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Retrospective: my N-scale kitbashes
« on: 09 May 2014, 17:22:26 »
It's one of my "things" - making N-scale versions of BattleTech classic designs that the MW:DA game never got around to making, or not making "right". I then give them to people, so unfortunately there'll never be a group shot.

The first I ever did was a proper MW:DA Dire Wolf back in 2009 ...


Legionnaire torso and arms, Salvagemech legs ... successful enough to revisit in both the C and S configurations in following years.





A DA Beemer followed, the Reseen version not having been released at that point IIRC, based off the Phoenix Hawk IIC


A Toyama was a more mature effort than the beemer ...


Followed by a Cataphract,


accurised Griffin,


and Timber Wolf C.


I also did a Turkina, but appear to have only saved a WIP picture. Perhaps the owner could post one?


2010 saw the addition of the Black Knight,


Dragon.


Fafnir,


Muse Fire Legionnaire,


Thunderbolt.


and Zeus.


I did manage to get the closest thing to a group shot here, "superfriends of 2010":


2011 ended up being a dry year, but for 2012 I managed an accurised Hatchetman.


2013 ended up being somewhat more productive in this vein before I went of off on my combined-arms battalion jag, with a Daikyu,


Osprey,


and MW4-style Vulture making their way out.


My heart's in the hex game, and I really only buy DA minis to adopt/adapt them into 1:285 scale. But it's been a lot of fun making these up and sending them to good homes. There's some more I'd love to do if I can ever figure out how - a DA-scale Orion would totally rock, for example, but I'm dry on ideas for that one at the moment.

Comments cheerfully welcomed,

W.

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Re: Retrospective: my N-scale kitbashes
« Reply #1 on: 09 May 2014, 19:41:09 »
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Re: Retrospective: my N-scale kitbashes
« Reply #2 on: 09 May 2014, 22:29:31 »
cool O0 O0
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Re: Retrospective: my N-scale kitbashes
« Reply #3 on: 11 May 2014, 12:06:42 »
Swell!
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Re: Retrospective: my N-scale kitbashes
« Reply #4 on: 11 May 2014, 12:43:38 »
Sweet! O0

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Re: Retrospective: my N-scale kitbashes
« Reply #5 on: 11 May 2014, 13:20:34 »
All very nice and a great source of inspiriation!

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Re: Retrospective: my N-scale kitbashes
« Reply #6 on: 11 May 2014, 16:35:40 »
Excellent to see all your work collected in one place. I've been inspired by your stuff many times over the past few years, but I never seem to get around to trying any MWDA conversions of my own.
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Re: Retrospective: my N-scale kitbashes
« Reply #7 on: 11 May 2014, 16:43:24 »
Love your kit-bashing skills. worktroll.  Having Daishi look like what suppose look like sits better with me.  I wish Wizkids had gone that route.
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Re: Retrospective: my N-scale kitbashes
« Reply #8 on: 11 May 2014, 18:01:03 »
Having seen what they did to the Black Knight & Warhawk, in some ways I'm just as happy they didn't.

Still, they did do many excellent sculpts.
* 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"

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Re: Retrospective: my N-scale kitbashes
« Reply #9 on: 11 May 2014, 19:27:17 »
Whoa, those are sweet!!!


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Re: Retrospective: my N-scale kitbashes
« Reply #10 on: 12 May 2014, 10:13:56 »
I'm diggin' your work! O0 O0
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Re: Retrospective: my N-scale kitbashes
« Reply #11 on: 16 May 2014, 23:21:23 »
Your conversions are excellent WT! I see the Black Knight on a daily basis. Happens to be one of TWO N scale minis I currently own the other I the MWDA SPider I won my first game with.
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Re: Retrospective: my N-scale kitbashes
« Reply #12 on: 16 May 2014, 23:40:23 »
They all find good homes O0

Found this, which at least includes the Turkina painted.

* 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"

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Re: Retrospective: my N-scale kitbashes
« Reply #13 on: 17 May 2014, 14:27:43 »
Rule 12! Rule 12!   :D
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Seriously That's how Orko_one got started.
I like that Turkina and Toyama.

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Re: Retrospective: my N-scale kitbashes
« Reply #14 on: 17 May 2014, 14:36:21 »
Believe me, I did sit down and think about it at one point. "Distribution" was a worry. But it's like Mr. Balk's work - if the bitz you buy are legit bits, then it's cool. Kitbashing is magic! ;)
* 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"

 

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