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MechWarrior Hall / Re: Word Association 36: SAY WHAT AGAIN!!!
« Last post by Wrangler on Today at 13:01:38 »Vacuum
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Upcoming Releases XXIX: First Annual 29th Birthday
« Last post by rebs on Today at 12:58:59 »Praise be to international shipping? That doesn’t sound right, but whatever brings us new releases works for me!!
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Looking for ideas for a new Campaign?
« Last post by Col Toda on Today at 12:52:58 »I did a campaign with a Corporate unit called The Baker Street Irregulars . They Worked for Luthen metal works . It was 3030 they took the place of a house unit one company at a time as those units were rotated back to the factory to get CASE installed. Just doing that for second and third line units can make an interesting campaign for 6 or so game years .
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Off Topic / Re: What movies/tv are we watching part XXX, Back into the fray!
« Last post by Jal Phoenix on Today at 12:49:30 »Yeah, unfortunately the wiki doesn't clearly indicate which origin went with which continuity.
I guess I could go into the attic and dig out my original Marvel comics run. I'm not that ambitious, though.
Also, it's been a long time since I felt that strongly about Transformers. 5
General BattleTech Discussion / Re: If you could get pre-painted BattleTech figures, would you?
« Last post by General308 on Today at 12:46:53 »This is not a suggestion that CGL starts to offer that but very much hypothetical what-if question. (While this was prompted by 3D colour 3D printing, I'm asking in a more general sense, so whether it would be pre-painted by 3D printing, painted by a dude or a machine in factory or whatever like the do with kids toys or however they do/did the plastic Pathfinder Miniatures.)
For my sins, my day job is doing 3D printed models. The company I sell my files/models through is sponsoring a show and want to promote pre-painted models. Something I'm not really able to do (even if I was willing), but it made me wonder. While for stuff like RPG figures (most of said companies little companies), I can sort of see benefit for getting pre-painted if you only want one or two and don't really want to paint, on the wargames side, it had been significantly my impression that that the bare majority of wargamers consider painting/collecting to be the main thrust of the hobby, rather than actually playing. (If I believe one impromptu survey, it might be around 50%, possibly even higher.)
So, out of pure curiousity, if in some hypothetical future, CGL was able to offer pre-coloured models (in whatever form that might take, be it painted plastics or 3D colour-prints or whatever), would that hold any appeal?
For myself, even though I regard painting as much a chore as a joy, I wouldn't be bothered. For my wargames stuff, certainly, it wouldn't really appeal to me (especially as it would likely come at greater expense[1].)
Though even I might conside for 28mm RPG figures, since I just can't be arsed to paint them anymore, too much like hardwork. Hell, I when I had my backpack stolen, I had the inusrance cover having someone re-paint replacements and I DID buy some of the aformentioned PF painted minis (at a time when shipping from the US was not bonkers). But I have enough models for roleplaying that I really don't NEED any more.
[1]I mean, just having someone painting it (digitally or otherwise is hard work. Like, I breifly considered the amount of my own produced models and the thought of spending a day or more kludging digital painting for each one and shuddered...)
Yes I would by prepainted figures. I would rather spend what time I have playing anyways. In fact my only disapointment in CGL's little pre paint test they are trying is only one mech in the pack is prepainted instead of the whole pack.
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Clan Chatterweb / Re: Clan Blood Spirit: Get Off Our Lawn
« Last post by Mendrugo on Today at 12:45:31 »You could go with one of the horned lizards that squirts blood from its eyes.
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: If you could get pre-painted BattleTech figures, would you?
« Last post by MarauderD on Today at 12:43:12 »Never say never, but for me, probably not? One off is probably fine, like Kerensky's Orion. But I'm going to want to paint the majority of what I buy--like 99% of it.
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General BattleTech Discussion / Re: Tales of the Bounty Hunter - KS reward update?
« Last post by Col Toda on Today at 12:39:48 »The Bounty Hunter is an organization that puts an Elite mech pilot that does Intel and wet work to the highest bidder . He is sort of an Evil Phantom / Ghost who walks character of the Battletech universe spanning Decades or even more than a century of Battletech history . When one is killed another takes his place . If you need intel and money is no object he is among the very best to get it . If you need a particular unit commander removed before , during or after an offensive he is the best out there . He is infamous he killed Uncle Chande after he released a huge data dump on the Word of Blake presumably because he is an agent of chaos and wasn't the sole source of near impossible to attain intelligence.
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MechWarrior Hall / Re: Word Association 36: SAY WHAT AGAIN!!!
« Last post by rebs on Today at 12:27:26 »Space
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Clan Chatterweb / Re: Clan Blood Spirit: Get Off Our Lawn
« Last post by Stormlion1 on Today at 12:26:24 »Any ideas on a new clan totem
Totem? As in a new symbol? Or Totem Mech?
