Code Name: Spartan
Faction: Peace River
Manufacturer: Paxton
Height: 4.7 meters
Weight: 7,330 kg
Baconradar’s Summary: A reliable heavy paratrooper offering strong weapons to airdrop groups
Heavy Gear Spotlight – Razorback
Code Name: Razorback
Faction: The North
Manufacturer: Northco
Height: 4.7 meters
Weight: 8,134 kg
Baconradar’s Summary: A tough, flexible ground pounder, badly overshadowed by better choices
Heavy Gear Spotlight – BF2-21
Code Name: BF2-21
Faction: CEF
Manufacturer: Colonial Expeditionary Force
Height: 4.6 meters
Weight: 5,950 kg
Baconradar’s Summary: Highly mobile sniper with great variants and a cheaper little brother
Heavy Gear Spotlight – Jackal
Code Name: Jackal
Faction: Peace River
Manufacturer: Paxton
Height: 4.2 meters
Weight: 5,930 kg
Baconradar’s Summary: Cheap, offensively versatile, but fragile paratrooper gear
Note: The Jackal is currently unreleased, but you can see a preview of the model, which will be pewter, here: http://www.dp9.com/content/new-jackal-3d-model-preview
Heavy Gear Blitz – Rattlesnake
Been painting up another obsolete old model for my mercenary compagnie in Heavy Gear Blitz. This time it’s the Rattlesnake which was an early strike gear, faster and lighter than a Jager and, crucially, armed with a medium rocket pack (MRP) rather than the light rocket pack of similar cheap gears (or even the Black Mamba strike gear!).
The Rattlesnake doesn’t have any stats in the Living Rule Book, but I will be posting stats up on the blog so others can add it to their game.
I’m pretty happy with how he came out. I think it’s clear my painting style is slowly moving toward higher contrast models with more variation in shade, but more gradual transitions
Heavy Gear Chargeur Engineering Gear
Here’s my most recent completed model, the Chargeur Engineering Gear for NuCoal. I really like all the engineering models in the game, and I’m planning to eventually build a squad with one of each type for my NuCoal force. I’m fairly pleased with the base, which has the gear either clearing debris, building an impromptu roadblock, or shifting supplies around or the edge of a road through the badlands. I’m also very happy with the canopy, which was my first attempt at painting this kind of effect.
Heavy Gear Spotlight – Klemm
Code Name: Klemm
Faction: The North
Manufacturer: Norlight Industries
Height: 2.5 meters
Weight: 25,650 kg
Baconradar’s Summary: A super tough little support tank with two great variants
Heavy Gear Spotlight – King Cobra
Code Name: King Cobra
Faction: South
Manufacturer: Territorial Arms Skunk Works
Height: 5.2 meters
Weight: 10,120 kg
Baconradar’s Summary: An elite and versatile anti-gear weapons platform which excels in two roles
Heavy Gear Blitz – King Cobra merc
Peep peep!
I’ve been doing some more painting, this time of an old Tactical era King Cobra model I got super, super cheap from well known French gaming site Ludik Bazar. Now the model itself I would consider quite a bit worse than the excellent modern Blitz era metal King Cobra – the key differences are that the pose is very static, the weapons are smaller, there’s a little less detail, the stylised look of the Heavy Gear illustrations aren’t really captured, the shoulder rocket pack is different/worse, the hands are normal sized rather than the massive an iconic manipulators, the artillery rocket system is missing entirely, and there are no ears at all!
Still for the price they were a bargain and with some modifications (modded artillery rockets, newer mortar, modified cut down rotary cannon, a pair of old tac era knife blades stuck on as ears and a few other minor changes) I think the model ended up looking pretty good.
Here he is without his weapons (both hands are magnetised). Click on for plenty more pics.
Heavy Gear Spotlight – Bobcat
Code Name: Bobcat
Faction: The North
Manufacturer: Northco
Height: 4.3 meters
Weight: 5,689 kg
Baconradar’s Summary: A cheap, simple, and reliable TD capable recon gear
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