Mech Every Day Sunday Special #7: Updates and Road Map!

 


Today marks eight weeks since I started this project, and aside from the first couple of weekends I've posted a painted BattleTech miniature every single day. Things are going very well behind the scenes. Thanks to some donations I've acquired more miniatures and paints, and look to be on-track to finish out the year.

As for 2026, we'll see if I continue. I'd like to branch out into the old lead and pewter pieces, maybe hunt down some of the old large-scale models or MechWarrior: Dark Age pieces, but that gets very expensive, very quickly. It's only February 2025 as I write this, so it's too early to say for sure.

Moving forward this year, I'm going to be revisiting some unit schemes I've already done to fill out company and Trinary-sized forces. I'm finally getting into mercenary unit schemes starting tomorrow, and I've got more Clans lined up. I'll also be finishing the various Bounty Hunter incarnations this month and hope to have a big blog post on the history of that persona first week of April.

Speaking of blog posts, I've already skipped one Sunday to put extra time into my piece on Clan eugenics. That should be posted next week. Moving forward, I'm going to focus on lengthier posts that delve deep into BattleTech's themes and real-world history. There's already plenty of fantastic sources on its canon lore.

Here's the upcoming road map for the next eight weeks:

  • Kell Hounds and the fifth Bounty Hunter
  • Clan Wolf Beta Galaxy
  • Snord's Irregulars and the sixth Bounty Hunter
  • Wolf's Dragoons Zeta Battalion and the seventh Bounty Hunter
  • House Marik Militia (second lance) and the final Bounty Hunter (for now)
  • Clan Snow Raven/Raven Alliance
  • Clan Ghost Bear/Rasalhague Dominion
  • House Davion Fox's Teeth
As always, if you want to support this project, you can donate via Paypal.me/RolandBoshnack or use Venmo @Roland-Boshnack. Thank you!

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