Well SkyStar and I decided to rename the Engines (player's mech) in the WIP game Engine's of War, since previously it was going with a story line with a fictional war between Korea and Japan, but is no longer and the names don't seem to fit.

Here are the units that need names:

And this one.


More pics up at http://www.moddb.com/games/engines-of-war/images


edit: How the heck do you turn off the preview for attachments?! That is so annoying!

#2: Sly Fox(I know that sounds a little dumb, but it has that sorta fox like look to the face, and its a sniper unit.)

#4: Ballista(Made me think of MW's Catapault in a way)

Hey spherebot yay. And he has a new gun.

Your shit is awesome bob. Getting better and better too.

Is there any existing naming convention at all?

Well, they're "Engines", so work with that.

Crankshaft,
Piston,
Turbine,
and Hellbore.

The first names where in order of apperance: Rook, Bishop, Knight, and Queen. And then they were changed to Japanese and Korean names like: Kyu Jutsu and Kusanagi

i liek the fatty in the 2nd post

In order; Paladin, Stallion, Bulbo, Orthodox

Orthodox huh? That is a pretty creative name for a mech.

I wanted something with the connotations of big, heavy and prone to stomping things. Orthodox.

They're armour suits, with pilots inside right? Perhaps name them after garments. In order; Anorak, Poncho, Blazer, Kilt.

I wouldn't say they are suits. I mean a tank isn't a suit. They are more or less walking giants that are piloted.

Imperial Cookie Engines

Toad!

The big one is the HEMI.

What is hemi? And what one is "the big one"?

I like GuessMyName's suggestions best so far - though Bulbo doesn't really work for me. Though I think Knight could stick with that one, an alternative might be Raptor ?
(summary, in order: Paladin, Stallion, Raptor, Orthodox)

Fox, Ballista and Toad aren't bad either - Turbine and Hellbore I think are interesting, but I don't really dig the naming scheme.

It depends on role. A fast unit might be the Raptor, a tank might be the Paladin, a cloaky unit might be the Shadow, etc.

I didn't mean to kill discussion here... thanks for all the suggestions so far, but (at least) I'm all ear for more :) !

Saktoth, the Engines all have a role which (at least for me) goes with what they look like. What might not be so clear is that the third one (aka Knight) has Jump-Jets, and a close combat weapon. That's how I got the connotation Bird-of-Prey, in game you would often "pounce" on your enemy (and then tear them up from close) - seeing that it's a bit bulky, I guess Lynx, Panther or perhaps even Orca might work in that vein as well...
Oh, and the second Engine (sniper style), might have cloak - so Shadow would work for him :).

Some description to help then?
From order top to bottom.

1) Has the most armor, a grenade launcher, and the trash can on his back lowers to be a multi shot rocket launcher.

2) Sniper, can cloak, not very strong HP.

3) Decent armor, has jump jets, a sword, and some kind of mecha scaled SMG.

4) Slow walking missile battery, with flamer throwers if you get to close.