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[SteelWarrior]

Figured id post up my gallery


1st Sword of Light:








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5th Galedon Regulars:



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Forgotten Guardians:






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Misc:











Hope you enjoy

PS: I run a battletech youtube channel here: https://www.youtube....mNvboGuhv_jigmw

Edited by SteelWarrior, 07 May 2015 - 02:30 AM.

[IraqiWalker]

Those are fantastic.

Pardon my ignorance, but I don't think I'm familiar with the one with a lion shield.

[kosmos1214]

IraqiWalker, on 07 May 2015 - 03:39 AM, said:

Those are fantastic.

Pardon my ignorance, but I don't think I'm familiar with the one with a lion shield.

same what is it?

[SteelWarrior]

That my friends is the Lionhart. My custom solaris champion for a con last Nov, its a primitive banshee that was heavily modified. I made the sword from a sandwhich "toothpick thing" and made a shield from a 40k conversion part from Scibor miniatures. Its supposed to be an optional door panel for a space marine rhino, but turns out it was the right size for a tower shield

Mech was a 95 ton TSM beast with loads of expiremental tech. Hardened armor, reinforced structure, and large shield. Ended up dying to a stalker loaded with srm6's that kept hitting me in the head and causing pilot rolls that lead to a knock out requiring 11's to wake up...Never did wake up, lol

[Koniving]

Custom mechs are great fun, especially when they aren't build to be cheese. This was a security mech I worked on using commercial armor.

After a few design tests I finally bit the bullet and made it 25 tons and its companion 20 tons to be able to use the ICE engines instead of fuel cell and still have room for a minimum of 2 MGs. It's meant to be tear gas SRM-2s but sadly Megamek doesn't yet support them.

[IraqiWalker]

SteelWarrior, on 07 May 2015 - 03:30 PM, said:

That my friends is the Lionhart. My custom solaris champion for a con last Nov, its a primitive banshee that was heavily modified. I made the sword from a sandwhich "toothpick thing" and made a shield from a 40k conversion part from Scibor miniatures. Its supposed to be an optional door panel for a space marine rhino, but turns out it was the right size for a tower shield

Mech was a 95 ton TSM beast with loads of expiremental tech. Hardened armor, reinforced structure, and large shield. Ended up dying to a stalker loaded with srm6's that kept hitting me in the head and causing pilot rolls that lead to a knock out requiring 11's to wake up...Never did wake up, lol

Wow, that is an impressive custom job. I love seeing people get creative with their mechs (never been a fan of running stock competitive fights, unless they are reenactments). I also know the exact model for that door you mentioned. It's their "Not Dark Angels, but really they are Dark Angels, Lion Warriors"

The one that surprised me the most is the sword. Never did I imagine someone would turn a toothpick into a sword like that. I actually thought it was sculpted with the mech.

Koniving, on 07 May 2015 - 04:01 PM, said:

Custom mechs are great fun, especially when they aren't build to be cheese. This was a security mech I worked on using commercial armor.

After a few design tests I finally bit the bullet and made it 25 tons and its companion 20 tons to be able to use the ICE engines instead of fuel cell and still have room for a minimum of 2 MGs. It's meant to be tear gas SRM-2s but sadly Megamek doesn't yet support them.

I remember when you first posted that. It gave me such an itch to run a BT RPG filled with espionage, and have the security mechs be very much like that one.

Edited by IraqiWalker, 07 May 2015 - 07:33 PM.

[Koniving]

IraqiWalker, on 07 May 2015 - 07:32 PM, said:

I remember when you first posted that. It gave me such an itch to run a BT RPG filled with espionage, and have the security mechs be very much like that one.

What's great is what Megamek's bots did with it. In a 3 versus 3 match, old design to the torso mounted upgrade... Gun-ho pilot Ota (of Patlabor fame) with high gunnery and poor klutzy piloting skills soon finds himself three on one against an enemy Noa Izumi (also Patlabor fame, high melee skills, high piloting skills, poor gun skills), enemy Ota and 'the other guy' (something of a middle ground with an emphasis on missile use).

During combat in this bot versus bot battle (6 individual bots each with a personality akin to the character and individual initiative), Ota manages to grab a fallen allied pilot (his own side's Noa). At first grabbing the one and freely returning fire. He defeated the enemy Noa by keeping her at range (since as a Melee Master and Specialist, she could pump out 3 punches or 2 kicks if she got close). Then he grabbed that Noa and then he refused combat (for reasons unknown) and instead made mad dashes towards forestry which began absorbing some enemy fire. Smoke missiles kept hitting him, but even when they missed and there was no excuse to not fire, he'd still refuse to attack and kept retreating (despite a berserk aggressiveness and a lack of common sense or self preservation). It wasn't until he lost one of the two passengers he was carrying that he finally started to use his gun again. At that point he went out in a blaze of glory.

The torso mounted upgrades lost a lot of effectiveness by losing a single MG in the process. With the latest redesign they have twin MGs again and many variants. Including some using Medium/Light Rifles.

On another test match with a more personal control, Noa in her torso mounted upgrade showed me that its melee capabilities are top notch in the right, if possibly overpowered, hands. Nothing like sprinting towards your target through the trees so that the potential damage is reduced, followed by closing in and a triple punch knockdown followed by a double kick finisher. Best 40 second takedown, ever.

It's a shame this mech's top speed is the same as the Dire Wolf's on faster variants.

[SteelWarrior]

Blargh. Toothpick was the wrong word

Here ya go

[IraqiWalker]

Koniving, on 07 May 2015 - 10:54 PM, said:

What's great is what Megamek's bots did with it. In a 3 versus 3 match, old design to the torso mounted upgrade... Gun-ho pilot Ota (of Patlabor fame) with high gunnery and poor klutzy piloting skills soon finds himself three on one against an enemy Noa Izumi (also Patlabor fame, high melee skills, high piloting skills, poor gun skills), enemy Ota and 'the other guy' (something of a middle ground with an emphasis on missile use).

During combat in this bot versus bot battle (6 individual bots each with a personality akin to the character and individual initiative), Ota manages to grab a fallen allied pilot (his own side's Noa). At first grabbing the one and freely returning fire. He defeated the enemy Noa by keeping her at range (since as a Melee Master and Specialist, she could pump out 3 punches or 2 kicks if she got close). Then he grabbed that Noa and then he refused combat (for reasons unknown) and instead made mad dashes towards forestry which began absorbing some enemy fire. Smoke missiles kept hitting him, but even when they missed and there was no excuse to not fire, he'd still refuse to attack and kept retreating (despite a berserk aggressiveness and a lack of common sense or self preservation). It wasn't until he lost one of the two passengers he was carrying that he finally started to use his gun again. At that point he went out in a blaze of glory.

The torso mounted upgrades lost a lot of effectiveness by losing a single MG in the process. With the latest redesign they have twin MGs again and many variants. Including some using Medium/Light Rifles.

On another test match with a more personal control, Noa in her torso mounted upgrade showed me that its melee capabilities are top notch in the right, if possibly overpowered, hands. Nothing like sprinting towards your target through the trees so that the potential damage is reduced, followed by closing in and a triple punch knockdown followed by a double kick finisher. Best 40 second takedown, ever.

It's a shame this mech's top speed is the same as the Dire Wolf's on faster variants.

Gotta love when the bots get quirky. XD.

SteelWarrior, on 08 May 2015 - 12:21 AM, said:

Blargh. Toothpick was the wrong word

Here ya go

Still pretty impressive

[Burktross]

Just... wow....

[SteelWarrior]

Sleepy guard didnt see the ISF strike team slip past him. Few months later, this beast was spotted on the Battlefield. Banners say Kurita, the sides of the hull are Honor and Duty. I was so excited to finish i totally forgot to do my second panel wash, will get to that later tonight, but very happy with how it came out. I also bumped the stupid banner while taking the pic, thats why one is hanging a bit. lol

Its missing its shoulders because my blister didnt have them, contacted IWM, they send me out a second set of arms, my next order placed they promise to give me shoulders for it

Base was done with crackling fluid, simulate a dry river bed.

Hope everoyne likes it!

[Mech42Ace]

Nice work! I think I've seen that behemoth somewhere before!

[Will9761]

I wish I could see this guy due the new models for the Resistance and Unseen mechs.

[SteelWarrior]

Will9761, on 06 January 2016 - 07:30 PM, said:

I wish I could see this guy due the new models for the Resistance and Unseen mechs.

Im still around, I have about 12 designs done that arent posted here, including all the current unseens and most of the reinforcement mechs. I just havent painted them up and uploaded yet