Sweet baby Blake, it’s only been winter for a few days, and it’s already colder than most winters of the past two decades. I don’t know what we did to piss off Jack Frost, but I am collectively sorry for the entire Sarna staff. Please spare us your freezing wrath. The only thing keeping me […]
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In solidarity with the oncoming winter, of which I most detest, I have painted up some Ghost Bears. I’m hoping this somehow bestows me with frost resilience if not outright resistance to the cold, onrushing ice. I doubt it will. Truly, I am the worst Canadian. But no matter! Despite rapidly dropping temperatures, Sarna is […]
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I’ve seen several postings about BattleTech: Aces out in the wild, and I must say, I’m jealous of all the Germans (or other Europeans who were able to get to Spiel Essen) who were able to grab some of the first boxes publicly available. I know that the odds are relatively good that Canada will […]
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What does September bring besides Earth, Wind & Fire? Two things. First, Pirate Point Issue #2, of which I am the third story entry. It’s a tale about an Elemental who can’t go if you’re watching. I can relate. The second thing it brought for me was the Barrie Batchall, an annual Alpha Strike tournament […]
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It doesn’t matter how old I get; the end of August is always a somewhat melancholic time of the year. The heat of summer has finally receded to be merely comfortable during the day, the yellow jackets are all up in my business as soon as the sun rises, and children are walking around like […]
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Update on my painting quest! Apparently, Speedpaints are a better option for BattleTech ‘Mech painting, so I’ll be looking into that for my next faction. In the meantime, I’m learning to drybrush over these contrast-painted ‘Mechs, which so far is a painstaking process that I truly do not wish to repeat another two-dozen times. How […]
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I’m still on the market for a quick and easy way to get my grey BattleTech miniatures tabletop ready. My most recent experiment involved contrast paints, but they seem to be more trouble than they’re worth. The initial coat looks good and makes those panels really pop, but closer inspection reveals numerous flaws that have […]
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Sarna moves! DLC arrivals! Fan projects! Big industry news! It’s a May unlike any other! So much news that I’m desperately trying to keep the word count to a minimum. But BattleTech has other plans. So I’ll stop running my actuators and dive straight into all the BattleTech news for May 2025. Sarna Has A […]
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I know this sort of flies in the face of some very good advice from a certain Hitchhiker’s Guide we’ll talk about later, but the whole tariffs thing made me panic-purchase a new computer earlier this month. The good news is that I now have a top-of-the-line machine that’s going to absolutely crush the new […]
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Where Dungeons & Dragons have enjoyed over a decade of free publicity thanks to shows like Critical Role, BattleTech’s foray into podcasts and actual-play broadcasts is a more recent phenomenon. Thankfully, the franchise is well on its way to being well-supported in the realm of multimedia productions, and the latest to come out of Adepticon […]
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Spring has sprung itself on BattleTech like a female lion on an unsuspecting antelope. It starts with the KerenskyKon teasers, which set the antelope running. Then, it gets ambushed by another female lion [ed. or ‘lioness,’ as I have been recently informed] that jumps out of the bushes at Adepticon. Then, the rest of the […]
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As I write this, dump trucks full of snow haul their icy cargo down recently plowed roads. The ice banks reach up to my shoulders while the bottom half of my window is nothing but mud-speckled white. We are in the deep of winter where I do not go outside unless absolutely necessary. Like for […]
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We try not to get too political in the introduction, but the 25% tariff the United States plans to impose on Canada is quite likely to tank our dollar to the point where it’s going to be mighty difficult to continue purchasing those delightful BattleTech products. Us Canadians are going to have to make some […]
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I think all of us dream of being able to make our own official BattleTech products. Mine would be a box of exclusively bad ‘Mechs, but then the Mercenaries Kickstarter already had the Inner Sphere Security Lance, so I’m relatively satisfied. One person who wasn’t satisfied was Jerry Holkins, also known as Penny Arcade’s Tycho […]
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About a decade ago, a group of friends came together to make some MechWarrior machinima, a hobby which eventually led them to create the best BattleTech animations the fandom had ever seen. Hired Steel was so great, it eventually led to them getting hired to create official cinematics for an actual MechWarrior title. I refer […]
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It’s Christmas time, except for those in Canada. Because of the mail strike (which for the record, I totally support), all our Catalyst and Iron Wind Metals orders aren’t going to be here until January at the earliest. So my Christmas isn’t going to be here until next month, but oh boy, it’ll be a […]
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Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends! I’m Canadian though, so I’m doing things a bit differently. November has been a MONTH, so I’m spending the last weekend of it up in the wilds of the Canadian North with a select group of friends where I will get totally bent. I will then come back, […]
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Welcome! It has been a busy month, from a brand-new MechWarrior game releasing to stellar reviews, to many new official product announcements, to a beloved fan-zine self-destructing. All of this happening while in less than a week an American election could spell the end of the Western world as we know it. That may or […]
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It’s September, and you know what that means. I’ve been planning on what to do with my grey pile of shame. It has grown exponentially since receiving my Mercs shipment (apologies for the brag to many of you who still haven’t received yours) and so I’ve been deciding on what units to insert each of […]
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August has been busy. If it wasn’t a camping trip or a wedding or a Jack & Jill party (which is a weird but fun heteronormative event I’d never attended before) it was disease. I luckily managed to just get some spiteful little bug instead of COVID, but pretty much everyone else I know has […]
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Fun story! I got my Mercenaries Kickstarter package earlier this month. I ordered seven Salvage Boxes since it’s the only enjoyable lootbox in existence, and because I wanted to try my hand at getting a few ‘Mechs from other ForcePacks. As luck would have it, the first two boxes gave me the Jenner IIC and […]
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We have a special treat for you this week! I’ve been in contact with Chris Lowrey, Narrative Director for the upcoming MechWarrior 5: Clans. He managed to escape PGI’s brutal internal security service for just long enough to send out an encoded message that shares new details on what we can expect to find in […]
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Hey guys. It’s June. That means several wonderful things. First, it was my birthday. Second, the Mercenaries Kickstarter is being shipped, which is a wonderful birthday gift. And third, it’s Pride month, which means the 2024 BattleTech Pride Anthology is here. It’s the month that keeps on giving. And it’s giving way more than just […]
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April showers? More like May showers. And they’ll also certainly bring hordes of angry mosquitoes even this close to the urban centers of Southern Ontario. But you know what makes inclement weather and ravenous insects bearable? Spirit Cat Irregulars reinforcements! I love all these little guys, from the Crimson Hawk‘s goofy sculpt to the Avalanche […]
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Welcome back to Community Outreach, the Sarna series where we reach out to BattleTech creators and creatives to learn more about their work. This month we sat down with Big Red-40Tech, a YouTuber with a curious name who dives deep into the lore behind some of the most popular and not-so-popular ‘Mechs. I start us […]
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