MWO Style Classic Nova (Black Hawk)

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A mostly cleaned up MWO Nova (or Black Hawk to the freebirth), modified to look like a *proper* Nova, at a 6mm scale for standard Battletech tabletop play. I did my best to close up and extrude all the meshes to avoid any gaps in the model. Some may still exist, but they're minor. It's not exactly manifold, but it works, and this prints quite well on a resin printer. The original Nova design didn't have a waist, with the legs attached inline with the shoulders, and thus had no torso twist. This gives the Nova an instantly recognizable, classic, ugly-but-awesome appearance. I think it's a pity that PGI didn't try harder to maintain this look in MWO. Fortunately, it's a really easy tweak to bring it back. I removed extraneous details that wouldn't practically print at this scale or modified them to be printable and preserve detail. The base is included, and the name of the unit is engraved on the back face. I also included a set with and without the base. The loadout is appropriate for a Nova Prime. There are two poses: a standard at attention pose, and a more dynamic action pose. Happy Battleteching!