Last of the Eridani Light Horse Battalions

So here is the last battalion of my Eridani Light Horse 21st Striker Regiment, the 1st Armored Infantry Regiment.  I still need to come up with a Rommel/Patton or Von Luckner tank to finish off the Command Lance of the Tin Can Company.  I added a scratch build command track to the 2 Infantry Companies.  Also not having any Long Toms, the artillery lance of the Boomer Company is made up of Sturmfeurs and LRM Carriers.  The engineer platoon with my scratch built engineering vehicles is probably my favorite unit of the entire force and I'm really happy with how they came out.

 

1st Armored Infantry Battalion (Mighty Mites)
Battalion Command Lance
    Major Samuel Perrow, Victor
    Captain Brian Braddock, Warhammer
    Lt. Amanda Sydon, Warhammer
    Lt. Tim Phillips, Rifleman
Tin Can Company
Command Lance
    Captain Klaus Hesse, Von Luckner
    Lt. Andrew Fisher. Von Luckner
    Sgt. Will Yeats, Von Luckner
    Sgt. Joe Fairmount, Rommel/Patton
    Sgt. Bradley Sinclair, Rommel/Patton
    Sgt. Roger Penrose,
Strike Lance
    Lt Llewellyn Trent, Ontos
    Sgt. Simon Griffith, Ontos
    Sgt. Doug Puller, Ontos
    Sgt. Jamie Redmund, Ontos
    Sgt. Collin Westworth, Hetzer
    Sgt. Linnet Paulus, Hetzer
Recon Lance
    Lt. Owen Rache, Saladin
    Sgt. Edward Niven, Saladin
    Sgt. Amanda Downing, Saladin
    Sgt. David Brogues, Saladin
    Sgt. Victor Ramius, Pegasus
    Sgt. Nikolai Bondarenko, Pegasus
Alpha Company
    Captain Lila Oakwood, Mobile Command Vehicle
1st Platoon - Motorized Infantry
    Lt. Hector Torres
    Sgt. George Osbourne, Trucks
    Cpl. Allison Blaire, Trucks
    Cpl. Ian O'Cleary, Trucks
    Cpl. Jason Allenby, Trucks
2nd Platoon - Mechanized Infantry
    Lt. Tuck Miller
    Sgt. Owen Yardley, Halftracks
    Cpl. Chris Morrigan, Halftracks
    Cpl. James Holmes, Halftracks
    Cpl. Abigail O'Reilly, Halftracks
3rd Platoon - Mechanized Infantry
    Lt. Richard Diego
    Sgt. Steve MacGarrett, Halftracks
    Cpl. Daniel Bull, Halftracks
    Cpl. Olivet Theisman, Halftracks
    Cpl. Seth Maerkas, Trucks
4th Platoon - Mechanized Infantry
    Lt. Vince Tulane
    Sgt. Patricia Parks, Goblin Medium Tank
    Cpl. Nathan Holmes, Goblin Medium Tank
    Cpl. Richard Pressby, Goblin Medium Tank
    Cpl. Dayvid Webley, Goblin Medium Tank
Bravo Company
    Captain Katherine Burke, Mobile Command Vehicle
1st Platoon - Jump Infantry
    Lt. Nathaniel Greer
    Sgt. Eduard Altunin
    Cpl. David Tabanne
    Cpl, Lionel Foley
    Cpl. Percy Neville
2nd Platoon - Infantry
    Lt. Erica Tansey
    Sgt. Franklin Owens. A Squad
    Cpl. Vincent Lewis, B Squad
    Cpl, Ernest Wexton, C Squad
    Cpl. Ilya Vaneyev, D Squad
3rd Platoon - Infantry
    Lt. Jeffrey Moore
    Sgt. Mikhail Taussig, A Squad
    Cpl. Sean Ambrose, B Squad
    Cpl, Grigori Dalmatov, C Squad
    Cpl. Elliot Slater, D Squad
4th Platoon - Engineers
    Lt. Colin MacGuire
    Sgt. Edward Harding, Engineering Vehicle
    Cpl. Perry Gibbons, Engineering Vehicle
    Cpl, James Candless, Engineering Vehicle
    Cpl. Anthony Troubridge, Engineering Vehicle
Boomer Company
Command Lance
    Captain Paul Sandoval, Sturmfeur
    Lt. Manfred VanGeller, Sturmfeur
    Lt. Trevor Gillespee, LRM Carrier
    Lt. Victoria Pollack, LRM Carrier
    Lt. Emilio Ortiz, LRM Carrier
    Lt. Sonya Lindh, LRM Carrier
AA Lance
    Lt. Thomas Clavell, Rifleman
    Jon Waverly, Rifleman
    Gwen Herdez, Longbow
    Eamon O'Neil, Longbow

So next up will be trying to get all the aerospace fighters finished.  I'm also looking into doing a 3rd Battalion of Donegal Guard to finish off that regiment as well.  And then there is the Militia unit to finish.  Ok, yeah, I can pile up projects like the best of them.  I'll see you all next time and thanks for stopping by.  Comments, queries, and suggestions are, as always, appreciated.

More Eridani Light Horse

So this time you're getting the 5th and 7th Striker Battalions.  It's been fun getting this all closer to total completion.  And so without further adieu ....

The 5th Striker Battalion is interesting in that during a time where pretty much all the companies in BattleTech were 3 lances, this Battalion has 4 lances per Company with the integral Aerospace lances.  I need to strip and reprime the 4 Sholagars and the 2 Lucifers as for some reason the primer went powdery on them.

5th Striker Battalion (Dirkson's Dragonslayers)
Battalion Command Lance (Dirkson's Guards)
    Major Earl Dirkson, Cyclops
    Captain Claude Tomaslin, Rifleman
    Lt. Elise Pienaar, Awesome
    Lt. Coleman Hauser, Orion
4th Company (Pinter's Axmen)
Command Lance
    Captain Daniel Pinter, Phoenix Hawk
    Ryan Wilson, Quickdraw
    Jillian Giessepe, Orion
    Quentin Veerland, Dragon
Strike Lance
    Lt. Kevin Baird, Catapult
    Ethan Burke, Enforcer
    Phillip Cantrell, Crusader
    Diane Lancaster, Catapult
Recon Lance
    Lt. Charles Hawestead, Cicada
    Jason Mannfred, Wolverine
    Catherine Bennett, Grasshopper
    Randall Waters, Wasp
Air Lance
    Lt. Thomas Knowles, Seydlitz Aerospace Fighter
    Anthony Wilson, Seydlitz Aerospace Fighter
7th Company (Tanaka's Company)
Command Lance
    Captain Tian Tanaka, Javelin
    Janet McCrory, Jagermech
    Dennis O'Donnell, Trebuchet
    Sergei Nakamura, Whitworth
Strike Lance
    Lt. Shannon Bronskie, Trebuchet
    Fiona Northbrooke, Dervish
    Oleg Altunin, Dervish
    Leonard Taussig, Catapult
Recon Lance
    Lt. Eric Jacobs, Jenner
    Vasiliy Krepkie, Cicada
    Jillian Clarkson, Wasp
    Samuel Young, Assassin
Air Lance
    Lt. Irene Jameson, Lucifer Aerospace Fighter
    Ian Brentley, Lucifer Aerospace Fighter
25th Heavy Assault Company (Seflo's Sledgehammers)
Command Lance
    Captain Misha Selfo, Raven
    Victor Longe, Grasshopper
    Deidre Hauser, Wasp
    Oliver Sternman, Jenner
Strike Lance
    Lt. Cole Portson, Grasshopper
    Hitoshi Katasumi, Whitworth
    Natasha Solchava, Javelin
     Alfred Lynch, Commando
1st Air Lance
    Lt. Ian Andrassy, Sholagar Aerospace Fighter
    Hans Coldewe, Sholagar Aerospace Fighter
2nd Air Lance
   Lt. Kosei Masaki, Sholagar Aerospace Fighter
   Aleksei Beregov, Sholagar Aerospace Fighter

The 7th Striker Battalion is probably the one I'm liking the most due to it having 6 of my favorite mech in it, the Wolverine.  The first BattleTech book I ever bought was CamoSpecs and from the moment I saw the Wolverine in it, I was hooked.  The Eridani Light Horse has always been my favorite unit, but the Wolverine is what I pictured them piloting.

7th Striker Battalion (Nigel's Nightslayers)
Battalion Command Lance (Nigel's Guards)
    Major Jameson Nigel, Flashman
    Captain Ian Branscombe, Cyclops
    Lt. Blake Holmes, Zeus
    Lt. Emily Haerdesky, Victor
11th Company (Pelham's Company)
Red Seven Lance
    Captain Timothy Pelham, Dragon
    Madilyn Pritchart, Quickdraw
    Paul Malherbe, Awesome
    Douglas Brandei, Highlander
Blue Seven Lance
    Lt. Li Hsien, Wolverine
    Andrea Oates, Dervish
    Matthew Tourni, Valkyrie
    Elliot Sullivan, Valkyrie
Gold Seven Lance
    Lt. Harold Crane, Catapult
    Mark Bronson, Archer
    Andrew Holbrook, Trebuchet
    Elaine Hathoway, Catapult
12th Company (Lightning Company)
Silver Lance
    Captain Elizabeth Henke, Wolverine
    Jeffery Olmsted, Wolverine
    Shannon Allenby, Panther
    Eric Donovan, Thorn
Black Lance
    Lt. Vincent McCrory, Griffin
    Marc Baird, Hollander, Wolverine
    James Cross, Quickdraw
    Chelsea Dobbs, Grasshopper
Purple Lance
    Lt. Lisa Brackhaven, Wolverine
    Sean Boehlert, Jenner
    Neil Crowley, Jenner
    Sheila Banich, Raven
Brown Lance
    Lt. Ivan Chernov, Dagger Aerospace Fighter
    Trent Mayhew, Dagger Aerospace Fighter
27th Company (Wolfhounds)
Green Lance
    Major Pierre Bouchard, Highlander
    Andrea Clavell, Catapult
    Malcolm Forbes, Enforcer
    Ibrahim Ghosn, Dragon
White Lance
    Lt. Lloyd Bancroft, Grasshopper
    Timothy Leahy, Wolverine
    Katherine Burke, Valkyrie
    Roger Waterly, Valkyrie
Platinum Lance
    Lt. Edmund Dempsey, Centurian
    Elliot Watkinson. Wolfhound
    Terrence Pretloe, Centurian
    Jessica Hearns, Centurian

So that just leaves the 1st Armored Infantry Battalion to get reposted up.  I'm aiming to get it up in the next few days so we'll see how it goes.  Thanks for dropping by all and I'll see you next time.

Overdue Post But Making Progress Finally

Well I'll apology for going so long without a post but work and nonwork life have been a bit busy lately.  Things are starting to get a lot calmer now though and I'm back to making some progress.  I'm working back through my Eridani Light Horse 21st Striker Regiment and getting a lot of things finished up.  As everyone hopefully remembers, I've used the outline in the original BattleTech Mercenary's Handbook as a guide for my take on the Eridani Light Horse.

So let's start with the Command Company and see what it looks like now.  I still need to make bases for the Mechanized Infantry Platoon that are in the hover transports.  Once again for those who don't remember, the double base models are 40K Epic artillery and rhinos to represent Long Toms and the hover transports started out as Tyrs.

 

21st Striker Regiment (Four Horsemen)
    Colonel Charles K. Winston
Command Company
Regimental Command Lance
    Colonel Charles K. Winston, Cyclops
    Captain George Horten, Awesome
    Captain Xavier Trompe, Warhammer
    Lt. Heather Broxtin, Quickdraw
Security Lance
    Captain Paul Hauser, Hunchback
    Lt. Kevin DeSoto, Archer
    Lt. Tomas Gage, Dervish
    Lt. Elliot Sheridan, Hunchback
Artillery Lance
    Captain Geoffrey Watkins
    Lt. Greerson Holland, Long Tom
    Lt. Carson Tainer, Long Tom
    Lt. Howard Redmann, Long Tom
    Lt. Olivia Winslowe, Long Tom
    Lt, Oleg Planatov, Demolisher
    Lt. Ian O'Kennesy, Demolisher
1st Infantry Platoon - Motorized Infantry
    Lt. Walter Allenby
    Sgt. Douglas Haig, Trucks
    Cpl. James Fisher, Trucks
    Cpl. Henry Prescott, Trucks
    Cpl. John Howe, Trucks
2nd Infantry Platoon - Mechanized Infantry
    Lt. Robert Paine
    Sgt. Doug Steele - Hover Transport
    Cpl. Amanda Hallister - Hover Transport
    Cpl. Edmund Burdette - Hover Transport
    Cpl. William Bagwell - Hover Transport

Next up is the 3rd Striker Battalion.  All the mechs in the Battalion are now based but the company of Aerospace Fighters have only received the base coat green.  The fighters should be on the table for paint the last half of next week.  The only Mech conversion in this group is the Shadowhawk that has a gun added to replace the one it was missing.

3rd Striker Battalion (Jamal's Plague)
Battalion Command Lance (Jamal's Guards)
    Major Jamal Fallehy, Awesome
    Captain Steven Bergstrom, Panther
    Lt. Abigail Tawney, Awesome
    Lt. Charles Hollister, Flashman
9th Company (Kentrick's Company)
Command Lance
    Captain Brent Kentrick,, Crockett
    Ian Mallory, Trebuchet
    Byron Waters, Urbanmech
    Timothy Beale, Panther
Strike Lance
    Lt. Catelyn Robinette, Thorn
    Jason Winthrop, Dervish
    Eric Brentwood, Shadowhawk
    Padraig O'Malley, Javelin
Recon Lance
    Lt. Paul Straub, Cicada
    Susan Hibson, Assassin
    Victor Osborne, Commando
    Todd Newland, Cicada
14th Company (Paulson's Roadrunners)
Command Lance
    Captain Cynthia Paulson, Warhammer
    Darius Albright, Commando
    Hiroshi Yoshida, Panther
    Timo Malinov, Rifleman
Strike Lance
    Lt. Piotr Orlov, Warhammer
    Jocelyn Tully, Archer
    Ellinore Maitland, Dragon
    Spencer Yeats, Archer
Recon Lance
    Lt. Marcus Wolcott, Cicada
    Antoine Kearns, Stinger
    Nathan Pretloe, Locust
    Otojiro Horii, Assassin
85th Company (Benton's Brown Bombers)
Command Lance
    Captain Nathaniel Benton, Shilone Aerospace Fighter
    Sylvester Callahan, Shilone Aerospace Fighter
Support Lance
    Lt. Kevin Tobin, Shilone Aerospace Fighter
    Iosef Serov, Shilone Aerospace Fighter
Strike Lance
    Lt. Jacob Weiss, Shilone Aerospace Fighter
    Astrid Kingsford, Shilone Aerospace Fighter
Recon Lance
    Lt. Brian Lockesly, Transgressor Aerospace Fighter
    Giles Crowelly, Transgressor Aerospace Fighter

So that's it for now and it's coming along nicely I think.  I've got 25 more mechs to get based and that'll have all the mechs in the Regiment completed.  At that point it'll just leave 5 vehicles that need basing and then all the Aerospace Fighters that need painted.  So that's all for now and I'll see you next time.