Clockwork Goblin Miniatures Unleash a German Mecha Walker
July 27, 2012 by brennon
Another update now from the Clockwork Goblin Miniatures crew who are working on their 15mm Weird World War game. Check out the latest render of the German Mecha Walker below...
These miniatures are starting to remind me of Command & Conquer more and more, just one set in the midst of World War II. I'm liking that this was most likely simply a tank before, but some enterprising engineer tore off the tracks and gave it legs instead!
The US aren't going to be left in the dust though. Check out their Light Walker, looking a lot like the mech from the film Sucker Punch. I love to think of these painted up coated in soot and belching smoke, that massive machine gun overheating with spent rounds all around it.
This game is certainly starting to evoke a great image.
Here's another image that just got released too, an alternative US Medium Walker load-out...
What do you make of these Mecha?
That heavy walker reminds me about on one of those quad mechs in Battletech. I think it was Tarantula. That light walker how ever reminds me about Wolverine walkers from Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun.
The light one looks more like an elemental to me, but I think the quad you’re thinking of is possibly the fire scorpion or great turtle, iirc the tarantula was a lot more spindly and more mushroom shaped.
Why, oh, why, is this 15mm !
A 28mm mech combat game would be fantastic but making the models at a price were you could afford more than 2 or 3 and at a detail and quality level were I don’t make fun of them would be quite difficult.
Clockwork Goblin have, IIRC, clearly stated that working from computer generated masters it isn’t hard at all to scale up the sculpts. I’d keep following their work, they just might do stuff in 28mm.
Will these have a rule set all their own?
Although I would of liked these in 28mm scale for Secrets of the Third Reich. Hope you can do a review of the system for the 15mm Weird War 2 game when it comes out.
Königskrabbe (king crab) would be a better name ^^