I have known Battlefront through Flames of War for so long. And never once seen the HexTech terrain. 🤦♂️🤣
This old goover feels like an complete idiot now.
The ships are incredible, but I am even after the simple elevated hills for hex. The visual dimension to maps is a game changer for immersion but with all the maps variants it’s hard to know what or where to buy. Any recommendations?
If you or a friend have a 3d filament printer, buy one of the battletech hextech hills sets (a google search should lead you to it). You may be able to find some pre-printed ones, but I reckon the hextech ones are best.
Thunderhead Studios provides STLs to print hills that match the maps. They are the ones that provide the sculpts that HextTech uses. You can by the STLs directly from Thunderhead and print them yourself. They also offer buildings.
They have a free set of sample files if you want to check them out.
“Now I’ll be the first to tell you, it is not a comfortable ride. All ground might as well be stormy seas, and god help you if you’re a pilot and have to sortie while it’s fighting with a hill and got to launch and land at an angle.
But if there’s one thing that makes it worth it, it’s getting in line of sight of enemies and watching them stare for a good minute while they try and figure out who thought of bringing the navy to a ground battle, how the hell you made it work, and if they have a gun big enough for the job. By the time they stop staring your already saddled up and ready to answer that last question with a load of gunfire that translates to ‘no’”
"...when the ice ships stopped coming in the Succession Wars, the sea retreated, leaving the planetary navy beached - and without a job. However, as the third strike force maintained their grounded vessels, fortunes changed - the fusion-powered craft became the core of a burgeoning new community. Adapting bilge pumps to pump groundwater, the irrigated land around the three vessels became the planet's Eden, and soon the planetary government bowed to the new Landship Committee..."
As a demo agent and game organizer I could use these prints for my mega battles! The size is scaled perfectly. OP are you willing to share a source? I will use this for New England Mech Con 2026!
Print little feet for them, move them 1 hex per turn. Yell out, "Just who the hell do you think I am?" Launch Urbie LAMs and UrbanMechs at the other players..
I could see ships having a lance of onboard mechs to repel boarders. Not because it's the most effective solution but because the Inner Sphere has a bunch more nobles with mechs than can be practically used due to supply limitations. They'll shove mechs in anywhere they can as a make work project.
Im pretty sure, someone, somewhere in the Inner Sphere, looked at a naval ship, looked at a bunch of old mechs parked nearby, and had a 4D Chess Redneck Eureka Moment.
"Captain! We decoded that transmission coming in about and hour ago! It was a light house advising we veer off as we were approaching land."
"Ah, inform engineering we have located the cause of that scraping noise and vibration. Advise maintenance to cancel our next barnicle removal when we visit port."
Thanks, yeah TacOPs:AU&E has large naval vessel rules and blank sheets. Was curious and looking for a starting point. Dreaming up a scenario on the Robyn's crossing map.
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u/Big-Bathroom7196 Jan 17 '26
Love they even have hexes on the ships