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slybrarian
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Definitely a real person who was not retroactively created by a wish-granting engine. Star Trek, Battletech, general sci-fi, and TTRPG nerd. Jackal lurker.
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And here is the Clan star. I also did the original Urbanmech with this scheme so the Annihilator would have someone to keep its slow ass company.
A set of Battletech miniatures. They are painted mostly in purple and medium grey, with black and white highlight panels. This resembles the asexual pride flag colors. This set of Clan minis includes a Nova, Gargoyle, Executioner, Timber Wolf, and Grendel. A pair of Battletech miniatures. They are painted mostly in purple and medium grey, with black and white highlight panels. This resembles the asexual pride flag colors. There is a short trash-can like Urbanmech next to a bulky Annihilator that is twice its height.
June 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Here's some last #battletech pride month minis, mostly painted last year. I originally did the Wolf Dragoon star with this theme, but I liked the purple so I also split them up to be part of an IS company and a Clan star. Here's the Dragoons and IS set.
A set of Battletech miniatures. They are painted mostly in purple and medium grey, with black and white highlight panels. This resembles the asexual pride flag colors. This set of minis is from the Wolf Dragoons miniature pack and include a custom posed Blackjack, Archer, Annihilator, Timber Wolf, and Rifleman. A set of Battletech miniatures. They are painted mostly in purple and medium grey, with black and white highlight panels. This resembles the asexual pride flag colors. This set of Inner Sphere minis includes a Warhammer, Stalker, Nighstar, and Flashman. A set of Battletech miniatures. They are painted mostly in purple and medium grey, with black and white highlight panels. This resembles the asexual pride flag colors. This set of Inner Sphere minis includes a Dragoons Blackjack, Archer, Rifleman, and Longbow. A set of Battletech miniatures. They are painted mostly in purple and medium grey, with black and white highlight panels. This resembles the asexual pride flag colors. This set of Inner Sphere minis includes a Mercury, Lancer, Sentinel, and Mongoose.
June 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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news is awful
post a Gauszilla
A Battletech Miniature of an Annihilator mech. It is a very round mech with an egg-shaped torso and blocky legs. There are stubby upper arms and everything past the elbows are two very large gauss rifles with two smaller lasers in tandem. There is also a gauss and laser pair in each side torso.
June 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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I'm not sure how I ended up with this many Wolverines, but there's enough for a wonky flag. #battletech #pridemechparade
A set of six battletech Wolverine miniatures. It is a humanoid mecha with a triangular head, a boxy missile pack on the left shoulder, and a gun attached to the right arm. They are painted and arranged like a rainbow. From left to right: red with gold trim, orange with black panels and a bit of white, gold and black, green with yellow trim, light blue with white trim, and purple with a green left arm and leg.
June 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Space furries say trans rights. Also trans wrongs because most of them are huge assholes. #battletech #pride
A set of five battletech miniatures. They are painted to resemble a trans pride flag. On each one, the outer part of the arms and legs are light blue, the inner parts or side torsos are pinkish red, and the center torso is white. They have hexagonal bases with a color-shifiting metallic paint, which appears hot pink at some angles and orange or red at others.
June 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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A clan bi-nary I painted back in 2022. #battletech
A set of ten battletech miniatures. They are big stompy combat robots of various shapes and sizes, with the largest being almost twice as tall as the smallest. Each one is painted with a light red right arm and leg, purple torso, and blue left limbs. The coloring is meant to resemble the bi pride flag.
June 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Finally got around to finishing up this star of clan mechs, with a sunset- and Solar exalt-inspired theme. The Nova sticks out a little now but there is no way I'm stripping and repainting it. #battletech
A battletech miniature. It has a paint scheme inspired by sunsets. It has light and dark purple at the ends of the arms and legs, red on most of the limbs, and an orange main body with gold highlights. This Puma is a smaller mech with chicken legs and two cannon arms, with a rounded cockpit sticking out from under an armored cowl. A battletech miniature. It has a paint scheme inspired by sunsets. It has light and dark purple at the ends of the arms and legs, red on most of the limbs, and an orange main body with gold highlights. This Grendel is vaguely humanoid, but the right arm is just a big gun. A battletech miniature. It has a paint scheme inspired by sunsets. It has light and dark purple at the ends of the arms and legs, red on most of the limbs, and an orange main body with gold highlights. This one is a Timber Wolf, one of the most iconic and recognizable designs in the game. It has a rounded cockpit that looks like a World War 2 bomber's nose, backward bird legs, and two big missile pods on its shoulders. A set of five battletech miniatures. They have a paint scheme inspired by sunsets. It has light and dark purple at the ends of the arms and legs, red on most of the limbs, and an orange main body with gold highlights. The bases are painted a reflective metallic gold.
May 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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And the rest of this #battletech star. Mostly happy with how they turned out, the Gargoyle is a little meh. Ice Ferret, Gargoyle, Incubus, Supernova, Vapor Eagle.
A Battletech miniature. It's painted in a light tan, with some dark grey sections around the head and weapons, and a few panels highlighted with a darker tan or lighter grey. This Supernova is a chonky boy with three big lasers on each arm and backward chicken legs. A Battletech miniature. It's painted in a light tan, with some dark grey sections around the head and weapons, and a few panels highlighted with a darker tan or lighter grey. This Vapor Eagle is human-like but looks very speedy and sleek A set of five Battletech miniatures. They are painted in a light tan, with some dark grey sections around the head and weapons, and a few panels highlighted with a darker tan or lighter grey.
March 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Some more minis finished this week. I wanted to try a more subdued scheme, so this is primarily a US military tan, a slightly dark sandy tan, and a dark grey, plus a few panels highlighted with light grey. Based on Goliath Scorpion Beta Galaxy. #battletech
A Battletech miniature. It's painted in a light tan, with some dark grey sections around the head and weapons, and a few panels highlighted with a darker tan or lighter grey. This Executioner is human-shaped, one arm has a big rotary cannon and the other has a fist surrounded by six lasers. A Battletech miniature. It's painted in a light tan, with some dark grey sections around the head and weapons, and a few panels highlighted with a darker tan or lighter grey. This Ice Ferret is really boxy with a large laser for a left arm and a missile box on its right wrist. A Battletech miniature. It's painted in a light tan, with some dark grey sections around the head and weapons, and a few panels highlighted with a darker tan or lighter grey. This Incubus is a skinny humanoid holding a large laser gun in its right hand and with small shoulder-mounted machine gun ports.
March 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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And here is the original Wolverine IIC - I'm sorry, the original Conjurer, along with a group shot of the entire star. You can see I couldn't remember how I mixed the sea greenish color on the limbs but it still fits together.
A Conjurer Battlemech miniature. It is painted with green on its main body and teal on its limbs, with a few highlights in brighter shades as well as white. It is intended to evoke the colors of a tropical ocean shore. It's a pretty standard humanoid robot with a gun attached to the right arm and a missile rack on the left shoulder. A set of five battletech miniatures. They are painted with green on its main body and teal on its limbs, with a few highlights in brighter shades as well as white. It is intended to evoke the colors of a tropical ocean shore.
February 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Another set of #battletech minis I just finished. This is a green and teal theme with a bit of white, intended to match a Conjurer I did last year with an quasi-Infernal ocean green theme.
A Black Adder Battlemech miniature. It is painted with green on its main body and teal on its limbs, with a few highlights in brighter shades as well as white. It is intended to evoke the colors of a tropical ocean shore. The miniature looks like someone just stuck legs and arms on a fighter jet for some reason. An Executioner Battlemech miniature. It is painted with green on its main body and teal on its limbs, with a few highlights in brighter shades as well as white. It is intended to evoke the colors of a tropical ocean shore. The mini is a vaguely humanoid robot with long guns instead of hands. A Jenner IIC Battlemech miniature. It is painted with green on its main body and teal on its limbs, with a few highlights in brighter shades as well as white. It is intended to evoke the colors of a tropical ocean shore. The mini has a disc-like main body with long, thin legs and two boxy missile launchers instead of arms. A Viper Battlemech miniature. It is painted with green on its main body and teal on its limbs, with a few highlights in brighter shades as well as white. It is intended to evoke the colors of a tropical ocean shore. The mini has very spindly limbs and a tall, narrow main body.
February 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Just finished another #battletech mini. I'd had this Executioner in a gold and red pattern but wasn't happy with how it turned out. I repainted in a twilight theme based on a Nova I did a couple years ago. Orange body, red limbs, and a bit of purple at the edges and yellow around the top.
An Executioner battletech miniature. It is a vaguely human-shaped and bulky war robot. It is painted with colors similar to sunset, with oranges, reds, and purples. A Nova battletech miniature. It is hunched over with backward chicken legs and arms covered with laser guns. It is painted with colors similar to sunset, with oranges, reds, and purples. There are a few spots with gold highlights.
February 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Post an archer 🏹
A miniature of an Archer battlemech. It is vaguely human-shaped but has a cockpit in the middle of its chest. Its left and right torsos have open hatches that show long-range missile tubes inside. It is painted purple with green panels.
January 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Here's the full company of #battletech minis I've been painting. It's not a canon color scheme... for Battletech. It's inspired by the brown and silver livery of House Vorkosigan. I thought it was also the Dendarii Free Mercenaries (fitting the merc set) but it turns out they just use boring grey.
A lance of four battlemech miniatures. They are painted with a dark brown on their top halves, sandy brown on their legs, and have some panels in reflective silver. These are a mix of mid-sized ones. A lance of four battlemech miniatures. They are painted with a dark brown on their top halves, sandy brown on their legs, and have some panels in reflective silver. These are mostly small and skinny ones, except for one medium in the center. A lance of four battlemech miniatures. They are painted with a dark brown on their top halves, sandy brown on their legs, and have some panels in reflective silver. These are all relatively large and hefty minis.
December 15, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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I finally got my #battletech kickstarter set a couple weeks ago, with a lot of mechs I never heard of before. Some are cool, some... less so. These first four finish out the brown and silver company I've been working on.
A battlemech miniature painted with a dark brown top section, light brown legs, and silver panels. This Caesar has a sort of vertical disc-shaped center with arms and legs. A battlemech miniature painted with a dark brown top section, light brown legs, and silver panels. This Devastator is a real chonker with four big-ass guns, two sticking out of the side torsos and two on swivel arms. A battlemech miniature painted with a dark brown top section, light brown legs, and silver panels. This Firefly's main body looks like it should be a short, stubby jet plane but someone stuck legs on it. A battlemech miniature painted with a dark brown top section, light brown legs, and silver panels. This Flea has chicken legs which are disproportionately large for its body and two tiny little gun pods. It is about 80% leg.
December 14, 2024 at 1:04 AM
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Four more minis painted this week, continuing the brown and silver pattern. The Highlander's crushed Urbie was a bit tricky, but I gave a very basic red and black scheme with heavy use of some brown wash and black ink to make it look burnt.
A battlemech miniature painted with a warm brown top, lighter sandy brown legs, and silver highlight panels. This Grasshopper is a very tall and spindly humanoid, with a bug-like eye on the head. A battlemech miniature painted with a warm brown top, lighter sandy brown legs, and silver highlight panels. This Highlanders is very chunky and angular. One foot rests on the wreck of a red Urbanmech, which has a lot of dark splotches to make it look charred. A battlemech miniature painted with a warm brown top, lighter sandy brown legs, and silver highlight panels. This Warhammer has two long particle cannons for arms and each shoulder has a two-pack missile launcher. A battlemech miniature painted with a warm brown top, lighter sandy brown legs, and silver highlight panels. This Merlin is smaller than the rest and lacks a distinct head section.
December 8, 2024 at 9:49 PM
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If you see this, post a knight.

"Greetings, valued customer! I'm sorry to bother you but we need to have a short, frank discussion regarding your unpaid phone bill."
A Black Knight battlemech miniature. It is a humanoid robot that looks like a knight due to the helmet shape of its head and other armor plating. It is painted mostly in white and light grey, with a few panels in light blue.
November 28, 2024 at 11:34 PM
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Rounding out the star is the Aiden Pryde legendary Timberwolf, which I painted back in 2022. I used the same paint for the greens but it's lighter - maybe something about how I thinned it? Some yellows are more brassy as the scheme was inspired by the Infernal #exalted as well as the Jade Turkeys.
A Battletech miniature. It is painted light green on the upper body, darker green on the legs, and has several matte yellow and reflective brass panels. This Timberwolf has a conical torso and cockpit like a World War 2 bomber, two boxy missile launchers on the shoulder, and chicken walker legs.
November 25, 2024 at 12:18 AM
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This weekend, I stripped a couple of #battletech minis I wasn't happy with ahead of (hopefully) finally receiving my kickstarter. The Linebacker I painted last year, the rest were redone to match it. Vaguely Jade Falcon-inspired for this star. Linebacker, Horned Owl, Hellbringer, Mad Dog.
A Battletech miniature. It is painted light green on the upper body, darker green on the legs, and has several matte gold panels. This is a Linebacker, which has a hunched, angular shape and chicken walker legs. A Battletech miniature. It is painted light green on the upper body, darker green on the legs, and has several matte gold panels. It has a human shape and is very rounded, with one arm outstretched ahead of it. A Battletech miniature. It is painted light green on the upper body, darker green on the legs, and has several matte gold panels. This Hellbringer is very tall and boxey, with chunky gun arms and several small weapons sticking out of the torso. A Battletech miniature. It is painted light green on the upper body, darker green on the legs, and has several matte gold panels. This Vulture has skinny limbs and its torsos have large missile launchers with twenty launch tubes.
November 25, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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Quickly now, you're being deployed into battle! Your favorite 'Mech is already starting up and being deployed by someone else; what is your secondary pick?

The Nova's a good Clan choice! IS, I'd go with the Black Knight. Reasonably good bracket fire and it just looks neat!
A Black Knight battlemech, painted in green and blue. As the name suggests it looks a bit like an armored night, especially the helmet-shaped head, but it also has a big-ass particle cannon attached to the right arm.
November 23, 2024 at 1:18 AM
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This weekend's painted #battletech minis. Gunslinger, Nightsky, Sagittaire, and Spartan. Warm brown on the top, sandy for the legs, with silver highlights.
A battlemech miniature, painted with a warm oak brown for the body and arms, a sandy brown for the legs, and some panels in reflective silver. This Gunslinger has tubular gun arms and a pointed cockpit. A battlemech miniature, painted with a warm oak brown for the body and arms, a sandy brown for the legs, and some panels in reflective silver. This Nightsky has a gun under its left arm and its right arm is a big hatchet. A battlemech miniature, painted with a warm oak brown for the body and arms, a sandy brown for the legs, and some panels in reflective silver. The Sagittaire has a triangular body is bigger than most and has a bunch of guns sticking out of it. A battlemech miniature, painted with a warm oak brown for the body and arms, a sandy brown for the legs, and some panels in reflective silver. The Spartan is very rounded and has big fists ready to hit something.
November 18, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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If you see this, I invite you to post a picture from your device with no context.
A picture of a blue heron standing in water. It is a blue-grey bird with a long, curved neck and a narrow beak. There are plants partly obscuring the water at the bottom and left side of the photo.
November 15, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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Catching up on painting my #battletech minis, and experimenting a bit with the Urbanmech pack. I mixed some silver with other colors to get the base layers, all over a steel base coat, which turned out pretty nice except the pics have some glare. Seasonal-themed colors here.
An Urbanmech miniature. It looks a bit like a trash can with legs and a big missile pod for a right arm. It is painted a reflective rose with purple and rose highlights. An Urbanmech miniature. It looks a bit like a trash can with legs and a big gun pod for a right arm. It is painted a reflective green with other green shades as highlights. An Urbanmech miniature. It looks a bit like a trash can with legs and small missile pods for arms. It is painted a reflective orange with additional flat orange and yellow highlights. An Urbanmech miniature. It looks a bit like a trash can with legs and a really big gun for a right arm. It is painted a reflective icy blue with additional grey highlights.
November 7, 2024 at 3:18 AM
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The good old Thud is a pretty solid mech. The base model's a bit too ammo-ladden for my taste but it has a lot of fun variants that fix that. The one with extra SRMs is especially fun in smaller maps.
A painted miniature of the Thunderbolt battlemech. It has an off-center cockpit and a big missile launcher on the left shoulder. It is painted in several shades of purple, and the right arm and let are shades of green.
October 19, 2024 at 2:42 AM
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It's not as cool as some of y'all but I'll call six figures / first 10% a win.
User #675,758 - First 10%
September 17, 2024 at 11:14 AM