"Where I live, we're coming upon the hottest part of the summer. Soon we will hear the mechanical songs of this season, the loud clicking that we associate with dire heat, the soft hum of fusion engines, the ever-present sounds of
Cicadas on the training grounds..."
This fortnight, we're focusing on the
Cicada, another scout 'Mech from
Technical Readout: 3025. Back in the day, it was overshadowed by the
Locust and I neither used it much nor saw it used much. It didn't help that the update in
Technical Readout: 3050 was lackluster. Some of the other variants show promise and I imagine there are quite a few fans of this 'Mech. If you'd like to learn more about its variants or using it in the game, check out the
Cicada's
'Mech of the Week article.
The
Cicada is another 'Mech that hasn't seen much love over the years:
- The original metal sculpt released by Ral Partha is still the current sculpt (20-900)
- Based on that is the beginners set sculpt (currently sold as part of Recon Lance 'Mech Pack (10-039))
- CGL's previous versions of the intro box and Recon Lance Pack included a plastic miniature based on the beginners set sculpt
If anyone has any
Cicadas painted, please share pictures. We'd love to see them!
As always, thank you for reading and posting pictures!
Our next two fortnights will be:
- Aug 3: UrbanMech and UrbanMech IIC
- Aug 17: Vulcan
