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Cool! Thanks again.
Just to add: the official rules say you can play with coins or dice or scraps of paper instead of official miniatures. Proxying is EXTREMELY common because nobody in their right mind would say you can't field a unit you like just because you didn't buy the mini when it was last sold 20 years ago. About half of the games I've played have had a proxy or two. It's less common but still valid to use Lego Minifigs or something, the only key is that you be able to tell them apart and know which side is the front.
As for painting: I've never met anyone who cares in 25 years of playing/being in the fandom. Many people play with unpainted Mechs and very few field the same Mechs every time so it doesn't make that much sense to paint them cohesively. It's fun for display it to have a theme but it makes absolutely no difference.
Welcome to Battletech!
By the way I got some special dice to use as markers for the incoming and outgoing modifiers and movement tracking. The ones I bought look like this but there are other types that work well. It really speeds the GATOR calculations up!
Oh nice, I was thinking about movement/modifier dice. I've got a ton of d6s obviously but those could be handy.
Thanks, happy to be here :)