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[Dihm]

Can't find the full size of that Catapult. It is just aching for a repaint.

Anyone else have any luck?

[Hayden]

Dihm, on 28 December 2011 - 10:40 AM, said:

Can't find the full size of that Catapult. It is just aching for a repaint.

Anyone else have any luck?

Haha, they'll probably put it up later today, Dihm. I'm not too worried.

Blackfang, on 28 December 2011 - 10:30 AM, said:

~S~ Hayden, I feel guilty for making a request and all and my inept skills as an artist, but if you find any spare time in the near future I'd love to see your idea of the Wolf Spider Battalion Colour scheme on that Catapult when they release the full size image.

Loving your work as always.

Blackfang out.

Yeah, I'm more than happy to do that kind of work! Just give me an idea of what you need/want color-wise. If you're not sure about color, ask your CO first. Once this dude made a request, showed it to his unit, and the reaction was "MY GOD! WHAT DID YOU HAVE THAT MAN DO!? WHY DID YOU TELL HIM TO USE THOSE COLORS IN THAT PARTICULAR FASHION??? AND FLAMES???" Suffice to say, the unit didn't like his initiative, and I wasn't thrilled when he came back asking me to redo it.

So the moral is: when asking me to do stuff for a unit, make sure you can speak authoritatively for that design

[Blackfang]

Cheers Hayden, Wolf Spider Battalion is generally black with red trim on the mechs, but I've asked the Boss to provide his input for us here as well, I'll wait on his call on this one.

[Adridos]

Hayden, on 28 December 2011 - 10:10 AM, said:

ALSO, I CANNOT WAIT TO GET MY HANDS ON THAT FULL-SIZE CATAPULT IMAGE! Today is gonna be a good one for the Capellans and SIC!

EDIT: And to a lesser extent, the Kuritans.

Well, we are sure you'll make great work, as always. Are you planning on making one in traditional Liao colors?

[Dagger6T6]

uh I haven't looked through all the pages on this yet, but I was blown away by the first few images so I had to say "WOW WOW WOW... Amazing!"

Can't wait to see the Catapult with some paint schemes!

Edited by Dagger6T6, 28 December 2011 - 12:38 PM.

[Dremos]

Oh damn.....

every repainting is great at all....

carry on.....i think the Catapult will be the next to repaint .....

greets

Dremos

[Adridos]

Dagger6T6, on 28 December 2011 - 12:36 PM, said:

uh I haven't looked through all the pages on this yet, but I was blown away by the first few images so I had to say "WOW³ Amazing!"

Can't wait to see the Catapult with some paint schemes!

Or a little upgrade, since Hayden can make some picture magic and use different equipmnet like he did with Hunchabck, turning it to Hunchback IIC, or small modifications like on Dragon and Jenner.

Edited by Adridos, 28 December 2011 - 12:39 PM.

[Hayden]

First off, thanks guys.

Adridos, on 28 December 2011 - 12:39 PM, said:

Or a little upgrade, since Hayden can make some picture magic and use different equipmnet like he did with Hunchabck, turning it to Hunchback IIC, or small modifications like on Dragon and Jenner.

I'm not ruling anything out. I've had requests for the K series Catapults, we'll see about those.

Adridos, on 28 December 2011 - 12:27 PM, said:

Well, we are sure you'll make great work, as always. Are you planning on making one in traditional Liao colors?

I'm planning on making a boat load of various Liao units.

[Adridos]

Hayden, on 28 December 2011 - 12:56 PM, said:

I'm planning on making a boat load of various Liao units.

Good to hear that.

[Hayden]

Adridos, on 28 December 2011 - 01:24 PM, said:

Good to hear that.

Yeah, when I make these I try to keep them accurate for units. For example, a Jenner or Dragon would be basically unheard of in the FWL, but could very well appear in Davion or Steiner units, but those would be nowhere as common as in the DC. So I try to keep things like that in mind. Hunchbacks on the other hand could be just about anywhere. So most of the Catapult images I do will probably be Liao or Kurita, but there could be a smattering from other houses.

[Matt Newman]

here is a link to the high res catapult guys... get to work.

http://img.mwomercs....t%20Concept.jpg

[Hayden]

Matt Newman, on 28 December 2011 - 02:55 PM, said:

here is a link to the high res catapult guys... get to work.

http://img.mwomercs....t%20Concept.jpg

On it!

Ed: Also thanks. I was starting to get antsy

Edited by Hayden, 28 December 2011 - 03:12 PM.

[Adridos]

Matt Newman, on 28 December 2011 - 02:55 PM, said:

here is a link to the high res catapult guys... get to work. http://img.mwomercs....t%20Concept.jpg

Let the fun begin! Thanks Matt.

[Threat Doc]

I can't wait to see what many of you come up with. Perhaps this Saturday I'll be able to take some time to get this done. Need to build my new camouflage pattern, first. Thank you, Matt.

[Demi-Precentor Konev]

Here is a Catapult from the Caesar's Cohorts Mercenary unit. Again, practicing this masking thing for stripes. Again, .jpeg conversion feels a little wonky - but not as bad as the one below. I tried to get the numbering to look like those fiber-optic lights that race cars are using for their numbering during night races now. Don't think I'll do that again.



St. Ives Compact, 1st Janissaries. SIC Insignia courtesy Hayden. Janissary insignia courtesy Sarna. Experimented with using the lasso tool to mask off parts for stripes. Something happened during conversion/compression/etc. that has hurt the quality of this a bit - especially near the SIC logo. First 'Mech I've seen with 'dress pants'. Original is here: http://camospecs.com...ure.asp?ID=3857

Edited by lahyenne, 29 December 2011 - 03:47 AM.

[Adridos]

Well, yeah, you have beaten the king by time, but that's just the part of it. If he comes with nicer mech, or even a variant, all the rush was for nothing. I'd sugest to improve some things on it (like those logos), while Hayden doesn't show up.

[Hayden]

Alright. First a big thank you to Alex Iglesias and Piranha for another great re-imaging of another classic design. The beginning of the Catapult series. This first one is a St. Ives "protest 'mech."

Blackwind Lancers, currently of the St. Ives Compact.

This next one is a request from one of the members of my unit, the 3rd Amphigean LAG.

4th Tau Ceti Rangers. This one is my take on it, as this unit was already featured on the concept art. I wanted to display the old insignia, even though it had changed by this point (which is why I included the older one on the right leg).

1st MAC Catapult. Forward the BIG MAC!

Renshield's Dragoons Catapult. Last one for tonight.

Ok, last one for tonight for real this time. House Imarra Catapult.

Chesterton Reserves Catapult.

1st Davion Guards Catapult. Piloted by one Lt. H. Killinger.

Odd one out. Zeta Galaxy Hunchback IIC from Clan Diamond Shark.

Last one for this page. Request for Wolf Spiders merc unit. I tried to make this one look shiny and new, but it dosn't feel as "nice" as the others.

Thanks for watching!

EDIT: And kudos to lahyenne for getting the first one up . Try to hold on to that feeling

Edited by Hayden, 29 December 2011 - 11:34 PM.

[Demi-Precentor Konev]

Adridos, on 28 December 2011 - 05:34 PM, said:

Well, yeah, you have beaten the king by time, but that's just the part of it. If he comes with nicer mech, or even a variant, all the rush was for nothing. I'd sugest to improve some things on it (like those logos), while Hayden doesn't show up.

I've been messing with it, but it seems every time I convert it to a .jpeg the same effect happens. Also, I don't think there was ever any question that Hayden would produce much, much better repaints than me. Especially if all of my .psd->.jpeg conversions are going to have so many errors.

Edit: Blackwind Catapult.... buenooooo.

Hayden, on 28 December 2011 - 05:35 PM, said:

EDIT: And kudos to lahyenne for getting the first one up . Try to hold on to that feeling

My victories are usually shallow and fleeting.

Edited by lahyenne, 28 December 2011 - 05:40 PM.

[Adridos]

Wow, nice mech Hayden. Cna you make anther with a paint scheme of House Imarra? You've already done an Atlas with their color scheme (correction - no you didn't but the scheme is almost the same, sorry) and because Metro wants to be part of it, it would be nice to make one for him.

Edited by Adridos, 28 December 2011 - 05:42 PM.

[Vincent Vascaul]

I would like to put in another request for Sea Fox and/or Diamond Sharks scheme, Thanks!