This is an homage to one of my favourite anime franchises: Mobile Suit Gundam. I love how the story revolves around making the mech designs semi-realistic and intrinsic to the story development along the years. I always wanted to try and come up with a design idea for the grunt mechs, that are usually in the background and don't have that much of a chance to shine, and make them look cool and menacing, but without losing the basic look underneath.