Painting My First Battletech Set
By Kreighton Long
A former student of mine recently introduced me to Battletech. We played a few games over the last year and it gradually grew on me. At first, I was content to play with the models that my friend provided for our games, but that contentment did not last.
Perhaps it was rewatching Neon Genesis Evangelion over the summer, or older influences like Gundam or Pacific Rim, but either way I felt drawn to painting my own mech force. As I have little experience with the lore, game play, or mechanics, I decided to prioritize which set I wanted to try my hand at by the rule-of-cool.
I perused available Battletech sets and narrowed down my options by weighing which sculpts I felt looked the coolest. I ended my search by committing to the Wolf’s Dragoons set.
As this was my first foray into Battletech, I approached the project with more caution than I probably should have. I tested out a few schemes and decided to go with a simple striped grey pattern. If, or more likely when, I get a second set to paint I hope to be more courageous with that paint scheme.
With my mechs painted, the next step was to try them out on the table. I met up with my former student and we gave my models their baptism of fire. The objective was randomly place on the board and fortunately for me, it landed on my half of the table. I rushed a mech onto the objective and held on tight.
We blasted away at each other for the next two hours and my mech held on to the objective earning me a victory. The absence of any destroyed mechs despite all the firing was a bit anti-climatic but maybe next time will be more destructive.
Happy painting!