Battletech - Urbanmech Company
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- Опубліковано 1 гру 2024
- Come on down to the smoke dungeon and pull up a seat. Today, I'm sharing a little something that arrived in the mail recently... a full company of Urbanmechs y'all! Thats right, lovable trashcan mechs by the bushel, to your face. Whether you think they're dank or jank, you gotta admit, these little dudes are quintessential Battletech. It's my understanding these lovable hunks of junk are only available direct from Catalyst Game Labs so let's take a look.
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If you look over the Urbanmechs many variants, I noticed a recurring theme with them. the idea of "Why the hell not?"
the various armament it's had over the in game centuries range from upgrading the AC to a UAC/10 or LB-X-10, to making it an AC/20, or stripping out the AC altogether for a snub nosed or regular PPC, or a Mortar/Missile launching system that could be used to napalm your enemies... or legitimately, low yield nuke them. it can be used as Anti Air, it can be used as a spotter, it even has a model where they gave a friggin Plasma rifle... oh. and one with 3 SRM 6's....
theres a few where they upgraded the armor packages, and/or the speed to something like 54kmh (which is like closing on double of what the Urbanmech can usually go. lol)
Every time someone was like "Hey, should we improve this mech?" - if it's any other mech, they have to ponder the drawbacks. with the Urbanmech, there are none. It can't really get "better", per se... but it can get hella weird.
I believe the one thing that they haven't done is put a light rail gun on it because if I recall someone describing me why that is a bad idea, it is because the gun is as expensive as the mech itself so people would hunt it off if you're going up against pirates or mercs
You can get single loot boxes that are marked as UrbanMech. I got three :) And you are right, the detail on them is fantastic.
You are of course correct, apparently my memory is corrupted from to much time in the smoke dungeon! Thanks for checking out the channel.
Best part about the Urbie is that you can paint them any way you want them: they were never really Line Mechs and were relegated to garrison and militia duty, so as many (or more) were painted to pilot preference as much as House or Planetary Heraldry.
Yeah, I think I'm really gonna go to town on a couple of these and just see where the brushes take me. Thanks for checking out the channel!
You can paint any mech any way you want. Just call them mercs and you're done.
UM-AIV has no autocannon or small laser, it has a medium laser and an 'Arrow IV Missile Artillery System'. It may not have an autocannon but Arrow IV missiles can be tipped with nuclear warheads so...better?
if I remember correctly, it's basically a mech-sized mortar system. so. strip out the AC/10 and make the urbanmech into (semi) mobile artillery. why not? lmfao. I love the Urbie so much
Tex of the Black Pants Legion will love this.
Everyone should love this😉 Thanks for checking out the channel!
That sensor pod is actually a sm laser. The difference between the 60 and the 60L is the 60 is the original armed with an ac10. The 60L is liao going fark it and mounting an ac20. The AS card came from the SW deck. There's an Urbie salvage box single urbie available to buy from cgl. And coming soon there will be a lance pack of 4 urbies armed with different weapons RAC, MRMs, Arrow IV and possibly a PPC or original AC. As for a samely painted lance may I suggest a Liao colour scheme possibly St Ives Lancers there's a named pilot in the TROs or maybe a militia lance, as Liao has the the mostest urbies. I plan on getting one of these boxes after the Mercenaries Kickstarter has been paid for.
Mouse dropping knowledge! I appreciate and love it. Also bring me all the variant Urbies! I'll check the color schemes for those units and shout back although militia sounds aces.😉
As Tex would say, “it’s the trash CAN, not the trash CAN’T!”
Sadly, the box is OOS on the CGL store, 😢
Your screen name is most crucial!
I got two of these and combined with the other metal and plastic Urbies that I already had let me turn them into a full Urbie Battalion with a command lance.
You're a sick individual and I applaud it. Be sure to save room for the new variants Urbie Lance pack that is available soon-ish. Thanks for checking out the channel!
2:09 a respectable stance
Only way to get them beside wave one salvage pack. Or kickstarted it.
Yeah I totally forgot about the salvage packs. Thanks for checking out the channel!
It would have been awesome had they made like three or four different variants and included them in this box instead of 12 identical Urbies.
That would have indeed been aces. I imagine we'll get eventually get new urbie variants. Thanks for checking out the channel!
No! 12 identical Urban Mechs! Painted like Imperial Stormtroopers, marching like a '70s Red Army Parade before the Kremlin with a decrepit Leonid Brezhnev robotically saluting each lance as it passes.
Now that they have 3 or 4 (kneeling with LRM launcher and so on) variants of the Urbanmech a new version of this box would be more interesting to me.
Agree 100%, I'm sure I'll be picking up a few of those lance packs to supplement these guys. Thanks for checking out the channel!
Now that is a garison noone likes to mess with in the ghetto
You remind me of an old comic strip I saw long ago that made me laugh like a hyena for several minutes. I'll do my best to describe it....
First Panel: Pic of Hatchetman: What's that? A walking trashcan?
Second Panel: Pic of Atlas: WATCH OUT!!! IT'S GOT AN AC-20!!
Third panel: Pic of Urbanmech: BLAM-BLAM!!!!
I don't know why but that just gave me the giggles. You know that Hatchetman was toast at that point. And this comic may not fit today's rules but I played Battletech back in the '80s and that's probably when the comic was drawn.
I dig it. Glad to brighten your day and thanks for checking out the channel.
Don’t forget the Jetpack variant
Yarrrgh! Seems like there are more variant Urbies than this old man can shake a stick at. Thanks for checking out the channel!
I love Urbys! What pack can you get the single one's in? I would love to get a swarm of locusts!
I'm pretty sure Catalyst sells single Urbies in "salvage/loot boxes". Thanks for checking out the channel!
@@DungeonBrushBabbles Thank you DBB. You have a cool channel and I will keep my orbs peeled for new stuff. I just got back into this after 30 years. My wife is helping out painting and will play with us. Oh I found the loot crate urbie for seven bones. Keep up the good work!
ha!! recently or if u were at their con, they did release a lance of them! with cards and variants!!!😉👍🤙✌ forget the forcepack name..🤔
Yeah, I saw that. They look pretty awesome and will be mine eventually! I haven't been to Adepticon for a few years (cause kids!), however I use to go every year and run 30k events there with my play group The Greying Legion.
@@DungeonBrushBabbles ha!!😀 awesome name!😉✌
Im starting a pirate faction called trash bandits . Consisting of all urbies.
Expensive mine field you got there!
The Urbie is an interesting meta mech.
The jump jets actually let it get a fairly good evasion bonus in terrain where most other light mechs will be bogged down, and its main weapon will hurt if it hits.
Haha! Indeed I do.
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I don't know why but this company made me laugh :) DId you paint them as you planned? What did your friend said about present?
Indeed I have many painted Urbies now (even added the most crucial lance pack!) and Cairo of course loved his little surprise gift (like usual - he is most appreciative). The laughs are always intended around here!
Sweet pick up. Are you gonna do one like Oscar the Grouch?
You know it!
@@DungeonBrushBabbles Hell yeah!!! I'll be patiently awaiting the reveal.
man that box is cool .. in our group we always talk about the urbanmech scale: aka is it better to just buy urbys(in C-bills) instead of that fancy mech for the same money this box lets you test that
Haha, I have had similar thoughts myself! I think I lean towards fancy mechs are better unless you're including variant Urbies... which swings it back to Urbies IMO. I guess I'm gonna have to play it out... Thanks for checking out the channel!
The answer is that, both minis cost 5 bucks a pop, so the fancy mech is better for your wallet.
...which is almost the opposite of Warhammer
To bad, they should make alot of locust in one box.
I'd totally buy one of those as well!
The poor souls that come across this company don't stand a chance.
Hahah, speak the truths! Thanks for checking out the channel!
i don't know you, but this is really cool; i have 7 normal Urbies of various prints, an UM-AIV, and the four different Atlas Headed Urbies by some fan for a total of a company of Urbies combined they form a wall that moves as the grass grows. do i need a SECOND Company? i honestly don't know.
Much appreciated! Atlas faced Urbies you say??? Looks like I'm off to the old google machine. 😉
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Def gotta go with a combined arm's urby team. 1 IF1 urby isn't impressive. Three IF1 urbies supported by a fourth with probe, and suddenly your making your C-bills back in salvage.
I have since picked up the Urbie force/lance pack and added them to the crew, because DB loves an Urbie with a giant LRM.
I must disagree early on in your discussion sir. *Everyone needs a full Company of UrbanMechs!* all 12. AT LEAST 12. The UrbanMech Battalion is possible for $200 and if you assembly-line-batch paint them, you can be the envy of everyone at your FLGS as you proudly field 36 Urbies organized into 3 companies and 12 lances! Imagine the GLORY!
Haha! I applaud your enthusiasm and love for our venerable trashcan. But damn, now you got me thinking... Thanks for checking out the channel!
I'm imagining an SLDF Regiment of Urbies. 😊
Waste disposal unit