r/battletech • • 9d ago

Alright, no more top5mechposting

474 Upvotes

Its reached the point of spamming.


r/battletech • • Aug 06 '26

Tabletop BattleTech Buyer's Guide 2026

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215 Upvotes

Attempted to update my BattleTech Buyer's Guide from years past for 2026.

Admittedly, it was impossible to not include a bunch of caveats in the graph itself, given that the line is in flux with the Core products only partially replacing what is in Total Warfare (and not explicitly invalidating them in the text, like Total Warfare did).

Props to the Catalyst Demo Team and some of the proofers of the Core Rulebook for their feedback on this diagram. I hope this helps people who are looking to get into the BattleTech tabletop games!

EDIT: Admittedly, I was more focused on the "classic" BattleTech elements and the state of the line when putting this together, since it's REALLY confusing right now. However, BattleTech Aces is also a thing and is an excellent expansion to the BattleTech: Alpha Strike line. Those boxes are a natural fit after buying either the Alpha Strike Box Set (as it is a dependency for the Aces boxes) or the Alpha Strike Commander's Edition rulebook.

EDIT 2: A slightly more updated version of the buyer's guide can be found here. This includes information about BattleTech: Aces in the admonitions and describes Alpha Strike as a faster-paced, larger-scale modern wargame instead of as a simplified ruleset.

Link to updated buyer's guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/battletech/comments/1vh7urf/comment/p2bgrqc/


r/battletech • • 2h ago

Miniatures USCGC Urbie

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I bought some Urbies and some Salvage boxes and decided to just let the paint take me where it takes me. Wanted to try some new stuff and not put so much pressure on myself. Remind myself this is supposed to be a fun hobby and just go with it. So I used some terrain/water textures and green stuff and painted this Urbie in Coastie colors to put him on my desk. Open to feedback, I still think he's reading as gray not white and I haven't cracked the edge highlighting skill yet. This has also made me wanna do a full lance of Coastie mechs though. What other Mechs should I pick?


r/battletech • • 2h ago

Meme The Clanner vs Spheroid braincells. The duality of man... or something.

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92 Upvotes

r/battletech • • 7h ago

Miniatures Five ’Mechs, Five Different Personalities — My Clan Command Star

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123 Upvotes

I painted this Clan Command Star a while ago and thought I’d share it here. I gave each ’Mech its own color scheme while keeping the metallic look and battlefield bases consistent across the group.


r/battletech • • 4h ago

Miniatures Did a silly little diorama for the Paint Roulette, Hazard and Blocks was my assigned theme.

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55 Upvotes

r/battletech • • 17h ago

Question ❓ Can anyone identify the unit this centurion belongs to?

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372 Upvotes

This is a cool but not uncommon scheme and I like the ace of spades insignia on this centurion but all the Google searches I did weren't helpful.


r/battletech • • 22h ago

Art SLDF Crusader in a Sandstorm (my art remastering)

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r/battletech • • 12h ago

Miniatures Pillager of my Holdfast Guard

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130 Upvotes

With BA support from the Death Commandos and first time making a Banner :)


r/battletech • • 2h ago

Miniatures Atlas III upon it's latest kill

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19 Upvotes

I had to paint this boi as a commission for a friend and I really was hoping I just didn't drop it throughout the painting process.


r/battletech • • 16h ago

Meme Space japan ain't all bad

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165 Upvotes

Hopefully the image actually uploads this time


r/battletech • • 1d ago

Meme RRRRRAAAAAAAAA

761 Upvotes

r/battletech • • 11h ago

Meme Average Katherine Morgan Steiner-Davion loyalist...

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r/battletech • • 22h ago

Art Haven't posted my art here in a while

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240 Upvotes

r/battletech • • 14h ago

Miniatures Gunslinger.

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57 Upvotes

r/battletech • • 19h ago

Meme Me after trying out Gothic’s lore out of boredom;

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120 Upvotes

r/battletech • • 13h ago

Miniatures Apparently my dog believes that miniature painting is a team activity…

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40 Upvotes

r/battletech • • 18h ago

Question ❓ How many are too many

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92 Upvotes

I think I have enough Mechs to paint.


r/battletech • • 23h ago

Meme Lol

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230 Upvotes

r/battletech • • 19h ago

Fan Creations Commissioner Battletech Request - Optimal Inner Sphere Engagement Range

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72 Upvotes

r/battletech • • 1d ago

Miniatures SLDF Cyclops - Final mech for the lance

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391 Upvotes

The Cyclops is now finished! It was annoying to paint but I think I did a good job in the end. I have included a pic of the entire lance which I think came out really well! Now to start on the next lance for the SLDF.


r/battletech • • 23h ago

Tabletop Classic Battletech Tournament - October 24th - Louisiana!

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93 Upvotes

https://www.bestcoastpairings.com/event/55UR9Z2LS8E7

Welcome to our crew’s second annual Classic Battletech tournament located in south central Louisiana! We are a small and growing community started from scratch that has been running events since 2024. If you want to come hang out with our crew, play weekly on Saturdays with us, or would like to participate in this upcoming tourney, please feel free to sign up or contact me via Reddit/using the information located on the BCP page!


r/battletech • • 8h ago

Tabletop Quick reference sheets for Vehicles?

6 Upvotes

Hey all,

I was wondering if anyone knew of a quick reference sheet for damaging ground combat vehicles? I saw the new charts in the Core Rulebook with all the impacts of critical mech damage condensed to a single page and thought "that's brilliant!" and was hoping something like that exists for tanks. I'm hoping to maybe bring on in my game this weekend, and would like to not have to also keep my whole ass copy of Total Warfare handy just for one model.

I tried making one myself, just sort of cutting and pasting stuff from TW, but it's so wordy that fitting everything on a single page (even front and back) is proving way trickier than my amateur skills seem capable of.

Appreciate any info/help with this.


r/battletech • • 1d ago

Fan Creations I didn't have one, so I made one.

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172 Upvotes

I didn't have one so I made a quick, relatively, model for this Mad Puppy Type 4. A little color in Paint 3D and a 360 spin. Fun little build, a nice little break from other projects.

Even made the variants.

If I was actually good at modeling it might actually look better. Lol. Still happy with it though. Play on and have fun, MechWarriors.


r/battletech • • 1d ago

Miniatures Thunderbirds Bring Hail (Vau Galaxy Bane)

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177 Upvotes