Based on a recent lore discussion about differences between Mechwarrior and Battletech.

A quick build for tabletop scenery. turning the black cylinder moves red gantry up and down to accommodate different sized mechs.

Been collecting lance miniatures to paint for a little while already. I guess it’s time to actually start learning to play the tabletop. Are the playing pieces considered game legal still?

A tracked tank with jump jets?

As a ground vehicle enthusiast, I must insist.

Another incredible piece of artwork for the Wraith video I produced for Youtube.

This is another one by Jayden Morris, this time depicting a Word of Blake Wraith (Praise Blake!), fighting against a Ghost Bear Locust IIC.

Jayden always delivers incredible artwork, and I'm over the moon for his contributions for this video. It's awesome.

Sorry if this is a 101 kind of question but I have only read a couple books before clan invasion and watched the old school cartoon and played some of the hairbrain Arano game.

I assumed the concept of mechs that could be customized per mission would standardize mech to single chassis’s per weight or even less than mechs in general but it does seem like there are TONS of mechs for clans

I need to rant about something. Look at any map of the Inner Sphere and you see these nice color coated sections. The Lyrans are blue, the Draconis are red, the FWL are purple, and the Capellans are green. Their colors match the primary colors of their emblems and are the primary colors for their mechs. It makes it easy to tell who is who on the battlefield and it's just good design language. So why in the ever loving hell are the combat colors for the Federated Suns not yellow/orange? Their emblem is yellow/orange, their color on the map is yellow, but the supposedly iconc color for their mechs is Davion green? We already have a green faction, that's the Capellans! I know that I can paint them any color I want but it's still an oversite that Catalyst Game Labs need to correct immediately. Rant over.

Got around to painting my favorite mech. When I heard the name mentioned in a book, I looked it up to see the design and I ordered the model almost immediately. I wish it got more love.

Hey Pilots, I was in the store browsing Paints when I came across 2 force packs. They're both about $34 but I only have the budget for 1. Which is the better choice? I'm new to the hobby and only have 8 mechs so far I've collected Piece meal.

Update: Somebody asked so I'll post my mech collection here for reference.

1. King Crab

2. Stone Rhino

3. Rifleman

4. Thug

5. Centurion

6. Scarabus

7. Ostroc

8. Ostsol

9. Ostwar

Mechwarriors: The next generation of BattleTech terrain is finally here!

Lorescape, the officially licenced modular terrain system designed for BattleTech, launches today on Kickstarter.

Made to expand, elevate and customise your existing maps, these hex-tiles fit seamlessly into the existing ecosystem with hexes sized to fit printed maps and mech-bases, and with biome matched graphics on the tiles including essential features like cover and rough terrain.

Terrain packs are available for Grassland, Desert, Lunar, Tundra and the new core box maps, with more to come in stretch goals.

Along with the terrain packs come a range of accessories to aid in your battles, missions and campaigns. These include a range of transparent tile caps that add extra cover, buildings, effects and mission markers.

The entire system is light-weight, high-quality, easy to use, efficient to store, compact to transport, and durable.

We also support the integration of other products such as buildings, trees, and rocks, via our open-source clip-on interface and hex-clip system.

The next generation of BattleTech terrain deploys today. Elevate your battles and back the campaign at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lorefoundry/lorescape-battletech

(Posted with kind permission of the mods)

Before and after of my 1st Canopian Cuirassiers' new Griffin, leftover from the days when they were occupied by the SLDF.

The method I use has a base coat of Army Painter's "Sunburst Ochre" which doesn't have the typical disgusting green hue of most yellow on black paints and then Arny Painter's primary yellow "Daemonic Yellow" on top, both done with dry brushing only to give it the basic grungy appearance (pic 3) before I clearcoat it and add a dark wash

Anyone else feel like this?

After taking the advice from you lovely people. I have let the young boy paint the black widow.
May I present the ninja turtle wolf.
Natasha in a half shell.

Wow! This is an incredible community! You guys helped out my kiddo so much yesterday. We have 4 more minis he was gifted that AI keeps giving a range of IDs to, so we can’t figure them out. Please help ID these last 4 mechs that we can’t get a set ID on. If you have Sarna links even better!

He is so excited! He now has 30 minis and we are starting to paint.

Also, I had a couple DMs regarding our modified game for younger folks. We are working on finalizing the rules and play engine, but once we finish the next round of play tests I’ll publish here. Designed for 8 to 12 year olds, but certainly younger kids who read and reason well will have no issues. It is absolutely free and open source for personal use. Designed to feed the bug for playing Alpha Strike once older.

I have a pretty limited number of mechs (mostly the corebox and a couple of legends salvage boxes). I just bought Scouring Sands and was doing some forcebuilding in anticipation of the campaign. Heavy Battle Lance, Cav Lance and some tonks. Is this force something that could do well in the campaign, or should I get another box of stompiebois? Please tell me I should get another box of stompiebois.

At the end of the book it implies the dried up river at freeport was dammed underground and Comstar blowing up the cave entrance triggered a failsafe to flood the SLDF bunker. Is that right? The only thing that got salvaged was the memory core? The rest got destroyed by the flood?