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[Outlaw2]

Yea, it still looks like a pen!s on legs, but a better designed pen!s on legs.

Edited by =Outlaw=, 23 February 2012 - 03:11 PM.

[Bullwerk]

I vote for Stalker or Cyclops. The Stalker is a ubiquitous design and is an amazing design balancing weapons and armor. So it looks funny I'll take function over form any day, especially when it ends with me standing over your dead pretty mech in my functioning ugly mech.

The cyclops is just damned cool and makes for an excellent and versatile command mech.

The Victor even, as it is just bad ***... AC-20, speed, and jump jets? I want some.

And for all you Awesome lovers out there, just because it is named Awesome doesn't mean it is awesome. In my view it's a hampered design relying too much on one type of weapon which generates to much heat and takes to long to cycle. I'll take on an Awesome in my Stalker any day.

Edited by Bullwerk, 23 February 2012 - 03:32 PM.

[Solis Obscuri]

=Outlaw=, on 23 February 2012 - 02:52 PM, said:

Think less TRO and more FD

Looks great, except... aren't the legs bending the wrong way?

[Arkhangel]

KING CRAB!!!!!!!!! pllllleeeeeease King Crab! come to think of it, a regular Crab or a Scorpion would be awesome too., not to mention all three fit in for IS mechs of the era we're gonna be in starting out.

Edited by Arkhangel, 23 February 2012 - 04:15 PM.

[Phorr]

I'm guessing they will save a really popular mech for the 10th reveal, either the Urbie, Awesome or the Warhammer.

For this one, I'd like to see an assault. Ideally the Awesome, but a jumping assault like the Victor or Highlander would also be good.

[Jacob Davion]

Chuckie, on 23 February 2012 - 07:59 AM, said:

Really..?

Its ugly and I never cared for it personally.. It looks like a Hard Boiled Egg falling out of a box or a Shoe Box taking a #2..

Also makes chicken walkers look stable in comparison..

I'm sorry, but that comment you made is so funny I HAVE to go to the bathroom now! LOL XD ROFL XD XD XD ANYWAY, I think that the Stalker is comparable Awesome in terms of firepower. But the Awesome is AWESOME, and the Stalker is a WANNABE!!!!!!!!!!! imo

Edited by Jacob Davion, 23 February 2012 - 04:35 PM.

[Mad Mage]

I have to vote for the Battlemaster. Classic Assault Mech with a long history in Mechwarrior Games, not just Battletech.

[Outlaw2]

Solis Obscuri, on 23 February 2012 - 03:54 PM, said:

Looks great, except... aren't the legs bending the wrong way?

Yea, but making the stalker have reverse-jointed legs makes much more sense. Its obvious the original concept artist didn't have a high regard for the laws of physics..

Edited by =Outlaw=, 23 February 2012 - 04:58 PM.

[Shadou]

The Longbow would be nice.

[Thom Frankfurt]

I'm thinking an assult mech. Awesome. Maybe a Zeus...

[Solis Obscuri]

=Outlaw=, on 23 February 2012 - 04:58 PM, said:

Yea, but making the stalker have reverse-jointed legs makes much more sense. Its obvious the original concept artist didn't have a high regard for the laws of physics..

Well, the original TRO artwork must have intended for the Stalker to be painted in marmalade swirls while it "keeps on truckin'"

Presumably, the lasers also fire in psychedelic colors.

That said, I don't know that changing the knee direction really helps a walking submarine be less nose-heavy.

[Chuckie]

Solis Obscuri, on 23 February 2012 - 06:17 PM, said:

Well, the original TRO artwork must have intended for the Stalker to be painted in marmalade swirls while it "keeps on truckin'"

Presumably, the lasers also fire in psychedelic colors.

That said, I don't know that changing the knee direction really helps a walking submarine be less nose-heavy.

I Thought the same thing..

[petrel]

Awesome or Warhammer for me, but people keep telling me I'm not gonna get the Unseen...

[Petroff Northrup]

Solis Obscuri, on 23 February 2012 - 02:33 PM, said:

Only problem is it's a 3058...

It has been around since the Star League.

[Petroff Northrup]

petrel, on 23 February 2012 - 06:34 PM, said:

Awesome or Warhammer for me, but people keep telling me I'm not gonna get the Unseen...

Tell those people you disagree via a PPC.

[AcesHigh]

I vote the axeman. :|

[Watchit]

Bren, on 22 February 2012 - 11:52 PM, said:

The Black Knight, Thug, Highlander and King Crab are all far too rare in this time period to warrant their inclusion before dozens of much more common and representative designs.

I don't think there would be too much problem to have a black knight or some other such "hard to find" mech in this time period... cause they're still their which would just translate into harder to find more expensive!

[Outlaw2]

Solis Obscuri, on 23 February 2012 - 06:17 PM, said:

Well, the original TRO artwork must have intended for the Stalker to be painted in marmalade swirls while it "keeps on truckin'"

Presumably, the lasers also fire in psychedelic colors.

That said, I don't know that changing the knee direction really helps a walking submarine be less nose-heavy.

It amazes me that whoever modeled that figure actually copied the TRO's stupid walking gait and pose directly....didn't even bother to question it, and maybe correct it.

Admittedly simply making it reverse jointed won't solve the weight distribution problem of the TRO, but it would look better and less awkward. FD's stalker however has a much better distribution centered over the hips more.

Edited by =Outlaw=, 24 February 2012 - 03:25 PM.

[Blackfire1]

Gunna be another heavy me thinks.

[Steel Raven]

We got two lights, two mediums and two heavies so looks like we are due a assault mech.
I would vote for the Awesome as well though there is nothing wrong with getting a Zeus or a Hatamoto Chi