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Thanks for the email and order placed for one of the new mechs.
I remain very happy with my initial purchase but want to ask if you will be selling weapon packs so I know if I am gluing or magnetising the launchers.

I ended up painting mine in an urban scheme.



The rest are here: http://imgur.com/a/y14oV#0


The building will eventually contain some of these Rebel minis's figures (not my paint job).

I'm curious about separate weapons packs as well. I really like the look of your mechs and honestly plan on purchasing a few just to paint and convert for fun. I don't even play any kind of game in this scale but have some friends who do. Who knows maybe your rules and models will actually get me to try smaller scale games.

I'll be doing weapon packs at a future point. The attachment points are all being standardized from here out so they'll be swappable. The first generation of Raptors have slightly smaller connection points, I've had those pieces reprinted so that the second generation parts will also fit with all the new weapons.

Not sure just how soon the packs will be available but they are in the works.


Reposting this as the page rolled over and didn't want it to get buried.

New mecha up for pre-order:

http://www.mechafront.com/



They will ship no later than the end of August (if I'm able to manage they'll ship out sooner). Everything will ship in the order they are recieved so the first orders in are the first to be shipped.

Also for anyone who previously orderd with the first batch of Raptors, you'll be getting an email shortly with a discount code as a special thank you for your help in supporting the line.

I love that scheme, Valhallan! Simple and very effective

I would also like to third the motion asking about weapon packs!

Thanks for the update on the weapon packs. Now that I know they will be available at some point, I'll magnetize the mechs I order now to be ready for them.

 paulson games wrote:
I'm fine with people calling me either Jon or Paulson, it's "Mr Paulson" that feels weird

Since you're the one doling out the Mechs to all the pilots, I say Marshal Paulson is a good third choice in honor of Pacific Rim.

 paulson games wrote:
I'll be doing weapon packs at a future point. The attachment points are all being standardized from here out so they'll be swappable. The first generation of Raptors have slightly smaller connection points, I've had those pieces reprinted so that the second generation parts will also fit with all the new weapons.

Not sure just how soon the packs will be available but they are in the works.


Reposting this as the page rolled over and didn't want it to get buried.

New mecha up for pre-order:

http://www.mechafront.com/



They will ship no later than the end of August (if I'm able to manage they'll ship out sooner). Everything will ship in the order they are recieved so the first orders in are the first to be shipped.

Also for anyone who previously orderd with the first batch of Raptors, you'll be getting an email shortly with a discount code as a special thank you for your help in supporting the line.

Oh, I got ninja'ed here and didn't even notice it . Thanks for clarifying about the packs.

Yeah, those packs are going to be awesome. I'm still not sure how the railgun is going to be switcheable with the light laser (or laZ0r), but conversions are our bread and butter.

I'll have a new piece of art likely tomorrow, it got held up slightly but sweet mama it'll be worth the wait



This was a painting contest submisison done by Simon Hooker, additional pictures are up in the facebook gallery.

Wow, that is beautiful.

I love that camo scheme, too! I'm learning a lot about mech camo just from the pics in this thread

Mystery pic tomorrow-ish sounds good!

We'll call it a late monday, enjoy.


Neo-Bloc Tiger Quad Mecha:

Yep, the quads are indeed my favorites, how did you know

Ironbovin and I were having this discussion: I had assumed that the quads would have multiple crew. Their bases being bigger than most of the buildings I own, would you say that it is reasonable to think that it takes more than a single person to operate such a behemoth?

Quads are crewed by two pilots, one serving as a driver and one as a gunner.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Ironbovin and I were having this discussion: I had assumed that the quads would have multiple crew. Their bases being bigger than most of the buildings I own, would you say that it is reasonable to think that it takes more than a single person to operate such a behemoth?

I think the problem with this idea, is that the Quad mechs would be vastly more stable than the biped ones. Current robotics can make a functional quad, but perfect bipeds still elude us. If Paulson was to make a super duper heavy 6 legged mech, it would be more stable again. So I think the actual piloting difficulty goes down with weight in this setting. Maybe it has too many weapons to be easily targeted by one pilot and his targeting computer? But I don't see any rear facing turrets or anything that would require a second pilot. I think it is just fine with the 1 pilot.

What? No lobotomized servitors, no crew slaved to their stations and priest overseeing the engines?

Geez, what is this game?

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
What? No lobotomized servitors, no crew slaved to their stations and priest overseeing the engines?

Geez, what is this game?

Good

Just so everyone knows, you should head over to facebook and look at the gallery Jon has set up for all the mecha entries. There is some definite talent in there.

 paulson games wrote:
Quads are crewed by two pilots, one serving as a driver and one as a gunner.

Did not see this one earlier.

Sounds good, some mechs with apache or hind style dual cockpits would be cool

Here is a little something I built.

I'm imagining this as a Medium Mecha of the Cree Nation mercenary force.




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I somehow wasn't able to get them ones from my gallery... :(

Are there Paulson parts in there, I'm having trouble telling? Looks good, lots of zones on that base rim

The main body is an Airfix WW1 female tank, the torso railguns are Paulson Games, the arm machine guns/autocannons are Wargames Factory. Battlefleet Gothic antennae, Crotch sensor is Dreamforge mule head, hips and feet are GW sentinel, and leg extensions are plasticard.

Yes, I paint the forward and front firing arcs, blind-siding a mecha is such a good strategy that it is important to remember where it is.

This entry came in from Darrin Teigen aka Spaceman Spiff. His stuff is super sweet, additional pics are in the FB photogallery.

Hi guys, finally got round to unpacking my Raptors - review, thoughts and pics on the new blog here - Friendly Fire!
I think I've missed the painting comp (too much Real Life in the way) but thought I might as well post it up anyway!

A taster -


Thanks!

Nope, you still have 4 days, mate, get on it!

Less than 4 hours for the contest, get those entries in, girls and boys!

I just bought Theophony's spare NorAm mech, thanks mate

Of course, this now means I'll need to pick up the two variants of it early next month from Paulson, after I sell some things.

So, I am officially in! He's not at GenCon, is he? If he was, I'd be hunting him down tomorrow...

He is, and stop rubbing it in. Some of us are not part of the cool kids.

I am seriously considering buying the autocannon raptor this month... if I can scrounge the money. I just, believe it or not, bought a car. I'm still reeling from the financial implications.