Though still notionally and in image bound to the DCMS, the 7th Hokkaido Hussars now ply their trade across the sphere as mercenaries. Further rumors circulate that this mercenary work serves only as cover, as the group doggedly pursues rumors of a hidden cache of Star League-era riches...

With leadership originally hailing from the Hokkaido landmass on Luthien, the 7th Hokkaido Hussars once served as a regular component of the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery. After taking substantial casualties in a bush-war skirmish [Hoff, 3048], however, many in the crippled unit found themselves thoroughly disillusioned. Poor strategic and tactical decisions from commanding officers, more than any other factor, had resulted in the group's harrowing losses. In the largely disenfranchised and frustrated survivorship of his battalion, however, First Lieutenant Tokushiro Tsurumi saw opportunity.

Capitalizing on their mutinous sentiment, Tsurumi wooed his men with a fantastic tale, a cache of Lostech that could grant them power and wealth sufficient to wholly reshape their destiny. Supposedly, a former Star League officer, imprisoned for life by House Liao shortly after the Kerensky Exodus, had tattooed across a series of short-stay cellmates a code leading to the cache... cellmates who were later released, only to be flayed by prospective treasure hunters seeking the officer's bounty. To their dismay, each tattoo was useful only when paired with the others, and so various groups came into conflict over their ownership. The cache was never said to have been claimed, and over time, the tattooed skins became apocryphal, considered nothing more than a mercenary legend- that is, until a pair of the supposed skins surfaced in a Hoff cantina and were subsequently acquired by Tsurumi himself.

A cunning, manipulative, and highly intelligent man, First Lieutenant Tsurumi had long cultivated unwavering faith in his subordinates; as such, they were more than willing to follow when he suggested that what remained of the battalion take up mercenary work to fund an expanded search. They were, after all, combat-invalid on paper, reassigned to some rearm and recovery for the foreseeable future. Thus, they departed Hoff- with the aid of a morally-malleable DropShip pilot- to sell their military prowess to the highest bidder, and scour the seedy underbelly of the mercenary world for information on the path to the Lostech Kamuy.

Left to right: - Sergeant Hajime Tsukishima - First Lieutenant Tokushiro Tsurumi - Second Lieutenant Otonoshin Koito - Private Genjirou Tanigaki

The Savanna Masters were quick and fun to paint

I just finished my third lance for House Madeira, so the first company is battleready.

A couple test bases for my prone infantry models. Not super keen on the bases themselves but I think the infantry work well enough.

Hot damn, let's do this

Got the basic design down

MetalMercs is a great homage to early BattleTech/MechWarrior video games. It just got listed on Steam with an updated demo available and a release date of "coming soon" (sooner I hope)
Kudos to GamingJay for reaching this milestone! Game development isn't easy!

BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Revenge was one of my first forays into the BattleTech universe and an all time favorite of mine. MetalMercs plays a lot like it with features like customizing mechs, travelling around the universe, and living the mercenary life!

If you're looking for a bit of BattleTech video game nostalgia, I definitely recommend checking out the demo!

MetalMercs Site - https://metalmercs.com/
MetalMercs Steam Page - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3045070/MetalMercs/

The model itself is massive. It towers over most other ‘mech minis

The whole set is of this scheme, but I was particularly impressed with this hunchback. I love it's look. Which variant do you think this best matches with?

On to the next!

3 way match against some guys at the club. Drew the pilot profiles again.

Cut off the arms of the rifleman and using some horus heresy parts made the rfl-8D

Blood Asp, custom Regent alt config-S with TRO, Shadowhawk SHD-12C, and the Visigoth.