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[Halforc]

So many great entries, shame we have to choose one over the others, would love to have the original :'(

[A big brave boulder of meat]

Wow! There's a lot to like here!

I voted for many of them, But my favorite (Also new background wallpaper) was Marcobras.

Excellent work guys!

[Moses Lanknau]

i want the maroder EXACTLY Like describeded in "Decision at Thunder Rift", nothing else!

i dont understand where is the point of redesignig classic acredited material ... just give hmg/whoever 10million or whatever it nneds to get the unseens licensed for mwo, buy it free - thats way of capitlasm, accept this or be communist! - since this is is the last and for ever evolving mechwarrior(in your lifetime) ... it shouldnt be any problem to bind any given license direct to the titile of 'MWO' itselve, its even better this way, fur us, you are dammned to succes! ... forget abourt your cochones, they r cut away anway by courts long ago, those decided that the unseens arent your original properties, think praktical, think wise, think for us, we are your customers not your ******* ego!

thats exactly i want to spend 100$ for, not for ****** mc's to be uber or stupid colors!

so get the **** licesend! damn! give us a battletech worthy mechwarrior!

Edited by CSR Moses Lanknau, 14 November 2013 - 02:15 PM.

[DoktorVivi]

I think one of the best parts about Marcobra's design is it totally fits with the aesthetic Alex has going with the MWO mechs. It looks great. Even with the offset shoulder cannon, I would fully accept this as a canon design.

[rgreat]

WIN. (For 75t. marauder)

[Damian Frost]

All the entries are great, I really appreciate the time and effort that you guys have put into this thread.

[Caswallon]

Just wanted to add my deep appreciation to the artists and the OP for organising this.
Voted for only those that immediately my brain said "Marauder!" But they all have something to offer.
I am humbled and grateful, here's hopin' PGI feel they can take at least one of these fine submissions on!

[evil merlin]

Man you guys are just too good...

[Dar_Veider]

Nice thread, hope can enjoy a marauder in mwo.

[Heziera]

#18 and #4. I like the proportions of the mechs and the boxy nature of the shapes.

[Karyudo ds]

SloCat, on 14 November 2013 - 07:44 AM, said:

I am smitten with Karyudo DS’s 5s entry. Hands down my favorite. You nailed pulling the best elements from the classic and the reseen and combining them into one sexy, sexy piece of metal. Congrats man! I hope that you’re a cool, down to earth cat, because with talent like that—you’re sure to go far. Bravo!!

Well thank you very much sir! As a few pointed out already it really did seem like a tricky proposition but I tried to build around what felt important to me with inspiration from just about everywhere (no shortage there as we all love the mech!).

Nathan Foxbane, on 14 November 2013 - 01:01 PM, said:

#17 Karyudo DS: A healthy mix of various redesigns and original joint placement while keeping with the MWO style. Trouble trying to tell exactly how the Gauss Rifle is positioned and center of gravity concerns keep it from being one of my very favorites.

Ah, just to answer the question it actually replaces the sort of heat-sink structure's potion on the left side (or really what would have been the Glaug's thruster) and sitting just high enough so the pilot can see around it. I did debate trying to do a higher angle shot though. Maybe someday.

Edited by Karyudo ds, 14 November 2013 - 02:55 PM.

[MoonUnitBeta]

CSR Moses Lanknau, on 14 November 2013 - 01:45 PM, said:

i want the maroder EXACTLY Like describeded in "Decision at Thunder Rift", nothing else!

i dont understand where is the point of redesignig classic acredited material ... just give hmg/whoever 10million or whatever it nneds to get the unseens licensed for mwo, buy it free - thats way of capitlasm, accept this or be communist! - since this is is the last and for ever evolving mechwarrior(in your lifetime) ... it shouldnt be any problem to bind any given license direct to the titile of 'MWO' itselve, its even better this way, fur us, you are dammned to succes! ... forget abourt your cochones, they r cut away anway by courts long ago, those decided that the unseens arent your original properties, think praktical, think wise, think for us, we are your customers not your ******* ego!

thats exactly i want to spend 100$ for, not for ****** mc's to be uber or stupid colors!

so get the **** licesend! damn! give us a battletech worthy mechwarrior!

I like your passion. You don’t give up easily on the things you love, and I can easily relate to that. However, it is probably cheaper and much easier to move on and rebuild. Going by what is shown in this thread, it appears to be for the better.

It’s a very long long stretch for the original Marauder design to make it back into battletech, I fear. The Marauder is a good example to show what the future of battletech designs could evolve into. But whenever you are switching from old to new, you’ll always have those who hold dear to the old and those who embrace the new. Finding that fine line to keep both sides happy can be tricky, but I hope that this contest helps ease that search, and I’d be very grateful if you took the time to consider this and vote on a design that you feel would be the most appropriate compromise.

Sincerely.

Edited by MoonUnitBeta, 14 November 2013 - 03:15 PM.

[Baruti Madu]

DEFINATLY liked the ones with a wider arm base and 'big gun' look. Being the Maruader is a long range, fire suppresion mech I think it would benifit from a redeign having wider arms and possibly leg base to for stability. I think i saw two that really sang out to me. The rest looked more like a preying mantis with broken mandibles. (That is my personal opinion, as this whole post is personal opinion.) Thank you for the great art, even despite my novice critisisims, great work to all the artists. You all have a talent i never untapped and reman jelous of your skill. I hope this helps out get the rest of the unseen as reseen. **** nostalga, I'll be happy with anything that is similar to the old stuff. I like this game far to much to have it nuked into the ground with stupid choices.

[Moses Lanknau]

thats not what i want, as long as pgi dont do that, pgi wont get even one cent of my hundred bucks iam offering. (<-point)

it was a fault of fasas personel itselve, to trust into a contract with a japanese design studio that selling similar designs to macross and that it was not legit in the end to use it for battletech too, iam willing to pay, as a fan of the origiunal battletech designs, for that fault (there is always one who have to pay for the false descision), thats buissness, that happens, and its long over, but iam not in any way willingly to get of my original experience, cause only that is what iam looking for.(<-point)

tell me iam a hardliner, and you are probably right, mechwarrior/battletech is for me not as wheel that nneds to be´invented a second time, lits not about getting it cheap, or getting it easily, its only about getting it _right_, without foul compromises, and money to archive somthing like this have in the end never stunk, it makes evryone involved happy, credits for thier time, thats all it is.(<-point).

so my vote will ever go on the original classic designs, the ones i grow up with, even the most sophisticated designs of the most talelented artists will not change this position, probably i will even overlook thier talent on these objects and think they should work on other designs that i still miss in mwo.(<-point)

the mwo makers should just ask for [Redacted] price (have they ever asked?) to the responsible rightholders of the unseens, than open up a kickstarter campain(or somthing like that) to get the ******* bucks together it needs, they just have to want it!

Edited by Niko Snow, 15 November 2013 - 09:50 AM.
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[Iqfish]

I love to have participated in this contest by donating to the price money.

I regret nothing!

[Fherot]

Original marauder wasn't an original design, it was just used under license as you know from an 80's unrealistic American rehash of Macross into Robotech. The original Marauder for battletech in my opinion was/is terrible. It is silly looking, gangly, and almost comical. Designed for a giant green haired alien guy.

I think battletech is big and important enough to have original designs for its universe. Its time to move on from the low-funded Battledroids.

There's lots of quality designs in this thread that are much better than the original zentraedi officer's pod for mechwarrior online.

[Bishop Steiner]

Erasus Magnus, on 14 November 2013 - 05:54 AM, said:

I guess Krigg`s is too close to the original Unseen. It seems like a very minor reskin to me.




Probably because the Phoenix TRO MAD:
A. looks very skinny and generally out of proportion (imho)
B. Is a redesign that is placed in the year 3060 or close to it (I can be mistaken, please correct me if i am wrong), so it doesnt exactly fit into MWO, timewise.
C. The reseen TRO artwork does not fit into MWO stylewise (imho), so...
D. ... Moon started a contest to see if the community can come up with something better to represent the iconic original Marauder in MWO.

and finally
E. already succeeded in doing so.




Edit: Slightly off topic: I already found my favourite Warhammer redesign :wub:Add an additional SRM6 launcher in the right shoulder and relocate those small energy weapons in the torsos and there you have it!

that not a Warhammer. That's the Lament, from the TRO 3145. Beastly 65 tonner though!

[Bishop Steiner]

CSR Moses Lanknau, on 14 November 2013 - 01:45 PM, said:

i want the maroder EXACTLY Like describeded in "Decision at Thunder Rift", nothing else!

i dont understand where is the point of redesignig classic acredited material ... just give hmg/whoever 10million or whatever it nneds to get the unseens licensed for mwo, buy it free - thats way of capitlasm, accept this or be communist! - since this is is the last and for ever evolving mechwarrior(in your lifetime) ... it shouldnt be any problem to bind any given license direct to the titile of 'MWO' itselve, its even better this way, fur us, you are dammned to succes! ... forget abourt your cochones, they r cut away anway by courts long ago, those decided that the unseens arent your original properties, think praktical, think wise, think for us, we are your customers not your ******* ego!

thats exactly i want to spend 100$ for, not for ****** mc's to be uber or stupid colors!

so get the **** licesend! damn! give us a battletech worthy mechwarrior!

go right out and buy i then.

And until then, toss off.

[blazingsky]

I definitely prefer Shimmering Sword's version over the others.

[Jetfire]

CSR Moses Lanknau, on 14 November 2013 - 01:45 PM, said:

i want the maroder EXACTLY Like describeded in "Decision at Thunder Rift", nothing else!

i dont understand where is the point of redesignig classic acredited material ... just give hmg/whoever 10million or whatever it nneds to get the unseens licensed for mwo, buy it free - thats way of capitlasm, accept this or be communist! - since this is is the last and for ever evolving mechwarrior(in your lifetime) ... it shouldnt be any problem to bind any given license direct to the titile of 'MWO' itselve, its even better this way, fur us, you are dammned to succes! ... forget abourt your cochones, they r cut away anway by courts long ago, those decided that the unseens arent your original properties, think praktical, think wise, think for us, we are your customers not your ******* ego!

thats exactly i want to spend 100$ for, not for ****** mc's to be uber or stupid colors!

so get the **** licesend! damn! give us a battletech worthy mechwarrior!

Even if you dropped the cash for the lisc yourself and donated it to PGI... the classic battletech designs still need tweaking to fit the style of the game. To be honest a lot of the original designs were seriously ham handed. Giving the community a chance to voice there opinion visually and then letting Alex do a proffessional concept of it is a good crossroads. If there is anything about this game to love so far it is the mechs, arguments on scaling and hitboxes aside.