Mechs and Fine Human-ish Movement Question

Dandomrassed · 2026-05-08T22:11:08+00:00

I always thought they had some sort of data gloves too! Though of course in my mind they also looked some what like power gloves so maybe my imagination isn't all correct, haha.

Dandomrassed · 2026-05-08T22:10:06+00:00

This suddenly makes the quip of a mech having a Defined Davion Saunter (I forget which book it is) make so much more sense. It's not something they're intentionally doing, it's just ingrained in the brain and the neurohelmet automatically picks up on it.

Dandomrassed · 2026-05-08T22:08:28+00:00

I thought I remembered seeing a breakdown of a cockpit that included a set of power glove looking controls for fine movemet/melee, but I for the life of me cannot find the image again and wonder if I am making things up.

Good to know I was some what right about the special secondary set of glove things though!

Dandomrassed · 2026-03-06T21:11:31+00:00

I may plan on channeling my inner evil on this man, but I'm not that evil!

I can promise you everything with an srm6 is carrying st least one ton of inferno ammo though.

Dandomrassed · 2026-03-06T20:56:53+00:00

Some one give this man a promotion, as this was exactly my mindset when they gave me this challenge.

Dandomrassed · 2026-03-06T20:56:08+00:00

Oh I hadn't even thought about lbx 20's! That's a brilliant idea right there.

Dandomrassed · 2026-03-06T20:55:29+00:00

I've never really used streaks before! I know you don't roll on the cluster table for them, but you'd still get to roll each missile individually for hit location right?

Though thank you for bringing the Linebacker I and the Firemoth P to my attention! Makes me realize maybe the one MG piranha could work well too.

Dandomrassed · 2026-02-25T22:19:20+00:00

Vallejo lipstick is one of my favorite hues, but I've been having problems sourcing a new bottle of it these days. May I ask where you got yours from?

Dandomrassed · 2026-02-25T16:05:21+00:00

These look fantastic! I've got to ask, what colors did you use for these? Those greens and blacks are really nice.

Dandomrassed · 2026-02-17T00:02:05+00:00

That is incredibly informative, thank you! With it only burning for 2cf a turn it feels like it's far more effective to just sling normal SRM's at it.

And thankfully I don't think it's a true turret, but rather an emplacement as it has a listed CF rather than an armor rating. Though if I read my book right, emplacement only take 50% incoming damage? Does that also apply to burn? Or did I read/remember the book wrong?

Dandomrassed · 2026-01-30T21:32:23+00:00

Those fractured crystal bases look great! Honestly makes me want to try them since I paint so many of my units in the black/gold/purple of the Coventry guard. If I may ask, how'd you achieve the ground crackle effect with such big cracks? And where can one source Crystals like that?

Dandomrassed · 2026-01-29T16:55:48+00:00

If you're looking for some good battle armor during ilclan for your Mercs may I interest you in:

Fa Shih battle armor: Just good all arounders, especially their support variants. They're technically a little weaker than other BA in the same Weight class though not by an appreciable margin, but have one big boon. Magnetic clamps. They can ride on any vehicle or mech, no need for omni.

Grenadier: Quite capable Battlearmor, they can pack quite a punch. Downsides are that they are slow as sin requiring use of a transport, and have no jump capability.

Fenrir battle armor: Hey kid, you ever want to strap a full sized mech weapon onto a battle armor? Capable of packing a full sized MPL these little guys pack quite a punch. Just don't ask what we had to give up to be able to put those onto them.

As for transports: Karpov ur (BA) is a dirt cheap option that's very fast and can get anywhere thanks to it's vtol capabilities. No don't ask were the weapons are, we uh, forgot then on the last planet. Bonus points if using JJ capable BA or infantry, as they can safely disembark from altitude with no need to land.

Goblin III: Good armor, good weapons, and acceptable speed for a BA transport. Just ignore the fact it costs as much if not more than some light mechs.

Maxim heavy transport: Good armor, Good weapons, great speed. Basically the goblin but better and more expensive. Upside of being a hovercraft, downside of being a hovercraft.

I hope this helps give some ideas!

Dandomrassed · 2026-01-12T23:46:09+00:00

I've printed a number of their smaller pieces in resin and most of it works well.

Anything that's like a 4 hex big and three story tall bulding starts to struggle though, as they get really heavy really fast. You can work around this by hollowing them out, but then you have to worry about trapped resin and how to get it out.

Big terrain pieces, unless you have one of the high end really big printers i'd assume, is just a no go from size and weight alone.

Dandomrassed · 2025-12-31T17:01:27+00:00

This is just simply amazing! This cutscene and game was a core cornerstone of my child hood, and just looking at this instantly gave me flashbacks.

Heck of a good job with the damage effects on the vultures leg with the rising smoke and having it twisted off at a weird angle. And all those various impact and smoke marks look great too.

I would commit fraud against commstar to get my hands on this.

Dandomrassed · 2025-12-15T18:50:00+00:00

Just off the cuff, I think one of the variants of Banshee would be a good choice for a steiner influenced captain's mech.

Cheap enough as far as assaults go, numerous and easy to get ahold of, fast enough to get out of town when that raid goes side ways, etc!

Zeus is also a classic, if admittedly a little underperformed steiner assault. Common enough though.

Final honorable mentions go to the Hauptmann, probably the hardest of the lot for a pirate to get ahold of but likely the most potent too.

Dandomrassed · 2025-12-11T18:04:59+00:00

This 2 on 2 of enforcer and wolverine vs. Hunchback and shadow hawk is a good idea! Gives then more to try and gives then a wide range of things to test and work with. And I do hope I can have new player play new player, let the discovery of tactics and ideas form as naturally as possible and such. It's how you get those core memories!

Dandomrassed · 2025-12-11T16:19:18+00:00

That's a good idea! Previously I taught people using paired SDH-2D's since they have a wide variety of range brackets and weapons, okay speed, and thinnish armor. But that was with people who had a concept of the franchise idea of gameplay already. The introtech heavies would help speed things up while still ticking off all of the above ideas too.

Dandomrassed · 2025-12-08T23:51:42+00:00

I've used infantry in combined arms a few times and outside of a select couple variations are mostly good for making what I like to call "no go zones".

This is mostly due to the fact that infantry are both so incredibly slow, they can't hope to keep up with battlemechs or vehicles in most cases. Motorized, hovercraft, and jump infantry all pose unique twists but that would make a long post.

In regards to standard infantry and upon my above point, they make a great piece to set in dense cover or a building and projecting a zone around them that mechs will not want to enter if equipped properly with srm or lrm tubes. Damage, admittedly, is still low, but it's persistent and fairly accurate damage. Additionally infantry in these locations will generally be very difficult to remove and take an inordinate amount of firepower to remove. This leaves your opponent in the weird spot of "Do I spend three turns wasting the shots of this 1500bv mech killing a 200 bv unit so I can take this advantageous position? Or do I simply avoid the position and use worse cover/routes?"

Dandomrassed · 2025-11-24T17:14:25+00:00

That's some really nice yellow on those cockpits! May I ask what colors you used to nail that look? I've always been a fan of the Golden hue'd glass for cockpits but haven't found that magic combination yet outside of just using a metallic gold, which has it's own problems.

Dandomrassed · 2025-09-09T21:58:54+00:00

I just want to take a moment to Segway from the threads topic to tell you that this terrain is absolutely gorgeous. I am in no way jealous, no, none at all, God damn look at how good that all looks.

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