This fortnight, we'll look at the 'Mechs that made paddleball on Noisiel famous! That's right, we're looking at the
Ostroc and the
Ostwar. The
Ostroc, of course, has actual hands but the variants with
Ostwar arms are the ones better suited for paddleball. The
Ostroc was one of two 'Mechs based loosely on walking pods from another IP, so they went through the Unseen and Reseen mess. We haven't seen a Classic version yet. Meanwhile, the
Ostwar is a predecessor of sorts of the
Ostroc and
Ostsol but there's not much I can say about it that you can't read in one of the TROs, so look there! Neither 'Mech appears to have a 'Mech of the Week article so, um, you can't go wrong with paddleball?
The
Ostroc has had a few sculpts through the years:
- The original Unseen sculpt for the OSR-2C (20-877).
- The sculpt for the Reseen OSR-4L model (20-226).
- The sculpt for the OSR-4C variant (20-317).
The
Ostwar, as new as it is, only has a
single sculpt (20-5115).
If you have any of these painted, paddle hands or no, please share pictures. We'd love to see them!
Thank you for reading and a special thank you to those of you who post.
Our next two fortnights will be:
- Clan (1/27): Invading Clans, Nova Cat Edition: Huntsman (Nobori-Nin) and Supernova
- Mixed (2/12): Guillotine and Guillotine IIC
