an update to (and hopefully better pics of) my favorite previous frames. see captions for lore and details.
I have renders i need to update that i might post another day, along with more squad pics (i have 5 of these guys in identical colors now).
all historical, cultural, and religious references in lore/descriptions are sincerely intended with the utmost respect.
includes renders as well as photographs, see captions for lore and details
after spending far too much of my not-really-disposeable income and spending far too much time hunched over a bin of LEGO, i finally have a full squad of color coordinated mobile frames. I had a parts pool consisting of 4x Tropical Toucan, 4x Space Shuttle, 4x Orange Cat Paper Bag, 2x Surprising Spider, and 2x Cute Hamster with a Flower sets. i have more frames and more scenery/stations made from this supply of parts, some i posted earlier variants in the past.
see photo captions for lore and misc. details.
i had 2x surprising spider and 2x cute hamster with a flower sets, the spider frames each only used parts from 1 surprising spider set, but for the tan frames i had to combine the cute hamster with a flower and spider sets, as the hamster set did not have many clip pieces. i took some black 1x2 hemicircle jumpers from my collection for the tan mech's necks as well, but only to replace white ones they already had.
the white/orange frames are updates to frames i posted previously.
loadouts and tactical profiles in captions.
i made these with some creator 3-in-1 sets i got recently, 2x space shuttle, 2x orange cat paper bag, 2x tropical toucan. i forget the item numbers.
these 4 were directly inspired by the Blackbeard i posted along with my Tortuga, but are not necessarily based on any specific LANCER mechs. Maybe they are customized Everests. The yellow one's got those classic Smith-Shimano Corpro mecha-toes tho.
includes 4-plate-fig pilots for scale (idk if the scale is lore accurate tho, the tortuga came out barbarossa sized i think...)
apologies for posting so much stuff based on an entirely different RPG
last pic includes my blackbeard for scale
including some earlier variations on the torso thrusters (the last 4 images)
apologies for mixing light grey and light bluish grey, my parts palette is limited
i had to reorient some of the nozzle parts to build them, and i didn't have the joint part for the osprey backpack so i used a click hinge instead
i just spent like 1-2 hours gathering parts to try to build the default frames, only to discover that all or most of the builds (the comissar and the chub, at least) rely on clipping the 1x1 clip plates onto the tap/nozzle handle pieces in ways that don't actually fit. the ankles and shoulders of the comissar specifically gave me a lot of problems. the bigger end of the nozzle occludes the base of the clip plate. i have broken one of my clip pieces already trying. do different kinds of 1x1 clip pieces fit better or is the design intended to have a loose clip attachment or what? i know there are newer clip pieces but idk if the spacing is any different. i know the whole deal with this game is that you can build custom robots but i really like the VOTOMS look of the Chub, and honestly i lack a lot of the newer rod and clip type parts to make many substitutions, i don't have more than 1 of the T shaped rod parts for example, and none of the newer bar plate pieces where the bar is closed on both ends.
edit: i was specifically trying to build the original mechs to get a sense of the scale the mechs were supposed to be as i couldn't find many rules for unit size other than stations