The Giant Mecha thread

[paulson games]

I've been compiling a bunch of mecha pictures to use for inspiration. There's a ton of pics which will make organizing it into a post too problematic so here's the link to the gallery:



Basically I'd like to come up with some design concepts that interest people, and untimately produce a resin kit based on those designs. Which suits do you like? What elements do you think are overdone or that you dislike with various suits? What would you like to see done with suits?


Feel free to quote and post the mechs from my gallery, or feel free to add links to other cool ones you might happen across.


Some of the mechs are very streamlined and some are kinda clunky, so there's a pretty wide range of designs to pick through.

[mangozac]

So much awesomeness! You do a fantastic job of digging up cool concept art - better success than I've ever had!

[Seb]

Of all the pieces, that last design has my conversion bug twitching. I'll dig up some files I have and post shortly.

Guess I'm a sucker for a more clean aesthetic.

- Seb.

[dark_gear]

While looking around for some Masumune Shirow suits I stumbled upon the work of Ken Thompson on flikr.

One suit in particular really just screams out to be made and painted.



Though a quick look at his online portefolio reveals very intriguing designs that, while uncommon, would make for very sculptural kits, such as this robot nurse. It's funny how she can be creepy and sexy at the same time.



Keep the concepts coming,

Dark_Gear

[Seb]

Have you seen the Darkson Design's US Marine power armor for their weird war II Nazi-Occult game? Getting a similar vibe from the first art shown.

I'm very much thinking of buying 3 and converting them up as IG sentinel stand ins. I'll have a dig myself and see what I come up with.

- Seb