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Painted up this Marauder for my 1st Canopian Light Horse.

This is my first attempt at sky-earth NMM so go easy folx. Mistakes were definitely made, but I enjoyed it. This is Ray "Wiz Operator" Duford's mech from my John B Smokin's Timber Co stories. He likes to keep his brand new Awesome very, very shiny.

Mechs number 42-45 of my DCMS battalion+ force! Started with the Ostwar, then went Ostscout, roc, and ended with the sol. The scout I got as a single on ebay but the rest came with the Illician Lancers forcepack. Really happy as always with how these came out. With the school year approaching I am not sure if more mechs will be painted. I could paint 3 more randos to make another full lance with the Charger 3Kr I had kitbashed and I do have options like a Phoenix Hawk, Firestarter, Wendigo, Hatchetman kitbashed with a sword ala Shrapnel art, Thunderbolt, and Victor amongst many options. I also have a Clan Cavalry box that all the IIC mechs will be done in DCMS colors with the White Raven being a merc mech but I'm still undecided so let me know!

Had a great time painting up this Guillotine sculpt! The 3D model is based on u/kapitan_black7's art inspired by Studio Nue's Japanese Battletech.

I just love the repeated cross-pollination of Eastern and Western mecha genres that got us here, it's such a fun story that shows how wonderful art can be.

Really proud of how these guys came out! Constructive feedback welcomed, I want to do another Star of these guys soon

I am coming pretty late to the party. Not only have I JUST stumbled onto BattleTech even existing (the urge to paint ROBOT led to this new addiction xD), but also I realized I was in a reasonable distance to drive to GenCon like 3 days before it happened xD Oh well! I guess I’ll go next year (for DaggerHeart AND BattleTech ^^).

As a new player that’s coming off the TTRPG scene and being typically the gm, I’m feeling a little crazy without some serious bookage around me. From what I’m reading and seeing online, there were a bunch of recent-ish books, but the most key ones seem to be scalped by now (like everything else fun… 🫩).

Namely it sounds like I needed Mech Manual and Technical Manual but those are on eBay for over $100 even though they’re just a few years old.

I’ve also been eyeing Total War, Campaign Operations, and Universe. Are these books good references for designing lances, especially in-lore ones?

And really, are these books being replaced in a meaningful way by the Core coming out next month? Should I just wait for that?

I assume even if on the rule level it’s great, I’ll still need the TRO for the older eras I want to play, correct?

Anyone with a copy, I especially appreciate your insight!

Okay, so we all remember this thing.

Well, I felt that I needed to add a base to it so that I can rightly show where it sits on the map.

It doesn't fit. The model itself is okay, it's the janky landing legs that mess it up. I had to add hexes to the original template so I could actually attach it!

Anyway, this is the set of in-process pics I took. I think they are basically self-explanatory, but if there are questions ask 'em!

As always, comments, critiques, pitchforks and torches are all welcome.

Finished up my first lance. Ended up going with a Caesar. Not because of any reason other than I got a blind box to finish the lance. Now gotta figure out how the game works.

I really enjoyed watching all of Dougram and fell in love with the setting. Here are the first four mechs from Dougram I've painted so far.

And yes that's a Wolverine, and no, of course I couldn't have it without the nose-mounted machine guns, so I sculpted that on there. I think the Ironfoot (aka Thunderbolt) and the Blockhead (aka Wolverine) are pretty good representations of the Dougram combat armours. For the Shadow Hawk (aka Dougram) and the Griffin (aka Roundfacer) I went with more true-to-form versions.

I also included some foot that are designed to mimic those in the Dougram series too! It was fun to paint and I'm looking forward to more!

There are eight figures in this box, there are holes for eight figures; yet a promo page inside the box shows nine figures. The discrepancy is Awesome and Griffin. Is it supposed to be random which one you’ll get? I seem to have an Awesome figure and a Griffin card. If I order the Beginner box, will it have the Griffin figure and Awesome card? 🤣 please tell me I’m missing something very simple, silly, and vital.

I am 95% done with my first batch of painted Battletech Minis!

I have a bit of highlighting to do, and 1 full mech to add, so I can have 4 full lances.

I'm thinking either a Grasshopper or Centurion.

My first painted mini was the Vindicator, my favourite are the Locusts and Wolverine.

Battletech is so incredibly fun to paint. I've severely put off finishing my AoS list for a tournament due in 3 weeks due to painting Battletech.

Such a blast to get these guys done in just under 2 months, time flew by!

So time to buckle down and smash out 40 dwarves...

This is the first set of figures for Aces. Most of the mechs and some of the other vehicles, emplacements, and foot are ready!

These were painted with successive drybrushes followed by outlining with a light emerald green.

I know, project phoenix and all that, but I really wanted a Riffleman modeled after the Tomahawk from Macross, so I turned those fins into an antenna!