Have been inspired recently to paint my Separatist army for Star Wars Legion, after our last game. At the time, I opted to focus heavily on the Separatists, and went ahead and planned out an army. Since then, I have acquired all of the rest of the figures, assembled them, and am now working on steadily painting the set. For me, this is a major accomplishment – I used to play 40k and Fantasy Battle routinely with unpainted figures.
Sadly Darth Maul is apparently sold out everywhere, so I ended up having to substitute in Count Dooku. Not my first choice, and a bit more expensive, but still workable in the overall plan for the force. Likely will swap to Maul if and when he becomes available.
Thus far, I have the primary painting done on two units of B1 battle droids, General Grievous, and a unit of Droidekas (coincidentally all the starter set figures). More than a few more to paint up. Show here is a sample B1 – the color scheme is basic, and obviously some detail could be improved, but at a few feet of distance, it is more than acceptable quality. I am not happy with the base yet – the “grass” did not work with a flat color, and the base ring isn’t very clean. My next goal is to update and correct the base, to include texture, static grass, and a cleaner color. Originally I had gone for a squad color for the base, but I think I will lean more to a traditional black instead, only to be consistent (and flexible) with the figures.
