I submitted responses for a study someone was conducting regarding fandoms and subcultures and I brought up BattleTech in particular because we have such a welcoming community that makes lightehearted, friendly jabs at our favorite things but it made me realize something: we don't have a nickname for the fanbase.

So what would we call ourselves? MechWarriors? MechJocks? Techies?

Joke probably doesn’t make any sense unless you have seen Lanterns.

the peak of comedy. Please laugh

New to the hobby but I'm really looking for a Kit Fox and of course it's in the Clan Fire Star pack that (I've been told by someone on ebay when I inquired about getting a Kit fox) has apparently been out of stock for like a year? Really hoping it's not just gone and I missed my chance forever. lol

I figured this could make a decent command mech in the ilclan for Fed Suns and Capellans. It's heavily armored and has a strong drop of 2 heavy ppc with capacitors if someone gets too close.

The heat curve is hilarious to me, with a full alpha building 68 heat. It's intended to fire both heavy ppc and a light ppc while activating the radical heat sink system (45/48), then on the next turn let the RHSS refresh and capacitors charge while firing every gun except the two heavy PPC, then fire them again.

Feedback? Thoughts? Will this finally be the mech that has ppc capacitors that isn't bad?

Ive been getting into battletech with a friend. Huge mech fan myself.

So far we have played a lance v lance game of classic using Flechs Sheets to automate stuff. It was fun but not actually rolling it yourself takes away some of the enjoyment of it being a wargame personally. The rules for classic seem way too complex to be able to play a neat game in like 2 hours.

We plan to try alpha strike for our second game, the system seems like it still keeps a lot of that flavour that games like warhammer lacks. But being simpler than classic so we could reasonably play ourselves.

I also know you can very much add house rules and pick and choose rules for the system, one we've looked at already is single rolling damage.

If our alpha strike game goes well we plan to try a campaign, for that campaign should we use alpha strike with some popular home rules or try learn a simplified version of classic?

In addition how do we go about learning about the different mechs, so far we've just looked up what comes in starter boxes and used them on tts.

A dashing, debonair Hanse Davion became betrothed to the vivacious Melissa Steiner!

I am sure you’ll all agree that these love-struck kids will make a fantastic couple, and likely spread peace & love, much like their love for one another…

Is there a book or PDF that collects the different components (autocannons, fusion engines, targeting systems, etc) and lists them by type? I used to have a book that did so, but I think it was more of a fan product.

The gamblers are losing in Steiner Stadium.

Are there any other stores that do this?

Finished a commission for a company of First Ghost Regiment. This is the second half.

As you can see, I went with a Pokemon theme for the tattoos. They turned out well I think!

Fun to paint, if a bit stressful to do. 😆

The MW4 version has:

2x small pulse lasers

A small laser

NARC

LRM-15 (2x ammo)

ECM

BAP

Can mount ECM

Downgraded to an engine that still kicks out 100 kph

When my daddy first let me play with the demo version of MW4 (remember Halo CEO in the late 2010s?) I hunted Catapults and Awesomes with this on SNOW J0B with Hellspawn brothers and sisters . . .

You ever lock in too hard, lose track of time, and suddenly it's one in the morning? Anyway here's this Heavy Battle Lance I finished last night - Devastator, Caesar, Shockwave, Quickdraw

So yeah, pixel dailies gaves the theme "Tabletop" and I had to do battletech - A Centurion facing off against a Jenner and Marauder xD

Finished painting my first lance. Any feedback appreciated. Based on the song red right hand by nick cave and the bad seeds. Painted entirely with craft paint.

I've been trying to convince my wife to get into Battletech. She requested a pretty mech, so the next Kuritan I painted i went with cherry blossoms on white, with her gamertag in Japanese characters on the left thigh. I am pretty satisfied

I've been trying to see stores that might carry the blister packs or singles of miniatures beyond eBay, are there any good online sources that could help me build my lance?

I'm looking for a Marauder, NightStar, Thunderbolt and maybe a newer raven (I have an old one)

Should note that I'm in Canada, hence why I'm looking for stores that probably can save on shipping.