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 paulson games wrote:
The cast came out very nicely, I should have the first batch headed out in the mail on Fri-Sat.



I get a lot of questions about scale so here's some pics that might help.


VS battletech models





VS some larger GW models

Fantastic . It's hard to top the Raptor, but the casts look great... looking forward to checking mine out in-person!

Edit: Quoted due to page rollover.

I'm toying with some alternate missile launcher designs for the Raptor. (which would be available as a weapon upgrade pack) The current missile pods with the attached shields represent a single shot launcher, I'm looking to do parts for a launch that has a two shot capacity. (and loses the shield)

Any preferences with these configurations?

I like 4 or 2, although I prefer the current missile launchers over all of them.

I like the way the missiles are stacked on 1, but maybe have them connected like on 4 where they are vertical. I initially liked 3, but it makes the mech wider, and when trying to manuever between buildings, wider is not better .

I'd like 1 if the stacks were flipped.
Like this for general layout <[ ]> rather than this. >[ ]<
Number 4's vertical stacks are also good.

I like 1 or 2.

I like #1, but I think it would look better if the missiles were flipped so the middle row is sticking out rather than sticking in

4's vertical stacks are most practical, would be easier to target with, and are more structurally sound.

More options based on feedback

6

7 looks best,

8 is probably most appropriate though (as it doesn't increase the height of the walker)

I agree with rigeld, 6 looks sweet

4 doesn't increase the height of the walker either.

I'm sticking with that as my vote.

4 remains both the most practical, and sensible, and so to me is the best looking.

I like 6 and 7 the best...

-John

6 is what I was wanting

I like 6 as well

I vote for six as well.

4 / 6

5, absolutely.

4 and 7 are really similar, btw, but hard to compare because they're in different images.

Would be nice to have a pic of just 6, 4, and 7 to compare, since they're by far the most popular.

4,5, or 8 please.

 paulson games wrote:
And people thought the last one was big....

The Lynx parts are in and looking absolutely beautiful. I'll be molding these up ASAP and with luck the first batches may start shipping out as early as next Fri.

More pictures are posted in the Facebook gallery. (www.facebook.com/mechafront)

What are the infantry models on those bases? They look pretty interesting.

Also, I would vote number 4. Looks the best, although I would think if you had rocket tubes arranged like that they would be mounted in a "box" superstructure for stability, kind of like what you see on a Madcat or a Catapult from Battletech.

The infantry are from Micropanzer.


I'm looking at doing 3 different missile launchers, likely 4, 6, 7 that way everyone can have a decent amount to pick from. I'll work on the 3d a bit more and post more finalized renders shortly along with front profiles. (#7 can switch sides to make option 8 as well)


Here's some additional parts I'm toying around with for a potential weapon pack (4 linked machine guns)

Thoughts?

Great designs.

4 is eminently practical, but 6 is visually interesting and 8 seems to give the mech a more aggressive posture.

How many guns is the raptor going to get? I'd like to see another set for the medium mech

 RiTides wrote:
How many guns is the raptor going to get? I'd like to see another set for the medium mech

As many as possible There's a total of 10 weapons open to each weight class, and I'm going to have to make plenty of those, particularly if I want to have stuff for stretch goals... and yeah I'll have more info on that shortly Once I get a good base set of weapons pieced together I'll be scaling them up and tweaking them for Lynx and other mecha.

Stretch goals! Which implies... Kickstarter! Oh my

Working on setting the stuff to 1/285 scale (6mm) Let me know what you think.

(quad is 90mm wide!)

Whoa, that quad's legs are massive! Do they need to be, or is that just the angle of the pic?

I'm liking the look of the size of the mechs, that heavy mech is a tasty size

Also, I received my medium mechs in the mail last week, perfect casts as always!!

While more enticing to my wallet if I was to get into Mecha Front, I really like the 15mm scale stuff as that is what I'm collecting for the most part.

Also, in a pinch the 15mm Mecha can stand in as ROV drones in 28mm scale games of Tomorrows War, or other suitable Sci-Fi.