More Battletech Nostalgia. This time the models are from the Boxed Sets that I received while deployed overseas. I had placed the boxed set on my Amazon "Want List" prior to the deployment and was surprised when a copy arrived from my Sister-in-Law. I was more surprised a few days later when a second copy arrived from her husband. Apparently they both decided to get me a copy and hadn't mentioned it to the other. I had shipped several of my paints over to give me something to do with my free time. (I learned on my first trip to Iraq that I could only play so many video games.) I primered these using the Tan and Black spray paint we had available down at the motor pool, and decided I would do them up as some of my favorite factions from the early Battletech novels and sourcebooks.
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| The first test set came in as McKinnon's Raiders aka "The Foxes Teeth" |
To go along with these I did some as the 7th Crucis Lancers, the Raider's parent unit.
For my primary antagonists I decided to do the Kurita Sword of Light vs. The Kell Hounds. I had a good strong red, and figured that these would paint up quickly and cleanly,
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| Yes, those are T-Walls in the Background |
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| Note the lack of Flock, that was intentional as any soil used to base them could have had them seized by customs... |
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| Kurita contingent |
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| These would become Genyosha |
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| and these are Tan... |
After returning home I opted to finish the mechs and expand the contingents a little bit, mostly by adding some old Plastech mechs from the earlier boxed sets as well as some other models in the "I've been meaning to paint those" collection.
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| I modified this one with a gun from one of the Mechwarrior plastech vehicles. |
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| These cleaned up very nicely. |
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| and these are still Tan.... |
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