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Mech Drawing! now in color!

Posted: 2006-04-22 10:51pm
by TheMuffinKing
What do you like more?

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Or:

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Posted: 2006-04-22 10:59pm
by Xess
I like the second one more. It's more eastern in its styiling with the hands and all, and that tends to tickle my fancy.

The first's gun arms seem too out of place compared to the main body.

Posted: 2006-04-22 11:08pm
by Darth Raptor
Integrated weapons make more sense, but the second one looks cooler. Dillema!

Posted: 2006-04-23 12:49am
by Noble Ire
I prefer the first, actually. The integrated weaponry looks a bit better than simple hands.

Posted: 2006-04-23 08:10am
by TheMuffinKing
I have reworked large portions of the mech to include new leg positions and integrated gun arms:

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Posted: 2006-04-23 04:07pm
by Acidburns
Ah, the third one is much better. A stronger pose, and the intergrated weapons look good. The armour plating on the side of the legs looks good too. The upward sloping toes are interesting.

While the chestpiece is perhaps appealing to look at, it seems to be creating a shell trap. I like the shape the head as well, though it's a bit unclear how it sits on the torso.

I'll be looking forward to seeing it coloured!

Also, I was thinking it'd be nice to see a human silohette beside your mechs to get a sense of scale.

Posted: 2006-04-23 04:41pm
by Darth Raptor
Yay! Much better!

Posted: 2006-04-23 08:16pm
by TheMuffinKing
Thanks! I'll throw in a human for scale on this one.

Posted: 2006-04-23 08:55pm
by Xess
The third one kicks ass. Nice work TMK.

Posted: 2006-04-24 11:48pm
by The Jazz Intern
I like them. My thing about armour suits-
I understand the usefulness of intergrated weaponry, but I don't like the lack of dextarity this brings. (Muffinking, I'm not asking for more drawings, the third one rocks!) I jsut want to know other peoples options on the subject.

Posted: 2006-04-25 12:29am
by Ford Prefect
Hey, it's Jazz! Hi Jazz!

Anyway, it's generally superior to just have integrated weaponry, but I personally can't do without hands. I need robots capable of picking people up and crushing them like eggs.

Posted: 2006-04-25 03:54am
by TheMuffinKing
I should have this inked and colored by this weekend. Soulfly is playing here in Tacoma so I'll be busy watching!

Posted: 2006-04-25 08:26am
by dragon
Now it only needs a M1 blowing its leg off from a distance and it would be good.

Posted: 2006-04-25 01:58pm
by TheMuffinKing
It's too small for the leg to be targeted...

Posted: 2006-04-25 08:38pm
by The Jazz Intern
maybe an M1 hitting it in the chest?

hey, I got an Idea for a weapon...

Put a shell, and hollow it, and in the ceter put an electromagnet, and then, all around it, metal magnetized the same (so + and +)
when the shell his, the electro magnet turns on, creating a bunch of flichettes.
(it'd have to be anti infantry)
whadduha think?

Posted: 2006-04-26 12:56am
by Hotfoot
The Jazz Intern wrote:maybe an M1 hitting it in the chest?

hey, I got an Idea for a weapon...

Put a shell, and hollow it, and in the ceter put an electromagnet, and then, all around it, metal magnetized the same (so + and +)
when the shell his, the electro magnet turns on, creating a bunch of flichettes.
(it'd have to be anti infantry)
whadduha think?
It'd be cheaper and more efficient to make a weapon that used explosives to propel small bits of unmagnetized metal, creating a bunch of shards we like to call "shrapnel". :P

Also, you may want to ease up on the Mech vs. Tanks thing, this isn't a debate thread, it's an art thread.

By the way, cool pics. They remind me of something, I just can't think of what.

Posted: 2006-04-26 01:23am
by avatarxprime
Ford Prefect wrote:Hey, it's Jazz! Hi Jazz!

Anyway, it's generally superior to just have integrated weaponry, but I personally can't do without hands. I need robots capable of picking people up and crushing them like eggs.
Could always go the GITS route and have a secondary set of manipulator arms.

And of course, great work MuffinKing, I really like the look, it just feels real.

Posted: 2006-04-26 04:10am
by TheMuffinKing
Thanks all!
Could always go the GITS route and have a secondary set of manipulator arms.
Hmm, I usually think in terms of the "Jim" suit, a deep sea vessel thats man shaped and designed to withstand great pressures and depths. I'm also partial to complete robotic suits remote piloted using "telepresence", although the brain in a jar is a personal favorite...

Besides, I haven't thought of manipulator arms... :D

Posted: 2006-05-08 12:17am
by TheMuffinKing
Ink work bitches: Image

Posted: 2006-05-08 12:22am
by TheMuffinKing
Actual size of the Jaguar:


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Posted: 2006-05-08 03:56am
by Ford Prefect
Brutal, just plain brutal.

Posted: 2006-05-08 02:32pm
by MKSheppard
TheMuffinKing wrote:Actual size of the Jaguar:
Actually it looks like a good design for a hostile environment "power suit" for infantry. Because Space Suits are too fragile in a gunfight.

Posted: 2006-05-08 06:05pm
by TheMuffinKing
Actually it looks like a good design for a hostile environment "power suit" for infantry. Because Space Suits are too fragile in a gunfigh
I was imagining protection from up to 25mm rounds when designing this. None of this fancy dancing power suit shit...this stands there, takes it, and dishes it out tenfold! I would like to see this wading through fire with guns blazing!

Posted: 2006-05-08 10:30pm
by The Jazz Intern
sweet :D

I just noticed that you use ordinary pencils! now I can't blame my crappy work on crappy stuff! Crap!

Posted: 2006-05-09 06:25am
by Ford Prefect
MKSheppard wrote: Actually it looks like a good design for a hostile environment "power suit" for infantry. Because Space Suits are too fragile in a gunfight.
It might be difficult to fit a person inside it though; better would be The Muffin King's dedicated power suit designs.