Dave's Gallery of Robot Art - RoboMACs

    These characters are from my RoboMACs settings (MAC - Mobile Artificial Consciousness). The 2163 setting was first created as a sort of "Transformers with the serial numbers filed off", for a short giant robot game I had written. As I expanded on the game and brought in piloted Robos, I realized that the 2163 setting wasn't broad enough to show off the rules, so I created the Exodus setting for use in the final publication. I've made the 2163 setting available online, although for some reason the image files of the faction symbols have vanished. Images are copyright Dave Van Domelen on the date of drawing.

RoboMACs 2163 characters:

• Early Promo: Starbolt and Blueblaze duking it out, back when RoboMACs was going to be printed in Space Gamer (TM) Magazine. Primitive transformation designs. 11/19/93
• Roughhouse: Turns into a Hummvee. I just wish I'd had a Hummvee to reference when I was drawing him. 1/27/94
• Siphonnn: One of the VerminMACs, based on a MasterbotiX transforming mosquito toy. 3/21/94
• Avenger: Actually a workable transformation into a Navy A-12 Avenger flying wing. A plane that never made it off the drawing board, sadly. 1/25/95
• Traumastar: "Vehicle" mode of the character, drawn using ClarisWorks. 12/23/95 Or click here for a version I jazzed up with an image editor. 2/22/96
• Blueblaze Action Master: An Action Master Rad that I repainted to look like Blueblaze. Image copyright 6/25/96.
• Stinger: A scooter transformer based on the Malaguti Phantom. 5/4/97.
• Firebrand: A VW Microbus that unfolds (the panels become a "lab coat") to become a robotic version of Dr. Clayton "Firebrand" Forrester of MST3K. Firebrand has appeared in the LNH/RoboMACs crossover "Robot Invasion" among other places in my writing. Note: he should be a much more shocking shade of lime green, but between my limited set of markers and problems with the scanner, it came out kinda blah.
• Kath Anders: A human in the setting, she's more involved with the Legion of Net.Heroes as Kat, but I decided to include a link here as well. 8/30/12.

RoboMACs Exodus characters:

Featured in the RoboMACs Exodus RPG (sadly, out of print).

• Gunslinger: Piloted by Alan "Duke" Wayne and Cory Hayes. 6/11/95
• Gemini B: Piloted by Pollux Dimas, this is a Superdeformed Super Valkyrie model painted to look like the Gemini B (which is pretty Valk-like to begin with), with a kitbashed sword. The Gemini Robos and the Dimas brothers are featured in the free giveaway one-page game "MiniMACs," which was given away at Origins, Gen Con and various stores near me.
• Enforcer 1003 kitbash: One of the combat drones used by the Directorate to keep the populace in line. Includes pictures of several stages in the process. 12/25/00.
• Enforcer 1003 drawing: Yeah, only took another 20 years to get around to making a "proper" drawing of my version of the design. Yes, the knees are a bit cheaty, the joint is hidden behind raised shinguards. Pencil art, and inked art (with some oopses I fixed in the coloring stage). 12/24/20.