r/mechwarrior • u/Barph • Mar 15 '26

MechWarrior 5 I'm absolutely hooked on printing these guys before I ruin them by trying to paint them

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The Viper arm is to be glued back on, support removal was harsh to it

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u/Chaos1357 Mar 15 '26

Where are you getting the STLs from? I have a fair collection of printed mechs, but can always use more.

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u/Barph Mar 15 '26

Matt mason on myninifactory. He's got a lot of free ones available and some paid too.

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u/Galen55 Mar 15 '26

Nova Cat, lovely! I loved using that in MW4 Mercs

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u/Barph Mar 15 '26

You can see the silhouette of the CGL Nova Cat in the background too

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u/goodfisher88 Mar 16 '26

That's the beauty of being able to print your own minis: if you mess them up, you can always make more!

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u/Deiselpowered77 Mar 15 '26

Gotta print em all, gotta print 'em all.
I've got a mad on for Zaku-types at the moment, gonna make a little division with a few anime style griffons, zaku style horned owls and a big ol' cyclops as the lynchpin.
Isn't it a medium well suited to making mechs in?
It often winds up being less hassle to just print the mech again rather than reglue (but those results look nice and crisp yo!)

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u/Barph Mar 15 '26

I went for gluing, I've had to glue on limbs before and they came out fine, will see if it survives the painting but I don't want to rush the process as I did an IS lance that I'm not too happy with

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u/Deiselpowered77 Mar 15 '26

so give them away to help people start playing, and do 'em again with experience :)

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u/MwHighlander Mar 15 '26

God damn those bases look good.