Support vehicles

In preparation for the clubs game next year at Border Reiver, we need a Lance of Mechs supported by some infantry, APC's and tanks. Now I already have the mechs and the infantry and had made a start on some of the tanks. Well I finally got around painting them, slightly delayed as I was ordered to do some painting of a different kind, 3 days I'm not getting back.

So here they are, all 3d prints. The tanks are from EBay and I believe they could be 40k related but don't quote me on it. All painted up to match the colour scheme of my mechs for Darc's Dragoons.

These next 2 vehicles were supplied by Mitch,1 is an additional APC and the other a AA support vehicle.

So just 1 more APC to complete to finish the force and I'll also be able to retire the old epic scale rhino's I've been using.

Now plans are underway for a new side project as I've decided trying to paint a Roman army with the dark nights is not really an option and would be best left to spring. This project will only need 20 or so figures to paint up and I can take my time as I will only really have weekends available to get any painting done.

Darc's Dragoons

I picked up another boxed set to bring my mercenaries Darc's Dragoons up to company strength (3 lances). I still needed to add the tufts to the bases which I did after the photos were taken. These Mechs were all part of a Direct fire lance, 2 assault mechs and 2 heavy mechs, the Atlas, Marauder II, Orion and Crusader.

AS7-K Atlas

MAD-5A Marauder II

ON1-k Orion

CRD-3R Crusader

The full company

To support my mechs I also painted up 3 more vehicles, the 2 APCs are 3d prints from Mitch, the heavy tank is also a 3d print I picked up off EBay, I have 3 more of these.

I've got another 3 tanks, an APC and a AA support vehicle on the painting table nearly finished. I will just need 1 APC to complete but need to order in some more bases.

Quar and Mechs

Quar and Mechs! now that would be a combination, however I digress. First up is some additions to my Quar. I had some support weapons that needed to be in teams. For the torpedo weapons, Mitch had printed off some of the crew for me, just hadn't got around to painting them. I also needed some ammo carriers for the LMGs so I converted a couple of spare figures using some arms from WW2 Germans. They'll do for me.

Completed teams

For Battletech I completed 3 more Mechs to complete a second lance for my mercenary company Darc's Dragoons. These were all 3d printed for me by Mitch, a Marauder, Rifleman and a Penetrator.

I've now got a few 6mm vehicles to paint up to support the company. I've also finally gotten around to constructing a 3rd building for the Quar, just need to get it painted up.

Start of a new faction

So as I painted my way through the Battletech collection, I decided that I would need at least 1 other faction. I decided on a mercenary company. Now I have already done a single lance of mercenaries but I wasn't sold on the colour scheme. So a new faction needs a new colour scheme. I went for black with little flashes of silver. I always like the look of black on vehicles, it can look really nice when finished.

So I pulled together 5 mechs that I had left over, another 3 will be used to complete the Dragons Fury collection to bring them up to 2 full companies. So we have a Raven, Enforcer, Guillotine and two Banshee's.

Raven

Guillotine

Enforcer

Pair of Banshee's

The Banshee's and Guillotine will form the basis of an assault lance. I did try to do some of the edging with a light dusting of silver, doesn't show too well in the photos. Another advantage of this colour scheme is I can use some of the 6mm infantry and vehicles that I had already painted, saves a bit of work. Now I just need to come up with an appropriate name for the company

More Mechs and some droids

More work completed for my Battletech collection. This time it was a 5th lance for my Dragons Fury, these are all Urbanmechs or as I like to think of them as dustbins on legs. They aren't that good in the game but have a certain charm about them. I also completed another Rifleman for a 6th Lance, this is a 3d print provided by Mitch.

Urbanmechs

Rifleman

For my mercenary lance I added 2 more mechs, both 3d prints from Mitch. They are a Penetrator and a Hunchback, nicely completing the lance.

Hunchback and Penetrator

Mercenary lance

Now still in keeping with a sci-fi theme I painted up 3 Imperial security droids as I begin to plan the next adventure. These are 3d prints provided by Thom, he even passed on enough parts for another 3 or 4 droids. I did flick through some image for a colour scheme to discover they come in pretty much whatever you like so went for a mid blue to match my security forces.

After these I have a few Quar on the painting table after being inspired after a couple of games to get the last of them painted.

Ground troops

For the planned game next year, Mitch wants the Mechs to be supported by some ground troops, just a couple of mechanised infantry companies and other support vehicles. I had already done the tanks so just the infantry to do. Now to save money I dug into the old lead/plastic pile  for more of the old space marine infantry. 8 bases duly found and painted up. Mitch even provided a few more 3d printed vehicles to act as transports. In keeping with the force colours they are all red with some black to break up the colour.

2 companies of infantry

APC's

Mobile AA missile launcher

Completed company

I'm just waiting for my order of grass tufts to arrive to finish the bases on the infantry. Now I can get back to painting up some more Mechs that have arrived. Looking at finishing a second company and a mercenary lance.
 

Completed company

It's been a very productive week painting Mechs. So much so I completed the last 4 models I needed to complete a full strength company of 4 lances. 3 of the models are from a command lance boxed set. I swamped out the ARC-2R Archer for a 3d printed Awesome mech provided by Mitch. I'll be using the Archer as the start of a mercenary company.

The Awesome

MAD-3R Marauder

VLK-QA Valkyrie

STG-3R Stinger

I've also added a couple of extra support vehicles. I still need to add to these with another 4 APCs and infantry support. These were both 3d prints from Mitch. This brings me up to 16 mechs and 7 vehicles with another 5 vehicles busy being based.

Completed company so far.

With the spare Archer I did a test colour scheme for my mercenary company. I will be able to use these to either support the Dragons Fury company or as enemies, depending on the game at the club. For colours I went with 2/3rds Tan with green on the right arm and leg. Quite happy with it, though maybe the green could have been darker.

Well that was all of my Mechs painted up until Mitch dropped off a couple of 3d prints of the Locust. 1 of these will be added to the mercenaries. The other will be part of an independent lance and a chance to try out another colour scheme.

Clan Mechs

So in a bit of a change from painting all that red, I decided to paint up the 5 Clan mechs that came with the Alpha strike boxed set. These are the Timber Wolf, Warhawk, Nova, Pouncer and Fire Moth. For a coloiur scheme I went with Clan Coyote and the Nu Galaxy, a nice grey and blue. A quick and easy colour scheme to get done.

Warhawk

Timber Wolf

Nova

Pouncer

Fire Moth

I'm not sure how much game time these guys will get as I'll be predominantly sticking with the 4th Succession war era and have no real intention at this time to pick up anymore Clan mechs. But at least they are done if needed.