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[Two Beans]

Came here expecting goofy mech talk, got paleontology education instead.

[Vandal]

Vandal, on 31 July 2012 - 06:33 AM, said:

I thought it was an early amano piece but it turns out it's just sorta convincing fanart!

PS, the earliest chocobo designs were quite a ways off from we get now.



Compared to Miyazaki's art for the Horseclaws, which were what the inspiration for the final design ended up being.





And even the horseclaws were based on the extinct Phorusrhacidae, Terror Birds, the Apex predators of the Miocene epoch.




nature is horrifying

All in all, the CCAF should be happy that so many of their robots look like birds, birds are fierce and smart and cool and ain't nobody gonna keep a bird down (because the bird can fly).

New page repost.

[XphR]

Soviet Alex, on 26 July 2012 - 02:02 PM, said:

If there are birds where any of you are that look like Cataphracts, we want pictures!

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[IMTatsu]

XphR, on 31 July 2012 - 12:43 PM, said:

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We said 'mechs, not Davion pilots!!!

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Vandal, on 31 July 2012 - 06:10 AM, said:

Official Unit Emblem of the 371st Goonie Bird Grenadiers, Prance Lance

. . . Complete with Marik color scheme.

Talk your way out of this one! lol

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[Vandal]

Do you really think we have the skills to come up with an emblem that great?

Obviously we saw it on something else and just jacked it wholesale, if we kill anybody that complains that means we get to keep it!

[Thorn Hallis]

XphR, on 31 July 2012 - 12:43 PM, said:

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Looks a bit like a Huron Warrior...which is also a capellean 'Mech.

[Adridos]

Thorn Hallis, on 01 August 2012 - 04:31 AM, said:

Looks a bit like a Huron Warrior...which is also a capellean 'Mech.

But that one is designed after Huron warriors, not turkeys.

[Thorn Hallis]

It's not my fault that turkeys look like huron warrios.

[Vandal]

It looks way more like a turkey than anybody from the Wyandot peoples.

[Magnificent Fartlord]

I'm so happy this thread is still going



This thing is a drat Turkey

[IMTatsu]

Magnificent Fartlord, on 01 August 2012 - 12:47 PM, said:

I'm so happy this thread is still going



This thing is a drat Turkey

I run up on a turkey like THIS, and I'm selling my guns . . . ALL of them.

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[Vandal]

Birds can already speak and solve logic puzzles, its only a matter of time before they gain access to the manufacture of body armor and firearms.

[IMTatsu]

Vandal, on 02 August 2012 - 03:54 PM, said:

Birds can already speak and solve logic puzzles, its only a matter of time before they gain access to the manufacture of body armor and firearms.

All that and you still can't teach them not to sh*t all over everything they inhabit.

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[MArxalot]

IMTatsu, on 03 August 2012 - 06:39 AM, said:

All that and you still can't teach them not to sh*t all over everything they inhabit.

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Awww, they think they're people.



fakeedit: I'm referencing birds not forum pubbies

[n0e]

My raven with jumpjets:

[Skadi]

Vandal, on 31 July 2012 - 12:20 PM, said:

New page repost.

*reads quote*
So what you meant to say was,

[wanderer]

IMTatsu, on 28 July 2012 - 10:07 PM, said:

Oh . . . Gawd . . . I mean, . . . just . . . Gawd!

If ever there was an image of homemade sin eating a cracker, you found it.

It's like someone drug a huge electromagnet through the 'mech scrapyard, on their way to an ugly tie contest.

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Yep. The original Cataphract art was three-bag-ugly. One to cover your face, one to cover it, and one to throw up in before you got the other two on. It's from the original House Liao sourcebook, IIRC.

Thankfully, we have Alex "I can make anything look good" I. to save us from that abomination, it really WAS a Frankenmech back then.

But the truth is, the original and truly defining Capellan 'Mech is the Vindicator, which was the best the Confederation could produce in large numbers. Nothing special, but pretty tough and got better in numbers. It's the 'Mech we oldschool Cappies dreamed of showing up, and honestly it wouldn't be a bad machine even now. Jump capable medium with at least 3 energy hardpoints + one missile, likely four? You'd strap 4 MPL's and an SRM 6 on, soup up the engine a bit and love every minute of it in MWO.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

tyrone dunkirk, on 26 July 2012 - 10:56 PM, said:

That 'mech has a name pal, it's the Vindicator. It's a Capellan 'mech, not some sketch, and the artist of said sketch is churning out the ' mechs that matter ' for this game. It's a **** of a fine 'mech too.
Also, your posts seem fairly ignorant, especially for a Capellan. You new to BT? Or are you trolling just to troll.
This game would not be here at all if not for the base BT franchise started way back in the 80's

Theres a reason for that tone lol

[Exilyth]

Let's see... some signature capellan mechs which haven't been mentioned yet...
Sha Yu - avian
Men Shen - avian
Lao Hu - humanoid

Mhh...

[wanderer]

Exilyth, on 24 August 2012 - 12:57 PM, said:

Let's see... some signature capellan mechs which haven't been mentioned yet...
Sha Yu - avian
Men Shen - avian
Lao Hu - humanoid

Mhh...

Partially cause most of those are gonna be a few decades.