Author Topic: What to you is the most iconic Battletech image? Why? (Read 9119 times)

Kidd · « **Reply #30 on:** 07 June 2018, 12:24:56 »

Thats a Mad Cat Mk 2.

DOC_Agren · « **Reply #31 on:** 07 June 2018, 13:10:04 »

Quote from: Nightsong on 07 June 2018, 00:16:11

I have to lean toward the pic of the Warhawk on the losing end of an Atlas’s fist.

What is this from?

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #32 on:** 07 June 2018, 13:16:28 »

REMINDER TO KEEP IMAGE SIZES REASONABLE.

Come on guys, if your image is big, resize it or link to it. Not everyone has high-speed available to them.

Colt Ward · « **Reply #33 on:** 07 June 2018, 13:19:25 »

Quote from: Kidd on 07 June 2018, 12:24:56

Thats a Mad Cat Mk 2.

Dunno, those missile pods to me look like they are canted like CBs. But eh . . .

RoundTop · « **Reply #34 on:** 07 June 2018, 13:58:52 »

Quote from: DOC_Agren on 07 June 2018, 13:10:04

What is this from?

Battletech Card game. The card is "Brutal Punch"

Colt Ward · « **Reply #35 on:** 07 June 2018, 14:04:55 »

Didn't someone paint the Atlas from that too? 'Big Ben' is a fun name for a Atlas. I also think the Warhawk is not in Clan hands.

ActionButler · « **Reply #36 on:** 07 June 2018, 14:40:24 »

The damage transfer diagram

Crimson Dawn · « **Reply #37 on:** 07 June 2018, 16:18:08 »

Quote from: Kovax on 07 June 2018, 10:24:16

First image that comes to mind is almost always the Marauder on the original 3025 TRO. Second image would be the Warhammer on the second edition boxed set. The Locust on the Crescent Hawks Inception computer game box might be third (there's a Stalker in the background, which never appears in the game, sadly enough).

Oddly, it was the CHI game that introduced me to the BT universe, but I still think of the Marauder as the most iconic image.

This is true for me as well. I was big into Robotech so seeing those images worked really well for me.

klarg1 · « **Reply #38 on:** 07 June 2018, 16:45:45 »

The 2nd Edition box set drew me in with its iconic Warhammer, but I think the image that cemented the "Battletech" look for me was probably the 1st edition Battleforce box cover.

Daryk · « **Reply #39 on:** 07 June 2018, 17:52:43 »

Hellbie, that was just cruel... I had managed to avoid seeing that cover until now (despite all the commentary here about it)... xp

jklantern · « **Reply #40 on:** 07 June 2018, 18:42:49 »

Quote from: Nightsong on 07 June 2018, 00:16:11

I have to lean toward the pic of the Warhawk on the losing end of an Atlas’s fist.

I second "Brutal Punch."

Sharpnel · « **Reply #41 on:** 07 June 2018, 18:46:34 »

Quote from: Banzai on 06 June 2018, 16:58:23

No question for me.

Behind the glass counter holding the cash register at Endgames in Clackamas Town Square, 1985:

.

Love at first sight.

I like this image that was recreated using the Hammerhands instead. It was an excellent homage to the game while avoiding the use of the Unseen. It is cleaner and has more background detail.

Ruger · « **Reply #42 on:** 07 June 2018, 19:15:56 »

Quote from: Sharpnel on 07 June 2018, 18:46:34

I like this image that was recreated using the Hammerhands instead. It was an excellent homage to the game while avoiding the use of the Unseen. It is cleaner and has more background detail.

Except I have to wonder what is being fired from the torso? Is there a Hammerhands variant with energy weapons there while retaining the SRM's?

Ruger

ColBosch · « **Reply #43 on:** 07 June 2018, 19:36:42 »

Hellbie doesn't get to win yet.

...but seriously, the Battledroids/BattleTech 2e/3e cover has my vote.

Sartris · « **Reply #44 on:** 07 June 2018, 19:37:43 »

Quote from: Ruger on 07 June 2018, 19:15:56

Except I have to wonder what is being fired from the torso? Is there a Hammerhands variant with energy weapons there while retaining the SRM's?

Ruger

it's a very loosely interpreted value of "arm-mounted"

Kidd · « **Reply #45 on:** 08 June 2018, 00:50:21 »

Why was the BLR-4S Beemer picked as the new face of CBT?

Quote from: Colt Ward on 07 June 2018, 13:19:25

Dunno, those missile pods to me look like they are canted like CBs. But eh . . .

They are canted like that in MW4

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #46 on:** 08 June 2018, 08:02:20 »

Quote from: Daryk on 07 June 2018, 17:52:43

Hellbie, that was just cruel... I had managed to avoid seeing that cover until now (despite all the commentary here about it)... xp

D.R.T. = Diminutive Red Thong. ^-^

OK, ok. Seriously though, for me it's probably the cover to the second Compendium (The Rules of Warfare), with the bluish-grey Mad Cat in front of the starfield. That was always a very evocative image for me when I was really getting hardcore into the game, and it pains me that it's one of the books I lost in flooding several years ago.

Colt Ward · « **Reply #47 on:** 08 June 2018, 09:15:28 »

Quote from: Kidd on 08 June 2018, 00:50:21

Why was the BLR-4S Beemer picked as the new face of CBT?

They are canted like that in MW4

Yeah, I forgot they looked a bit different b/c I was thinking of my Mad Cat Mk II 4 mini and then checked the Sarna image.

As far as the Battlemaster . . . it started with FanPro & when it became CBT? Might have had to do with MWDA had a Mad Cat type image and used the Atlas a lot.

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #48 on:** 08 June 2018, 09:18:21 »

I always liked the upward-canted launchers. When a Battlemech has its cockpit in the head most of the time, and the head tends to be on top of many designs, having missiles arcing downward seems like a pretty big advantage (in-universe, obviously, not by Battletech rules). It also helped differentiate it from its smaller cousin at a distance.

garhkal · « **Reply #49 on:** 08 June 2018, 14:45:05 »

For me, the two that spring out is the one with the atlas on the cover, and the warhammer..

Greatclub · « **Reply #50 on:** 22 June 2018, 04:28:26 »

The atlas painting that was on the cover of the '96 catalogue

I have a poster of it.

Somewhere.

I've been looking for the last two years.

Can't find it on the web, either.

SteelRaven · « **Reply #51 on:** 22 June 2018, 12:25:54 »

Was it the cover of the 4th Edition;

BlCharger · « **Reply #52 on:** 22 June 2018, 13:40:19 »

Quote from: Banzai on 06 June 2018, 16:58:23

No question for me.

Behind the glass counter holding the cash register at Endgames in Clackamas Town Square, 1985:

.

Love at first sight.

When I got into BattleTech in the late 80s, this was the image that drew me into the game. It will always be number one in my heart.

Rainbow 6 · « **Reply #53 on:** 22 June 2018, 16:41:50 »

Quote from: BlCharger on 22 June 2018, 13:40:19

When I got into BattleTech in the late 80s, this was the image that drew me into the game. It will always be number one in my heart.

Same here.

The_Livewire · « **Reply #54 on:** 22 June 2018, 23:00:30 »

Quote from: BlCharger on 22 June 2018, 13:40:19

When I got into BattleTech in the late 80s, this was the image that drew me into the game. It will always be number one in my heart.

Same image drew me in, but now it's the sexiness of the Hammerhands.

The Eagle · « **Reply #55 on:** 23 June 2018, 08:22:07 »

Quote from: ActionButler on 07 June 2018, 14:40:24

The damage transfer diagram

This. Though the Whammy box cover is definitely up there too.

Mattlov · « **Reply #56 on:** 23 June 2018, 08:57:14 »

Quote from: SteelRaven on 22 June 2018, 12:25:54

Was it the cover of the 4th Edition;

I think it is this. Not only was it on the box set, it was on the mini packages as well, so if you saw Battletech for a long time, you saw this image.

PyreLight · « **Reply #57 on:** 23 June 2018, 09:23:59 »

No doubt it is the Timberwolf in almost any instantiations. Mechwarrior 2's cover image was iconic for the universe, especially for those unfamiliar with Battletech.

Charlie Tango · « **Reply #58 on:** 23 June 2018, 15:10:13 »

Cover of the Battletech Compendium

Cache · « **Reply #59 on:** 23 June 2018, 16:07:18 »

Quote from: Colt Ward on 07 June 2018, 14:04:55

Didn't someone paint the Atlas from that too? 'Big Ben' is a fun name for a Atlas. I also think the Warhawk is not in Clan hands.

B1BFlyer created a diorama based on the card for a contest at LOTB back in 2005, and I've seen pics of it elsewhere since. I thought it was on Camospecs, but I can't find it. The LOTB gallery is hobbled, but you can still view it here.