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[Dr Killinger]

Hi guys

Here's my situation: I want to start playing Classic Battletech, but there is no way to get these miniatures to South Africa without it costing an amount I'm simply not willing to spend. However, the now discontinued Mechwarrior: Dark Age was here for a small amount of time, but not played much, and there are a few large lots of miniatures lying around, looking for a new owner. So, I thought I'd end up adapting and using these with the miniature rules.

The only thing that worries me is the looks. Some of the mechs that I have seen are very cool (Mad Cat III, Warhammer IIC, Solitude Atlas, etc), but there are also a couple with some that look preposterous, covered in spikes etc, and I'm really not a fan of the agrimechs and the like.

So, I thought it would be fun if any guys here would post their MWDA/AOD miniatures, and I'd get an idea of the general look of the mechs that people play with, and also the aesthetics of the combined arms!

[Scytale]

inb4 dark age hate =(
not that i dislike it myself!

[Sky walker]

DARK AGE?!
W00t?!
You serious???

[edit] ps. Mad Cat Mk. II happens not to be the dark age Mech - it was introduced before it. MadCat Mk. III is the one you probably mean by talking about Dark Age mech.

Edited by Sky walker, 30 July 2012 - 01:12 AM.

[Dr Killinger]

Scytale, on 30 July 2012 - 12:23 AM, said:

inb4 dark age hate =(
not that i dislike it myself!

Yeah. People hate it, but I need minis, and I refuse to bankrupt myself to get the proper CBT ones into South Africa. I've also been converting 40k miniatures for years, so I'm definitely going to modify the uglier mechs to look more canon.

Sky walker, on 30 July 2012 - 01:09 AM, said:

DARK AGE?!
W00t?!
You serious???

[edit] ps. Mad Cat Mk. II happens not to be the dark age Mech - it was introduced before it. MadCat Mk. III is the one you probably mean by talking about Dark Age mech.

I think you'll find I did refer to the Mad Cat III

Edited by Dr Killinger, 30 July 2012 - 01:19 AM.

[Scytale]

Dr Killinger, on 30 July 2012 - 01:18 AM, said:

Yeah. People hate it, but I need minis, and I refuse to bankrupt myself to get the proper CBT ones into South Africa. I've also been converting 40k miniatures for years, so I'm definitely going to modify the uglier mechs to look more canon.


I think you'll find I did refer to the Mad Cat III

I actually have the same problem here in Ausland. I really want to get into the TT but the costs of importing are just way too high =(

[Bluey]

Dark age heresy !!!! Stuff of chaos !!!

[DeadMeat85]

I have a whole Plastic Container full of the Infantry, Vehicles, and Mechs. Its huge container. You could fit maybe 5 Xboxes standing upright and have room to place two on top. Don't know why I got all of them to be honest.

Edit:
It was a fun little quick game but nothing compared to the TT.

Edited by DeadMeat85, 30 July 2012 - 01:35 AM.

[Dr Killinger]

Scytale, on 30 July 2012 - 01:25 AM, said:

I actually have the same problem here in Ausland. I really want to get into the TT but the costs of importing are just way too high =(

It's mental right?! and the R/$ exchange rate doesn't help.

Bluey, on 30 July 2012 - 01:31 AM, said:

Dark age heresy !!!! Stuff of chaos !!!

Don't worry, all the spikes will be chopped off. I want to end up with a few presentable 3050 era armies.

DeadMeat85, on 30 July 2012 - 01:34 AM, said:

I have a whole Plastic Container full of the Infantry, Vehicles, and Mechs. Its huge container. You could fit maybe 5 Xboxes standing upright and have room to place two on top. Don't know why I got all of them to be honest.

Edit:
It was a fun little quick game but nothing compared to the TT.

Don't suppose you feel like sending an aid package to a poor African?

[Pitstarter]

inb4 haters that add nothing constructive, indeed.

Yes, they butchered the franchise while they had it. Yes, the ruleset got progressively worse. Yes, some of the models were... questionable.

But it was very accessible as a pick up and play game. It was the most popular P&P game at the club since folk brought their stuff, and everyone shared their models to make up their force for the night. No rules-lawyers or arguing when they were playing it. And it opened their eyes to other games that weren't Warhammer FB/40k that when I brought along proper Battletech one club night, the older ones were eager to check it out (and gang up on my mechs).

I was an MWDA envoy doing tournaments for my local small gaming club, I've still got most of my models and a lot of LE's scattered somewhere. If I can dig them out and get them all together, I'd be happy to show 'em!

Be advised though if you are planning on using CBT rules with MWDA models, you may run into scale issues, the MWDA models were never consistent with scale.

You can also go to http://www.warrenbor...nitSection.html to see a lot of the models.

[Dr Killinger]

Pitstarter, on 30 July 2012 - 01:48 AM, said:

inb4 haters that add nothing constructive, indeed.

Yes, they butchered the franchise while they had it. Yes, the ruleset got progressively worse. Yes, some of the models were... questionable.

But it was very accessible as a pick up and play game. It was the most popular P&P game at the club since folk brought their stuff, and everyone shared their models to make up their force for the night. No rules-lawyers or arguing when they were playing it. And it opened their eyes to other games that weren't Warhammer FB/40k that when I brought along proper Battletech one club night, the older ones were eager to check it out (and gang up on my mechs).

I was an MWDA envoy doing tournaments for my local small gaming club, I've still got most of my models and a lot of LE's scattered somewhere. If I can dig them out and get them all together, I'd be happy to show 'em!

Be advised though if you are planning on using CBT rules with MWDA models, you may run into scale issues, the MWDA models were never consistent with scale.

You can also go to http://www.warrenbor...nitSection.html to see a lot of the models.

Thanks! That site is great, it seems tough to find a nice list of MWDA stuff. I've been reading up about scale issues etc, I think I'll be ok

[Johannes Falkner]

1. If you are willing to get into the TT minis rules, a lot of the scale issues become less pressing.
2. Warrenborn is/was an awesome resource for clickywarrior.
3. Best mods I have seen for clickywarrior minis is to remove the base and attach them to hexagonal cardboard bases.

[TIDY CAT]

I just posted about this in the other DA/AoD thread, but the clix mini's work great for CBT TT if you use them on a 2" hex mat. You could probably go 3" if you got a large mat. A 2" half mat is nearly the same size of rows/columns of hexes as the CBT map sheets. A lot of folks use them for QuickStrike as well.

If you go to the CBT forums, in the miniatures area there is a guy name Spaceman Spiff who does some outrageous conversions of the clix minis for his CBT games.

[Manthony Higgs]

I remember seeing a Dark Age Atlas model that was holding a street sign as a club and I thought "Damn, that's a big street sign."

[Buda]

You can unglue the DA miniatures from it's base and paste them into hex bases. You can make your own bases from cardboard, wood or polystyrene, or buy them from IWM. You can make your own BT hexmaps using this tools:

http://www.incompete...aper/hexagonal/
http://www.nomic.net...lman/mkhexgrid/

BTW... I'm not only into BT:TT miniature painting/modding, but also in terrain modeling. It's really fun!

Regards!