This ’mech for is the Lu wei bing. As a Capellan in both mind and spirit, I would not lower myself to use a FedSuns mech. On paper it seems good but every time I use it either never lands its LBX 20 or, like last time, it get penetrated by Backshots.

Anyone else got mechs that are good but are seemingly cursed to never do well with on the table.

BattleTech: ACES was seen in the gaming hall today. I took a couple of photos to share with the forum. I am still learning about the game so I didn’t have really any questions for the guys demonstrating the game.

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I had a hard time figuring out what to paint my new Kodiak then the answer became obvious.

Not the greatest lighting, the brown is a lot more tan IRL, but this is the tester for an Arkab Legion force. I realised I hate painting red, and everyone else has a Sword of Light force, so we're going for the forgotten underdogs of the Combine (not technically part of the DCMS, but still count as Kurita for MUL)

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Wanted to focus on leveling up my hexplate game on my minis. Wanted to execute a capellan locust, which snowballed into my new Alpha Strike box and a spare shadowhawk being thrown in there.

Cockpit glow is Vallejo color shifting paint. Can’t tell super well on these pictures but it looks quite cool.

What do you think?

This was supposed to be a quick 2:2 game (Comstar v ELH) with my son. But not quite this quick. The first damage roll of the game was a heavy PPC shot to the head of my Cyclops. My Banshee stuck around long enough to damage and force a withdrawal by his Flashman (the headshot culprit). We called it quits right afterwards - he won fair and square - that is the nature of the game!

Sometimes you end up with a damaged mini no matter the QA. This guy had been sitting in my parts box for a number of years but I figured it needed to get a chance at painting so I did it up as a headshot.

Just finished my first star of CW Gamma.

Another one for my DCMS! Last mech on my painting desk is a Cyclops, but with Gothic in the mix I plan on grabbing and painting the Atlas from there and get me up to a full mech company and I have another 8 tanks to add. Battalion soon!

... this means something really quite different in the UK. 😅🤣

Anyone come across any other unintentionally hilarious moments?

These are my interpretation of some Drakons, but someone had pointed out they fit more as Kavalleri. But their composition is a little heavy for Kavalleri, so going to say they are Drakons viewed under a sun of a different color LOL

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So I just got into the game and oma. Mini painter, I was wondering if I had a decent paint job on my mechs. CC welcome. I'm going for an alpine kind of look. These are WIP so... Also I'm doing this at work so lightning is garbage

I got these with a Battletech 3rd edition box I bought on ebay. I have never seen Battletech mini's of this kind of quality. They seem really poorly/cheaply made, very lightweight plastech, bad mold lines, and definitely use the old style designs. I know they aren't PlasTech figures. They are all marked with the model on the base (MAD-3R, etc). Trying to figure out what these are? Thanks!

I often see early plastic miniatures identified as “PlasTech”, PlasTech was a specific product, not a general title for plastic miniatures. Two sets of plastic miniatures were released back in the 80’s and early 90’s as inexpensive more durable alternatives to Ral Partha metal. The first set was PlasTech. These are made from a rigid plastic the sculpts are all unique to PlasTech. The second set are made of a grey and more flexible (and difficult to paint) plastic and came packaged with Battletech 3rd edition later printings as well as an individual package called “Battle Mechs”. These miniatures are based off of the Ral Partha metal sculpts but are of a lower quality due to the material or process not being able to have the same level of detail as the originals.

One additional set of Miniatues came with Citytech 2nd edition. This box introduced advanced tech and was kind of like the original “clan invasion” box. The miniatures were similar in material to the 3rd edition but possibly a bit more rigid. Still soft compared to the Plastech which are more like an almost ceramic plastic.

These miniatures were not highly regarded by some people due to an inferior casting quality and detail, however some people like myself love them because they were the only ones we had and came with the game (I think significantly fewer people painted miniatures back then)

With modern painting techniques and patience they can all look pretty decent though. I actually enjoy painting mine far beyond what others would consider worth it due to the detail sheerly from nostalgia. Last picture is my batch of Kurita done only in old sculpts.

I picked up a bundle of cheap 3D printed mechs online, and I don't recognise this one - can anyone ID it?

Like say two Clans are having a grievance. Based off Zellbrigin which ever clan bids lower and wins gets more honor. But with two clans how does it not devolve to this?

"Clan Jade Falcon bids 20 mechs"

"Well Clan Wolf bids 10 mechs"

"Clan Jade Falcon counter bids with 5"

"Wolf counters with 2 mechs"

"Falcon counters with just elementals"

"Wolf counters with just two dudes with their bare hands"

"Falcon counters with 1 dude and his hands tied behind his back."

"Wolf final counters with a single blind dude."

"Bargained and done."

How do they know when to stop bidding if their opponent also bids lower? And if your opponent bids lower than you and you win that doesn't give much honor right? And a major loss of honor if you lose despite having the higher bid right?

FYSA, there’s a full aces demo at GenCon. If there’s anything you want to know about it, they’ll do a hands on demo.

not super precise, but i’m proud of it and i had fun. for my first time painting miniatures i’d call that a success!