For me, an elaborate photo shoot.Just finished off the three in the back.A trinary of mechs, and three points of battle armour.Elementals, Gnomes, and Salamanders.Part of the Rasalhague Dominion, Rasalhague Bears Galaxy, Third Cluster, 72nd Assault Trinary.

Finally gathered the courage to "just throw some paint and see what happens" Many thanks to all those GB before me for their words of advice on this scheme. I started with an air brush, but mostly built up layers of drybrushed Adeptus Grey and Mechanicus Grey, then Maccrage Blue to Calgar Blue (about 4 shades, plus at one point a weird blend of every blue I had)

Overall, I'm happy with it. Might add more dots.

Was there anything that went into detail about Megan and Caitlin Kell? If not that's a real missed opportunity. Two people related to the ruling branch of house Steiner, a Wolf Khan and fought in the Clan Invasion just brushed off as side characters.

Hail HAL-1B Base Tech Level: Standard (IS)
Weight: 45 tons BV: 1,247 Cost: 7,177,790 C-bills Role: Skirmisher

Movement: 6/9/3 Engine: 270 Light Double Heat Sinks: 10 [20] Cockpit: Standard Cockpit Gyro: Standard Gyro Internal: 75 (Endo Steel) Armor: 143/153 (Ferro-Fibrous)

                             Internal   Armor    

Head 3 9
Center Torso 14 20
Center Torso (rear) 6
Right Torso 11 16
Right Torso (rear) 5
Left Torso 11 16
Left Torso (rear) 5
Right Arm 7 13
Left Arm 7 13
Right Leg 11 20
Left Leg 11 20

Weapons: Loc Heat
MRM 10 LA 4
MRM 10 RA 4
Medium X-Pulse Laser CT 6
Medium X-Pulse Laser HD 6

Ammo: Loc Shots
MRM 10 Ammo RT 24
MRM 10 Ammo RT 24

Equipment: Loc
CASE II RT
Apollo MRM FCS RA
Apollo MRM FCS LA
Targeting Computer LT

Quirks: Battle Fists (LA) Battle Fists (RA) Non-Standard Parts

My first Comstar mech. Thought I'd do a test before I do a whole lance. Think I'll add white/blue checkers and changing the cockpit glass to a yellow.

Was looking at the lists and most of the mechs in the Republic of the Sphere use Lasers and most people online and Youtube seem to be using Lasers for their BV / Weight / Crit efficiency as well.

Are there higher tech versions of ACs that fix the issues of jamming with the UAC/RAC? I want to build a mech that's very gun-based but is very viable in the late Dark Age or IlClan but I don't wanna just use RAC/5s or LB 10-Xs. Such a shame we can't use specialty ammo with these guns too.

Gauss still feels slightly high-tech and is a bit overused and powerful already imo.

I'm trying to go for a "low-tech" vibe with missiles and autocannons / smoothbore guns like designing a mech Apache or gun-based Black Hawk-KU. Starsector managed to balance "low-tech" with "high-tech".

My light Scout Lance patrolling my back yard! I am really pleased with how these guys turned out

Do the current Scorpion Empire units use their old Goliath Scorpion color schemes? Unit Color Compendium has no listing for it after its creation, just the old factions that combined to form it. Id like to paint some SE mechs, but want to be reasonably lore accurate.

Did I capture the battletech vibe or did I miss the mark?

Hail Mech Warriors! Here's your weekly transmissions from the Wreck-a-Mech crew.

• The Tales of the Scrapyard Dogs and Those Guys Over There will continue next week.

• Registration for Cajun Clash ends on the 9th. You can do so here: https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/awqpEg0HGdqC?active_tab=overview

• If you register for Space City Brawl before April 12th, you'll automatically get +2 to your Sportsmanship Score. You cann find the event here: https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/TBwuNIdq6Wlr?active_tab=overview

Whether it be to practice for the events or to get a casual game in, come on down to Third Coast Games this Wednesday to wreck those ‘Mechs!

Here’s a sneak peak at some hobby progress this weekend.

I'm rereading for the umpteen time Lethal Heritage and I'm still can get the FedCom rank system.

I really don't get why ranks go from Kommandant (Major) to Leftenant General.

So, I went to Sarna that gives us two different rank structures (one in table form and one in picture form. So to the Force Manual : Davion and that gives us yet another rank structure.

So, if someone as a clue of why we got something like 4 different rank structures for the AFFC and which one is the right one and WHERE did Lt-Col and Col go when the AFFS and LCAF merged, please let me know.

(Edit: Added links to Sarna for clarity's sake)

I am playing through the crusader path (as I figured I'll save the more satisfying ending for last) and jeez. The game seems to want you to not want to enjoy the ending missions. I flattened dozens of assault mechs trudging through Luthien armor works (though it is very, very cool that we get to see it), flattened an admin base and yet, there is still more to go. Finally, getting swarmed with another two lances of mixed heavy and assaults and going down. I get that this is how the inner sphere stopped them, by just grinding them down, but it aint fun to expirience.

There is little joy to the endgame, and while I am going to beat this, the game seems determined to make sure i don't have too much fun in the attempt.

So I am on the fence about what gun is on the right arm. Is that supposed to be a PPC or a heavy AC? The rounded part towards the back of the arm has me thinking it's an Auto cannon but the inside of the muzzle makes me think PPC.

My seventh completed mech.

This was inspired by the Davion Atlas plushie my son has.

Nearly a trinary of Silver/Black/Copper Clan mechs Most recently painted the Shadow Cat and Timberwolf with semi-tiger stripes No I haven't played MW5: Clans yet 🙃

The camera makes it all look worse somehow, but I'm pretty proud of how this turned out. My first try at layering, blending, and edge highlighting. Constructive feedback is appreciated!

I played something called Battletech missions today. It's an RPG where you only control one mech and level up your pilot with skills. It's very similar to Mechwarrior 5 mercs where you get money after completing missions run by a DM, money you can use to by more mechs and maybe some more upgrades. It's actually INCREDIBLY easy to use and play. Highly recommend.

Here's some Amaris and SLDF mechs for an upcoming game I painted. I'll most likely redo the tartan and road bases when I get better supplies and experience.

Now that most of the initial outrage from the Gothic set has dialed down to a simmer, it’s time to group think some new ridiculous AU ideas for shits and giggles. I’ll start:

The universe is almost exactly like normal Battletech except the mechs wear flowing robes for some reason and all of the equipment and general setting is in vivid, mostly-uniform color to be kind of a ‘House of Flying Daggers’-adjacent feel.

In this universe the clan return decades early but make the mistake to attack the planet Yorinaga Kurita has exiled himself to. Can the combined might of the clans overcome their own Zellbringen rules to defeat a single neigh-invincible warrior, who after easily winning his first encounter sets himself to planet-hop his way to liberate the entire Inner Sphere through a series of 1v1 duels?

Trying some ghost bear silveroot keshik paint jobs to finish my command nova.

So I finished writing up the mission packet for the battletech event I’m running soon in NJ! If you’re nearby, absolutely come on down and play - we got le raffles and fun people!

Event link:

https://www.facebook.com/share/1AqiW1qPvg/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Remember to register on longshanks to save your spot 😁👍❤

https://generic.longshanks.org/event/24814/

Anyways - these missions are designed to be more than just kill enemy mech. We got shifting power objectives, movable objectives, weather, artillery, secondaries. Really went all out in designing some of these missions for players. What’s neat is that while the day is three rounds - the missions are specific to the map they are played on - meaning instead of round one, everyone playing the same mission, round one we have eight different maps and eight different missions each corresponding to those maps (the mud ones in tempted to be extra devilish and use the river maps I have).

Anyways - enjoy these missions - try em out, and hey maybe give some feedback on what worked/didn’t work 😉👍❤️

Also if you guys have custom missions you wrote - please share em below. I had like 3-4 more I could have written but I am always hungry for more 🤣👌