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flint aurora Feb 11, 2026, 11:03 PM

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IT'S MY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK!

Well, on the 20th, but still.

What do you like doing for your birthday? Do you try incorporating your hobby into it?

restive sapphire Feb 11, 2026, 11:51 PM

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Kuritan Sakura lance using Lyran salvage.

Mauler 1R
Archer 5R
Hatchetman 3K
Wolfhound 1B

inland solar Feb 12, 2026, 5:37 AM

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Singing: 'We are here to drink your beer, and steal ur rum at the point of a gun'

ocean tusk Feb 13, 2026, 11:07 AM

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flint aurora IT'S MY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK! Well, on the 20th, but still. What do you like doi...

It's the best month for birthdays 🎂 it was my birthday on the 11th (52 👨‍🦳) and my son is 14 on the 22nd.

Some of my birthday swag in the photo 😁

uncut forge Feb 13, 2026, 4:35 PM

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Painting!! But I also like cake and taking my wife and son out for dinner.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DUnhTLPEf9D/?igsh=MTg3dHY0cXpkNDEwZw==

comstar_000b

Comguard! Yea buddy!! Quick and dirty level 2 for all your tukkayyid needs.
#battletech #battletechhobby #miniaturepainting #alphastrike #spaceat&t

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inland solar Feb 13, 2026, 4:57 PM

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uncut forge Painting!! But I also like cake and taking my wife and son out for dinner. http...

YES! Love em!

uncut forge Feb 13, 2026, 4:59 PM

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inland solar YES! Love em!

Thank you!! Love yours too!

inland solar Feb 13, 2026, 5:22 PM

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uncut forge Thank you!! Love yours too!

Huge fan of your Dazzle Crab. Might copy the scheme somewhen 🫣

uncut forge Feb 13, 2026, 5:22 PM

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inland solar Huge fan of your Dazzle Crab. Might copy the scheme somewhen 🫣

Do it! I love the dazzle boys, I gotta paint some more soon

candid harness Feb 13, 2026, 8:10 PM

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Summit beers is a good way I celebrate my birthday.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DUsGIEzESp-/?igsh=ODJpajRuYjJ5dHg4

serpentariusminis

"I caught one of the Bear's Gladiators up in the pass, and a Vulture down here in the forest. I did not give either pilot the option of surrender. A good death for a warrior."

After a bunch of back and forth tweaking, I finished this King Crab for my 17th Benjamin Regulars. I'm now up to two lances.
I also experimented with a new method for w...

foggy creek Feb 14, 2026, 12:13 AM

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I like fresh plastic on my birthday to paint. Most of all I like spending time with my wife and kids. If I play Battletech with them it's a perfect day. Here are 4 Mechs I painted today for a friend:

versed anvil Feb 14, 2026, 8:39 AM

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Since I've been painting so much over the last few weeks, I forgot to post anything here. Here's another Avatar AV1-O from the Kurita Ranger Lance box, painted in the colors of my 2nd Star League unit in green and yellow.
If you want to know all the colors, I regularly post my latest mechs on Instagram with the recipes for all the colors I used for a unit's scheme.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUuxzu0CiX2

ginoxy1140

Avatar AV1-O (70t)
📦 House Kurita Ranger Lance Forcepack
🎖 1st Royal BattleMech Regiment, Star League

PAINTING PROCESS

ARMOR
Base coat (airbrush, omnidirectional) applied using Vallejo Model Air 71.250 Bronze Green as sprayed layer.
Secondary armor tone applied using Vallejo Model Color 70.387 US Olive Drab.
Panel definition applied usin...

gloomy turret Feb 14, 2026, 12:53 PM

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I usually buy myself a hobby related Bday gift as an excuse to buy hobby stuff. Aaaanyway, since today is the Valentines day I made fake Battletech Romance cover...

pulsar lynx Feb 14, 2026, 7:44 PM

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First time posting... A good birthday is a beer in one hand a paintbrush in t'other...

Something I've been working on recently - a FWL Fusiliers of Oriente force for a Jihad era campaign. Non-canon heavy recon company within the 3rd Brigade (the honey badger decal is their company marking). Couple of oddball mechs in there too, which have narrative reasons for being painted in FWL colours 🙂

pure sun Feb 15, 2026, 4:31 AM

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Made the first of what should eventually be the full company of the IX Legion mercenaries.

inland solar Feb 15, 2026, 7:33 AM

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pulsar lynx First time posting... A good birthday is a beer in one hand a paintbrush in t'ot...

That 🏴‍☠️man! Did you strip a brush to one hair only🤯

pulsar lynx Feb 15, 2026, 11:15 AM

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inland solar That 🏴‍☠️man! Did you strip a brush to one hair only🤯

Haha, thank you mate! No it's a decal from Fighting Piranha Graphics which I went over a tiny bit with black - took some doing 😅

inland solar Feb 15, 2026, 12:29 PM

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Crazy! How small is that thing?

pulsar lynx Feb 15, 2026, 1:11 PM

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inland solar Crazy! How small is that thing?

Just took a tape measure to it... pretty much bang on 1mm... 😂

obtuse apex Feb 16, 2026, 3:20 PM

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The charger and marauder from legendary mechwarrior II pack. For a bday, its usually a event with friends, and afterward, money goes into the hobby

brave garden Feb 17, 2026, 3:43 AM

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One mixed battalion for the Davion Guards. Finally all done after 6 months.

For the birthday I always host a large game of Alpha Strike with a few of the friends. Gone as big as battalion vs battalion with all the extras (Aero, artillery, etc.)

formal pelican Feb 17, 2026, 1:47 PM

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For my birthday, I usually take the day off of work and tell people to leave me alone for a day. Then do whatever I feel like doing. Which usually turns into some video games, painting minis and chores around the house.

Also, Gong Hei Fat Choi, welcome to the Year of Hell's Horses!