Battletech Alpha Strike Battle Mechs in Transgender Allyship Colours  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The entire mercenary force is ready for battle! These figs were all painted up in the transgender-allyship colours and include all of the Inner Sphere mechs from the Alpha Strike box set!

Battletech Heavy Lance Atlas Warhammer Archer Phoenix Hawk Transgender Allyship Colours  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
My heavy lance assembled and ready to go with the Atlas leading a Warhammer, and Archer, and a Phoenix Hawk for mobility.

Battletech Atlas in Transgender Allyship Colours  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The Atlas is a giant bulky skeleton, so I had to go with a white face. I feel like the Atlas looks amazingly good in pride colours, especially with those fancy antennai, which are made from toothbrush bristles.

Battletech Atlas in Transgender Allyship Colours  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
Those shoulder pads were too tempting not to cover in something special, so I went with the old-school pride rainbow! I think it turned out pretty well, it really adds an interesting accent to the figure.

Battletech Atlas in Transgender Allyship Colours  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The back of the Atlas is more skeleton in my opinion. That back part is obviously a giant skull shape! I even kinda has teeth.

Battletech Atlas in Transgender Allyship Colours  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
Both shoulders have the pride rainbow, looking pretty good I think! And those antennai are totally looking flashy from this angle.

Battletech Wasp in Transgender Allyship Colours  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The Wasp proudly with all of those antennai striding out for battle! This figure was maybe the most challenging to paint just because it's small and it has so many small flat surfaces... that is ideal for a wash or a drybrush, but not great for a careful gradient scheme done with blenging... ugh. It turned out pretty well though, it looks good with the rest of the group!

Battletech Wasp in Transgender Allyship Colours  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
I'm definitely a mid-size mech type of guy... This tiny little adaptation of the Macross Valkyrie doesn't really do it for me... but those antenna do a lot to give it character; they're made from toothbrush bristles.

Battletech Wasp in Transgender Allyship Colours  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
All of that edge highlighting was a lot of work on this little miniature.

Battletech Warhammer in Transgender allyship colours  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
Maybe my favourite of all of these Alpha Strike Inner Sphere mechs, this Warhammer looks great, ready to blast any enemies!

Battletech Warhammer in Transgender allyship colours  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
Soooo many edges to hihglight, which was really challenging to keep straight and thin, which I obviously failed to do consistently haha.

Battletech Warhammer in Transgender allyship colours  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The Warhammer is one of my favourite mechs, even from behind it looks pretty good!

Battletech Warhammer in Transgender allyship colours  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The side of the Wahammer is pretty good!

Battletech Archer in Transgender Allyship colours from Alpha Strike  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The Archer with its missile pods open and ready for action! Do these mechs have explosive-reactive armour?

Battletech Archer in Transgender Allyship colours from Alpha Strike  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
Much larger surfaces on this mech made it easier to do the blended gradient coluots, especially on the legs and arms. No speed paints here, this is all blending with watery paints.

Battletech Archer in Transgender Allyship colours from Alpha Strike  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
Notice how I kep the trans pride flag colours pretty consistent except the legs, where I mixed it up a bit. Gotta keep it a little unpredictable and fun!

Battletech Archer in Transgender Allyship colours from Alpha Strike  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
Overall I think the Archer is one of my favourite mechs, I love the missile pods with the covers!

Battletech Phoenix Hawk in Transgender Allyship Colours from Alpha Strike  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
This was one of the most challenging of all of these figures to paint because it has so many little surfaces all over the place... too much detail to make my style of blending and edge highlighting easy. It's way better suited for speed paints!

Battletech Phoenix Hawk in Transgender Allyship Colours from Alpha Strike  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
After I watched the Macross Saga, I felt more excited to paint this knowing that it was once a Valkyrie, even if that version is part of the Unseen now. The legs and the back still remind me of that, and I was happy with the rocket packs on the back, got to put some different colours on those!

Battletech Phoenix Hawk in Transgender Allyship Colours from Alpha Strike  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
So many little lines and surfaces to gradient and outline! Aaah! Haha, I'm happy with it, though I don't think I'll paint another one!

Battletech Phoenix Hawk in Transgender Allyship Colours from Alpha Strike  -  Posted: March 31, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
I meant for that to be a trans flag on the shoulder but I forgot the white stripe in the middle! Facepalm!

Battletech Lance Together: Griffin, Wraith, Locust, and Blackjack  -  Posted: February 21, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
This is the whole collection of pride-themed BattleMechs so far! I plan to paint all of the Inner Sphere battlemechs from the Alpha Strike box set in this paint scheme! I enjoyed painting these since I figured out the method with the Griffin it was easier and more enjoyable with these.

Battletech Wraith.  -  Posted: February 21, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The Wraith from the front. Overall I'm pretty happy with it despite some sloppy lines here and there. It was quite challenging for me to paint this one because I hadn't really entirely figured out the paint scheme, and also the detail on these Catalyst Games figures is kinda soft! Is that a hot take?

Battletech Wraith.  -  Posted: February 21, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The transgender flag colours look really good to me on this rounded style mech! The trans flag is on the top of th ehsoulder, but you can't see it in this picture...

Battletech Wraith.  -  Posted: February 21, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
I was experimenting with the black guns... making them look shiny. It's not as clean as I would like, but it's interesting and works at the table distance.

Battletech Wraith.  -  Posted: February 21, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
You can kinda see the trans flag on the top of the shoulders in this one! I think the black turned out well, but I'm not committed to it goign forward.

Battletech Blackjack  -  Posted: February 21, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The third mech I painted in the transgender flag scheme, with a couple flags on the front of the mech, and generally the colour throughout. This was the first mech where I was pretty confident of the paint scheme and how I was going to paint it. I like it a lot and I think it turned out pretty well. Still, I feel like the detail is soft on these, and back in the day that's all anyone talked about when they talked about the quality of miniatures... that and mould lines I guess haha.

Battletech Blackjack  -  Posted: February 21, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The third mech I painted in the transgender flag scheme is the Blackjack. This was the first mech where I was pretty confident of the paint scheme and how I was going to paint it. I also added the rainbow on the cannons as well for fun and added a number in there.

Battletech Blackjack  -  Posted: February 21, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The third mech I painted in the transgender flag scheme is the Blackjack. The side view shows just how challenging it was to do all that outlining haha!

Battletech Blackjack  -  Posted: February 21, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The third mech I painted in the transgender flag scheme is the Blackjack. I've seen the rear vents painted in a white-hot style by others but I chose to paint them like old mechanical vents and just leave them black. Maybe next time!

Battletech Blackjack  -  Posted: February 21, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The third mech I painted in the transgender flag scheme is the Blackjack. I liked the pose on this figure a lot!

Battletech Locust.  -  Posted: February 21, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The Locust is the smallest of all of the mechs so far, I like how the cockpit turned out, my idea was that there were a couple of suns in the sky for this one! It looks great in the transgender flag colour scheme!

Battletech Locust.  -  Posted: February 21, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The Locust is the smallest of all of the mechs so far, I like how the cockpit turned out, my idea was that there were a couple of suns in the sky for this one! It looks great in the transgender flag colour scheme! Outlining those panels is pretty challenging to do neatly.

Battletech Locust.  -  Posted: February 21, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The Locust is the smallest of all of the mechs so far, I like how the cockpit turned out, my idea was that there were a couple of suns in the sky for this one! It looks great in the transgender flag colour scheme! Not a lot going on in the rear for this mech.

Battletech Locust.  -  Posted: February 21, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The Locust is the smallest of all of the mechs so far, I like how the cockpit turned out, my idea was that there were a couple of suns in the sky for this one! It looks great in the transgender flag colour scheme!

Battletech Griffin  -  Posted: January 1, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Iron Wind Metals
I may have had this miniature for over 20 years, and I started painting it back then, stripped it recently when I needed a Griffin for battletech and after days of searching online I looked at my old figs and found that one of them was a Griffin after all! This is a trans-flag themed mech for sure, and it was really hard to figure out how to paint mechs... turns out they aren't like Bretonnians or Empire troops.

Battletech Griffin  -  Posted: January 1, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Iron Wind Metals
It painted this and repainted it a few times before I realized that I have to transition from a dark colour at the bottom of the panel to a light colour at the top, and then after that outline the whole pannel in a lighter version of the colour. Then add scratches if you want.

Battletech Griffin  -  Posted: January 1, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Iron Wind Metals
This fig was hard because it was metal and chipped a lot, and also has so many little details with a lot of flat panels. Also, it wasn't obvious where to put the different trans-flag inspired colours. Overall I'm pretty happy with it though.

Battletech Griffin  -  Posted: January 1, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Iron Wind Metals
Are those panels on the back designed to be like eyes, so that from behind it looks like a face? Not sure, but I decided to paint them blue in a sea of white and pink.

Battletech Griffin  -  Posted: January 1, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Iron Wind Metals
I tried to do a bright cannon nozzle, it worked okay. Also I tried to copy the common canopy cover, and it worked out okay, it's basically a warhammer jewel.

Battletech Griffin with Epic 40k Warhammer Rhino Rhinos  -  Posted: January 1, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Iron Wind Metals
The Griffin with the transports that I plan to use for the Alpha Strike Aces campaign. Yes, they happen to be old 6mm Epic Warhammer Rhinos. Why bypass a classic?