Major Thomas Foolery's War Room: Into the Wasteland: Caesar’s Legion and Scatter Terrain

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Into the Wasteland: Caesar’s Legion and Scatter Terrain

So far I have been using 3D printed proxy miniatures for my Fallout project, but I took the plunge and bought the offical figures for Caesar's Legion from Fallout New Vegas. While the Vermillion Miniatures proxy Spartans are nice, I wanted something with more firepower that looked game accurate. The listed price for the box of eight miniatures on the Modiphius site is US $60.21 ($7.53 per figure), which isn't justified, but I was able to find a box for a little over half that price elsewhere.

Modiphius Fallout: Wasteland Warfare Caesar's Legion 32mm miniatures

The figures were produced in a flexible resin and needed to be assembled. The casting quality was average, with some flash buildup and a few of the bases having chunks missing off the edges. The sculpting was fairly decent, but nothing better than the unofficial 3D prints on the market. For painting, I used Fallout New Vegas screen captures for reference, but opted to brighten the reds to give them more pop on the table.

So here are the figures in detail:

Legion Recruits

Modiphius Fallout: Wasteland Warfare Caesar's Legion 32mm Recruit miniatures

Prime Legionaries

Modiphius Fallout: Wasteland Warfare Caesar's Legion 32mm Legion Prime miniatures

Legion Explorer and another Prime Legionary

Modiphius Fallout: Wasteland Warfare Caesar's Legion 32mm Explorer and Legion Prime miniatures

A Centurion with salvaged power armor elements and a thermic lance, along with a Decanus commander.

Modiphius Fallout: Wasteland Warfare Caesar's Legion 32mm Centurion and Decanus miniatures

In addition to the troops, I also painted up some more scatter terrain. Many of the elements were 3D prints from Etsy (they often came as part of the figure sets from Vermillion Miniatures), but I also picked up some nice resin pieces from TT Combat.

Phoenix Fizz vending machines from TT Combat. You can build them with the doors open or closed, and the back panel can be left on or off.

28/32mm Apocalyptic Wasteland Scatter Terrain: TT Combat and Vermillion Miniatures

Bits of furniture. The dressers could be assembled with different drawer layouts for variety.

A raider throne from Vermillion, along with a mix of junk from both companies.

Small rock formations from Vermillion, along with a Deathclaw nest.

3D printed piles of street debris (both pieces are the same, just rotated). The 3D print lines were fairly prominent, but I opted not to spend the time needed to fully sand everything down. I think they will still look good on the table.