Arnold The Governator, on 14 February 2018 - 05:32 PM, said:
In which they are. I did my best to highlight where the support pylons are attached to the dish.
The reseen Rifleman IIC lacks the support pylons that the original had. The RFL-IIC 8 artwork visually is the only mech (from what I can see by the angle) that has the radar dish attached directly above the head. It is honestly hard to tell.
To each their own. The images that you have supplied from the in game MW1 Japanese artwork could pass as a derivative for the Destroid Defender, but do realize that there are several artist renditions of the Rifleman IIC (both reseen and unseen interpretations) and how it could be put into MW:O without it looking like anything like a Macross derivative. Since PGI is going with reseen redesigns for the classic mechs I fail to see how this:
looks anything like this:
or this:
I really hope that Alex polishes up and make the reseen Rifleman IIC more beefier because I am not the biggest fan of it's looks.
Here's the thing with that top pic Arnold... because of the angle, we only assume that those touch, because at first glance we can't see any separation. And at that angle, it would be impossible to do so. But it could be simple perspective bias, such as the lasers on the sides of the Dervish's paddles getting misinterpreted, or how many artists thought the Hatchetman only had one hand.
We've seen misunderstandings become "canon" before from the idiocy of the hand actuator snafu in the King Crab, to the Dervish's lasers, to the Assassin's cockpit.
As for the Rifleman? I always assumed they were as you say, support pylons (odd ones, but the whole sombrero and camera face is a bit odd), because the sole art was based off that one VMI image that I had seen. IF the other predates it, then we see another disconnect from what was intended, and what, through misinterpretation, became "the norm".
Whenever possible, I'd like to see Alex give a nod to what the original artists intended, personally. Which would have a side benefit of them being able to maybe find ways to give the IIC non insta death hitboxes.
Solo mi dos pesos.
On a separate subject, my latest redesign, which probably should be in Reseen Resin format in 4-6 wks?