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[godzofwar]

all great work i'm glad that i droped & broke my laptop screen cause this 23" monitor makes this stuff look great. ya i have bad hands, but oh well now i got a miney desk top cool huh?

[God of War]

Hayden, on 01 December 2011 - 08:44 PM, said:

EDIT: Cerberus Garde. This was a request. Their motto is "From Hell, into Hell and back!" ...which may be the most awesome motto I've ever heard.

Hayden, thank you very very much! Totaly stunning! The whole Cerberus Guard salutes you!

[Cake Bandit]

Has this been done yet?

http://www.youtube.c...e&v=K-kYiDbG39s

Edited by Cake Bandit, 06 December 2011 - 08:07 AM.

[brave]

God of War, on 06 December 2011 - 03:03 AM, said:

Hayden, thank you very very much! Totaly stunning! The whole Cerberus Guard salutes you!

Yes, thank you @Hayden! We reserve you a good place in hell !!!
BRAVE

[Flawless]

Awesome stuff here!! Keep it up!

[Threat Doc]

Cake Bandit, on 06 December 2011 - 07:18 AM, said:

Has this been done yet?

"The HEAD, prime the HEAD, I'm going blind!!!!" Good work, CB... those are some very nice colors, until I get to the head, and I find myself wanting to claw my own eyes out. That's not a slight against your art, but a compliment to you for making something that will distract on the battlefield. hehe (two thumbs up)

I'll have to get some specially designed shades, I think.

[Dihm]

Blah, so, I tried out GIMP since Photoshop 7 constantly crashes on me. Got the arms/back of a Jenner done following Hayden's advice from page 6... How do you manage to not have jaggies or it look like junk as you try to pick out all the little black lines? Had to turn my mouse DPI way down (kept overshooting), and my hand and head now hurt.

This is worse than painting miniatures was back in the day!

[h1tl3r1t3]

You know what would be awesome? An Atlas painted in a light brown, with Jayne's Hat painted on the head, and some script somewhere that says: "Man pilots a mech with that painted on it, people know he's not afraid of anything."

[Cyttorak]

AdamBaines, on 05 December 2011 - 07:01 PM, said:

BTW, I like your work over at CamoSpecs. Awesome stuff there.

Thanks. I've been a bit burned out since GenCon, but I'm startin' to get the itch again.
Hopefully I'll get some new stuff up soon.

[Hollister]

A Clan Wolverine theme would be awesome. Or a Ables Ace's paint since they are the only merc group I would join if i was not to play as a Wolverine. Theres also someone else out there that likes them to since i saw the Sphere survey.

Wish I could do it my self but I have no clue how you are repainting these pictures.

[Damocles]

I have a suggestion and a future request for you Hayden;
Suggestion: Any mech dressed up as a UPS "Brown" 'mech xD

Future Request: The next concept art assault mech to be released done as Storm's Metal Thunder. (In a variation of the canon scheme; add some pronged lightning strike from the torso->leg on top of the dark blue +#27 on the left knee/thigh)

If it takes a while for them to release a new 'mech I will just remind whenever it comes out.

Cheers
/Damo

[Cake Bandit]

Kay Wolf, on 06 December 2011 - 09:10 AM, said:

"The HEAD, prime the HEAD, I'm going blind!!!!" Good work, CB... those are some very nice colors, until I get to the head, and I find myself wanting to claw my own eyes out. That's not a slight against your art, but a compliment to you for making something that will distract on the battlefield. hehe (two thumbs up)

I'll have to get some specially designed shades, I think.

The head's bright red because I was trying to adapt the paintjob from the Megas XLR cartoon. I could probably have lightened up on that, actually. As it is, I got to preserve the rectangular shape of the car sitting on top of the body, so that's at least something.


Maybe I'll go back ALREADY WENT BACK AND and addED a vintage car on top of the atlas later for kicks.



YOU'VE GOTTA' FIND FIRST GEAR
IN YOUR GIANT ROBOT CAR!
*GUITARS*

Dihm, on 06 December 2011 - 09:57 AM, said:

Blah, so, I tried out GIMP since Photoshop 7 constantly crashes on me. Got the arms/back of a Jenner done following Hayden's advice from page 6... How do you manage to not have jaggies or it look like junk as you try to pick out all the little black lines? Had to turn my mouse DPI way down (kept overshooting), and my hand and head now hurt.

This is worse than painting miniatures was back in the day!

The trick is to use a few layer masks on top of the art. My setup has the mech masked out, and two layers of white. The first with the blending mode set to soft light, the second to color, and then I do all the coloring on a third layer on top (also masked) set to multiply.


I think I just made want to make that those US postal/Fedex/ UPS mechs next.

*Fixed the windshield.


It would seem I've gone postal.


Shipping companies have obnoxiously similar branding.

Edited by Cake Bandit, 07 December 2011 - 04:50 AM.

[Dihm]

Cake Bandit, on 06 December 2011 - 10:59 PM, said:

The trick is to use a few layer masks on top of the art. My setup has the mech masked out, and two layers of white. The first with the blending mode set to soft light, the second to color, and then I do all the coloring on a third layer on top (also masked) set to multiply.

Hmmm, that's what I was doing, but I was picking out the detail lines (so they weren't covered by my soft light and multiply layer) instead of just covering the whole mech (minus cockpit, whatever). Does the multiply keep the dark detail lines dark? I didn't want to lose that definition. if I don't have to go out and mask out each itty-bitty section, that'd save me such hassle.

[Cake Bandit]

You can just mask right over everything. The different blending modes do weird things to the transparency affects.

I can't bear to be awake any longer, but when I wake up I still need to mask one of them. And if they release another one I'll have to do it, so I'll record my process and post it on youtube.

[Threat Doc]

CB, please post a link here when you do? What I have, thus, been unable to learn by reading, perhaps I can learn by seeing.

[AdamBaines]

Here is the Dragon's Breath Merc Unit. Thanks to Hayden for this old school Unit Insignia I used.

Per CamoSpecs.com
Dragon's Breath: Playing With Fire - The unit's colors are navy blue and white, with gold accents and silver across the shoulders.

Edited by AdamBaines, 07 December 2011 - 11:01 AM.

[Cake Bandit]

Cake Bandit, on 07 December 2011 - 06:41 AM, said:

You can just mask right over everything. The different blending modes do weird things to the transparency affects.

I can't bear to be awake any longer, but when I wake up I still need to mask one of them. And if they release another one I'll have to do it, so I'll record my process and post it on youtube.

Kay Wolf, on 07 December 2011 - 08:12 AM, said:

CB, please post a link here when you do? What I have, thus, been unable to learn by reading, perhaps I can learn by seeing.

It's trying to upload, but my internet is fueled by an assortment of mismatched citrus fruits, so it's gonna' be a while.

[Damocles]

Hahaha thanks Cake Bandit those delivery 'mechs look ready to knock down some doors leave a package under some bushes.

[Max OConnor]

I took a stab at this, I cleaned up a White Dragon and elongated the lower legs because they just seem too stumpy to me. Anyway, I'm happy with how it came out and I placed it in a nice wallpaper for those who may want to use it.Enjoy

[Threat Doc]

Just not enough Likes... very nicely done CB and Max.