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Battletech Pursuit Lance.



WLF Wolfhound


CLNT Clint


CN9 Centurion


JR7 Jenner


Went for a woodland base theme as it go's with the military color scheme,
as well go's with the objectives markers set's i made for next month to go with them,very much like battletech,
likely get a whole bunch more after i paint another pile of 40k,lots left to work on,even though i have painted a considerable amount of minis,made very little difference to the amount i have unpainted,
intend to pick at my 30/40k stuff bit at a time,while also adding to my liking for 6mm-ww2 & battletech.

First Planning on a day or two break,earned the rest!


EmberlordofFire8.
Thanks,don't get to game myself,besides would rather be painting,as for the 6mm community couldn't say due to the lack of play,
It's a Personal project,also allows me to break up all the 28mm models.

Tiger tanks huh,a alltime classic monster that one,getting some 6mm german tanks myself eventually,although will be assorted types,stocked up for a few months as you can see above,
will be looking out for your tanks when you paint them up!

New Bombing run targets for my 6mm-World War 2 stuff:
Dock Defences.(Bombing Run Targets)




Also based one of my patrol boats LCS Mk1,to see how it looked,looks okay,so will base the others the same,when i get some more 40mm bases that is.


And Painted up all my Leman Russ Tank,Weapons & Equipment options,get them out of the way,for when i eventually paint the tank at some point.


Taking a break tonight as i spent all day gardening and i'am knackered,but will get back to painting the 6mm landing crafts tomorrow.

Painted up all my Smaller WW2 Landing Craft and Support Ships,painted up real nice,will eventually buy more but i will be painting all the planes before i buy more this time.
Working on some 40k stuff next a ultramarine terminator captain,and maybe a small ork unit or two after that,should have time next month left over to paint up some more battletech.

LCS(L)(1) Landing Craft Support. x1 (single heavy machinegun turret)


LCS(M)(2) Landing Craft Support. x1 (duel heavy machinegun turrets)


LCA Landing Craft Assault with Troops. x1


LCV Landing Craft Vehicle with Troops. x2


Couple of new Battletech units arrived also.
Locust Mech.


Mymidon Medium Tank.

Ultramarine Terminator Captain,my first termi.


Worked on a big battletech markers set based on theCrowe's,but with my generalistic painting style and theme added.
Just this morning finished them x3 Kromlech Ork Goliath's & Mine Operator/Driver i never got around to painting until now,now done,it's been a longggg time since i painted ork,is fun,will move onto an ork bike driver,hopefully the blastabike too,Expect an Ork Photo Album to be made in the next day or two,Gone for a dull bad moons theme darkened yellow banners/ork insignia's,With a bit of a world war 1 feel about them,before moving onto some battletech tanks,a heli a mech and a couple of scamm heavy trucks maybe the infantry also,and back round to 6mm models,starting with the big infantry ship,and a couple of groups of planes,well that's the plan anyway.

Those robots are fantastic. The wee stuff all looking good. And your first Termie is brilliant, great work bud.

I really like the nice bright blue on those bases. Really helps to make the little pieces stand out a bit. What are you using for the water?

The blue is nice on the termie too I suppose. I have a bunch of old termies I really should paint one of theses days... years.

Ork Stuff! Kromlech RC Goliath Mines and the Operator,Working on a Blastabike&Rider now.



@theCrowe:It's Secret Weapon Realistic Water effect,cheap stuff and lasts ages,Would be intrested to see what chapter and base theme you would use on your terminators,i mean should you get around to painting them.
http://elementgames.co.uk/paints-hobby-and-scenery-by-manufacturer/secret-weapon/scenic-effects/realistic-water

@Camkierhi: Thanks.

Ork BlastaBike Done,that's me done with 40k for a bit,moving onto some battletech next.

Going to stop posting on the what are you doing today thread,i should really be posting here,being a blog an all,
Got 12 Battletech Conventional Infantry on foot Painted and Based on a couple of hex bases,plan on posting all my remaining battletech in a few days or so,
only got another dozen infanty to paint,and i'am half done with my tanks & heli.

My skulls arrived at last,i use a nice resin type as apposed to the cheap plastic ones,so you may yet in the future get to see the suicide servo skulls unit,
an objective for mechanicus forces hunting long lost STC tech within the skulls,and a weird upgrade for inquisition&ad-mech units.

That's a pretty classic 2nd ed biker! Love it! Looking forward to more battletech too.
Do you have a preferred Inner Sphere faction?
Couple of nice Kurita mechs in that collection already.

Battletech Stuff,A Mech,Some Trucks,Plus foot infantry,Two themes gray&green for my two forces,
Going for a sorta armored core theme with my mechs,Vehicles and Infantry,So mercenarys & terrorists,The Mercs being Olive Drab with red lenses,The Terror being Battle Grays with blue lenses.

Locust mech.



Scamm Heavy Trucks.



Conventional Infantry (Foot) (1) There is another group but only just noticed the camera never decided to focus soo,will retake when i can.



That's most my battletech painted,couple of nice groups forming,will add to them eventually,
but now i'am moving back onto 6mm World War minis,beef up my showcase with more planes well after a bit of a break that is,
besides seem to be losing steam somewhat and making mistakes,have managed to get a nice amount of stuff painted quickly though,which is nice.


@theCrowe: Not using any particular clan or house,just your average un-named band of mercs and terrorists,figured i could get away with it,
the battletech universe being stupidly massive,The colors i picked they would also fit in either stiener or jade falcon factions,but not by design.

Really nice work on the orks, Battle tech gear is fantastic, very interesting design on latest tech.

The Second Battletech Infantry Group,as i said had to retake the pic,its in focus now.
Conventional Infantry (Foot) (2)


@Camkierhi.Thanks,had fun painting them orks.

Couple of Battletech Tanks.
There was a Mantis helicopter also but i managed to screw it up,have since stripped it for repainting.
Happy with the Medium tanks paintjob,not so sure about the heavy,may or may not repaint that tank at somepoint,likely be a slow next few months with not that many models getting painted,but i could be wrong.

Finished reading both old and new battletech rules books,some interesting stuff,although just read for the basic fluff lore,going to read some historical timeline books next like northwind highlanders for a start,as i'am unsure where to begin,
theres literally a data mountain gigabytes of books,more than i could ever read well at least not this decade,will give it a go though.

Mymidon Medium Tank.


Rommel Heavy tank.

A few 6mm Models,Axis Jets And A Sizable Support Ship.
Went for a sinister but hi-tech looking paint scheme for the jets as you can see,will more than likely use this style again on other semi advanced stuff,Added the pics to my 6mm Gallery also.
Going to rotate back to 40k now for a few models,likely a ork warboss and a vehicle not sure which yet though,deffcopta or oldstyle trukk.

Me-262 Jets.


LCI(S) Landing Infantry Support Ship.

Bought More Battletech,some additions to my two groups,also got a big amount of battletech vehicles on the way,
will post them when they arrive though,not been doing much these last few days,no hobby anything,part lack of time,part knackered is the reasons,
hopefully get some layers down on my ork stuff in the next day or two.


Wasp Mech.


Grav APCs.


Tracked APCs.

Ork Warboss Cogpole And More battletech arrived,Some vehicles more tanks,And an emplacement,
Anyone got an opinion on my warboss?

Ork Warboss Cogpole.




All my unpainted Battletech.


Scamm Heavy Trucks.(Another 2,they will be painted greens,no need to post a before pic,already one in my WIP Gallery)


Small Scout Vehicles.


Marksman AT Tanks.


Medium Field Laser.


Grav Jeeps.(want another 9 of these eventually,thinking of basing them on 1p Bases as they are perfect)


Also Decided to Base my Heavy Trucks,Granite base to fit there color theme,intend on painting my other two in greens,on woodland bases,
And most likely some others will be based the same like the Grav&Tracked APC's,Markman Tanks,think i will have to use something smaller for the jeeps and such though,as a said.

Still not finished up my orks one Deffcopta to go,then will hit some World War 2 stuff some Allies&Axis planes,and back into battletech,and round and round we go.

Penny Bases.


Cavalry Bases.

Loving pretty mud everything I see here. Battletech, orks. 6mm WWII aircraft! Its all my bag.

I've been there with the Battletech lore. "Overwhelming" hardly approaches the feeling. I must've read at least twenty novels, Gray Death Legion, Prince Hans (the despot) and friends, Wolf's Dragoons, The Jade Falcon trilogy the clan invasion and Phelan Kell's assention to Mr Clan Bigshot. On and on and I still felt like I was missing about 99% of what the universe had to offer. Never mind trying to write fiction within the cannon. Its a minefield, but at the same time it's an endless rabbit hole to research.

One Ork Deffcopta.


Decided to paint up an old trukk also,Since it looks like it won't be much work so might as well get my last ork vehicle done,
don't know if its just me but my bad moon orks,have taken a weird turn into a sorta world war 1 steampunk look.
Also Yay i hit 100 Minis painted this year,so far,never thought i was capable of such a achievement.

@theCrowe.
Just reading some of the companion books,mainly for the funny or weird ability's or drawbacks certain tech has,as well as technical manuals although not fully reading them,
Only the mechs and vehicles i have i look up,seems i have mostly medium lasers,not sure what i will get next,undecided between a couple of class1/2 mechs or a few vehicles and a long tom cannon.

Planning on building a couple of small battletech army's,in time.

One Classic Ork Trukk.


That's all my Ork Vehicles done,Only a small Mob of Nobs & Boys left,will do them in the far future though sometime next year.
On to 6mm World War 2 Planes Next,With a Squadron of BF-109's,and a RAF plane or two.

Also been experimenting more with penny bases,some 1&2p Bases below,the 1p ones are a perfect scale for the tiny battletech grav jeeps and light grav scouts will be using them for tiny battletech things,
besides would look tiny on a hex base,i checked.

1p Granite & Chemical River Bases.




2p Woodland & Granite.

Nice stuff. Ork stuff is a bit subdued. Maybe I’m just used to the old style with the garish splashes of color. Obviously a different era. But I still think things with more realistic paint jobs could use a bit of a spot color to help pop off the table a bit.

I played a TON of battletech back in the day. Still have a a couple of companies worth of metal mechs somewhere, and a dozen books on the shelf. Lost track of the fluff. I kept up with it into the clan invasion, but lost the track somewhere after that. When I hear snippets of the modern lore I just get puzzled, they seem to have gone a long way afield since then.

I made penny bases topped with clay for infantry back then. But most of my conventional forces back then were for OGRE. Same scale.

That trukk definitely belongs in the GorkaMorka Legacy hall of fame
Love the toned down look on your orks. Looking very Gorka. If they were a GorkaMorka mob that is.

The big cog on your Boss' banner pole looks cool. Looks like its a trophy from some super-heavy tank he famously pulled apart with his own claw.

A Squadron of Messerschmitt Bf-109s,A Fairey Barracuda (Torpedo Plane) And a Gloster Meteor (Jet).Also added to my 6mm Gallery.
Like the way they turned out,Nice camo pattern on both Axis&Allied Planes,Never took much time to paint either,slowly running out of planes to paint,2more batches like this,and there gone!

Onto some more Battletech next with 2 Grav APCs,2 Light Grav Scouts a Wasp Mech and a Medium Laser Emplacement,
They will be painted as Terrorists,keeping there allegiance secret,with basic battlegray paint schemes,slowly adding to the terrorist faction i have,
maybe write some backround someday for my forces,I like to think both groups Terrorists&Mercenaries work for a famous well know faction like stiener or jade falcon.

@Nevelon.
I know what you mean about my orks,after i painted them kromlech mines,the style seems to have just carried over to the rest,so i rolled with it,
rather than paint them in the usual bright comical color schemes of old.

Nice to know there are still a few battletech fans about,Companies of Mechs you say,I'am jealous! been paying most of my attentions to non mech vehicles,
there's something about the tiny but weighty tanks and such,that induce a sense of childish excitement at there metal coolness.

@theCrowe.
Thanks and yeah kinda does fit gorkamorka with the industrial feel my orks have ended up with,The Warboss's Cog is just that,A Trophy ripped from a famed imperial superheavy,that and my warboss likes mechanical things.
Easiest Conversion ever that one,The cog was from an old printer i ripped apart for bits to use with basing,The now old snowcovered scrap objective markers of mine were also from a dead printer,gotta love recycling.

Bf-109's.


Fairey Barracuda.


Gloster Meteor.

More Battletech.A Mech and Vehicles.
Slowly adding to my well equipped terrorists this time with some grav/hover APCs armed with lasers&missiles,some unarmed scouts which likely carry sensors for calling in artillery and missile support,
A medium laser emplacement did order 2 but the stockist could only find the one,so one it is,And another insect named mech a Wasp Mech.
Next will be rotating back to 40k as it's turned into my routine,going to paint up my last munitorum armored container,along with something small thinking them couple of mortar crewmen i never got around to.

Along with 3 Necron Scarab Bases for the monthly challenge and Halloween,figured i have already painted a 12+ for objective markers,so i foresee them taking not long to paint,will be having some small toxic rivers scattered about the bases too,add that bit more danger to them.
Ordered a small selection of Battletech as i'am running low,and having fun building up my forces bit at a time,Got a Commando Mech A couple of Medium Hover/Grav Tanks with Missile Launchers,and 3 more grav jeeps on the way,since there cheap and cool looking.


Wasp Mech.(A Strange looking mech this one,again a mech with a granite base theme like the Locust)



Grav APC's.(Hi Tech looking and well armed for Personal Carriers,With a fixed Laser turret and SRM's short range missiles,Well armed indeed)



Light Grav Scouts.(They are on 1p Bases,And i think they look surprisingly good on them,as the scale is perfect)



Medium Laser Emplacement.(It's on a 2p Base,looks nicely sci fi and hi-tech,shame there was not another available)

Some Necron Scarabs for this months painting challenge.
Gave them some Toxic River bases,add some hazardous atmosphere to them,less spooky though,more creepy.



Moving on up,about to make a start on an armored container,after some minor repairs,the prime is covered in tiny white paint flecks,
Somehow at sometime a big flick of white must have hit the air.After that the Inside will need to be painted in the same colors as the other two of mine,then glue it into place.

Also made a triple objective marker set,some big badass 40k booby traps,while i do intend to "stop" posting on the objective marker thread sometime next year,I will probably still make the odd marker here and there,
so you know,if your a follower stay tuned.

Suicide,Close Combat & Ranged Attack Servo Skulls.

Suicide Servo Skulls.



A optional Equipment available to Adeptus Mechnicus or Inquisition Only Units,can also be captured as part of a acheotech hoard,as these have access to mind-link technology,each skull moves "6 but cannot be more than 24" away from the unit with the mind link,max range,skulls are armed with either,
Frag,Krak,Gas,Melta each skull has Toughness-1 and a 6-Save representing the chance of hitting cables,mechanical parts etc,and explode using frag&krak,Melta profiles,or produces a gas cloud around the gas-skull for several turns,at which point the skull served its final purpose and deactivates.

Close Combat Servo Skulls.



A optional Equipment available to Adeptus Mechnicus or Inquisition Only Units,can also be captured as part of a acheotech hoard,as these have access to mind-link technology,each skull moves "6 but cannot be more than 24" away from the unit with the mind link,max range,
The Skulls are armed with a Close Combat Whammers S+1 Weapon For Strength lvl-3 Melee Attacks Using the large Whammer each skull has,each skull has Toughness-1 and a 6-Save representing the chance of hitting cables,mechanical parts etc.

Ranged Attack Servo Skulls.



A optional Equipment available to Adeptus Mechnicus or Inquisition Only Units,can also be captured as part of a acheotech hoard,as these have access to mind-link technology,each skull moves "6 but cannot be more than 24" away from the unit with the mind link,max range,
The Skulls are armed with laspistols,and have laspistol strength profile,each skull has Toughness-1 and a 6-Save representing the chance of hitting cables,mechanical parts etc.


Used up "all" of my Resin bases on the above conversions,using green stuff parts made for the objective marker thread some time ago,Have a nice big group of servo skulls now a sizable swarm with various ability's,Imagine if you would a swarm of floating human skulls,
Blowing up,flailing about madly,spiting lasfire,And disgorging plumes of toxic gas,Demoralizing to the max when the unit previously destroyed comes back for another go.
Repaired the flecks of paint on the container and painted the inside,and outside detailing,slowly losing the will to paint the bloody thing being as though i have to apply alot of washes and alot of highlighting next,but when it's done it's overwith and i have a nice set of building size containers,
Doing something less labor intensive next definitely.

My next batch of Battletech Arrived.

Commando mech. (A cool looking tactical mech) another mech more to the terrorist side and i'am done with gray mechs for a while as they have grow to lance size formation,not sure what yet will have to wait and see.



Medium Grav tanks with MRM,Medium range missiles,these will be greens along with several other vehicles,also got 3more grav jeeps.

I had one request, that was Servo skulls with frikkin laser beams attached to their heads!

Sorry, that's what your laspistol servo skulls made me think of. Are you Dr Evil?

Also meant to say before your Wasp mech is sweet as. Naive work on all your Battletech stuff so far. Mine is mostly all mechs so its nice to see so many more of the conventional units in your collection. Kinda makes the mechs more special too, like they should be.

@theCrowe.
Was going for comical slinky looking servo skulls,think the laspistol&whammer ones came out nice,the suicide skulls could have came out better,but still probably make for some "good" (sub standard) sentry's,
I like the battletech vehicles more in a way there so sci fi and there are a great many to pick from,trying to keep the colors neutral like they are factory fresh,although i might do an aquatic themed lance sometime that could be interesting.

Love the skulls, stealing the idea, sorry.

Love coming here, don't comment as much as I should I guess, love seeing the alternative models.

That took longer than expected,Finally finished my last Munitorum Armored Container alot of work them things,well they are when you paint all 3 differently and your sooo not into it,if i ever get more they are well being all the same color,but none the less i now have a nice set painted up in various themes,Took a few pics of a Container Yard Diorama Of all the Scatter i have Painted this year so far,looks cool huh!.
Worked on some bits also 20+ for use in conversions and making dull stuff more intresting,gonna paint up more bits next,then some 6mm planes,before battletech gets more love.

Got my final group of battletech,for a while anyways,have a hunter missile launcher (arrow IV missiles) and a hellhound mech completing my terrorist lance,which will be locust,wasp,commando,hellhound mechs,will be a good while before i work on my next lance,the hellhound is my biggest mech yet,its a chunky one alright,
,also thinking i'am going to keep the rest of the vehicles baseless just in case i want to use them in a 3d battle,although me making terrain is in the distance,will hit the scratch building scene with a vengence when i have only a couple of squads left to paint,who know's how long that will take,
If i manage to paint another couple of hundred things in 2018 i will be very much closer to building buildings,and granting new life to some old beat up terrain of mine,that would be a project of itself,which always take a chunk of time pie,although next year is alot of time away,and maybe a year short of it,will have to see.

Munitorum Armored Container.(Mechanicus Theme)



Hellhound Mech.



Hunter Missile Launcher.



Container Yard.(All my scatter terrain this year)





@Camkierhi.
Cool,I Would be intrigued to see how you go about making&arming some servo skulls.