Davey Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 (edited) An Otomen is… 1) A young man with girlish interests and thoughts. 2) A young man who has talent for cooking, needlework, and general housework. 3) A manly young man with a girlish heart. The OTOMech Model TK-MM is the brainchild of the industrial design unit of ToT-LUG Industries and it is the first mech to come out of the up-and-coming design house. Weighing in at roughly 100 tons, it is designed as a mid-sized walker designed to support a ground attack. The walker stands roughly 35 feet high and can achieve ground speeds of up to 24 km/hr in transit mode. In primary attack mode, speeds are slightly lower due to diversion of power from the main drive unit to the auxiliary weapons and countermeasures systems. The OTOMech is powered by a proprietary cold fusion drive system that was sourced from the Fabuland Armored Guard Lab and Unit-design Group. As you can seen from the picture, the heart of this propulsion system is their proprietary fusion brick bearing the group’s name. Lead propulsion system researcher, Mark Larson, debuted this propulsion system as Brickworld 2009 where ToT-LUG Industries was able to source this unique power system. Here we see the cockpit of this walker complete with pilot, Lila Lamb (of Fabuland Housewives fame). The cockpit is deep within the walker to help protect the pilot as much as possible. The cockpit contains all the necessary navigation equipment and ancillary weapons systems controls. The rear of the walker is fully shrouded in an advanced composite armor designed to protect all the key propulsion systems. In addition, the armor is self-repairing (to a point) allowing itself to repair minor damage on-the-fly. Key to any mech is the weapons system and The OTOMech has an exciting array. Below the body of the mech are two 155mm cannons. The missile pod is capable of carrying 16 ‘Otaku’ class missiles capable of N-LOS (Non-Line of Sight) firing. However, the crown jewel of this mech is the ‘Kitty Cannon’ that fires standard kitties capable of being tipped with multiple MIRV’s. Another couple shots of the legs and armor covering. Additional weapons can be attached to the legs, if needed. However, this proves to be rare as top speed is greatly reduced due to the additional load on the gyroscopic stability system. As you can see here, multiple guidance and targeting kitties are used to feed sensor data to the cockpit. On downside of this configuration is that they are greatly exposed to enemy fire. But they look so cute! This mech can be posed fairly well for being a larger walker. Weight and overall center of gravity tend to be the main issues with posing this mech. Fourth Wall Commentary: I’ve never built a mech before, but I got assigned the category in the first round of the 2009 MOCOlympics. As I was sketching out various ideas for this, I felt I needed to try something that nobody else had ever done. It needed to be something that would defy the traditional mech genre. The OTOMech Model TK-MM represents my ‘girlish’ side that enjoys things like fashion, shopping, and Shojo manga. Thanks to Mark Larson for the Fabuland Armored Guard Lab and Unit-design Group ‘power brick’. -Dave Edited August 23, 2009 by Cyclone Breezerider Quote
ILikePi Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 Wow, that looks great, Dave! The color scheme is really "girly", but it suits the mecha. And if there was actually a LUG named "FAG-LUG", that would be hilarious. Quote
nintha Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 I like the design of it and color scheme could change but is great use for pink bricks and poor multiple guidance and targetting kitties. Oh, and the "Kittie Cannon" is also a great idea. I wonder. Quote
Quarryman Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Just saw this on The Brothers Brick, what an amazingly cool mecha (I'll admit, I love most MOCs that include pink ). The belvillish colour scheme works great, and the kitty cannon is pure genius. It should have had more pink though, and more flowers Quote
Davey Posted September 2, 2009 Author Posted September 2, 2009 And if there was actually a LUG named "FAG-LUG", that would be hilarious. There just might be. -Dave Quote
Siegfried Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 Very nice! I love the over-the-top explanation, especially the MIRV tipped kittens. (Does "multiple MIRV’s" make sense though? Isn't that like "ATM Machine"?) Incidentally, your photo background works surprisingly well... Quote
Davey Posted September 3, 2009 Author Posted September 3, 2009 Very nice! I love the over-the-top explanation, especially the MIRV tipped kittens. (Does "multiple MIRV’s" make sense though? Isn't that like "ATM Machine"?) Doh! You are absolutely right. It should just be MIRV tipped kittens. My bad. Incidentally, your photo background works surprisingly well... My Egyptian cotton bath sheet from Target? I need to get better photo backgrounds someday. -Dave Quote
Big Cam Posted September 3, 2009 Posted September 3, 2009 That is awesome. Not crazy about the colors but the story makes up for it. I'd love to see an army of these in different colors. Quote
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