Echo Tech- Tanto Light Striker Mech- FDM Printable

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Okay, Boss, we got another chassis and variants set. Before you say it, yeah, all the technicians are confused by the legs as well. I promise it's quite an alright mech once you get past how it looks. 35 tons, fast enough to get behind heavier mechs, and enough weapons to make that fact a problem. Weapons are meat and potatoes, energy weapons and some have missile systems for extra punching power.

Aside from a couple of exceptions; this is a backstabber, through and through. Energy weapons means this can keep on trucking without resupply, to the limit of the pilot themselves. Jump jets means rough terrain can be easily bypassed, and almost any situation is just not quite sticky enough for this thing to be easily caught.

There is also two extra mechs we picked up. From what we can gather, it's a variant of a variant, but is different enough to get it's own chassis designation. 10 tons heavier, more armor, more heat sinks, slightly more weapons than the older variants, and just as fast as the lighter ones. Seems fine, like a plus model, we will have to do some extra testing to see if it's worth the extra time to build more.

Anyway, the mechs are ready for field testing when you want to take them out for a spin. We've found out the legs are surprisingly maneuverable, maybe there is a reason they look that way.

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I really wanted to try this out because the art for this mech doesnt look like it should be able to go, in my opinion, 118 km/h (73-ish mph). My main inspiration for the legs was the 4th edition paper standee art by Chris Moeller: mainly the lower leg being behind the upper leg, but still being "knees forward". I wanted to pull more from that art, but I was concerned the thin "wirey-ness" of the design would be a nightmare on FDM. So now it's a strange hybrid, but hey, some mechs are just weird, and that's what makes them special.

Anyway, 16 visual variants, 12 mono-poses, and all the parts for your kit-bashing needs. Since the feet are smaller; some of the more dynamic poses might be less stable, but they should still be stable enough to glue to a base.

These were test printed with polyterra pla with a .2mm nozzle, and .04mm to .08mm layer height. I've had very little issue with the mono pose prints, they're just chunky enough I believe so that's nice. Resin printers should have no issue with the models, but I hope someone would let me know if they have a problem printing them, FDM or resin.