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Battle Trinary - 6th Jaguar Dragoons - Alpha Galaxy - Clan Smoke Jaguar - Circa 3050

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The 6th Jaguar Dragoons are one of the most stories Smoke Jaguar units having been at the forefront of the Revival trials, and then during the invasion fighting at Tukayyid.  Although they missed Luthien I choose to make them the symbol of Smoke Jaguar front line units for my collection.  This is the first Trinary in a full Cluster strength unit centered on the clan invasion era. The composition of the Trinary is actually inspired by the Luthien Scenario book reported to be that of the 1st Jaguar Guards of Beta Galaxy.  I made several modifications to allow for models on hand and to include some of my favorite Clan machines, however I feel it still represents the Clan Smoke Jaguar composition as it was seen in the lore for the Clan Invasion.  Besides that the 6th Jaguar Dragoons are an Alpha Galaxy unit, which carries with it the most iconic leopard pattern paint scheme that everyone associates with the Smoke Jaguars.  This design is actually fun to paint - but ...
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DCMS Sniper Co. - 201st Pesht Assault Reg

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There is not a lot of love given to House Kurita infantry in the lore; though the recent expansion on infantry types in the 3080's Tech Readouts are well received.  For this project I decided to render a version of House Kurita sniper platoons - an entire company.  Though in fairness a company of snipers is only like 21 dudes - so it was an easy way to beef out my special troops battalion.  The TR says the snipers are found in many militaries but goes on to describe a recent House Liao sniper unit.  For this project I assumed to Kurita snipers would have roughly the same pattern kit as everyone else - gray combat helmets, tan utiltiies.  It makes it easier to distinguish on the field.  I suppose I could have been cheeky, skpped the models and just layed down a hex full of scrub and said they were concealed in ghillie suits, but that seemed a bit much. These models are from Vanguard Airborne Specialists.  They are cast in metal which makes them an ease...
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2nd Sword of Light Battalion - Circa 4th Succ. War

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Another Sword of Light contingent ready to defend the Dragon.  The previous Sword of Light battalion I completed was from units in the 5th Sword of Light.  Today we see the completed battalion representing the 2nd Sword of Light regiment as seen during the 4th Succession War.  This unit consists of 3 companies drawn from the Kell Hounds sourcebook as opposing forces to that storied mercenary unit, as well as a recon lance as described in Wolves on the Boarder commanded by Minobu Tetsuhara and a standardized command lance taken taken from the 4th Succession War scenario books listings.   Battalion TO&E: Bn Command Lance (as listed in the fourth succession war sourcebook) DRG-1C Dragon WHM-6K Warhammer RFL-3N Rifleman GHR-5H Grasshopper Zakahashi's Zombies (as described in Kell Hounds Sourcebook) Assault Lance BLR-1G Battlemaster MAD-3R Marader GHR-5H Grasshopper OTL-4D Ostsol Support Lance ON1-K Orion RFL-3N Rifleman DV-6M Dervish ENF-4R Enforcer Light Lance ...
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Kell Hounds Mech Battalion - 3rd Succession War to Clan Invasion Era

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  The completed Kell Hounds Battalion.  This is compiled of two companies directly from the Kell Hounds sourcebook and one company from the Battle of Luthien sourcebook.  Much of the Kell Hounds history is wrapped up in three phases, the pre-4th succession war lore surrounding the founding and later break up of the unit, the fourth succession war and aftermath when he Genyosha were there arch rivals, and then the Clan Invasion.  I tried to capture all three eras in the creation of this battalion formation.  Lets me play across the early, late, renaissance and clan invasion eras which is where most of my time is spent presently until I can fully get caught up on the lore leading to the Ilkhan era.
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DCMS Unit Logos - Non-Cannon

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 So if you have been on this blog much you know I am obsessed with support units; infantry, Armor, artillery - its what makes Battletech so great; you can simulate entire conflicts in campaigns spanning months of combat if you wanted to.  As my collection grows I decided to create a series of unit logos for my support regiments in the DCMS.  Since I am building this around a Sword of Light Regiment I mostly choose from that, with a few exceptions. The 3rd Luthien Guards ; known as the Stormwalkers, were an armor regiment assigned to the 2nd Sword of Light regiment.   The 25th Light Horse Regiment actually only gets a very short mention in the defense of Vega under Teddy Kurita  In the novel Heir to the Dragon he is said to have directed the 25th Light Horse away from the advancing Lyrans due to the light weight of there armor forces indicating a light and medium unit, perhaps with hover craft. The 71st Mechanized was an infantry unit assigned to the 2nd ...
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DCMS Weapon Carrier Company - Circa 4th Succession War

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The venerable weapons carrier platform is one of the most beloved systems in Battletech - and frankly one of the most realistic.  In a game filled with over-gunned systems the weapon carrier is a simple design - a tracked chassis designed to slowly grind as much of a single weapon type into range as possible.  As a dedicated support platform it can't be beat.   This is a DCMS weapons company sporting a platoon each of LRM, SRM and A/C carrier models.  The LRM and SRM are the new Catalyst game labs models which are outstanding representations.  There are a lot of really good 3d prints out there as well, but I had these on hand and no other specific use for them so I put them into the DCMS regiment - in this case a the last company of a medium armor battalion of the 3rd Luthien Guards.  Note the custom 3rd Luthien Guards logo. The A/C carrier is from Locust Labs and probably the most aesthetically pleasing takes on the A/C carrier model.  I had ori...
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Kell Hounds - Battle of Luthien

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AI Colorized photo from the Luthien  Scenario pack. The Kell Hounds are a perennial favorite in the setting, always putting the Lyrans in a good light they are the poster boys for the 'good' mercs, same as the Wolf's Dragoons.  Its one of the reasons why I am not a huge fan of them - but they are iconic and they played a significant role in most of the late succession war and early clan invasion era so I felt compelled to complete this project.  This company, inspired mostly from the Luthien Scenario pack, is also my first foray in the clan invasion era.  This is consistent with that first generation of upgraded machines which attempted to match the clans in tech, and generally did not live up the hype - but still generally lived longer than there no-case carrying center torso loaded ammo death lockers of 3025 era.  It also completes the Kell Hound Battalion project, making a full battalion of late succession and early clan invasion mercs for scenario play....
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