Well, here's the latest conversion system, along with all the mech's from the first edition Marcenaries Handbook.  These were made using the latest version of the WUC (Wardogs Unit Creator).

I took a different route with the conversions this time.  I used a combination of Shield levels and Armor Points to portray the "soak" of the overall armor level (Shields) and the amount of armor that had to be penetrated to cause criticals (AP's).  The conversion went like this:

Shield level = (total of all frontal armor except Head) / 70, rounded normally.  The "70" is from an average of the 7 locations, the total also divided by 10.  This gives a level of 1-3.  It  represents the overall amount of "battering" that a mech would take before the armor was broken through.  The Shield levels can be hit by criticals, so it is possible to wear down this level just like AP's.

Armor Points = (CT armor / 10) rounded up to the next integer, even if even (+1).  So, a frontal CT of 18 would be AP 3, a frontal CT of 30 would be AP 5.

Weapons were scaled to the armor scale, which would generally be in the 2-5 range.  Thus, even a d4 weapon can be effective at close ranges against max armor.  This became the level for Medium Lasers, and other weapons were scaled from there.  "Junk" weapons like the MG, AC2, SRM2 and LRM5 were converted to a generic "heavy machine gun" that equated to the general amount of space and damage they took up, etc.

Enough of all that!  Here are the files:

Light Mechs
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/WUC_v3_1_CBT_L.zip
Medium Mechs
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/WUC_v3_1_CBT_M.zip
Heavy Mechs
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/WUC_v3_1_CBT_H.zip
Assault Mechs
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/WUC_v3_1_CBT_A.zip

And, a summary of all the mechs:
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/CBT_Summary.zip

I think the summary might provide an interesting view on how the comparative point costs in the current system works.

Hope you like 'em!

Cheers,

Christopher

Hehehee...someone is as enthusiastic about all this as Mike and I. 

some nice lookin work there Chris.

Actually, that's an even 100 mech's!

One other thing.

If you look over the spreadsheets you will notice that many of the heavier mechs, and most of the assaults, have negative overall EM ratings (i.e. they spent too many EM's for their size).  I let this go if they had enough leftover HM's to "convert" back and cover the EM shortfall, even though that conversion isn't technically allowed.  Since the point system should cover the extra value of the equipment, and the mechs generally short themselves on weapons by not using all their HP's, I think this system will work.  However, opinion is welcome!

Cheers,

Christopher

Vehicles

Okay, here's the last of the batch, which completes the 3025 conversion set (pending rules changes of course).

Tracked vehicles
Unit Creator spreadsheet
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/WUC_v3_1_CBT_Tracked.zip
Summary pdf
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/CBT_Summary_Tracked.zip
Playsheet pdf's
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/Tracked.zip

Hover vehicles
Unit Creator spreadsheet
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/WUC_v3_1_CBT_Hover.zip
Summary pdf
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/CBT_Summary_Hover.zip
Playsheet pdf's
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/Hover.zip

Wheeled vehicles
Unit Creator spreadsheet
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/WUC_v3_1_CBT_Wheeled.zip
Summary pdf
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/CBT_Summary_Wheeled.zip
Playsheet pdf's
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/Wheeled.zip

VTOL aircraft
Unit Creator spreadsheet
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/WUC_v3_1_CBT_VTOL.zip
Summary pdf
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/CBT_Summary_VTOL.zip
Playsheet pdf's
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/VTOL.zip

Also, here is a master summary pdf with all units, also including an "Unused Capacity" measurement to judge the relative amount of design space left over for that unit (not sure how it's useful, but there it is).

Master Summary pdf
http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/CBT_Summary_Master.zip

And, last but not least, since the base model Banshee is probably one of the worst mech designs ever (and because my 2iC rides a variant), here is the Steiner variant of the venerable Banshee, bringing the mech total up to the proverbial "101 Mechs".

http://koti.welho.com/ctenwold/Banshee_S.zip

Cheers,

Christopher

Hmm ... I have some checking to do!  I'll post back here when I fix the links.

I don't have an actual Wardogs home page (yet), but the CBT material will obviously be a fixture there.  I'm also looking at some Star Wars conversions - more infantry based, so it will be interesting to see how the system works on that level.

Cheers,

Christopher

Catenwolde did all the conversions on his own.   Some good stuff too though I think they may need a bit of updating.

I saw over on TMP that CAT has seen this and IS going to be looking his conversions over and, I believe, making them available again.

Hi guys,

Yep, I'll be double-checking my unit creator, etc. with the final rules and then uploading the WUC (Wardogs Unit Creator) and the BTech files ... as soon as I get a free moment or two. 

Cheers,

Christopher

The CBT Conversion Notes and Original 14 Mecha can be found at;

http://www.angelfire.com/or/FireHorse/index.html

Please note that these conversions are based a customization/adaptation of the Wardogs construction system and not a straight over conversion.

Enjoy...and thank Chris!