Company - First Federated Suns Armored Calvary

[Valkerie]

A project of many months is finally completed.  My very first company in matching canon paint scheme (or at least my best attempt at it  ;) ) the First Federated Suns Armored Calvary.  Sadly no decals.  I'll get there someday. 

I would like to thank everyone who posted tips and advice when I asked for help painting with white.  There many great suggestions and my work benefited from it.  So below we have a photo of the whole company (sorry for the blurries on that one; best my poor cheap camera can do), the pursuit lance, assault lance, and the command lance.  The pursuit lance was done before I started the advice thread.  The other two were done afterwards.  I'll post some individual photos as well.

The hammered copper on all of them was just for fun.  I'd used it on the Scarabus' axe, liked it, and was looking for something to tie the whole company together.  Someday I might come up with some fluff  to explain it in game.

Comments, suggestions, and painful revelations are welcome.

Oh, and on a side note, started playing Alpha Strike with my step-son.  He took this company and flat out destroyed me with it.  Darn kids today... ::)

[jimdigris]

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[Valkerie]

Some close ups.

[NeonKnight]

Very Nice.

Always a pleasure to see someone new painting large groups (Companies, Battalions...dare I say it...REGIMENTS!)

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[worktroll]

Very sharp, Valkyrie! The whites have come out very well.

Minor hint - a ligght black ink wash on the copper parts might add some definition.

What were you fielding against it?

[Valkerie]

Very Nice.

Always a pleasure to see someone new painting large groups (Companies, Battalions...dare I say it...REGIMENTS!)

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One step at a time.  Gotta work up to something like that  ;)

Very sharp, Valkyrie! The whites have come out very well.

Thank you!  But again, could not have done it with out the help.  Really appreciate that.

Minor hint - a ligght black ink wash on the copper parts might add some definition.

Yeah, I was thinking that.  I painted those sections black first, but I was a little heavy with the paint.  I'll wash them after I hit them with the matte spray.

What were you fielding against it?

A company of my assorted 3025 classics of similar weight (Atlas, Battlemaster, etc).  Some bad dice rolls for me, and some very lucky ammo hits from him, and I basically had a lance go boom in one turn.  All in all I lost half my force before withdrawal and I only got three of his  :(  It was for fun.  I wanted see how it would go and the superior machines won the day.

[Valkerie]

Posting the rest of the close ups for some friends to see.  Comments are still welcome.

[Valkerie]

And the last four.

[avon1985]

Sweet!

[Simon Landmine]

Very nice!

Do you have preferred versions of each that you field, or do you tailor to the specific battle?

[Valkerie]

Very nice!

Do you have preferred versions of each that you field, or do you tailor to the specific battle?

Thanks!  I would say a bit of both.  We're still very new to AS (only three battles so far), so it has mostly been playing to learn the mechanics.  This was our first company level battle in honor of the new arrivals.  My step-son really wanted to play with these, so I let him.  With the 'newer' Mechs (Sagittaire, Warlord, etc.) I gave him the stock TRO models.  The 'older mechs' were all upgraded variants.  And just for giggles (and because I have them) I played all classic 3025 against it.  I've been asked twice now, so here was my company in all its Third Succession War glory:

First Lance                                     Second Lance                                       Third Lance
JR7-D Jenner                                   CPLT-C1 Catapult                                AS7-D Atlas
PNT-9R Panther                                CRD-3R Crusader                               BLR-1G Battlemaster
HCT-3F Hatchetman                          AWS-8Q Awesome                             WHM-6R Warhammer
SHD-2H Shadow Hawk                      STK-3F Stalker                                   TDR-5S Thunderbolt

It was turn 7 or 8 that he got lucky with crits and took out the Stalker, Battlemaster, and the Crusader in the same turn.  That had been preceded by some awful dice rolling on my part.  My shiny bit was my Jenner getting in behind his whole group and getting two kills in the process before getting flattened by the Sagittaire.  All in all it was a fun time and we now have our first small campaign planned out with two companies each to go around this time.  Should be fun  :)

[Simon Landmine]

Cheers! And a very nice slice of 3025 there!