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Major Headcase

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Dirty cheating proxy army...
« on: 18 September 2017, 17:02:32 »
Here are some WIP pics of my Davion 7th CL company I call "The Doppelgangers". Made with 100% non-Battletech dirty cheating proxy minis! 😁 I have since finished the unit but haven't taken pics yet. I play mostly Alpha Strike so I decided to use the round bases instead of hexes with these guys.
The big'n is a Reaper CAV pretending to be a Marauder 2 (his dorsal gun has also recently been upgraded to a stupidly big cannon for reasons...), the Unseen are of course Robotech plastics (the Archers are a custom load out with the LRMs downgraded to 15s, 2 med lasers removed, and a single lrg laser and some HSs added), the others are EM4 robots, the humanoid ones are fake Enforcers and the chicken-leg mechs are slightly less ugly wannabe Blitzkriegs.
Well, there is my "random crap from the bits bins" mech company. 😁
« Last Edit: 25 August 2020, 18:39:31 by Major Headcase »
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Re: Dirty cheating proxy army...
« Reply #1 on: 18 September 2017, 17:47:53 »
I love'em! Especially what you've done with the EM4 minis.

Question 1 - how did you find the RTT minis for assembly? I've been deterred by warnings about their fiddly nature & complexity. They look great here.

Question 2 - could I tempt you into experimenting with one and a light brown ink wash? Or possibly even a light green ink wash? Your painting is excellent, but the wash helps bring out the panelling & details. Happy to talk more via PM if you're interested.

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Re: Dirty cheating proxy army...
« Reply #2 on: 18 September 2017, 18:10:21 »
Assembly isn't very difficult,  I did test fittings on my first couple of tries for the Valks and set the parts aside together to keep them separate.  I think there might be online guides now too.

Quote from: worktroll on 18 September 2017, 17:47:53
I love'em! Especially what you've done with the EM4 minis.

Question 1 - how did you find the RTT minis for assembly? I've been deterred by warnings about their fiddly nature & complexity. They look great here.

Question 2 - could I tempt you into experimenting with one and a light brown ink wash? Or possibly even a light green ink wash? Your painting is excellent, but the wash helps bring out the panelling & details. Happy to talk more via PM if you're interested.

W.
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Re: Dirty cheating proxy army...
« Reply #3 on: 18 September 2017, 18:14:52 »
 Magnetizing the arms is easy too for the Spartan to change loadouts. 
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Major Headcase

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Re: Dirty cheating proxy army...
« Reply #4 on: 18 September 2017, 19:18:40 »
Quote from: worktroll on 18 September 2017, 17:47:53
I love'em! Especially what you've done with the EM4 minis.

Question 1 - how did you find the RTT minis for assembly? I've been deterred by warnings about their fiddly nature & complexity. They look great here.

Question 2 - could I tempt you into experimenting with one and a light brown ink wash? Or possibly even a light green ink wash? Your painting is excellent, but the wash helps bring out the panelling & details. Happy to talk more via PM if you're interested.

W.

The RRT veritechs are a bit fiddly to build but the Destroids are a snap. Much easier to assemble. I built 8 Destroids in the time it took to build a single set of 3 modes veritech minis...

Also theses pics are a little behind, this company has been finished, complete with highlights, panels work, weathering, and wash. 😁 I will take pics tomorrow of the finished work and post them. I use Army Painter Quickshade Strong Tone, thinned with mineral spirits and brushed on as my final detail wash just before dullcoat, so the panels stand out pretty well.
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Re: Dirty cheating proxy army...
« Reply #5 on: 18 September 2017, 19:19:52 »
Cool!

(Note, Army Dip is varnish. Standard is teak, strong is walnut. I just cut out the middleman and buy little tins of varnish direct ;) )
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* No, FASA wasn't big on errata - ColBosch
* The Housebook series is from the 80's and is the foundation of Btech, the 80's heart wrapped in heavy metal that beats to this day - Sigma
* To sum it up: FASAnomics: By Cthulhu, for Cthulhu - Moonsword
* Because Battletech is a conspiracy by Habsburg & Bourbon pretenders - MadCapellan
* The Hellbringer is cool, either way. It's not cool because it's bad, it's cool because it's bad with balls - Nightsky
* It was a glorious time for people who felt that we didn't have enough Marauder variants - HABeas2, re "Empires Aflame"

Major Headcase

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Re: Dirty cheating proxy army...
« Reply #6 on: 18 September 2017, 19:31:37 »
I got these cans years ago and thinning and brushing instead of dipping and shaking doesn't waste the stuff so they have lasted me a long long time. I'm happy with them. I'd love to try Flory wash but I don't know how well it would work on these tiny details and hard-to-rub shapes.
My paint skills used to be much better, but hands and eyes are getting older and I just don't obsess over the details like I used to. I paint to a level I'm satisfied with for table top now. 😊
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Re: Dirty cheating proxy army...
« Reply #7 on: 18 September 2017, 21:25:07 »
Those look great!  Looking forward to seeing them done.  It motivates me to get going on mine too!
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Re: Dirty cheating proxy army...
« Reply #8 on: 19 September 2017, 09:34:29 »
Two thumbs up for nice work there!  8)
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Re: Dirty cheating proxy army...
« Reply #9 on: 19 September 2017, 11:06:38 »
Cool!
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Re: Dirty cheating proxy army...
« Reply #10 on: 19 September 2017, 11:46:45 »
Sweet!
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Re: Dirty cheating proxy army...
« Reply #11 on: 26 September 2017, 23:04:48 »
Not the best pic, my lighting was atrocious... but here is the finished Dirty Cheating Proxy 7th CL company.
(After I snapped the pic, I realized I never gloss coated the black canopies after I did the dullcoat spray...  ::) )
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