Imperial Remnant Stormtroopers

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Following the fall of the Empire, the standards of unit kit were...relaxed a bit.

The latest across the finish line for my Star Wars Legion hordes is a squad's worth of Remnant Stormtroopers. I say squad's worth because I will be divvying these 10 up amongst the three squads that I Currently have (2 squads painted, one still in progress). Hence the differing colors of the bases' rims.

Some of these guys don't seem to trust Remnant logistics and instead carry extra gear on their own initiative.

In the future, Wet-weather/Mimban Stormtroopers will be released. Unless their rules are amazing (am not sure what a poncho will actually add to game play), I will just be mixing those up into my existing squads for a further motley appearance. 

Lacking the large orange shoulder pauldron, these two squad leaders have had to make do with a mere shoulder pad stripe and bandana for visual reference. The orange flowers on the one guy's base is purely coincidental. 

I don't use the Imperial Remnant battle force rules as they are too restrictive vs. my collection, to be able to even reach the point limits for Recon-sized games. I also do not know why Shoretroopers are required for the Imperial Remnant since they made no appearances in the Mandalorian series on which said battle force is based. 

Just a closer detail pic for this bunch showcasing everything from cracked helmets to starfish and crustaceans on their bases. Speaking of, I couldn't resist putting white flowers (in lieu of snow) all over the base of the guy with the Snowtrooper helm. 

Up next I have more terrain is on the painting docket, though I may sneak in a mini or two to break the monotony. 

The log on this guy's base is originally from the Ewok trapper that I used here. 

Imperial Bunker for Star Wars Legion

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Imperial control has been established.

While fairly generic, the darker grey color scheme gives this a strong Imperial vibe. I modified it slightly adding a different pintle mounted cannon than the one it came with (though I don't know if that will ever be used as such). 

I guess they shoved those empty containers out of the roof hatch and over the side, leaving them there to rot...

The cannon I believe comes from the 'Bus' model kit. I won an eBay auction of spare weaponry and this piece fit on here perfectly!

Adding a multitude of tufts and laser cut plants to the bases is becoming one of my favorite parts of painting nowadays.

Nothing to see here citizen. Move along, move along...

A squad of 4-5 guys could fit in here easily. 

Command consoles and monitors.

While visually interesting, this floor would be hell on anyone stationed within. Either there is a thin, not visible mesh covering the gaps in the floor, or else all station crews no doubt suffer from a multitude of foot and ankle injuries. 

I also finished my second destroyed Rebel gun emplacement. This one is a little narrower than the previous one I painted, but in the end was done in the same style and came out nicely, I think. 

This one got a bit more torched than the last one.

It is however, also being taken over by vegetation.

The interior of this one is now the realm of weeds, rather than gunnery crews.

At this point all I have left to paint terrain-wise is one more Massa'dun-styled building, and 3 more of my custom POIs using the old moisture evaporators and priority supplies pieces. 

Terrain, terrain, terrain!

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Floyd's discount droid repair is open for business!

I was off on a staycation last week with my dad & stepmother visiting for the first half of it. It was a good visit with fun had by all. The second half of the week I had more or less to myself where I did a fair bit of hiking as well as miniature painting, terrain specifically. 

The wing tower is a separate piece for ease of storage & transport.

While the interior is lightly detailed, I glued the roof on as I couldn't fathom any troops fighting within the tight confines of the structure. Plus painting the interior was proving troublesome (which is the real reason I glued the top on). 

I recently bought several 3D printed pieces off of Etsy and have been worked on them thru the latter part of my week off. I used the Krylon filling primer which mitigated the worst of the print lines, though some are still visible. Overall, the print quality is really good considering all of the curved surfaces.

Like so many of the outlying Outer Rim worlds in the Andor series, I opted to go for the dirty & grubby look. Shocked, aren't you? 

The print lines are most visible on the roof panels, but nothing too terrible.

I tried priming over the Krylon but while the black GW spray seemed to go one fine, the Vallejo spray primer rubbed off a bit during handling/painting giving some of the surfaces a bit of a granular appearance. Not too big of a deal as this building is of an adobe-like construction, but I'll omit that step in the future.

This turret has been out of action for so long that plants have already taken root inside the wreckage.

A few flowers, maybe a lick of paint and she'll be as good as new!

I have another house in this Massa'dun style, as well as a bunker and two destroyed turret emplacements that would look right at home on Hoth. However, as I am not painting any of my forces like they are on Hoth, I have based my first wrecked turret for a more temperate climate. 

I actually got these pieces late the week before and put 'em in game the next day, straight out of the box, not even primed!

My droids suffered a thorough drubbing in this game, aside from Grievous who proved impervious having made 8 consecutive armor saves in a row! Poor Tom was tired of trying to kill him at that point.