Mech Drawing! now in color!

TheMuffinKing · Post by **TheMuffinKing** » 2006-04-22 10:51pm

What do you like more?

Or:

Xess · Post by **Xess** » 2006-04-22 10:59pm

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.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2006-04-22 11:08pm

Integrated weapons make more sense, but the second one looks cooler. Dillema!

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2006-04-23 12:49am

I prefer the first, actually. The integrated weaponry looks a bit better than simple hands.

TheMuffinKing · Post by **TheMuffinKing** » 2006-04-23 08:10am

I have reworked large portions of the mech to include new leg positions and integrated gun arms:

Acidburns · Post by **Acidburns** » 2006-04-23 04:07pm

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.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2006-04-23 04:41pm

Yay! Much better!

TheMuffinKing · Post by **TheMuffinKing** » 2006-04-23 08:16pm

Thanks! I'll throw in a human for scale on this one.

Xess · Post by **Xess** » 2006-04-23 08:55pm

The third one kicks ass. Nice work TMK.

The Jazz Intern · Post by **The Jazz Intern** » 2006-04-24 11:48pm

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.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2006-04-25 12:29am

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.

TheMuffinKing · Post by **TheMuffinKing** » 2006-04-25 03:54am

I should have this inked and colored by this weekend. Soulfly is playing here in Tacoma so I'll be busy watching!

dragon · Post by **dragon** » 2006-04-25 08:26am

Now it only needs a M1 blowing its leg off from a distance and it would be good.

TheMuffinKing · Post by **TheMuffinKing** » 2006-04-25 01:58pm

It's too small for the leg to be targeted...

The Jazz Intern · Post by **The Jazz Intern** » 2006-04-25 08:38pm

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?

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2006-04-26 12:56am

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".

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.

avatarxprime · Post by **avatarxprime** » 2006-04-26 01:23am

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.

TheMuffinKing · Post by **TheMuffinKing** » 2006-04-26 04:10am

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...

TheMuffinKing · Post by **TheMuffinKing** » 2006-05-08 12:17am

Ink work bitches:

TheMuffinKing · Post by **TheMuffinKing** » 2006-05-08 12:22am

Actual size of the Jaguar:

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2006-05-08 03:56am

Brutal, just plain brutal.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2006-05-08 02:32pm

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.

TheMuffinKing · Post by **TheMuffinKing** » 2006-05-08 06:05pm

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!

The Jazz Intern · Post by **The Jazz Intern** » 2006-05-08 10:30pm

sweet

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

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2006-05-09 06:25am

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.