Author Topic: Eriance's Custom 'Mech design thread (Read 85841 times)

Siden Pryde · « **Reply #210 on:** 19 September 2011, 22:59:07 »

Quote from: Nebfer on 17 September 2011, 22:48:12

:snip:

Meh. I wouldn't worry about it. Explain it away as a Power Armour [Light] or a Light Battlearmour with two Armoured Gloves carrying a Portable Support Machine Gun with a Mydron Auto-Pistol for backup or something along those lines.

Nebfer · « **Reply #211 on:** 20 September 2011, 19:38:24 »

Quote from: Eriance on 18 September 2011, 17:32:51

The Tornado Looks like it's holding a gun to me. O_o http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Tornado

That's because it's one of the suits that dose use "infantry" weapons as standard weapons, which I mentioned earlier.

Most B-tech power armor have built in weapons rather than the "hand held weapons approach".

Suits that use hand held weapons as their main weapons
Kage
Kobold
Nighthawk 21
Tornado
Gray Death Light
Smoothdavid II (a police suit)

Note: The Kage and Kobold also have a squad support weapon (a crew served weapon if you will). Also their all PAL and light class. Your typical "trooper" suit are mediums.

Elementals, IS Standards (and it's spin offs), Achileus, Infiltrator Mk. II's, Longinus, Kanazuchi's, Hauberk's, Nephilim's, Gnome's and so on all use built in weapons.

Your drawing fits into the typical light and PAL suits.

glitterboy2098 · « **Reply #212 on:** 20 September 2011, 23:56:55 »

i'd suggest light BA, since it looks to be a bit bulkier than most PAL's..

elitebuster · « **Reply #213 on:** 04 October 2011, 22:19:05 »

Quote from: Blackjack Jones on 10 September 2011, 02:38:25

The top half works really well, the legs need a little slendering up below the knee.

Couldn't the thickness of the legs be explained by mechanical jump boosters?

Eriance · « **Reply #214 on:** 11 October 2011, 15:57:36 »

Newest commissioned mech for God and Davion: the Flammenwerfer.

Red Pins · « **Reply #215 on:** 11 October 2011, 17:22:34 »

...Ever consider doing a 6-legger? I'm making a new style of unit for my AU... :)

Syzyx · « **Reply #216 on:** 11 October 2011, 17:31:04 »

A newcomer to the thread, I apologize for going back a bit, but did you ever do a revision of the Unseen Shadow Hawk? I searched through the thread but I'm either blind or it's missing. Given your quality I'd love to see my favorite IS mech given a once over.

Prince of Darkness · « **Reply #217 on:** 11 October 2011, 17:37:36 »

THE FLAMMENWERFER

IT WERFS FLAMMEN

Eriance · « **Reply #218 on:** 11 October 2011, 17:56:16 »

@Red Pins: BT allows 6-legs now? I thought it was either a Biped or a Quad (or the 3-legged Ares). Or is this the custom house rules?

@Syzyx: Given that it's a Unseen/Reseen mech, I will (eventually) add it to the list of sketches. A bit short on free time and artisitic motivation due to school, at this moment, though. Got a Thermodynamics exam this friday, so won't be drawing much until then. :(

Cyc · « **Reply #219 on:** 12 October 2011, 00:30:38 »

He likes its Marauder-alikes doesn't he?

God and Davion · « **Reply #220 on:** 12 October 2011, 15:28:43 »

Quote from: Eriance on 11 October 2011, 15:57:36

Newest commissioned mech for God and Davion: the Flammenwerfer.

Many thanks for your awesome work. It has been a pleasure to work with you. [notworthy] [notworthy] [notworthy]

Nebfer · « **Reply #221 on:** 12 October 2011, 16:18:28 »

The Flammenwerfer is nice, I take it got's lots of flamethrowers (as that's what it means in German)?

Mastergunz · « **Reply #222 on:** 12 October 2011, 16:22:19 »

Beautiful work! My guess is 3 plasma cannons?

-Gunz

Eriance · « **Reply #223 on:** 12 October 2011, 21:08:34 »

Quote from: Cyc on 12 October 2011, 00:30:38

He likes its Marauder-alikes doesn't he?

Who doesn't love the Macross Glaug? :D

worktroll · « **Reply #224 on:** 12 October 2011, 21:32:31 »

Quote from: Eriance on 12 October 2011, 21:08:34

Who doesn't love the Macross Glaug? :D

Only one thing better than the Glaug ... the Monster. Ever thought of giving that one a workover? :)

W.

Eriance · « **Reply #225 on:** 13 October 2011, 10:09:57 »

IIRC, the Monster is the size of a building in Macross, which i'm guessig would make it around 200-300, if not more, tons. It's kind of hard to replicate that massive feel in BT when I'm only allowed to go up to 100 (although there are 200 ton mech rules, although SSW doesn't allow that yet).

Cerberus_02 · « **Reply #226 on:** 13 October 2011, 13:42:55 »

Excellent work, Eriance; can't wait to see more!

Quote from: TigerShark on 20 August 2011, 17:47:18

Quote from: Jal Phoenix on 16 July 2011, 09:25:59
Looking at those, I really wish that FanPro knew you when they decided to do Project Phoenix.
I've seen middle school students draw better-looking machines than what's published in Project Phoenix. That stuff is so juvenile and unbelievable that I have a hard time taking them as "canon."

I'm going to have to agree with TigerShark, Jal Phoenix and Red Pins.

And considering that we're paying customers, there's no reason we can't be critical.

Quote from: willydstyle on 16 July 2011, 11:02:03

To be honest, I think that Eriance's designs have a bit too many fine details to be appropriate to BT scale.

No excuse, given the detail the smaller Heavy Gear minis can get.

Hell, compared to the level of detail with the Unseens back in the day, the lack of detail in current Battletech minis is criminal.

willydstyle · « **Reply #227 on:** 13 October 2011, 15:04:53 »

Quote from: Cerberus_02 on 13 October 2011, 13:42:55

Excellent work, Eriance; can't wait to see more!
I've seen middle school students draw better-looking machines than what's published in Project Phoenix. That stuff is so juvenile and unbelievable that I have a hard time taking them as "canon."

I'm going to have to agree with TigerShark, Jal Phoenix and Red Pins.

And considering that we're paying customers, there's no reason we can't be critical.
No excuse, given the detail the smaller Heavy Gear minis can get.

Hell, compared to the level of detail with the Unseens back in the day, the lack of detail in current Battletech minis is criminal.

I think you are looking at the unseens with rose-tinted glasses.

Cerberus_02 · « **Reply #228 on:** 13 October 2011, 16:24:31 »

Quote from: willydstyle on 13 October 2011, 15:04:53

I think you are looking at the unseens with rose-tinted glasses.

No, Max's lenses were blue.

God and Davion · « **Reply #229 on:** 14 October 2011, 16:48:47 »

Quote from: Mastergunz on 12 October 2011, 16:22:19

Beautiful work! My guess is 3 plasma cannons?

-Gunz

Right! And flammewerfer means flamethrower in german.

Blackjack Jones · « **Reply #230 on:** 15 October 2011, 01:24:34 »

Quote from: God and Davion on 14 October 2011, 16:48:47

Right! And flammewerfer means flamethrower in german.

I tend to be in the camp of "Pack as many PBI killers as feasible", but that's a different level of evil. I like it. }:)

Cyc · « **Reply #231 on:** 17 October 2011, 18:33:39 »

Quote from: Eriance on 12 October 2011, 21:08:34

Who doesn't love the Macross Glaug? :D

*holds up hand*

Part of why I never got too fussed about the mess with HG/Unseen, always more a Mospeada fan and fairly indifferent to the Macross stuff...

truetanker · « **Reply #232 on:** 18 October 2011, 14:54:54 »

God and Davion?

Any chance of some stats for this otherwise cool looking hot streak?

TT

God and Davion · « **Reply #233 on:** 19 October 2011, 16:20:10 »

Quote from: truetanker on 18 October 2011, 14:54:54

God and Davion?

Any chance of some stats for this otherwise cool looking hot streak?

TT

Ask and you shall receive! ;)

Eriance · « **Reply #234 on:** 25 December 2011, 02:17:59 »

Finished some of the custom unseens (added some older stuff to fill up the space).

Someone purchased all the custom unseens from me for a non-battletech mech game. So i guess these are no longer really batteltech mechs. I was promised that the art will be made available under creative commons free-use liscense; although he will retain the rights to making minis. 4 down some far.

Takiro · « **Reply #235 on:** 25 December 2011, 07:30:27 »

Awesome work kinda sad about the sales on my selfish but happy you are making money some real good stuff!

Cergorach · « **Reply #236 on:** 25 December 2011, 08:06:53 »

Quote from: Takiro on 25 December 2011, 07:30:27

Awesome work kinda sad about the sales on my selfish but happy you are making money some real good stuff!

Don't worry about the art, it will be available under an Open Source license (probably the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license), so you can use it in your own fan works/books. Miniatures will also be available...

spacewolflord · « **Reply #237 on:** 25 December 2011, 12:21:05 »

May we be informed of what company will soon be building your wonderful Big stompy blasting machines and possible when they will be coming out in mini form? If you would be so kind.

Also its great to hear that a little hobby has turned in to a bit of cash as well. So are you going to get a small Royalty form the art or was it just a sale? Will you be doing more work for them in the future?

Eriance · « **Reply #238 on:** 25 December 2011, 14:56:24 »

Cergorach is the one that bought the art, and i believe Sandman will be modeling the stuff after i finish the orthogonal stuff for the stuff.

This will likely be my last set of battletech-ish art for a while. I think it's time for me to move onto something else that I have trouble drawing to better well-round out my artistic skills; most likely coloring.

willydstyle · « **Reply #239 on:** 25 December 2011, 15:10:59 »

The Xiphos is the best Marauder-a-like I've ever seen. Looks better than the actual unseen.