"Let's do something with the FWL besides a shitty Vietnam allegory and background for Wolf's Dragoons" they said. The first time the FWL is the focus is when they get worn like an Edgar suit by the Wobbies and then destroyed as a faction for a while because of that. Poor FWL. I guess they matter a little more in ilClan, but even then the focus is on the Capellans for some godforsaken reason.
Space China Numba One. Because that's obviously who needed more of the loving embrace of Fiat, the Cappies.
I do my part to right the wrongs of canon by not painting any space china mechs and having a company of 2nd Free Worlds Guards on my paint list. Yes, it'll include an Awesome.
I would assume so? But the announcement doesn't really explain what, if anything, will be changing exactly. I just hope the good people working at IWM get to keep doing shit their way, I loved making a weekend trip of driving to Cinci and blowing a couple hundred bucks on pewter figures priced by weight straight from the warehouse and chatting with the workers. Since it sounds like Mike Noe wanted to sell the shop anyway, this may end up being the best outcome versus some random investment company that doesn't give any fucks about BT scooping them up. Time will tell, but if CGL fucks the people over who have been working there I'll only be 3D printing going forward.
It's a nice paint scheme and all those PPCs had to go somewhere. Still funny the faction that has PPC shortages also loves multiple PPC heavies and assaults. I lean Orient, white and green is always nice too. Can't let the Cappies have all the nice things.
Today, after being a Battletech fan for 30 years, I learn that IWM is localish to me.
Every Friday or Saturday they do a bulk sell of all their pewters by the weight. Might be one of the last times you can snag one, so maybe a pilgrimage is in order. Snag some for my Texas ass too!
Their listed hours overlap with my work hours and thanks to how my family clusters birthdays, it's the wrong time of year for this shit, I would never financially recover from this. Temping though
If you have the chance and like pewter minis (I personally hate the plastic ones) I'd pay them a visit before they potentially get restructured by CGL, who knows if in-store shopping will remain given how insane of a discount they provide.
IDK, seems like its easy to run out of PPC's when you've got so many of them in the field getting blown up. At least for the Davions autocannons are so heavy they're not going to lose more than one or two if a 'Mech gets totaled.
That's fair. I mean, we "fixed" the Banshee by doing an AC to PPC swap, that probably caused rage and heat attacks in the Fed Suns. The AC/5 Mafia was not amused. It's how you know the Hairbrained Schemes team was Fed Suns fans, they made the AC/5 better.
Lmao didn't the Banshee get actually fixed by dropping the stupidly heavy engine? The 3E is an absolute beast of an assault, and one I tend to throw into my Acadiana Chasseurs whenever I get 'em.
The -S series. It's a solid assault, good mix of weapons, like a reverse Atlas with ranged direct fire weapons and close in missiles. The -M should be mixed in with 4/6 heavies or used as a bodyguard for your fire lance of Archers. Make sure to stop by a wood hex to pick up a club. Think of it as an overweight heavy mech and you're golden, it's job is to contribute PPC fire and make other mechs regret getting into melee. Works for the League, since your heavies lean towards mechs with guns in their arms, and League variants are, ironically, all about being team players.
