Battlefield salvage being deeply ingrained as canon has always allowed for very cool opportunities for cool mech models. It just takes some time, patience, some blood (from the pinning), sweat and maybe tears mixed with some ingenuity to make it happen 😁
@CrankyOldGamer
Жыл бұрын
Totally. Its hard to overstate how much fun I had on this little project. If you have the means and interest I highly recommend it!
@warhammertrash1626
Жыл бұрын
I love the Hatchetman with the Griffin arm, makes me imagine he got tired of that arm taking fire while using it as a shield to advance, so he scavenged a Griffin for the big, bulky shoulder-shield to help protect the CT and head.
@CrankyOldGamer
Жыл бұрын
Haha thanks! These guys were so much fun to convert and paint!
@BoredBob
2 жыл бұрын
I can totally see these fitting in with a Colosseum style "keep what you kill" weekly drop in game.
@CrankyOldGamer
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@BoredBob
Жыл бұрын
@@CrankyOldGamer Maybe even at the start of the month or the year everyone picks out a number of points worth of mechs to field with no mech or weapon replacements and then at the end of each game salvage rules apply to cobble together repairs between games and see who makes it to the end of the month or year. Maybe even each player starting out with X number of random salvage boxes.
@CrankyOldGamer
Жыл бұрын
@@BoredBob thats a great idea!
@oleksaderzybis9052
28 күн бұрын
Taurian citizen here. Your Frankenmechs are the best mechs I've seen in a Web. As a proud owner of industrial mech army, I thought I've seen it all. But those are just... gold. Bravo!
@ColourOfTheGods
2 жыл бұрын
This is great, very inspiring for me as someone who is a Taurian player and keen on building out many other periphery forces
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I feel the Periphery is such a massive untapped area. Lots of focus on the 5 main Houses.
@ColourOfTheGods
Жыл бұрын
@@CrankyOldGamer "Hippidy hoppity, get off my property" - ancient Taurian proverb 100% agree with you, awesome area
@ZombieSexmachine
Жыл бұрын
As a fellow Taurian player you should look at the tortuga pirates. They operate in that area and have some cool lore. Like them being a pirate faction that produces thier own mech the brigand. A 25 ton mech designed for pirate raids, hits hard moves fast and has very low back armor. So they don't think run from the fight.
@Spartaner251
2 жыл бұрын
The only frankenmech we have in an online campaign is a Wolverine with a Panther head, we call it the Pantherin. The Wolverine pilot lost the mech to the Panther. But we won the mission and salvaged the Panther.
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
I love it. I can see in the universe that mech companies often scrounging and jury-rigging mech repairs to often come up with functional but odd combinations of mech parts, just to keep things running!
@catzo_5762
2 жыл бұрын
God, this makes me wish I had a 3-D printer so bad!! I don't want to cut up my CGL or metal models, but I'd love to take apart 3-D printer ones, sadly, I don't have the space for a printer atm.
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
I hear ya. Ive ordered 3d prints for a purpose like this. Often they have failed prints that they'll sell super cheap
@JustinThorLPs
2 жыл бұрын
If you can squeeze a nightstand in somewhere you got room for a 3D printer they don't take up that much space
@lightningchegg4823
2 жыл бұрын
Decent resin printers are pretty small.
@jboubel
2 жыл бұрын
Don't have a bit box. :-( Love your mechs. Now I want to try this experiment later. After u do my factions
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Totally worth it just ordering some bits or bumming some off a buddy!
@michaelsudsysutherland5353
2 жыл бұрын
Under represented, yet completely awesome, way to build a force of mechs! I've painted a bunch of cammoed up mechs (3D prints, 3rd party resin, and CGL official...), and now it's time to build up a pirate or Bandit Kingdom force! Thanks for the inspiration here. Now, to get the source books for the Periphery....
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! Thank you! I had so much fun doing this small project, so glad I did it. Would love to see what you do with yours!
@danielmorgan1104
6 ай бұрын
I would totally accept someone using their frankenmech in their unit build!
@CrankyOldGamer
5 ай бұрын
Thanks! Theyre too fun to leave at home!
@ironelemental9367
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome army you got there! That large laser on the Phoenix Hawk is the laser sight from the space marine handheld lascannon. Comes with the devastator box. For those who want to recreate it or if you need that bit again. I would definately play against an army like that. Great creativity on the hobby table makes for great stories on the gaming table!
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@luckyomen
2 жыл бұрын
The metal scuff paint tip is fantastic, thanks!
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Hey thank you!
@jameseast9229
Жыл бұрын
Just getting into BT as of a few months ago, and I'm already kitbashing some 3025/3039 Frankenmechs from my duplicates. Patchwork paint is a great idea! I already stated them out in Megamek Lab, and I'm looking at doing at least two more so I can have two full lances for my Mech Warrior Destiny games. My take on the sombrero is that it probably came out of a junkyard, or off the sign for a long forgotten star league era restaurant, lmao. Great video! Thanks for the inspiration.
@CrankyOldGamer
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, and thanks for watching!
@theredbeardbard
2 жыл бұрын
First! Dude these are flippin awesome. Love all the little added details and the paint jobs really make it look cobbled and pieced together
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha thank you! This project was so much fun! I highly recommend it to anyone.
@johnw5154
Жыл бұрын
Great video. Definitely need more BT videos please 😊
@CrankyOldGamer
9 ай бұрын
Thank you! Definitely need to get back on the content train!
@damianarvizu1095
4 ай бұрын
I love this!!! As a kitbasher, I wanted to do something like this
@CrankyOldGamer
3 ай бұрын
I had so much fun doing it and I highly encourage it.
@z3r0_35
2 жыл бұрын
I own a 3D printer, which I usually use for making stuff I can't buy officially (I do buy the official stuff when I can afford to, mind you, but some stuff just isn't made by CGL or IWM right now). Frankenmechs are one of two big ways I salvage misprinted minis (the other being scenery), and sometimes I end up with some really fascinating stuff. One particularly interesting one I ended up with actually wasn't a mech at all, it was the torso of an UrbanMech URM-AIV (WoB nuke launcher)...on a tank hull. I figured it was a perfect representation of a Dark Age salvage job seen somewhere on the fringes of what had previously been the FWL or something like that, maybe something you might see the Marians deploy to provide mobile artillery support if they don't have enough Testudos to do the job.
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Love this! I could totally see some crew in the Periphery doing this!
@st4rm4st3r
Жыл бұрын
after consulting the unit color compendium, if you wanted to play under a specific faction, every last one of those fit "Ryan's Rebels" the closest, also that sombrero is friggen hilarious :D edit: to answer your question at the end, if you're ever in the DFW area, i would LOVE to tussle your pirates against my homebrew Mercs with Star League 'Mechs :)
@CrankyOldGamer
Жыл бұрын
Thats awesome, Ill have to look those up! And thank you, if Im in the area Ill take you up on it!
@bruced648
2 жыл бұрын
absolutely, from the early ral partha mini's, had a Warhammer with a broken ppc arm. attached a marauder arm to replace it. the first battletech mini's were actually models produced by twentieth century imports. Slightly larger than the ral partha line (approx 1/160th scale). chopped up several of those.
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Im so glad I did this project, glad to hear others have too!
@ogre7699
6 ай бұрын
I just saw the mech with the sombrero. Mexican mech. Immediate like. I'm actually interested in Frankenmechs generally, despite being absolutely new to all of this as of writing. I'm unsure if I can kind of mix and match bits within the rules, but I would absolutely love to do that at some point even if I can't. I feel like the concept has so much potential, and I would love to explore it. The problem is going to be getting spare bits, as I don't own a 3d printer. Problems for later. I used to main Orkz for 40k, so I can improvise.
@CrankyOldGamer
6 ай бұрын
Yeah - take your time and learn the game, then branch out and go crazy with conversions!
@damianarvizu1095
4 ай бұрын
¡Órale! 👍
@verysilentmouse
2 жыл бұрын
great ideas love this
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@whatwouldoptimusdo
2 жыл бұрын
This is a great idea! Thank you!
@CrankyOldGamer
Жыл бұрын
You bet! Thanks for watching!
@msmilder25
Жыл бұрын
very creative, nice job!
@CrankyOldGamer
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@danielmorgan1104
6 ай бұрын
I love the rough and tumbledown look of those mechs. What would be cool is to actually stat them out WYSIWYG. If the mech has a hand weapon, then the Mech gets the Melee weapon Special ability. The pilot would no doubt have a specific skill with that Melee weapon. Those all could be part of a poor world's "Militia" out in the Periphery or even within one of the great houses planets. I got the Snord's Irregulars Merc box set and bought an extra Rifleman Frankenmech so that I could do both versions of it. I've done some modification on shorty Sneed's version in that I took an old WH40K axe that I had in my bits box and put it in the Archer hand on it. I gave Rhonda Snord's Highlander a Sword. Both will have the Melee Special added to their mech stats. I plan on getting another Black Knight and will be putting a sword in it's Left hand and will likely scratch build large Shoulder Pauldrons for it or something or maybe a shield.
@Mephiston
Жыл бұрын
FWIW that "augmented large laser" barrel from your crossbones is actually a devastator las cannon scope
@CrankyOldGamer
Жыл бұрын
That sounds about right!
@d.unterreiner161
Жыл бұрын
I would love a video on how exactly to make one of these and also seeing sone industrial mech parts mixed in.
@CrankyOldGamer
9 ай бұрын
That is a great idea! Been hankerin to create a new batch of these!
@vralingfrostmere1561
Жыл бұрын
i've got only one frankenmech and i absolutely love it, it's a huntsman with the legs of an artic wolf
@CrankyOldGamer
Жыл бұрын
Thats awesome!
@vralingfrostmere1561
Жыл бұрын
@@CrankyOldGamer thinking about taking a crab and making a "crab II" concept by using some other kits that omniforged makes to beef it up and give it more hardpoints
@nicholasgordon4999
2 жыл бұрын
Very cool. Love the theme and paint jobs.
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@steveharrison76
2 жыл бұрын
Haha! These are so cool! Inspiring for my little battletech project getting me into the game - nice work, boss!
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@OldJobobo
4 ай бұрын
yeah I was already fantisising about doing something just like this, Minus the sombrero.
@CrankyOldGamer
3 ай бұрын
I admit the sombrero is a bit extra
@ZimMan2
3 ай бұрын
Confusing Serenity with Serendipity is cracking me up.
@CrankyOldGamer
3 ай бұрын
Lol!
@03dashk64
2 жыл бұрын
You should definitely watch Firefly! It still holds up. I got my start with Serenity (not Serendipity lol. Unless you like Romcoms!) and then watched Firefly. It is such a great show. Second favorite sci-fi after The Expanse
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Im slow-watching The Expanse now!
@03dashk64
2 жыл бұрын
@@CrankyOldGamer give the books a read after! Last book released this year and finished up the series. They are great
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
@@03dashk64 oooh great - I didnt realize it was a book series - thanks for pointing that out! Books tend to have more richness to them.
@03dashk64
2 жыл бұрын
@@CrankyOldGamer oh yeah! It’s a super successful book series. The show is good, but the books are able to dive into so much more. Also one of my favorite book series. I hope you enjoy it!
@hraughr
2 жыл бұрын
space Mexicans, that sombrero and that hatchetman look superb!
@CrankyOldGamer
Жыл бұрын
Haha thank you!
@joeg875
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome. I love it!
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! Appreciate you watching and leaving a comment - it means a lot to me!
@terrainaholic
2 жыл бұрын
The concept and execution are AWESOME!!!!!!!!! i have some old air craft carriers that would look GREAT in a bad lands table with mecs turning it into a base:)!!!
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha thank you my man! Much appreciated!
@Max-oi4kj
2 жыл бұрын
Получилось круто, продолжайте в том же духе, у вас классно получается
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@chrisdegraaff1418
Жыл бұрын
Love it!
@CrankyOldGamer
Жыл бұрын
Hey thank you!!!
@denisrandall5355
2 жыл бұрын
The first Fankienmech I first read about was a mech in a merchant handbook it had Warhammer legs torso of a crusade
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Happens way more than one might expect. Frankly, esp in the Periphery, heavily modified mechs are pretty common!
@willbbwluvr
5 күн бұрын
Look like something that the Van Zandt Free State Militia would field! So very proud right now *heavy breathing in deep periphery*
@idiotluggage
11 ай бұрын
I just got into the game, but I love moding minis.
@CrankyOldGamer
11 ай бұрын
Its super fun! I need to do it more often
@Vessekx
2 жыл бұрын
If someone brought those to the table, I’d want to see & verify the sheets for how the mods altered the base stats, but other than that I’d be down. Custom & customized units are awesome. I like to run a Panther 8Z/ALAG that packs an extra SRM-4 into the mix.
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
I think that is totally fair!
@Vessekx
2 жыл бұрын
@@CrankyOldGamer, yep. Custom Mechs are part & parcel of BT. Being that shadow hawk with the axe to the table, and you’ll be fine. Just make sure you’ve accounted for the tonnage you needed to find to add it, and the crit slots it takes up. I’d guess a downgrade of the AC and/or dropping some missile system(s)/ammo as the trade off. (IIRC, hatchets are 1 ton & 1 crit slot per 15 tons info ‘Mech, so it’d need to ‘find’ 4 tons. Could even be as simple as dropping the LRM-5, and jump jets, with a bit of room left over to up the armor. (Working just from memory, without access to my books, so I may be misremembering some details.) Not a difficult alteration to make, regardless, and some nice flavor for the periphery unit to boot.
@boneshaman8912
2 жыл бұрын
I have a few mechs I have kit bashed. I have a deviantart page under the name boneshaman to see what I have done. Nothing extravagant has what you have. I have a Akuma that I modified to look like Sweet Tooth from Twisted Metal. Also a classic unseen Thunderbolt with a Tau Gatlin gun because I lost his left arm.
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
I just checked out your page, very cool!
@johnbowden3712
2 жыл бұрын
so how you assign bv and data sheets to them
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
In the book total warfare, theres mech construction rules. I would use those and I believe theres a battle value calculation formula too. I think MegaMek app also has this capability, along with printing out the data sheet.
@JustinThorLPs
2 жыл бұрын
fuck I thought this channel was dead
@CrankyOldGamer
2 жыл бұрын
The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated
@ZombieSexmachine
Жыл бұрын
The rocket catapult is a cool periphery mech. If I remember right, PPC, 3 medium lasers and 8 rocket 20 packs.
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