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#1 Ironhawk

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 10:05 AM

Hi guys, it's been a year today since my first post in the 'Repainted Concept Art' thread.

Since most of my posts are disseminated in a few threads in this section of the forums, I just wanted to take the opportunity to gather up some of my stuff here and provide a sample of that one year (part time) journey of fan art, counting 200+ concept 'mech repaints, unit insignia, posters and 'mech designs.

Most of the stuff I did is available on this site.

I also posted a few using the nick ~sightsonyou on Deviant Art. (which is also where I posted most of my downloadable 'mech repaint templates)

Next few posts are divided by category, namely poster art, 'mech design, unit insignia and repainted concept art.

EDIT: Should not close this without adding special thanks to the guys who have inspired me so much this year, namely Alex Iglesias and Mark Hayden.

Cheers! And hope some of you will enjoy this summarized walkthrough.

Edited by Ironhawk, 05 January 2013 - 10:55 AM.


#2 Ironhawk

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 10:15 AM

POSTER & GRAPHIC NOVEL ART:

The very first post from Jan 5 2012:
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And then:
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Urbie destroying an Atlas in Frozen City setting. Assignment by Garth Erlam.
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Same one with a Maddog: (Higher-res)
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AH Merc Unit Ad:
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Atlas Hunters Graphic Novel Like Page:
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EDIT: Adding a Rough Capellan skin job (plus firing AC) on one of the first in-game images issued by PGI:
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Edited by Ironhawk, 05 January 2013 - 10:36 AM.


#3 Original ArchAngel

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 10:25 AM

Very nice! :)

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 10:30 AM

'MECH DESIGN WORK:

To my own surprise, I ended up working mostly on the UrbanMech, because of an early challenge to the community posted by Garth Erlam to do an Urbie similar in style to what PGI is providing for its MW:O 'Mechs:

Original Urbie:
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Was curious (or crazy) enough to complete an ortho view of that Urbie:
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Then a modified Capellan version, with mostly angles like Alex Iglesias' designs:
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Rough for a Grasshopper 'Mech. Need to go backto this one and provide a finalized version.
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#5 Ironhawk

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 10:51 AM

UNIT INSIGNIA ART:

Have to start this one with the Atlas Hunters logo:
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Following with canon insignia, in no particular order:

Northwind Highlanders:

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Laurel's Legion:
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Steiner's 1st Royal Guard RCT:
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Draconis Combine, slightly updated and without texture:
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Draconis Elite Strike Team (DEST) - Revised:
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Pesht Regulars - Revised:
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Amphigean Light Assault Group - Revised:
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2nd Night Stalkers - Revised:
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House Liao - Reverse engineered from MW:O forum icon:
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FRR - Reverse engineered from MW:O forum icon:
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#6 Ironhawk

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 11:17 AM

'MECH REPAINTS & MODS - ATLAS:

MW:O Teaser inspired skin job: (and mod job to be more accurate, especially on AC, the right side LRM and the SRM pod removal)
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DC Otomo: (special thanks to Paul Inouye for composing an Otomo song after seeing this one)
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Steiner 2nd Donegal: (brains anyone?)
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4th Tau Ceti Rangers: (lots of difficulty in making that bronze like finish and added custom details such as an insignia and engravings on the arms)
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House Rakshasa: (Yes I know this House did not exist in 3050, but its camo is just too cool not to do it!)
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CATAPULT:

House Rakshasa:
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GDL cat:
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Death Commandos:
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Huse White Tigers:
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Edited by Ironhawk, 05 January 2013 - 08:51 PM.


#7 MechWarrior86

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 11:22 AM

these are awesome!

#8 Ironhawk

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 11:28 AM

'MECH REPAINTS & MODS - CENTURION:

Steiner 1st Royal Guards RCT:
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Atlas Hunters:
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Personal rendition of a Hero 'Mech (with original background collage art):
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HUNCHBACK:

Death Commandos:
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Atlas Hunters:
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DRAGON:

Marshigama's Legionnaires:
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House Dai Da Chi:
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#9 Ironhawk

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 11:43 AM

'MECH REPAINTS & MODS - COMMANDO:

Bromley Stables in Solaris VII:
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Starlight Stables in Solaris VII:
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Lyran's 15th Arcturan:
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New Castile:
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Lexignton Combat Group:
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Atlas Hunters - Urban Camo:
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RAVEN:

Atlas Hunters - Custom made background:
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House White Tigers:
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1st Robinson Rangers:
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House Ma-Tsu Kai:
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Edited by Ironhawk, 05 January 2013 - 11:45 AM.


#10 Ironhawk

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 11:52 AM

'MECH REPAINTS & MODS - AWESOME:

1st Marik Militia: (this one made me feel miserable as all the layers were merged and then saved by mistake and I ended up having to do all sorts of gymnastics to recuperate)
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1st Tyr: (the vet pilot of this one "f*ck the camo and gimme the nicest polish job you can as this beast is my pride and I want it to be awesome!")
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Fronc Cuirassiers:
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CICADA:

GDL: (had a blast doin' the fx)
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1st Robinson Rangers:
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1st Regulan Hussars:
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CATAPHRACT:

Atlas Hunters: (mod job here with the inverted legs and hip surgery / note the Ezekiel 25:17 reference to Pulp Fiction / And by the way, the JJ fx here were done before PGI published the Spider 'Mech art... :) )
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1st Robinson Rangers:
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TREBUCHET:

DC Sorenson's Sabres: (loved working on the custom boat tattoo and the car chrome effect on the left side of the chest)
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1st Kestrel Grenadiers:
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Edited by Ironhawk, 05 January 2013 - 08:21 PM.


#11 Ironhawk

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 12:02 PM

'MECH REPAINTS & MODS - JAGERMECH:

Atlas Hunters:
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Burr's Black Cobras:
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GDL:
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Heart of Blake:
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Wolf's Dragoons - Epsilon: (nice working on those Dragoon skin variants / note that the KC-xxx on the upper right arm does not stand for 'Kill Count' but rather for 'Kerensky Code' which is a marking reference used for the Clans.)
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Wolf's Dragoons - Alpha:
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Edited by Ironhawk, 05 January 2013 - 08:25 PM.


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Posted 05 January 2013 - 12:08 PM

'MECH REPAINTS & MODS - SPIDER:

Wolf Spiders:
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Ryuken-NI:
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3rd Sirian:
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Death Commandos:
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Kell Hounds!
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2nd Ceti:
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STALKER:

Burr's Black Cobras:
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House Imarra:
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Atlas Hunters:
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Posted 05 January 2013 - 12:36 PM

'MECH REPAINTS & MODS - FLEA:

Kell Hounds:
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House Lu Sann:
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Kingston's Rangers:
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2nd Silver Hawk Irregulrs:
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HIGHLANDER:

Laurel's Legion:
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2nd McCarron:
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Atlas Hunters:
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GDL:
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1st Robinson Rangers:
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Red Lancers:
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Posted 05 January 2013 - 12:41 PM

'MECH REPAINTS & MODS - CATAPULT K2 (Homemade mod):

Otomo:
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4th Pesht:
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7th Ghost:
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2nd Legion of Vega:
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BLACKJACK:

Davion Assault Guards RCT:
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1st Blackburn's Raiders:
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Atlas Hunters:
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3rd Crucis Lancers:
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Posted 05 January 2013 - 05:38 PM

This is the Holy Grail of the art threads.

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 07:35 PM

'MECH REPAINTS - MOST RECENT ONES:

Steiner 1st Royal Guards RCT Atlas:
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1st Blackburn's Raiders - was happy to do this one for Jack Gallows:
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Atlas Hunters Orion:
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1st Free Worlds Guards:
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Posted 05 January 2013 - 08:05 PM

'MECH REPAINTS & MODS - A FEW PERSONAL FAVORITES:

Sometimes much more for the challenge they have been then for aesthetic reasons, I have a few that mean more to me than the rest. And these are, in no particular order:

House Fujita Catapult: (yes I know, too shiny, but that was also the point... and the challenge with all this abundance of copper finish)
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17th Avalon Hussars Raven: (have a weakness for the 17th Avalon, and spent time on this one designing the insignia, adding subtle polish and steal grain effects along with gold gradients and dirt)
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2nd McCarron collab work with Hayden: (what can I say... it was a pure privilege to work on this already beautiful piece by the Father of the Repaint thread; in this case, most of the effort was on adding touch-up refinements around the eyes and the beak as well as adding polish, dirt and fx)
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Order of the Faithful Cicada: (inspired entirely by CSO Dak's work from camospecs.com, this pirate gang using 'as they were' centuries old 'Mechs found eroded and corroded on a desert world represented the ultimate wear and tear challenge)
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DC 1st Ghost Regiment Centurion: (from a request - with the combination of tattoo effects and wear and tear effects over a somewhat dirty white was a huge challenge, which makes it my personal favorite to date even though I now see some mistakes I made on it...)
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Well, like I said, that's not all of them but you have a better idea of the evolution I went through over the course of 2012. Unless I forgot some important ones, that's it for this thread, as I do not intend to add to it, unless another year comes by (or some other milestone warranting an art post update.)

Hope there is no offense taken as all of these are actually reposts. Figured though it was a good exercise to go back at them myself and share a bit, even at the risk of being accused of shameless self promotion. Otherwise, I sincerely hope you have enjoyed.

#18 Ironhawk

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 08:32 PM

View PostOriginal ArchAngel, on 05 January 2013 - 10:25 AM, said:

Very nice! :P

View PostMechWarrior86, on 05 January 2013 - 11:22 AM, said:

these are awesome!

View PostOdanan, on 05 January 2013 - 05:38 PM, said:

This is the Holy Grail of the art threads.


Thanks Gents! Much appreciated.

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 08:56 PM

Really nice work!

#20 Zaptruder

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Posted 05 January 2013 - 10:42 PM

Astounding stuff. I tip my hat off to you good sir!





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