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Given that Steve Lightle pretty much officially endorsed "Tiger Girl" as her name, I think it's safe to use that!

Brilliant as always!

I could have sent you the Showcase '95 scans if you'd asked!

Incidentally, a thought. Whenever you get round to the Legionnaires #43 rejectees ( ), d'you agree the black guy talking to Polar Boy and the giant Gecko from the cover are the same guy?

'Boot! I'll actually still take those scans if you have them. The ones I have are actually just a shrunk picture of a page and I was going to go on memory for the rest. Have no idea where my "Postboot Legion Guest Spot" issues are at the minute. I've got #43 for Cannus' other look.

Totally will be getting to applicants one day! I also love a good character-linking conspiracy and don't see why that can't be Gecko Lad.

^^This could generate a new theory that Gecko Lad and Policy Pam are cross-continuity soulmates!

They both know Polar Boy so already Pam has an in!

Just "Gecko", please. It's postboot we're talking about!


See attached. There's no really great shots of any of them, that said. [Also, remember that the Legion World guys were members of the Legion Cadet Program. The only Academy students we actually saw postboot were these three guys!]

I completely forgot about Brawler's vest. Worth it. Thanks, Reboot.

Submission 87: LEGION CADETS (Postboot)

Not sure why I waited so long to post the Legion Cadets. Probably chronological OCD since I didn't have Cannus and company done? I've been sitting on them for months.

Clearly I haven't been doing much in the way of Micro Heroes or really any virtual graphic design of late. Despite that, the other day I started fiddling around with the templates I had been using. Love the Bruce Timm style, but the proportions with the heads especially have always bothered me. So I tried to create some more realistic, proportionate base bodies to use. Ones that I could modify further to make different heights or ages, so there'd be more variety in the look of the Legionnaires.

Here's a before and after with some 70s Legionnaires, who are actually the first I ever micro'd:



What does everyone think? I've been wanting to remake some of the original Legionnaires. I need to with the girls since the originals were so small anyway, so why not go all out with new templates? Feedback is appreciated. Thanks for looking!

Great job on the cadets! The new style looks good...definitely better proportioned. You've got one yea vote for the remakes!

I also love the new designs! I'll definitely be checking out any redesigns you post.

Could Ringtoss and the one-eyed unnamed cadet be the same (but miscolored) person? I have no idea but I'd guess one-eyed races aren't all that comon in the UP!

With the right colorist or artist on the Legion, I'd like to think any similar-looking background characters could be linked. I did wonder if a number of the UP Military Cadets later were based off unnamed kids in the background from the Khund War. The one-eyed Ringtoss you mention is an example, but there was also a long haired gentleman next to him that could have been the template for Jagged.

Thanks for the feedback, Ken and IB! I'm leaning toward remakes as well, focusing on teams rather than individuals. I remember the few team shots I posted were a hit. Made a buffed up base body last night for the Mon-Els and Andromedas of the world. Now for a teen body...

Can you tell me what the powers of Ringtoss, Jagged, R327 and Dragonfly are? Do they have real names?

Real names were never given for them in an official capacity I don't believe. They all first appeared within six months of the reboot so they fell through the cracks fast.

Ringtoss seemed to fire energy rings from his eyes. Jagged shot sharp, concussive waves or knives of energy from his arms. R327 had a gun arm. Dragonfly just flew.

Future, Chris's comments on some of the Legion Cadets.

http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=621807&page=2

Just wanted to post to thank Future for the great work on these.

These still fascinate and inspire me, future!

Aw. A belated thank you to everyone for the kind words while I was gone. I'm glad you've all enjoyed these. As the "artist" I definitely look at them and realize a number of things I'd like to do differently, but that's life!

That's also why I started going back and redoing these. I just haven't gotten very far with them the past year to really post anything. Perhaps one day!

It's nice to know that there's still a chance of new ones Future.

I'd also be happy to see your redesigns, Future. But we're just glad to have you back and posting, so no pressure!



What a wonderful power! Look, Brainiac 5, she can FLY!

Would be great on any team not named the Legion of Super-heroes and who don't use flight belts or flight rings That's the challenge of writing any character who can "just" fly in the Legion's universe.

No big return to Micro Heroes yet, but I suppose you could call this a glimpse of what I've been working on for off and on the past few years.

What does everyone think?

Those look awesome, Future!

I especially like the Hal Jordan one.

Looks great! Can't wait to see more

Great to see more of these Future.