Battletech Terrain from Junk! Thursday, Aug 27 2009 

Another cheapy! This time its battletech terrain made by what i could find lying around the house.

First one is made from a cotton buds box – sprayed with GW roughcoat, drybrushed with a light grey and then with windows painted on with black.
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The idea behind this one was a Jade Falcon base – made from the packaging of a Bathroom towel holder.
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These settlements are made from the blister packaging of GHQ miniatures.
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The battle damaged version is done by pressing down on sections and drybrushing these sections black.
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The Admin building was made from the packaging for Hot Wheels cars.
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The Hanger was made from a toilet freshener packaging – the door was just painted on.
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The Silo was made with something most hobbyists have tons of… GW spray can lids :P
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Finally, the Billboard was made from a DBA infantry base, pins where hammered into the sides to made the stand. For a laugh i tried to freehand the poster for Mirrors Edge :)
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Free Battletech Terrain Monday, Aug 24 2009 

Some people find creating a board from battletech board the first big hurdle – not only because of the small scale, but because of the hex grid – so i thought i would post up my method of obtaining a board.

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The board itself was from the German battletech league (http://battletech.hagelpilot.de), printed out on paper and glued down on foamcard.

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The buildings are from this site (http://battletech.hagelpilot.de) – all printed on blank greetings card

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The Hill was made by cutting out a section of the printout boards and glueing them on a 3 high foamboard for each level.
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I hope this has been a big help to new and existing battletech players

Cheap, Ready Painted VTOL transports Friday, Aug 14 2009 

Another bargain folks! Came across this at my local hobby craft – its the star wars pocket model kits – retail price is a £5 – they snap together, no glue and all the parts are painted – and if your a clan wolf player – in your colour scheme!!! Here is a pic to show how they fit to the scale (1/300)
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Doing as Scrapyard Does! Monday, Aug 3 2009 

Ever since i saw an article on Scrapyard armoury about re-basing and re-painting “clicky” mechs – i knew i had to give it a go. Bought these rather cheaply from 13th Floor and based them on essex miniature bases.

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Army Focus: Clan Jade Falcon Tuesday, Jul 21 2009 

Not a recent addition my any means but i thought i would put these up here as i am really proud of the paint job. Think its about a clusters worth of mechs – correct me if i am wrong :P .

Madcat
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Madcat 2
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Incubus
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Fire Falcon
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Mad Dog
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Cougar
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Random Protomech (if you can name it – 10 ishy points to you)
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Elemental Squad
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