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Mech Every Day #111: Rifleman

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Model: Rifleman RFL-3N Mass and Tech Base: 60 tons (Heavy) / Inner Sphere Miniature Source: BattleTech Essentials Paint Scheme: Free Worlds League Custom Notable Pilot: Janos Marik All paints used are from Army Painter unless otherwise noted. This miniature was primed with Matte White spray. It was then given a coat of Holy White, with Widow Black (Grim Black) on the cockpit and Purple Swarm on the knees and side torsos. It was then given a heavy drybrush of Matte White, followed by a reapplication of Purple Swarm and then a coat of Steiner Blue (High Lord Blue) on the cockpit. The arm guns were painted Matte Black and drybrushed with Actuator Metal (Gun Metal). Combat Wash (Dark Tone) was used as a general wash on the lower legs and as a detail/pin wash in various places. The medium lasers were left unpainted, to represent Janos stripping them out for more armor. The base was finished with Matte Black.

Mech Every Day #63: Rifleman Hybrid

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  Model: Rifleman RFL-3N Hybrid "Sneede" Mass and Tech Base: 60 tons (Heavy) / Inner Sphere Miniature Source: Snord's Irregulars Assault Lance Paint Scheme:  Unique; Modified from Snord's Irregulars standard Notable Pilot: "Shorty" Sneede All paints used are from Army Painter unless otherwise noted. This miniature was primed with Matt White spray. The main body and legs were painted with War Grime (Desolate Brown) and drybrushed with St. Ives Green (Army Green). The left torso and arm were painted with Steiner Blue (High Lord Blue) and drybrushed with Donegal Blue (Runic Cobalt). The right arm was painted with Widow Black and drybrushed with Avalon Gray (Brigade Grey). Details include Parade Chrome (Shining Silver), Death Commando (Deep Gray), Steiner Blue (High Lord Blue), Ricol Red (Pure Red), Muster Yellow (Inner Light), Kurita Red (Blood Red), Gray Death (Ash Grey), and Apple Barrel Matte Black. The base was painted with Apple Barrel Matte Black.

Mech Every Day #47: Rifleman

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  Model: Rifleman RFL-3N Mass and Tech Base: 60 tons (heavy) / Inner Sphere Miniature Source: BattleTech Essentials Boxed Set Paint Scheme: Custom Gladiator Notable Pilot: Gray Noton All paints used are from Army Painter unless otherwise noted. This miniature was primed with Matt White spray. Except for Parade Chrome (Shining Silver) as a base coat for the laser muzzles and cockpit (as well as drybrushing the gun barrels), every other paint used was a Speedpaint: Kurita Red (Blood Red), Wolf Gray (Ashen Stone), Widow Black (Grim Black), and Bounty Hunter Green (Shamrock Green). The base was finished with Apple Barrel Matte Black.

Mech Every Day Force Saturday #5: Fifth Crucis Lancers Rifle Lance

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The Federated Suns, ruled by House Davion, was the second major state to form outside of the Terran Alliance. Though it cloaks its actions in pleasant-sounding words like "freedom," it's just as strongly expansionist as its neighbor and constant rival, the Draconis Combine. Following the Fourth Succession War, the Federated Suns merged with the Lyran Commonwealth to create the Federated Commonwealth, the largest single nation in human history, which controlled nearly half of all worlds in the Inner Sphere. This super-state didn't last long, splitting in 3058 after political missteps by Victor Steiner-Davion. By the ilClan era the old alliance is ancient history, though technically ilKhan Alaric Ward is  a Steiner-Davion... The Crucis Lancers are some of the oldest units in the Inner Sphere, originally formed by one of the Federated Suns' founding nations. Like other premier units (Marik Militia, Sword of Light, etc.) the exact number of Crucis Lancer regiments has...

Mech Every Day #22: Rifleman

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  Model: Rifleman RFL-3N Mass and Tech Base: 60 tons (Heavy) / Inner Sphere Miniature Source: Wolf's Dragoons Assault Star Paint Scheme: House Davion Fifth Crucis Lancers Notable Pilot: n/a All paints used are from Army Painter unless otherwise noted. The miniature was primed with Matt White spray. The entire model was given a coat of Davion Green (AKA Camo Cloak from the Speedpaint 1.0 range). Details include Parade Chrome (Shining Silver), Kurita Red (Blood Red Speedpaint), Marik Purple (Purple Alchemy), Death Commando (Deep Grey), Widow Black (Grim Black), and Apple Barrel Matte White. The base was painted with Apple Barrel Matte Black.