Favorite Mecha
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I know that Warhammer is not supposed to be the pinnacle of realism, but how the hell do people survive inside that castle? Looking at the angle that it's standing at in the photo, the rooms are almost completely flipped to the side. And just imagine the shaking caused by every single step. People would be absolutely battered bloody after only a couple minutes of walkingTheSYLOH said:Soviet Heavy said:
Venerate the Machine God! For lo it has a castle for shoulders!
Blesseth this thine Imperator Titan, so we might blow thine enemies to wisp of vapor, in thine mercy.
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Also I am just noticing it has a Macro-Cannon for a crotch.
EDIT: Unless... seatbelts and heavily, heavily bolted furniture?
For some reason I keep forgetting about the mechs whenever I think of Metal Gear Solid. I've really got to get around to playing that series at some pointTheRightToArmBears said:Metal Gear Rex is my favourite. It's just so damn badass, but still looks like a piece of military kit. Besides, nuclear capabilities, you can't fuck with that.
The Daishi, meanest mech in the battletech universe. It's like like a giant Tiger Tank with legs!
Freebirth Scum! That's a Dire Wolf!The Madman said:The Daishi, meanest mech in the battletech universe. It's like like a giant Tiger Tank with legs!
I was thinking more artificial gravity. The Imperium definitely has that tech for it's star ships. It also has anti-gravity tech for things like the Land Speeder. So probably its got one giant anti-grav system to lessen the load and prevent the titan from collapsing under it's own weight. Then it uses an artificial gravity deck plating to stabilize the castle interior.The Almighty Aardvark said:
Yui-sama will always be my favorite. Especially when she's protecting her baby boy.
The mech's offical name is Unit-01, to those who aren't Evangelion fans.
The mech's offical name is Unit-01, to those who aren't Evangelion fans.
I can't quite decide between the MK1 warlord titan
and this conversion of the Imperator to Lucius pattern.
Probably the warlord though. Just.
and this conversion of the Imperator to Lucius pattern.
Probably the warlord though. Just.
The Shagohod. As was said about Metal Gear Rex above, its a fantastic mech yet it looks like it could be an actual military vehicle.
Well, some of my favorites:
Incredibly maneuverable and powerful, considering it's an old unit. Too bad its firepower isn't that great.
The best incarnation of the Red Comet.
Good choices. I really liked this one from ACFA:The Almighty Aardvark said:
I hate that I had to use a model, but I couldn't find a better picture
Lagann for me.
In Gurren Lagann, I actually found that the more complex the mechs got, the more generic they looked. I prefer their base components rather than the huge ridiculous ones, it has more charm to it IMO. The later ones like Tengen Toppa and Super Galaxy have charm too, but more in a"I can't believe an adult wrote this" kind of way.
I do love Gurren Lagann though.
My favourite Real Robot is a tie between my nostalgic love of Macross, hence the VF-1 Series of Valkyries below...
The ugly but awesome Scope Dog from VOTOMs...
and the Gundam Ez-8 from Mobile Suit Gundam: The 8th MS Team because how can you NOT love a Mecha built out of Truck Parts because they couldn't get the proper ones.
and because I must... the Ingram 98, a Police Mecha designed to protect and serve...
For super robots...
The Gunbuster is way up there...
SHOWTIME! Cast in the name of god ye not guilty! Goddamn it's the Big O, gotta be on the list...
and lastly... it was hard to settle on this... but I gotta go with the Nirvash Spec 2... because I just love flying surfing robots so much...
Honourable Mentions...
The Pathfinder from The Jovian Chronicles
The Gurren Lagann from Gurren Lagann
Dann of Thursday from Gun X Sword
The Aestevelis's from Martian Successor Nadesico
Every Mortorheadd ever from Five Star Stories (they also crazy cool looking)
The Escaflowne from The Vision of Escaflowne
Jehuty from Zone of the Enders
The Atlas from Battletech (really the ONLY Battletech mech I like)
The ugly but awesome Scope Dog from VOTOMs...
and the Gundam Ez-8 from Mobile Suit Gundam: The 8th MS Team because how can you NOT love a Mecha built out of Truck Parts because they couldn't get the proper ones.
and because I must... the Ingram 98, a Police Mecha designed to protect and serve...
For super robots...
The Gunbuster is way up there...
SHOWTIME! Cast in the name of god ye not guilty! Goddamn it's the Big O, gotta be on the list...
and lastly... it was hard to settle on this... but I gotta go with the Nirvash Spec 2... because I just love flying surfing robots so much...
Honourable Mentions...
The Pathfinder from The Jovian Chronicles
The Gurren Lagann from Gurren Lagann
Dann of Thursday from Gun X Sword
The Aestevelis's from Martian Successor Nadesico
Every Mortorheadd ever from Five Star Stories (they also crazy cool looking)
The Escaflowne from The Vision of Escaflowne
Jehuty from Zone of the Enders
The Atlas from Battletech (really the ONLY Battletech mech I like)
I find it hard to choose favorites among what I know. However, what I do know is that nearly anything from armored core I will like... But my most favorite of all has had a few differing shapes, one of which is my current Avatar.
Target Verified. Commencing hostilities.
Target Verified. Commencing hostilities.
I'm really fond of Wanzers from Front Mission and Jaegers from Pacific Rim.
I really love that they actually do look like something that human engineers and military might come up with. Something effective and practical.
From Front Mission I adore Zenith, Rexon and my favorite Kasel M2. And just by their look you can say what role they play. Zenith is more sleek and mobile. Rexon takes sniper role with it's exposed optics. And Kasel just looks like a perfect brawler with giant head.
<img src=http://images.wikia.com/frontmission/images/d/df/Zenith_wanzer_01.jpg><img src=http://ravenrepublic.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Rexon_Render1.jpg><img src=http://lparchive.org/Front-Mission-3/Update%2053/30-imagecapture_03052011_213447.jpg>
And from Pacific Rim I freaking love Cherno Alpha! Just look at him! This is the kind of mech that gets to your face and starts beating the shit out of you!
<img src=http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130730074845/pacificrim/images/f/fa/Cherno_Alpha_Concept_03.jpg>
I really love that they actually do look like something that human engineers and military might come up with. Something effective and practical.
From Front Mission I adore Zenith, Rexon and my favorite Kasel M2. And just by their look you can say what role they play. Zenith is more sleek and mobile. Rexon takes sniper role with it's exposed optics. And Kasel just looks like a perfect brawler with giant head.
<img src=http://images.wikia.com/frontmission/images/d/df/Zenith_wanzer_01.jpg><img src=http://ravenrepublic.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Rexon_Render1.jpg><img src=http://lparchive.org/Front-Mission-3/Update%2053/30-imagecapture_03052011_213447.jpg>
And from Pacific Rim I freaking love Cherno Alpha! Just look at him! This is the kind of mech that gets to your face and starts beating the shit out of you!
<img src=http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130730074845/pacificrim/images/f/fa/Cherno_Alpha_Concept_03.jpg>
Oooo good choice, I love the Wanzers... all of em, since they have pretty interchangable parts... though the Zenith/Zenislev is definitely my favorite (and the flagship Mecha of the series).IllumInaTIma said:
Three spring to mind, in order of size (since I like them all for very different reasons):
Chou (Super) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Okay, by that point it's less mech than energy construct, but it's got mech parts. Because deep down we all want the biggest, most powerful robot, and they don't really come any bigger or more powerful than that (TVtropes tells me that Demonbane has a bigger mech, but it's basically a battle of infinities at this point. Besides, there's nothing stopping Gurren Lagann from getting even bigger if it needs to...)
Zearth, from Bokurano. Many orders of magnitude smaller than CTTGL, but still in the upper percentiles at 500 meters (1640 feet) tall. What I like about Zearth is its sheer /alienness/. It's roughly humanoid, but its angled spines and armor are more reminiscent of arthropods. It's got a tiny 'face' that has absolutely no resemblance to a human face. Most of its special combat abilities are ablative in nature: it can detach segments of itself at will and fire microscopic flecks of its own armor at relativistic speeds from any surface of its body. Naturally, no human weapon can so much as scratch the thing.
This doesn't seem like a human design. (Yes, obviously someone had to design and draw it, but I mean in-universe.) Who in their right mind would build this? This thing is a weapon designed to fight a kind of war that we're not familiar with, on a scale that we can't handle, and we have no choice but to rely on it.
And finally, Escaflowne, from The Vision of Escaflowne. Now, I'll freely admit that my fondness for Escaflowne is partially based in sentiment as my first "serious" anime (not counting Pokemon, which is really more of a lifestyle).
Compared to others on this list - hell, compared to most mecha in the genre - it's not terribly impressive. It's barely over 40 feet tall. Its primary weapon is a sword - not a beam sword or a magic sword, just a sword. The blade can retract a bit for storage but that's it. There might be a beam weapon from those big-ass shoulder crystals, but we only see it in a vision of a possible future.
Why does it rank among my favorites? Well, besides its nifty dragon mode and its blood-magic overtones, there's something indefinably awesome about something with an unpredictable fate in a setting where predicting fate is literally a science.
Chou (Super) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Okay, by that point it's less mech than energy construct, but it's got mech parts. Because deep down we all want the biggest, most powerful robot, and they don't really come any bigger or more powerful than that (TVtropes tells me that Demonbane has a bigger mech, but it's basically a battle of infinities at this point. Besides, there's nothing stopping Gurren Lagann from getting even bigger if it needs to...)
Zearth, from Bokurano. Many orders of magnitude smaller than CTTGL, but still in the upper percentiles at 500 meters (1640 feet) tall. What I like about Zearth is its sheer /alienness/. It's roughly humanoid, but its angled spines and armor are more reminiscent of arthropods. It's got a tiny 'face' that has absolutely no resemblance to a human face. Most of its special combat abilities are ablative in nature: it can detach segments of itself at will and fire microscopic flecks of its own armor at relativistic speeds from any surface of its body. Naturally, no human weapon can so much as scratch the thing.
Oh, and after you're done piloting it for the first time, you die a few minutes later.
And finally, Escaflowne, from The Vision of Escaflowne. Now, I'll freely admit that my fondness for Escaflowne is partially based in sentiment as my first "serious" anime (not counting Pokemon, which is really more of a lifestyle).
Compared to others on this list - hell, compared to most mecha in the genre - it's not terribly impressive. It's barely over 40 feet tall. Its primary weapon is a sword - not a beam sword or a magic sword, just a sword. The blade can retract a bit for storage but that's it. There might be a beam weapon from those big-ass shoulder crystals, but we only see it in a vision of a possible future.
Why does it rank among my favorites? Well, besides its nifty dragon mode and its blood-magic overtones, there's something indefinably awesome about something with an unpredictable fate in a setting where predicting fate is literally a science.