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[L zard]

Adridos, on 08 April 2012 - 03:01 AM, said:

It's their own paint scheme from the Dev blog.

True, but I wonder if they will accept Hayden's, is the question!

[Threat Doc]

Adridos, on 08 April 2012 - 10:28 AM, said:

Link: http://fc03.devianta...ord-d4m428l.jpg

Adridos, thank you for sharing this link with me. That is some beautiful artwork; I especially love the glow of the cockpit.

[Oswin Aurelius]

Adridos, on 08 April 2012 - 10:28 AM, said:

Link: http://fc03.devianta...ord-d4m428l.jpg

No rifling on the Gauss Rifles? Way to think scientifically.

[Jack Gallows]

....

Am I spying BTO on that PGI Atlas's waist?

[Hayden]

Jack Gallows, on 08 April 2012 - 03:52 PM, said:

....

Am I spying BTO on that PGI Atlas's waist?

Yeah, but Bachman and Turner are crossed out, leaving only OVERDRIVE!!!

[Adridos]

Beautiful Atlas OhGilPin.

I also wonder how it looks with green instead of blue. Do you have any pictures of that one too?

And very nice color scheme for your unit. Am I right to assume that colours are mostly chosen from the Scottish flag?

[Adridos]

OhGilPin, on 09 April 2012 - 08:59 AM, said:

Green scheme is used when fighting along side other Capellan units.

Blue scheme is used for home security and when they are given free access to causing havoc on our enemies.

So, basically, green iis used combat and blue on their home world by forces which are stationed there (guards).

[Max OConnor]

OhGilPin, on 09 April 2012 - 07:44 AM, said:

Here is my Atlas in the colours of Scottish Capellan group Im setting up there is suppose to be one where I replace the blue with a green but the way I set it up means I can't do that and will have to do a complete re paint at some point.

Currently we are called Capellan Commandos but I think being a Scottish unit may call for a re think on that.

Enjoy the Atlas

EDIT: For some reason it did not post it, had to re connect link, probably needs a little edge clean up also.

I dig it, I'm very interested in hearing more about your Capellan Highlander group. As a die hard Capellan I can completely sympathize with your efforts but I have to tell you, in doing my research into the history of the NWH, I've discovered the actual relationship they had with House Liao that fits in with all of the original stories as well as the new arc the Highlanders took and it actually makes sense for them to have left as they did.
If you ever want to discuss it, let me know. I'd love to see your site and back story as you get it done. Fantastic color scheme.
Do you have a picture of your logo minus the Atlas?

Edited by maxoconnor, 09 April 2012 - 10:30 AM.

[Adridos]

maxoconnor, on 09 April 2012 - 10:28 AM, said:

Do you have a picture of your logo minus the Atlas?

"Faction Insignia" thread.

@ OhGilPin: Looking at the Atlas, one minor detail is wrong. The belt of the Atlas should have the blue color on its right side (from our perspective), since it does not rotate.

Edited by Adridos, 09 April 2012 - 10:37 AM.

[Max OConnor]

OhGilPin, on 09 April 2012 - 10:38 AM, said:

Cheers I will take you up on that offer as I would like to tie it in with canon as much as possible but I know there is going to be a pile of non-canon stuff along side that as well, I will PM you soon when I get down to backstory as I don't have huge BattleTech knowledge here are the insignia designs I made.

Thanks OhGilPin

You bet, I'm sort of the non official lore master of the Highlanders since I've been reading about them from way back in the 80's. I have 2 PDF's I can give you that are the condensed stories scanned from 2 issues of Battletechnology you may like.
I love spreading the stories to the younger generations. I'm surprised at how many never heard of the older stories.

[Max OConnor]

Here is my basic breakdown, reader's digest version for starters if you want to read it.
http://mwomercs.com/...post__p__154510

[Watchit]

OhGilPin, on 09 April 2012 - 07:44 AM, said:

Here is my Atlas in the colours of Scottish Capellan group Im setting up there is suppose to be one where I replace the blue with a green but the way I set it up means I can't do that and will have to do a complete re paint at some point.

Currently we are called Capellan Commandos but I think being a Scottish unit may call for a re think on that.

An easy way to replace the blue with green is to just take the image as it is, go into, and I'm using gimp here it might be a little different in other programs, go into the "colors" list and click on "Hue and Saturation" then for gimp there's a "select master color to adjust" and select cyan and it works really well. If there's some blue colors you don't want to change you can probably use a layer mask.

Hope that helps

Edited by Watchit, 09 April 2012 - 03:57 PM.

[Max OConnor]

I made a new wallpaper based on Ironhawk's atlas.
http://mwomercs.com/...post__p__172269

I've made a few changes and added my own markings and placed it on a suitable background.
I'd like to add some caption to it but I'm not sure what to put.
Thoughts?

Here is the Atlas by itself.

Edited by maxoconnor, 11 April 2012 - 08:05 AM.

[wwiiogre]

nice work Max

chris

[Max OConnor]

wwiiogre, on 11 April 2012 - 08:25 AM, said:

nice work Max

chris

Thanks Chris. It would make a great poster I think, but I'm not sure what to put on it.
Maybe something like, come to Northwind where death awaits you...............
I wanted to convey the Atlas as a Banshee or some undead Celtic being coming from the past to kill.

[Threat Doc]

Max, I spent a few minutes attempting to come up with a tag-line, or something good to put on the poster, but I have to admit I'm at a loss. I thought maybe mixing bagpipes and war drums with finding a home to make ancestral... but there's just no good mix, hehe.

[Dihm]

maxoconnor, on 11 April 2012 - 07:52 AM, said:

I've made a few changes and added my own markings and placed it on a suitable background.
I'd like to add some caption to it but I'm not sure what to put.
Thoughts?

Atlas looks great, but I think what is throwing me is the feet and it not feeling "rooted" in the background. I think moving it back and "hiding" the feet in the fog a bit would improve the meshing of the two images. Though, having been there, the scale feels off to me, the Atlas should be way bigger in comparison.

[Max OConnor]

Here is a redo with a special friend in the background. I've added some more fog to help with the feet on the Atlas.
As to scale, I looked it up. The inner circle's stones are 26 feet high. The outer circle's stones are about 10 feet high.
The Atlas is anywhere between 10 - 12 meters tall which is 32 to 39 feet tall. The Atlas is also closer to the camera so to speak so it would look bigger but I think its pretty close. I'm sure some math nerd is going to now pick this apart using all kinds of measurements. LOL
Anyway, I appreciate the feedback. Here is the newer version with an accompanying Banshee.

Edited by maxoconnor, 11 April 2012 - 10:49 AM.

[Dihm]

That helped!

And yes, I am horrible with scale, I thought they were way smaller, but that was... omg, like 12 years ago that I was there.

Edit: Hmmm, another thing to try to make the feet "hide" a bit more. take your Eraser, change the opacity to like 25%, go to the Atlas layer, and play around with getting rid of some of the foot pixels.

Edited by Dihm, 11 April 2012 - 10:57 AM.

[Max OConnor]

Chuckie, on 08 April 2012 - 08:37 AM, said:

This is AWESOME.. (Pun intended and not intended at the same time)

Need a Knights of Ni Signature Banner

Thanks a ton BTW.. been in training the last week so havent has as much time to troll the forums

Here is a signature based on the standard we are using for the other Highlanders.
I can send you the template file if you want in Photoshop format.
I didn't know what family tartan you might want underneath so I left it blank.
If you want me to change anything, just let me know.