Catgirls In Space!

OK, so I've been quiet for well over a month. Lots of reasons for that, not least of which a bunch of my paints dried up in the heat, and my partner P and I (and our cats) are in the middle of moving from the Midlands to the Isle of Anglesey, which we will complete in late October. Slightly less than a month and so much to do. Oh yes, and I started a new job a couple of weeks ago which, although meaning I am no longer unemployed, does also mean I've been quite frazzed of late. 

However, while also continuing to work - here and there - on commissions, a few weeks ago I picked up a small set of 3D printed Battletech miniatures from my friend R, and over yesterday and today I painted them up as units from the 1st Canopian Cuirassiers, all nice and shiny for Operation BULLDOG: in this case an Alpha Strike event in December that I'm going to attend with my friend C. In the game's history, the 1CANCUIR fought Clan Smoke Jaguar's 267th Battle Cluster on Meinacos and gave good account of themselves. Hopefully this lot will do the same.

The Command Lance of 2nd Company, 2nd Mech Battalion - missing is an ARC-2R Archer

You can see how the Contrast pools oddly if not carefully applied, but at 1/285th it doesn't really matter

Stock standard production late Succession War technology and they're going up against Clanners in 3059

The ID numbers - 49, 50, 51 - mark these out as the first lance of the 2nd Company

Heavy Battle Lance - the Crusaders in the middle have a lot of indirect fire capability too

Again you can clearly see the 'mech ID numbers, 53-56

The BNC-3MC is the only modified 'mech in the company; a Magistracy upgrade of the Banshee that swaps its class-5 autocannon for a class-10

A formidable sight but that dirt build-up will give the base crews a nightmare pressure-washing it all off

Third, Light Strike, Lance - missing is a STG-3R Stinger

The Locust may lack jump jets but its speed is plenty to keep up with the larger Phoenix Hawks

Manufactured in the Magistracy, all of the 'mechs here are extremely common in the MAF

The yellow-and-silver of the Cuirassiers is flashy, but that's the point

From the Regimental Air Wing, an air lance of four Ferret scout VTOLs

These hilariously lightly armoured craft rely entirely on speed to survive

However they do give excellent situational awareness and can spot for indirect fire

Their tail numbers mark them as 3rd Flight, 1st Squadron, 1st Air Wing

They were an experiment of sorts, painted with a very small palette and a lot of Contrast - Contrast Iyanden Yellow and Black Templar mostly - as well as some Nuln Oil and Ironbreaker. I may get some decals from Fighting Piranha once I've finished the move. I do also need to print off the Archer and Stinger, as well as 12 Manticores in order to be completely ready for the event in December. But that's a while away at this point.

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