10th Skye Rangers | diceandpaint

Twelve red and dark grey BattleMech miniatures arranged in a group on hex bases with reddish dirt.

Round Skye Rangers unit insignia: a blue disc crossed by white bands with a yellow sun at its center.

10TH SKYE RANGERS LYRAN ALLIANCE c. 3058

Competed 9/13/2025
Catalysts Miniatures
Paints used:
Pro Acryl: Coal Black, Bold Pyrrole Red, Red Oxide, Orange Red, Orange Yellow, Deep Blue, Sky Blue, Dark Emerald, Jade, Green, Golden Yellow
Vallejo: White Ink, Xpress Color Plasma Red 72.406, Metal Color Jet Exhaust
Oils: Abteilung 502

The 10th Skye Rangers were part of the Lyran Armed forces. I was drawn to them for a few reasons. First, they were part of the Free Skye Movement and I like that part of Battletech history, having some units that can fight on both sides of the conflict would be fun. Second, they were on Coventry for the battle there in 3058, this is another historical conflict I’d like to be able to recreate so want a number of units that were there. Third, they were destroyed on Coventry and not rebuilt. And I think that’s neat, Battletech units that cease to exist are not uncommon, but it’s not what you see from the most popular units. Lastly, I wanted to paint some red mechs and well, these are some very red mechs.

I did play a bit fast and loose with the mechs here, the 10th would not have been supplied with mechs like the Devastator or Nightsky, with those reserved for more reliable units. However I like a lot of the late-clan-invasion designs and have plenty of the minis to use so I added them in here.

RECON LANCE: COM-5S Commando; WLF-2 Wolfhound; VLK-QD Valkyrie; LocustLCT-3S

BATTLE LANCE: NGS-4S Nightsky; BSW-X1 Bushwacker; HCT-5S Hatchetman; GRF-3M Griffin

HEAVY BATTLE LANCE: AS7-S Atlas; DVS-2 Devastator; AXM-1N Axman; GHR-5N Grasshopper

The painted 10th Skye Rangers force in red and grey, photographed together.

The same twelve red and grey BattleMechs seen from a lower angle, spread across three ranks.

Four heavy BattleMechs in red and grey, led by a broad-shouldered Atlas with a skull-shaped head.

Four light BattleMechs in red with grey arms, posed mid-stride on dirt hex bases.

Close-up of a single red BattleMech lifting off on jump jets, its base sculpted with orange flame and grey smoke.

Four red and grey BattleMechs, one of them rising on a plume of jump-jet flame and smoke.

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