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[SMDMadCow]

Tanar, on 05 April 2013 - 07:20 PM, said:

Lancemate: Lance leader,i...no that can;t be right.

Lance Leader: Lance 1 report! what do you see?

Lance 1: it looks like...an Urbanmech.

Lance Leader- Say again Lance 1, scanners show that thing moving at a ludicrous speed. No way it's an Urbie

Lance 1: Sir... it's gone Plaid!

If Spaceballs designed battlemechs...merchandising!

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

I voted v1, since it is decent, and I like v2 as well, but the proportions on v2 just seem a bit off. The Urbanmech should be a little bit taller than v1, and v2 just makes the proportions even worse by spreading its sides out too far relative to its torso height. Plus, v2 would be suicide to put an XL in.

[Bishop Steiner]

Taller?

If I recall correctly, the Urbie is the shortest "humanoid" biped mech in the game, standing at about 6 Meters. Since it is rather stout in dimension, and 1/3 its mass is in a giant cannon, it would be notably shorter, and chubbier, than a Spider, OR Commando. V2 would have less XL engine issues than one thinks, since it would be hidden by almost anything, its so short.

[Vermaxx]

Can someone explain to me why an Urbanmech is shorter than a Hunchback? Is that in the rules somewhere? Is that even in the ART anywhere?

[Bishop Steiner]

Because a Hunchback is 20 tons heavier, and not as rotund?

As for MWo, it masses the same as the Spider. And is much rounder, hence it would he shorter.

[Brilig]

I say keep it thin so its harder to hit.

[Brilig]

I say keep it thin so its harder to hit.

[Jae Hyun Nakamura]

Voted for neither.

Both concepts are too much mecha and not enough trashcan. But in general a nice art.

[Aethon]

Moonsavage, on 05 April 2013 - 04:48 PM, said:

Kill me now, before I have to endure 130kph Urbanmechs.

In short - I don't trust PGI to limit the speed of the Urbie.

No need to worry about that; if they go 130kph, they will not have the weight they need for the heavy ballistics. Sure, they could stuff an ERPPC in the laser arm, but they would need more than that to be successful.

[Carrioncrows]

Rawr!

I did a quick thumbnail, it looks like hell but it's got some charm, i'll do a more indepth one when time permits. I was muse'n over the urbanmech and there are 3 variants, but only just.

Edited by Carrioncrows, 06 April 2013 - 01:44 AM.

[Sephlock]

I don't trust PGI to make the Urbie not look EXACTLY like the Jagermech, and every other humanoid mech.

[Johnny Reb]

Steiner love your zeal for the Urbie! Hope it happens but doubt it!

[stjobe]

There's already an in-game Urbie, so the "real" one probably shouldn't stray too far off from that:

Edited by stjobe, 06 April 2013 - 02:06 AM.

[Johnny Reb]

stjobe, on 06 April 2013 - 02:05 AM, said:

There's already an in-game Urbie, so the "real" one probably shouldn't stray too far off from that:

stjobe, on 06 April 2013 - 02:05 AM, said:

There's already an in-game Urbie, so the "real" one probably shouldn't stray too far off from that:

Yes so can we get the real thing?

[Der BruzZzler von Wiesndoof]

Man, i imagine a 12vs12 drop and 24 Urbies knock out each other!

[Johnny Reb]

The Birdeater, on 06 April 2013 - 02:18 AM, said:

Man, i imagine a 12vs12 drop and 24 Urbies knock out each other!

I wanna see it happen!

Go Urbie!

[Paula Fry]

stjobe, on 06 April 2013 - 02:05 AM, said:

There's already an in-game Urbie, so the "real" one probably shouldn't stray too far off from that:

And i want it with the Hat and the Cigar

[Johnny Reb]

only for the Urbie, I will promote my own comments!

[Aaren Kai]

SMDMadCow, on 05 April 2013 - 06:04 PM, said:

I voted for version 2, I like it a lot. However, I can't get behind them having crazy arm arcs if they're already going to have 360 twist - it would be pretty redundant.

Exactly, if it had 360 torso twist (I say 180 is probably enough) you could make the arms like a Jenner that just go up and down. Aaaaaannnd now you can stuff a ac20 in there with no lower arm actuators.

[MonkeyCheese]

Love the ideas, I would buy it.