Alpha Strike - Kitbash Flea Battlemech

 

          I needed a cheap light mech to use as cannon fodder. So I kitbashed a Flea battlemech from a toy Star Wars AT-DP, legs from a Gambit battlemech, and medium pulse lasers from a couple of Bellona vehicles. The Flea is basically a slow, squat, and up armored version of the Locust battlemech (one of a few 20 ton bug mechs).  It is not exactly like the art work, but it is close enough for me. Just need to order supplies to cast up a handful of them.

 

Locust (20t), Flea (20t), Koshi (25t)

 

 

20mm - A few Cobra Vehicles

          Added a few more vehicles to the Cobra force. I am staying with the standard black motif since it is easy to paint and it stands out on the table. Also camouflage is for concealment and Cobra wants everyone to know who they are.
          The toy version of the FANG is a armed gyrocopter, which looks a little to fragile to really do anything useful.

 

           I found a couple of helicopters from Matchbox that I am going to use as FANGs. To me they look a little less gimmicky and less likely of being shot down with a slingshot. I still need to add a couple of rockets or pods to the weapon mounts. They will be used for terrain or placed on magnetized flight stands to buzz around the board.

 

 

           I also picked up a bunch of Airfix 1/76 Landrover trucks. That I painted up as transport trucks to get the troopers around and a ambulance that was converted to a communication van.

 

 

 

 





 

          

Alpha Strike - Simple Terrain 2

     Picked up a few 9"x7"x6" storage crates at Walmart for a couple of dollars each. With some cutting, a little sheet plastic and paint they make decent buildings. I still need to add some clear plastic for windows. Again I did not add any details, since I am not sure exactly what they will represent.



Alpha Strike - Hansen's Roughriders Mechs

     Started a group of mechs for the HRR mercenary group. The clickytech paint scheme has grown on me so I am going to paint up a few mechs for the group. The colors are quite bright, but I do not want everything to be painted in earth tones. Still would like to add a Shockwave, Marauder IIC, Locust, and a Mad Cat II/5 (Gus Model) to the group.

 Templar III (85t), Mangonel (70t), Ghost (50t) Centurion (50t), Crimson Hawk (25t), Locust (20t)

Alpha Strike - Davion Mechs

          So far these are the mechs I have collected for the Davion force; no repaints. Still would like to pick up a Griffin, Templar III, and a Centurion.

Atlas III (100t), Hellstar (95t), Templar III (85t), Zeus X (80t), Sphinx (75t)

Thunder Fox (55t), Legionnaire (50t), Centurion (50t), Goshawk (45), Hatchetman (45t)

 Blade (35t), Firestarter (35t), Crimson Hawk (25t), Locust (20t)

 

Alpha Strike - Simple Terrain

     Put in some time to make a dozen quick terrain pieces.

     For forests I used some Dollar Tree Christmas trees that were just sitting in the Christmas box. They are not great looking, but they are more than functional. I would rather use model railroad trees if I can find them; they probably got thrown out.
     I still need to cut some felt to match the bases, to represent the trees when a unit enters them.

     The buildings are painted electrical switch boxes that come in a variety of sizes and range in price from 2-7 dollars. I did not add any details, since I am not sure exactly what they will represent. They have an added bonus of being made of hard plastic and have knocks out that can represent skylights.

Alpha Strike - Basing Infantry

     Going to base infantry and battle armor as below on 50mm hexagons from Litko Game Accessories http://www.litko.net/. Why 50mm, because it is the closest size I could find to two inches. I like two inch hexagons because the majority of the miniatures fit on them, and hexagons are battletechy.
     I will also be cutting up the MechWarrior infantry bases; mainly for aesthetic reasons.

     Anyway, standard rifle infantry will be based with twelve figures to a base and special weapon infantry (SRM/Laser) will have six to a base. Inner Sphere based battle armor will have four to a base and Clan battle armor will be five to a base.

Left to Right - Elite Infantry, Kanazuchi BA, SRM Infantry, and Cavalier BA