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Each mech guide carries a technical illustration of the chassis it covers. These are original BattleTech source illustrations, processed so they read on a dark page: inverted to light line work, background removed, and rescaled for the web. No detail has been added or altered.
| Guide | Source | Processing |
|---|---|---|
| Archer | Illustration. Original BattleTech source artwork, Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 10. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled; cast-shadow fill and an artist signature mark removed rather than left as a hard block. |
| Atlas | Technical illustration, AS7-D. Original BattleTech source artwork, Technical Readout: 3025. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Awesome | Illustration, AWS-9M. Original BattleTech source artwork, Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Axman | Illustration, AXM-1N. Original BattleTech source artwork, Technical Readout: 3050. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| BattleMaster | Front elevation schematic, BLR-1G. Original BattleTech source artwork, Technical Readout: 3025. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Bushwacker | Illustration, BSW-X1. Original BattleTech source artwork, Recognition Guide: ilClan. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Catapult | Illustration, CPLT-C1. Original BattleTech source artwork, Technical Readout: 3025. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Centurion | Illustration. Original BattleTech source artwork. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Commando | Illustration. Original BattleTech source artwork, Technical Readout: 3050. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled; an artist signature mark removed rather than left as a hard block. |
| Dire Wolf | Illustration. Original BattleTech source artwork, Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 13. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Enforcer | Illustration. Original BattleTech source artwork, Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 18. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Griffin | Illustration. Original BattleTech source artwork, Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 1. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Highlander | Illustration. Original BattleTech source artwork, Recognition Guide: ilClan. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Locust | Illustration, LCT-1V. Original BattleTech source artwork. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Mad Dog | Illustration. Original BattleTech source artwork, Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 10. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled; large solid shadow fill softened to a translucent tone rather than left as a hard block. |
| Marauder | Technical schematic, front elevation. Original BattleTech source artwork. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Ostroc | Illustration. Original BattleTech source artwork, Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 21. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Rifleman | Illustration, RFL-3N. Original BattleTech source artwork, Technical Readout: 3025. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Shadow Hawk | Illustration, SHD-2H. Original BattleTech source artwork, First Succession War. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Summoner | Illustration. Original BattleTech source artwork, Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 3. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Thunderbolt | Illustration, TDR-5S. Original BattleTech source artwork. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Mad Cat | Illustration and internal cutaway schematic. Original BattleTech source artwork, Recognition Guide: ilClan and MechWarrior, Third Edition. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
| Warhammer | Cutaway technical readout. Original BattleTech source artwork. | Processed for dark backgrounds: inverted, background removed, rescaled. |
Photographs of miniatures, terrain and painted models in the articles are the author's own unless stated otherwise in the article itself.
Battle Value, Point Value, introduction dates, weapon loadouts and per-era faction availability are reconciled against the Master Unit List, the official online unit database. Alpha Strike values are the standard card figures.
Historical and design background on the mech guides is drawn from Sarna.net, the BattleTech wiki, and is written up in our own words rather than reproduced. Sarna is community-maintained and worth supporting if you get use out of it.
Everything else, the writing, the tools, the layout and the favicon, is the author's own work.