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I kind of hated his old design. So have a new one

As always please click and zoom for best quality, my phone hates me

Edit: WAIT I FORGOT TO POST THE NOTES

His armor is the closest of CF99's to the reg armor he wore as a member of the 501st. I don't know what this means for the reg armor cause I keep changing it's design every few months but you know what. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

He keeps his ARC Legionary pauldrons because one does not simply stop being an ARC Legionary after one is exploded, half-necromanced, and rescued from Islands Of Death (tm). He also keeps his handprint because why did you take it away from him The Bad Batch Design Team

His right arm (scomp) and legs are completely skeletonized from the mid-upper-arm and mid-thigh down. So basically everything below the elbow and knees. He does hate having to look at them so his legs are pretty heavily-armored, but his arm, because the necromancy that holds it together is slightly different than the necromancy that does his legs (I'll explain this in a second) can't hold armor because the Death Magic (tm) corrodes right through it and is therefore usually uncovered. For entirely unrelated reasons, he goes barefoot and doesn't wear sabatons, as you can kind of see here (it's cause all the little bones kept getting stuck in the hinges, and even when he tried to wear Ye Olde Socks, they'd get. Stuck on the socks instead.)

His arm itself actually holds the capacity to Necromance, because how else was he supposed to be used as a human conduit for The Evils. As you can see in his portrait. Anyway. So I took a little bit of creative license in the reference because there usually isn't that sick-green magic swirling around it, only when he is actually Being A Necromancer (which have i mentioned he hates). However. Even when he is not actively engaged in necromancy, since his arm itself is held together by this more potent kind of magic, it'll still seep a kind of what I'll call passive necromancy all the same- this is what keeps corroding his arm armor. What this does not mean is that he kills or corrodes everything he touches- it's only when he touches it for an extended period of time- like, an hour or more of unbroken contact.

His headpiece was given to him during his time on Skako Minor. He hates it (like he hates his skeleton-ness) but he wears it because it helps keep his necromancer-abilities in check- meaning, he can regulate when he wants to use the full extent of his arm. When he's not wearing it, it's constantly necromancing all the time and can't really stop it. This makes Tantiss A Fun Time For Him (it doesn't fit right under helmets that are not his custom helmet, so he can't wear it undercover, which means that the whole time he's trying to be undercover on Tantiss his arm keeps melting his stolen armor, he has a throbbing necromancy-induced headache, his eyes are glowing through the visor of his stormtrooper helmet, and he has to watch how much he speaks lest people say to him, "Hey why do you sound like you're speaking with the multitudinous voices of the dead?")

Small Little Details For Funsies:

The skull on his chestplate can be found on the left medallion of his pauldrons.

His kama has two layers. why? IDK but it looks cool. It's also after the style of his 501st kama.

His belt buckle has a 99 on it. Because I couldn't figure out what to put there.

Alrighty there's The Commentary!

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Solitude

based on this fic by my dear friend and conspirator, @seeking-elsewhither

For those of you still unaware, her Imperial AU is now the official canon for The Bad Batch in the High Fantasy Star Wars AU. Man I love collaborations :D

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Do Togruta's still have fangs in this AU?

Okay so this is a thing I'm still on the fence about. Cause I want to say yes but I don't know if it's a biological thing or if, like, adult Togrutas file their canines?

So they have those distinctive blades in their culture- you know, the wavy ones? and those are colloquially known as "fangs"

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BEHOLD

my poor doomed boy

please click and zoom for best quality. tumblr hates me i am so sorry for the inconvenience

You were not supposed to be a prophet. You were born and bred to be a soldier- your native tongue is the language of clashing steel and death rattles. But here you are, thrust into this role as though you were some ill-fated grandson of Cassandra, uttering insanities that no one believes. Good legionary, you sleep among the stars now. I hope the afterlife is kinder to you than the Archipelago ever was.

AKA your best friend @seeking-elsewhither watches THAT arc, and so you spend the next five days slaving over perhaps the most ambitious piece of art you've ever crafted with pen and colored pencil

I've been told my highly-stylized artstyle looks like stained glass before, so I decided to play wayyyy into that and just. Make a stained glass. Of Fives. And of course cause it's stained glass it has to be HFSW

I will do an analysis of the piece eventually because there are like. Twenty layers of symbolism in this alone. But- and here I am speaking specifically to May- before I do I want you to tell me which ones you can pick out on your own. A fun little game >:D

And now, have a face detail and also the lineart, cause I think it's good lineart, and also a black and white version for funsies :)

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GASP

WHO PLAYS THE HURDY GURDY?!

GASP

Okay my HEART says Hardcase but my BRAIN says "You absolute buffoon, he already plays the accordion"

But you know what would be really funny. Like. Like so so funny

Wolffe

And it's like. He can make absolutely beautiful music with it but because the name is so ridiculous it's like. His deepest darkest secret. So publicly he plays the war snare. If anyone were to find out he is prepared to kill to keep his secret (i am only half-joking here)

Plo Koon is the only one who knows

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How does food work out on Kamino? How do they grow it? How do they make it? Is seafood a heavy portion, or are they given a more balanced meal?

In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Captain Nemo sources his food entirely from the ocean from various organisms, both plant and animal (I can send you pictures of those parts if you like). Is it similar?

And do the clones end up disliking freshwater creatures if their diet is mostly seafood? Or do any, if not all, grow sick of seafood?

What of ration bars? Are you declaring them obsolete, or do they have an in-world equivalent?

Here I am, answering three questions in one post. Look at me go.

Kaminoan Dietary Habits and Gastronomy: A Presentation

So, yes, there is a lot of fish consumption, but. Like. Not normal fish. Not the kind of fish that the citizens of the Archipelago eat. Kamino's like, deep into the twilight zone of the ocean. There's barely any light at all. Our boys are chowing down on hatchetfish and deep-sea squid. Throw some blobfish and bioluminescent jellyfish in there and I call that a balanced meal.

An important thing to note is that, being as dark as it is in the mesopelagic zone (by the way have i mentioned that the ocean is freakin' cool and i love it and i WILL be a nerd about it in my worldbuilding), there isn't enough light for adequate photosynthesis. Now, the Fortress still does have gardens and plants from when it was above the sea, but as it is, this provides for a very limited selection of flora, as most of the plants the Kaminoans grew and grow are herbs and other alchemical ingredients. Therefore, much of the "plant" material is actually harvested from plankton, which are either caught wild or, more often, grown in the Fortress itself and made into the ration-bars. (Ahsoka loves to poke fun at Rex and his algae biscuits whenever she catches him eating them.)

Surface food is an interesting experience. See, people can only go so long eating essentially raw anglerfish and plankton-cakes before they start to realize. Hey. What are we doing. So a lot of Clones are super enthusiastic about new foods and practically jump to try anything novel. That being said, there is a non-negligible group who are so used to a Kaminoan diet that they are hesitant to even be open to the possibility of any new tastes. And then there are a few guys in the middle, who are neutral on the whole deal.

Citrus fruits are a particularly divisive subject. There is nothing like fresh fruit in the Fortress, so Clones either love it or hate it. But regardless, it's a necessity on the High Seas, and a staple of their diet above the waters. There have been innovations for those who can't stomach it (dried, juiced, baked goods in particularly bad cases, et cetera), but it does eventually boil down to the fact that some people (cough cough echo) have to be tied to the mast and have someone else (cough cough kix) try to coax the kriffing things down their throats.

Chocolate does, in fact, exist, and also, in fact, may be the only unifying taste among the GAR. Also, most Clones to continue to be partial to seafood, because it's the most like home. Caf still exists and is very popular with everyone, except for those who would prefer tea. (Chocolate and coffee have been around for a very long time so I think I'm good adding them here.) Baked goods and confections are also extant, though their availability and type is dependent upon whatever island a person is on- for example, Coruscant or Naboo or Alderaan will have much more elaborate and higher-quality sweets than, say, Tatooine or Ryloth or Shili.

And yes, there are both real-world and Star-Wars specific food and drink and plants, just like there are in the animal world.

I hope this was interesting, and made sense :D

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I need to know EVERYTHING about Kaminoan magic.

If I kill the entire race, will their undersea city sink and the barrier give way? And is their magic like the Force, i.e. a muscle that they can't constantly use or they tire out and they have to put conscious effort to use? Or are they set apart from their magic in some way?

You mention a lot about their lamps being lit by their magic. Are there particular Kaminoan personnel for such jobs? Or is this something any Kaminoan can do?

Basically, how does their magic work?

Also, I'd love it if you could go further into Artificial Magic and True Magic. Which one are the Kammies more heavily reliant on?

OHOHO KAMINOAN MAGIC LET'S GO

Kaminoans are masters of alchemy- they've perfected false magic to the degree that to the undiscerning person it would look almost like True Magic. Their entire civilization is reliant on it- it keeps their barrier erected, powers their life-sustaining faculties (food, fresh water, heat and light, oxygen cycle, et cetera), and provides for them in quite literally every way. They physically could not survive without their alchemy.

The Undersea Barrier is kept sturdy by an enchantment placed upon a pendant worn by the current Prime Minister and passed down through the ages. Every so often, the enchantment does have to be renewed, but other than that, as long as this pendant (and thus, the enchantment it carries) is kept intact, Kamino Fortress is safe- and, even were it to be destroyed, the enchantment is cast so that the barrier would crumble slowly enough for any survivors to escape. (This is how Clone Force 99 is able to escape with their lives when the destruction of Kamino does eventually occur.) So, no, you wouldn't have to kill the entire race. You'd only have to capture the Prime Minister, and destroy the pendant, and wait.

Since Kaminoan magic is all alchemy, and none of it is innate (and, by the by, this is partially what separates True Magic from Artifical Magic), all that is required for life in Kamino to continue is that they are constantly supplied with enough supplies to continue spellcasting. They need enough ingredients to create their elixirs, they need enough physical objects to enchant, they need enough of Jango Fett's genetic material to continue producing Clones, et cetera.

Every Kaminoan is taught the basics of alchemy from a young age, though an individual's aptitude for it does vary. The most powerful alchemist of a generation serves as Prime Minister, and serves for life. However, there are many subdivisions of Kaminoan alchemists, including but not limited to: Herbalists, Fortress Maintenance (though the barrier protects from the waters around the fortress, the structure itself does need to be maintained to prevent it from falling into disrepair), Elixir-Chemists, designated Minders (for young Clones), Physicians, and others. To answer your questions specifically, I'd say that lantern-keepers would fall under the Fortress Maintenance branch. Nala Se (die) would be Head Alchemist of the Medical Division, so, yeah, still Chief Medical Scientist, just with a more fantasy-esque title.

(On a side note: Kaminoan medicine, because of their knowledge of the human body and alchemy in general, is far more advanced than the general science of the world above. It's much closer to what we'd consider modern medicine, while many in the Archipelago are still talking about phrenology and the four humors. The only group that could be truly said to rival their science is, in fact, the Jedi; however, much of their medicine is facilitated by the True Magic of the Force, and therefore many of the common people of the Archipelago don't understand it, and the Kaminoans themselves hold it almost in contempt, passing it off merely as miracle cures and not true medicine.)

You are NEVER pestering me, feel free to send in as many questions as you want, and if you want me to go into more detail about anything, PLEASE let me know and I will GLADLY answer!!

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AND THE CLONES

I LOVE YOUR DESIGN FOR THEM TOO DJRKEK

YES

Actually very very soon they are getting an Upgrade! So I'll make sure to tag you in that when it's done :DDDD

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I love your design for Ahsoka so much rjdjsjsnwnsnsnwnsnwmwmw

:DDDD

(I'm so glad you finally found this :D)

No seriously this made my NIGHT. Thank you Leelee :DDDDDDD

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Behold

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Have this beautiful Ahsoka I drew

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yeah.

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I was having Ahsoka thoughts. Again.

So obviously I had to draw some HFSW exile-era action and also Morai (sort of. i refused to use a reference)

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Jedi Nonsense part 1/?

Padawan Squire Tano has an unusual penchant for balancing her daggers on her nose. (Sir Skywalker swears that she uses the force to cheat.) This means that on a weekly basis half her troops get the time of their lives and the other half get heart palpitations.

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THE KNIFE COLLECTION

I am so sorry the quality is crap. There is a better-quality, knifeless version under the cut. I apologize profusely.

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Yeah it got cut off but the text reads

IS IT A CRIME FOR THEM TO BE HAPPY AND HAVE A FUNKY GOOD TIME??!?

I love them. By the way

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Strange, but true: I’ve never seriously drawn Commander Wolffe before. Thankfully, High Fantasy Star Wars.