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Rough WIP of Alex Rightor's CANON design!

Going with #4, though I'm not sold on the lions. They are cool, but I'm worried it will become and expectation for the designs, which won't all have motifs like that.

Rough WIP of Alex Rightor's CANON design!

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number 1's helmet looks too close to ironman in my opinion, but overall the armor is sick. personally, my favorite is number 3

A MMOD

My 2 thoughts were go with visor style for number 2 the others look too much like other IP and tone down the lions a little bit one or two places is for fine. No need for 5 different places

Brendan McG

Hmm. I’m feeling 1, without the cape, with the helmet and gauntlets of 2. I like the lion motifs. 3 is a bit too… spiked? I just see it getting caught on things. The point of armor is to deflect blows. And 4 is awesome too, maybe if the head were proportional then it would be my fav

Fleetpanda

2, 3 & 4 look to be how you would invision a CAD as it progresses through the higher evolutions.

Nathan Buckley

Oooh im loving the gundam vibes After thinking about it I think I prefer 4 with the head of 2.

Eilis

Strong GUNDAM vibes from these. I just can’t stop seeing them 6 stories tall until they are placed in a scene

Scott Hayward

i like 4 with 2s helmet but all look great except for the cape call edna

jackson wilson

Yes! I agree completely!

ABTelford

I disagree! Oh my gosh, I’m gonna go rant about why…lol!

ABTelford

NO capes! (I’m channeling Edna from The Incredibles movies) they are a HUGE liability in battle it’s ridiculous! They can be grabbed by hand, foot, weapon, landscape - so many ways to about the wearers death! And this is a sci-fi story, where capes are so outmoded as to be only known to history buffs (if you’ve ever worn a cape, which I have, you know they went out of style for a reason. They do not insulate or protect from the rain and they catch on everything!). Please stay true to the genre and the descriptions in the books! Please! With that (rant) out of the way, (cough) I like version 2 best overall…but if you’re choosing #4, then please upsize the head so it looks like there’s a human head in there instead of a doll head. 😉 I like the gear-shapes on the elbow joints. The helmet on versions 1 and 4 are too small for a human head matching the proportions of the body. #2 is the only head size that fits the body size. I get that you’re trying for a true tank of a character armor build here…but these look clunky but I’m not sure how to achieve the tank effect and have it look sleek and sci-fi like the Valera Dent armors (which I love btw). I just feel like these versions are not fitting into overall aesthetic of the story very well. Maybe try taking Valera Dents armor design and add more layers? Less ridges I think would be helpful. I’m thinking aerodynamics + tank might be a helpful redirect. Maybe look at insect carapaces? Keep the lion motif as inlays instead of bulging out 3D shapes, as any in-bent seam creates a place for a weapon to be directed to over and over and this creates a weakness. I think of that in particular when I see the shoulder joints of all these armor designs - the pauldruns have created channels to direct all head/shoulder blows to hit the same place over and over again and thus created a point of failure. Keeping the design of the feet and hands claw-like won’t affect structural integrity, so those beauties can be stylized to the max. I don’t want to be overly critical but as a fantasy genre lover I know these things about armor just from what I’ve picked up over the years and I know I’m not alone in loving practical armor and cringing at artsy stuff that’ll get the wearer killed. It drives me nuts! Hehe. Oh well. Pretty has its place, I guess. I’ll just be cringing as I ID the kill-me-quick spots. Lol! And if this post is too critical let me know and I’ll tone it down in the future. Armor happens to be a favorite rant subject for me. Sorry. Lol

ABTelford

The cape in 1 is so awesome

Dragons'Sheppard1995

It's a little boxy. I feel like for a top tier CAD it should be sleek and firm fitting.

Marie H

I really like #1 and #4. They really give off that BUFF aura you’d expect a mauler to. #2 and #3 honestly resemble how I envision a full CAD Benaly. They’re pretty lean in comparison to the other two. I’m a HUGE fan of capes/robes. When done right they really make a character go from being “him” to “HIM”. Sadly I know the cape may not stay since we haven’t heard of other CADs making cloth accessories. No matter how much Rei wishes for it during Winter. Unless…….? 👀

Sugoi

Who is this? I mean who is Alex right or?

YourNameHere

Yeah, I think the helmet is the only part that makes sense to have a leonine head aspect instead of every single joint. It’s OVERKILL when the other parts could be reminiscent of other parts of the beast especially considering how powerful a lion’s body is! As others have mentioned the head proportion is off. Thanks for the update.

Kory Leach

Dude’s arena name has to be Voltron with that many lions🦁🦁🦁

Polaris

I feel like a mauler should be relatively top-heavy. My guy needs to look good with a massive hammer in his hands… like Reinhardt from Overwatch

PapaJohn

Definitely feeling 2 on this.

DeathAndTaxes

Number 4 gives me a clone trooper vibes

stanly pendergrass

very bad ass! love them, with 2 probably being my fav, but they are all awesome.

Christopher Generazio

I like 2's helmet and feet, and 1's body. Iffy on the cloak for practicality but as a concept I LOVE it

Aubrey Listi

Yeah I was gonna say 3 or 4 out of that set. I do actually like the cape but it probably doesn't make sense. I think I like the helmet on 4 for the visor most of all. I think the lions are alright but I'm not sure we ever established the idea they could form with designs quite like that.

Voror

Personally I love the first one, but I’m biased because I like that darker green

Hillbillyjedi

Personally, #4 strikes me as a Phalanx, not so much a Mauler. But #2 and #4 are both amazing, so either works for in my opinion! :o)

Iron Akela


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