What is Heavy Gear?

I wanted to explore more about the Arsenal of each factions in the Heavy Gear Universe because I wanted to expand it more.

What is your duty? To serve the prophets will! What is the prophets will? That we fight and die! What is death? It is our duty!

Inspired by the fortress mine start fan film

Sharing these nail art dome pearls things I found on Amazon. Just in case they help anyone else out. They make great eyes or rivets. Or whatever.

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I finally get the funds available to order a bunch of extra plastic Caprice Frame leg set sprues for my extra frame bodies.... And the leg sprues have been removed from the DP9 webstore... 😭

Of course they have! That's how my luck works... Oh well I guess I'm stuck getting the resin sets in the weird poses. I hadn't intended to have half of them crouching or kicking but what can you do?!?! 🫤

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Whenever i watch the Heavy Gear Animated Series i realize something that the show is nothing more than a propaganda system used by the AST to tell the audience especially younger watchers that they are the “Good Guys” stating that the North are the “Bad Guys”, it was shown when they named the North’s Vanguard of Justice which was ironic since they cheat every single match and always show just how bad they are and how evil their actions really which was more ironic since the AST is more Evil than the North since they are the once who attacked them from the start.

When the show was cancelled due to poor reviews and low audience especially from young kids my headcannon is that the Show is bad due to being a propaganda tool than anything else which the parents of the younger audience just commented how bad the show really is. Not gonna lie i dont like the Show it doesnt do justice from the original show, if the creator of this show is stupid then he really is stupid for creating such a bad show and doesnt think outside of the box.

Per title, hit me up if you’re holding because I am a freak for that RAFM stuff and will pay a prince’s ransom. Also interested in any individual RAFM gears in blisters you may have.

Now that the RPG has been out for a while, what are people's thoughts on it.

I loved the old RPG, but found it had a few too many skills.

Are there any good youtube videos or AP podcasts that walk through the RPG and how it is played?

Thanks!

I'm jumping back into HG after many years away. I used to play the tabletop RPG and the tactical game in the late 90s?? Early 2000s. But drifted away to Mekton, Battletech, and CAV, for my Mecha fix mostly. Although I mined HG for ideas and mecha for other games shamelessly! 😂 A Mekton Zeta RPG villain I made operated a 50 foot tall, psychically operated, Kodiak!!

I backed the previous Kickstarter for quite a lot of money, but I couldn't get friends interested so most of the models have sat on shelves, unbuilt, slowly being robbed of parts for other mech games...

This winter, I intend to get all of my remaining minis built and painted up! And HOPEFULLY get my MechWarrior friends interested in an RPG/skirmish campaign!

I have 5 armies, North, South, CEF, Caprice, and Peace River. With about 12-15 (25 CEF not counting the little powered armored guys!) minis each left over after parts thefts! 😁 (My Ammon Mounts have been slightly... Modified... For use in Mekton but I've decided to keep them that way for now!) I'll be posting minis as i finish the factions! 🙂

Is there a primer or source online with the "current" state of the HG/Terra Nova storyline anyone could point me at? Thanks very much!

Hey, I was interested in trying HG tactical, but I live in a gaming dead zone where people won't even play Battletech, so Heavy Gear is pretty much completely off the table, so I was wondering if maybe there was a community to play it through Tabletop Simulator or a similiar program.

Guess a bit of a follow on to my earlier questions, what is the RC's use? I'm looking at gears that have HACs but can pay more points for a HRC but I'm struggling to see why I want to do that for a weapon that does 1 less damage and lacks precise in optimal for an extra D6/2d6.

Outside optimal a HAC is damage 8, split 2d6 vs a HRC being damage 7, split 3d6

inside optimal a HAC is damage 8 3d6 split/or 2d6 precise (no idea why they put precise on ACs but ok) vs HRC damage 7 split 4d6

inside optimal if split isn't wanted that's a damage and result lead on the HRC which an extra 2d6 is NOT going to compensate for, so its left to split situations but again its still a damage behind so its only point seems to be fishing for rolling a 6 to start with 1 more die? Does anyone find that worth paying extra on?

Possibly odd edge case of suboptimal split? 1d6 for a HAC vs 2d6 for a RAC? I dunno.. it just feels so lacking

Edit: finally realized ACs are burst split OR precise. Way it's written makes it seem they always burst but still