I mean, would the Battletech fandom of Tumblr be interested in a story about old lesbian scrap yard mechanics
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MY MINIS GOT PUT IN A QUEER PUNK BATTLETECH FAN ZINE!
LET’S FUCKIN GOOOOOOO!!!!
Anyways, the Zine is called “Pirate Point” and is a delight of fan made BattleTech content! So please go download it for free!
https://piratepoint.itch.io/pirate-point-issue-3
My minis are on Page 36, the Mosswood Rangers!
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The Overlord-C dropship called “Universal Love” was a gift … and apart from the four gaping holes in her sides she was pristine… a little TLC, and a couple of patches later, she’s ready to ferry the 1st battalion of The Winnowing Wind wherever they’re needed most…
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Random BattleTechThought
So, I’ve said it before, and will probably say it again:
it is CRAZY that we know the colors and logo of every individual unit of every nation and mercenary company, but we don’t know the flags and logos of the national militaries nor the heraldry of the Great Houses.
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“In Espinosa’s name!”
“VICTORIA LIVES IN DEATH!”
Obviously a WIP, but I do like that I’m resurrecting my Directorate-in-Exile OpFor project and anchoring it with a chic Gothic Crab
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Battle Foam restocks are up!
Bags
(160) P.A.C.K. 160 BattleTech Load Out (Black)
(Go) P.A.C.K. Go 2.0 Empty (Black)
Champion Spear Bag BattleTech Load Out (Olive Green)
Champion Sword Bag BattleTech Load Out (Olive Green)
Foam Trays
1 Union 1 Overlord Dropship Foam Tray (BFS-5)
6 Shilone 6 Visigoth Foam Tray (BFS-1)
7 Small 10 Medium 3 Large Hex Foam Tray (BFS)
10 Small 15 Medium 10 Large Hex Foam Tray (BFL)
Alpha Strike Game Box Foam Tray (MIS-2.5)
Extra Large Model Foam Tray (BFL)
Large Model Foam Tray (BFL)
Large Model Foam Tray (BFM)
Large Model Foam Tray (BFS)
Mercenaries Game Box Foam Tray (MIS-2.5)
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We’ve decided that Athena very much prefers fire-resistant armor for her point. One part tired of being set on fire for the umpteenth time. One part gleefully striding through an inferno with a manic grin on her face.
Now we just have to narrow down the choices
[medium] Salamander (anti-infantry)
Pros: maximum RIP AND TEAR
if the magnetic battle claws don’t get you, the 10 heavy machine guns at point blank will
Cons: only enough armor to comfortably fend off a medium-class laser
[medium] Elemental (fire) (AP Gauss)
Pros: pretty ubiquitous
very comparable to the standard Elemental suits she first started on
longest average range of all primary weapons
[heavy] Stormbird (Jade Falcon)
Pros: 2 points more armor than the Elemental
SRM3 with 4 rounds of ammo plus the same AP gauss
Cons: only a 60-meter jump distance
can’t make leg or swarm attacks against mechs
[assault] Ironhold (anti-tank)
Pros: enough armor to tank a gauss rifle or or clan ERPPC
double-fisting BA LBX autocannons means the point is packing effectively a pair of LBX 20s
Cons: SLOW, can’t jump, can’t ride on omnimechs
can’t make leg or swarm attacks against mechs
[assault] Golem (support)
Pros: 18(!) points of armor means you need an AC20 to oneshot one of these suckers and they can tank 3 inner sphere pulse lasers
2 anti-infantry mounts back up an Advanced SRM6 with 6 rounds of ammo. Meaning better range and better clustering than standard SRM launchers.
Faster running movement than any of the other battle armors
Cons: can’t jump or ride omnimechs
can’t make leg or swarm attacks against mechs
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hbs battletech story spoilers lol
[[MORE]]holy SHIT the escape mission sucks ass we have all these sldf mechs and the pilots SUCK we should have been coring mechs left and right but nooooo you have to miss a point blank called shot with all your weapons
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I’m struggling to see a scenario where you don’t want to put a cockpit mod on your ‘mech… the free wounds are incredibly useful compared to just about everything else, given that most of the times cockpit mod has to intervene are when your pilot would be taken out of commission
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Yet another massive restock for BattleTech miniatures is up from Iron Wind Metals!
10-058 “Undead” Lance Pack
20-248 Donar Assault Helicopter
20-284 Ripper VTOL
20-310 Forestry / Forestry MOD Variants
20-346 Crimson Hawk
20-435 Hellstar
20-440 Fireball ALM-7D / ALM-8D
20-462 Sunder SD1-O Prime
20-474 Peregrine Attack VTOL
20-5019 Kestrel VTOL
20-5028 Osprey OSP-26
20-5046 Talos TLS-1B
20-5049 Carnivore Assault Tank (2)
20-5056 Chalchiuhtotolin Support Tank [2]
20-5057 Sphinx
20-5095 Hitotsune Kozo HKZ-1F
20-5129 Calliope CAL-1MAF
20-5141 Shadow Hawk SHD-2H
20-5154 Jaguar
20-5193 Hierofalcon Prime / A
20-5203 Ryoken (Stormcrow) TC / B
20-5209 Crucible (Standard) / 2
20-5213 Warhammer WHM-6R
20-5226 Inferno INF-NO / INF-NOA
20-5231 Crusader CRD-7D
20-5232 Ion Sparrow (Butcherbird) Prime / A
20-619 Thor Self Propelled Heavy Artillery (2)
20-685 Bandit Hovercraft (2)
20-690 Owens OW-1
20-727 Karnov UR Transport
20-776 Coolant Truck (2)
20-780 Hussar HSR-200-D
20-862 Stalker STK-3F
20-898 Imp IMP-3E
20-913 Perseus P1 Prime
20-941 Men Shen MS1-O Prime
20-960 Savage Coyote Prime
99-201 Large Flat Top Hex Base #1
99-202 Large Flat Top Hex Base #2
99-203 Extra Large Flat Top Hex Base
99-207 Large Flat Top Hex Base #3
BT-007 Rottweiler Battle Armor
BT-008 Void Battle Armor
BT-023 Overlord
BT-031 Infiltrator MK 2
BT-129 Infiltrator Mk I Battle Armor
BT-132 Clan Medium Battle Armor
BT-133 Corona Battle Armor
BT-134 Gray Death Legion Battle Armor
BT-216 Archangel Dominus
BT-296 Ares ARS-V1 Zeus
BT-301 Poseidon PSD-V2
BT-305 Thor II Prime
BT-315 Chimera CMA-1S
BT-357 Invader Jumpship
BT-370 Kurita Infantry (3)
BT-372 Savannah Master Hovercraft
BT-382 Kanazuchi Battle Armor
BT-384 Achileus Battle Armor (3)
BT-389 Purifier Battle Armor (3)
BT-391 Fenrir Battle Armor (1)
BT-393 Kage Battle Armor Squad (4)
BT-400 Orca OC-1X
BT-409 Sarath SRTH-1OA
BT-430 Wulfen H
BT-459 Shadow Cat III B
BT-472 Wolverine WVR-7M / 7M2 / 7K
FT-002 Boomerang Spotter Plane
OP-047 Dasher E Left Arm
OP-101 Hyper-Assault Gauss Rifles
20-209C Rifleman Gun Sprue
20-209E Rifleman Gun Tips
20-456C Typhoon RAC Variant RAC Gun Sprue
20-693B No-Dachi NKA-1K Arm Sprue
20-698B Buccaneer BNC-3R Arm Sprue
20-873B Spider Fins
20-936B Highlander IIC Head / Missile Cover
BT-292G Shiro SH-2P Banner
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Some 6mm elementals in a Clan Smoke Jaguar omega galaxy scheme, inverted grey leopard spots. Painted them up to match my mech star of CSJ with red/yellow accents for offensive operations. Prints by afterdark prints, stls by sir mortimer bombito. Think the choice of poses worked better on the right set with missiles than the left no missiles–more coherent advance instead of a scattering gaggle.
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Silvia Song (She/Her)
Rank: Lieutenant (Fire Lance Leader)
Age: 42 (born 2016)
BattleMech: Longbow LGB-7Q
Appearance: A woman of Chinese descent, Silvia Song stands 5'11" tall, and cuts her salt and pepper hair extremely short. Outside of her ‘Mech, she wears fatigue pants and a simple tank top, which shows off her well-maintained arm muscles.
Bio:
Born to destitute agricultural workers on Gei-Fu in the Capellan Commonality, Silvia Song always knew she needed to escape her home, feeling disdain towards the prospect of working fields for the rest of her life. As soon as she earned her citizenship, she applied to the planet’s Regional Training Center and was accepted to the vehicle training program. Not satisfied with that result, she convinced an administrator to squeeze her into the BattleMech program. She faced a lot of social friction due to her background, but she eventually gained some respect due to her ability to put in work and be cutthroat when she needed to. Having clawed her way to graduation, she gained a place in Ishara’s Grenadiers, a second-line regiment of the CCAF. She joined the unit as a replacement following the Andurien Wars, where the unit had just its first action since the Third Succession War. Silvia got sick of sitting in garrison with a bunch of “veterans” bragging about their victories and struck out with a few like-minded comrades (including fellow future Golem Laura Zheng) to form a mercenary lance called Song’s Sabres.
Silvia found the unit a decent amount of work in the Periphery, mostly hiring out of Herotitius, where she first met the Golems. She liked the strong energy that Alena Kusova brought to leading the unit, and she especially liked Leo Zweibel’s pragmatism, and they bonded over their experiences with the practical aspects of unit leadership. In 3041, the Taurian Concordat hired the Sabres and the Golems to clear a pirate base together, giving them their first chance to fight together. In 3050, Silvia lost two of her Mechwarriors when a job went south, so she and Laura Zheng traveled to Outreach to look for new opportunities. When Silvia heard the Golems were growing to a company, she immediately agreed to sign on as their third lance commander.
As a senior officer in the unit, she is integral to their operations, and Alena would absolutely consider her a successor if they weren’t of similar ages. Silvia has a rather gruff manner about her, and despite/because of that, she has managed to get young Madeline Wesley wrapped around her finger.
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A small batch for BattleTech miniature restocks are up from Iron Wind Metals!
20-051 Comitatus Jumpship
20-287 Pinto Attack VTOL
20-324 Tundra Wolf
20-373 Dasher “Fire Moth” Prime
20-433 Mangonel MNL-3L
20-460 Pegasus Scout Hover Tank (2) (3058)
20-5104 Orochi OR-2I
20-5134 Juliano JLN-5A
20-5151 Avalanche AVL-1O
20-5157 Enforcer III ENF-7D
20-5192 War Crow Prime
20-5204 Stormwolf Prime
20-5214 Jade Phoenix Prime
20-5219 Rifleman RFL-3N / RFL-3C
20-5220 Jade Phoenix A
20-761 Devastator DVS-2
20-787 Ishtar Heavy Fire Support Tank (2)
20-946 Blitzkrieg BTZ-3F
99-201 Large Flat Top Hex Base #1
BT-076 Bashkir Micro Fighter
BT-090 Avar Micro Fighter
BT-095 Lucifer Micro Fighter
BT-115 Ahab Micro Fighter
BT-149 Eisensturm Micro Fighter
BT-159 Corax Micro Fighter
BT-176 Aquarius Micro Escort Ship
BT-238 VTOL Infantry
BT-381 Basic Inner Sphere Battle Armor (3)
BT-467 Hierofalcon B