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Warrant Officer
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Ok hot off the bench is this Royal Phoenix Hawk variant, I found the Unseen Phoenix Hawk at the bottom of a small pile of miniatures I had set aside to repair quite a while ago. Well you all know what it’s like you start off with the notion of doing something and you end up getting side tracked and either forget about what you were going to do in the first place and you simply put those miniatures into a box and they in turn end up being the start of yet another bits box…. (What a vicious circle) Anyway this Phoenix Hawk ‘s arm had snapped off and I had intended to repair it but I had forgotten about it hence it was in the bits box, so I thought I’d try something different and mod it into a royal Phoenix Hawk. I had a cool idea to base the kit bash on the Robotech Strike Veritech as the fluff for the Royal Phoenix Hawk mentions a swivel mounted ER Large laser mounted in the right torso, and as the Robotech Strike Veritech has twin mounted partical canons mounted in the right side torso / thruster I thought that this would look cool and be a good starting point for this little project. So as the left arm needed to be reattached I went ahead and pinned it back but the opposite way around so instead of hand on hip pose as you can see its hand out in the open pose just to be a bit different, the thrusters I recently got in a trade with Cazaril, as soon as I received them it was a case of out with the razor saw, pin vice and my little box of useful bits n bobs to recreate the Strike veritech’s thruster and weapon mount which was made from a off cut of spru and a couple of BB gun pellet heads and a spare Rifleman’s weapon.  Enjoy zac  Here is a bigger and more in focus snap. :wink:  |
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Monsters in the Sky!
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Luft Konteradmiral, K.u.K. Luftflotte
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Gorgeous! Now slap some paint on it!  Seriously, very nicely executed. W. |
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Lieutenant
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Great job! Classic and then some.  |
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Captain
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A little of this and a little of that.
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Gorgeous! Now slap some paint on it! Appended then send it to me, great work and thanks for sharing. |
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Sergeant
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Halfway Hobbies - Don't like it? Do it yourself!
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Looks great. Almost tempted to do a PP version now myself.
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CamoSpecs
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Mastergunz: Brute Force with Finese!
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Gorgeous! Now slap some paint on it! Seriously, very nicely executed. W. Please, come now...this kind of work you do not mearly "slap" paint on.  Just the same, I would love to see this thing painted up. Excellent bash! -Gunz |
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Monsters in the Sky!
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Luft Konteradmiral, K.u.K. Luftflotte
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It's a joke, Gunz - in all the years I've been here, or on LoTB, I think I've seen hundreds of excellent Ava Mango customs, of which about 2 have been painted  |
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Warrant Officer
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It's a joke, Gunz - in all the years I've been here, or on LoTB, I think I've seen hundreds of excellent Ava Mango customs, of which about 2 have been painted This is quite true im afraid over the years ive pretty much lost count of the kit bashes ive done needless to say there has been quite a few, however im not sure what the stumbling block is but cant seem to put paint brush to metal and get the results I want or visualize. I just don’t know as you can see I can still work with miniatures to a reasonable degree and my drawing skills are on the same par and I have a very good eye for color, but when it comes to painting I guess as im not in full control of the paint brushes I tend to lose a lot of my confidence. Now ive hit my 40’s I like to blame it on my eye sight even though ive started to wear reading glasses, but a few years ago I had to retire from full time work due to a serious back injury which effects the amount of time I can sit in comfort, so these days when I can afford it I like to commission my kit bashes out to the Pro painters when I can afford too. Believe me it hurts looking at my display cabinet with only a hand full of painted miniatures on the shelves, but not being able to work does affect your way of living to a degree and as much as I would love to see more of my work painted up im afraid RL has to take priority.  zac |
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CamoSpecs
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Mastergunz: Brute Force with Finese!
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It's a joke, Gunz Oh, I know. Hence the emoticon. Always a fan of your work AM2! -Gunz |
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Lieutenant
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Fantastic. What does the Royal Phoenix Hawk normally carry for weapons? I've always really liked the PHawk, just not the major heat problems of the 3025 version. |
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Warrant Officer
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Fantastic. What does the Royal Phoenix Hawk normally carry for weapons? I've always really liked the PHawk, just not the major heat problems of the 3025 version. BattleMech Technical Readout
Type/Model: Phoenix Hawk (Royal) PXH-1B
Tech: Inner Sphere / 2750
Config: Biped BattleMech
Rules: Level 2, Modified design
Mass: 45 tons
Chassis: Endo Steel
Power Plant: 270 GM XL Fusion
Walking Speed: 64.8 km/h
Maximum Speed: 97.2 km/h
Jump Jets: 6 Standard Jump Jets
Jump Capacity: 180 meters
Armor Type: Standard
Armament:
1 ER PPC
2 Machine Guns
1 ER Large Laser
1 Guardian ECM
Manufacturer: (Unknown)
Location: (Unknown)
Communications System: (Unknown)
Targeting & Tracking System: (Unknown)
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Type/Model: Phoenix Hawk (Royal) PXH-1B
Mass: 45 tons
Equipment: Crits Mass
Int. Struct.: 75 pts Endo Steel 14 2.50
(Endo Steel Loc: 2 RA, 4 LT, 4 RT, 2 LL, 2 RL)
Engine: 270 XL Fusion 12 7.50
Walking MP: 6
Running MP: 9
Jumping MP: 6
Heat Sinks: 10 Double [20] 0 .00
Gyro: 4 3.00
Cockpit, Life Supt., Sensors: 5 3.00
Actuators: L: Sh+UA+LA+H R: Sh+UA+LA+H 16 .00
Armor Factor: 153 pts Standard 0 10.00
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Head: 3 9
Center Torso: 14 21
Center Torso (Rear): 7
L/R Side Torso: 11 16/16
L/R Side Torso (Rear): 6/6
L/R Arm: 7 14/14
L/R Leg: 11 22/22
Weapons and Equipment Loc Heat Ammo Crits Mass
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1 ER PPC RA 15 3 7.00
2 Machine Guns LA 0 200 3 2.00
(Ammo Locations: 1 LT)
1 ER Large Laser RT 12 2 5.00
1 Guardian ECM CT 0 2 1.50
CASE Equipment: LT 1 .50
6 Standard Jump Jets: 6 3.00
(Jump Jet Loc: 3 LT, 3 RT)
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TOTALS: 27 68 45.00
Crits & Tons Left: 10 .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 8,611,840 C-Bills
Battle Value: 1,243
Cost per BV: 6,928.27
Weapon Value: 821 / 821 (Ratio = .66 / .66)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 14; MRDmg = 10; LRDmg = 5
BattleForce2: MP: 6J, Armor/Structure: 4/2
Damage PB/M/L: 2/1/1, Overheat: 1
Class: MM; Point Value: 12
Specials: ecm
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Lieutenant
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Ah, yes, adding the upgraded weapons, and much needed double heat sinks, while maintaining the maneuverability, really makes this one a winner. Although the XL engines scare me a bit, but you can't have everything without giving up something.
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Catalyst Demo Team
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MAD-5S
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Very cool Zac, love the nod to the old school strike veritech!
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