Even though it was decades ago, I’ll never forget the Saturday morning where I became forevermore helplessly, HOPELESSLY addicted to large military robots. I have since developed a bit of ‘flowery’ disdain for the bastard chimera that is the Robotech saga, but I am at least nostalgic that it was the vehicle with which I […]
Read More →Inspiration I recently found myself with three leftover Clan ‘Mechs. They didn’t make it into my Ghost Bear or Jade Falcon forces, so I sat them on the shelf and started looking through Clan RATs (Random Assignment Tables) from a few different books to see what kind of theme of which they might be the […]
Read More →Assault Lance assaulting something or the other. Announced today, Catalyst Game Labs is issuing a reprint of the successful Introductory Box Set to meet demand, and should be back on game store shelves by late summer of 2014. Also announced is a line of Lance Packs, using the same improved plastic miniatures found in the […]
Read More →I don’t know why I bought that Panther. Maybe it was because none of my friends owned a Panther miniature. No matter how badly I painted it, they’d still have to use it when we played. Or maybe I just wanted my first paint job to be a smaller miniature, so it would be less […]
Read More →Well here we go with the second half of Jon Paulson’s interview. Check out the first half if you need to catch up. Ron: Do you plan on just offering mecha, with standardized rules for conventional modern units regularly obtained in scale through other companies? Jon: Combined arms will be present in the rules. The […]
Read More →Hey everyone. I’ve mentioned Jon Paulson and his Mecha Front work for several months now. But I thought it would be better to hear directly from the horse’s mouth what’s been going on lately. Ron: How did you get involved with developing your own line of figure mods? Jon: I’ve been modifying and scratch building […]
Read More →Tis time I have a twofer interview; Chris Gotcher and the Shimmering Sword himself, Anthony Scroggins. We havequite a bit to cover this time so I’ll jump right in. Ron: Greetings, gents. I’ve been following your work, and been hearing some cryptic, teasing glimpses of some side projects between you both, especially with ‘Mech Engineering […]
Read More →I sit here scratching my head because of how inane it seems at first. But then it slowly starts to dawn on you. Yes, MechWarrior Tactics is a great attempt at bringing the heart and soul of a tabletop wargame to your PC as a videogame the way that Baldur’s Gate did for RPGs. Especially the […]
Read More →I was at GenCon this last week enjoying the insanity (you should really try to go at least once if you’ve never been), and was able to take notes during Catalyst’s “What’s Up With BattleTech?” seminar put on by Herb Beas, the BattleTech line developer. The atmosphere for the session was rather casual. Instead of just […]
Read More →I recently interviewed a custom miniature designer who utilizes modern 3D printing technology to make custom Z, N, and even HO scale (Mecha Front) war game figures. Well I have fallen into the “Shut up and take my money” pit once more. Kotaku recently posted an article on a BattleTech and MechWarrior fan with a 3D printer […]
Read More →Welcome back to part two of my interview with Darren “Spaceman Spiff” Teigen. This time we’re getting into the hows and whys of some of what he does, the virtues of 3D printing machines, and some links modeling hobbyists might find useful. Ron: Your work is professional quality. Has anyone approached you online or in […]
Read More →This time I have Darrin Teigen, known as “Spaceman Spiff” in some forums and modeling circles. He has a long time passion for making models and modifying miniatures for fun and profit. And as you will see, he’s exceptionally good at what he does. For those of you out there that like to alter, or […]
Read More →Having played Palladium Games’ Robotech RPG back in my school days, and of course having watched both the Americanized serial and its component anime series from Japan, I was very interested in hearing about a tactical miniature game now under development by Ninja Division. The miniatures look really clean and detailed at about Z or […]
Read More →This time I’m interviewing Chris Gotcher; aspiring prop artist with a room full of homemade goodies and just now venturing into N-scale production of MechWarrior IV and MechWarrior Online versions of popular Battlemechs. Ron: Tell me a bit about your background, what got you into doing this. How long have you been into BattleTech? CG: […]
Read More →One of the things I like about the progression of technology is that it is so much easier to network and promote new ideas. There are some great opportunities for “the little guy” to make a name for himself with luck and a strong grasp of networking. (Something I wish I’d learned way back when). […]
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