Wish they would come to retail or sell thru Amazon.
@ThearmedpainterСағат бұрын
They’ve got some small shops that carry it but to my knowledge it’s FLGS stuff.
@bronco53344 сағат бұрын
Dragon Fire and Flashman look WAY better (design-wise, not casting quality) than the old metal sculpts. I kind of hate the "you have to buy these minis as a package deal" force pack marketing strategy, though, because I absolutely DO NOT WANT any more Cyclops, I have twice as many as I want already, because they stuffed them in a bunch of force packs already
@Thearmedpainter4 сағат бұрын
Unfortunately outside of Salvage Boxes and the limited premiums CGL cannot sell singles. These are sold as game packs or expansions but IWM has the license to sell singles for BT, CGL doesn’t. This is how it was explained to me anyway, they’d probably make a lot of people happy with singles.
@HouseMasterPoDing7 сағат бұрын
Your comments on being a good gamer should be required viewing for everyone in the community. I couldn't agree more.
@KaryudoDS8 сағат бұрын
I'd recommend checking out Sarna, purely for the old dragonfire art lol. "Bird-like" stood out to me because I always thought the pose for the original art looked like some kind of frog. So It's certainly improved. Not sure if I'd get the box for it, but I kind of feel like if I did get the box, it would be for it. I do like the blood asp and it's nice they got it into a box though I'm happy with my prime config version. Which means I'll probably get it lol, just might not rush for it.
@HouseMasterPoDing8 сағат бұрын
This is so awesome seeing you bring new people into the hobby! You are a great ambassador, Justin!
@barrybb540910 сағат бұрын
Do something different. If you only do dry brushing and speedpaints and everyone else is doing that, your work wont necessarily stand out.
@Thearmedpainter7 сағат бұрын
It’s all a matter of having tools in the tool chest. I use a variety of techniques and what’s gonna stand at for a paint comp is the culmination of your skills and the totality of the piece.
@rifleman2db200311 сағат бұрын
“It’s so big” 😂
@wolfshadow742811 сағат бұрын
where did u get thiis force pack i cant find it no where
@Thearmedpainter7 сағат бұрын
I thought I mentioned it in the video, a viewer helped me source in from PAX.
@philedwards733115 сағат бұрын
Comment for the algorithm- Are there Fallen among the Clans?
@Thearmedpainter11 сағат бұрын
Wolf’s Dragoons or Clan Wolverine may qualify as fallen clans.
@philedwards733111 сағат бұрын
@Thearmedpainter Hmmm, I might need to make a Dark Angels merc unit. 😂🙊 I kid. :)
@HouseMasterPoDing15 сағат бұрын
Love your enthusiasm and energy for the game, Justin! Keep up the great work!
@DukeTodd10018 сағат бұрын
Those mechs are amazing.👍🏻
@alecciarosewater743821 сағат бұрын
why is there no mud for vehicles to get stuck in
@Thearmedpainter20 сағат бұрын
I think these are made based on old paper maps.
@HeadHunterSixКүн бұрын
The OG Flashman looked ridiculous in the TRO back in the '90s... the Catalyst version looks absolutely badass.
@wikiwing348Күн бұрын
Muls changed it to IF 2 and points at 58 for mad cat h. Still a good mech imo
@Thearmedpainter23 сағат бұрын
Yeah unfortunately the MUL may change things after a video goes up making my assessments a little off 😓
@miafillene4396Күн бұрын
So...$35 late 2025 the way Catalyst is delaying everything ...
@ThearmedpainterКүн бұрын
@@miafillene4396 rumor I’ve heard is Q1 but it wouldn’t surprise me if they are delayed and have limited stock available at Adepticon in March. 😞
@kereminde22 сағат бұрын
They're on a boat, last I heard, along with some other packs which should be arriving Q1 2025. The first batch went to PAX.
@SupermarketZombiesКүн бұрын
I really want that Cyclops in my life
@lord17cКүн бұрын
some great minis there. Can't wait to see them painted up
@Somewhat-EvilКүн бұрын
The Dragon Fire and the Flashman are the mechs I want out of this set. I like that the Flashman is easily discernable from the one included in the ComStar set, so pairing them together won't cause any problems on the game table. The Blood Asp-I is great Davion IlClan-era omnimech, but it's not an era I enjoy playing. This version of the Cyclops doesn't interest me much at all.
@bloodzyAUКүн бұрын
Really enjoy watching BR, all episodes so far. I have it on in the background while painting mechs. I'm glad you're doing these videos to help grow the community as CGL sure isn't doing much to help things, especially here in Aus.
@ThearmedpainterКүн бұрын
Before the CSO fiasco I had tried connecting with them to do more “official” content but nothing came of it. I end up buying all the new stuff on my own usually and scrambling to make videos quickly. Wish they’d work with content creators who wish to promote their game and products more often. At this juncture though if there ever was going to be an opportunity to do more official content I’m assuming my channel and I are off the consideration list. That all being said, the comments here have been informative, I didn’t know what BR actually was and now I do, so there is that :) As for AUS, I sincerely hope the KS fulfillment has been worked out, you guys down under seem to always be well behind on getting product.
@bloodzyAUКүн бұрын
@Thearmedpainter we sure do, just as an exercise I added one single mech(stormcrow tc) to cgl cart and put in my aus postal, $206.88usd postage haha total was aud$356 for a mech and postage. Retail here struggled for a long time to keep BT on the shelves, was selling faster than they could get stock. Constant short deliveries didn't help either, stores ordering pallets of stuff and betting sent one or two boxes. Has been rectified now it seems, but that could also be the heat cooled down and people who wanted it have it now and anyone interested but couldn't at the time stopped trying and haven't come back. We have a healthy group of BT players here in my area but we are all done with CGL and there KS campaigns, one and done for me, missed the Clan invasion one and kinda glad I did if this one is anything to go by.
@jeffreyvandoren3740Күн бұрын
Dragonfire I'd one of the Marauder series mechs along with the Malstrom and Nightstar from TRO 3058. Reflective Armor should take less damage from energy weapons unless they're RE types,and more damage from and missile or ballistic weapons due to fragility. That's how it is in Classic BT.
@ThearmedpainterКүн бұрын
In AS it’s reduces energy weapons by half and -1 from non ene weapons. There is a small list of negatives to reflective armor now, it used to have a lot more associated with it.
@Metal_CarnageКүн бұрын
13:37 "So I'm getting Nightstar vibes..." In the original TRO 3058, the Marauder was referenced as the first in a namesake line of battlemechs. The designs that followed in the line were the Dragonfire, Maelstrom, and Nightstar. I am very much jazzed for the update to the Dragonfire. The original art and metal sculpt we a bit derpy. I hate to say it because the mech in classic is pretty baller.
@LeeAllen-w7lКүн бұрын
The one mech I want from this pack is the cyclops! 11H I have been waiting for you!
@robertreid9256Күн бұрын
Do you know when this pack will be released?
@ThearmedpainterКүн бұрын
Q1 next year is what I’ve heard.
@neogokiMK00Күн бұрын
here is the playlist of Black Remnant's Alpha Strike/Battletech Destiny fusion-play: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6qqi2OlnJVrmtU&pp=iAQB
@SolNacht19 сағат бұрын
It is a fun watch, I am making my way through it now.
@gryph3657Күн бұрын
REL is Re-engineered Lasers, negates RFA, and reduces CR penalty. Oh, you missed the little dome part in the baggie for the Dragon Fire.
@calumdeightonКүн бұрын
The Blood Asp the only mech I'm interested in this box. Even so the other Mechs do look good. But you can't beat the Asp. Clan Star Adder is all.
@Commander_NearsightКүн бұрын
I couldn’t find this on camo specs lol. Cool box.
@BanzoSanКүн бұрын
Was the original Blood Asp a limited run? I've noticed they're essentially unobtainium. Same with the Shalone from the Clan Invasion Kickstarter.
@stephenyates1415Күн бұрын
That's why I got 2 Blood Asps and another Shilone with the mercenaries Kickstarter.
@kastork82Күн бұрын
No, they will come to retail in time.
@ThearmedpainterКүн бұрын
I cannot speak to the Shilone, I think that was a “free item” they gave us in the KS. The Blood Asp was a salvage box. I’ve bought and extra Shilone from Fortress if I recall so I assume the BA will come out as well at some point.
@kereminde22 сағат бұрын
These will hit retail (or should) sometime next year. I believe they're trying to make the aerospace and other "one off" salvage boxes available too. (Shilone, Visigoth, Urbie, Blood Asp, and Savannah Master.) When will it be available? That really depends on how long it takes to have a run made and then shipped to the warehouse. How fast will they sell out? With salvage boxes, they're basically already sold out as soon as they hit stock. Seriously, they sell out FAST any time a shipment arrives.
@MrCptCavemanКүн бұрын
Black remnant are the home brew merc unit in the penny arcade youtube channel. They did a live show at PAX where Randall Bills showed up to run a lance of the bounty hunters mechs against them. RFA is still,from my reading, affected by artillery. It only lost the double damage from flk REL are reverse engineer lasers which ignore all your fancy armour and damage reduction tricks.
@Blue_DingoКүн бұрын
Justin, 2 things: Cyclops, it's not a Highlander. There should have been an additional sensor nub in the plastic baggie with the top gun, it is for the Dragonfire 3F variant. Nice new minis.
@StormerisКүн бұрын
I don't blame him for the Cyclops/Highlander confusion The redesigned Cyclops has a head that is too box-shaped and looks more like a Highlander than the round helmet of the OG Cyclops
@ThearmedpainterКүн бұрын
I didn’t even realize the mixup lol. Had to go look at my thumbnail 🤣
@thedocklighterКүн бұрын
I don't know anything about the BR, but three of the sculpts would be great, new additions to my collection.
@mattcarper9853Күн бұрын
My jealousy that you have this is palpable
@philedwards7331Күн бұрын
Hmm, interesting idea on CGL's part, but not my thing. If I use the link to Fortress will they know I went through you?
@ThearmedpainterКүн бұрын
Bobby won’t know directly it’s from me but you could leave a note during checkout so he knows :)
@philedwards7331Күн бұрын
@@Thearmedpainter Done! Got myself replacements for the very first mechs I painted back in '87. The nostalgia trip's going to be real.
@StormerisКүн бұрын
Never heard of Black Remnant and nobody i know heard of it, but after some digging its some sort of PAX related promotion because it was like a homebrew force in one of their streams or something like that
@VespuchianКүн бұрын
Yep, it's one of Penny Arcade's weekly shows, notable for combining the Mechwarrior Destiny RPG and Alpha Strike rules. Worth a watch I'd say. Never expected it to get a canon CGL box, but PA has a knack for this sort of thing (just look at how at how their goofy D&D game 'Acquisitions Incorporated' became canonized into the Forgotten Realms).
@miller857Күн бұрын
@@VespuchianThe reason Penny arcade gets all these tines is because even to this day decades after they started, they have an immense reach in the nerd space and so mentioning things or playing them introduces thousands upon thousands of people to that particular game, hobby or thing of interest.
@timunderbakke8756Күн бұрын
They’re a fan made creation from a recorded RPG. The cards here are the only thing that has made them “canon” so I’d say paint whatever you want with it. I personally am going to pass since i don’t have vested interest in their rpg sessions. I’m waiting for some of those star league and house packs to come out now that i got my mercenaries content i wanted
@boxdesuКүн бұрын
I'll likely just buy it for the minis. The Flashman looks really good in the new pose.
@gdsharp6362Күн бұрын
Awesome idea!
@gryphon3241Күн бұрын
McCarron's Armored Cavalry, or "The Big MAC", is one of the oldest, largest, and most successful merc units in the sphere throughout basically all of the playable lore era's of battletech. I can't remember off hand if they had SLDF roots post exodus, but if you're in the military world in the inner sphere, you know the Big Mac. They've served house Liao for most of the playable era's, at one point even being absorbed into the CCAF as a proper house unit, but coming into the ilclan era they've decided to split off and do their own merc thing again. No clue why, i haven't dug that deep, but there you go lol
@ThearmedpainterКүн бұрын
^^^nice! Thanks for this!^^^
@hernehaugen68782 күн бұрын
I would give my left leg for a Kodiak of similar scale
@jamesflanagan30862 күн бұрын
With all those FDM printers, how often do you get failed prints?
@Thearmedpainter2 күн бұрын
More often than we’d like, we’re actually in the process of cutting back on FDM production because of how unreliable/inefficient they are :/
@LiberalApplicationOfThud2 күн бұрын
Kudos! Justin, you have once again proven yourself to be an absolutely outstanding dude! Truly living what you say, and not just “talking a good game”. Gaming as a whole needs more people like you, and I am proud to have you as a fellow member of the BattleTech community. I was absolutely dying during the entire unboxing and knife etiquette part!
@Thearmedpainter2 күн бұрын
That’s probably my favorite part lol. Cracked me up too 😂
@philedwards73312 күн бұрын
Well akshully, this was an awesome vid. It was a joy watching you two interact and his little lore dive into his five was cool. Watching an unboxing early Christmas morning was perfect timing.
@Thearmedpainter2 күн бұрын
Thanks, I’m hoping we can get him on the channel more frequently :)
@philedwards73312 күн бұрын
@Thearmedpainter I hope so too, y'all have good chemistry on camera. Ironically (for me), I was in Charlotte while watching it. Usually I'm in N. GA rather than an hour and a half away. Made the trip between CLT and your area many times in the past. 👍
@notrolling-er1wq2 күн бұрын
hey man i love your videos. when we first got the alpha strike box nd a few force packs i immediately built a "missile-boats-in-the-back-medium-light-to-the-objectives-force"
@Thearmedpainter2 күн бұрын
Sounds like a solid strategy :)
@andrulucas7732 күн бұрын
They got the right idea but I think if they primed every miniature in either a basic color or a color that matches the unit that the box it is focusing on. It would be a lot better 4 matching the colors and is a good baseline to start working on other techniques such as highlights glazing pin washing and other things.
@pointmanfrosty72062 күн бұрын
i started my kids at about 5 in battletech as well
@Rhaumar2 күн бұрын
Justin, you have done a GREAT thing by giving this stuff to Daff. Love seeing this. Congrats on being a great human being and Merry Christmas!
@emmanuelmercado40182 күн бұрын
i'm new to this, but i remember some mech painted like arlechinos red yellow orange black in checkerboard, does any know what that was?
@Thearmedpainter23 сағат бұрын
I’m. It sure which one that was, was the orange and yellow the checkers on the legs?
@emmanuelmercado401816 сағат бұрын
@@Thearmedpainter no i guess that's a mad cat; no full body! thanks.
@scotteverroad45453 күн бұрын
Where do you get this?? Is it in th Merc-KS downloads?
@Thearmedpainter3 күн бұрын
@@scotteverroad4545 it may have been in the clan invasion KS files.
@Jetfire843 күн бұрын
Thanks for the review! I hadn't considered their terrain for Battletech, but I'm looking at their line again with that in mind. Definitely some interesting potential!
@lord17c3 күн бұрын
an awesome set of gifts. I also love that just opened box smell.