ShimmeringSword

Dragon Fire Concept Sketch

Added 2024-07-05 03:45:31 +0000 UTC

With another Battletech Activity Book dropping recently there were a few new art reveals, including the Dragon Fire here.

I don't believe we've revealed how this mech will be releasing as a miniature yet, but it is coming and in a pretty interesting set.

I'd put this mech solidly on my list of the most ugly mechs in Battletech's history. Definitely not at the top, but the raw chicken body with actual chicken thin legs, combined with some questionable weapon placements (and the art being eternally published backwards) all do it no favors. To ice the cake, the metal miniature is even worse, being a blob pill on legs.

Now all that said, I could immediately see potential in Loose's work, as I stipulated this thing was going to be blown up. We're clearly working with a dragon here, so I laid into a reptilian form for the torso. The eclectic weapons placement was also pushed, which will be played into even further alongside its Marauder co-origins with a new variant we'll be introducing. I like how it has barrels and sensors protruding from all over.

I'm looking forward to this mech having a gameplay revival because it has a very compelling stat line for an IS 75ton mech. Now it has the looks to match.

Who's throwing this on the table? Who was already running the old blob?