Battletech Crabgunner Goliath with Dougram Shadow Hawk  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
This mech aka battle armour was the first mech to be shown in the Japanese animated series Fang of the Sun Dougram, which is the first appearance, after which battletech licensed the design for their universe. I couldn't resist doing a pilot in the Goliath aka Crabgunner (Dougram) in the classic orange outfit from the series. In the series there are three crew operating this battle armour, with the one in the top being the gun operator. These are the colours that were used in the original series as well.

Battletech Crabgunner Goliath with Dougram Shadow Hawk  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
This mech aka battle armour was the first mech to be shown in the Japanese animated series Fang of the Sun Dougram, which is the first appearance, after which battletech licensed the design for their universe. I couldn't resist doing a pilot in the Goliath aka Crabgunner (Dougram) in the classic orange outfit from the series. In the series there are three crew operating this battle armour, with the one in the top being the gun operator. These are the colours that were used in the original series as well.

Battletech Crabgunner Goliath with Dougram Shadow Hawk  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
This mech aka battle armour was the first mech to be shown in the Japanese animated series Fang of the Sun Dougram, which is the first appearance, after which battletech licensed the design for their universe. I couldn't resist doing a pilot in the Goliath aka Crabgunner (Dougram) in the classic orange outfit from the series. In the series there are three crew operating this battle armour, with the one in the top being the gun operator. These are the colours that were used in the original series as well.

Battletech Crabgunner Goliath with Dougram Shadow Hawk  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
The classic matchup between the Crabgunner (btech goliath) with the Dougram (btech Shadowhawk). These two mechs aka Battle Armours helped define the indepenence of the planet Deloyer from the Earth in Fang of the Sun Dougram. I'm super stoked about how they both turned out. The Dougram was done with painstaking blending, whereas the Crabgunner was done mostly with drybrushing and then some shading for a much faster finish. The colours were heavily inspired by the colours used in the series.

Fang of the Sun Dougram Mechs Roundfacer Blockhead Ironfoot  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs and 3D Prints
I got into Dougram after I picked up Battletech again because I wanted to know where the mechs came from. First I watched Macross, then Dougram, which was a huge investment and probably my favourite of all of the mecha anime now; yes Gundam is good, but Dougram fits my preferences that much better. I am collecting all of the Dougram mechs, and mostly the 3D printed ones, which are closed to the originals. Here are the first four: the Blockhead (wolverine), Dougram (Shadow Hawk), Ironfoot (thinderbold), and Soltic Roundfacer (Griffin).

Battletech Shadowhawk Dougram  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: 3D Print
Dougram is the best mech on Deloyer, and on Earth as well, and it really set the stage for indepenence! This one is painted up as close to the Dougram series as possible, and the 3D print is immaculate, an excellent rendering! So much work to paint with all the gradients and edging though.

Battletech Griffin Dougram Soltic Roundfacer  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: 3D Print
This is the mech that really got me started on Dougram. Also known as the Griffin, it's got quite the character with that big round face and those antenna. It was designed by the same person who designed the Zaku rom Gundam, and you can really see it.

Battletech Thunderbolt Dougram Iron Foot Ironfoot  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
This mech is from Catalyst the official Battletech company and so not an exact copy of the Ironfoot from the Dougram series. It is a pretty good representation though, so I decided to paint it up along with the first group of Dougram models as is, with no modiifications.

Battletech Thunderbolt Dougram Iron Foot Ironfoot  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
This mech is from Catalyst the official Battletech company, and so not an exact copy of the Ironfoot from the Dougram series. This iteration I had interpreted the hatch as a window, which is incorrect. As in the original Dougram series, the windows on this mech are just a narrow part of the edge of the protrusion just below the hatch.

Battletech Wolverine Dougram Blockhead  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
The Wolverine from Battletech is based on the Blockhead in Dougram, but it's missing the mounted double machine guns under the cockpit, making it look too different for my tastes, so I sculpted the machine guns. With that change, the Wolvering looked good enough to be a blockhead, and so here it is! The antennai are tooth brush bristles.

Battletech Griffin Dougram Roundfacer with foot soldiers  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
I needed some foot, and so I picked up some 6mm or maybe 8mm or maybe heroic 6mm soldiers that were based on Starship troopers. Despite that they look a lot like the soldiers from Dougram, and so I painted their uniforms and their helmets like the Dougram foot soldiers, and they fit right in with the Roundfacer!

Battletech Griffin with Dougram Roundfacer  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs & 3D Print
The classic match up of the Dougram facing off against the Soltic Roundfacer in the Dougram series! Or in the Battletech universe it's the Shadow Hawk facing off against the Griffin. I love the large glass cockpits on these two mechs.

Dougram Battletech Lance vs. Aces Clan Jade Falcom  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs and 3D prints
Jade Falcon or Jade Wolf forces ready to battle the forces of the Inner Sphere! These are some of the forces that will be used for the Aces campaign.

Battletech Clan Jade Falcon Wolf Locust Rifleman Howler Summoner  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
The first set of mechs and hover tanks ready to go all together in a group! Painting these is pretty quick since they are predominantly one colour and I'm using the mostly drybrushing technique for highlighting. Also I'm really liking the way they look.

Battletech Clan Jade Falcon Wolf Locust  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
The Locust is all over the place, showing up in the Aces box, the Alpha Strike box, and the old Core box... This is the second of three that I've painted so far.

Battletech Aces Jade Falcon Wolf Rifleman  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
This is my first Rifleman, originally based on the Macross aka Robotech Tomohawk, I really wanted it to look more like the original Robotech version with the horizontal antenna, so I ignored the project Pheonix forward-facing fins and constructed a stem and made it look like the original. I really liked how it turned out!

Battletech Clan Jade Falcon Wolf Rifleman  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
This is my first Rifleman, originally based on the Macross aka Robotech Tomohawk, I really wanted it to look more like the original Robotech version with the horizontal antenna, so I ignored the project Pheonix forward-facing fins and constructed a stem and made it look like the original. I really liked how it turned out!

Battletech Clan Jade Falcon Wolf Rifleman  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
This is my first Rifleman, originally based on the Macross aka Robotech Tomohawk, I really wanted it to look more like the original Robotech version with the horizontal antenna, so I ignored the project Pheonix forward-facing fins and constructed a stem and made it look like the original. I really liked how it turned out!

Battletech Clan Jade Falcon Wolf Howler  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
As part of the Aces box set, I painted this up for the Aces campaign. I had to add a star, but otherwise kept it pretty close to the source material. I like how the cockpit turned out too.

Battletech Clan Jade Falcon Wolf Summoner  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
The summoner looks like it's put together using pieces of other mechs. Those arms are definitely mad car arms, and the body kinda reminds me of the Thunderbolt.

Battletech Clan Jade Falcon Wolf Summoner  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
I found the largest un-detailed surface area on the mech for the star, and in this case it was the lower part of the leg.

Battletech Clan Jade Falcon Wolf Summoner  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
One star for each side, and a line to break up the green monotony. I think it turned out pretty well.

Battletech Clan Jade Falcon Wolf Fulcrum Hover Tank Aces  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
The hover tanks were interesting to paint, specifically figuring out where the cockpit(s) is or are. I believe it was meant to be in the end of those half-cylindrical protrusions on the top of the body, but the art in the book interpreted the glass in the slot in front of the turret. I put the glass on the tip of the cylindrical protrusion on only one side... it's fine.

Battletech Clan Jade Falcon Wolf Aces Medium Heavy Emplacements  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
For Aces they wanted us to use cardboard cut outs for the emplacements, but instead I picked up some 3D printed turrets that are clearly modelled after that 8mm Warhammer game that's out now. They painted up pretty well.

Battletech Clan Jade Falcon Wolf Aces Medium Heavy Emplacements  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
For Aces they wanted us to use cardboard cut outs for the emplacements, but instead I picked up some 3D printed turrets that are clearly modelled after that 8mm Warhammer game that's out now. They painted up pretty well.

Battletech Clan Jade Falcon Wolf Aces Medium Heavy Emplacements  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Game Labs
For Aces they wanted us to use cardboard cut outs for the elementals, but instead I picked up some figures. They painted up pretty well.

Battletech Mech Enforcer  -  Posted: August 11, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Iron Wind Metals
This is the second Battletech mech that I ever painted. It turned out pretty well overall, but it's quite a bit different from what I have been doing these days. I'll still use it, not need to repaint!

Battletech Mech Crab  -  Posted: September 2006  -  Manufacturer: Iron Wind Metals
The first Battletech mech I ever painted! I bought it because I liked the design, I had no idea if it was any good or even what it's background was, which is of course how miniature gaming works! Given that it's been 20 years since I painted it, I'm still pretty happy with it!

Battletech Alpha Strike Clan & Inner Sphere Battle Mechs  -  Posted: June 7, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
My mostly Alpha Strike mechs assembled and ready for battle! I finished the trans-pride themed mechs first a while ago and now I finally finished the Clan mechs in green, Jade Falcon maybe or the star-sporting Clan Wolf. I hate how my image setup caused there to be shadows from the mechs on the background image, it'makes for a weird look!

Battletech Alpha Strike Clan Battle Mechs  -  Posted: June 7, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The Clan Jade Wolf ready for battle, all assembled. From left to right we have the Nova then the Warhawk, the Fire Moth, the Timber Wolf, and then the Pouncer on the right.

Battletech Alpha Strike Clan Fire Moth Firemoth Battle Mech  -  Posted: June 7, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
This is a small mech with a lot of weapons and two tiny hands under those guns for some reason. What could those tiny hands with no arms possibly be used for?

Battletech Alpha Strike Clan Firemoth Fire Moth Battle Mech  -  Posted: June 7, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
Yes, that's the fire moths from behind.

Battletech Alpha Strike Nova Clan Battle Mech  -  Posted: June 7, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
I feel like this mech looks like it has an alien fish head stuck on the front of a mech sporting a short staturewith long arms adorned with a large bracelet!.

Battletech Alpha Strike Nova Clan Battle Mech  -  Posted: June 7, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
I put the tan line on all of these mechs to break up the green solid mass... these mechs are so busy they look like a blob of jumbled colour to me if you don't break it up with something.

Battletech Alpha Strike Pouncer Clan Battle Mech  -  Posted: June 7, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
I'm convinced that the Pouncer on the far right is actually an unofficial use of the WE211 Maverick dual-rotor helicopter that they used to transport mechs in Fang of the Sun: Dougram, exept they plopped it on some legs and made it into a mech.

Battletech Alpha Strike Pouncer Clan Battle Mech  -  Posted: June 7, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
I added a splash of colour to the back of this mech just to break up the green. Not sure it works that well.

Battletech Alpha Strike Timberwolf Clan Battle Mech  -  Posted: June 7, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
This is one of my favourite and most iconic Battletech mechs to me, it's basically two missile racks on legs with bendy arm guns and the front of a World War II bomber stuck on the front. The pose reminds me of a broken AT-AT walker at this angle.

Battletech Alpha Strike Timberwolf Timber Wolf Clan Battle Mech  -  Posted: June 7, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The detail on this figure is so high... it's such a jumble. For this one I started doing gradient and blending. I started with dark, then put up two shades, and then blending. But about half was through I decided just to drybrush those layers on instead and then do a glaze of the darker shade on the lower areas. It saved A LOT of time, but you can see here the dustier-looking parts look different from the smooth blended parts.

Battletech Alpha Strike Timberwolf Timber Wolf Clan Battle Mech  -  Posted: June 7, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
Find the surfaces that were drybrushed and the surfaces that were blended on this side! I think the stars could use better colour differentiation. Maybe a white outline.

Battletech Alpha Strike Warhawk Clan Battle Mech  -  Posted: June 7, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The black on this is totally sloppy... It's not horrible but it's pretty sloppy to be honest. Overall I'm happy with it, but those gray lines are sloppy.

Battletech Alpha Strike Warhawk Clan Battle Mech  -  Posted: June 7, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
I wanted to add red here to reak up the green. The off white did a pretty good job at that too though.

Battletech Alpha Strike Warhawk Clan Battle Mech  -  Posted: June 7, 2026  -  Manufacturer: Catalyst Games Lab
The drybrushing was so quick and easy compared to purely blending, I don't think I'll do the blending method again on these mechs... unless I add some more trans-pride mercs maybe.

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?