ShimmeringSword

Nightsky 3D Sculpt

Phew, sorry for the delay. Had a lot of social engagements and general "away from computer" time the last few weeks. Now introvert me is getting re-hermitted to my computer so here's a new set of r...

Prototype Lance One

Almost finished with this lance. Just cockpit and weapon jeweling, then basing to go. I guess I could also make my first attempt at attaching antennas. 

Does anyone recall which source b...

Shogun Concept Sketch

Here's one of those funky ones that I know a lot of people have been wanting to see. The Shogun.

A few of the crew wanted to take a shot at this one, but I decided to work on it myself to giv...

New Prototype Washes

While I always intended to paint this batch grey, the primer coverage wasn't quite comprehensive enough on all the minis so I gave them a quick light coat of paint.
I then gave them all a wash, ...

New Prototype Print Closeups

Here are front and back shots of the 8 prototypes I had printed. Wanted to pick a decent tonnage spread, fighting the urge to spam assaults and heavies haha. It was also tough to not go for a bunch...

New Prototype Prints

I had some prints made of our new mechs to paint up for fun and occasionally drop into the local games with, so here are some photos.

Just primer applied at this point, not perfect coverage b...

Penetrator 3D Sculpt

Posting the Sagittaire and Penetrator 3D renders feels like ages after I posted their sketches (well, it has been 4 months) but it's been such a flurry of work and extra content this year that the ...

Schrek Concept Sketch

Back to the vehicle category: "Strictly for blowing things up". The Schrek PPC Carrier.

While there are a few options, I bet many of us think of this tank when looking for a long range direct...

Sagittaire 3D Sculpt

Time for another sculpt from the now mountainous wait list. The Sagittaire.

Glad this one is getting a sculpt, no doubt a favorite cover art design for many of us from decades past.

Scu...

IS Standard Battle Armor

Who's been waiting for this one? More Battle Armor! Inner Sphere Standard this time to face off against the Elementals.

It's not the sexiest piece of armor, but it is in wide spread use and e...

Upcoming Variant Mechs

A few have asked, so here's a big render of all the upcoming mechs we've given variants or reposes. Haven't included the Dragoons box though.

This all comes from the announced Alpha Strike st...

Warrior VTOL Concept Sketch

Bishops design rampage continues. The Warrior VTOL.

New flavor... flying thingy. Personally I never see anyone use VTOL or Aerospace on the table, but I know some of you do. The Warrior makes...

Hermes II 3D Sculpt

And here's the 3D sculpt for the Hermes II, done by Eliza Gibbs.

Similar to the Gargoyle, the nose section will leave players the option to not paint it glass if they like having the "eyes" l...

Hermes II Concept Sketch

Here's one that was soft revealed at Kerensky Con as a prototype print. Time to show you all better shots of the Hermes II. Starting with the design sketch.

Design done by Harri Kallio, then ...

Mobile HQ Concept Sketch

Here's a redesign from Alan Blackwell. The Mobile HQ

I think the first one I've shown fully in the "objective/narrative" category. Few of you are gonna be bringing this one to the field for i...

Hoplite 3D Sculpt

This one I feel came out super awesome, another "Bishop Blowup" success.
The shapes work well to convey a mech that is built to carry around weapons and do little else.

Sculpted by Alan Bl...

Green Lance

Here's my first cohesive lance painted up. The Banshee and Raven joining the Archer and Hunchback I finished previously.

Wanted to go with a simple scheme that pops, that wont be a pain to ad...

Skulker Concept Sketch

Here's another vehicle from Bishop, the Skulker wheeled scout.

Falls pretty soundly into the objective/token category for the kickstarter. These will make great objective/narrative pieces, or...

Vedette Concept Sketch

Time for another flavor. A vehicle you may deploy yourself, but definitely a vehicle your OpFor is gonna have. Mid weight vehicle spam!

Under sketch by Dale Eadeh, finished off by me. I like ...

Highlander IIC Concept Sketch

Here's a surprise post. Somewhere I've apparently shown someone this image and was notified by Harri that it's been leaked out online. Sooo I'm dropping it here through an official channel for ever...

Demolisher Concept Sketch

Here's another of Bishops many vehicle redesigns for the upcoming Kickstarter.
By the way, go check out his patreon page here: patreon.com/BishopSteiner

Round three, flavor 3D, the vanilla...

Pouncer 3D Sculpt

Here's the Pouncer renders I promised. Next up are more vehicle sketches.

I feel this one came out looking really cool, compared to the start of the journey with the original art.

It re...

500 Patrons!

Welcome aboard everyone! I hope your stay is going well.
Hitting 500 patrons is a pretty huge milestone for me, so it was amazing to see everyone rush in over the last 2 weeks. Things were hover...

Wraith 3D Sculpt

So many sketches to post, but also so many 3D renders in line too.

Here's the Wraith sculpted by Alan Blackwell. This shows off the new antenna design it received, which must be thick enough ...

Maxim Hover Concept Sketch

Round two, flavor two.
Utility and objective based vehicles will make a strong appearance in this first run. Many of you are itching to get into combat with vee rules, but some may find themselv...

Galleon Tank Concept Sketch

Lets start things off with a classic, the Galleon.
As I reveal more of the starting vehicle selection you're going to find it a little of an oddball mix, but as much as I'd also prefer an openin...

Vehicle Redesigns

So. You peeps want to see some vehicle redesigns from the upcoming Battletech kickstarter, don't ya?

SLDF Mechwarrior

Hey some color! I tell you time flies, I was going to mention "not too long ago" showing some mechwarrior designs I worked on, but that was THREE YEARS AGO! That was not too long after I re-geared ...

Gunslinger Concept Sketch

Sorry for the quiet end to last month. Almost done crunching out some special items.
Here's one some of you will have seen before in the wild.
The call came in for a Gunslinger redesign and I...

Regent 3D Sculpt + Art

Now that I've gotten around to doing some nice 3D renders of it, here's a post with all my Regent stuff, from years old concept to new sculpt and lineart.

Was very fun to work through this on...