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Miniature Galleries Open |
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Mil-Net has completed work on our miniature galleries. This feature allows you to create your own gallery and post pictures of CAVs you have painted. It's easy to add your own gallery. To start posting your pictures, click here.
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The Low-Down from Reaper |
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Matt "Akela" Regan recently made a post on the CAV HQ Yahoo! Group about the status of the Journal of Recognition (JoR), which Nadin Brezinzki was nice enough to cross-post to our boards. In his post, Matt reveals, among other things, that the primary reason for the JoR's delay is Reaper's decision to place quality over speed. Something that I think we'll all be thankful for in the long run, even if it does mean that Frank has to wait a few more weeks to find out the stats for his beloved Ogre. A few of the other tid-bits mentioned in the post are Reaper's brand new blister packaging equipment which will allow them to triple their packaging production, Syde's Guide to the Galaxy, a 1/60th scale Infantry Skirmish game, and Imperator. The best news for us here at Mil-Net thought was the anouncment that a .pdf of the Mastodon's JoR write-up and data card would be on the way to us later today. As soon as we get it in our grubby little hands (or cast in Rave's case) we'll get it posted for you to look at! Read Matt's post for yourself!
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You Asked for It, You Got It! |
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True to his word, Matt "Akela" Regan came through with the info on the Mastodon. I know that you really don't want to read anything that I have to say, so... Read the Mastodon's fluff here (147KB .PDF) And when you're finished... Check out it's DataCard (593KB .PDF)
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You've Entered the Third Dimension... |
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Today, Neil "Blitz" Nowatzki presents the first installment in his massive 3D Mecha Modeling Tutorial. More of this will be coming soon, but this initial piece is exhaustively illustrated and carefully explained. It really looks like the beginning of something special.
(bear with me, I haven't done this in a while)
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BatRep Added |
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Kev Rolfs sent us in a write up for his latest game. I hope that you enjoy reading it as much as he enjoyed playing it. OK, I know that's not very likely!
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CAD Blitz |
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Just added the Blitz to Digital CAV. Not much is known about the unit save that it's an old "missile boat" design. The CAD version of the unit was created by John Bear Ross of Hellion Productions, and is based on line-art by James "Jimbo" Burrel.
 Blitz
Click here for the Digital CAV page.
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Tip of the Week #13 and #14 |
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Two new Tip of the Week submissions for you today in an effort to get caught up. TotW #13, from Nadin Brzezinski, is titled Supply the Dice. TotW #14, from David Sullivan, is titled Using Wood Filler on Your Bases. Click here for the Tip of the Week Archive, or click here to submit your own Tip! |
New Mil-Net Logo |
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First, I'd like to present to you the new Mil-Net logo (look up!), along with the formal announcement of the latest member of the Mil-Net staff: Neil "Blitz" Nowatzki, our official artist. You may have seen some of Neil's artwork under our Digital CAV section. Neil doesn't know it yet, but he'll also be working on Mil-Net desktop wallpaper based on the new art, and a Mil-Net t-shirt design as well. To check out Neil's custom work, including his own Battletech 'Mech design called the Blitz (not related to the new CAV of the same name), check out Neil's 'Mech Page.
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New Wave Has New CAV In Stock |
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I received word from New Wave last night that they just received their order from Reaper which included all five new miniatures (Assassin, Challenger, Gladiator II, Panther, and Sovereign III). If you're looking for these minis and can't find them, I suggest you give New Wave a shot, even if it's simply for the 20% off retail price of their CAV miniatures. For those that may have had bad experiences with New Wave orders in the past, try giving them another chance. I've been told that past problems have been rectified by new inventory tracking and billing systems.
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Moving On Up! |
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Over the next few days we'll be moving the Mil-Net site to a new host. If we do it right you'll only notice a ripple in the site's availability, if at all. If we don't, well, the site may be down for a while! While I'm posting, please be sure when submitting CAV miniature photos to the Miniature Gallery that you keep the width of your images to 200 pixels or less. I had to reject some nice pictures of a Challenger because the submitted images were too large, even though they looked excellent!
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Move In-Progress |
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The move to the new site is still in-progress, but nearing completion. If you typically go to www.mil-net.net to reach the site you'll notice you've been redirected to cav.steelcommand.com. All parts off the site should still be accessable. If you're having a problem getting somewhere, make sure you're not being sent to a Mil-Net URL. If so, just substitute cav.steelcommand.com. Also, the admin@mil-net.net address isn't currently working, so please use admin@steelcommand.com until further notice. All other mil-net.net email addresses should be working properly.
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UCOR SyRaM to Release Classified Information |
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SyRaM, the Terran UCOR responsible for manufacturing the incredibly popular Starhawk CAV line, is expected to release information to the public pertaining to the early development stages of it's most popular CAV design to date - the Starhawk V. Mil-Net has received an advance copy via unnamed sources of a system test on the now-commonplace Charvel Mk II Gauss Gatling gun used as the CAV's primary weapon system. Click below to download and view this film (Quicktime required to view). Charvel Mk II : Live Fire Test 0026
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Mil-Net Back Online |
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Looks like our server move is finally complete! If you notice any broken links please let us know. Also, please do not use any Steelcommand.com address to reach any Mil-Net content from here on out. Thanks for your patience! |
Starhawk V and Puma Added to Digital CAV |
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Ron "Quester" DuBray's latest work on the CAD versions of the Starhawk V and Puma have been added to the Digital CAV page. |
Articles Page Updated |
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I've updated the Articles page with both the Mastodon fluff and data card PDFs, as well as a link to the Digital JoR page with the full-color preview images of all those cool new CAV from the Journal of Recognition. If you haven't taken a peek at either of these features... ...click here to check 'em out!
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Tips Needed! |
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We need a healthy donation of tips for our Tip of the Week feature! If I can't get caught up I'll probably wind up changing the feature to Tip of the Moment or something like that. I'd rather not, but if the Tip well has run dry... If you have a Tip to submit, email us at admin@mil-net.net. Thanks!
Update: I've received nine Tips from four different folks since this was posted. Thanks, all, and keep 'em coming!
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CAV Counters |
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Ever wanted to play a huge game of CAV, but find yourself lacking enough models? Need to use a Knight in your force but you can't find a suitable proxy? If so, then Manuel "MacDaddy" Costa has the solution for you: CAV Fold-Ups.
His fold-ups work with the same idea as the old BT paper counters. Print 'em, cut 'em, and fold 'em. Its as easy as that!
Go here to read Manuel's instructions for using them and to download the file.
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Tip of the Week #15 |
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I'll be catching up to current with the Tip of the Week page throughout the week. Here's the first of the new batch of Tips, a short entry from Nadin titled "Making 3D Terrain is Not Difficult!":
Look for things at home that you can use to build terrain. One of my favorite items are nut cans of several sizes as well as Republic of Tea tin cans. Glue them to some plasticard and primer black. Paint a base color, dry brush, use the seam of the paper for an area of rust, (chestnut ink) and you have an instant silo or gas tank. Quite effective and in scales to our CAV... just remember, thank your neighborhood grocer. Click here for all current Tips of the Week! |
