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#1 Jack Spade Ward

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Posted 30 April 2016 - 09:11 AM

Hey everyone!

A friend of mine recently offered me a nice old BT game! Im so proud of having it and im reading the rules so i can start playing!

But the game comes without figurines. Where can i buy small figurines so i can use those in the game?
The game is IS only, at the year 3049, so no clan figurines needed. But i would much prefer PGI / MWO artstyle mechs! Is there a website or shops or whatever where i can order and buy?

Thanks for all the help

#2 KillerCat

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Posted 30 April 2016 - 11:11 AM

Iron wind metals is the official BT figurines manufacturer AFAIK : https://ironwindmetals.com/

There's also ebay and amazon as well as a facebook page for BT stuff on sales, including figurines

#3 Jack Spade Ward

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Posted 30 April 2016 - 12:14 PM

Thanks KillerCat, ill take a look at that website!

Are those MWO art style figurines?

#4 Nostromodamus

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Posted 01 May 2016 - 06:55 AM

View PostSpadejack, on 30 April 2016 - 12:14 PM, said:

Thanks KillerCat, ill take a look at that website!

Are those MWO art style figurines?


No.

There are no MWO style minis in production. Some people have 3D printed the game models for personal use, but nobody sells them.

#5 Tarl Cabot

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Posted 01 May 2016 - 07:07 PM

https://chtulhuswork...ding-the-mechs/

http://bg.battletech.com/downloads/

The quick start rules with more paper figures.
http://d15yciz5bluc8...ules.pdf?e42d90

http://bg.battletech...ters.pdf?e42d90

http://bg.battletech...ctory-products/

Edited by Tarl Cabot, 01 May 2016 - 07:12 PM.


#6 ice trey

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Posted 01 May 2016 - 07:30 PM

As for MWO mechs that you've seen people make. Those are all 3D printed. All of them. They are not licensed, so buying/selling them is not legal

Still, between PGI/HBS using them and almost thumbs-upping players who've 3D printed their own, it doesn't seem that they care too much. It's the difference between making fan-works for yourself, and trying to make a profit off of someone else's work.

Still, if you want the real deal that matches the real art and feeling of the 3025/3050s setting (MWO's High-tech looking designs just don't mesh with the barely-understood-ancient-technology scavenger culture feel of the setting), and don't want to jump through hoops to get your own 3D printer or under-the-table stuff from god-knows-who. you want the official minis. You could get a starter box, which has a good number of them, as well as record sheets and other supplies you'd need; you could get the Alpha Strike lance packs (And just ignore all the alpha strike cards), or you could get the pewter miniatures from Ironwind Metals.

If you go introbox, remember that if you get an old (Before 2007) box, you're going to have obsolete rules inside. Only the new boxed sets, and the 3rd edition boxed set from... 1991 or 1992, have miniatures of any kind. Most editions had cardboard standies.

Edited by ice trey, 01 May 2016 - 07:32 PM.


#7 SnagaDance

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Posted 01 May 2016 - 11:07 PM

If you want to get a feeling how those metal minis can look check out this website: http://camospecs.com/

Some might be converted but they're usually labelled as such.

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Posted 02 May 2016 - 01:20 AM

better bet is to find the BT(as in not TW) rules as the game gives you everything you need to know from the get go and much cheaper to as you won't need a ton of books to play the games.

as to the miniatures, the beautiful thing is you could use coins, slips of paper, ect to play.

but if ya gotta have miniatures, IWMs(someone already posted the link to it above) is the way to go but if you are lucky you might find a bit cheaper ones on Ebay.

Edited by VinJade, 02 May 2016 - 01:20 AM.


#9 FuDawg

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Posted 12 May 2016 - 12:12 AM

View PostSpadejack, on 30 April 2016 - 09:11 AM, said:

Hey everyone!

A friend of mine recently offered me a nice old BT game! Im so proud of having it and im reading the rules so i can start playing!

But the game comes without figurines. Where can i buy small figurines so i can use those in the game?
The game is IS only, at the year 3049, so no clan figurines needed. But i would much prefer PGI / MWO artstyle mechs! Is there a website or shops or whatever where i can order and buy?

Thanks for all the help

Good lord man!!! Did you bother to Google that ****? And then how did you not DROWN in the mass of responses??? LOL!

#10 Shadowhunter99

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Posted 13 May 2016 - 12:24 PM

You can buy tons from this facebook group
https://www.facebook...attletechtrade/

and this is another good group you can join
https://www.facebook...hinternational/

both have really kind and helpful people in them who will answer whatever questions you have

#11 VinJade

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Posted 14 May 2016 - 05:54 AM

I missed the part where he wanted the non-canon mwo designs, thankfully they are non-canon and never be sold legally outside of this game in digital format(where they belong).

he needs to understand that mwo is not canon and that mwo only is renting the rights for digital game.

the looks for these mechs for mwo are nice for this game but nothing else.

#12 Tarl Cabot

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Posted 14 May 2016 - 11:38 AM

He could always 3D print them!!

http://www.therpf.co...ad.php?t=178195

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http://mwomercs.com/...d-printing-fun/

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#13 Jack Spade Ward

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Posted 21 January 2017 - 01:50 PM

Since i do not own a 3d printer, where can i buy these miniatures? They look so good, and i do want those in my TT game ;)

Where can i buy some?

#14 Tarl Cabot

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Posted 21 January 2017 - 11:23 PM

http://ironwindmetal...ex.php?cPath=16


http://warhansa.com/.../robomechs.html

Edited by Tarl Cabot, 21 January 2017 - 11:40 PM.






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