My local demo agent and buddy George Paresa offered to help get my miniatures painted, so I handed him my stuff and a mountain of art prints to trade. I just... took forever, until now, to get him an idea of how I want them done.
Which is your favorite?
Right is my default, how I ran ...
2020-08-08 09:34:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hmmm, I don't remember the Marauder in this scene being red. Anyone else seeing this?
The last time I painted anything in color was about a year ago, and I think the last time I painted a mech was two years ago. It's crazy how sucked into mech design I've been ever since pre-production star...
2020-08-03 07:10:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Here you go. Multi angle renders of the new Highlander.
He's an absolute unit.
Who's OCD is going to be eternally rattled knowing the lower CT block is off center? :)
As usual the patreon link tagged images can be shared around.
2020-08-02 06:18:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is the usual set of single renders. These should be going up on the KS page pretty fast.
I'll probably do a bunch of angle shots on the Highlander soon. I know you all want to see that.
It's tricky fitting this many mechs into one shot :D
So many great mechs though. We took a group of mechs ranging from good in the Highlander, to silly medieval Black Knight, hatchet egg on legs Exterminator, and the trio of flat out "why" bread roll mechs in the King Crab, Sentinel, and Mercu...
Between the rush of work, thoughts of saving certain mechs for special patreon composition ideas, thinking a lance/star might finish soon, or just being straight up forgetful. It doesn't take long before a bunch of mechs pile up in the finished stack without being shown off here or anywhere else....
2020-07-27 11:36:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's another amazingly painted prototype print from Dale Eadeh.
So glad how the Blackjack came out every time I see it now. Looks so good in physical form. A chunky workhorse.
Just got this model in from Alex Immerzeel. I ran the fix-up stage for it by myself to free him up for bigger stuff he's got on his plate.
Doesn't this King Crab look amazing? The plain grey/white renders give it that Comstar look right out the gate.
Are those AC20s chonky enoug...
2020-07-22 12:37:53 +0000 UTC View Post
I used to be able to do a render like this and semi reasonably have all the mechs in line be visible. Now they're starting to phase into the horizon haha.
Still more to add.
Cougar renders requested and delivered.
I've always been a fan of this mech due to it's appearance in Mech Commander games and the MW4 series. It's a great example alongside the Mad Cat on how to design a mix of sleek forms and robust shapes into a non humanoid machine.
The art for this ...
2020-07-19 02:00:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's an animated gif of the lineart process for the Marauder II.
Alan renders out the lines from 3D for everyone, he also did the first frame of ink here.
Unfortunately I didn't think to save out more file iterations on this one, so you'll notice a huge progress jump at once stage. Does s...
Another turntable in from Chris Lowrey.
Seems the Sentinel is landing squarely in many peoples "most improved" short lists.
Looks great, as pretty much all the turntables do.
Here's a chunky boi, sculpted by Alan Blackwell. The Jenner.
I can't wait to redesign a Jenner IIC and do an even bigger saucer cockpit.
2020-07-15 02:10:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The post bomb continues. Trying to manage one a day until I've cleared a bunch of content requests and renders of finished sculpts. Sometimes I just let a sculpt sit until I've got the complete pack to post, but we've got a few mechs that have been waiting for a while.
Nova Cat render angle...
2020-07-14 02:05:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's an interesting one. The Goshawk.
I think this is one of the stronger cases where the phoenix redesign is almost entirely better than the original, so I leaned pretty heavy into that while still trying to retain some of the original and not obsolete the phoenix visual entirely.
It sho...
Another turntable in from Chris Lowrey.
Such a sweet looking sculpt. Ready to lance that PPC right into another mech and pull the trigger.
Here are some more prototype prints painted up by Dale Eadeh. They look amazing don't you think?
Keep in mind these are artist level prints, not production prints or plastic prototypes, so the details will look a little different in final production.
-We've seen a LOT of painted Warhamm...
Sentinel came in from Chris Lowrey. He rendered out these test shots to show here.
How's it look?
2020-07-10 01:51:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Squeaky wheel, meet grease. A few of you have asked for more Warhawk renders since the model was first shown off way back and I have continued to forget to post any :D
So, have a bunch of them!
You may also share around the close cropped one with my patreon link on it.
Aside from the ...
2020-07-08 12:27:37 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been somewhat a chaotic flurry of work lately that I haven't really had the focus to make sure I'm delivering the more unique bits of production here.
Anyone got special requests?
Additional renders of a certain mech sculpt is an easy one.
Might be able to make a progress gif of ...
The Black Knight model just got finished by Chris Lowrey and he gave me these sweet renders to post here for you.
I think it came out looking amazing.
We'll have several more comstar mech models coming along soon.
2020-07-02 05:56:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Bishop wanted me to post this one up so that you can all check out his work. (Still laughing that pirates are saying I'm stealing from him, as they steal from him)
I may have lined over much of this one, but a lot of it was shifting bits a little, or converting a curve to a straight or vice...
2020-06-30 06:44:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Been a while since did any lineart myself, back when finishing off the Awesome, Commando, and Catapult for the GoAC box.
All our KS mechs need to be inked up not just for the KS project, but also the new Recognition Guides coming out, so we're working away on quite a bit.
The Marauder II...
2020-06-24 02:34:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's an interesting one. The Crockett.
I had a few of my other designers a chance at this one but it proved to be a uniquely ugly mech that can be tough to break away from in the right ways to bring it into a modern image.
I won't even claim I came upon the perfect solution either, but...
A few people have been asking so I wanted to make this little informative post.
I worked in close and very specific communication with CGL in order to post Battletech IP to this page and accept money for it. It took quite a while of nudging and careful planning / terms discussion haha.
N...
Have a Raven render. Alex Immerzeel sculpted this one, I'm just putting a few final touches on it.
I've already posted this image publicly on FB in a discussion about supporting the people doing real work for this IP, so feel free to post this around.
You may now return to your regula...
2020-06-11 11:53:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are some personal prototype prints Chris Lowrey had made of the mechs he's worked on.
They all look amazing, but once again the Hunchback really sticks out.
You've probably seen all of these as prototypes by now and painted in one form or another, but here's another shot taken by Dale Eadeh of his work.
2020-06-10 01:06:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Bishop has been nudging me daily to post this one so that y'all can talk about it haha.
The Mongoose is a tricky one because it has a very unique look that can't easily be tossed without it losing everything that makes it recognizable. At the same time, I personally find it quite ugly :P
This month Patreon started charging patrons part/all of their State local sales tax on their pledge.
Anyone want to give some insight on how that looked on their end?
Were you charged any extra?
It seems like I had a bit of a dip on my end but not much. It may be all deducted on my...
2020-06-02 02:05:38 +0000 UTC View Post