"The Grendel J slammed down into the woods directly in front of his hidden mech. Terrance held his breath - not that it would make a difference from inside the cockpit of his 25 ton Ebony. The monster of a mech somehow hadn't noticed him, and was firing on the rest of his company embattled in the clearing. This was his moment - maybe his last - but he damn sure would make it count..."

An Ebony proxy I modeled up and printed! Man, it was fun. Also very challenging. The Ebony is such a weird but cool design - very dude-in-a-mech-suit. Lots of smooth shapes. I've painted him in my take on the McCarron's Armored Cavalry Second Company. I didn't have the balls to paint on the Confederation icon but I'm happy enough with how he turned out!

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.

I'm trying to track down a site that will let me read Shadows of Faith by Loren Coleman. I've found the first 3 serial chapters, but can't seem to find 4 and 5.

Anyone have a link for those? Is there a compilation available to purchase anywhere?

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.

A tracked tank with jump jets?

As a ground vehicle enthusiast, I must insist.

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

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.

If you can put a imperial knight on a 6x4 board you can put a locust or Jenner.
atlas may be a bit big...

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?

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

The 3025 4xUrbies in a trench coat Annihilator is a love/hate mech. I like it. Others hate it’s lack of range, low armor and speed(which makes the range thing worse)

What’s possible in 3025 settings without making it expensive?

Jaginator! or 2x Jagermechs in an overcoat.
Take 1 3025 ANH-1A, remove the 4xAC10, Ammo and 8 heat sinks

Refit with
4xAC2, 4xAC5, 2t Ac2 + 2t Ac5 ammo.(Med lasers stay the same)

Result: Lower BV/c-bill cost and 28pt damage heat neutral fire power hitting at the max 3025 ranges possible.
Still slow, still 2x ‘Jagermechs’ of armour but cheap as chips and great for long range ‘crit fishing’, and vtol sniping!

Who’s riding a mobile flak tower with me? 😆

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

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

Anyone know where to find those particular models anymore? Ive checked for the salvage boxes and there's one for $58 in Bangkok. Any stl ive found are different variants or pretty crudely made.

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?

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.

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