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 Kroem wrote:
OK I tried to paint up some 'Mechs today and the damn paint won't stick to them! ?

I've sprayed them with GW leadbelcher and tried to paint them with GW base paints and contrast paints and neither will stick unless I keep applying again and again.

Did I need to wash them first or something? What should I have used? I'm only used to GW miniatures where I can paint them straight out of the box :-(

I haven't used Citadel spray in a decade, I think, but I've been using Krylon and Rustoleum (since they cost a third of Citadel's), and over the last year or so, I've noticed that some of the primer paint hasn't been allowing other paint on them, or the paint I'm using just flows off like a wash.

:shrug:

I've learned if I just stroke slower, it keeps.

And yes, since I've used a fair number of metal and resin models, I've gotten in the habit of washing even plastic, after I do my mold line review, both to make sure that any release agent is off, but it also is good for getting random debris off of it be it removed mold lines or dust.

Leadbelcher spray is a primer, though metallics usually work better with a black undercoat first.

I tried washing with warm soapy water anyway even though they were already sprayed and it does seem to have helped. I got some green paint on the Awesome yesterday without too much issue. Weirdly Bugmans glow seems to be the paint that sticks best so I'll be having orangy pinky 'Mechs!

By and large, you're always better off giving any mini a wash in warm soapy water to remove any and all mold release left on it before painting.

@Kroem

i base paint all my battletech minis metal or plastic with Krylon spray paint. a few light coats from a distance and it bonds no problem. the Krylon for plastics is fantastic.

then i go back over it and do the detail work on weapons and such or more complex paint schemes.

I weathered these pretty heavily

Did a little clan on clan battle with the stipulation is we had to use second line mechs-

My opponent brought along a bunch of CII variants and loads of ATMs-
He ran
.highlander IIc
.kraken
.rifleman IIc
.phoenix hawk IIc
.grizzly

I brought-

.stone rhino
.thunder stallion 2
.marauder IIc
.bowman 2
.a point of gnome battle armor riding in a TYR IFV.

We were both trying to focus fire and i shredded the kraken and then the grizzly. he eventually killed all my battle armor and destroyed the bowman, at the end of the game he crippled the thunder stallion but by this point he had also lost his highlander (command pilot) and his Phoenix hawk was mauled.

Something to look forward to!

"Mech 7" is a Battletech: Mechwarrior Destiny actual play featuring Battletech: Alpha Strike Aces where a scrappy band of mismatched gladiators are forged into a mercenary team and thrust into the shadows of galactic conflict across the Inner Sphere. Secret agendas, heavy metal, and heavier firepower collide as these misfits must fight to survive, protect their own, and maybe save the Inner Sphere from a rising storm.

Synopsis:
On Solaris VII, where money is fast and fame is short lived, a pair of down on their luck mercenaries find themselves amidst a unique opportunity to assemble an elite team under the watchful eye of a peculiar employer. Launching a chaotic "tryout" tournament, they assemble a ragtag band of elite castoffs for a mysterious mercenary contract. But the stakes skyrocket as the crew, now dubbed the Mechnificent 7, are drawn into a deadly covert op against the fanatical Word of Blake on the embattled world of Hall. With secret agendas, heavy metal, and even heavier firepower, these misfits must fight to survive, protect their own, and maybe save the Inner Sphere from a rising storm.

Aside from Tex playing as his Randolph P. Checkers, esq character in his beloved Awesome, another player is running around in a Scorpion.

I finally gave Alpha Strike a go last weekend. Fast light mechs are scary.

Took 1 lance of 40 tonners, and 1 lance of mixed lights against a much heavier opponent, and ended up bagging an Orion, a Thunderbolt, and a Centurion in exchange for an Assassin, and a Fireball.

With regular hit table my mechs wouldn't have been able to paper cut the heavies to death before being blown up to kingdom come. Lights surely got a boost in Alpha Strike.

M.

Being able to have your TMM consistent and high no matter how far you move really helps out.

However, the reduction of AMM costs offers a minor counter to that.

Reinforcements!



Or maybe.. indulging in an obsession..? I love my Urbies, a lot of fun to paint as well, these will probably be painted up in various Great House colours for a future arena event, as soon as I get the LAM version done.

Other than that, rule of cool and some models I just want for the sake of the collection, like that last Atlas for the scout lance, but damn it's ugly. Also, Firestarter! I think that was the last of the mechs I was missing from my time playing MW5, it being my starter mech.

The Big MAC box should be coming in tomorrow and maybe in April I'll get my hands on a 3D print of the Steiner arena, courtesy of a friend with a printer. 🤞🏻

Wow that is a lot of 'Mechs!
I was looking for a CRM-20, as that was my first 'Mech in MWO, but it looks like there isn't an official version from Catalyst Game Labs?

I see some 3D printed versions, but as most are based in USA it is more than the price of the 'Mech for the shipping.

Normally I show more restraint, but as new stuff trickles in that catches my fancy I tend to snatch it up while it's available around here, as stock is very, very limited. 😅 Also managed to secure a dead tree version of BattleTech Universe, which should be shipping late next week.

I've been looking into prints as well, as I'll have my own printer up and running later this year, but so far, I don't like the look of what's available, though I've mostly come across people who have taken the files directly from MWO and MW5 and turned those into STL's. Love the game, just not the look of their mechs, I much prefer the tabletop look and feel.

What's a CRM-20 though? Google only points me towards the CRB-20 a.k.a. mighty Crab.

Ah yes you're right CRB-20!
I like how it's a Starleague 'Mech which they're swapped more simple components in as the technology base got more disrupted, just a cool concept for me :-)

The Crab can be found in the ComStar Battle Level II set.



I uh, got that set, just for the Crab, don't know anything about the other five mechs. 😅

Battletech Gothic: Is it real? Need verification. - Reddit


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And from the KS thread:

chaos0xomega wrote:
Behold, Battletech Gothic:

Spoiler:

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Theres a trailer (sorry for the xitter link):

https://x.com/Lutra_Gaming/status/1903880821402161374

Edit.

Ninja'd haha!

I got my mercenarie kickstarter in.

Nice! Can't wait for the Savannah Master and Shilone salvage boxes to become available for retail around here.

Also, why did the Blood Asp get a dedicated salvage box?

 BrookM wrote:
Nice! Can't wait for the Savannah Master and Shilone salvage boxes to become available for retail around here.

Also, why did the Blood Asp get a dedicated salvage box?

I don`t know it whas a option i could take and i like the model.

 BrookM wrote:
Also, why did the Blood Asp get a dedicated salvage box?

Becaue that's the only way that the Blood Asp Prime is available, the same as the Shilone, Visigoth and originally the UrbanMech.

Congrats on getting your KS. Dice roll really bad though (or at least mine do )

M.

 BrookM wrote:
The Crab can be found in the ComStar Battle Level II set.



I uh, got that set, just for the Crab, don't know anything about the other five mechs. 😅

Covering the rest:

Rear row:
Crab - Good energy-based Medium Trooper.
Crockett/Katana - Originally an Assault weight trainer. Actually pretty good and can hop.
Guillotine - Think of a Grasshopper without Hands and SRMs instead of LRMs, and that's about it.

Front row:
Flashman - Good Heavy Trooper. 3 Large Lasers and an array of Medium Lasers. Some variants can keep up with a Timber Wolf.
Mongoose - A Scout Command Mech. Very good at its job. Can chase down a Locust and tear it apart.
Lancelot - A quick energy-based anti-air Mech. About as fragile as a Rifleman, but less likely to blow up from an Ammo explosion.

Managed to secure a copy of the Highlander Command Lance at a reasonable price from Amazon at long last.

On the hobby front, I did more than just buy boxes of 'Mechs thankfully! 😅



Redid my Archer in a lighter green, still need to find a decal or two for my beloved. Also did my second Griffin in more or less the 40th Anniversary boxed set colours, minus the checks and whatnot, not that barmy just yet.



And rebased my bugs and painted up a Commando for future demo games.

Right now working on the Firestarter, a gaggle of Urbies and some Davion stuff.

Light olive green is a solid color for mechs.

M.

Picked up a few new bits of GF9 hex tech terrain, along with the sommerset strikers box-

i can finally do my all "hatamoto" lance-

.27T daniel II
.28T
.28T shin
.hitotsume kozo



I set up my city/industrial area table with a
mix of old JR miniature and hex tech battle tech terrain with a bunch of scattered vehicle wrecks for added atmosphere.






Game 1 was a mixed lance battle-

.battlemaster
.mauler
.warhammer
.cronus

I was facing off against the AXE lance-
.caesar
.nightsky
.axeman
.berserker

My opponent tried to sucker me into the industrial area but i opted to use my range advantage and deployed where i had long narrow streets.

The warhammer took the worst of it loosing his entire right side, but since it was an 8D i had a standard engine and continued to fight.

He did manage to get me into melee range, but bad dice luck on his part saw him fall repeatedly and he finally gave up. he had 3 mechs left and all were damaged. i had all 4 of my mechs left with the battlemaster untouched and the mauler with minimal damage.









Game 2 i didn';t take many pics of, we decided to do a little civil war era medium battle

I brought a vulcan, 2 variants of bushwhacker and a phoenix hawk. this time i was facing a hatchetman, axeman, wolfhound and shadow hawk.

I managed first blood taking out the hatchetman, but i lost the LBX10 arm on one of my bushwhackers in the process. That ended up hurting me later since he was the last man standing on my side facing off against 3 enemy mechs.....not a fight i could win.

Deal Alert!
The current oddly-titled "Battletech RPG" $18 Humble Bundle includes Battletech Total Warfare, Alpha Strike Commander's Edition and A Time of War RPG as well as a bunch of other stuff including some of the more recent readouts and sourcebooks.
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/battletech-rpg-collection-catalyst-game-labs-books?hmb_source=&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_1_layout_index_1_layout_type_threes_tile_index_1_c_battletechrpgcollectioncatalystgamelabs_bookbundle
I've already got alot of this, but I'll be going in anyway for the IlKlan stuff that I don't have and for a second copy of Alpha Strike I can give to a friend. Seems like a really good bundle to show to a friend who is on the fence about BT.

Be sure to "Adjust donation" before checkout to give a better percentage to charity. They let you apportion the price without raising the cost but the default doesn't give much to charity.

 Miguelsan wrote:
Light olive green is a solid color for mechs.

M.

It was a chore to find the right green, but so damned satisfying to have finally nailed it down. May try and go the extra mile with a LAM Urbie on the highlights at some point.

Last night, my vacation project has arrived, printed up by a friend:



One part short, but that will be printed up soon and probably be in hand next Tuesday. The final build will be glued down to a board, the perfect Essentials demo board / Urbie Derby arena for a future charity event.

My Highlanders set also came in and heh, only now do I see that the optional base piece for the Highlander is a crushed Urbie, uncalled for!

 Eilif wrote:
Be sure to "Adjust donation" before checkout to give a better percentage to charity. They let you apportion the price without raising the cost but the default doesn't give much to charity.

Definitely agree with this - I want to say the bundles used to default to giving more to charity, but that might be a rose-tinted memory talking.

There used to be a visible slider on the page that allowed you to adjust the percentages, but they've hidden those away now. They're still there, but you need to click through now to get to it.

 BrookM wrote:
There used to be a visible slider on the page that allowed you to adjust the percentages, but they've hidden those away now. They're still there, but you need to click through now to get to it.

They put the button to "Adjust Donation" below the "Checkout" button so most folks probably won't even notice it. I think having to click that button and then click "Custom Donation" again before the sliders for adjusting appear is a fairly intentional, sneaky way of doing it, especially since this is the currently the default donation:

-$13.75 to Catalyst Game Labs
-$1.25 to No Kid Hungry/Share Our Strength
-$10 to Humble

I used to split it pretty evenly, but now I push the Humble level to the lowest every time (which is usually pegged at about 25 percent) and split the rest between Charity and the author/company.