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[Mr D One]

Shinypants, on 19 December 2016 - 09:39 PM, said:

I love the "Tail fin" or "Spoiler" as we call it here. It reminds me of a stock car at the speedway I used to drive. (similar colour too)

Anyway, great content. Fantastic work.

[TheArisen]

These are epic!

[Shinypants]

Peter Wolf 359, on 07 January 2017 - 02:02 AM, said:

I love the "Tail fin" or "Spoiler" as we call it here. It reminds me of a stock car at the speedway I used to drive. (similar colour too)

Anyway, great content. Fantastic work.

I still wonder as to whether or not the spoiler works for the design... but its there now soooo... Cheers!

TheArisen, on 07 January 2017 - 02:44 AM, said:

These are epic!

Thanks man!

Well here is another mech i cooked up tonight...:



Pants!

[oO JimPansen Oo]

Great artwork! Like the BT style on the one side and the gundam style on the other. First one looks professional!

[TheArisen]

Tonight? How long does it take to do one of these?

[Calebos]

Shinypants, on 19 December 2016 - 09:39 PM, said:

Hey All,

I dont post very much but I love drawing mechs. Anyway, here is a Battletech inspired mech design. Obviously the low slung arms wouldn't be great for the whole meta thing but its fun to draw anyway. Didnt really base it on anything in particular but it has been mentioned that the cockpit in reminiscent of a Maddog. Anyway, just thought I would share

Enjoy

Shinypants

Good drawing but ... have you ever seen any kind of BT inspired mech so called "design"? I did not. EACH, I mean really EACH mech in BT environment is not able any kind of movement because of parody skeletal topology. It cannot move just thanks to nonsense positions of joints and many obstacles in the shape of body and limbs.

Edited by Calebos, 08 January 2017 - 01:40 AM.

[Shinypants]

TheArisen, on 08 January 2017 - 12:41 AM, said:

Tonight? How long does it take to do one of these?

Sketches like the last one was around an hour and half ish. But because Im art directing it I dont have to make revisions etc

Calebos, on 08 January 2017 - 01:39 AM, said:

Good drawing but ... have you ever seen any kind of BT inspired mech so called "design"? I did not. EACH, I mean really EACH mech in BT environment is not able any kind of movement because of parody skeletal topology. It cannot move just thanks to nonsense positions of joints and many obstacles in the shape of body and limbs.

Not sure I completely agree man. Alex (main mech designer) has done a fantastic job of making sure that the robots joints etc have clearance and look as though they could be functional.


Pants

[Brian Banzai]

WOW I love your work. As oO JimPansen Oo said, a fantastic blend of Gundam and Battletech. Do you have a page where you display your work? Have you ever had any of your designs made into 3d images for printing? You are now one of my new favorite Mech Designers. Looking forward to seeing much more.

[Odanan]

Shinypants, on 20 December 2016 - 02:35 PM, said:

Based off the Sarna page for the Ostroc:

An OST mech that looks good? Heresy!

(but I loved it anyway. Looking forward for this mech in MWO)

[Juodas Varnas]

Odanan, on 08 January 2017 - 09:38 AM, said:

An OST mech that looks good? Heresy!

Ostwar is pretty good looking.

So is the newest Ostscout design.

[Notorious Meerkat]

Awesome work, Shinypants. Keep it up!

[Odanan]

Juodas Varnas, on 08 January 2017 - 09:49 AM, said:

Ostwar is pretty good looking.

So is the newest Ostscout design.

I know!

[ZnSeventeen]

These are excellent. The feet are a little small for my tastes on several of them, but that would not stop me from taking them out on the field. I especially like the ost, and that first one of your randoms.
PS: Give your mechs names, I want to be able to talk about them.
PPS: Variants? Can you make some variants of these? Especially that first random. It would look so good with a UAC on that left shoulder.

Edited by ZnSeventeen, 08 January 2017 - 11:42 AM.

[Shinypants]

Max OConnor, on 08 January 2017 - 07:11 AM, said:

WOW I love your work. As oO JimPansen Oo said, a fantastic blend of Gundam and Battletech. Do you have a page where you display your work? Have you ever had any of your designs made into 3d images for printing? You are now one of my new favorite Mech Designers. Looking forward to seeing much more.

Thanks man! Its funny that you say Gundam cause its like the furthest thing from what i am trying to achieve in my drawings. There are some designs from them that I like but for the most part I dont really get into them. Am I weird for saying that?

As for me posting, most of my work goes right to instagram, and generally there is something new everyday. Here is a link to that: https://www.instagram.com/ablackwe/

ZnSeventeen, on 08 January 2017 - 11:40 AM, said:

These are excellent. The feet are a little small for my tastes on several of them, but that would not stop me from taking them out on the field. I especially like the ost, and that first one of your randoms.
PS: Give your mechs names, I want to be able to talk about them.
PPS: Variants? Can you make some variants of these? Especially that first random. It would look so good with a UAC on that left shoulder.

Agreed on the small feet front! Not the first to point that out either so clearly its an area for me to work on. As for names, man... I would be spending so much time coming up with and going over names that I wouldnt have time to be making any art haha. Feel free to name and discuss though haha

As for variants, I could I spose. But again that would mean I wouldnt be making anything new

[Strelok7]

Cool! Thanks for posting.

[Lauren Bamlett]

Hot damn, brilliant stuff!

[LastKhan]

If i had an instagram id fallow ya in a heartbeat. I really like your concepts, reminds me of Jake Parker's work.

[Lizardman from Hollywood]

It looks like a cataphract an archer and a thor had a 3 way and somehow all the dna got mixed together. Looks good except for the bug eyes.

[Shinypants]

Strelok7, on 08 January 2017 - 07:50 PM, said:

Cool! Thanks for posting.

Cheers!

Lauren Bamlett, on 09 January 2017 - 09:55 AM, said:

Hot damn, brilliant stuff!

Thanks!!!

LastKhan, on 12 January 2017 - 04:41 AM, said:

If i had an instagram id fallow ya in a heartbeat. I really like your concepts, reminds me of Jake Parker's work.

Yep love his work.

Sephrus Shanadar, on 12 January 2017 - 06:19 AM, said:

It looks like a cataphract an archer and a thor had a 3 way and somehow all the dna got mixed together. Looks good except for the bug eyes.

haha fair enough Cant please everyone

Anyway here is a quick sketch from today...

Pants!

[TheArisen]

Shinypants, on 15 January 2017 - 09:20 PM, said:

Cheers!


Thanks!!!


Yep love his work.


haha fair enough Cant please everyone

Anyway here is a quick sketch from today...

Pants!

I found your Deviantart, you've got some really good stuff.