy. That means millions of planets and trillions of people. If the empire truly controls the galaxy then there are probably more battalions of stormtroopers than there are people on Earth. There is so much room for variety and backstories, even to the basic stormtrooper. Now imagine the possibilities for the ragtag rebellion! I was so excited to see different species represented in the rebels models already.

ALWAYS employ 'the rule of cool' when painting minis...you bought them, you're painting them...make them your own. Anybody who won't play because they disapprove of your desert camo painted Stormtroopers isn't someone you want to play with.

I have a pink Raider and a pink Interceptor (Ciena Ree) for Armada and no one has ever objected. H*** that Raider gets a lot of compliments and people always laugh at the Interceptor. In casual play I just can't see someone refusing to play because of my choices in paint jobs and if they did it would be the last time I scheduled a game with that person. In tournaments if it happened I would love it. Go ahead and forfeit your match against me because my paint job ruins your immersion. I paid for my minis just like anybody else and if I want to paint them brown, glue pieces of dried corn to them, and call them Pooper Troopers so be it. I'm a grown a** man, don't try to tell me how I can and can't play with my toys.

On 8/24/2017 at 8:24 PM, BergerFett said:

Imperial armor was white so it stood out, it adds to the fear factor (i smoke rocks joe rogan), and they want their presence to be known so people don't act a fool. modern police do the same thing with having POLICE on their uniforms in bright colors.

I look at this like real earth soldiers.

You've got your class A's, right?

You've got your BDU's.

Worn on a base they're nice, clean and standardized.

Out in the FOB or the field, however, people start personalizing their gear.

Think Joker in the second half of Full Metal Jacket.

I think it's entirely reasonable to have unit markings on stormtroopers. Honestly it was visually one of my favorite parts of The Clone Wars series.