Marauder-5M classic now looks classic!

 This is the iconic Battletech Marauder. Now with autocannon! There is still tiny detail work and lining to do, but about 90 percent done.

The Thunderbolt and Warhammer IIC will make up the rest of this lance. 

***MORE UPDATES 02/26: On the table [WIP] The 149th Darkhorse ACR is finally being reinforced!

A classic Marauder and another Vulture Clan Mech has been added to the Order of Battle!

And these are more of the project as they got completed... still working!

The Air Cav wing (which would support the infantry) gets 2 new Kestrels for transport and Medevac and 2 Cavalry Attack Helicopters for fire support.

New Unit Specifications:

Classic Marauder

Cavalry Attack Helicopter

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Updates for the 149th with new VTOLs and armor. I'm a bit underwhelmed by the quality of the paint going on these units. Too much time and effort spent for them to be this ass bad up close. They're okay tabletop, but that's not saying much.

...and then I go look at the Battletech Forums and laugh. 

These are the new additions to the 149th.

The Archer, Atlas and Catapult all got updated colors.

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After three years, I decided to go ahead with completing this 20 year project. I still have a few more mechs and VTOLs to buy and paint, but the 149th is very close to being what I envisioned when I started collecting the miniatures some 20 years ago, picking up different minis here and there over the years and putting them aside until the right time. 

The paint is... okay. Up close, they still look like Picasso paintings, but these old metal minis have a lot of scoring and uneven lines and glue points. They're very hard for me to paint. They are what they are: Pretty good tabletop. The most impressive thing is the whole Regiment in the display. 

This year, I will have some pics of the full ACR along with the OOB with a pic of each lance level and battalion level units. 

The technical specifications are linked down below from the Battletech wiki.

They're a good tabletop addition to the Darkhorse Cav!

The Mad Cat and Vulture are some of the most iconic mechs in Battletech. When I first started playing - everyone had a Mad Cat, and everyone wanted to be Clan so they could run these awesome mechs on the table.

Not the best paint, but they're very good graphic novel level paint!

A big part of the issue is painting with cheap Chinese brushes. Even they are affected by declining quality! I used most of these brushes, and there isn't a good utility or detail brush out of all of them!

The technical specs:

Timberwolf [Mad Cat]

Vulture [Mad Dog]

Marksman Heavy Tank

Kestrel VTOL

J. Edgar Hoover Light Hover Tank

Wolverine

Until next time, Commanders!

Battletech [Photo Dump - The HQ Mechs again]

 A bunch of pics from the Headquarters Battalion. Tried to get the camera to cooperate. It wouldn't, but they're okay.

This is the Stryker [Bravo] Lance consisting of a ShadowHawk 2D2, Griffin 1S, Super Griffin 2N-X, and a Catapult C4.

And this is Charlie, the Heavy Sniper Lance.

[2 x Bushwacker X-1, 1x Marauder II MAD 4S, 1 x Marauder MAD 9S]

And finally, Alpha Lance. This is a generic Battle Lance and is used by the Cav to support the combat battalions with the Raven being assigned to the 7th Recon, the Catapult to the 2nd Artillery and the Atlas and Archer assigned as needed.