Sometimes you win big.
Sometimes I might be the Niode Lottery, or it may be a 'Hail Mary' attack in a Clan War during overtime that gets you the win and the gold.
And sometimes its walking into the cheap shop and scoring a load of toy robots that you can use in your hobby. At 17 cents US a figure, they were an absolute steal.
The best part about it was that some of them were just crying out for a little minor modification to something we all recognise and love.One in particular caught my eye, as it was so close to an Antithesis it was uncanny. The feet were a problem (the originals were like chicken feet), but I had a donor for them. A scavenge of spare parts netted me some better shoulder pads, and the wife kindly donated some pins with large heads for the main weaponry.
Just goes to show that all is fair in love, war and model conversion.A quick hack and glue had the model ready to paint.
Now the thing I love about the 'Thesis is it's colour scheme; that matte black is so easy to do with a simple white undercoat and a black ink wash. The pins themselves would give the shiny silver of weapons that are powered and ready to fire.
The only deviation from the standard colour scheme was in the shoulder pads... this one has the Red and Gold to signify my command mech 'Wellington'.Here's a hint Nick... probably the biggest pop you are going to get from the player community isn't going to be from gameplay or story lines. It's going to be the day when we can colour our mechs to our own personal or clan livery. Just saying.
But at the end of the day, a model is just a model until you send it to war...
Time to go out on patrol methinks.
Submitted by David McCallum #701548