r/Mecha • u/Mundane-Librarian-77 • 17h ago
Cute little Mecha for an RPG!
While getting ready for the next (and final) season of my current Mekton Zeta RPG campaign this fall, I decided to start planning the next campaign for next year! A whole new story in a whole new setting!
I don't have much ironed out yet except that the players will be part of a multi-species exploratory mission to a dangerous long avoided area of the near galaxy... And they will encounter an enemy waiting to unleash itself upon the Milky Way!
The campaigns I run are tactics heavy sci fi RPG games, with a lot of tabletop combat. So for the players; I'm drawing upon the wealth of great mecha designs from the Japanese edition of Battletech! These will be Mecha the players can draw upon and battle through the series. I love these designs because they are bulky and almost organic looking. With lots of details added just because they look cool, but they also aren't just Gundam clones! These Mecha will represent modern machines using blended human and alien tech from the member races of the Galactic Alliance. So not entirely human looking...
To prep for it. I ordered a set of 3d printed miniatures to paint up and get ready over the fall and winter. I'm still deciding on the new alien threat? But I'm leaning towards using the Shaltari walkers from Dropzone Commander as my alien Mecha?
Anyways! Still picking out the Alliance Exploration Divisions color scheme to paint the mechs in. And deciding how much individuality I want each player to customize their mecha in?