White is the color I, like so many others, struggle with most & whilst I could just prime some stuff, paint a panel or two, then call it a day, thought it best to at least pay some lip service to maximum effort. So rather than dwell on painting white, I got some Army Painter speedpaint, slathered it on, picked an accent color I liked (even though C* is basically solid white), painted exactly four panels per miniature in it, did some weapons, cockpits, decalled, based, called it a day.
This whole thing was based on the Tukayyid hardcover book. I decided I wanted to build a flexible C* force to fight campaign battles with/against and originally, I was going to use my chocolate chip desert force for it. However, since I decided to use them as Northwind Highlanders instead, I shifted focus back to classic white-ish. Then, using same book, I started looking at who the various Armies fought on "the 'Yid", and what Divisions walked outta that meatgrinder. 323rd looked good, especially some of their later history where they move to the 3rd Army, absorb some survivors of another Division that really don't like Victor S-D, and then get their loyalty rating downgraded because of it. Loyal to ComStar, not some Great House lordling-cum-Precentor Martial. Given my distaste for most of the Steiner-Davion misbegotten offspring, I feel that in my soul.
I'm running this as a reinforced III, so the Command and Support IIs will be separate, meaning I need two more IIs, but that's forthcoming if a) Cat decides to put the six missing ComStar 'Mechs together (or I 3d print a bunch of Hussars lmao) and b) when I've decided how many more tanks/infantry to add.
ComStar 5th/3rd Army, 323rd Division
Unit Commander -
Aide de Camp -
Location - Tukayyid
Division Command
II
KGC-005 King
Crab
AS7-D-H2 Atlas
II
AS7-S3
Atlas (Get Focht, Clanners!)
AS7-D-H2 Atlas
II
TDK-7Y Thunder
Hawk
CRK-5003-1B Crockett
Headquarters
Support II
ARC-2Rb
Archer
LRM Carrier (C3i)
LRM
Carrier (C3i)
LRM Carrier (C3i)
LRM Carrier (C3i)
LGB-12C
Longbow
Hong Kong
Cavaliers III
Command
II
CP-11-G
Cyclops
BL-9-KNT
Black Knight
FLS-9C
Flashman
GLT-6WB
Guillotine
THG-12E
Thug
LNC25-04
Lancelot
Fast
Striker II
EXT-5E
Exterminator
CRB-30
Crab
PXH-7CS Phoenix
Hawk
STN-3Lb
Sentinel
MON-66b
Mongoose
MCY-102
Mercury
Ground
Support II
Kobold Battle Armor
Squad
Kobold Battle Armor Squad
Kobold Battle Armor
Squad
Kobold Battle Armor Squad
Kobold Battle Armor
Squad
Kobold Battle Armor Squad
Spotter
II
OTT-9CS OstScout
GAL-104 Galleon
GAL-104
Galleon
GAL-104 Galleon
GAL-104 Galleon
GAL-104 Galleon
