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[Brandon Heat]

All of Shortpainter's Design looks great!
If all Mechs looks more like these, MWO could be the best MW EVER!

[C0VVB3LL]

I want minis made of these!

[Chian Chey Rychatlan]

Would love permission to do a unit color of that Marauder. Was my first ride back when BT first came out and stuck with it til Cliky Tech came on the scene and turned me off to tabletop

[shortpainter]

Made a new thread with this one but this version has a higher resolution.

Chian Chey Rychatlan, on 10 September 2012 - 02:34 PM, said:

Would love permission to do a unit color of that Marauder. Was my first ride back when BT first came out and stuck with it til Cliky Tech came on the scene and turned me off to tabletop

Please do. They for the community, just give credit. Thanks

[Scodo]

I love all your redesigns, especially the marauder, the hollander, and the rifleman

The feeling I really get for these is battletech meets star wars. Your cockpits, clamshell exteriors, and severe cockpits and lines remind me so much of the ships and walkers from Star Wars.

[Brandon Heat]

Scodo, on 13 September 2012 - 01:01 PM, said:

I love all your redesigns, especially the marauder, the hollander, and the rifleman

The feeling I really get for these is battletech meets star wars. Your cockpits, clamshell exteriors, and severe cockpits and lines remind me so much of the ships and walkers from Star Wars.

Hmm...
I don`t think so...

Different minds eh xD

[Hayden]

shortpainter, on 12 September 2012 - 08:12 PM, said:

Made a new thread with this one but this version has a higher resolution.

That is, to put it simply, delectable. I love it. The scale is great, the paint schemes are great, it's just a wonderful piece.

[Wilhelm Kerensky]

For the love of God, SOMEONE GIVE THIS MAN AN ARTIST JOB FOR MW:O!!!!! These are, bar-none, awesome interpretations of the original Unseen / anime copies. The style blends perfectly the blocky Western style and the sleeker anime style into believable, pleasant-looking menacing designs without being too ugly or totally unbelievable. I mean, hell, his Marauder actually looks like something ready to level a city block without a thought!

Also, since the names themselves are not in Macross or *shudder* Robotech (now I want to go take a shower to clean after saying that name), with these re-designs, it should be perfectly legal to include them in the game.... *hint, hint, Piranha Games*

[Alex Wolfe]

Those are gorgeous.

I find FD's Raven and Stalker more to my tastes, but you've done an excellent job with pretty much all of them, especially the unseen. The unseen often get a bye on being shoddily designed because of their nostalgia and "forbidden fruit" factor, but I believe they're in dire need of mech-anization all the same, to add "realism" and consistency (besides Warhammer, which is the mech that pretty much represents the humanoid heavy+ mech design, later expanded into Devastator and Loki. I digress, though).

Your redesigns left me speechless - never thought I'd see a Locust I'd like to pilot, but you've made it into a sleek beauty of a mech. Awesome job on straightening up the Marauder - your picture makes it look like a proud metal beast, rather than a tentacle-armed monkey with chronic back pain.

You sir, and FD share the same magic touch, capturing the spirit while dragging those tired drawings out of the uncanny valley and into something that one could imagine walking around. Hat's off to you.

Edited by Alex Wolfe, 16 September 2012 - 10:43 AM.

[zer0imh]

WARHAMMER i beg you! XD

[Stefano McCarron]

Hey Painter!

Great stuff!
What i miss right now is the cleaqned up Vindicator.
Can you show it to me?
I like you choosing some of the great forgotten designs.
Just think about great mechs like Javelin, Griffin, Shadowhawk, Victor, Cyclops, Zeus or Battlemaster...

[soulfire]

I do like your stuff I don't think we will see any of the unseen mechs it's just too much of a quagmire of legal hassles. Yes there is great case for redesigns and all that but basically Harmony gold will drag PGI into court for anything. It's the one thing Microsoft could have done for the whole community was bring all those back and let harmony sue them. Microsoft has an army of lawyers on call. PGI doesn't. Microsoft could have fought a long protracted legal battle and not broke a sweat. Last thing PGI wants is something that will lock up this game until the courts decide. Hopefully this game will do well and PGI get some money in the bank and will bring in some..Like your Marauder short but I do like the one persons adjustments to it. I think the jagermechs legs need to be beefed up a bit more looks top heavy. Nice work.

[Telecleez]

shortpainter, on 19 April 2012 - 11:47 PM, said:

Again, thank you all for the comments.


Ostroc


Ostall

these are VERY nice. I also like how they look nothing like the originals but, they still have that kinda feel of the originals so no problems from (dis)harmony gold and they look great

keep up the great work

[Glaive-]

Ugh... if you are are going to redesign the Marauder, can you at least retain the decently large dorsal cannon?
That dinky little gun you have on there doesn't look like it could house even an AC2.
The rest of the design is awesome, it's just that dorsal gun..


Also I LOVE that Champion design!

Edited by armyunit, 24 September 2012 - 03:57 PM.

[Alex Wolfe]

armyunit, on 24 September 2012 - 03:56 PM, said:

Ugh... if you are are going to redesign the Marauder, can you at least retain the decently large dorsal cannon?
That dinky little gun you have on there doesn't look like it could house even an AC2.
The rest of the design is awesome, it's just that dorsal gun..

On the other hand though, the "original" Marauder's dorsal gun looks like it could house a whole other mech. Hollander is built around a gauss rifle smaller than that.

Looks perfect for a puny AC that has as much firepower as a medium laser to me, but hey, a matter of taste. Redesigns here are pure solid gold though.

Edited by Alex Wolfe, 24 September 2012 - 04:28 PM.

[Magik0012]

Soo.. yeah.. I'm late to the party.. NECRO-THREAD!

L-L-L-LOVE your stuff shortpainter!

I would stab someone in the pinky (right through the fingernail) to see your Marauder in MWO! ;-)
I personally prefer the version with the arms placed forward, but I understand the logic of moving them up & back, both for functionality and to differentiate them from the original.

Edited by Magik0012, 10 October 2012 - 03:14 PM.

[Stormtrooper13]

Yeah, give us MORE!!

Like your stile, keep going on!!

[Claviger]

shortpainter, on 21 April 2012 - 01:57 AM, said:

I was hesitant to show these. Re-designing Unseen Mechs can be trouble. The Marauder is a bench mark mech for any artist. The challenge is in interpreting the the original Marcoss artwork and converting it to the Mechwarrior universe and balancing the visuals so that Harmony Gold wouldn't sue and Battletech fans don't burn me at the stake!



Marauder


Archer



Locust

INCREDIBLE!! PGI should hire you immediately.

[DONTOR]

I LOVE YOUR URBANMECH RE-DESIGN!! I WOULDNT THINK TWICE ABOUT PILOTING THAT BADASS!!

[Joe Davion 86]

I still want that locust...its sexeh