C-66 Kompra - Bullfrog

Originally posted Dec 29, 2022

Continuing the Solstice Rain #mecha art done for @Lancer_RPG. Before it was identified, Union boots on the ground called the Vestan armored bruiser that led their formations the Bullfrog. A combo of its shield and leg mounted hover jets make it a nasty close range bully. pic.twitter.com/AYmIWBuIWN

— Peyton (@Gee0Man) December 27, 2022

Continuing the Solstice Rain mecha art done for Lancer RPG. Before intel filtered in, Union boots on the ground called the Vestan armored bruiser that led their formations the Bullfrog. A combo of its shield and leg mounted hover jets make it a nasty close range bully.

Didn't write extensive notes on the Bullfrog as my Everest, but some shorter thoughts on designing antagonistic mecha.

The Bullfrog belongs to the Vestan Sovereignty, an antagonistic faction in the Solstice Rain supplement. They’re a familiar story. An authoritarian nation on the verge of loosening up only for the militant reactionaries to tighten their grip again. Union’s arrival on Cressidium serves as the perfect catalyst to reignite old dreams of conquest.

Every GM needs its Zaku to be locked in eternal struggle with. I imagine in universe, armchair generals and rivet counters will argue about the respective qualities of the [G] Type Everest and Bullfrog during the Cressidium conflict for years to come.

I designed the Bullfrog in concert with my Everest variant. Whereas I looked at Gundam and Armored Core for the [G] Type, I prayed at the altar of Kazuhisa Kondo for the Bullfrog. I have always wanted to design a Kondo-inspired absolute unit.

Giant armored skirt and shoulders to give it a brutish, imposing physical profile. The Bullfrog is intended to be used as a deceptively fast wrecking ball, smashing into enemy lines where its bulk and close range firepower make it difficult to repel. These types of chunky forms emphasize that mass but also reflect the Vestan’s desire to punish and impose its will on others. It’s not merely enough to occupy the space, it must make everyone around it uncomfortable and vulnerable. Again, a bully.

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