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Big green pig faced axe wielding thugs - Orc’s in Space!

Always on the look out for cheap terrain I came across plastic topiary balls at a local B&M...

A lance of Imperial Scouts mounted on their Aratech 74-Z speeder bikes sweep through dense foliage.

Originally developed to operate in the hard vacuum of space Zero-G Assault teams have proved to be valuable spearhead troops in many theatres. Clad in armoured environmental suits they can operate in virtually any hostile environment, extending the empires reach to many alien worlds.

The opportunity to make some suitable ‘badlands’ was provided when a neighbour was adding on to their garage and the builders had a bunch of Kingspan insulation board knocking about. I didn’t need much so they were happy to donate a few offcuts.

Their feudal Japanese inspired helmets and black uniforms make a stark contrast to the other uniforms, but then these are imperial navy!

The standard uniform for all imperial capital ship weapon’s crews. 

As I was painting the predominately black uniforms of the navy troopers added this fellow to the list. Not sure how much action he’ll see on the table unless he forms part of an objective or ad-hoc unit.

Although less well represented onscreen the vast majority of the Imperial war machine consists of basic infantry. Generally less well trained than the elite Stormtrooper, the grey clad infantry man is on many worlds the primary weapons of the empire.

As Monday was the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Java Sea I felt it an appropriate game for Sunday.

First seen in Return of the Jedi, then given a whole new spin in Rogue One, Rebel Commandos are the elite ground foces of the rebellion.