Painting Lore: Miniatures Inspired by the Story

How every Karnov pilot feels flying back to base  after a successful beer run. I have always loved the odd ball units in Battletech, especially when it comes to campaign operations.  And VTOL units definitely fit that mark.  They are deathly fragile when exposed to direct fire, and doubly so once the LBX autocannons were introduced, but when you know how to handle them they can be loads of fun.  And for that reason I am kicking off what I am calling my VTOL project with a pair of the classic VTOL transport - the Karnov UR Titlrotor. If you read thru the old school tech readouts you will find accounts of that particular unit in combat operations, and in the original 3026 readout they recount the use of Karnov UR transports by the Hsien Hotheads to do some fast recovery on mechs and there pilots. In 3012 Hsien Hotheads were on a raid into Marik space which quickly began to go south.  With a mech company crippled by mines and in need of a hasty retreat the hotheads...

In 3026 the commander of the 5th Sword of Light was looking to improve his political standing, as Kuritan commanders of that time were wont to do, and figured he could launch a small planetary invasion to bump up his street cred with the Kurita High Command.  He conceived of the Ozawa campaign, and he was rewarded with an approved mission by his regiment to take the world.  Sorenson's Sabers landed with the rest of the regiment in April of 3026 where they immediately surrounded and assaulted the major urban center of Farrows Junction. Its defense was the Ozawa Urban Defense Brigade, an assortment of mechs, infantry and Armor which gave a good accounting of themselves before being overrun. This campaign is detailed in the Sorenson's Sabers sourcebook, and in honesty it could have been significantly beefed up.  It is described as hard city fighting, and I would have enjoyed seeing more details on the initial urban battle.  But there are only 3 scenarios detailed in the...