repost from last thread I'm this guy I've never painted minis before so here are some dumb ass questions. Do I need to prime the plastic BT or RT minis? Is the "thin your damn paints" meme a legit thing? Should I do paint schemes based off of official factions or just make some shit up? Should my minis be uniform in design? If not I was thinking one style for the intro box mechs, another for the lance pack mechs, and a different one for the RT unseens.
Jeremiah Davis
And reposting my reply:
1. Yes 2. Yes 3. Do what you like. Camo is always a reasonable choice though, since the bright and colorful schemes are generally parade colors and most units camo up as necessary for combat anyway. The parade schemes stand out more on the table though. 4. Again, do what you like. But for variety's sake you might consider dividing the box into at least two schemes, especially for the sake of easy player ID. If you really want to get fancy, divvy up into lances and paint each differently.
Charles Perez
It's a shame the Lyrans are the only ones who could do something worthwhile with a Banshee.
Though what model are they still producing as of the Dark Age?
Eli Miller
So how would a mercenary company go about buying vehicles? The traditional way of buying 'Mechs is the "you have to be this famous to shop here", but how about stuff like tanks and helicopters? Could you simply ring up Ceres Metals, order four Pos and request delivery to wherever you are, and get a "certainly, that'll be 4,259,200 C-bills plus delivery"? I'm guessing some of the more aggressive marketers (like Ceres with the Po, Scarborough with their trio and especially Quickscell) wouldn't look at the unit's Dragoon rating to determine whether they're cool enough to ride their tanks.
Evan Miller
9S2 is the latest model at least, and it and the 3Mr are the only ones with MUL info for the DA, the rest lacking info at all, but pretty much all of them have availability up to the Early Republic at least, even the introtech models including the 3S.
Though given the 9S2 is a variant of the 9S and makes a few sacrifices to firepower for a boosted C3 slave, I imagine the 9S is still getting cranked out at least.
Evan Turner
Vees have always been easier to get a hold of than 'Mechs. So more or less.
The other good source could be from auctions. Merc units going bankrupt would have their gear seized to pay their debtors. Or for similar reasons, you could buy out the debt of a tanker force and subsume them into your roster.
Dominic Smith
Chances are you wouldn't buy direct from the factory. If they're that big, you're going to have a distributor or reseller located nearby. I imagine worlds like Galatea and Outreach have whole sectors of their main cities devoted to resellers and punters of combat equipment stationed there, transmitting orders back to the factories or elsewhere.
Wyatt Jackson
Can probably get a good deal on worlds like Solaris too can't you?
