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[Autobot9000]

I love Kriggs sketch, it's really a very good version of a Marauder, nice!

I don't like Dadrick's version too much. It is a quality drawing, but it's far too humanoid, doesn't look like a Maraduer, more like a Frankstein Cataphract.

[Dadrick]

Juvat, on 04 November 2013 - 09:28 AM, said:

The artwork only has to be 20% different from the original artwork for it to be considered legally a different image. As the others stated though this one catches the essence of the Marauder while making enough cosmetic changes to give it a distinctiveness of its own. Well done!

The Cataphract technically get's its legs from the Marauder so it fits

I've actually modified the legs since the posting of this pic for exactly this reason. They resemble the Cataphract legs more closely now, or rather, the Cataphract resembles them more closely. =P

CyclonerM, on 04 November 2013 - 11:17 AM, said:

Looks nice, not too far from the original design.

The torso-mounted cannon is..way.. too.. small..

That's because the stock variant of Marauder only carries an AC5, so I adjusted the barrel size to suit.

Fury9er, on 04 November 2013 - 04:21 PM, said:

I really like this one, the only very minor criticism I can think of is it might have a bit too much cockpit glass but its in good company with the Catapult and Timber Wolf.

I also prefer the slightly smaller autocannon, the glaug pod one always looked a bit too big to me. The legs are just nice, proportionally they get the right feel, the arms again just nice. Love it

I'm glad you caught that! I was deliberately trying to create similarities to the Tiber Wolf and the Catapult because of the lore about how the name "Mad Cat" came into being. In my mind, they must be pretty similar in appearance for a targeting computer to think the Timber Wolf was a mash-up of the Catapult and the Marauder.

Autobot9000, on 05 November 2013 - 09:15 AM, said:

I love Kriggs sketch, it's really a very good version of a Marauder, nice!

I don't like Dadrick's version too much. It is a quality drawing, but it's far too humanoid, doesn't look like a Maraduer, more like a Frankstein Cataphract.

Except that the Cataphract is actually a frankenstein of the Marauder. ;P

Edited by Dadrick, 05 November 2013 - 09:21 AM.

[Tyberion]

I love that Marauder Dadrick!

Can we see the modified version with the more Cataphracty legs?

[Dadrick]

Well, I've updated my design a bit more and I think it's nearly complete. See my original post for the updated image.

[MrEdweird]

Brilliant, with a few tweaks to accommodate MWO's hitbox meta, I could see the basis of this design as completely viable for game implementation.

[Double Edge]

I've been missing my marauder lately so this just made my day, I like both of them , but there's a bit too much glass and the guns a but small in the first one. (I cant be the only one who strapped a gauss rifle to it in BT) Id take a marauder over a timber wolf any day.

[Dadrick]

And the final version of my Marauder redesign for the contest is done. Enjoy!

[Manei Domini Krigg]

Some critics: 1 - The visual center of gravity is shifted back - a few feet should move back, or it will fall back. 2 - Extend the arms forward - this will shoot from a greater height, and better protect the hands compartments torso. 3 - Large glass cockpit looks too fragile (like cataphracts). 4 - Legs are too big and massive

Edited by Krigg, 10 November 2013 - 08:56 AM.

[Reinforce]

Looks like something you would see in a TRO, great work!

[DerMaulwurf]

Reinforce, on 10 November 2013 - 08:10 AM, said:

Looks like something you would see in a TRO, great work!

What? I have TRO's with much worse art. This thing is great.

Although that's mostly the older ones. Does fit into one of the newer.

Edited by DerMaulwurf, 10 November 2013 - 08:22 AM.