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Re: Two assault mechs, one anti-mech aircraft
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Thu, 13 May 2004 22:25:06 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Kyle Vrieze wrote:
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Inspired by Soren’s admonition, I’ll try to do a more complete job on this
post. I’ve got a couple of new mechs with “chicken leg” chassis based on the
technic click ball joints from the Super Battle Droid set (they’re cheap on
Ebay these days). The ball joints plug into the hips with a couple of the
click-boxes like the ones that mount the tail guns on Jango Fett’s Slave I
set.
First, what I call a “high value target” mech, with only eight extra-large
missiles and a pair of gauss rifles, it’s role is to blitz-attack a single
important target, like a dropship, using jump jets, high-powered, limited
ammunition, long range weapons, and then flee. I imagine pilots calling it
the “widowmaker”.
I got the idea for the “sideways can” missle launchers from a comic book
called “Mech Destroyer”, published by Image in 2001.
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The design looks compact. Cool.
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Next, a version in blue inspired by the Masakari from Mechwarrior 4: Mercs.
It’s main weapons are the four PPCs in the arms, complemented by a pair of
small missle banks. The Mechwarrior PC games are a big inspiration for me.
I classify my mechs into light/medium/heavy/assault based on their scale
heights relative to the mech stats from the game (although Frank
Kopanitsanos’ Masakari is waaaaay bigger than my assault mechs).
Both mechs will fit inside my large dropship, but not at the same time.
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Yes, he said dropship.
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Lastly, not a mech but an anti-mech aircraft. If mechs are the tanks of the
31st century, then this thing is the Apache helicopter:
This was inspired by Masamune’s description, at the end of the “Dominion”
trade paperback, of the violence done to tanks by anti-tank missiles and the
A-10 Warthog’s cannon. Like many on this board, I love Shirow’s work,
although I don’t know that I’ve ever built anything that really looks like he
would have designed it. Next on my build list is a larger anti-mech aircraft
with a cannon that looks more “A-10 Warthog” in scale.
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Oh that is sweet.
Great photos, great post.
e
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