Kuat City

 

The war rages on! With the Republic solidly entrenched in Kuat, the separatists launch an assault on the capital, to establich a base from wich to spread their evil dominance. Grievous himself leds the offensive, that clashes with Kenobi's forces outside Kuat City.

The Jedi Master leds from the front indeed, jumping into the central redoubt ahead of his men

The clones follow him closely, taking cover in the trees

First to fall are the B2, sniped by a missile from the BARC speeder

Both generals fight it out

But the evil cyborg is quickly dispatched

The Republic is in the enemy deployment zone and carries away the day

Heavy Coughing!

 

General Grievous! The final element of the separatist army is of course its leader. Grievous was a kalee that swore to destroy the Jedi after they prevented him from genociding a specie of mantis like aliens, that had invaded his planet and killed his grilfriend. After being gravely wounded he got a new droid body that houses what remains of his heart, lungs and brain, and allowes him to wield up to four lightsabers at once and sustain tremendous wounds. He's also armed with an uncivilized powerful blaster pistol. Despite his cowardice and apalling performance (was captured in the series by gungans of all people!), he's my favourite baddie character of the Clone Wars. You just gotta love his evil appearance, that malevolent laughter followed by his iconic coughing!

The model looks a bit wonky because it isn't designed to have a cape and four arms at the same time, so I had to tweak him a bit in order to fit all the parts

Hello there! Haha hey what's up General Kenobi! You are a bold one.

B2 superbattledroids

 

The B2 superbattledroids were an improvement on the previous B1 design, to make up for the weaknesses evidenced during the battle of Naboo. This model had improved armour and programming, coupled with thick duranium armour. The vital processors and sensors were buried deep inside the torso, wich allowed the B2 to keep fighting despite having suffered horrendous damage. Their cost was high however, and they never fully replaced the B1s as intended.

I gave one of the droids a separatist (Macragge) blue fringe to identify him as the unit's leader

Virgin B1 vs Chad B2

Droidekas

 

The destroyer droids are one of the best nits of the separatist army, they bring to the battlefield a deadly combination of firepower and speed. However they are volnerable to attacks from the rar and melee

 

Wheel mode

Star Wars Legion: first game

Kuat besieged! While the Grand Army of the Republic is embroiled in the Outer Rim, the separatists launch a surprise attack on its main shipyards in the Kuat system. With most of the surface under control of the droid army, the task to retake the planet from General Grievous falls to Obi Wan Kenobi and a select force hurriedly redeployed from the front.

Having painted most of the starter set in two weeks it was time for the first playtest, the initial game is pretty simple: kill more units than the enemy to win

First on the offence are the clone troopers, they take cover and shoot with their blasters

Next are the droidekas, that rush forward and open fire

While Kenobi and his men advance tentatively, Ahsoka runs for cover

Both sides have engaged in a first and undecisive turn

Next turn, Kenobi seizes the initiative and hits the droidekas

Next to him, Ahsoka charges the superbattledroids, killing one

While clones and droids take pot shots at one another, Grievous and Kenobi clash in the center of the battlefield, starting one of their iconic duels

Both sides recieve wounds, but the jedi's defensive stance gives him the edge

Meanwhile, commander Tano has scrapped some clankers

The droids on the left have been destroyed by concentrated fire while Ahsoka has been injuried

The rest of the B1s soon fall to the superior clone firepower

The duel ends when Ahsoka jumps into Grievous and stabs him in the back

Finally, the last destroyer is blown up by two clone squads

With the planet back on its hands, the Republic readies to face the inevitabe seppy counterattack

Battledroids

B1 battledroids for Legion. These were the first members of the droid army that showed up in Star Wars, notably stupid and little more than comic relief, they form the core of any separatist force. These little guys were a nightmare to assemble, legs, torso and backpack are pretty straightforward, but the arms were a torture to fit. Thankfully, they are easy to paint: two coats of vallejo yellow ochre with an umber ink wash, followed by black weapons with a sea grey drybrush. Should you want to give them any weathering, I reccomend doing it after the wash, since the ink tends to cover up the metal chipping.

Security droids/E-5C heavy weapon

Command droids

E-60R missile launcher

 

Star wars campaign maps

 

Kuat

Corellian Run (orbit BFG, ground Legion)