With the takeover of the BT Tabletop Game licenses by Catalyst a few years ago, material for the Battletech universe has been coming in very slowly, but every now and then.

And Battletech has also arrived in 3D printing. So the choice of designs is not only limited to the official releases.

A Warhammer variant for Battletech.

The miniature is from the Hardbot Retro Series by 'Stratos Minis', Poland. It's a resin cast with a lot of details. The mech comes with an additional SRM6 launcher, which can be mounted on the left shoulder instead of the searchlight. The hex base is 3D printed by myself, but can be ordered from Stratos as resin cast too.

The Tooth of Ymir, a mercenary unit of the Inner Sphere.

This is now my second painted lance, after my re-entry into the BT universe. I have a lot of fun painting and reading about all the things I missed the last 25 years. Despite the exciting clan history, I will always be a classic 3025 guy in my heart. 

The miniatures are from the Armored Combat Box. It's (from left to right) a Thunderbolt, a Battlemaster, a Commando and a Wolverine.

So, this is the first lance finished. All mechs are from the Armored Combat Box.

Color scheme is from the 6th McCarron's Armored Cavalry, a unit dedicated to House Liao of the Capellan Confederation.

The generic crystal structures are well suited to make battlefields for "Star Wars Legion", "Frostgrave" or even "Battletech" a bit more interesting. The printing time at high resolution per base was about 45 minutes. Mainly painted with airbrush and a little bit refined by hand.

 

 

After a break of over 25 years, I'm getting back into Battletech through Kickstarter. The new models are fantastic. Here the first two Mechs of a Liao lance, the '6th McCarron's Armored Cavalry'.