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.

Mechs, Tanks, and Marines

So progress has continued on the Caseltown Militia.  This unit has moved along quickly and I think they're coming out pretty well.

The one Battalion commander and the 3rd lance of mechs are almost done, just need to get them based to finish them off.

The large vehicles, the Behemoths, Alacorns, Shreks, and Marksmans will not be going onto bases.  So little would be visible that it just seems to not be worth it.  Thus these vehicles are all complete now.

The two Pegasus hover tanks just need based.  The Hetzers and Pikes I'm going to put bases together and get them complete before adding the vehicles to them.  So all in all, this has come along quite well I think.  I still have a lot of GHQ halftracks to do, a pair of Demolishers, plus all the basing mentioned above.  As a bit of a reward to myself for doing well making progress, I put together most of the Primaris marines from the new 40K starter box.

First up was the Hellblaster squad.  I really like the looks of the new plasma guns and think this will be a fun unit to have on the table top.

Next up was all the Intercessors and Sgts that go with them.  Again, I like the aesthetics of the new marines and it's a nice group of models.

Last up I got the first of the Interceptors.  I like the change in the jump pack for these guys but not totally sold on the guns.  Sort of on the fence on how these guys look.  So I still have the Captain model, the Ancient, and the other 2 Interceptors to go.  All in all I'm good with the new marines and as soon as I get some more of the Caseltown cleared off the desk, I want to start working on roughing out my ideas for how I'll be using the Primaris marines.

So that's all for now, thanks for stopping by and I'll see you all next time.

Caseltown Militia

So I'm continuing to make progress on the Davion Militia unit.  They're coming together pretty well and a number of lances are going into the completed side of things.  I'm also including an organization chart for the formation.  At this time, I've no plans to come up with names for all the slots like I normally do, just put some rank slots in where appropriate to keep it organized.  I know Cheef will like this post as well as the lance of UrbanMechs is complete.

5 Lances of Vehicles Done

2 of 3 Mech Lances Done

Caselton Militia

38th Defense Battalion
    Major
Alpha Company
    Captain, Vulcan
First Platoon
    Lt, Dervish
    Thorn
    Panther
    Wasp
Second Platoon
    Lt, UrbanMech
    UrbanMech
    UrbanMech
    UrbanMech
Third Platoon
    Lt, Commando
    Commando
    Commando
    Commando

Bravo Company
    Captain
First Platoon
    Lt, Puma Assault Tank
    Puma Assault Tank
    Puma Assault Tank
    Puma Assault Tank
Second Platoon
    Lt, Alacorn Heavy Tank
    Alacorn Heavy Tank
    Schrek PPC Carrier
    Schrek PPC Carrier
Third Platoon
    Lt, Behemoth Heavy Tank
    Behemoth Heavy Tank
    Behemoth Heavy Tank
    Behemoth Heavy Tank

Charlie Company
    Captain
First Platoon
    Lt, Demolisher Heavy Tank
    Demolisher Heavy Tank
    Marksman Artillery Tank
    Marksman Artillery Tank
Second Platoon
    Lt, Hezter Wheeled Assault Gun
    Hezter Wheeled Assault Gun
    Hezter Wheeled Assault Gun
    Hezter Wheeled Assault Gun
Third Platoon
    Lt, Pike Support Vehicle
    Pike Support Vehicle
    Pike Support Vehicle
    Pike Support Vehicle

43rd Reconaissance Battalion
    Major
Alpha Company
    Captain
First Platoon
    Lt, Saracen Medium Hover Tank
    Saracen Medium Hover Tank
    Saracen Medium Hover Tank
    Saracen Medium Hover Tank
Second Platoon
    Lt, Saladin Assault Hover Tank
    Saladin Assault Hover Tank
    Saladin Assault Hover Tank
    Saladin Assault Hover Tank
Third Platoon
    Lt, Pegasus Scout HoverTank
    Pegasus Scout HoverTank
    Pegasus Scout HoverTank
    Pegasus Scout HoverTank

Bravo Company
    Captain
First Platoon
    Lt, Packrat Long Range Patrol Vehicle
    Packrat Long Range Patrol Vehicle
    Packrat Long Range Patrol Vehicle
    Packrat Long Range Patrol Vehicle
Second Platoon
    Lt, Mechanized Infantry Squad
    Mechanized Infantry Squad
    Mechanized Infantry Squad
    Mechanized Infantry Squad
Third Platoon
    Lt, Mechanized Infantry Squad
    Mechanized Infantry Squad
    Mechanized Infantry Squad
    Mechanized Infantry Squad

Charlie Company
    Captain
First Platoon
    Lt, Skulker Wheeled Scout Tank
    Skulker Wheeled Scout Tank
    Skulker Wheeled Scout Tank
    Skulker Wheeled Scout Tank
Second Platoon
    Lt, Mechanized Infantry Squad
    Mechanized Infantry Squad
    Mechanized Infantry Squad
    Mechanized Infantry Squad
Third Platoon
    Lt, Mechanized Infantry Squad
    Mechanized Infantry Squad
    Mechanized Infantry Squad
    Mechanized Infantry Squad

3rd Mech Lance, Battalion Commander, and Tank Lance in progress

I've got another block of vehicles primed for the militia and they'll start getting wash and paint layers over the next couple days.  I also need to come up with the primer I used when I did my Eridani Light Horse so I can get going on all the Aerospace fighters to finish off the 21st Striker Regiment.

So that's where we're at for now.  I'm happy with the progress I'm making on all of this and it should continue to keep moving along I hope.  That's all for now and I'll see you all next time.

Half A Week Late

Well, this is about half a week after I had intended to get this up, but here it finally is.  The Saturday night before last I got my second game of 8th Edition 40K in, this time against Cheef and his Orcs.  It was a very close fun game and I'm glad to finally get an edition where the focus was back on having fun rather than trying to remember 30 pages of special rules plus all the army and unit special rules.  I'm hoping to get a lot more games of 40K in now.  Once I get the BattleTech cleared off the paint desk to make some room, I want to get the Primaris Marines from the starter box assembled and give them a try as well.

Now this won't be a full battle report but rather an overview with pics with my impressions thrown in here and there.

Here is the force I took with a Captain, 2 Tactical Squads, 3 Contemptor Dreadnoughts, and 1 Venerable Dreadnought.  I love that there is a force chart variant that will let me fit 6 Dreadnoughts into a list but since we were only playing 1,000 points, 4 is what I got to take.  They felt very effective and easy to use in the game, but Cheef's unit of Tank Bustas definitely could put a hurt on them.  We played a pretty standard mission of kill points plus the few bonus VPs for first blood and such.  Deployment was the long table edge triangle one.

Cheef's force deployed in the pic above.  He had a mob of boys, a mob of gretchin, some gretchin artillery, a mek on a bike, an orc weird boy, his Matilda wagon full of tank bustas, Snickrot and some boys. and a trio of buggies.  He managed to steal the initiative and went first.

This is my deployment, I was concentrating toward my left flank to keep my force together to support itself.

I focused early in the game on thinning out the unit of boys and gretchin.  In hindsight, I should have put more into killing the wagon earlier to get more early wounds on it as at the end of the game, it kept hanging on by just a wound or two.

When I finally really focused on the wagon, one dread was already starting to feel the pain and then when I charged it, between the two I just didn't roll well enough to do the amount of damage I needed to do.

Cheef managed to use his orc mystical powers to jump his unit of boys into my zone and then with the sneaky boys ended up over running one of my tactical squads.

It was at this point that the action really got moving and I forgot to keep taking pictures.  It ended up just one point apart and he was close enough to scoring more points that I'm perfectly happy in calling it a draw.  It was definitely enjoyable and I'm looking forward to doing it again.

Now getting back to the BattleTech mentioned earlier.  I have 3 lances of vehicles almost done.  They're not fated to end up in the same companies of the militia unit, but I wanted to test the scheme out on multiple vehicle types with the first batch.  I've got another wash layer to do on them and then they need based.  I'm not planning on putting the large tanks on a base at the moment.

Now this is the part that Cheef has been waiting for, the start of the UrbanMech lance for the militia.  They've been primed and got the first wash layer over the green.  Next up they'll get the red stripe down the side and the silver highlights.  It's a good first progress on them.  My goal is by the end of the week to have the 3 almost done lances finished, the Urbies finished, and I'd like to get another batch of 3 vehicle lances started.  If I can get the 3 mech lances and 4 companies worth of vehicles done, I'll have enough room to start working on the Primaris Marines.

Speaking of the Primaris Marines, I'm still leaning towards a Lion's successor chapter for them and keeping it Primaris only.  This means I will NOT be collecting an entire other chapter, just a decent small group of Primaris to use in games. I am currently leaning towards calling them the Lions Rampant or Ghost Lions but I'm willing to entertain ideas if someone has a great one out there.

That's all for now and I'll see you all next time.

One Done, One Started, and a New Begining

So the 2 Battalions of the 8th Donegal Guard are now completed.  I finished basing the last company yesterday which was 1st Battalion's C Company.

C Company
First Lance
    Captain Octavius Kreuger, Griffin
    1st Lt. Nicole Summers, Valkyrie
    Reginald Fisher, Valkyrie
    Zachary Danvers, Jenner
Second Lance
    2nd Lt. Rebecca Norman, Panther
    Abigail Osborne, Panther
    Dylan Baines, Javelin
    Crystal Walker, Javelin
Third Lance
    2nd Lt. Victor Hamilton, Dervish
    Timothy Wilkes, Whitworth
    Sharon Kilralry, Whitworth
    Darius Barnes, Whitworth

And here is the completed force all together.  This should make a nice unit for defending or attacking in urban or built up areas.  It's been a fun unit to complete and I'm happy with how they all came out.  Now since this gives me 2 units of Steiners now, the other being my two lances of 20th Arcturan Guard, next up will be a Davion militia unit to eat up most of the pile of unused BattleTech minis.  To take a break from the mechs I've been painting, armored units will be up first.  The unit will be from Caselton which is in the coreward tip of the Federated Suns.  It will be again 2 Battalions but only will have 1 company of mechs with the rest all being tanks or mechanized infantry.

This is the first 3 lances being worked on.  The Pack Rat lance still needs their windows painted silver and then another layer of red before they get based.  I think the color scheme makes it pretty easy to identify them as Davion militia so we'll see how they come out.  I know Cheef will like this unit as they're going to have a lance of UrbanMechs in it.

Also I got to make a trip to a nearby game store, not the Hobby Town I normally go up to, and got my first game of 8th Edition 40K in.  Like every good blogger, I didn't take a single picture.  It went a little slow with lots of looking at books but all in all I like it.  Most of the time looking in the books was where we were use to older editions and trying to find rules that are no longer there.  I'll need a few more games to really get use to it, but first impressions are favorable for sure.

So that's all for now and I'll see you all next time.