Back to Imperial Assault today with the miniature for Grand Admiral Thrawn. He’s a “Chiss”, which roughly translates to “Human but blue, of the Blue Man Group”.

I’ve never really known Thrawn in any significant way. I know he was the Big Bad from one of the 1990’s video games, possibly on the N64. I mean, I could look it up obviously, but I’m busy typing here! Then he was in some books, became a fan favourite for some reason. Maybe the books were well written?

I believe he was also in at least one of the Animated shows that I haven’t seen. Probably Rebels due to it’s place in the timeline. And then he shows up in Ashoka, which I also have not watched. But in Ashoka his stuff is all falling apart and broken and his stormtroopers are undead or something and held together with red bandages and golden glue. Something about the (former EU) Deathtroopers being reconfigured and transported into the new canon, and something about Nightsisters which I know very little about. I’m sure I’ll watch all that crap eventually, so no need to fill me in as I appear to have absorbed quite a lot of spoilers through osmosis already.

And here hs is alongside the Legion models of Vader and Palpatine. Yep, Admiral Chiss here is a tall boi, and so I can probably use him in Legion, though there’s also an official model coming out soon. His base is a little short for a stormtrooper, but it’s okay, as I’ve recently printed off some lifts for shorty bases like this one. You’ll see one of them in action in a few posts once I’ve taken some photos. This is also why I’ve based him with the same “is it sand, or just light dirt?” looking basing style as my Legion models.

Once again, Thrawn counts towards both Dave Stone’s Paint What You Got Challenge 25-26, and also count towards Anne’s 2026 Miniature Assembly Challenge as once again, I did have to clean up the mold lines on Thrawn, and that was done in January.