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[Seeker Kirov]

Shredhead, on 20 September 2014 - 02:24 PM, said:

They used the Mad Cat legs for it, as by lore. Doesn't look strange to me.

They use the same molds. It's not that hard to re-size a mold.

[Rogue Jedi]

amazing to see Alex at work designing the King Crab and it looks great, and the log on the whole was good.

Thanks

[Son of the Flood]

Always good to see some new faces at PGI. Thanks for sharing some insights into sound and art development for MWO.

Also the upload over the weekend is appreciated!

[Deathlike]

The only complaint I recall was when the laser recharge (or was it pulse laser) recharge sounds were added in Open Beta, and it was said loudly and clearly by many that it was awful (and it was godawful) and was removed shortly after. I'm hoping those would be improved and reintroduced, since it helps syncing with when you're ready to fire... similar to how you know when your PPCs/ERPPCs are almost done recharging.

In all fairness, I could go for some more mech pron from Alex, because as much as I have zero talent and creating art... that was ****ing glorious. This Vlog was actually enjoyable... hmm... I wonder why...

Edited by Deathlike, 20 September 2014 - 02:52 PM.

[SgtMagor]

hard to tell anything from concept art,  but I   was expecting a hulking land pig like the Daishi. still the King crab looked kewl. Mad Dog was smokin.

Edited by SgtMagor, 20 September 2014 - 02:59 PM.

[101011]

merz, on 20 September 2014 - 02:13 PM, said:

am i the only person confused by the mad dog model's upper leg section looking strange? both in terms of scale and implementation, it looks like the normally top-heavy mad dog has been put onto cataphract/marauder's lower extremities..

i understand there may be some kind of technical reason for this, but it seems very odd in context of mad dog having relatively slim forelegs and a more pronounced reversed joint where the lower leg joins in..

Because the Timber Wolf and Mad Dog share leg molds, they share the same leg models. Is that a good idea? In my opinion, hell no. The Mad Dog looks like it grew trees for legs.

[Almighty Mania]

At the beginning of the time lapse, one gets to see the pictures he's going to use as inspiration ... and the one that in my opinion looked the best (towards the middle), must have been his first 'genious attempt' as it is basically how the King Crab ended up looking like.

RESULT ... HAPPY DAYS!!!

Alex is the MASTER!!!

Oh and the Vulture looks awesome too, though I will agree with others and say that the legs look slightly too large.
Although this hasn't got anything to do with Alex as far as I can tell as he is not the one who implements his designs into the game.

Edited by Almighty Mania, 20 September 2014 - 03:24 PM.

[Loganauer]

Would much rather have barrels for lasers for the mad dog, but I guess they can be resdesigned later. Along with gauss rifle design across all mechs

Edited by Loganauer, 20 September 2014 - 03:32 PM.

[Tezcatli]

Someone ask Alex how many hours a day did he have to practice to get that good.

[Keeshu]

#1. Alex good work as usual. I don't have to say he's awesome for the bazillionth time. I laughed at the picture of the crab holding Rarity (a play on the "This kills the crab" image that's been spammed a bazillion times), That's a pretty old picture there buddy! (From 9:25 to 9:57 if you're curious)
On a side note, the King Crab looks pretty short, and it has open/closable claws. The 2 things I was hoping to see from the King Crab. I might make this guy my main 100 ton assault (unless Stone Rhino/Behemoth gets in, and I can justify not having the Atlas D-DC)

#2. Nice to see the sound designer "Shawn Holton" (did I spell it right?) getting mentioned. I always loved all the sounds and music in MWO. The weapons, cockpit sounds, and various music tracks I love so darn much.

#3. Nice to see my favorite mech (Mad Dog) in action. Surprised at how friggin gigantic the legs are though, eh more reason for him to perch on top of hills, don't wanna show those ******* massive easy to hit legs to anyone. It also discourages the 6 SRM 6 build a little bit.
Visually though, not too much of a fan of the legs, I think they just need to be shrunk just a tiny bit to look nice. However, if it's for gameplay reasons, I guess I can live with it.
The short barrel arms surprise me a little. With short + thin arms, these arms aren't reliable for protecting your torsos at all (at least it protects a little better than the Jagermech/Blackjacks.

[Rebas Kradd]

Did anyone notice the timestamp that shows Alex did that on Wednesday and Thursday?

But I doubt that was his first sketch. Alex's work looks heavy and mechanical before he even adds any color. Amazing what a grasp he has on making a Battlemech look like a Battlemech.

[Mangeras]

Nice look behind the scenes. I was missing some interesting Infos but hearing that Sound Dude and watching the creation of the King Crab was very cool. An extra very for dat King Krab Design.

[Reported for Inappropriate Name]

looking forward to double drilling the clan dragon full of goose this september 23rd

[Frost Lord]

Reno Blade, on 20 September 2014 - 01:21 PM, said:

As I see nobody with the concept art of the King Crab from the awesome behind-the-scenes from Alex Iglesias (Flying Debris) in here, I hope it's ok to post it here:

anyone elce see the claws opening and closing like catapult missile launcher bay doors?

[Mechteric]

Frost Lord, on 20 September 2014 - 04:56 PM, said:

anyone elce see the claws opening and closing like catapult missile launcher bay doors?

I think they were planning on doing just that in game actually

[MonkeyCheese]

I am just speechless at that time lapse.

Cant wait to use one, better start saving up the cbills as I aint getting the unique one from the packages.

[Tremendous Upside]

If the final King Crab look anything like that... I'm not sure I'll bother driving anything else - at least on the IS side The concept art looks amazing.

[White Bear 84]

Solomon Ward, on 20 September 2014 - 12:35 PM, said:

Wow just wow.

Watching the master at work.

The Crab is such a beauty.

Yup very captivated watching the concept be drawn, very cool. Tops it off that it is a simply amazing design!

Not that I am biased or anything cause the King Crab is just awesome.. ..seriously going to be best mech in game as far as im concerned

Edited by White Bear 84, 20 September 2014 - 05:55 PM.

[Moonlander]

I can't believe I'm just now seeing this! I absolutely love concept art and to make it 10x better, we got to see him do it! I've said it before but that's one of my favorite things in any game I play, just seeing HOW they did things... and their thought process and inspiration for a design. You can clearly see that with his reference images. Great work!

Can't wait to have my King Crab, that's for sure. I do love my Direwolf and my Atlas but this will be so much fun to play around with.

[xSONOHx]

I enjoyed seeing my favorite mech from my childhood (Mad Dog/ Vulture) in-game and the King Crab looks great.