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It's been a whole month already!  That means it's time to pick my favourite print from the last few weeks to give the award of POTM... This month it actually goes to two prints, the large scale Locust and Centurion Battlemechs from Battletech! As any of you who know me even a little will probably be aware I am a big fan of all things Battletech, from the tabletop game to the Mechwarrior games on PC.  I have even begun printing out my own set of tabletop scale Battlemechs which I will probably talk about at some point in the future, but for now here is a sneak peek; The normal scale for a Battlemech in tabletop would be 1:285 or 6mm, making a 14meter tall 'mech roughly 50mm tall.  My large scale models however are quite a bit bigger than that!  The Locust is around 135mm tall making it 1:60 scale and the Centurion is 155mm tall making it 1:96 scale. I've definitely got a couple more large scale 'mechs planned and will definitely post about them in the fut...

As far back as I can remember I have been a fan of Battletech, even without knowing it for most of that time.  My introduction came in the form of video games, namely my Dad's copy The Crescent Hawks Revenge back in the 90's; I'll most likely do another post at some point detailing the history and setting of Battletech but is has such a vast amount of lore that I won't be going into it here. There are so many PC and console games based within the Battletech Universe but most recent ones have been a first person style simulator game which come under the title of Mechwarrior.  Mechwarrior 4 was my first real introduction into the world of Mechwarrior games and thouroughly enjoyed both it and the resulting spin off - Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries, where you took command of your own mercenary group in the Inner Sphere, earning cash and influencing politics on planets by choosing sides. The most recent game has been Mechwarrior Online (MWO).  I love the art directio...