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twistedmentat posted:Yea but most of them are dudes. I love how anime it looks. It's a big break from all the other art of the time that attempts to downplay the game's cartoon roots.
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PeterWeller posted:I love how anime it looks. It's a big break from all the other art of the time that attempts to downplay the game's cartoon roots. That mech was also taken from Macross, so that fits.
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:It's tempting to try and colour this so that I can make out what the gently caress is going on in it
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Aug 26, 2020 20:13
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There's butts, and they are being stomped. What else do you need to know?
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Aug 26, 2020 21:26
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Defiance Industries posted:There's butts, and they are being stomped. What else do you need to know? The butts color
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Aug 26, 2020 21:39
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Polaron posted:That mech was also taken from Macross, so that fits. Oh I know. I'm a big geek for all the unseen designs. I'm basically a 3025-or-getout grog.
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PeterWeller posted:Oh I know. I'm a big geek for all the unseen designs. I'm basically a 3025-or-getout grog. 
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:It's tempting to try and colour this so that I can make out what the gently caress is going on in it The Hunchback, or Buttstomp, blew off the Wolfhound's left arm with his AC-20. Dismayed, the Wolfhound harmlessly discharges his large laser into the air while the Wolverine in the lower left corner also misses Buttstomp. Also, there's a Hadouken involved.
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Yes, except that it's a Panther, not a Wolfhound. They look pretty similar but that has jump jets in its legs and no rear-firing laser.
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Aug 27, 2020 03:01
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I always forget tt Battletech has rear end lasers
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Defiance Industries posted:Yes, except that it's a Panther, not a Wolfhound. They look pretty similar but that has jump jets in its legs and no rear-firing laser. Ah, I thought it was a Wolfhound because of the perky eared radio antenna. Granted, not all models have it, like the 3039 Stayin' Alive model. 
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Aug 28, 2020 01:57
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I can't believe no one posted this yet. 
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Aug 29, 2020 13:11
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It's just bristling with heavy weapons and the artist drew it firing just one of it's weedliest guns with absolutely no sense of impact or energy. Never change, Battletech artists.
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Comstar posted:I can't believe no one posted this yet. My favorite part is that they copied the Macross logo. Two, two lawsuits in one.
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Aug 29, 2020 17:30
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I think it should be said, at least with most of the macross mech designs they copied, that they were considered poo poo mecha in the macross universe. So Battletech made them better  I wonder if that argument was considered by a real lawyer?
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It's been a while since I watched Macross, but everything besides Veritechs seemed to exist exclusively for the purpose of being destroyed en masse by them.
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Aug 29, 2020 18:27
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They're basically ablative armor that march out onto the deck of the SDF and soak up missiles and lasers that would have otherwise hit it.
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Aug 29, 2020 18:52
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Comstar posted:I can't believe no one posted this yet. I have no idea where my copy vanished to so seeing that hurts me.
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Aug 29, 2020 19:59
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The Robotech RPG gave em pretty decent stats, they still weren't Veritechs but they were a viable option. https://thetrove.net/Books/Robotech/Robotech%201ed/Robotech%20-%20Book%2008%20-%20Strike%20Force%20-%20PAL563P.pdf
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Defiance Industries posted:It's been a while since I watched Macross, but everything besides Veritechs seemed to exist exclusively for the purpose of being destroyed en masse by them. They're what made the Daedalus Attack work.
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Hunter Noventa posted:They're what made the Daedalus Attack work. my recollection is you could have done that with fixed missile batteries, so that's not much of an endorsement
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It looks so much lamer than 40K when everyone misses. With 40K you can say it’s shooting at something ‘off screen’ What the heck is this? 
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Aug 30, 2020 05:58
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I call it "two different book covers"
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Aug 30, 2020 06:05
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In the future you don’t need ear protection.
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Cracker King posted:In the future you don’t need ear protection. Ear plugs are Lostech.
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W.T. Fits posted:Ear plugs are Lostech. The entire Mech actually acts as a giant silencer.
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Ninurta posted:Ah, I thought it was a Wolfhound because of the perky eared radio antenna. Granted, not all models have it, like the 3039 Stayin' Alive model. 
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Ninurta posted:while the Wolverine in the lower left corner also misses Buttstomp. Also, there's a Hadouken involved. I think that's a Quickdraw. You can tell because two of the lasers are pointed backwards to  The cardboard token from the 4th edition box is the coolest the Quickdraw has ever looked (and even it fucks up and mounts the two rear lasers forward because those rear-mounted lasers just don't make any sense).  Edit: Those tokens made a lot of really garbage 'Mechs look surprisingly cool. This is the coolest the Panther and Vindicator have ever looked.       I'd have to say this is the iconic Grasshopper for me, too. It's just weird and alien and flexible in a way 'Mechs don't normally get depicted and I'd say it's part of the reason the Grasshopper's one of my favorite 'Mechs to this day.  Obligatory: 
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drat, those cutouts are actually some of the best Battletech art I've seen. Half those light mechs usually look like a regular guy with a sledge hammer could win in a fight with them.
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I have a real soft spot for most of them!      It's just a pity even they can't make the Dragon look cool.  
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They do make the Vindi look cool, which imo is missing the point of the mech.
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The 4th ed standee art communicates everything you need to know about the Vindicator, though. It's slow (you can tell, because it's bulky), easy to use (because it's got only the one really big gun), and it's designed to get shot at (you can tell, because it's bulky). Likewise the Clint. You know the Clint is a trash mook because they gave it stormtrooper face but it's not as bulky as the Vindicator so it's probably less ok to let it get shot. Edit: and the 4th Ed Awesome is the Platonic Ideal Awesome that every other Awesome aspires to be. PoptartsNinja fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Sep 12, 2020 |
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It’s like - they just have a slight dip in their hips and they suddenly look dynamic. They def look cool but it lacks the charm of bulky and awkward 80’s robots. 
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That Jenner looks derpy as hell, but an Awesome always looks good. 
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Birds with arms photoshopped on ?!?!!
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Now I want a game where you pilot a Hatchetman and herd giant chickens.
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