TBAGers redux

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Welp, much like their unit fluff The Buffet Assault Group's (those of you who clicked on this post looking for the other kind of TBAGers can close this window now) miniature lineup needed a change as much as their unit history did. Originally, my almost fully painted lance was a woefully static (in their movements, or rather lack thereof), fire support unit that could lob 120+ LRMs down range per turn. 

On average however, maybe a quarter of those actually connected with an enemy model. It was as painful to me as it was a relief to my opponents. 

Look out for that tree!

Operating mechs from the LosTech eras, Artemis IV fire control systems are unavailable to them and that combined with my bad rolling meant they were a largely useless lance. I also wasn't too fond of their color scheme (in hindsight), and the 15mm TBAGer unit logos that I was using (originally for another long defunct and unrelated project) looked like they were sporting billboards for unit emblems. 

It is with no small amount of irony that I sold off a lance of missile boats, only to have their first official replacement be yet another missile boat. This will be the only one though!

As such those mechs were amongst an almost company's worth of mechs and tanks that I recently sold off to a fine gentleman in the Detroit area. This go round, the TBAGers are now sporting a 2-tone woodland camo, with a red center stipe on the torso and head because reasons. Unit emblems are small, hand painted and with squiggles for the otherwise illegible wording (they were barely readable on the 15mm scaled decals!). Additional red trim may be added at the mechwarrior or tanker's preference. 

Sans red on the backside, at least the camouflage will be effective when running away!

As you can see, the Catapult is sporting several armor panels in the shade of primer grey. These represent replacement armor plating that has been added in the field without time for a proper repaint. Fighting on the (losing) side of the Anduriens during the Andurien Secession, my TBAGers mechs and tanks will be painted to look battle worn, dirty, and sporting a patchwork of replaced and salvaged parts. 

I have an AC-2 Partisan conversion done as well (a partial repaint of this), it lacks any primered panels meaning either it was able to maintain a safe distance or it was simply written off as not a viable threat (which isn't too far from the truth). 

Next up on the WIP stage I have a Phoenix Hawk that is pretty close to complete. The plan is to at the least finish that before switching back to painting my 40k spess mahreenz.