day 29 -- heavy-- I mean, Hevy... (and the squad)

Started reading Dominoes by @meridianpony​ / @meridiansdominoes that i saw recommended by @thatfunkyopossum​ and couldn’t help but try to visualize the helmets of each member of Domino Squad. Just on chapter 9 but absolutely loving it so far!

Wanted to include the armour decor for Droidbait, since it was pretty integral to his design. Similarly i didn’t want to leave Cutup out of the set, so he got his dots overhead.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11864643/chapters/26789934 (Here’s the link btw)

I saw the ask for @meridiansdominoes about how the Teth survivors’ helmets look and i just had to make em! Tipper gets included because he is a good lad and i love him and also Zeer needs his ARC brother (spoiler alert). That’s also what the Phase 1.5 helmet split with the Phase 1 is all about.

I wasnt going to post this, but we all know how I am with commitment. So, heres a little blue medic.

“So. We died.”

“Yes, we died, we all….remember that.”

Sketch of Domino Squad from @meridiansdominoes‘s fic, Dominoes. Not sure about a couple of the faces, so will probably try to fix them tomorrow before I start on armor paint.

Fun fact: Phase I armor has the wrist comms on the left vambrace, but they switched to the right vambrace for Phase II. Which means, A. I flipped this image so I couldn’t have to draw as many buttons, and B. I keep imagining that, for like the first month after they switched over, everyone was just talking at their left wrists and looking ridiculous? :3c

GOODBYE IM SCREAMING I LOVE THEM???? I AM LOSING MY MIND OVER HOW FANTASTIC THIS IS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Image ID: A digital illustration of Domino Squad, from the fic “Dominoes,” based on Star Wars: The Clone Wars. From left to right are Hevy, Fives, Echo, Cutup, and Droidbait. They are wearing Phase I clone trooper armor minus the helmets, and are pictured from the waist up. They’re all tangled up in a group hug and their heads are facing the viewer, but all the bodies, besides Droidbait’s are turned to the right side of the canvas. Hevy is smiling at looking sideways at the rest of them. Fives is looking at the viewer and making a face with his tongue sticking out. Echo is looking sideways at Fives with a crooked smile and raised eyebrows. Cutup is smiling and looking at the viewer, but Droidbait is squashing him a little, so only his right eye is open. Droidbait is leaning into Cutup with their cheeks pressed together and he is smiling and looking at the rest of them. Hevy appears as in the show, but has a short beard on his chin only. His blue armor paint is of flames traveling up his torso and arms, but his spaulders are blue with the Coruscant Guard symbol in white. Fives and Echo appear as in the show. Cutup appears as in the show, but has five blue dots on his spaulders, like the 5 side of a die, and a vertical stripe on his chest. Droidbait has an undercut, a simple reticle tattooed on his temple, and a few patches of blue tally marks on his armor. The background is a brown and tan gradient. End ID.]

I was doing a little art trade with @jadetheaverage and she asked for a sketch of Domino Squad snuggling. I’ve been wanting to draw the boys from Dominoes, by @meridiansdominoes for ages now, though, so I decided to turn it into a finished image. :)

Timelapse

AO3

“Hevy, duck!” Flak shouts. Hevy drops. Flak fires over his head, knocking the wounded Guard unconscious and downing the second as well, but the third Guard dodges. He raises his gun. Hevy gasps as he recognizes the armor, the wings etched into the side of the helmet. Hevy reaches to switch his own gun to stun but he’s not fast enough. 

“Thorn, don’t—!”

Thorn’s stun bolt slams into Flak’s chest. The pilot staggers and drops. Hevy throws himself to the side and fires at Thorn. The frantic motion makes his shot go a little wide. It glances off of Thorn’s shoulder. The Guard’s entire body jerks, but he doesn’t fall until Hevy stuns him a second time, crumpling to the floor.

For a moment all Hevy can do is stare at Thorn’s unconscious form. Hevy’s chest heaves as he struggles to control his breathing. He feels cold. 

Words fail him, then. He doesn’t know how to continue expressing himself. He grits his teeth, staring into the bright lights above him, and waits. He’s breathing hard. Senator Amidala doesn’t chime in immediately like he’d expected her to—instead, there is a long silence. All Hevy hears is the hum of machinery as hovercams float lazily by.

Without warning, someone starts to clap.

(That I also use in writing)

It's been a while since a headcanon post so here we go

Clone troopers were generally physically affectionate. Hugs, nudges, and hanging off each other constantly.

Most jedi padawans are used to sleeping in groups and constantly rough housing with their crechmates from their time in the crèche so it isn't uncommon for them to be found physically engaging with their troopers (especially in cuddle piles)

All clone troopers are powerful swimmers

Echo and Wrecker hate water because they both have a harder time with swimming. Due to Wrecker's mutation he has a high amount of muscle mass and a very low amount of body fat, meaning he sinks in water. Echo weighs a lot more then he's used to with his metal cybernetics, as well as missing some vital limbs it makes swimming very difficult

Clone troopers picked up mando'a from their trainers, but bastardized it due to their lack of proper language training and the conditions they were raised in

Each battalion has their own even more bastardized version usually mixing in languages their Jedi general speak

Ahsoka loves playing with hair and that is a very specific weakness all clone troopers have. Fives always falls asleep when Ahsoka starts running her hands through his hair.

Back on Kamino when a member of a batch was injured in training, the Kaminoans would allow the squad to visit their injured brother because they believed it helped them be less distracted and improved test scores

When a trooper is injured on the battle field their close brothers usually won't be able to rest until they've visited their vod in the medbay

This habit soon expanded to their Jedi COs as well, much the Jedi's amusement

The 212th was peeved that Ahsoka ended up with the 501st, they thought they were going to get her

The clones do in fact have the “see a lonely child and adopt it” gene and this comes out particularly strong with the Jedi Padawan Commanders

Many of the jedi generals teach their troopers certain hobby skills like knitting, painting, craft, etc to help with stress and what not

Hunter uses a bar of soap to clean his hair while Tup has a 3 step hair routine

The Bad Batch drew many of their plans and strategies from Rex's battle plans and also got many from Echo's (back when he was int he 501st)

Ahsoka taught Cody how to use a lightsaber so next time Obi-Wan drops his he can use it to defend himself and his men

Torrent company compares scars on who's is the coolest

Hardcase as the most scars because heavy class troopers are usually on the front lines

Jesse has the coolest from a run-in with a gundark on a scouting mission

Hardcase refers to Ahsoka as 'sir yes ma'am' or 'ma'am yes sir'

Multiple members of Torrent snuck Ahsoka out to get a tattoo on her 16th birthday

Tech is the only one in the bad batch that snores, and he snores like a freight train

All over the place but yeah enjoy

Ahsoka will let her men test out pick up lines before shore leave and give them tips on how to better pick up girls

Ahsoka picked up her eye rolling habit from Wolffe

Fives and Echo refer to Rex as “oh captain my captain” (Rex is very annoyed)

Clone troopers sleep better when they cuddle up with someone

Anakin has given Ahsoka and many of his men heart attacks when he randomly removes his prosthetic hand

There are painted line of the Resolutes floor near the medical bays to mark how far troopers have made it when they attempt to escape the medics

This usually ends with the medics full body tackling their vod and occasionally their Jedi

Hardcase has the furthest mark with Fives very near behind him

Much to Wolffe’s dismay young animals love to imprint of him during campaigns, he says he hates it but Sinker once saw Wolffe carrying around a baby loth cat wrapped in one of his blankets

Rex is a natural blonde due to a mutation and I will die on this hill

Fox and Wolffe have the highest spice tolerance of their batch and their brothers are very concerned for them

Based on the scene in the Umbara arc where Tup is hanging onto the gunship handle with 2 hands, he is a very nervous flier

Ahsoka noticed that Tup was a nervous flier and now tries to get on the same ships as him to help keep him calm

The 501st has different tallies up throughout the barracks for random things like ‘how many times the general loses his lightsaber’, ‘best quotes for the week’, etc

Clone troopers speak mando’a, kaminoan, and basic fluently

Rex always wins arm wrestling contests, even against Anakin

Ahsoka learned how to play sabacc from the Wolf Pack and has been banned from playing in most 501st circles because she always wins

The CCs have the ability to sleep with their eyes open and Wolffe and Fox actively chose to do so to creep everyone else out

Cody has broken his wrists and his shins from fist fighting droids but he continues to do it

Many troopers in the 501st have also attempted to fist fight droids but quickly stopped when the medics refused to treat them

Anakin has also attempted to fist fight droids and damaged his cybernetic hand enough that he had to get a new one

Ahsoka purrs when she sleeps close to other people 

Hardcase almost cried when he first heard Ahsoka purr because he thought it was cutest damn thing

Capture the flag is the 501st’s favorite down time activity

Cody has hidden drugs in Obi-Wan’s tea to make him sleep which Obi-Wan was rather offended by but continued to accept all tea given to him by his commander

Ahsoka set up a projector in the rec room and on hyper space trips she plays holomovies so her men can be ‘cultured’ 

Ahsoka is good friends with Padme and Riyo Chuchi and regularly gets together with them for girls nights

Rex has gotten a tattoo while drunk but Cody is the only one that knows about it

Ahsoka found out when her men’s birthday or decanting days are and makes sure to wish them a happy birthday

as much as I love short king Cody, they are tall, taller than the average humanoid, probably between 6′2″ to 6′4″

They run a higher body temperature than most humans and rarely ever get sick, only the worst illnesses can affect them

they are stronger than you average human, easily lifting 3 times their own weight

they are all ambidextrous

these guys have incredibly fast metabolisms and eat a LOT of food, most of the nat born officers can’t eat the same ration bars because of how nutrient packed their food is

they are incredible durable and heal from injures faster than regular humans (on top of bacta treatment and what not)

CCs are even more durable than regulate CTs because they were more valuable to the Kaminoans

Heavy Class troopers were created even stronger than regular troopers because of the weaponry they carried

Pilots were just a smidge shorter than the rest of their brothers so that they had easier maneuverability in their cockpits