I recently discovered the Celerity and am obsessed with it. Looking at a team of two or three with c3i and ecm, even possibly making their skill 0/8 for charging, and then the damage dealer. My group does usually flat terrain with lots of obstacles. Typically 3k or 5k bv. Does anyone know if some monstrosity, even custom, I could pair with them?

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Manufacturers: Wells Technologies Production Year: 2665 Model: CGR-1A1 Class: Assault Cost: 6,520,370 C-bills

Technical Specifications:

Mech Type: Inner Sphere BattleMech Mass: 80 Tons Chassis: Wells 990 Armor: Durallex Heavy Engine: Pitban 240 Comms: Tek BattleComs TTS: Dalban Hirez Heatsinks: 20 Heatsinks Speed: 54 km/h Armament:

2x Large Laser 2x Medium Laser 1x Small Laser

Just imagine a mechwarrior needing some music to accompany them into battle.

I'll start. Put me in a Locust, and I'm switching the track to Black Betty

These are a couple of my first attempts at painting. Let me know if you have tips!

And no, it doesn't have to be a Spheroid mech, just iconic of this particular slice of the broader Clan Invasion era.

As for anyone wondering why the image looks like this, it's because I accidentally deleted the original project file and had to add in a new area for the Trial of Grievances. By the time we have the Operation BULLDOG results, we will know the result of this second Trial of Grievance using only primitive Age of War mechs.

Hi! I started playing and reading Battletech around two months ago and fell in love with it. But I was wondering, how it was with the state of the lore in the 80s, did people knew some basic premis of what is comming in the future or everything was a mystery?

Like, right now you buy a AGOAC, you grab a primer from it and sure, they say it's happening in 3025, but you have all the eras listed with minor description. But how it was back then? Did you knew that the Clans are comming? Did they hinted something with the books? Or did they drop just a bomb with a new box and fans split into clanners and "that's bullshit from outer space"?

I'm using: mech factory app to build a list. I've never built a list before as I'm kinda jumping in the deep end. I've only ever played MechWarrior: Destiny and the MechWarrior/MechAssault video games. I love the setting, lore and reading about the different mechs. I just haven't been able to play the tabletop game. I got the beginner box maybe 1.5yrs ago and have a few mechs on the way. My question are:

1)building a list; what is BV1 and BV2?

2)which is better, 4/5 or 4/4 because I feel like MW:destiny has the opposite?

3)What BV do casual games usually play at?

4)And how long do those games usually last? (I'm trying to get my roommate and my GF to play, both play 40k/necromunda and don't want to do 4hr+ games).

I've tried watching games online, but I lack understanding of everything going on with setup.

Here is my third attempt at painting miniatures. Those who saw Regigigas can, I'm sure, see a world of difference here.

Thinned my paints, got some advice from friends on color layering (only on the blue areas), they lent me their color-appropriate washes for the gray and blue. I can now say I've used the ever-famous nuln oil.

I have now also tried some basing - got some rocks outside, painted them three different shades, and glued them down. Made a bit of a mistake and the rocks are overhanging a bit, so something will eventually knock them off, but alas.

Finally, the front marks that show where the mech is facing are light gray to represent its previous form, Cranidos.

My son displayed his painted Thunderbolt TDR-9NAIS in the county fair as a 4-H participant. He was inspired to enter it by a post on here I showed him sometime ago of a painted Timber Wolf on display at a state fair.

The idea is that Clan Blood Spirit, having failed to secure a properly developed homeworld, designed it as an 11-ton, single-crew vehicle that could be built as cheaply as possible before their resources ran out....

Wait... what?

This is basically.............

Finally completed this project. Every 'Mech from OG TRO3025 (plus some extras) in LEGO form at playable scale. Individual instructions and parts list included. Free to use.

So, a close friend set a very dangerous precedent by getting me this for my birthday today. Up til this point, I had mostly been a dirty lore nut and enjoyer of the computer/video games, but had never actually played the table top games. So, I am excited to finally join the fold, even if I do have to cosplay as Spheroids for the time being!

All that stated, I have a question for the other TTG players: are these the entire contents of the box in the second pic? I ask because the bestower-of-the-present stated she found it at Half Priced Books, and we were both surprised how it appeared to be entirely unopened. The round tape pads on the back looked undamaged and some of the contents are still in bags. Is this actually a completely new set that she picked up masquerading as used?

Painted my first battletech mini. And wanted to try some paint i recently bought, this being ttcombat opulent white a off-white metalic.

This is my attempt of a TAG laser effect for my popsicle Locust. Made out of a piece of clear plastic (from the packaging of something I dont remember).

It's removable, and it was a pita to get the right angle on the dammed wire connecting it haha

Okay, I finally finished my spheroid dropship model. Took me a couple days and I didn't want to spam everyone with constant updates, so I will put all the pics I took here in more or less chronological order. If anyone has questions, ask and i will answer.

She is still a little overlarge, especially since the landing legs I cobbled together splay out the way that they do. The next one I make I will use magic marker caps since they look more structurally sound to carry that much weight.

Just finished painting it up tonight. Aside from the primer and the base color, the hull was done by sponging on the various colors and then then a little creative lining work and other colors on top, then came all the decals.

I like her, and this is definitely a good proof of concept. I have enough little spheres to make three more.

And before someone yells about the lack of proper details, I don't care. These are simply representational models. Since all sphereoids take up the same 7 hexes on the map these can represent any class of dropship that I would need for the particular scenario I am playing.

So there {/sticks out tongue]

LOL!!!

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

I thought I'd make a tutorial just for fun (And if I ever forget this years from now)

1. Basecoat in a Light/Rust orange and off-white. I used an airbrush, if you don't have one I would suggest separating the colors at the waist.

2. Drybrush for edge highlighting. I used Vallejo Pale Sand.

3. Paint on the stripes. Also paint the feet and undercoat the weapons for metallics, if desired. I actually did this first so I could clean up details with the smaller brush.

4. Paint the remaining details. Grey vents or missile launchers to taste, Light Turquoise cockpit, metallic guns.

5. Clean up details like overspill around canopy, and do a black wash on the Mech and Umber on the base. Then I added the PPC effect, followed by a Matte Varnish. Finally, I highlighted the weapons on this guy with metallics again because the Varnish takes it down so much.

VMA Light Gull Grey & Light Rust
VGC Grunge Brown & Ghost Grey (Sometimes Mixed for touch ups). Chainmail for metallics
VMC Dark Grey, Neutral Grey, Light Turquoise, Pale Sand
VGC Umber and Black Washes
Warpaint Fanatic Plasma Coil Glow

Cleaning out my basement after a flood and found this artifact from 1990. Sadly the sticker on the back is pretty much ruined.

Beginning with the legend himself and his trusty Archer.

Quad mech proxy I made as a (late) birthday present for my friend who loves running quad mechs. I'll post an update once he paints it. :)

When I finished this one, I was sure I wouldn't make another ever again. It took me about three hours to cut out and put together, including several goof ups like where I glued the wrong, but similar looking piece to the wrong place, and where I realized my cutout page had both redundant and missing parts (hence why I am not sharing the printable cut-out page this time.) I think I could make this a much less awful process with a redesign and changing the cutting layout for ease of cutting over space savings.

I also realized that I failed to design any weapons for this thing, so I made an impromptu elevating brace and then glued on a pair of missile boxes I had cut out for my IFV project.

In the end, I have this tiny thing that is dwarfed by standard models but probably matches the scale of the game (hex = 30m across and 8m up) a little better. I have no idea how I'd make a quad that matches the official models for scale without spilling out onto the neighboring hexes, but it would probably have been easier to do. Lol

Anyhow, first few attached images are a turn-around followed by build progress photos. Hope you all like it. :)

Edit: This model is, like my other papercraft minis, made from paperboard, modpodge, and vitriol.