gee0man:

Things are shit lately but it’s almost christmas so fuck it. My #LancerRPG GMS Everest for their upcoming supplement Solstice Rain. I’ve always loved all manner of grunts in #mecha and don’t know if they realized how much I relished the opportunity. 

[G] Type Everests are built to easily swap equipment in record time, affording them a great deal of tactical flexibility. [G] Types were deployed by Union forces during Operation Solstice Rain where their rapid deployment avoided a worst case scenario for the city of Nov Elysia.

I had a lot of fun drawing from all of my favorite sources to design a quintessential Lancer grunt mech. For my interepretation of the GMS Everest, I wanted to design something that felt solid, but not rugged, if that makes sense to anyone but me. To compare to other works, I thought of designs like Gundam’s GM and Jegan lineages, or certain designs from the Armored Core and Front Mission franchises. Designs that felt true to the essence of the mech as a military machine. 

I do want to be clear, I don’t intend for my interpretation of the GMS Everest to be the “canon” depiction, nor should it invalidate the many fantastic renditions of it I’ve seen from Lancer’s fanbase. I hope my [G] Type Everest will contribute to the fabric of Lancer as a whole though, and that some of you will think of mine when you imagine it on the table.