Stephen Stroble

Father, Son, Brother, Friend / retired CJCS J2 Strategist and DIA Special Project Officer / Wargamer / Student of and Witness to History

[CatalystGameLab @catalystgamelab]

We wouldnt have gotten this far without the Catalyst Demo Team!

Thank you for all of the local and event work that you do! The community simply would not be the same without you!

#volunteer #convention #battletech #anniversary

[Stephen Stroble @StephenAStroble]

@Hatchy86753o9 …Dante’esque

[CatalystGameLab @catalystgamelab]

Have you checked out our friends' work over at Camo Specs?

They paint up all sorts of official unit schemes from the BattleTech universe!

Check out Camo Specs for your inspiration today!

https://t.co/a2TGmpeeYR

#miniaturepainting #mecha #professional #diorama

[CatalystGameLab @catalystgamelab]

Frontline Gaming had a great write-up of the BattleTech events that the Demo Team put on for LVO last month!

It is a quick overview and a great read! We are super happy that our players had such a great time!

https://t.co/MOOCxaTryn

#LVO #results #tournament #convention

[HatchyArt! @Hatchy86753o9]

*squealing in fangirl*
That is such gorgeous footage.

[Stephen Stroble @StephenAStroble]

@Hatchy86753o9 Excellent! : )

[HatchyArt! @Hatchy86753o9]

Latest Battletech commission I'm just about finished.
Part of a larger piece with characters, so half of the mech bay will be covered up and the lines knocked back.
11x17 ink on paper. Digital colours.

[CatalystGameLab @catalystgamelab]

Randall Bills, probably one of the people most passionate about BattleTech, is coming out to everywhere that he can! We call this "Operation: Reunification World Tour 2024"!

#battletech #40thanniversary #convention #wargame #mecha

[HatchyArt! @Hatchy86753o9]

Weird sense of irony...
I switched over to bristol board and the combination of the high quality paper and broken-in pens gave me a line that's too clean.
I had to really work to make an interesting line...unlike cheap paper that just gives an infinite amount of variables.
Huh.

[HatchyArt! @Hatchy86753o9]

Tried out yet another new pen technique and went back to some standard modern comic colours.
I think I am quite pleased.

[Stephen Stroble @StephenAStroble]

@Doctrine_Man Blue Falcons be like…

[Stephen Stroble @StephenAStroble]

@roguecaliber I enjoyed the movie… but I did wait till it went to $10 to purchase.

[Stephen Stroble @StephenAStroble]

@shay3322 Without a doubt, yes.

[Stephen Stroble @StephenAStroble]

The Army is a true microcosm of our Nation… “Duty, Honor, Country” erases neither Cruelty for Cruelty’s sake nor Vainglorious, Biased, ultimately-Cowardly Leadership.

Soldiers too often put up w/damn near criminal Leadership behaviors before a promotion moves the Leader on…

[Stephen Stroble @StephenAStroble]

@addie_plays_ It depends on how well you know your group. A one-&-done set of fellow convention-goers? A long hard slog, uphill… both ways. Your lifelong friends and family? Sometimes nothing but what you already know of those around the table, is all you need for endless hijinks and fun. : )

[Stephen Stroble @StephenAStroble]

@JJCTTRPG I pick and choose the hp based on what best feeds the narrative I’m working toward… important here is the mutable nature of a session’s “narrative.” Some are 4’s, some 7’s, even 1’s and 12’s… BUT I craft the ebb and flow to best SPARK my friends’ engagement and fun. #GMreflexes

[Stephen Stroble @StephenAStroble]

@avalokiteshvarx @Doctrine_Man I agree… though the first season was pretty great too. :bow:

[Stephen Stroble @StephenAStroble]

@Doctrine_Man At least episodes 1 & 2 show Majo…err… “Reacher” running his Special Investigators like an A-Team. Nothing wrong with that, as far as accuracy of depiction goes.

Something else catch you eye @Doctrine_Man?

[Stephen Stroble @StephenAStroble]

#BATTLETECH?
#ClanWolf or #ClanGhostBear?
3152, @catalystgamelab’s current year, the #ilClan era?

Oh yeah, my inner #ClanSmokeJaguar has only one response to that question… Clan Ghost Bear is my choice & has my support. :bow:

@IronWindMetals, @MechWarriorF2P, @BATTLETECH_Game