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[Odanan]

Ironhawk, on 10 November 2012 - 11:21 AM, said:

Excellent work so far by our colleagues. The Hawk is happy to join in and be of service on this RCA battlefield once more.

Blackjack theme: A Federated Celebration...

1st up: 7th Fedcom Officer


Second piece today: an 8th Syrtis Fusiliers. Gave a try at some nose art on this one...

After looking at this, I'm ashamed of posting my Blackjack here.

And you put me in the credits! You are nice!

PS: that nose art is incredible.

[Odanan]

Warning!! Work in Progress.



This Blackjack is a homenage to the "Valkyrie" fighters of Macross. The "Atlas skull pirate flag" is the symbol of my Merc Corp (VORPAL Inc.). The jet effect is from the Spider and the mech pose is inspired in the Ironhawk's Cataphract.

There is still a lot of work to do here. I need to add lots of decals, kill marks, texts, a nose art and maybe replace the AC/2 by other weapon (or make another Blackjack variant altogether).

[Ironhawk]

Odanan, I clicked the 'like' button in lieu of a missing 'love' button. Can't wait to see the final result!

[Odanan]

Ironhawk, on 10 November 2012 - 05:31 PM, said:

Odanan, I clicked the 'like' button in lieu of a missing 'love' button. Can't wait to see the final result!

Thanks IH, that means a lot.

[MasterofBlasters]

Aren't the Blackjack's jumpjets in the legs though?

[Odanan]

Barg12, on 10 November 2012 - 05:50 PM, said:

Aren't the Blackjack's jumpjets in the legs though?

Ooops! i will fix hat.

[MasterofBlasters]

Odanan, on 10 November 2012 - 05:59 PM, said:

Ooops! i will fix hat.

Mistakes happen.

[Odanan]

Second version, with fixed jumpjets (thanks for the heads up, Barg12).



Still a lot of work to do.

EDIT: some decals.

EDIT: replaced the "ejecting seats" decal for a "warning laser" decal (thanks IH).

EDIT: semi-final version.

Edited by Odanan, 13 November 2012 - 05:06 PM.

[RotS Targe]

Odanan, love what you're doing.
Always bugged me to see a jumping mech with feet flat on the ground.

[Max OConnor]

I can't wait to see the final version of your jumping Blackjack. So well done.

[Hayden]

Reminds me of Marshigama's Legionaries.

[Adridos]

Hayden, on 11 November 2012 - 10:06 AM, said:

Reminds me of Marshigama's Legionaries.

They employ the same colors, but they do so in camouflage kind of way. Odanan's Blackjack doesn' have anything remotely connected to a millitary camo.

[Ironhawk]

Odanan, on 11 November 2012 - 05:18 AM, said:

Second version, with fixed jumpjets (thanks for the heads up, Barg12).

Still a lot of work to do.

EDIT: some decals.

Good to see this piece progress like that, Odanan. IMHO, there should be at least 4 exhausts to these JJ's, including each leg and the back for balance. No biggy though some airforce or navy savvy folks may notice the decal underneath your laser is usually for ejection seats. The fx are uber-cool and you've done a very nice job with that foot.

Another 'Mech is out of the IH paint shop... Felt like this dude needed a lance mate. For this 2nd Ceti, I tried another approach for that medium laser pre-fire effect. Credit goes to Hayden for the excellent job on that 2nd Ceti insignia.


EDIT: just added the missing URL... And a credit.

Edited by Ironhawk, 11 November 2012 - 11:00 AM.

[Hayden]

Adridos, on 11 November 2012 - 10:37 AM, said:

They employ the same colors, but they do so in camouflage kind of way. Odanan's Blackjack doesn' have anything remotely connected to a millitary camo.

Oh! You're right! Well, no one is perfect.

[Ironhawk]

In comes the 17th AH (no no, not the Atlas Hunters, the Avalon Hussars!)

[Tristan Arc]

Adridos, on 10 November 2012 - 02:45 AM, said:

It's just how I see your repaints. Mainly because of the multi-colored cockpits and weapons treatment... but that's just me and they look great no matter how I see them.

Ah, that makes sense. Thank you. Still trying things and experimenting.

Ironhawk, on 10 November 2012 - 11:16 AM, said:

Tristan, this is definitely the one I like best. Excellent job on that 1KU! Nice insig job as well.

Thank you. That's an excellent job (as usual!) on your Blackjacks, too. Those textures are incredible.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of your progress on your Blackjack as well, Odanan. It looks wonderful so far.

I just finished a reworking of one of my earlier pieces for the 1st Capellan Dragoons, and I'm pretty happy with it (especially with figuring how to get the silly logos to place better).

For comparison:

Before:



After:

[EmperorMyrf]

Well I installed GIMP for the first time, thought I'd give it a go. I feel silly posting mine amongst the great works in here, but here we go:



Thought I'd try a Jagermech as well:



If you can't tell, I have no idea how to get rid of decals cleanly via being a noob at this.

Edit: Changed host.

Edited by EmperorMyrf, 12 November 2012 - 07:14 AM.

[Odanan]

EmperorMyrf, on 11 November 2012 - 02:29 PM, said:

Well I installed GIMP for the first time, thought I'd give it a go. I feel silly posting mine amongst the great works in here, but here we go:

If you can't tell, I have no idea how to get rid of decals cleanly via being a noob at this.

We all started somewhere (look at my Raven).

I liked it! But there is something wrong with the red/wine painting - we can barely see the black outlines.

Edited by Odanan, 11 November 2012 - 02:47 PM.

[EmperorMyrf]

Odanan, on 11 November 2012 - 02:45 PM, said:

We all started somewhere (look at my Raven).

I liked it! But there is something wrong with the red/wine painting - we can barely see the black outlines.

Thanks! I'm not sure what happened, the lines were much more defined before I exported it. I'll probably crank back the darkness on it and hopefully it'll come out cleaner.

Edit: it's imgur, the quality gets lost when I upload.

Edited by EmperorMyrf, 11 November 2012 - 02:54 PM.

[Ironhawk]

Wanted to do a 3rd Crucis Lancer for Remembrance Day. 3rd Lancers have such a long history... I assumed this Blackjack participated to several important encounters, with key worlds listed under the Davion insignia on its right leg. Had a good time working on this one. Hope you enjoy...



EDIT: Adding a 3039 ally to this 3rd Crucis Lancers veteran; a Wolf's Dragoons Delta Provisional...

Edited by Ironhawk, 12 November 2012 - 08:19 PM.