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| Tweet Topic Started: May 7 2012, 10:29 AM (1,060 Views) | |
| Shadowrat | May 7 2012, 10:29 AM Post #1 |
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From time to time one of my old loves pops up: Battletech... So this weekend I pulled out some figures, painted a bit and also tried to set up a battlefield with Heroscape tiles: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Regards, Thomas |
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| mattblackgod | May 7 2012, 11:00 AM Post #2 |
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Big boss warlord dude!
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Cool stuff. Lots of people love this old game. Great models and minis. I am loving the radar dish. Where did you find it? |
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| Shadowrat | May 7 2012, 11:10 AM Post #3 |
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The radar dish is a find from a fleamarket - never figured out where the kit came from... |
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| Shadowrat | May 8 2012, 11:12 AM Post #4 |
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And the latest creations:![]() ![]() ![]() ...now I only have to find someone to game Battletech with...
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| foe42 | May 8 2012, 02:27 PM Post #5 |
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Wasteland Pilgrim/ Master of Repopulation
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What size are those battletech models. Scale? Are they similar on size to a space marine just wondering if they would fit into heavy gear arena. |
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| Shadowrat | May 8 2012, 03:06 PM Post #6 |
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Maybe have a look here: Tactical Command |
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| foe42 | May 8 2012, 03:48 PM Post #7 |
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Yeah looks like it. now I wonder if the new mechwarrior game is the same scale. Hmm. By the way I love your minis |
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| mattblackgod | May 8 2012, 03:59 PM Post #8 |
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Nice mechs. I like the paintwork! |
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| eilif | May 12 2012, 02:39 PM Post #9 |
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The mechwarrior minis are about 50-90% larger than Battletech minis. Neither Battletech nor Mechwarrior is terribly consistent, but... Battletech is 1/285-1/300 and 6mm in scale (though some infantry approaches 8mm) Mechwarrior is 1/144-1/160 and commonly called 10mm or N scale My club bought scads of used mechwarrior and rebased them as a cheap way to try small scale sci-fi wargaming. We've had great fun using them with the rulesets Mech Attack and Future War Commander. There's a battle report at our old blog here: http://rpgdiehard.blogspot.com/2010/12/future-war-commander-with-rebased.html Even with their stock paintjobs, they look pretty great on new bases. ![]() Shadowrat, Excellent painting and decal work on those mechs. I'm still intimidated by the pile of mechs I have in a box (mostly unpainted plastics) from my childhood. Anyone here play Quick-Strike? I haven't the patience for Battletech, but I bought the PDF of the BT "Strategic Operations" (it's only 10 bucks) manual because it has Battleforce and Quick Strike Rules. Reading through them, it seems like a really streamlined Battletech ruleset that I could actually enjoy. |
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| mattblackgod | May 12 2012, 03:21 PM Post #10 |
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Great table!
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| foe42 | May 12 2012, 04:20 PM Post #11 |
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They do look good and the game I am getting into is 144th scale so I will take a look at them at origins. |
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| Shadowrat | May 29 2012, 11:14 AM Post #12 |
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Some more mechs:![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And I did some more work on my table layout: ![]() ![]() Cheers, Thomas |
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| foe42 | May 29 2012, 11:44 AM Post #13 |
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looking good bought some of the mechwarrior clicks of a friend as i think they will work with heavy gear arena if not i have some cool minis either way the one that i think will really work is the fenrir. should make a nice clown model for the arena. |
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| Dr.Falkenhayn | May 29 2012, 01:13 PM Post #14 |
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Kleister Meister
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ah Battletech i still have my Solaris Arenafight Book and a decent Gray Death Legion (Death to the inner Sphere )
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| tinker | May 29 2012, 02:11 PM Post #15 |
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Though I do like the miniatures,the painting illustrated here, and the tables. Those paper buildings look really good! I have never played the game, and most likely never will. |
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| Crazy Joe | May 29 2012, 02:24 PM Post #16 |
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Mutant Hunter
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I game with rebased MW clicks too. Didn't know about those 10mm paper buildings, thanks for the link. |
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| Shadowrat | May 29 2012, 03:29 PM Post #17 |
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Yeah that link was great - also downloaded them... ...what army lists did you use for Future War Commander? Regards, Thomas |
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| foe42 | May 29 2012, 04:09 PM Post #18 |
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What link to terrain? Did I miss something. |
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| mattblackgod | May 29 2012, 05:36 PM Post #19 |
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Super looking mechs.
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i still have my Solaris Arenafight Book and a decent Gray Death Legion (Death to the inner Sphere
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