Leland's Fusiliers: Wolfhound, Blackjack, Wolverine

Once again, I've exhausted my supply of mech miniatures to paint. Here are the first three "new-sculpt" members of the Leland's Fusiliers mercenary company. It's a good start for those plucky young hotshots.

• Wolfhound (35 tons, WLF-1A, BV 967)
• Blackjack (45 tons, BV 949)
• Wolverine (55 tons, BV 1,101)

Total mechs: 3
Total tons:  135
Total battle value: 3,017

As an aside, this leaves me with just shy of 1,000 points to make this into a 4,000 BV medium lance. A Centurion or Whitworth would fit nicely to round out this jack-of-all-trades lance. It'll probably just end up being whatever mech works best from the next Lance Box I find.

Aka-Oni Irregulars: Panther and Jenner

While Battletech is sold out pretty much everywhere, but some stroke of luck, my friendly local gaming store had ten Striker Lance boxes (and no other Battletech). I picked one up and added a Panther and Jenner to my forces. These mechs are a hallmark of the Draconis Combine, so they'll fit in perfectly if I use the Aka-Oni as Kuritan forces.

• Panther (35 tons, BV 769)
  
• Jenner (35 tons, BV 875)

Total mechs: 14
Total tons:  705
Total battle value: 14,285

Fun fact! Despite having twice the mechs as my Clan Ghost Bear force, the full might of the Aka-Oni Irregulars is still inferior in terms of total battle value, 14,285 to 15,760. (This doesn't even take into account the two points of Elemental Battlearmor at 280 points each). It might be a close battle, especially if the Ghost Bears fight "honorably," but this just illustrates how powerful (or overpowered) ClanTech is versus the 3025 Inner Sphere technology I enjoy.

Aka-Oni Irregulars: Third Lance (Full Company)

Here are the last members of the Irregulars (for a time). This is at least in part because I have no more mechs to paint (except for another Wolverine, but there's already one in the Irregulars). We have a Flea (20 tons), a Marauder (75 tons), and a Commando (25 tons).

• The Flea is an older miniature, as shown by the differently-shaped base. Most of the older models don't scale well to the new stuff, but the Flea is a tiny 20-tonner, so I think it fits OK. It's just an armored box on legs, so even if it's less detailed than the new models, it still works.
• The Marauder was in the Kickstarter "Legendary" salvage box that I received with my pledge.
• The Commando is a design that I really like. A fast, light mech with a bunch of short range missiles ready to step in and exploit any holes in enemy armor. It's a lovely little critical-fisher.

This brings the Aka-Oni Irregulars up to three full lances. Here's the full company list, in order by tonnage (then by battle value 2.0).

• Flea (20 tons, FLE-16 BV 506)
  
• Locust (25 tons, BV 432)
• Commando (25 tons, BV 541)
• Urbanmech (30 tons, BV 504)
• Shadow Hawk (55 tons, BV 1,064)
• Wolverine (55 tons, BV 1,101)
• Griffin (55 tons, BV 1,272)
• Thunderbolt (65 tons, BV 1,335)
• Catapult (65 tons, BV 1,399)
• Marauder (75 tons, BV 1,363)
• Awesome (80 tons, BV 1,605)
• Battlemaster (85 tons, BV 1,519)

Total mechs: 12
Total tons:  635
Total battle value: 12,641

Light lance: Flea, Locust, Commando, Urbanmech (100 tons, BV 1,983)
Medium lance: Shadow Hawk, Wolverine, Griffin, Thunderbolt (230 tons, BV 4,772)
Heavy lance: Catapult, Marauder, Awesome, Battlemaster (305 tons, BV 5,886)

Aka-Oni Irregulars: Second Lance

Left to right: Shadow Hawk, BattleMaster, Urbanmech, Awesome, Catapult

Five more battlemechs to join my red and yellow team. It's a solid lance... and one extra friend. We have a Shadow Hawk (55 tons), BattleMaster (85 tons), UrbanMech (30 tons), Awesome (80 tons), and a Catapult (65 tons). That's two Assault class, one Heavy, one Medium, and one Light. The Urbie does not belong with his friends, but they accept him anyway.

Total tons: 315
Total battle value: 6091

That brings us up to nine mechs for the unit, leaving us just three mechs short of a full Company. I just happen to have three more mechs ready to paint up, pretty much the last of my Battletech miniatures. They're sold out practically everywhere, sadly, and the global shipping crisis doesn't look like it's letting up any time soon.

Total tons for the Aka-Oni Irregulars: 515
Total battle value for the Aka-Oni Irregulars: 10231