Let's talkabout 'Mechs bay-bee

So my Ebay order arrived today and, overall, I’m pretty impressed (with one caveat that should be apparent to anyone familiar with the chassis in question)…

• Madcat Mk.III – It’s a Madcat, but squeezed into a Medium-class frame. What’s not to love (but in all seriousness I’ve had a softspot for this mech since reading the Ghost War novel)
• Raptor II – Look, I get it, it’s basically a Raven+, so not exactly innovative, but c’mon it’s a great  looking design. And again I have fond memories of it, this time from the old MechAssault games…
• Warwolf – Because Clan Wolf gonna Clan Wolf. The Space Wolf in me couldn’t not find a way to use this, and I’m thinking there’d be an irony to a Wolf totem mech being fielded by the remnants of the Kell Hounds. Might be fun to build a lance of captured Clan mechs, a deliberate middle finger to any Clanners they run up against…
• Gurkha – I’ve loved the idea of the Gurkha ever since I first saw it in one of the latter TRO’s. I know it’s seen mainly as a Wobbie mech, but this example is based on a redesign someone posted a few months back, stripped of the curved armour of the OG design, and the sword replaced by a  much more appropriate Kukhri.

But back to the elephant in the room – yeah, that Madcat III is just a smidge too big. The sculpt is lovely & crisp, but it’s pushing the same scale as the MW:DA mini version. For the record though, I’m not unhappy with the mini, but I will be mentioning it to the chap I brought it from so he can adjust his scaling of it for future buyers….