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Well it took 577 days, but I have finally received a response from Shrapnel. They requested a couple edits but they shouldn't be too hard. I might be making it into Issue 12 Defiance Industries fucked around with this message at 10:33 on Dec 30, 2022 |
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    First game of CBT in decades tonight. It was a real treat to introduce the kid to the nerd game I cut my teeth on, almost entirely unchanged after so many years but still in print. I had forgotten just how whiffy baseline IS pilots with 3025 tech could be. You ran, your target ran, GS4, medium range? Long odds of tagging them for sure.
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Defiance Industries posted:Well it took 577 days, but I have finally received a response from Shrapnel. They requested a couple edits but they shouldn't be too hard. I might be making it into Issue 12 Congrats man! Can't wait to read it.
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Hammerheads are really cute.
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It would be perfect for putting BA squads on, but it's not an Omni and Lyrans don't really use mag clamps. It's too bad, I wanted to have four Cuchulainns riding on that huge head. Defiance Industries fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Dec 31, 2022 |
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It's still drying so I haven't been able to do gap filling/final cleanup, but I'm proud of this. I made myself a Timberwolf D. Can't wait until CLG sticks an official one in the new kickstarter and makes mine look like garbage!
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That's really really clean greenstuff sculpting, nice job.
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PoptartsNinja posted:Hammerheads are really cute. Huh, I didn’t realize the Hammerhead is so small. I figured it’d be a big ol heavy or assault mech.
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Nah, it's a cute little 45 ton medium. With hardened armor so it's roughly as durable as a Summoner.
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I love missile doors*, I wish more minis had them. *except on the Highlander IIC, holy poo poo I am not good enough at assembly to handle that.
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Is there any source for the new Timberwolf outside of the Clan Invasion box set? It doesn't seem to be in any of the Clan Star boxes.
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Owlbear Camus posted:That's really really clean greenstuff sculpting, nice job.
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Z the IVth posted:Is there any source for the new Timberwolf outside of the Clan Invasion box set? It doesn't seem to be in any of the Clan Star boxes. Plenty. Wolf’s Dragoons box, Legendary Mechwarriors box, the new Alpha Strike box or even the premium mini.
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The Alpha Strike box and Clan Invasion box both have the Timberwolf Prime. The Wolf's Dragoon's box has a Timberwolf Prime with a different pose. The Legendary Mechwarriors box has Aidan Pryde's Timberwolf, which is almost the Prime but with most of the secondary weapons stripped out for jump jets (modeled on the back). The Pryde Wolf and the Dragoon's Wolf share the same leg pose but have slightly different torso poses. The Timberwolf TC premium 'Mech also exists in Resin (maybe Siocast?), which is basically a Timberwolf with SRMs, Jump Jets, and Mad Dog arms. It comes in bits so you can pose it however you want.  
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My daughter's assessment was "It's not only fighting with mechs like that, right? Is there more roleplay?" So I'll be adding more context in the form of looking up prices, using my boring work related spreadsheet-toucher powers for good and letting her negotiate contracts and manage her merc unit and its resources a la the HBS game. I've already decided her crew chief will be Brinjid Bjornditter, hailing from the free rasalhague republic and soberly going over post-mission damage, salvage, and repair and refit work orders with a severe Minnesotan accent. "Oh hey there you banged up the Commando pretty good don'tcha know? Good news is the Capellan 3A you cored out we recovered and it won't be walking again, yeah, no- But! it's plenty of spare parts that are plug an' play with 'er." Owlbear Camus fucked around with this message at 02:33 on Jan 1, 2023 |
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Owlbear Camus posted:My daughter's assessment was "It's not only fighting with mechs like that, right? Is there more roleplay?" I don't think I will ever be able to un-hear Rasalhague citizens as Minnesotans ever again.
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Owlbear Camus posted:My daughter's assessment was "It's not only fighting with mechs like that, right? Is there more roleplay?" If you want a good resource on how to negotiate contracts, you should check out Field Manual: Mercenaries (the first run in particular). It gets into what all of the major clauses in a normal mercenary contract are, what kind of terms are typically used in the industry for each of them and how each employer typically differs on how they weight the different parts of a contract. Another thing I really like is that every once in a while it will go "some employers try to use contract clause X to get the mercenary unit to do Y, which is illegal as hell." This is GM code for "do these things." Definitely have an employer hire her for garrison duty at some point and try to press the unit into making "defensive counterattacks" on the enemy's bases.
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Or, better yet, "preemptive defensive counter-attacks" Ghost Bear Alpha Galaxy, I feel like you took things just a little too far. Charcoal gray and blue slashes? Great, amazing, but if I wanted to paint leopard spots I'd be painting Smoke Jaguars. The white dots make me feel like I'm ruining a perfectly good paintscheme.  "And with this, we shall commemorate the day all members of Alpha Galaxy recovered from the space bear-chicken pox! Seyla!" Edit: Are there any official schemes for Clan Protectorate Nova Cats, or is it pretty much just Spirit Cats and camo? PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 06:31 on Jan 1, 2023 |
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Fearless posted:I don't think I will ever be able to un-hear Rasalhague citizens as Minnesotans ever again. There's an a actual Minessota clan though? @PTN thanks for the comprehensive TW catalogue. The Wolf Dragoons box is the only one easily available here but it contains that fugly Annihilator.
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Craft/painting question: Does anyone offer shark's teeth nose art decals for these little stompy bois?
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Crossing over from mini-painting.quote:First minis of 2023, though half of them were done before New Year's. Last two mechs for my first full company of Battletech minis... just in time for 8 more to show up on deep sale and prevent me from celebrating one game's backlog cleared. Still needs varnish, but I'll put up a family photo once they're varnished and cured in (this thread). Command lance and Direct Fire lance picked up during the Barnes and Noble sale, they're sitting in their box in the closet for now but I'll get to them eventually. Just glad to at least have AGoAC and the support lance done.
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PoptartsNinja posted:
It's hard to tell, because which Clusters belong to the Spirit Cats vs. Clan Sea Fox vs. joint venture is hard to say. Shiva Keshik and Purifiers are Spirit Cats, they have defined camo (Purifiers either pull a Xi Provisional look or white/gray). Omicron Cluster (even if Catalyst shifted them last minute to Sea Fox in FM3145) is basically Spirit Cats, so same for them. Protectorate Guardians are a joint Fox/Cat venture, so who knows. Nova Cat Provisionals probably use a Nova Cat scheme. Dark Age clix scheme was white with red and gold highlights. Beta Striker Cluster had 1 or 2 mechs in Empire Alone, and the Wendigo in there had a mix of blues, purples, and whites. I'm just going to stick with white and gray for my Kitties. Crazy Joe Wilson fucked around with this message at 02:02 on Jan 2, 2023 |
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Something about the lighting and the wood wall in the background made me think this was actually a picture of you from the 80s. Perfect picture of classic gaming with the kid.
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PerniciousKnid posted:Something about the lighting and the wood wall in the background made me think this was actually a picture of you from the 80s. Perfect picture of classic gaming with the kid. The only real tell is the nice litko acrylic arc indicator. We didn't have fancy game aids in the long ago.
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Z the IVth posted:There's an a actual Minessota clan though? No, I am pretty sure the Minnesota Tribe sounded like a bunch of Yoopers.
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Long time Mechwarrior 4 fan and found out my local store has a big alpha strike community. So I painted up a couple mechs!
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Fearless posted:No, I am pretty sure the Minnesota Tribe sounded like a bunch of Yoopers. "Holy wah, look at da size of dat mech. I betcha she can haul some rear end eh?"
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Yooper posted:"Holy wah, look at da size of dat mech. I betcha she can haul some rear end eh?" “So I put da swampers on and climbed inta my Griffin. I knew it was gonna be a rough fight, cause my guts was rumblin with pastie farts. All da more reason ta gettis one done quick.”
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SkyeAuroline posted:Crossing over from mini-painting. As promised, one family photo:  Now to just get some games in that aren't "here's a huge public event, 1 turn an hour if you're lucky, and all the mechs and record sheets are supplied"...
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Owlbear Camus posted:Craft/painting question: Steel Rift offers them, I think you can get them from Fortress Miniatures online.
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You can probably find ones for military models that are intended for planes that would work.
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CGL just blogged a retrospective with numbers that may induce warm happy feelings about this formerly dead game. Also has reminder that Mercenary force packs are coming this month and they'll be unveiling the new Kickstarter at a streaming Adepticon event in March 
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Seems like I picked a great time to jump on the BattleTech Crazy what great miniatures can do for your *checks notes* miniature wargame IP
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Jag base this is Jag 12, approaching the reported radar signature. Nothing on scope Jag Base.  Base. Picking up Heat Sig. Cannot get lock!  Kodiak base! Kodiak!  Jag 12, Jag 12. Hold your position. Repeat, hold your position. Reinforcements are en route. Neg base, I need units now! Freebir--  Finished my Alpha Galaxy Ghost Bears. Assault Star  Striker Star  Sweep Star  Elemental Star  I really hate my phone. I put everything together and took a picture and what does it do? gently caress with the cockpit colors of everything but the Supernova.  
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Yooper posted:"Holy wah, look at da size of dat mech. I betcha she can haul some rear end eh?" I knew it!
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Marx Headroom posted:CGL just blogged a retrospective with numbers that may induce warm happy feelings about this formerly dead game. It's fun to compare this to the utter failure of Shadowrun 6th.
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Gorgeous Ghost Bears! They’ve always been my favorite clan. I’m going to paint my clan mechs as Ghost Bears but I haven’t settled on what galaxy yet.
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Marx Headroom posted:CGL just blogged a retrospective with numbers that may induce warm happy feelings about this formerly dead game. "we were super successful and made all this money!" "pay your contractors" "no"
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Muir posted:Gorgeous Ghost Bears! They’ve always been my favorite clan. I’m going to paint my clan mechs as Ghost Bears but I haven’t settled on what galaxy yet. Rasalhauge Galaxy is pretty straightforward. Marx Headroom posted:CGL just blogged a retrospective with numbers that may induce warm happy feelings about this formerly dead game. OK CGL, I accept your challenge!  The only thing I'm not sure of is the Wheeled APC, because it could also be a Striker that's missing its missile turret. I thought the Warrior might be a Donar for a bit until I noticed the goofy pusher tail fan. Definitely a Warrior. New Ostsol is looking good, and the Hermes II is a surprise. The Goliath needing a flight base makes me giggle. And the Cicada is instantly recognizable because it looks like it forgot to bring any guns. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 08:10 on Jan 3, 2023 |
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