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Hi guys

I have had a long time 15mm Mecha project simmering, buying Mechs cheap when they come up, after getting some inspiration from several 15mm 3D print mecha threads, I have decided to start mine, so I went trawling through my stash for my mechs, I have built one set of small mechs years ago (pics added) as well as these unmade mechs, and I have 3 more plastic kits on their way from HLJ and 8 Mechwarrior clix of ebay.

The Silver/Maroon mechs will be enlarged, I will try to get these from small to medium, the baggies at the bottom have some small Rebel minis and medium Khurasan mechs, probably leave them this size, the heavy gear stuff is more large battle suit size, but they will be in the project.

The 4 coloured mechs on the left were bought at a bargain shop for $2.50 for the set, they are rubbish as is, but I will heavily convert a couple, and use a couple as downed mechs.

The boxed plastic kits will be converted to look more mechwarrior than Gundum, I will replace hand held weapons with weapons integrated into the arms, maybe change the heads, we will see.

I made the Japanese mercs before really planning this project, so may carry this theme into 1 force (with Khurasans man size robots as ground support), do another force with a unified paint scheme (thinking of expanding my colonial marines into gthis force), and 2 alien forces, 1 Avian (Harook) might get some of Khurasans Hauk figures and do a unified Avian force, the other CMGs Kaamados dominion.
More pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2019/08/15mm-mecha-project.html
and here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/search/label/15mm%20Sci-fi%20Japanese%20Mercs

Hi guys

Started on my first Mech, going to try and make a medium mech out of these 2 small ones, they are both about 50mm tall, the final height is 73mm still need to do a lot of work on this, the gun arm will get a large mag on the back of the elbow counterweighting the barrels, not sure the gun is right for this sized mech, should I mount something smaller? I will add some armour and detail to the legs, the back of the mech will have a bit of detail added so its not so flat, going to add 1 or 2 missile pods to either the shoulders or chest, and round the nose of.

Should I persist with this design? any thoughts on improving it.
More pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2019/08/wip-mech-1.html

Hi guys

An update, some parts are bluetaced on, need to detail the gun mag, fill the waste out, mount the missile pod, I want to do some detail around the chest area, add knee armour, maybe groin armour, and thinking of some hanging plate armour around the waste, can anyone think of anything else I should change or add? all feedback appreciated.
More pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2019/08/wip-mech-1-part-2.html

Cool!, I'm interested to see how this comes along!

Thanks Bschwi1

Hi guys

The build stage is almost done, just need to attach the missile pod, any areas to improve before I start the painting process?
More pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2019/08/wip-mech-1-part-2_12.html

Hi guys

My 2nd 15mm Mech WIP, I don't like the design of this Mech, so will be heavily converting it, it will become an Atlas like assault Mech, its an impressive 110mm, these are the changes I will make
1) Cut down the horn like shapes on the shoulder to the same height as the head and make them into missile pods.
2) get rid of the turret in the body, and fill in the space.
3) move the head forward to the centre of the body.
4) drop the shoulder balls to level with or lower than the head.
5) shorten the arms to avoid a gorilla knuckle dragging look.
6) Not sure here, either have 2 fists and a waist or chest mounted gun, or replace 1 of the fists with a gun, what do you think?
7) add dust covers to all the joints
8) add knee armour and various details.

I wont be painting them until I have at least a lance worth.
My blog
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2019/08/2nd-mech-wip.html

Hi guys

I bit of work done on the conversions, I've added a before pic to show what has been done, have decided to give him 2 fists and do a waist mounted gun like the Atlas, I'll be adding more rockets to the chest area, and another set of twin guns on the left forearm, as well as beefing out the fists and adding more details here and there, what do you think so far?
More pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2019/08/wip-mech-2-part-2.html

Hi guys

More work done on this assault mech, sorry about the pics, detail is hard to see with white and a flash, added reactive armour, missiles to the chest, a waist missile pod, hip armour, working on a waist gun, and beefed up the hands, pretty happy so far, anything you can see that needs adding?
More pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2019/08/wip-mech-2-part-3.html

Hi guys

I weas going to make this a heavy Mech, but its a lot more solid than I thought, so it maybe another assault Mech, as you can see from the comparison shot, its even bigger than my last Mech, this one came with a head to be mounted in the middle of the chest and a turret located were I now have the head, I'm almost happy with it as it is now, may just add a little armour, weapons and some little details, what do you think?
More pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2019/08/wip-mech-3-part-1.html

Hi guys

My first 15mm fully scratch built mech, its still a work in progress, made my first an urbanmech, because of the simple design, and I'm testing a new medium, (intend to make 8-10), 15mm figure for scale, I usually use kneadatite, procreate or miliput for sculpting, but have been eyeing off polymer clay for a long time, finally thought I would give it a go for this project, its about half the cost of miliput and a fifth of kneadatite, this sculpt cost me $3 Australian to complete.

Polymer clay has some interesting properties, you can pick it up and handle it without leaving finger prints or distorting the shape, and you can take your time sculpting as it stays soft until cured in an oven.

Its not perfect, but I have limited funds at the moment, I'm hoping to get a resin 3D printer for Christmas.
More pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2019/08/scratch-built-15mm-urbanmech.html

Hi guys

Lonely little 15mm infantry figure out front for scale.

So my Mechwarrior clix have arrived, here is a group shot with some of the other Mech I have built so far, so here is the problem, I think they are all (the clix) about 30% to small, my 2 largest mechs I'm classing as 100 tonne assaulty mechs, the mech sitting between them is a clixs 100 tonne assault mech, I won't be able to get it to the same size, but I might be able to get another 30mm height and some more bulk out of it, and the same with the others, I will make some strategic cuts around ankles, knees and waist and place some spacers in, then bulk them out with extra armour.

I should have about 48 mechs with these and my un built mechs in the collection now, so will build 4 factions with 12 mech and 15mm supporting infantry and vehicles, I will do a Davion, Jade Hawk, Mercs, and a 4th undecided faction.
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2019/09/mech-force-so-far.html

Hi guys

A painting progression on 1 of 6 cheap mechs I found on ebay, they cost me $5 Australian each after postage, using them in my 15mm BT project, painting these for my House Kurita force, started with a grey undercoat, then black wash, and white dry brush for pre shading, I bought a contrast red to test how they are, and thought I would use this project for the test, applied the contrast red, and then regular acrylic black, the contrast would suit those wanting to paint large numbers quickly, but I wasn't happy with the results, so have gone over it with acrylic red (Vallejo), next up I'll do a black pin wash, then highlights, then add some details, then weathering. I think I need to add more detail to the base, rubbish and debris, thoughts?

More pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2019/10/paint-progression-cheap-15mm-mech.html

Excellent stuff nice to see some varied sci-fi. Have you seen Reaper's CAV line? heap 10mm mechs excellent for this type of thing.

I have often eyed the Cav line, I painted 1 of their mechs when they were metal, but not the new plastic ones, they are an interesting option.

Hi guys

Have finished the base coat on this lot, have decided to use one of the warhammers in another force (maybe Kurita), have chosen the colours of Davion's Jie Fang Legion, will brighten the blue and darken the black a little with filters.
More pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2019/11/15mm-jie-fang-legion-mechs-base-coat.html

Hi guys

My Merc lance is coming along nicely, have to paint some details, battle damage and weathering, when the Mechs are done I will work on some Infantry and support assets, all comments welcome.
Heaps more pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2019/11/15mm-bt-merc-lance-wip-part-2.html

Hi guys

These are not finished, just a base paint and a wash so fare, will go over the camo colours again, then highlight, paint details, and weathering, a couple of the vehicles are yet to receive their first wash. Ignore the big red dude in the back, he is not part of this force, may add another 3 mechs to have a full lance.
More pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2019/11/15mm-colonial-marines-painting-started.html