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#4201 Bishop Steiner

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Posted 06 June 2013 - 09:15 AM

Amateur WIP
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I am sorta stuck, as a GIMP noob. THe Right shoulder ball should have a hammer and sickle, and the left, an unadorned Red Star. Also about midway up the head shield it needs to be divided by a red stripe. (The CCCP on the butt is not really important, lol) And a second SRM6 on the right torso, but I think I cna brute force that.

Anyhow, I can figure out how to shade, and such, but whenever I try to recolor an area, I lose the shadowing and texture. Anyone able to help a fellow out?

It's an attempt to recreate the Victor (Boris) I used in one of my Merc Units, a group of Tikonovains, whose leader, Yuri Krivoshein, who traces his roots back to a famous tank commander from the Soviet Union in WWII on Terra (who apparently made a name for himself at the Battle of Kursk).
The Unit members are something of students and collectors of Soviet History, like a Communist version of Snord's Irregulars.

Originally the Unit was called simply the Red Hammers, but they were dubbed "Disposable Heroes" during the War of 3039 for their suicidal charges and insane maneuvers against the DCMS.

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Posted 06 June 2013 - 09:44 AM

View PostBishop Steiner, on 06 June 2013 - 09:15 AM, said:

Amateur WIP
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I am sorta stuck, as a GIMP noob.



Don't sell yourself short. For "amateur" work that's pretty damn good

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Posted 06 June 2013 - 04:49 PM

View PostBishop Steiner, on 06 June 2013 - 09:15 AM, said:


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Cool repaint, however. XD

#4204 AceTimberwolf

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Posted 06 June 2013 - 06:38 PM

View PostMark Hayden, on 06 June 2013 - 04:42 AM, said:


Yeah, Alex does all the released concept art, though I still do "repaints" as part of my concepting process for skins.

Hey Hayden, will we see Faction specific Camos? I know some cool kuritan Centric Camos and I kno the Davions are patiently awaiting their TriColor Veritcal Stripes

Edited by AceTimberwolf, 06 June 2013 - 06:39 PM.


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Posted 06 June 2013 - 08:06 PM

WIP phase 2
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Posted 06 June 2013 - 08:36 PM

View PostAceTimberwolf, on 06 June 2013 - 06:38 PM, said:

Hey Hayden, will we see Faction specific Camos? I know some cool kuritan Centric Camos and I kno the Davions are patiently awaiting their TriColor Veritcal Stripes


Two words:

Spoiler


#4207 Bishop Steiner

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Posted 06 June 2013 - 08:53 PM

View PostMark Hayden, on 06 June 2013 - 08:36 PM, said:


Two words:

Spoiler


lolz. harshly hilarious

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Posted 07 June 2013 - 11:19 AM

I just wanted to throw out a quick thanks. I made this for the "For Sarah" thread (http://mwomercs.com/...93#entry2430193)and I couldn't have done it without the work of Hayden, Ironhawk, and others.

Thanks.

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Posted 07 June 2013 - 11:21 AM

Has anyone done a template for the Quickdraw yet?

#4210 AceTimberwolf

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Posted 07 June 2013 - 12:10 PM

View PostMark Hayden, on 06 June 2013 - 08:36 PM, said:


Two words:

Spoiler


ahaha....I like it, Feels you are still one of us!

#4211 Ironhawk

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Posted 07 June 2013 - 12:48 PM

View PostApostal, on 06 June 2013 - 02:37 AM, said:

Well out of boredom I got to playing with the Victor Template from Ironhawk... playing with brushes and just messing around till I hit a gem. It's a take on a desert camo, so hope you enjoy!

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Solid first performance. Please continue!

View Postmaxoconnor, on 07 June 2013 - 11:21 AM, said:

Has anyone done a template for the Quickdraw yet?


Two words:

Spoiler


:)

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Posted 07 June 2013 - 01:13 PM

View PostIronhawk, on 07 June 2013 - 12:48 PM, said:

Two words:

Spoiler


:)

Good to hear. Once it's ready I have a great idea for a paintjob. It's gonna have "dodge this" on the left arm, maybe a nice and cheesy "feelin' lucky?" somewhere else as well. Black with steiner-blue trim lines (imagine the white of the concept's pattern as the black, and those pale green stripes are the blue bit, that's what I'm thinking of...). Steiner insignias on the centre torso and that circular plate on the right leg. Probably take me ages to do though, It'll be my first go. Oh, and the writing is blue as well.
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Posted 07 June 2013 - 01:32 PM

View PostMark Hayden, on 06 June 2013 - 08:36 PM, said:


Two words:

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One word: yes. :)

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Posted 07 June 2013 - 02:08 PM

or one of the Pros could slap some nice classic 3025 Steiner Grey and Blue on my "special" Victor, and such. It would look sooooooooo sexy! :)

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Posted 07 June 2013 - 04:23 PM

View PostIronhawk, on 07 June 2013 - 12:48 PM, said:

Solid first performance. Please continue!


Was my third, did an Orion and Treb repaint back in this thread a little while ago... lost to the ages. Got another Victor in the works that should be done shortly. :ph34r:

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Posted 07 June 2013 - 04:53 PM

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This Mad Cat Mk IV is piloted by the leader of Magyari's Ireregulars, a (fanon) mercenary unit. The pilot goes by the nickname if "Invisible Space Fairy." It's best if you don't ask why.

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Posted 07 June 2013 - 05:03 PM

View PostApostal, on 07 June 2013 - 04:23 PM, said:


Was my third, did an Orion and Treb repaint back in this thread a little while ago... lost to the ages. Got another Victor in the works that should be done shortly. :ph34r:

1st...3rd...... regardless, looks GREAT!

I still have to take the time to hook up my Bamboo and get to learning. I am still brute forcing everything via GIMP and keyboard!

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Posted 07 June 2013 - 09:00 PM

Ok still not happy with the Right foreleg flames on this but after 5 times repeating it... that was the best result. I might add more lightning to the left Leg at some point as it's a kill count for the unit. This entire thing was more experimenting with creating flames and lightning in gimp :ph34r:

And the unit represented is the 1st Kestrel Grenadiers, inspiration from www.camospec.com. Thanks to Ironhawk for the template again, even found a Grenadier Treb he'd done before for some inspiration. And a shout out to Hayden for the unit insignia!


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EDIT: Brought to my attention the shading through the flames... simply a layer issue, might devote some time to it when I get a chance.

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Posted 08 June 2013 - 04:27 AM

Does anyone have enough free time / be willing to edit the stalkers concept art to make it look like my Misery? Would love to see the Misery adapted into the 2D artwork. Or if someone has already done a Misery stalker can they point it out to me thanks. BTW IronHawk, Hayden and countless other's your repaints are amazing I am in constant awe :P

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Posted 08 June 2013 - 06:53 AM

View PostApostal, on 07 June 2013 - 09:00 PM, said:

Ok still not happy with the Right foreleg flames on this but after 5 times repeating it... that was the best result. I might add more lightning to the left Leg at some point as it's a kill count for the unit. This entire thing was more experimenting with creating flames and lightning in gimp :)

And the unit represented is the 1st Kestrel Grenadiers, inspiration from www.camospec.com. Thanks to Ironhawk for the template again, even found a Grenadier Treb he'd done before for some inspiration. And a shout out to Hayden for the unit insignia!


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EDIT: Brought to my attention the shading through the flames... simply a layer issue, might devote some time to it when I get a chance.


Good stuff yet again! You seem to create your extra layers without putting them as clipping masks and I suspect this is part of the problem. Otherwise, you'd need but to tweak your number decal distortion to fit the perspective, increase the size of that Davion insignia horizontally and skew your flame art just a bit and you are there.

View PostSmokinDave73, on 08 June 2013 - 04:27 AM, said:

Does anyone have enough free time / be willing to edit the stalkers concept art to make it look like my Misery? Would love to see the Misery adapted into the 2D artwork. Or if someone has already done a Misery stalker can they point it out to me thanks. BTW IronHawk, Hayden and countless other's your repaints are amazing I am in constant awe :P

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Thanks for the feedback. I didn't have in my plans to reverse engineer hero 'Mechs from the game back into the 2D concept art at this point. Though it is not a bad idea at all, PGI has reopened it's battlemech factory at last so we have plenty of new concept repaints to do! ;)

...

Oh and one last thing. Since some of you have waited long enough, I am releasing the template for the Quickdraw before my first repaints for that 'mech.

Quickdraw template

Love.

IH.





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