Sappho’s Mech-Tech artist | cyborg | game designer | lesbian | 30+ | she/they I am patches on upgrades, systems on systems. Mechanical, computer and human.
Welcome to my hanger...er uhmm... I mean my blog! Sorry, there are so many mechs and robots here I get the two mixed up heh. Why don't I give you a tour?
➤ "Absolutely! Lead the way."
Wonderful! Follow me!
I'm JP by the way, using she/they pronouns.
I'm an artist cyborg, mechanic, and mech pilot. I also write and make TTRPG things. But yeah, I uh kinda do a lot here. Thus the mess. Oh! I should probably get you a directory incase you get lost. Here take this!
🔽 [TAG DIRECTORY now in your inventory] 🔽
---ARTWORK TAGS---
#illustrations >> my larger more detailed watercolor pieces
#cyborg + dragon >> my comic series
#cyborg gif >> little cyborg emote gifs, and my animated comics
#poem >> It's not often, but occasionally I'll write poetry
---TTRPG TAGS---
#ttrpg >> for general ttrpg things, stuff I play or want to play
#reactors and romance >> the mecha flirting game I created
#u-phoria >> a trans heist adventure I wrote for CBR+PNK
<<more to come>>
---SCIFI TAGS---
#mecha >> for big stompy robots!
#robots / #cyborg >> not necessarily big and stompy, but still good!
#robotposting / #mechposting >> for that machine yearning
Curious about the mech on the cover of Reactors & Romance?
The frame is called the Takahe. It's named after a flightless bird from New Zealand of the same name. Even though the mech's "tail feathers" are massive jump jets meant to get this thing soaring!
Lore wise, its a frame designed for mobility and exploration of both terrestrial and space environments. The cockpit is located in the chest, and has an expanded compartment to provide barebones living quarters for extended away missions. Since the pilot isn't located in the head, it's head packed with various sensors and long ranged coms. Perfect for surveying and keeping in contact with distant teammates. It might not have the versatility of arms to pick-up different weapons on the fly, but it's head mounted weapons have exceptional accuracy due to the dampeners in it's neck. These dampeners do have the unintended side effect of making the head bob like a pigeon or chicken when the frame is running pigeon
Like most of my mech designs this one originally started off as a Lego build of mine for the game Mobile Frame Zero. A table top wargame that uses Lego mechs as minis. It's a lot of fun by the way. You should check it out HERE (I think I still have some of my bird mechs featured on their website)
My Lego Takahe build is actually a larger version of my Kiwi mech. Which is very similar in design to the Takahe, just smaller and cuter. I love these little guys and have made so many of them over the years.
Like... sooooo many! I have a whole Pride collection of them with each one colored as a different pride flag.
Here is the first painting I did of the Takahe, which also inspired the color pallet for Reactors & Romance.
I also did some pixel art of the mech too. I was hoping to use for a Lancer game, but that didn't happened. I did get to include it as part of my NPC roster for a game of Celestial Bodies that I ran! The players did a great job completely obliterating my children 😂
If I had a nickel for everytime someone assumed me and my friend group were a polycule, I would have two nickels. Which isn't alot but its weird that... actually who am I kidding. I kinda get where they are coming from
As a robot girl and a mechanic, its important to get someone else to do your maintenance. Not Just because you need to let others pamper you for a change, though that part is true. But because you need someone to reset and reinstall those safely limitors.
I know you've been disabling them. Do I even need to check your logs? Tally up the time they read "heat override". You have so many sensors turned off or disabled. These ones in particukar are for your safety, you realize that right? The exterior armor is barely scratched, yet your internals are cooked and worn to shreds.
Trust me, I get it. Theirs lots to do and plenty to get done. But you're overvaluing your purpose, and undervalueing your chassis.
The next TTRPG system I make is going to be about being sapphic mech mechanics desperately trying to repair mechs and their relationships before the next attack hits the base
Low-key obsessed with the name of it and had to throw a graphic together for it
Can't just work on releasing a TTRPG adventurer and not give the players some fun new characters creation options! So for my Reactors & Romance adventure, Powercores & Polycules, I designed some new mech options for the players.
Which, given how rules light and simple character creation is for the game, it was my only real option. It had the added bonus of giving me an excuse to design some mech!
