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Let's talkabout 'Mechs bay-bee
Comparisons - Old vs New
Just comparisons of some of the mechs I already own against the new sculpts from Clan Invasion – Annoyingly I couldn’t dig out an OG Timber Wolf as the three I own are in bits, so instead a couple of Wahnsa resins, a Mad Cat mk.II and a Mad Cat mk.III will have to make do. Overall though? I do appreciate the more consistent scaling of the new minis, and in general they retain the character of the classic designs just updated to modern standards. It’s going to be interesting to see if this is applied to any metals that Ironwind put out going forwards….
I don’t know if Ironwind could simply copy the design that is now made by Catalyst… unless Catalyst is ok with another company making the same product in different material and potentially quality?
i can’t imagine that catalyst would be very happy with another miniature maker directly copying their designs no, they seem cool with the idea of people producing and selling other versions of their IP but even they would i believe complain about direct copying
But at the same time they literally ship the boxes with flyers for these companies. Which is strange. XD
As the everything to do with BT the licensing is all over the place. God knows who owns what rights to make what. Not sure what Iron wind own in that regards in the same way not sure If Ral Partha own some of those rights to the miniatures as well or just permission to cast and distribute in Europe
I’ve given up trying to work out Ral Partha’s place in things given how many units are not available form their website, especially newer designs (yes, still bitter I can’t grab a Gurkha, Fafnir or Mad Cat mk.IV from them). I do seem to remember reading something about how IWM will be starting to roll out minis based on the modernised aesthetics of MWO/MW5/HBS Battletech and CGL’s latest output, both alternate poses of some of the plastics, new sculpts and conversion bits for variants (that last one I’m not too sure on – might be getting confused with some of… Read more »
I really prefer the modern take on Mech design by MWO and then MechWarrior5, some of the originals look so goofy in comparison.
edited as replied to wrong comment
Yeah, I came to the Battletech universe by way of MechWarrior 3 & 4 where the designs were a lot chunkier, generally more uniform, and just looked more interesting. I know they are very much of their time, and from a purely technical standpoint the sheer number of unique ‘mech designs that have been designed is mind boggling, but some of them were just not good (I think mainly humanoid chassis like the Commando and the Banshee). The problem of course then becomes that modernising the aesthetics of a franchise like Battletech requires the sort of investment that has honestly… Read more »