More little guys

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This bunch is a mix of very new and a few not so old paint jobs. All have been painted within the past 2 months or so, though none were really worthy of a singular post in their own right. 

1st Royal Cavaliers WASP-WSP-1D 

Generic 10 Ton Tracked APC for no one in particular. Basically it is local militia/PDF

Like all of my 10 Ton APCs, this will be a filler model for when I don't feel like fielding infantry, or rather a horde of infantry. 

1st Royal Cavaliers' 10 Ton Wheeled APC, for when I don't want to spend 1400 points on a Sturmfeur, yet still want to field a lance of armor (and I use that term loosely in this particular case).

 

Wolf's Dragoons' Alpha Regiment Wasp WSP-1A

This is not this mini's first appearance on this blog. Rather that debut was in my last post where it was my Dragoons' sole survivor.

Yes, this is what surviving light mechs look like: Running away!

10 Ton Hover, Wheeled & Tracked APCs. I couldn't resist making a blue 'SWAT' APC to again add to my generic filler forces. The tracked APC is painted to match my Capellan Homeguard, because why wouldn't they have one of these? 

With the teeny tiny skull decal, this hover APC will go to my Dark Caste Bandits, though it would work in a pirate force as well.

Scorpion Light Tank ML/LAC variant(s). This was originally supposed to go to my snowballing out of control desert force. 

On a whim, it got shunted into the 1-off/geneic category after I wanted to try my hand at the old, US Desert Storm era 'chocolate chip' desert camo. 

While I may not have been entirely successful in that endeavor, it looks decent enough.

Its the Urbie Dance Squad!!

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Happy New Year folks! Wow, 2020....sounds futuristic doesn't it? However, rather than the far future we're still right here in the present, moving on...

Despite the inordinate amount of free time that PDF units seem to have, cleaning their mechs still doesn't seem to make it onto the duty roster...

I closed out 2019 by finishing off my 'Podunk' PDF lance, consisting of a trio of Urbies lead by an obsolete Shadowhawk SHD-1R. The Shadowhawk's LRM-5 was mismolded and looked more like an SRM-4. Somebody with decent greenstuff skillz (i.e.: not me) could've probably fixed that, but I instead trimmed the LRM and head mounted SRM launchers off making it into a SHD-1R. 

The cars, mini bus and lamp post all came from SteelWarriorStudios. The SHR-1R's base is by Gamecraft Studios.

I have a 2nd Shadowhawk in the same boat, and will likely make it into a 1R as well. Given my fondness for mediocre-to-shitty mechs, I don't see this downgrade as an issue, rather its perfect for PDF/Homeguard type of units. As such, this bunch is in urban camo, meaning it could be from most any inner sphere/periphery house or mercs, or even some really, really down on their luck pirates. 

Guess who's happy to see you???

The smiley emoji on the top of that one urbie is in recognition of it's first ever shot fired in anger that took down a pristine King Crab! I won't go into detail (again) as most folks like to remind me that I never seem to shut up about that, lol. 

These will likely not be all painted in the color scheme...

Also, some late year reinforcements rolled in in the form of a Bulldog lance. These tanks are from SteelWarriorStudios, and they scale perfectly with my Scorpion and Demolisher tanks. I think they're a vast improvement over the official model. I'm also tempted to mod the record sheet of the standard model to add in some additional armor to match what looks like appliqué armor as compared to the LRM versions.

As a Christmas present to me, I ordered a Marik decal for my truck.

Due to RL scheduling issues, there are still no dates set for games at this time (but we are trying!), despite that I'm hoping this is the year that changes my Battletech gaming from sporadic to frequent!

AC-2s, for when you want to reach out and annoy someone!

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60 - 80 tons of: yawn...

I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for the lowly AC-2 Carrier. By and large, its near worthless, though in a few, very rare instances its brutally effective. In the latter case, back when I had an Alacorn lance, I found that an AC-2 carrier parked next to said lance with all 5 sitting up on a ridge was more or less nerd rage inducing. Indeed, I think it was the only time Rob serious thought of throwing dice at me in a game, lol! 

I don't think black edging helps in any way when it comes to camouflage, but it looks good on the mini. Also, can ya tell where I pried up the turret? 

The lowly AC carrier was simply ignored, whilst he tried in vain to silence the 12 Gauss rifles that were murdering his mechs. With a sigh of relief, he realized he had survived the gauss onslaught of the 1st turn only for the AC-2 carrier (an LBX variant) to open up as well. He was kinda perplexed until the the carrier scored several hits-all of them internals, and finished off a few stricken mechs with brutal efficiency! 

This will serve in my generic PDF conventional company.

Alas, I haven't had any murder machines to park my AC Carrier next to in years. That, combined with it's cardboard armor, slow speed, and lack of a turret, its rarely used, and if it is, its easily dispatched. So, I popped off the top, turning it back into a turret, now this will serve as an AC-2 Partisan. 

Ugh, you can see where I've beat up on this old mini over the years. Looks like it needs a few more touch ups.

The Partisan fulfills the same function as an AC Carrier (though I can still use this as either), only better as it has more (though still thin) armor, and the weapons are turret mounted. This tank is converted out of an old, Clan Oro. Its been around the block many a time and it shows. Still, I dislike the canon mini for the partisan as it's thin, spindly gun barrels bend just when ya look at 'em, much less touch 'em. 

On a different note, my buddy Kushial just started a Battletech Blog of his own! Check it out here: https://kushialbattletech.blogspot.com/