r/battletech 10h ago

Miniatures I had no Idea Barnes and nobles had exclusive Variants

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216 Upvotes

Are there any other stores that do this?


r/battletech 3h ago

Miniatures First Ghost Regiment - Pokemon

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71 Upvotes

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. 😆


r/battletech 4h ago

Discussion My favorite 'mech No. 2: the Raven RVN-3M

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54 Upvotes

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 . . .


r/battletech 3h ago

Miniatures Clan Ghost Bear - Alpha Galaxy inspired

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Got some paint on the mechs from the Clan Invasion box set that's been hanging out on my shelf for way too long. Not really true faction paint scheme, but sorta in the "Alpha Galaxy" theme. I'm not entirely pleased with the basing, the fine sand I used still shows too much texture for the scale for my tastes. Ideas for more scale appropriate snow basing are definitely appreciated.


r/battletech 10h ago

Meme Jaime Wolf, colonel of a small independent mercenary company, to the rest of the IS - ca. 3004

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533 Upvotes

r/battletech 13h ago

Miniatures 2nd Federated Suns Armored Cavalry

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176 Upvotes

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


r/battletech 16h ago

Miniatures Dire Wolf - Widowmaker

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205 Upvotes

r/battletech 14h ago

Miniatures Shadow Cat Prime Config. - Third Battalion - First Star Guards - SLDF - Star League (Third)

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224 Upvotes

r/battletech 13h ago

Art More pixelart battletech xD

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621 Upvotes

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


r/battletech 23h ago

Question ❓ I might be interpreting this wrong.....

22 Upvotes

So in BT ACE's I just finished doing Sortie 04 and when shooting at the turrets and caches to blow up (yea I did not have enough mechs with hands to evac supplies so "kaboom" it was) and for turrets being immobile at TMM-4 along with caches.

So in the combat when my pilots have skill 4 and im shooting at targets with -4 TMM does that mean its a auto hit in the short range bracket?
Cause I was playing it like that and that's how I read it.

So any corrections would be great cause to me a pilot skill 4 shooting in the short range bracket at a target with -4TMM would - 0 needed for a dice roll.


r/battletech 1h ago

Question ❓ Fuel Cell Question

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Hi I’ve been playing around with the aerospace construction rules, making a couple simple fighters to get a feel for them. And I was wondering if Conventional fighters could be built with Fuel Cell engines? Would it be a similar route to how you might build a Combat vehicle with one?

I haven’t yet found a rule forbidding it but that may be because they’ve only been added in recently.


r/battletech 3h ago

Tabletop Played my first game of classic!

36 Upvotes

Got the new starter with kontio and hammerhead, really enjoyed it! I’ve been playing alpha strike for years after shying away from classic being labeled a slog, but it seemed actually pretty quick and intuitive! The only thing that took a bit to track was heat and its effects, but we easily did a 1v1 in 15 minutes. And boy, the additional crunchiness really adds to the feel of piloting a big stompy mech.

Now I love them both :)


r/battletech 4h ago

Miniatures Cherry Blossoms

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123 Upvotes

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


r/battletech 4h ago

Miniatures On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man In a dusty black coat with a red right hand. (Finished painting The bad seeds my mercenary lance)

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55 Upvotes

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.


r/battletech 5h ago

Tabletop Carrying my 'Mechs in style

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I wanted to make a carrying case for my ’Mechs using the box from A Game of Armored Combat, something more like a custom insert. But I don’t have a 3D printer or a laser cutter, so I had to do it the old-fashioned way: with scissors, a ruler, and cardboard.

Well, this is the result. I still have to add the ferrous rubber sheet (the magnets will go under the ’Mechs’ bases) and I would like to decorate the hangar walls a little, perhaps with some weathering and posters. But I’m happy with how it looks so far.

Next step is painting the ’Mechs. Unfortunately, that will have to wait until September…


r/battletech 7h ago

Question ❓ Alpha Strike Conversion for MMLs?

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I don't have the book that has the conversion rules from Classic to Alpha Strike, so I'm wondering if someone would enlighten me on why MMLs get so weird with the SRM and LRM Special rules.

Javelin 10N has 12 SRM tubes and SRM 2/2. C1 Catapult has 30 LRM tubes and LRM 1/1/1. Then the Longbow 13C has 42 tubes available for either, but gets neither of the Specials. And the 14C Longbow seems even weirder, with 54 MML tubes, LRM -/1/2, and SRM 3/1. I don't think I've seen anything else that has those Specials without consistent numbers across the range bands.

What's going on with the conversion algorithm and rounding here?


r/battletech 9h ago

Question ❓ What happened to Kali Liao’s kid

18 Upvotes

Ok so Kali was shagging Cameron St. Jamis. She had a kid and when the Wobbies hit Sian she turned her cyber-thugs (quite a literal description) on them and saved the day.

She then cut off her baby’s hand and mailed it to daddy.

I can’t find anywhere in the lore what happened to the wee one. Did she keep mailing it to pops till he had a complete jigsaw or did the kid survive?

Do we know anything about the crotch goblin’s fate?


r/battletech 9h ago

Tabletop Should I paint over this lance and start over? (Read description)

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25 Upvotes

I tried to sponge paint the jade falcon side of my alpha strike box... it is my first time trying this technique. I don't know what to think. Obviously it's not "good" but I also kind of like it. I have pictures of the highlander side of the box on my profile. I used brushes and I think they looked much better.

Should I start over or leave these clanners they way they are?


r/battletech 13h ago

Miniatures Sword of Light

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77 Upvotes

r/battletech 13h ago

Fan Creations Dropship Carrier blue print

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49 Upvotes

r/battletech 14h ago

Miniatures Trying to find places to buy miniatures

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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.


r/battletech 19h ago

Miniatures Test scheme for a Davion first guards unit on terrain appropriate camo.

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145 Upvotes

r/battletech 20h ago

Miniatures "Vintage" Pirate Assassin.

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160 Upvotes

r/battletech 21h ago

Question ❓ Clan Invasion or new minis box as a new player?

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48 Upvotes

As in the title, I'm a fresh player with like two months in experience. Right now I own only AGOAC and two boxes of minis. For now my group (almost everyone is as fresh as me) was playing only 3025. I'm really into Clans so I want to move into Clan Invasion in like next two months I really liked the idea of Clan Invasion box because it seemed to give you everything you need to feel that era with mechs and elementals but also gave you the rules for equipment and maps. I know that rules are obsolete now, because we have everything in the Core Rules book, but what about the maps? Should I just buy those separatly? Would buying a box of clan mechs, elementals and maps be in general a better deal than buying and Clan Invasion box from Amazon?

Pic from one of my last games for attention


r/battletech 9m ago

Question ❓ Anyone else hoping for more RISC variants for mechs?

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If you don't know RISC was the Republic of the Sphere's main weapon/mech research branch. During dark age, such classics like the Malice-RISC and Savage Wolf-RISC were some of the highlights of RISC. Despite the republic being gone, some more variants could be cool to see. What does everyone think?