Wow is has been forever since I touched this blog. I've seen using Twitter instead lately.
Any how, I've been digging deep into Heavy Gear lately, and I'm impressed with what I'm seeing. I knew of the game over a decade ago when the PC games were released, but never really had the opportunity to dig into the actual tabletop game until recently.
Dream Pod Nine offers a wealth of background info, covering the universe fluff and all quite in-depth. I can't say it's as in-depth as what GW has in place for 40k, but there's definitely A LOT of stuff to read if you're the type looking for rich and engrossing background info and stories.
The production quality of their stuff is up there too with the best of them. I've only seen the new starter set models so far, but what I'm seeing is quite impressive as well. Thier stuff is 10mm-12mm in scale, and I've always been a BattleTech/Mechwarrior fan, so it's not hard to like the Gears in Heavy Gear, as the scale is very different, but both are giant robots with big guns. That's about where the similarities end tho. BattleMechs are as big as 100 tons, where as Gears are no larger than 18 tons.
So back to work on Heavy Gear, and I also have some big plans to cover more Heavy Gear, and some BattleTech stuff in the near future, as my grand plan comes together. I'm also looking into covering more 15mm sci-fi scale stuff, since there's so much of it out there anymore.
Any how, I've been digging deep into Heavy Gear lately, and I'm impressed with what I'm seeing. I knew of the game over a decade ago when the PC games were released, but never really had the opportunity to dig into the actual tabletop game until recently.
Dream Pod Nine offers a wealth of background info, covering the universe fluff and all quite in-depth. I can't say it's as in-depth as what GW has in place for 40k, but there's definitely A LOT of stuff to read if you're the type looking for rich and engrossing background info and stories.
The production quality of their stuff is up there too with the best of them. I've only seen the new starter set models so far, but what I'm seeing is quite impressive as well. Thier stuff is 10mm-12mm in scale, and I've always been a BattleTech/Mechwarrior fan, so it's not hard to like the Gears in Heavy Gear, as the scale is very different, but both are giant robots with big guns. That's about where the similarities end tho. BattleMechs are as big as 100 tons, where as Gears are no larger than 18 tons.
So back to work on Heavy Gear, and I also have some big plans to cover more Heavy Gear, and some BattleTech stuff in the near future, as my grand plan comes together. I'm also looking into covering more 15mm sci-fi scale stuff, since there's so much of it out there anymore.