Battletech - More Painted Mechs, Terrain & a Dropship

I finish off my Ghost Bears and Star Adder Clans and add to my Inner Sphere with some Federated Suns in camo. I also show off a pretty neat if expensive dropship and some soon to be painted terrain.

[@bruced648]

the dropship is a re-creation of a dropship put out in 2000s. the original had gun turrets and each cargo pod was large enough to hold 4 standard size battlemech miniatures. the pods were not removable though. at the time, it retailed at $100. I still have mine, but the pod door hinges broke easily. it also came with deployed landing gear. not sure if that's an option for the STL version you have. while $60-$70 is a bit pricey, it's still a good value. I would like a union dropship at this same scale. I imagine it would be about the size of a basketball.

[@Pezzapoo]

thx for the info, there are no landing gear options I can see and I think $60 is just about acceptable at the top end if it also had the cargo options included. I have seen union ships but not that large, I might have a go at designing/printing my own

[@BluLionIV]

Similar to the Aurora Class Dropship released when WizKids was making Mechwarrior clix. Owner of a game store stole and sold mine.

[@bruced648]

@@BluLionIV that's the same one I own, but I got it at gencon.

[@WoodsUnknown]

Awesome detail Pez, thanks for sharing rc brother.

[@Pezzapoo]

thx for watching RC bro )

[@Granite-City-RC]

You could do generic colour for the main dropship hull, and make more pods and have them painted for each faction so you dont need a different drop ship for each depending on what you want to play with that day ( also RC drone it lol )

[@Pezzapoo]

Good idea man! I think my printer needs tweaking as its got worse but if I can get it dialled in again I might print another one as they are cool beans and need to get my moneys worth haha

[@rossdiggle]

Wooo FedSuns.

[@Pezzapoo]

Haha for you mate )

[@rossdiggle]

You know they're the best. They use the pound for currency.

[@miklawson211]

The Dropship is cool. I wouldn't mind the old class of dropship, Leopards,Union, Overlord but i like the Dropships in Mech Warrior On Line. They look similar to the Dropship you have. I haven't played Battletech for years, family got in the way.

[@Pezzapoo]

I think you can buy the printed version now for a really good price

[@sgtrock2175]

The orange and yellow says Fire Mandrill more than Star Adder to my eye, but I really like them! Nice stuff. I picked up the DropShip files on discount from Steelwarrior Studios but I haven't printed it yet. Looking forward to seeing how yours turns out painted.

[@Pezzapoo]

I just used the colour compendium for the scheme on the Star Adders but yes most work well for other factions too ) Good job on the discount, certainly takes the sting away haha

[@bad-people6510]

Not Ghost Bear. Clearly an Inner Sphere design since it's build to house a lance and not a star. Color doesn't matter so much since it's quite common for an army to have different colors between its ground and fleet elements.

[@dzilla2099]

Wow the cost for the STL files is just crazy I’d be iffy about paying that much for a complete physical product

[@Pezzapoo]

Yeah I think they offer printed ones now

[@AddamsPlayground]

Lots of cool mechs on the bench! I kind of like the yellow and orange ones! I agree the others are more what I would expect to see but they turned out pretty neat! The STL price seem a little on the steep side considering there are so many small companies doing monthly character, terrain and extras bundles for like $15 a month so $80 for a single vehicle is a a little hard to come off of! Especially since you have to buy the materials and have all the stuff to print it.

[@Pezzapoo]

thx Addam, yeah I suppose I'm being harsh on the Star Adders, lets see if they warm to me later ) As for the Dropship, don't get me wrong, its a work of art but at $80 all in its a bit op imo, but then again opinions are like A holes ) thx for watching man

[@AddamsPlayground]

@@Pezzapoo LoL true! It is hard to price stuff like that I am sure. I would tend to gamble on the charge less and sell more strategy than the charge more and hope you sell enough. But then again I didn't sit there for hours and hours designing it all to work right either so easy for me to say!! 😂

[@ianyams]

Great models Ste, whatever they are 🤷‍♂️😂😂

[@Pezzapoo]

Hsha thanks Ian ) another World

[@ianyams]

@@Pezzapoo you're welcome.

[@SolomonSamson747]

What did you use for the metal pins for the door hinges? I’m printing one of these!

[@Pezzapoo]

Just some wire from diy store. Anything thick enough to keep its shape, I think it was gardening wire