Phew, sorry for the delay. Had a lot of social engagements and general "away from computer" time the last few weeks. Now introvert me is getting re-hermitted to my computer so here's a new set of renders :)
Nightsky model is of course all done and sent off for production. All the mechs going into the retailer mercenarie...
2022-07-08 04:49:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Almost finished with this lance. Just cockpit and weapon jeweling, then basing to go. I guess I could also make my first attempt at attaching antennas.
Does anyone recall which source book A.C.E.S. mercenaries are mentioned in? One of the Succession Wars books? If it were my way this is how they'd paint their mech...
2022-07-01 12:34:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's one of those funky ones that I know a lot of people have been wanting to see. The Shogun.
A few of the crew wanted to take a shot at this one, but I decided to work on it myself to give it a little more thorough job. Either way I knew I'd have to get hands on and go through revisions with the bosses.
The bi...
2022-06-29 02:35:47 +0000 UTC View Post
While I always intended to paint this batch grey, the primer coverage wasn't quite comprehensive enough on all the minis so I gave them a quick light coat of paint.
I then gave them all a wash, though I experimented with giving half of them a flesh tone wash, while the other half got my usual soft tone. I think the flesh t...
Here are front and back shots of the 8 prototypes I had printed. Wanted to pick a decent tonnage spread, fighting the urge to spam assaults and heavies haha. It was also tough to not go for a bunch of vehicles, but I can only paint so many at a time.
The Scorpion shows that you can very precariously base it without the ...
2022-06-23 05:40:56 +0000 UTC View Post
I had some prints made of our new mechs to paint up for fun and occasionally drop into the local games with, so here are some photos.
Just primer applied at this point, not perfect coverage but they already look great.
Of course disclaimer that these wont represent the final mini quality as plastic softens them up a ...
Posting the Sagittaire and Penetrator 3D renders feels like ages after I posted their sketches (well, it has been 4 months) but it's been such a flurry of work and extra content this year that the spread between sketches and renders isn't only due to my laziness anymore :D
I hope my pace of posting has been more satisfacto...
Back to the vehicle category: "Strictly for blowing things up". The Schrek PPC Carrier.
While there are a few options, I bet many of us think of this tank when looking for a long range direct fire assault vehicle. Simple and deadly.
Can't wait to see them populating game tables and giving mechs a serious headache....
2022-06-10 00:40:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Time for another sculpt from the now mountainous wait list. The Sagittaire.
Glad this one is getting a sculpt, no doubt a favorite cover art design for many of us from decades past.
Sculpt came out really well. Though we almost forgot to give it the butt lasers. Entirely impossible to properly account for a rear m...
2022-06-07 03:41:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Who's been waiting for this one? More Battle Armor! Inner Sphere Standard this time to face off against the Elementals.
It's not the sexiest piece of armor, but it is in wide spread use and early tech so that all IS players can plausibly use them.
Even the most competent previous artwork for this BA by Matt Plog i...
2022-06-03 04:50:53 +0000 UTC View Post
A few have asked, so here's a big render of all the upcoming mechs we've given variants or reposes. Haven't included the Dragoons box though.
This all comes from the announced Alpha Strike starter box and Mercenary Force Packs.
The Atlas, Banshee, Highlander, and Wolfhound are just re-poses, but can you ID the rest o...
Bishops design rampage continues. The Warrior VTOL.
New flavor... flying thingy. Personally I never see anyone use VTOL or Aerospace on the table, but I know some of you do. The Warrior makes a nice first dip into that realm with a unit that will work well as a scout/spotter, light harassment, opfor fodder, or yet anoth...
2022-05-30 00:37:18 +0000 UTC View Post
And here's the 3D sculpt for the Hermes II, done by Eliza Gibbs.
Similar to the Gargoyle, the nose section will leave players the option to not paint it glass if they like having the "eyes" look on their mechs, while the main intention will be a full glass visor. I know this one will end up needing the Bishop "where is ...
2022-05-21 07:50:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's one that was soft revealed at Kerensky Con as a prototype print. Time to show you all better shots of the Hermes II. Starting with the design sketch.
Design done by Harri Kallio, then a fair bit of meddling by me on the head and lower legs.
This is one I've always considered such an unappealing mech with a bor...
Here's a redesign from Alan Blackwell. The Mobile HQ
I think the first one I've shown fully in the "objective/narrative" category. Few of you are gonna be bringing this one to the field for it's defensive laser. Should work great for a piece in defend/attack base missions, and convoy escorts.
Bring on the strategi...
2022-05-16 00:27:49 +0000 UTC View Post
This one I feel came out super awesome, another "Bishop Blowup" success.
The shapes work well to convey a mech that is built to carry around weapons and do little else.
Sculpted by Alan Blackwell. Are you guys noticing how much work Alan has put in on this kickstarter? He's been working full time along side me since ...
2022-05-13 08:20:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's my first cohesive lance painted up. The Banshee and Raven joining the Archer and Hunchback I finished previously.
Wanted to go with a simple scheme that pops, that wont be a pain to add more mechs to in the future if I want. Though I may go for a new scheme for my next lance. I've still got two clans mechs in ano...
2022-05-10 12:05:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's another vehicle from Bishop, the Skulker wheeled scout.
Falls pretty soundly into the objective/token category for the kickstarter. These will make great objective/narrative pieces, or even just dressing for a military base. Though I'm sure some of you will gladly scoot this medium laser on wheels around.
A...
2022-05-10 03:19:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Time for another flavor. A vehicle you may deploy yourself, but definitely a vehicle your OpFor is gonna have. Mid weight vehicle spam!
Under sketch by Dale Eadeh, finished off by me. I like the fast, some what aerodynamic look on this one, along with the high ground clearance.
2022-05-07 20:28:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a surprise post. Somewhere I've apparently shown someone this image and was notified by Harri that it's been leaked out online. Sooo I'm dropping it here through an official channel for everyone to see.
Highlander IIC is a pretty iconic mech, some of you guessed it was coming.
For this one we had the new Highl...
Here's another of Bishops many vehicle redesigns for the upcoming Kickstarter.
By the way, go check out his patreon page here: patreon.com/BishopSteiner
Round three, flavor 3D, the vanilla. Combat Vehicles. Of course many of you have seen the prototype picture leaks floating around by now.
Can't go without a few j...
Here's the Pouncer renders I promised. Next up are more vehicle sketches.
I feel this one came out looking really cool, compared to the start of the journey with the original art.
It really is just the Adder and Linebacker having a baby.
The side torso flat plates should be good receptacles for any future varia...
Welcome aboard everyone! I hope your stay is going well.
Hitting 500 patrons is a pretty huge milestone for me, so it was amazing to see everyone rush in over the last 2 weeks. Things were hovering around that meme 420 mark for a few months.
Also big thanks to the long time patrons that have been sticking it out thro...
2022-04-29 23:06:29 +0000 UTC View Post
So many sketches to post, but also so many 3D renders in line too.
Here's the Wraith sculpted by Alan Blackwell. This shows off the new antenna design it received, which must be thick enough for plastic casting. Those that like em thin should be able to easily cut them down and insert some wire whips.
For those who m...
Round two, flavor two.
Utility and objective based vehicles will make a strong appearance in this first run. Many of you are itching to get into combat with vee rules, but some may find themselves either disinterested or overwhelmed by the prospect of even more rules after just learning the 1 million data tables a mech nee...
Lets start things off with a classic, the Galleon.
As I reveal more of the starting vehicle selection you're going to find it a little of an oddball mix, but as much as I'd also prefer an opening purely of popular and common combat vees, we've got a few avenues to explore.
The Galleon falls into one avenue of "unseen...
2022-04-24 02:12:24 +0000 UTC View PostSo. You peeps want to see some vehicle redesigns from the upcoming Battletech kickstarter, don't ya?
2022-04-22 23:52:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey some color! I tell you time flies, I was going to mention "not too long ago" showing some mechwarrior designs I worked on, but that was THREE YEARS AGO! That was not too long after I re-geared my page to show off all this Battletech production stuff, so that's 3 years many of you have been along for the ride. I'm glad we'...
2022-04-19 09:51:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry for the quiet end to last month. Almost done crunching out some special items.
Here's one some of you will have seen before in the wild.
The call came in for a Gunslinger redesign and I'd seen a few fan pieces floating around. I got in contact with Jayden Morris about using his as a starting point, then worked him...
Now that I've gotten around to doing some nice 3D renders of it, here's a post with all my Regent stuff, from years old concept to new sculpt and lineart.
Was very fun to work through this one and get my own design canonized.
The original sketch now goes back 9 years. Time has really flown since all the redesigning s...
