Want to help us out with a little internal debate?
Some want a full head refresh that is more realistic.
Some want a more old school head with a center split bar.
I get both camps (though you can guess I'm in the former camp). I also know the head of a mech is pretty much always a critical iconic element.
The question is, do we change a head to make the mech more appealing to new pla...
This is you versus the guy she told you not to worry about.
They might not be in the kickstarter but the remaining ostmechs are not forgotten. We debated their inclusion a lot, but the question was never if we do them, it was when and where we'd do them.
Of course I have no idea what this Ostol is for but it was requested from above so here he is!
I wanted to stay a little faithful to the original, but generally follow the level of looseness that I took with the Ostscout, aka a...
2019-12-10 10:21:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Another "been ready for a while" mech to offload for your viewing pleasure!
Sculpt by Alan Blackwell.
Kitfox gets prize for absolute cutest mech?
I don't know another mech in BT that is this adorable but also packing some serious guns.
I really enjoyed this being a starter mech in MW4 Mercs. I was getting sick of always being started with a potent medium mech. Salvage seems to come all too easy for plot mercs haha.
2019-12-03 09:30:46 +0000 UTC View Post
With the flurry of non-stop everything going on I haven't gotten around to posting renders of a few finished 3D models.
Here's the final Warhawk. A mech built entirely out of cooling systems :D
2019-11-30 01:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I hope your day goes well and your pants struggle to fit.
Lets start the day off with the Zeus.
I mixed together a lot our sources on this one, as the Zeus has a lot of good art through out the life of Battletech. We've got the originals, later variants that got reshelled, the MW4 version, MC2, card art, the Zeus X and the similar looking MWDA look, even an ancient painting of my own.
This is what came of all of that.
I think it looks good even i...
2019-11-28 10:14:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Round two, the chonkening.
While the Hunchback IIC has less armor than the original, I still wanted to honor its blown out arms. Lets say it's loosely fitted.
2019-11-27 02:12:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's your close in bruiser mech! While this guy is fairly deep down in the mech list I tackled it early in preparation for doing the Hunchback IIC, which I'll post next.
I had my old Quasimodo base model as a proportional reference, which I had used on an old commissioned painting of a Hunchback (same as the source on the new Catapult). So I was able to grab that art, greyscale it, and go from there. Same process as was used on the Timberwolf, Atlas, Shadowcat, and Summoner too.
Anyone want to share this around on social media? Gimme a review, tell everyone I'm terrible if you must! :D
Also I guess this is the first time I've posted a Nova Cat render. I'll get that and a few others up before too long.
2019-11-20 01:32:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Fast boi time again.
Linebacker is a bit of an ugly chunky mech but I wanted to tackle it good without throwing out the odd torso shape and ankle bulbs.
Unfortunately the low pose mostly closed legs thing you see in several mechs just does not work mechanically the moment you start to pose the legs, so I had to stand this guy up taller.
Several solutions here similar to how MWO approached it, but I think I maintained the proportions a little better. MWO definitely did a good...
2019-11-20 00:15:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Can I interest you in a mech that looks really cool while its ammo explodes? :)
2019-11-19 02:31:56 +0000 UTC View Post
He back and he's got runners thighs. Here's your new Jenner.
You can maaaybe fit a mechwarrior in him now.
2019-11-18 04:02:20 +0000 UTC View Post
It's back to haunt you! Muahahahaha!
My fat, chunky, Marauder II is finished. Jon Paulson assisted on this one. Started with my old fatrauder model, then he worked on some edits, then became unavailable and handed it back to me for getting it done. Kinda glad because I got to put all my nitpicky touches on it :)
I think it sells better in final 3D form with a non t-pose on it.
Who's gonna grab this one's torso and turn it into a shuttle? :P
2019-11-15 06:40:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Several of you wanted to see different angles on the Atlas, or were fielding critiques that seemed to be misinterpretations due to the viewing angle, so here you go!
The length of stride was also reduced.
Feel free to continue the rampant discourse :)
2019-11-14 06:19:45 +0000 UTC View Post
You've been asking for it, here it is finally finished!
This Atlas model sat on ice for a bit while we finalized Wave One sculpts and TRO lineart, but Alan Blackwell and I got back to meticulously finishing this model off (I really ran him through a gauntlet of micro edits). As one of the most iconic Battletech mechs it has to be perfect. I think we came close.
Do you accept your new overlord?
2019-11-13 11:03:27 +0000 UTC View Post
-Proportioned it's legs and barrels a little more reasonably.
-Fixed the weapons load to match the stats without removing the giant gun pod.
-Slightly more angled and detailed surfaces while keeping the main curves.
And now you can zip it on badgering about the Behemoth, here it is haha!
The odd unseen nature of this mech (taken with the rest but definitely an original design) causing rarity, and it also being a solid design who's main shapes didn't do much wrong, made m...
2019-11-09 07:32:34 +0000 UTC View Post
This one was a lot of fun to work on :)
Warhammer IIC. A solid design that many love, though I'm not sure how often it's played or that anyone is very set in how they think it should look, so I went in loose on this and aimed to just make a cool 80 ton armored beast of a Warhammer.
Japanese art basis, project phoenix center torso influence, and an injection of my new Warhammer's parts to show lineage.
Question! I think we should go with a cockpit matching the new classic, I ...
2019-11-08 00:06:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Green Turkey time! - [Tweaked version updated]
I've got this one pretty much done, but I want to simmer it a bit for improvement. It's never been a good looking mech but I've liked it since Mech Commander was one of my first Battletech games I played extensively.
I think this is a mech more people will be willing to take bigger design changes on for the purpose of "cool".
Anything you would change?
2019-10-28 04:05:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Not quite finished yet, but close to it. Here's some 3D work by Mike Doscher.
Happy to see the teetering on wacky Linebacker proportions are working out in final form.
2019-10-27 03:27:39 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been fun working on these old school Inner Sphere mechs that aren't unseen. After pile driving through so many Clan mechs, and the previous focus on unseen, this is fresh air and something the franchise needs.
I'm not a super fan of the Grasshopper, but when I saw it on the redesign list I was excited to be the one doing it. It's a design several people have done a good job of fixing up in fanart, or in MWO, though with some shortcomings at times.
Does my version land closer ...
2019-10-23 10:17:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Digging into more of those Wave Two mech designs, or should I say, hacking into :)
Hatchetman is here. This is a mech that has such an iconic look, but also a look that is innately goofy, so I wanted to see how much of it I could save and keep on the "modern retro" angle.
I was ready for quite a challenge, but turns out it was super easy barely an inconvenience ;)
Shift some angles around, give it a little more bulk, fair bit more chest protrusion. I lot of other redesigns of t...
Here we have the Night Gyr.
On the left is Harri Kallio's sketch as I assigned him this one. On the right is my pass of trying to make it a little more interesting shapes wise. Most of it is just the more protruding and aggressive cockpit, with minor tweaks elsewhere.
What do you like more?
2019-10-16 02:35:02 +0000 UTC View Post
You guys like Care Bears right?
This one was relatively easy to work on, other than needing plenty of detail work to scale at 100tons. I was able to take the old art, once again a design where the tro lineart is largely ignored, and integrate all the good bits into the modern sensibilities we have in our head.
If this screams MWO Kodiak at you, it's almost all down to one thing: The CCG art head. I could have improved on the Ghost Bear emblem style head but the CCG head is just co...
2019-10-16 01:12:58 +0000 UTC View Post
The bosses liked the look of my last renders and asked if they could get each mech individually that way. Might as well post them here too :)
What's your favorite mech of the lot?
2019-10-10 07:54:23 +0000 UTC View Post
I hear a select few people wanted to see these guys up close :)
Jump plumes are now in.
Yes, one Toad will have his spent SRM pods ejected.
Also, expect the production casts to have LOWER DETAIL than this. We expect some of this to be lost but we modeled stuff in anyway to see what keeps.
They'll be a mere 1cm tall at 6mm scale.
More images for yee!
I have been told that I can fairly safely say these are our Wave One mech packs.
Shown:
-Clan Invasion/Retaliation Star
-Clan Command Star
-Clan Heavy Striker Star
-IS Command Lance
-IS Battle Lance
-Legendary Mechwarriors Lance
-THE URBANMECH
Of course you only get one, but we all know urbie fever doesn't stop there :)
Currently you can buy 9 redesigned plastics from CGL. Here are 38 :)
I can't say what will be included in "Wave One" of the kickstarter mind you, manufacturing is well beyond my reach, but I can show you a nice collection of models we have in house that are finished or very near finished, so a fairly close bet. There are more on top of this collection too, just not quite polished off.
Just thought you'd all enjoy this big picture, and the small pixels of Elementals haha.
2019-10-05 01:58:26 +0000 UTC View Post
There can only be one.
This one might raise a good discussion.
It is my theory that even the lovers of the classic look Highlander, along with everyone else, have been sitting comfy on that FAT sexy MWO highlander design for 4 years and we're now subconsciously expecting a big beefy mech that certainly looks like it'll crush you with a sweet highlander burial.
But the classic highlander isn't a big boy, in fact it's one of the slimmer more cleanly figured assault mechs. It's no...
2019-10-04 09:17:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Here you go!
Took a while to finalize the legs on these. I would have preferred to go with the original stick legs if possible, even though they're a little whimsical, but the majority of in house feedback leaned for something a bit more bulky.
Enjoy.
2019-09-30 00:17:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Some of our models have been sitting around for years, or teasing you at conventions. The Archer has definitely been a massive hit whenever it appears on tables.
For all it's looks, I think it might be one of our lightest detailed heavy mechs. So considering it's going to feature in the hero mech pack, I think it deserves a bit of a teardown and rebuild.
I'm gonna hit it with some cleanup, accentuate the details it does have, and add a few more that were either missing compared to t...
