I have a question that I'm hoping I don't get in trouble for, and I'm hoping folks in this terrific community can answer it for me.
I recently returned to Battletech after a loooonnng absence, and immediately have set about buying tons of miniatures and rules books and source materials once more. Then I proceeded to entice my oldest son back into the game, and even a couple of friends into trying it.
All with great success !!!
But the question has come up that I need to ask here - What "alternative" sources are there for mechs, vehicles, battle armor, etc? NOT that anything is wrong with IWM materials, but my friends want to create some "custom" mechs and vehicles that aren't either modded IWM figures or some version of existing designs. I talked my friends into ordering some of both from IWM, but what "alternative" sources are there?
I ask this NOT as a plan to substitute IWM products, but rather supplement them. I've heard of 3D printed items, but no clue where or how to get them. I've seen tons of cool pics of other mechs, vehicles, and such (such as the Robotech Tactics models) that aren't IWM, but again no idea who made them or where to get them.