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Gyrfalcon Concept Sketch
🕑 Added 2024-05-13 08:45:12 +0000 UTCHere's a redesign that was run for the Legends II book, but will now also be included in a Jade Falcon faction pack, the Gyrfalcon.
While not the biggest fan of totem mechs as a concept, I still like them when they're done well. I think the Kuritan samurai styled mechs have fared the best. On the other end I think the Jade falcon totems wasted a lot of potential. Bird mechs, but often stuck with odd proportions or body types. Also likely a lack of technical capabilities when introduced meant non could properly lean into bird forms.
So my goal with this mech was firstly to take the old angular caricatured torso and make it more sleek, befitting its movement profile. Along with that, a head that took the bird theme more seriously and didn't have glass that served almost no use.
Now I think the torso matches well with the legs. Leaving only the mechanical gun pod arms, but I didn't think those needed to drastically change.
Was anyone else eternally bothered by the totem wings on falcon mechs always looking like a cartoonish wood stocked rifle?
Comments
Anthony Scroggins
If you mean how IWM would do the Naga, that's up to how they'd like it done. They're pretty big parts to swap. I personally like the Arctic Wolf II visuals more, but classic Battletech does differentiate those looks, so an Arctic Wolf wouldn't be turned into a II.
Aaron Thurston
I love what you did with this model. The Dark Ages Clix model was one of the weirdest/oddest in my opinion. While this looks good, the Ilclan Rec Guide art takes it to the next step. I think I like how the final in the rec guide has a more curved and sloped top of the torso compared to this concept art. 2 unrelated questions: 1. What are the odds the Naga and Naga II are one model with switchable arms/side torsos? 2. Arctic Wolf vs. Artic Wolf II - I really hope this model gets a revamp, maybe as part of a Wolf-in-Exile Faction Pack. However; please please go with the original/MWO style vs the Arctic Wolf II style. Its one of the few (if only) MW4 mechs that looked worse than the original.
Andrew Smith
Like the redesigned falcon mechs.
