Battletech Mercenary Locust in 1/60
Bringing it all together.
Having the idea in my head from the start really helped bring it together in the end. It conveys the sense I was after and it was a good learning experience.
The goal was to make even a 20-ton Locust look bad-ar$ed and it worked for my eye. A fAtlas might be dismissive of one, but from the perspective of troops on the ground, a BattleMech is still a BattleMech.
I have another ‘Mech on the horizon, and I’ll spend more time documenting the “how” of doing things, specifically the terrain and customization of the ‘Mech.
Of note – there are rules for 28mm BattleTech out in the universe. It’s more of a “garage floor” kind of game rather than table top, but I’ve seen them at Cons – and I’m not sayin’ that it’d make an awesome last day of a BootCamp, but I’m thinkin’ it’d make an awesome last day of a boot camp. 🙂
Great work! I love the cockpit work as well. I have seven robot/mecha kits at 1/48 and 1/35 scale stored in a dark cupboard. This project has rekindled my diorama building juices again.
Congrats – great work – hope to see more in the future.
Thanks for that! Pull those things out, I’d love to see what you do with them. For me, over the last decades I’ve gradually built up quite a stash of big-scale BattleTech Mechs, and have tinkered, but this was the first that I really went all-in on. Now that my friends have re-discovered the fun of it, I’m recharged as well. There will definitely be more, right along side the gaming minis.
Wunderbar! I’ve always liked the light mechs, even though the big boys get all the attention.
You did a terrific job!
Thank you! Same here! The TimberWolf and fAtlas are iconic, but I am a fan of speed. In MWO, I piloting the scout ‘Mechs and having a good, balanced Lance in game.
Thanks for the compliment!
Wow great work @hearne on the mech.
Thank you!