From StuartL - Mechs and (Battle)Techs - (25 points)

Hello again. As I am currently doing my best to fulfill the commands of the Snow Lord to acquire a most wondrous gift from the Altar, I have to get my workbench emptied. So, without further ado, I present some Mechs for the game Battletech.

In the game of Battletech players take control of a small squad of giant mechanical war machines, each with its own unique load of weapons and armour. Games are generally played on a hex-grid board, but you can play on a normal table too if you want.

There has recently been a kickstarter for the game that introduced a load of new plastic figures, but these are all older metal models. They aren't the most dynamic minis in the world, but they have quite a lot of detail to them.

The game contains a number of factions and there are different 'eras' in the game that limit which mechs and weapons are available. These models are painted in the colours of the Lyran Guard, though the blue came out far brighter in the pictures than it does in real life.

Battletech is somewhere between 6mm-8mm scale, but as you can see here, even the smallest of the mechs is the same height as a GW 28mm scale mini and the largest towers over it. There were some mechs posted earlier in this challenge that were pointed as 28mm minis, so I'll go with that. If I'm wrong, I am sure any passing minions will let me know.

For anyone interested in trying Battletech, I recommend the 2018 PC game as a good entry for the universe. It's a fun game, has a load of community support and let's you try out most of the classic mechs in the game.

So, 5 mechs at 5 points a pop adds 25 points to my total. It also adds up to an extra Squirrel point for my tally.

My running Duels totals:

GW Points - 591

Skullz - 352

Squirrels - 10

Those mechs look pretty sweet. Blue can be a right 'mare to photograph - I found switching my camera's settings to "Night" cured the issues I'd been having.

Tamsin