"There are few people I dislike more than mercenaries, but corporate security force mechwarriors are one of them. A mercenary in perpetual service to one company, I have yet to meet a corporate badged pilot I would consider pleasant. They are, to a head, the sort of person who was disciplined enough to pass basic mech school but wrong enough in the head that the psyche weedouts kept them out of anything more dangerous than a Stinger with the guns ripped out. They resent this, it drives them out of uniformed service, and they are so individually hollow that the only opportunity left for them to ply their trade is as corporate guards.
They are all little Camerons, bloodthirsty tyrants convinced of their superiority by their technology. At the same time, they are furious that they aren't "real" mechwarriors like the pilots they see on the holovid, that their job is mostly quarterly performance reviews, sitting in air conditioned waiting rooms, and idly pointing guns at civilians wondering what it's like to pull the trigger. This makes them unpleasant drinking company and worse combatants when push comes to shove."
- from the memoirs of Elias Vance, former TDF mechwarrior and revolutionary freedom fighter
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These pictures are mushier than expected but just lean back from the screen a bit and they'll be better. Please enjoy the last lance I painted before going back to work.
1. Ostsol OTL-4D -- He is literally just a guy. I hate to say it, but the Dragon might just have been dethroned as my favorite fast raider heavy. Especially when you get the lostech version with a full battery of pulse lasers? Mmf.
2. Blackjack BJ2-OA -- Once again I proclaim my love for Inner Sphere Omnimechs. Yes, I know that there's technically only 15 tubes, hush now. They were exactly the right size.
3. Rifleman -- Visually similar to a RFL-8D, I sliced on these Steel Rift bits because I hate hate hate the visual profile of the standard CGL Rifleman. I dunno what it is, but it just don't hit. This, however. This looks like lean mean aircraft-killin' machine.
4. Super Griffin GRF-2N-X -- I love ugly ducklings. I love one offs. I love technology demonstrators. The YF-23 should have won the contract... ahem. Literally one of a kind, chock full of prototype improved jump jets. Slower base speed, since it's now a 60 tonner, but 4/6/6 is decent.
Fun tidbit about the Blackjack: those missile bits are from the Hardwar line of minis, formerly by Strato Minis, now owned and maybe relaunching soon(tm) by Modiphius. Depending on how the Corp wants to monetize it... old bits like that may soon be unobtanium. Like tears in rain, Scoob...
The Ilician Lancers Command Lance is a new Barnes and Noble exclusive box. Like the 21st Centauri lancers box before it, you get two new mechs and two mechs with existing plastic models.
Starting off with the new mechs we have the Ostwar and the Scarabus. The Ostwar is a 65 ton line mech is built around a mixture of long and short range weapons with a greater emphasis on missiles than the other offerings by Ostman industries. Similar to the Shockwave 99% of the time I'd consider this a "TV Static" mech--it's perfectly servicable but doesn't really have any X-factor that wows me over the competition. The Cylon-esque cockpit is distinctive and different next to its sister designs.
The Scarabus, on the other hand, is all about the gimmick. An incredibly fast (as in can pace a fire moth fast) and well armored 30 tonner, the Scarabus's shtick is that it's a light melee mech with a head chopper it can turn on with TSM. A fist full of lasers and single heat sinks goves it deceptively OK temperature management and at full heat the axe swings for 12 damage. ECM and TAG also mean that this little dingus can pull double duty as an ewar unit and forward observer. 12/12 hatchets, would definitely bonk again.
And now the bad. The new Ostsol is rough. I don't know if I got a bad casting or if this is just gonna be typical for the box but the mold slip line running bicep to bicep and through all of the main guns is *rough*. The PPCs are pretty bad too- the emitters aren't properly centered on the fronts of the barrels and the detail in general on the guns is kinda doughy. Most of this can definitely be fixed with an Xacto knife and some patience but I'd gotten used to these merc command boxes having better quality control than this; it's nearly as bad as the Armored Combat mechs :(
Variant-wise this Ost is another weirdo, the 9R. Uncharacteristically heavily armed for an ostsol and as slow as many mechs 30 tons heaviers, this thing is what you bring when you want an assault mech grade of guns but can't afford assault mech frames.
The Ostroc, on the other hand, is fine. As far as I can tell this is just a running repose of the basic 2C variant, and there's some nice motion here. Not much else to say with it.
If you really like Ost mechs or fast melee idiots I probably recommend this box? Being able to get everything but the ostscout in one place is cool and as a thematic and mechanical lance I think these mechs mesh well together. My Ostsol's mold lines are pretty gnarly but hopefully that's just a "me" problem
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Got into the groove and banged out an Ostsol today too! Instead of the very stark base/pinwash/highlight I did for the devvy, I decided to try something a little more messy with overbrushing to build up a nice white. I mostly like the way it turned out, though the legs need a little work
