This page is basically an extension of my involvement with Battletech - more specifically writing fan fiction (fanfic) and playing Megamek. You quickly come to realise that most of the canon (official) battlemechs, tanks and other units have various flaws, either lacking in mobility, firepower, or armour. Often these flaws are to prevent designs being "overpowered" or to fit in with a particular faction's military philosophies. In any case, eventually you get the urge to tinker with the standard designs, whether for literary purposes, or to make them more enjoyable to play in games...or even create your own. Originally, if you wanted to do that, it meant laboriously drawing up your own record sheets by hand.
For us lazier types, a saviour emerged in the shape of a guy named Rick Raisley. For the last 20 or so years, he has been developing a range of design software, which allows users to create their own battlemechs, vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft and infantry armour, then print out the record sheets. Far better and more useful (in my humble opinion) is the fact you can export the design files into Megamek and have them appear as custom units in the game. As well as testing your creative powers, it can lead to some interesting battles! If you want to find out more, visit his website
Heavy Metal Pro.
Anyhow, my repertoire of designs is getting pretty extensive, so I thought I'd give them a permanent home here, so I can review them more easily and not duplicate stuff I've already done, as well as let other people have a look and use them, if they wish. Since its just a matter of saving my existing Heavy Metal files into HTML format, I should be able to keep this section updated pretty easily.
The companies below are all entities I've created for my Battletech faction, the Britannic Coalition. They may feature in a story at some point...then again, they may not...
