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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #60 on: 21 September 2018, 18:59:37 »
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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #61 on: 21 September 2018, 19:59:07 »
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LB-X carrier

I'd have suggested an AC/2 Carrier, but I don't think any artwork exists.

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #62 on: 21 September 2018, 20:56:14 »
The only standin art I’ve ever seen for the ac/2 carrier was the 3025 SRM carrier

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #63 on: 21 September 2018, 21:04:47 »
I think there is an AC/2 carrier in that photo.  It is from the side, but otherwise obscured.

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #64 on: 22 September 2018, 15:01:32 »
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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #65 on: 23 September 2018, 13:52:44 »
Raider MK1 and 2
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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #66 on: 24 September 2018, 09:56:23 »
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Alfar (2)
Annihilator 2AX
Atlas II (Delvin)
Banshee 9S
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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #67 on: 24 September 2018, 16:25:42 »
Does the KGC-009 not count for an MWO King Crab? Or is there another pattern, yet?
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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #68 on: 24 September 2018, 16:58:07 »
That was a Dark Age sculpt.  Pretty sure any MWO requests are off the table as well.

Does the KGC-009 not count for an MWO King Crab? Or is there another pattern, yet?

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #69 on: 24 September 2018, 18:50:57 »
That was a Dark Age sculpt.  Pretty sure any MWO requests are off the table as well.

this was my assumption as well but i didn't remove any entries that weren't explicitly out of bounds per the criteria in the first post

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #70 on: 24 September 2018, 19:04:25 »
The Shen Long and Leonidas BA are already funded.

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #71 on: 24 September 2018, 23:28:26 »
LB-X / AC/2 Carrier (2)

Just to be clear those are two different and distinct pieces of art and units.  The LB-X carrier is from one of the Liberation of Terra books and the AC/2 carrier is 3039

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #72 on: 25 September 2018, 00:42:10 »
To me, they fall under redesign requests.  :-\

this was my assumption as well but i didn't remove any entries that weren't explicitly out of bounds per the criteria in the first post

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #73 on: 25 September 2018, 07:30:10 »
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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #74 on: 25 September 2018, 07:30:44 »
For the AC/2 carrier, would it be out of the realm of possibility to just sculpt a new turret for the SRM/LRM carrier body?

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #75 on: 25 September 2018, 11:05:58 »
Just to be clear those are two different and distinct pieces of art and units.  The LB-X carrier is from one of the Liberation of Terra books and the AC/2 carrier is 3039
For the AC/2 carrier, would it be out of the realm of possibility to just sculpt a new turret for the SRM/LRM carrier body?
In my opinion some of the primary problems with the existing Carriers is that they are low detail & random line art/miniatures.
The best approach would likely be to make a hybrid body from LB-X (detailing) & AC2 (general shape) art, and then have two possible turrets.
But that would fall into the resculpt zone....
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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #76 on: 25 September 2018, 15:48:02 »
I would love a version of the MW1 Heavy Transport sans load (or with different possible loads).  Something with enough space to to throw on a bin or two from a J-27.

I'm also a huge fan of the Harvester Ant, especially the civil version.
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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #77 on: 25 September 2018, 17:34:49 »
I wasn’t exactly sure where MWO requests fell. I tried to suggest King Crab variants that currently don’t have models but I’d like to see the MWO styling (like what’s coming in the new box set). If that’s a problem for one reason or another, please let me know and I’ll swap out for something on the list of ‘mechs posted in the other thread.

While I’m clarifying what’s allowed, is “Gausszilla” something I could request?

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #78 on: 25 September 2018, 17:41:42 »
The MWO Victor and Locust already have been put in mini form, but as the Lu Wei Bing and the Gun I believe.  IWM isn't allowed to directly use the art i believe as those designs are specific to MWO and would need a whole new license agreement to be used.

Safer to request designs not already produced in mini form.

I wasn’t exactly sure where MWO requests fell. I tried to suggest King Crab variants that currently don’t have models but I’d like to see the MWO styling (like what’s coming in the new box set). If that’s a problem for one reason or another, please let me know and I’ll swap out for something on the list of ‘mechs posted in the other thread.

While I’m clarifying what’s allowed, is “Gausszilla” something I could request?

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #79 on: 25 September 2018, 18:23:43 »
The MWO Victor and Locust already have been put in mini form, but as the Lu Wei Bing and the Gun I believe.

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IWM isn't allowed to directly use the art i believe as those designs are specific to MWO and would need a whole new license agreement to be used.

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #80 on: 25 September 2018, 19:23:01 »
To expand on what Scotty said: I won’t pretend to know all the details, but the general rule for making minis is that Catalyst must have published art of some version of the unit in question, so that the mini can be based on said art. The new locust, gún, and lu wei bing all have art that appeared in official Catalyst products. None of them were based on MWO art.

However, the lead concept artist for MWO has done contract art for Catalyst in the past, and some of his designs look similar for both companies. He did the Lu Wei bing, which shares a lot of elements with what he did for the MWO Victor. The Gún was his art, but the new locust about to come out in the box set is based on work from a different artist. You can see it if you look up the Locust 1V on the MUL.

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #81 on: 26 September 2018, 04:00:03 »
Just to be clear those are two different and distinct pieces of art and units.  The LB-X carrier is from one of the Liberation of Terra books and the AC/2 carrier is 3039

I think he's talking about the ac/2 carrier and it's variant, the AC/2 Carrier (LB-X) http://www.sarna.net/wiki/AC/2_Carrier#Variants

I'm not sure art for either exists. 

Disclaimer - I'm voting for it/them too.

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #82 on: 26 September 2018, 08:03:53 »
i lumped them because no official art exists for the original AC/2 carrier. also i have no pretensions about my list being any kind of official. speck will do his thing when the time comes

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #83 on: 26 September 2018, 10:35:52 »
In my opinion some of the primary problems with the existing Carriers is that they are low detail & random line art/miniatures.
The best approach would likely be to make a hybrid body from LB-X (detailing) & AC2 (general shape) art, and then have two possible turrets.
But that would fall into the resculpt zone....

I think IWM sculpts are required to be based off of existing art aren't they? There is clearly wiggle room for variants, but I don't know if they could interpolate a whole new chassis.

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« Reply #84 on: 26 September 2018, 12:52:26 »
I think IWM sculpts are required to be based off of existing art aren't they?

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #85 on: 26 September 2018, 17:47:44 »
That was a Dark Age sculpt.  Pretty sure any MWO requests are off the table as well.

Sorry; I must have had a stroke there.
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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #86 on: 26 September 2018, 20:34:39 »
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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #87 on: 26 September 2018, 22:34:20 »
Thanks for the clarification.  I hadn't fully researched the Lu and Gun to properly source them.  All I could remember was it was the same artist.

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Re: 2018 Fan Funding Suggestion Thread
« Reply #88 on: 27 September 2018, 11:21:10 »
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