"Near-future Mechs" Topic

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madaxeman	23 Nov 2014 1:15 p.m. PST
We've all done it, right? picked up some nice-looking models with one aim in mind, and ended up going off on a tangent that may end up being a new ruleset, army and scale? Well, at Warfare this year I picked up some spider drones from GZG to see if they would work as unusual mechanical spiders for my Ramos Crew for Malifaux, plus a couple of walker drones to cannibalize and make a Mobile Toolkit for the same crew. However, having scratchbuilt/modded the Mobile Toolkit fairly successfully, I had a couple of spare walkers and I was also a little unconvinced by the Spider Drones – they were just a bit too big really for the look I wanted. So, the idea of having some NATO and WARPAC walkers to add to my 6mm Ultra-modern Cold War Commander armies started to crystallize… sort of a "Weird World War III" thing going on, or possibly more realistically a gateway drug to 6mm Sci-Fi gaming. A bit of discussion with the ever helpful folks on the BKC/CWC Forum later and the idea started to take shape… There are more pics at: my blog
Legion 4	23 Nov 2014 2:53 p.m. PST
Pretty cool !
Stealth1000	23 Nov 2014 3:22 p.m. PST
Like it.
Dementation	24 Nov 2014 4:36 a.m. PST
Cool idea, fits in well I think!
Paint it Pink	24 Nov 2014 6:22 a.m. PST
I assume the Spider walker is mounted on a British penny? Nice set up.
madaxeman	24 Nov 2014 7:21 a.m. PST
Its currently a 2p, but they will fit on a penny (just). The next ones might just do that, as part of their game-level-advantage should be better mobility in closed terrain .. so they do need smaller bases to actually fit!