New CAV: Steel Dragon Rhino

[ogre]

This is one humongous mini, easily twice the bulk of the resculpt Atlas.  Based the paint off the cover of one of the CAV reference guides for this merc unit.  Fun.  Heavy, but fun.

[phlop]

Exceptional! O0

[Vlads Fangs]

 O0

[Wombat]

Wow! Never seen that mini before.   [notworthy]

[Col.Hengist]

Awesome , i'm really likin the cav line more eand more and with them beinbg semi modular it's a plus.

[Leonard Kerensky]

looks like it could give a cygnus a run for it's money..and manybe it's ammo bin too.

[ShockaTime]

that's awsome! O0

[Daishi411]

dude, that's sweet, i really need to get some of these CAV minis just for fun, cause they look really cool, but i don't play the game

[TheMaster1955]

awesome [rockon]

[Hawkeye Jim]

I have great admiration for those who can paint minuatures so well. I bought a bunch of BT minis when they first came out, but could never figure out how to paint them. I thought it might be fun to have a company's worht of them painted up like Snord's original company.

[Psyckosama]

Was inspired

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Steel Dragon Rhino

Mass: 100 tons
Tech Base: Inner Sphere
Chassis Config: Biped
Rules Level: Experimental Tech
Era: Clan Invasion
Tech Rating/Era Availability: E/X-X-F
Production Year: 3070
Cost: 22,886,000 C-Bills
Battle Value: 2,060

Chassis: Unknown Endo-Composite
Power Plant: Unknown 300 Fusion XL Engine
Walking Speed: 32.25 km/h
Maximum Speed: 53.75 km/h
Jump Jets: None
Armor: Unknown Standard Armor w/ CASE
Armament:
    2  Rotary AC/5s
    8  Thunderbolt-5s
Manufacturer: Unknown
    Primary Factory: Unknown
Communications System: Unknown
Targeting and Tracking System: Unknown

================================================================================
Equipment           Type                         Rating                   Mass 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Internal Structure: Endo-Composite               152 points                7.50
    Internal Locations: 1 HD, 2 CT, 1 LT, 1 RT, 1 LL, 1 RL
Engine:             XL Engine                    300                       9.50
    Walking MP: 3
    Running MP: 5
    Jumping MP: 0
Heat Sinks:         Double                       12(24)                    2.00
Gyro:               Standard Gyro                                          3.00
Cockpit:            Small                                                  2.00
    Actuators:      L: SH+UA+LA    R: SH+UA+LA
Armor:              Standard Armor               AV - 304                 19.00
    CASE Locations: 1 LT, 1 RT                                             1.00

                                                      Internal       Armor     
                                                      Structure      Factor     
                                                Head     3            9         
                                        Center Torso     31           48       
                                 Center Torso (rear)                  13       
                                           L/R Torso     21           31       
                                    L/R Torso (rear)                  11       
                                             L/R Arm     17           33       
                                             L/R Leg     21           42       

================================================================================
Equipment                                 Location    Heat    Critical    Mass 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rotary AC/5                                  RA        1         6        10.00
Rotary AC/5                                  LA        1         6        10.00
4 Thunderbolt-5s                             RT        12        4        12.00
4 Thunderbolt-5s                             LT        12        4        12.00
@Rotary AC/5 (60)                            RA        -         3         3.00
@Rotary AC/5 (60)                            LA        -         3         3.00
@Thunderbolt-5 (36)                          RT        -         3         3.00
@Thunderbolt-5 (36)                          LT        -         3         3.00
                                            Free Critical Slots: 3

BattleForce Statistics
MV      S (+0)  M (+2)  L (+4)  E (+6)   Wt.   Ov   Armor:     10    Points: 21
3          5       6       3       0      4     2   Structure:  4
Special Abilities: CASE, SRCH, ES, SOA, IF 3


[ogre]

Many thanks, all!  Cool stats Psyckosama.  The Rhino is the Atlas of the CAV universe; the biggest, baddest CAV around.  Highest point value, absolutely horrifying damage potential, and super-resilience to damage.  In a battle based on points you can easily buy two mid-sized CAV's for the price of a single Rhino...even the other Super-Heavy CAV's like the Ogre and Emperor can't quite stack up to this beast.  It's slow, but if you park it somewhere on a defensive mission, it's really, REALLY hard to get around. 

[Mastergunz]

Damn Mike, that is a heck of a green! Beautiful! So have you played CAV? How does it stack up to CBT? I have recently purchased a starter set (mainly because it comes with 4 mini  :P) and am actually interested in trying it out.

-Gunz

[jimdigris]

O0

[ogre]

Damn Mike, that is a heck of a green! Beautiful! So have you played CAV? How does it stack up to CBT? I have recently purchased a starter set (mainly because it comes with 4 mini  :P) and am actually interested in trying it out.

-Gunz

No, haven't played.  I did read the rules, though, and know how.  It's more abstract than CBT, and is really designed for somewhat larger battles because it plays fairly fast.  You don't worry about ammo for example; it doesn't run out or explode.  As you take damage it goes along a "track" and your combat ability degrades.  So you have no armor diagram or anything like that.  Not bad, but not as detailed as folks who like CBT are going to be used to.

[Jaim Magnus]

Sweet!  Looks massive!  I'd bring that along on any planetary assault.

[Wombat]

I think I'll pick some of those up too. Very nice!

[Acecrew135]

Great mini, but on the cav rules. . . What no bubble to color in!? Forget it!!!  :P