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[InnerSphereNews]

Hello MechWarriors!

Check out Randal Bill's latest post on Catalyst Gamelabs where you can pick up Shadowrun & Battletech Legends Fictions!

Perfect for you Lore lovers!!

http://www.catalystgamelabs.com/2016/03/01/shadowrun-battletech-legends-fiction-returns/

[Domoneky]

[Scout Derek]

[Juodas Varnas]

Oh man, that Dragon on the cover though!
Look at that high-mounted ballistic!

THAT is how the Dragon should look like here too!

The cover is made by Alex, right? Definitely looks like his art. A solid 5/7.

[Sigmar Sich]

I love how Battletech seems to have a second breath. Pleasant to thought MWO probably was a starter of this rebirth.. Maybe the game itself will have a second breath someday. Waiting for it passionately.

[Luscious Dan]

Juodas Varnas, on 02 March 2016 - 11:58 AM, said:

Oh man, that Dragon on the cover though!
Look at that high-mounted ballistic!

THAT is how the Dragon should look like here too!

The cover is made by Alex, right? Definitely looks like his art. A solid 5/7.

Ooh, perfect score!

I believe it was said elsewhere that Alex did this new batch of artwork. Shame there's no new Cyclops design, the Wolf Pack cover (http://www.battlecor...roducts_id=2925) shows one and it could use the facelift.

[Kshat]

Thought they would streamline the "modern" battlemech-pictures, so that the mechs look more or less the same regardless of the product.
At least it would make sense.

But in the end... I want this Dragon! Not this shabby rustbucket we got in MW:O!
Honestly, in this game the mech looks like some kind of bipedal dumptruck. The mech on the cover instead looks like a warmachine which has to be feared.

[Luscious Dan]

Kshat, on 02 March 2016 - 12:20 PM, said:

Thought they would streamline the "modern" battlemech-pictures, so that the mechs look more or less the same regardless of the product.
At least it would make sense.

But in the end... I want this Dragon! Not this shabby rustbucket we got in MW:O!
Honestly, in this game the mech looks like some kind of bipedal dumptruck. The mech on the cover instead looks like a warmachine which has to be feared.

https://mwomercs.com/media/concept

The other style of Dragon was considered earlier in MWO development.

[LegendaryArticuno]

Juodas Varnas, on 02 March 2016 - 11:58 AM, said:

Oh man, that Dragon on the cover though!
Look at that high-mounted ballistic!

THAT is how the Dragon should look like here too!

The cover is made by Alex, right? Definitely looks like his art. A solid 5/7.

It looks nothing like a Dragon... i have no idea what its supposed to be.

[Juodas Varnas]

LegendaryArticuno, on 02 March 2016 - 12:36 PM, said:

It looks nothing like a Dragon... i have no idea what its supposed to be.

What are you even on about? The one on the cover is much closer to its original design than the MWO one.

Edited by Juodas Varnas, 02 March 2016 - 12:43 PM.

[Stingray Productions]

Looks like some good reading coming up

[chewie]

This is all great news.

but the pricing is off.

I'm sorry, but 99c for a book, then the next in the series is 3 times the price and the 3rd in the series is 5 x the price?

Dont get me wrong, I love me a bit of shadowrun, and my 1st editions are looking, a lil too well read, but i guess the whole pricing strategy for those 3 is to entice someone whos never read them to read book 1, then hope they wanna read book 2, and of course if the do that they will just have to finish it with book 3....

I know I did over 20 yrs ago...

I just hope they re-release all the battlectech ones as proper epub books.

[Livestick]

While I do think this is great, I have to wonder why they're picking books at random instead of putting them out in their original publishing order. That would seem to make more sense.

[Ormstarr the Splitter]

Juodas Varnas, on 02 March 2016 - 11:58 AM, said:

Oh man, that Dragon on the cover though!
Look at that high-mounted ballistic!

THAT is how the Dragon should look like here too!

The cover is made by Alex, right? Definitely looks like his art. A solid 5/7.

Actually I did this one, but it's certainly influenced by Alex's work. I've also been working with a lot of Shimmering Sword's recent redesigns so I tried to incorporate some of his design cues as well to help unify the look across all of the Battletech products.

Here's some more of my recent work with with Catalyst if you're interested.
http://marcomazzoni.....com/battletech

[J0anna]

Marcobra, on 02 March 2016 - 02:44 PM, said:

Actually I did this one, but it's certainly influenced by Alex's work. I've also been working with a lot of Shimmering Sword's recent redesigns so I tried to incorporate some of his design cues as well to help unify the look across all of the Battletech products.

Here's some more of my recent work with with Catalyst if you're interested.
http://marcomazzoni.....com/battletech

Wow, some really nice work, thank you for the link!!!

[Kshat]

Marcobra, on 02 March 2016 - 02:44 PM, said:

Actually I did this one, but it's certainly influenced by Alex's work. I've also been working with a lot of Shimmering Sword's recent redesigns so I tried to incorporate some of his design cues as well to help unify the look across all of the Battletech products.

Here's some more of my recent work with with Catalyst if you're interested.
http://marcomazzoni.....com/battletech

You're hired!

[BadgerWI]

God I love this book! Jamie Wolf, Shin Yodma. When Jamie goes off at Wedding. One of the greatest paragraphs in BT lore.

[Odanan]

Marcobra, on 02 March 2016 - 02:44 PM, said:

Actually I did this one, but it's certainly influenced by Alex's work. I've also been working with a lot of Shimmering Sword's recent redesigns so I tried to incorporate some of his design cues as well to help unify the look across all of the Battletech products.

Here's some more of my recent work with with Catalyst if you're interested.
http://marcomazzoni.....com/battletech

A new mech master arises!

Congrats man, your Dragon is amazing. (so is the Griffin and Warhammer)

And that Ostscout! Wow! How did you make an OST that beautiful?!?! There must be some law against it.
(now I really want the Ostroc in this game)

Edited by Odanan, 02 March 2016 - 05:22 PM.

[Odanan]

Indeed Battletech started a new Golden Age. The return of the Unseen, new books, MWO pushing forward, a new PC strategy game coming... 32 years later, the franchise is alive and kicking.
(now if they just made some good animation series to put the IP in the spotlight...)

[Ormstarr the Splitter]

Odanan, on 02 March 2016 - 05:20 PM, said:

A new mech master arises!

Congrats man, your Dragon is amazing. (so is the Griffin and Warhammer)

And that Ostscout! Wow! How did you make an OST that beautiful?!?! There must be some law against it.
(now I really want the Ostroc in this game)

Thank you, but %100 of the design credit for the Griff, OST and Warhammer all go to Shimmering Sword, I just made the brush strokes