Painting Lore: Miniatures Inspired by the Story

 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 ...

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...