In November 2021, I went to the ToyConNJ / Legions Con in Wayne, with no idea what a Legions Con is. This is what I found when I
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| Figures by Rich Kise. Click photo to enlarge. |
In 2015, Four Horsemen Studios began a Kickstarter campaign to create Mythic Legions, a series of figures with interchangeable parts that buyers could mix and match to create their own characters.
Fans of the series took that idea and ran with it, creating their own interchangeable parts using 3-D printers, their own figures from scratch, even architectural environments, all to scale with Mythic Legions. These independent figure designers occupied the bulk of the tables at the convention.
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Having sculpted my own characters in Sculpey for drawing reference (seen in these posts), I was in awe of the creativity and level of detail. I talked to some of the artists and learned that it takes a lot of patience to do this kind
It's a craft that requires a variety of skills including character design, painting, and digital sculpting for 3D printers. All of these figures were painted by hand. It's no surprise that the prices are as high as you'd expect to see in an
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| Figures by Eric Lebron. Click photo to enlarge. |
And Legion Con is steadily growing. Their first two-day event is scheduled for the end of this year. In New Jersey of course.
To see more from the artists who were showing at the convention, here are their Instagram links: Luis Torres, Nikki Nikole, Brian Burke, Rich Kise, Eric Lebron, Oberon, and anythingsposable.
All of the photos in this post were taken by me at the 2021 Legions Con in Wayne, New Jersey. My previous post on visiting toy conventions is over here.
