#Mereel Skirata

[arliganzey]

Tag your favorite Repcomm war criminal

[the-pixel-lover-extravagant]

The lack of clone troopers pin ups is a full blown epidemic

[verpineshatterrifle]

i want my aroace mereel headcanon to be its own post but im not gonna type all that again

[nocturius8015ficore]

Kal Skirata, Jango, Orum Wa and the Nulls (by me, Nocturius)

Nocturius: Oh crap, I thought I've already shared that one here, but, hey, enjoy!

It's a piece I made on Krita last Winter. It feel aaaaaaaaaaaaages ago since do RC and TBB content (well... mostly memes tbh) on a regular basis.

It took me over 50h to do. 9 characters, Tipoca City and the work of light and storm. That was an hard one for sure! Still not 100% happy with the perspective, shading and composition but that's a ''me'' problem as an artist. I tried hard to respect the books description and also material from The Clones Wars and Attack of the Clones for the visual as reference pictures. I found some useful concept art online too. That was a very formative project. I think it was the first time I did piece directly on Krita instead of scanning a sketch. I was getting more confident with my stylet and wacom!

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Here some WIP, for the funzies.

Go well with that fine fan-made audiobook reading of that exact scene! (no need to have read the first book to enjoy ^^)

[dr11ft]

bleach + tone

[starwarsanthropology]

Shhh…

I like Mereel a lot. He’s cheerful and personable and fun and very, very clever and very, very good at what he does. He’s my favorite null because he’s all those things and also has the capacity to be the scariest, eeriest bastard out of all of them.

[mamuzzy-creates-stuff]

"Not our problem" is totally not something a clone trooper would have said in this situation. A Clone Trooper doesn't have the "they don't pay me enough for this shit" mentality. The Stormtroopers knew the courier droid (now Chopper in disguise) supposed to have an escort and didn't even bother to check the anomaly.

Mereel and Ordo has opinions. Especially about Commander Fox. They will never let Commander Fox live down the shame allowing the the seppies destroy Coruscant's power generator.

I included my headcanon from my RepComm x TCW crossover, where Ordo and Fox aren't exactly in good terms.

[mamuzzy]

The other Nulls always ask advice from Mereel about Society™, and if he is gracious, he won't troll them.

[cc1010fox]

Kal: There's nothing better than a happy ad. Alpha-17: You haven't met a happy and safe ad then. Fox, running to Kal: Ba'vodu! Kal, sweeping Fox up: Fox'ika, how have you been? Fox, grinning cheekily: Happy and safe! Kal, laughing: Seems I have met one then. Fox: Where are the others? I have something to ask my ori'vod, Mereel! Kal: They're scouting our surroundings. Why don't you go see if you can find all of them? Fox, after being let down: Ok! Kal, after Fox runs off: How's the beskar'gam treating you? Alpha-17: It feels odd... Kal, chuckling: I bet it does! That old armor was practically your second skin. You grew up in it. Alpha-17: Yeah...but I don't miss it... Kal: I see you made some...interesting choices with your new armor... Alpha-17: Respectful choices. Kal: They better be. Jango is going to see right through your strategy. If you do it right, though, you might get his reluctant approval. Alpha-17: That's my hope. Kal: I'm guessing Fox is going to ask Mereel if he knows about Jaster Mereel. Alpha-17, chuckling: He's learned a lot about him, so I have no doubt.

[roseaesynstylae]

So, the idea of the Bad Batch (minus Echo, plus Emerie) being the other half of the Nulls has consumed my goddamn mind. Therefore, as you do when an idea takes up residence in your frontal lobe for the foreseeable future, here's some headcanons.

The Bad Batch (except for Echo and Omega, who have no clue what's going on) hate the Nulls. As in, "murder on sight" hate them. From an in-universe perspective, there could be a myriad of reasons, ranging from feelings of abandonment to resentment over them having a better life. From a writer's standpoint, it's because I love me some good old familial dysfunction and angst.

The more...unhinged...tendencies the Nulls are known for manifests in the Bad Batch more as "let's jump off this cliff and use explosives to direct our fall!" and less as "hey, check out my new skin gloves!" Of course, if you push them too far, it's a different story. In order of least to most likely to pull a "lemme turn you into an art installation," it's Omega, Wrecker, Hunter, Crosshair, and Tech. Omega wouldn't do that, at least not at this point in her life. Wrecker, when enraged, goes for the just-hit-them solution. Hunter's a decent human being and usually wouldn't do something like that...Unless his kid's been kidnapped by a crazy Imperial doctor for the fifteenth time, on which point he starts becoming a little deranged. Crosshair hovers close to the line but wouldn't do it to someone unprovoked. Tech is a special case, in that he has to be pushed, but when he is, the results make the rest of the Nulls go "JESUS FUCKING CHRIST."

The Nulls want to reunite with their lost siblings and build a relationship, but that's kind of hard to do when said siblings (except Omega) keep trying to kill them on sight and none of them were built for intricate and deeply complicated emotional issues. Still, they persist. Eventually, they could probably get to the level of "awkward conversations" but it'll take a lot of work.

The Bad Batch have what makes the Nulls superior to regular clone troopers, plus their unique enhancements (which in this version are less defects and more Nala Se picking an attribute for each of them and cranking it up to 11). They feel that it makes them better than the Nulls, something they're not shy about expressing.

Emerie is the same height as her estranged (I can't think of a word that applies to this specific situation but this one will do) brothers, because I stan a tall queen.

Nala Se is smug as hell whenever she sees Orun Wa. "CT-9904 just broke all records for accuracy, CT-9902 discovered a new element, CT-9903 crushed beskar like it was paper, and CT-9901 tracked a man through five systems and a solar storm. What are your clones doing, again?"

There is no understating the sheer "wtf" that goes through the Nulls' heads when they first see Omega. But, of course, this is Omega. Imagine the cutest image of her you've seen, fanart or canon. That's what the Nulls see when they meet her. Unsurprisingly, the Nulls, who got the Mandalorian gene to adopt anything that isn't nailed down, go from "wtf" to "so smol 🥰" in roughly a minute.

Kal Skirata is in the corner. His attempt to interact with the Bad Batch did not go well. He casually calls Hunter "son," as he does with various characters, and the resulting explosion puts a thermal detonator to shame. Since it's clear that his presence is not making things better, he's sort of just in the corner.

The rest of Clan Skirata, and associates, are staying out of this. Gilamar and Vau took one look and retreated to the bar because they know better than to get involved. Everyone else witnessed one of the less acrimonious encounters and collectively decided that they are not jumping into the emotional equivalent of a pit of rabid wolverines.

Echo is the go-between. He does not want to be the go-between. But he's the only neutral party in this thing aside from Omega, and the rest of the Batch don't trust the Nulls with her.

Spare a though for 99. He raised four of these guys, often with the aid of leashes. Truly, he is an unsung hero of the Clone Wars

[arliganzey]

talk about ordo if you want~ or like the nulls in general and their relationships with each other and other clones :3

Oh man where to start.

Ordo and Mereel are very near and dear to my heart, maybe I’ll start there. They’re close, right? And I see them as foiling each other in a lot of ways: Ordo is like a steady, straight line and Mereel is a squiggly line going erratically around him like a V-tach EKG. Mereel can hold it together better than the rest, and he’s always A-OK around Kal, but with Ordo he feels safe… not being okay.

I still don’t think Mereel allows himself to completely fall apart around anyone (INCLUDING HIMSELF). Ordo is the only exception. I think it’s still important to Mereel to seem “okay” even to the rest of the Nulls. (It’s totally unsaid that they all know none of them are truly “okay” but you get what I mean.) We had talked about when Mereel is really struggling he needs to let it all out somehow and like Ordo is the one who will both let him do that and also be there to reel him back in (see what I did there? Reel? ok done).

This is probably explained better narratively. Stay tuned??

Next up: Kom’rk. I’m taking his little-to-no screen time face and holding him in my hands. Here’s some headcanons:

- he spent a LOT of time alone out in the field hunting Grievous, and this was extremely difficult for him (and the Nulls and Kal)

- to cope, he as a very dark/dry sense of humor

- he spends a lot of time in cantinas and places where he can feel less alone, which is why he is included with Mereel when they talk about Corr’s “rich social education”

- just for fun I’m sprinkling in that he volunteered to do the big solo field mission so the other Nulls didn’t have to, love me some self sacrificing nonsense

I love everything about this scene!! cries

send me asks to get me through all day training hell!

[verpineshatterrifle]

repcomm character's favorite parts of building armor in Costuming Club AU

Walon Vau- sanding. (the psychopath) he likes to get a printed item totally perfect and he has the patience to do it. because sanding a print is similar to torture because he has an eye for detail! he has the process down to an absolute science. resin coat, bondo thinned with acetone, automotive priner, wet sanding. but he won't do it for you- he's going to insist on teaching you his process. good luck.

Kal Skirata- weathering. it's one of the final steps in building a kit, and really pulls everything together and makes it look lived-in and real. and you get to be really creative with it- singe some things, build salt and hairspray texture into the paintjob, literally cut something up, physically damage a plate, make an unholy paint slurry to slap on and badly clean off, mist spraypaint, use bleach, emulate rust... you can really go ape shit. literally the opposite of sanding

Bardan Jusik- sewing! he's got like 3 machines- a regular heavy duty, one specifically for leather, and a serger. he loves the entire process, designing the item, modifying or drafting a pattern, selecting materials, mockups, cutting, construction, details. he loves seeing an item come together out of fabric. and then he chickens out on weathering and hands it to kal. he's made a lot of casual wear star wars clothes for himself!

Etain Tur-Mukan- WEAPONS. scratch built blasters, resin printed knives, large blaster assembly in a mix of printing and scratch building, spears, lightsabers, all of it. she collects greeblies and LOVES finding little bits to stick on a gun to really make it swarzy. great at painting weapons. can do some lights on her own but recruits help for anything involving coding.

Arligan Zey- actually isn't in the hobby for the making of the costumes, he's here for the community and trooping, mainly. does some basic sewing. mostly outsources/commissions things he doesn't want to do, but he enjoys going to armor parties and helping with whatever people need a hand with

Ordo Skirata- sintra fabrication. he's great at plate shaping. dude could make a goddamn bo katan chestplate out of sintra, do not ask me how. a huge proponent for scratch building as much as possible, prefers not to use 3d printed parts. for one thing you have to sand them, which only real freaks enjoy doing, they're also less durable. sintra all the way.

Mereel Skirata- 3d printing. it's incredible all the things you can make! maintaining a machine is a hobby all of it's own! 3d printing entering the hobbyist realm opened huge possibilities! and if you hate sanding, you should hear about resin printing.

Jaing Skirata- coding and electronics. he helps etain with finishing touches on blasters, such as sound effects and really fancy lights. all his shit has light effects in it, small coded screens that rotate through pictures and text. the amount of shit he can cram in a helmet is truly incredible. he's got fans, hearing assist, voice amp, and lights in there. has also made a lot of lightsabers

A'den Skirata- helmets. specifically helmets. he's done a lot, and sells them. he has several molds and has made his own helmet model. enjoys finishing and painting them, sometimes takes commissions for fully finished helmets.

Atin Skirata- coding and robotics. likes moving parts. because of safety rules prohibiting motorized weapons in armor, he mainly builds droids. does whistling birds and moving rangefinders and the like, but really enjoys building astromechs.

[nocturius8015ficore]

Am I a babygirl? .... Yeahhhh probably....😅 Poking @mamuzzy-creates-stuff and @kradeelav for the beautiful art I totally stole (but credit) to make that meme.

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[dr11ft]

rough etain + mereel

[starwarsanthropology]

Im sick as hell and my gf has been really into this one tiktok audio so i couldn’t not draw mereel as it

Bonus:

[mamuzzy-creates-stuff]

If we look cute enough, they will surely blame it on the alphas. 👉👈🥺

In order: A'den, Mereel, Ordo, Prudii (hiding), Kom'rk, Jaing.

Kal: OHhhhhh, you know where you shove up those tooka eyes, you think I was born yesterday, rascal sheb'ike!!! You won't get away with it this time!

Narrator: They, in fact, got away with it. Again.