The unit looks great. Very nice old school

Thanks! For those who might be interested, I put together a little tutorial on how it was painted:

http://www.twolandscreative.com/life/90 ... g-tutorial

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Very nice- the paint jobs really make the old plastics look good. I am still teying to get hold ofsome to complement the current plastic mechs.

How did you repose the Victor?

Thanks

James

Not too much. basically chopped off one leg and did a horizontal cut to take off the torso. The arms got clipped entirely since they were just stupidly placed by whatever substance the sculptor was on when he did that part. That was the most complex since I had to recreate the armor plates from plasticard. The left arm got the most resculpting with the forearm bit since it was so skinny and lacked the proper weapons. There should be a pic of the before and and after earlier in the thread.

EDIT: pick wasn't in this thread I guess.

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Typically I don't start in on a new project until after I finish up an existing one, but since the weather looks to be fairly rotten this week I ended up spending some of the time Saturday that I would normally have used for finishing up the project this week and instead finished up the conversions for the last two Battletech minis I need for my second lance. After giving away the warhammer a while back, I had to acquire a replacement for it for my Dragoons Epsilon lance from a friend who gave me a couple to work with. I've also finished up my conversion of the plastic Archer I've got to the Archer Wolf variant. If anyone has any info on this guy I'm curious since I'm putting it in the Wolf's Dragoons lance. Seemed like a safe bet, but I don't know. Last question, on the back side of the Archer's lower center torso, there seems to be a second cockpit. Any idea what that is or if it's just random detail on the model?

If all goes well these should be painted up by the end of next week.

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Love the old style plastics.

Wolf's Dragoons had the ARC-2W with Clan tech that they manufactured. I remember Jamie Wolf piloted one but I can't remember the novel(s) names off the top of my head.

More details here:
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Archer

Cheers

James

Reading further down on that link:

Custom Variants

Archer Wolf - This variant of the Archer carries Clan-spec equipment. The arms mount ER Large Lasers, while a pair of Small Pulse Lasers cover the rear. The LRM-20s are enhanced with Artemis IV Fire Control Systems, and an ECM Suite and AMS protect against incoming fire. CASE is in each torso. Fifteen double heat sinks keep the 'Mech cool. BV (2.0) = 2,365[20]

Notable Pilots

Jaime Wolf: It is implied from conjecture that he initially piloted his unit's trademark -2W variant. He lost one such vehicle on Barlow's End in 3026 but continued to pilot Archers (presumably advanced technology versions). He was found dead in his Archer near the end of the Battle of Harlech City on October 18, 3067.

Thanks, that much I DO know Some of the folks on the main Battletech forums were quite helpful in this regard. It seems that the Archer Wolf variant was piloted by Jamie Wolf at the time of his death. He may have used it before this time too but there wasn't any records. Anyway, I'm still a bit perturbed by the "rear" cockpit on the center torso near the waist on the back. Dunno if I'll paint that like glass or turn it into metal/hazard stripes yet. Seems to be a remnant from the Macross version.

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The Archer on the cover of Wolves on the Border looks fairly standard, but WD had their own variant even at that time (though with no Clan equipment, IIRC) and it would certainly be possible.

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After a grueling two weeks and a total failure on Saturday to get the darker tan to the correct shade because I forgot what I'd used for the undercoat on the earlier lance members for that area, I've finally finished out the last two members of my Wolf's Dragoons Epsilon Company I'm mostly happy with the result outside of the darker tan on the shoulders of the Warhammer. With this complete I'm ready to move on to my first Clan Star. I've been fiddling around a lot with BV in forming these lances and my end goal is to have four Inner Sphere lances of equal BV and two Clan stars each equal in BV to two of the IS lances.

What that means is that facing these two will be this:
Black Hawk S
Black Hawk S
Mad Cat C
Mad Cat C
Daishi Prime

Since I've got the models for that (with some rather severe rebuilding on the mad cats and one black hawk from the citytech stuff.

Following that I plan to do these for the last two IS lances:
Lance 3: Waiting, Black Widows
Rifleman 4D
Warhammer 7A
Marauder 3D
Marauder 3D

Lance 4, Waiting, Eridani Light Horses
Shadow Hawk 2K
Rifleman 4D
Thunderbolt 5Sb
Awesome 9M

And facing off against that is the Clan Prime lance:
Fenris Prime
Ryoken Prime
Vulture Prime
Loki Prime
Warhawk Prime

Basically I just need to purchase the Awesome, Tbolt, Vulture, and Loki to have all the mech's onhand. Anyway, I'm getting pretty far off topic, so here's the pics of the Archer Wolf and Warhammer 7A as well as a full lance shot.

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Nice lance mate, very nice indeed. Great detail.

Cheers
Aaron

Gorgeous. As always.

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Great stuff!!

Great work. The Archer conversion is quite nice.

Thanks! As I said, these last two were much more intensive due to the accent tan mishap. In the end I think the turned out far more interesting than the first two with the added metal bits being more prominent. Any thoughts on the plans for the remaining lances and the clan stars?

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