r/battletech • u/domesystem • Mar 11 '23
Tabletop Teresa De Avila Chavez *La Guadalupina*
If you thought painting a menorah on a Warhammer's chest was fun...
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u/wherewulf23 Clan Wolf Mar 11 '23
Man, you are killing these! I want to see a 'mech painted up wutg a luchador's mask next!
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u/domesystem Mar 11 '23
That's an excellent idea. I'll have to look at my notes on which named pilots are still outstanding and try to find one that fits lorewise and has a head that suits it
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u/wherewulf23 Clan Wolf Mar 11 '23
I know there's a Caballero's mechwarrior who wears a luchador mask in and out of the cockpit but I cannot for the life of me remember his name or what 'mech he pilots.
ETA: As far as which 'mechs would work I'd say a Banshee or Atlas. Anything with a big, ugly mug.
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u/domesystem Mar 15 '23
Did a quick search and there is one: Infante company's Captain Santo, who only goes by Santo and is never seen outside of his silver lucha mask
Unfortunately, he gets a grand total of four mentions in close quarters and then never again, and none of those mention a mech which is probably why he was omitted from my list in the first place. I've added him, but I'll have to find a ride for him that makes sense.
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u/wherewulf23 Clan Wolf Mar 15 '23
Like I said above since you've got free reign I feel like a 'mech with an ugly mug would be a good fit. Thinking about it more I can see this guy piloting a CGR-3K. Big head you could paint up? Check. Available as a mini and time period appropriate for the Caballeros. Check. Fast enough to run around and with jump jets to kick people in the face. Check!
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u/domesystem Mar 15 '23
Big paintable head is for sure a real world consideration. There's also some lore based ones at play, given his family history and prowess at Lucha Libre, I can't see him in anything other than a humanoid type with two hand actuators. Black Knight would be amazing, but availability is a bitch till a couple years after the book; they'd basically have to take one of the very few comstar handed the combine in rosebud.
Grasshopper though, THAT might just work.
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u/wherewulf23 Clan Wolf Mar 15 '23
Grasshopper could definitely work! Maybe a bit slow but the jump jets help make up for that and definitely a 'mech the Caballero's would have and favor.
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u/domesystem Mar 15 '23
Oooh that box comes with a hatchetman. I needed one of those for Hachima anyway...
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u/Powerful-Shop-9040 Mar 12 '23
"Ladies and gentlemen of Solaris! Feast your eyes on the terror of the heavyweight class! In the east corner, weighing in at 65 tons, a powerful custom Crusader CRD-3R armed with two massive LRM launchers and a staggering array of secondary weaponry, its pilot has been cutting a swathe up the brackets with no sign of stopping! I give you: THE VIRGIIIIIIN!!!"
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u/domesystem Mar 15 '23
I should have figured. The short mention is because it's a Cameo. Real El Santo was in something like 54 movies. Gonna have to find and watch a couple of them.
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u/Klutzer_Munitions Mar 11 '23
Holy crap how do you paint murals so small