Tomorrow's War meets Battletech (in 15mm scale)

[VERITAS/AEQUITAS]

Tomorrow's War meets Battletech. I am trying to achieve playing Ambush Alley's Tomorrow's War with Battletech based technology and units in 15mm. Tomorrow's War will be re-released in fall of 2011 by Osprey Publishing. I am in need of an army to playtest and didn't know what to use until I stumbled over an old trailer for "Mechwarrior" on youtube . I checked around the net and found that most wizkids Dark Age minis would be suitable to be used with 15mm pewter figs of other source. So I decided to try converting Tomorrow's War rules in a way to resemble Classic Battletech technology and weapons. It will require a hell of a lot testing, but that's what I gotta do for Tomorrow's War anyway.

By the way, Tomorrow's War is basicly the same like Force-On-Force (see my signature for a link to the FoF related warseer thread), but with a few extras to make it Sci-Fi (robots, laser, particle weapons etc.) You can play those rules in any scale, with any model you wish, using whatever background universe you fancy. For myself I chose Battletech.

The first miniatures I have finished are the below shown troops in "Ravager" Battle Armor (=power armor) and a medium Mech "Targe" (=walker, medium vehicle). The pewter miniature is something in between as it is labelled as being 18mm (which it is exactly, without taking the base into account) and shown for scale.

The troops will be for my version of the 3rd Crucis Lancers, using 15mm miniatures of different origin for regular line troops, Mechs from various sources (mostly old toys or action figures) that will be tall enough to look good with 15mm pewter figs and some old Mechwarrior Dark Age pre-paints that will get a new dress.

More pictures, scale comparisons and WIP shots can be found in my blog.



Another one of the first units for my Battletech/Tomorrow's War cross-over :

House Kuritas very own heavy Battle Armor, type "Kanazuchi" (japanese for "Hammer") and another medium Mech "Targe". All of these are re-based and re-painted former wizkids Mechwarrior Dark Age minis.
They are supposed to act as 8th Dieron Regulars.

More pics and WIP shots can always be found in my Blog.



I am going to add a lot more units over time, to include regular infantry, tanks, flyers, grav-tanks, "unseen" mechs etc.

[sheep]

Always nice to see something different, and they look great too. I look forward to more because I enjoyed reading your FoF log as well.

Cheers

Sheep

[rev]

awesome! reminds me of the filk 'robot jox', worth watching if this is your thing!

rev

[VERITAS/AEQUITAS]

Hmmm. I just received a packet full of light-weight Mechs (20 tons) in the appropriate scale (all are "unseen" designs =Macross, which FASA was no longer allowed to reproduce as BT Mech). Scout-lance, here we go
"Longbow" has its first layer of paint (too many hazard stripes.. ). Stay tuned.

[VERITAS/AEQUITAS]

More Mech power...

I present the former Macross action figure Spartan, now acting as House Davion's 85 ton "Longbow" long-range-missile-carrying Mech.


view of the other sides and back can be found here

Thanks for looking, keep your comments coming. Next: "Rifleman".

[VERITAS/AEQUITAS]

Well, I got another exclusive set of pictures that Big P from GMG has given to me to release it on my blog. This is what you get to see once Osprey Publishing has re-released Tomorrow's War this year :

Click me hard, please

[VERITAS/AEQUITAS]

Another couple of days later and one more Mech marches for House Davion:

The RFL-3C "Rifleman" fulfills a heavy fire support and anti-air role for the Federated Suns. With its pair of heavy autocannon/10 it can deal a lot of damage over distance and also keep enemy air assets at bay.



More pictures and details are to be found here

[3vilX]

Pshhh. Clanner scum.

(nice work, good to see that those minis from that terrible clicky game are useful for something after all.)

[VERITAS/AEQUITAS]

Pshhh. Clanner scum.

(nice work, good to see that those minis from that terrible clicky game are useful for something after all.)

Yep, and I have put up another scale shot in comparison with 15mm figures.

[Whitwort Stormbringer]

Love your use of the Robotech/Macross figures - they look great the way you've based them and painted them up! I have a few of those things lying around from when I was a kid, this makes me want to dig them up and find a way to put them to use.

[RedSarge]

Wow cool, it is great to see re-purposed MWDA items.

What did you base your battle armor on? I bought a hole punch for mine.. but it's too big (25mm) so I guess I will be using something else. (might even cast my own with texture)

-RedSarge

[VERITAS/AEQUITAS]

30mm washers for Kanazuchi and GW small flying base for the Ravager

[Hybrid Alpha]

Great stuff. I really like where you're going with this project.

[Void Reaper]

You have the coolest plogs, Veritas. Very well done.

[VERITAS/AEQUITAS]

This project log is by no means dead: More Mechs - although this is very very early WIP

"Warhammer", "Longbow", "Rifleman" and "Shadowhawk" Mechs for different Houses.

[sheep]

Ah robotech, loved that show as a kid. Look forward to seeing some paint on them.

Cheers

Sheep

[VERITAS/AEQUITAS]

Ah robotech, loved that show as a kid. Look forward to seeing some paint on them.

Cheers

Sheep

Well there is plenty to paint. I have Wolverines, Griffins, Archers, Scorpions, Goliaths, Wasps, Stingers, Crusaders, Phoenix Hawks, Marauders, Flims and infantry as well as aircraft to paint after those (all items two or three times for various houses) :shock:

[Auzu]

Just curious where did you get the warhammer mech from?

Great work love the green and yellow combination.

[VERITAS/AEQUITAS]

Just curious where did you get the warhammer mech from?

Great work love the green and yellow combination.

ebay find.

[Dread_Kennedy]

I've never seen repaints of these figures, very cool! Battletech was my gateway to wargaming and I'd love to do a few lances of mechs again someday, but this is idea is distinctly more awesome.