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[Alistair Winter]

PropagandaWar, on 26 November 2013 - 08:46 AM, said:

Could always redo the old Crescent Hawk games. The good news would be I used to do bit art too. So artist wise we could probably get a few guys on it. Bad news is well Programmers and someone who knows what the hecks up. We would definitly need a director.

Sounds wonderful. Battletech might just have enough fans who are into programming. Then again, as soon as you start making it big, you'll probably be sued and forced to shut down.

627, on 26 November 2013 - 12:23 AM, said:

Awesome work
May I ask how you do that? by scratch or are you converting something?
Oh and by the way, where's the UrbanMech?

I'm just using the black & white screenshots others have used to compare sizes, so I get a rough outline of the MWO models. Then I paint the texture in Microsoft Paint.

There's no UrbanMech in the game, but I guess there should be one

[PropagandaWar]

Alistair Winter, on 26 November 2013 - 07:34 PM, said:

Sounds wonderful. Battletech might just have enough fans who are into programming. Then again, as soon as you start making it big, you'll probably be sued and forced to shut down.


I'm just using the black & white screenshots others have used to compare sizes, so I get a rough outline of the MWO models. Then I paint the texture in Microsoft Paint.

There's no UrbanMech in the game, but I guess there should be one

we just go megamech style keep it low key and of course 100% free. Its also going to be so damn 80's no dev will want to touch it lol.

[Alistair Winter]

A little preview of what I'm currently working on.

Do they still use our modern calendar in Battletech? Probably not.

[Alaskan Nobody]

Alistair Winter, on 04 December 2013 - 03:10 AM, said:

That... looks... beautiful!


And I have no idea what kind of calendar they use....
An interesting thought I shall have to find the answer to...

[Alistair Winter]

Shar Wolf, on 04 December 2013 - 06:13 PM, said:

That... looks... beautiful!
And I have no idea what kind of calendar they use....
An interesting thought I shall have to find the answer to...

Cheers! I think they do use the same calendar, as all the dates on Sarna.net have the same calendar. Clan invasion in June 3050, etc.

Edited by Alistair Winter, 05 December 2013 - 02:17 AM.

[Alistair Winter]

Double-posting, sorry

Here's another WIP. Don't yell at me for the House Faction symbols, they're not done yet!



Now I just need to do a quick update on my first 10 mechs, I'll have 20 mechs in multiple colors. The only ones I haven't done are the Kintaro, Thunderbolt and Battlemaster, I think.

[Adridos]

Alistair Winter, on 08 December 2013 - 04:07 AM, said:

Don't yell at me for the House Faction symbols, they're not done yet!

Ok... but the factions on those mechs are switched.

[Alistair Winter]

Adridos, on 08 December 2013 - 04:50 AM, said:

Ok... but the factions on those mechs are switched.

Sorry, what? Is that some kind of weird inside joke among Battletech fans?

[Odanan]

I love these!
How do you do it? Do you use mosaic/pixelate or something in Photoshop? Or do you build them from sketch?

[Alistair Winter]

Odanan, on 08 December 2013 - 05:01 AM, said:

I love these!
How do you do it? Do you use mosaic/pixelate or something in Photoshop? Or do you build them from sketch?

Cheers. I just found some pics on the MWO forums with the silhouettes of the various mechs. Copy pasted that into Microsoft Paint, painted over them. So the silhouette and proportions should be fairly close to the game assets.

So yeah, I paint it from scratch, pixel by pixel. Takes a lot of time, but I just love the old school graphics.

[Odanan]

Alistair Winter, on 08 December 2013 - 05:09 AM, said:

Cheers. I just found some pics on the MWO forums with the silhouettes of the various mechs. Copy pasted that into Microsoft Paint, painted over them. So the silhouette and proportions should be fairly close to the game assets.

So yeah, I paint it from scratch, pixel by pixel. Takes a lot of time, but I just love the old school graphics.

Amazing job! You got a fan.

[Adridos]

Alistair Winter, on 08 December 2013 - 04:57 AM, said:

Sorry, what? Is that some kind of weird inside joke among Battletech fans?

Umm... nope. Just pointing out the fact that FWL doesn't use Jagermechs at all.

TL;DR: Nitpickin'.

Alistair Winter, on 08 December 2013 - 05:09 AM, said:

Cheers. I just found some pics on the MWO forums with the silhouettes of the various mechs. Copy pasted that into Microsoft Paint, painted over them. So the silhouette and proportions should be fairly close to the game assets.

Did someone continue making those and added the Orion, Locust, SH, Thud and BM?

[Alistair Winter]

Adridos, on 08 December 2013 - 05:23 AM, said:

Umm... nope. Just pointing out the fact that FWL doesn't use Jagermechs at all.
TL;DR: Nitpickin'.

Ah! I have no idea about any of that stuff, never played Battletech TT. But it seems to me that people playing this game don't pay any attention to it, and if PGI ever attempts to limit the choice of mechs based on faction, I imagine it won't be before year 2038, when we're all playing MWO on our mobile phones.

Adridos, on 08 December 2013 - 05:23 AM, said:

Did someone continue making those and added the Orion, Locust, SH, Thud and BM?

No, I had to do the Orion and Locust by looking at screenshots to get a sense of the proportions. The Orion screenshots on the website are perfect, because it's just a normal frontal shot, not any kind of pose. I will have to draw the TDR and BLR with the same method, I'm afraid.

[Odanan]

Alistair Winter, on 08 December 2013 - 05:35 AM, said:

Ah! I have no idea about any of that stuff, never played Battletech TT.

Here you go:

[Alistair Winter]

Odanan, on 08 December 2013 - 08:11 AM, said:

Here you go:

I can't see that image. I don't know if it's just me, I've been having trouble viewing pictures on Imageshack today. What did you post?

[Odanan]

The availability of each MWO mech in each of the factions.

(it an useful info for those guys who think the House Steiner is the primary user of Atlases)

Edited by Odanan, 08 December 2013 - 03:31 PM.

[Alistair Winter]

Odanan, on 08 December 2013 - 03:31 PM, said:

The availability of each MWO mech in each of the factions.

(it an useful info for those guys who think the House Steiner is the primary user of Atlases)

Oh yeah, I hate those people.

Any chance you could upload it to another image host, or perhaps help me with a link to the image on some other website? It does sound useful.

[Odanan]

Alistair Winter, on 08 December 2013 - 04:08 PM, said:

Oh yeah, I hate those people.

Any chance you could upload it to another image host, or perhaps help me with a link to the image on some other website? It does sound useful.

Try this:

[Alistair Winter]

@Marack: I seem to be the only guy on these forums that never enjoy those comics

Odanan, on 08 December 2013 - 06:30 PM, said:

Try this:

Thanks! Much appreciated. I made myself this little chart to help remember which mechs are available to which factions.

[Commander Kobold]

I tend to be snide and sarcastic but these are really nice.