What do i do with this grey Battletech stuff?

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Well that changed quickly

March 25, 2023

Tutoring 5

Skill 6

Idea 6

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So that idea lasted about 5 seconds…..

I’m listening to the Eridani Light Horse (ELH) novel No Greater Honour and its struck home.

Having decided that the best bet is to do an Ilclan era force means i can use the Lament ive had sitting around, also the larger number of mechs means i have something a bit more substantial at the end of it.

I still need to work out PV and i’m also toying with making it a Wolfnet 350 tourney list, as i have a pile of inner sphere and purifier battle armour that can ride on the Hellion Mad Cat and Lament.

Lets talk colour. The official scheme is drab so i’ve ordered a velejeo ww2 us army tank paint set, but i’ll get back to that.

Theme is more interesting, in the Ilclan era the ELH are reduced to the 11th recon battalion and some other units claiming linage. So they will be an eclectic bunch of forces and in my head drab will be of different greens to reflect low resources and different commands coming together.

So what’s the force?

Lance 1

Black knight BLK-NT-3B (will need a shield conversion)
Archer ARC-5W
Mad Cat D3
Lament LMT-3R

Lance 2

Dragon DRG-7K
Hellion F
Valkyrie C
Sentinel STN-3L

So a fast element and a heavy hitting element.

At 286 PV it gives me some spare PV for skill increases if i want to aim for 300 BV.

So next will be some decisions about decals, some test painting and thoughts on weathering.