Armored Core 6: Burning Rubicon has only been out for a few days, but an intrepid group of aesthetically inclined AC pilots have embraced the game’s extensive paint and decal editors to create sharp-dressed mechs. Pretty much every other mech you can think of is being recreated Armored core 6with masterfully recreated versions of the XVX-016 Gundam Aerial, the Evangelion Unit-01, GaiGar, Megas, Gipsy Danger and many others flooding social media.
New and veteran Armored Core fans have shown incredible creativity beyond recreation and creating original works, featuring Ken and Barbie-inspired mecha, multiple Kirby-inspired ACs, and Ronald McDonald’s tank-thread dual-gatling gun mech. One of my favorites is an AC modeled after a brown 2007 Toyota Camry.
Here’s a look at some of the best user-generated ACs to come out of the Armored Core 6 community to date.
Classic mech
The Evangelion Unit-01 is a popular color scheme, especially when applied to the lightweight AC frames available Burning Rubicon.
Gundam-inspired schemes are popular, unsurprisingly, but xIsparda nailed the colors and details with their construction.
There’s nothing wrong with the purple Deception with a cool voice that has some love in it AC6.
Kaneda’s bicycle van Akira is iconic and relatively easy to recreate if you use some 80s logos and anime accurate decals.
Are there any GoaGaiGar fans?
A truly inspired one Space battleship Yamato costume…
Is anyone a fan of it Mega XLR? Yes, apparently many Armored Core fans are!
The Goofs
We’ve seen multiple Kirby-inspired mechs online, but this one captures the mix of cute and disturbing perfectly.
This brilliant Nintendo 64 inspired build Real responds to the geometry.
Barbiecore is back.
This AC is just Ken.
For Warhammer 40,000 fans, the Armored core 6 Paint Job Editor has a lot of great rust effects.
Arms overloaded!
This McDonald’s-inspired mech serves billions and billions.
Japan’s Yamato Transport company is iconic for its cat logo and color scheme, proving popular on Armored Core Twitter.
This streetwear mech keeps it ultra-casual. Welcome to the gun show.
I’m a big fan of the clearance stickers created by this Armored Core player that wants to make your AC look cheap.
Also popular in Japan: Bobobo and Don Patch out Bobobo-bo Bobobo.
Reddit users are waging a war of farm equipment, heavy machinery, and power tools with an ongoing gag from CAT brand ACs, John Deere, Milwaukee Tool, and Ryobi.
This 2007 Toyota Camry-inspired AC has 300,000 miles on it and it still purrs.
For Armored core 6 For players who like the finer details, Japanese Twitter user Ein makes a bunch of little greebles and accessory decals for the PlayStation 5 version that make ACs look much more realistic.
Artist Koragg is recreating many of them and posting Steam compatible versions of the decals.