(Fantasy projects) boats, mechs, etc

This isn't about whether mechs should be in empires.

It's about SC modeling nice models and ramming his model-balls down your throat and isn't afraid of nothing.

Nice mech though. :p

 

Actually it's far worse, big ships are a huge target yes, but mechs are not only an elevated huge target but have also an obvious weak spot compared to other land-fighting solutions, the legs, yet they haven't got any advantages if you compare the costs, physical neccesary firepower restrictions (mechs shoot downwards ahead, legs have to compensate) and the unability to shoot or aim while moving against the more or less useless elevated point of fire ... (you always can add a layer on top of a tank and infantry can hide under EVERYTHING (to not be seen))
mechs aren't smth from future unless some decease will lower the average IQ to 50 or psychical warefare becomes trendy

Anyway, the model is well done, just either move the feet a tad to the back or make them longer and I would conect the gun with the arm for more stability,
mechs don't need hands neccesarily, so 1 hand should be fine, too

 

nah the legs arent completely useless
its just the idea that they are able to cross way more difficult terrain then a tank could ever do

 

Maybe with 4 legs this would be valid in scientific aspects, but military?
Helicopters and airbourne infantry are way faster and hell lot cheaper if you need, for whatever reason, much firepower in such terrain,
in difficult terrain the usage of heavy gear is somewhat risky anyway, way to much space for inf to hide with evil "I pwn your legs" RPGs

 

He's right. Spider/Squid mech system would be much more tolerant of any environmental terrain, lower to the ground, capable of holding more equipment and capable of scaling mountants and what not instead of wasting power jumping up them or announcing yourself by shooting climbing wires.

 

And this still is a stupid thread. Especially because you can get a lot better crits for your fantasy models on CGTalk, 3dtotal or polycount.
Here you just get hate. From me, mostly.

 

lol@zenarion

i just imagined those cybran battlecruisers/spiderbots from SupCom 1
that would be nice

 

The monkylords are much better with there instant pwn lasers.

 

Well you know what Empires really needs, stay with me here............Lasers mounted to sharks, then the sharks have saddles so you can ride them. Or did someone already suggest that?

 

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I need to l2read threadzluls

The mech looks decent. Can you texture?

 

I can texture

 

Genuinely speaking, Sharks with lasers mounted that you can ride will get into empires before mechs.

 

Not to steal anyones thunder/hijack this thread, but...

I MAED THIS!

Did them after raeging one time too many when an NF LT hid beneath the arc of fire on the BE AFV. There was also some discussion around here about a new AFV at the time I believe.
But that seems to be out the door so I thought it fitting to post these in here. The dreamers thread. Shit that could, but never will, be. Maybe this forum needs a fan art section? (Or would that just fill up with kawaii and furry fan art? )

Also, yes. Hi. I are RappemongO. Now availible on an Empires forum near you.

 

Rappemongo, add me on steam. http://steamcommunity.com/id/Trickster9012/

 

Wtf I somehow thought Rappemongo was on the forums since ages o0
Trickster what about private messages?

Rapp, nice models. I like the first one especially since it looks like the PanzerIV :D

 

? How I want to communicate with him is up to me. Steam is instant messaging anyway, so it's faster. I'm not chatting to him over empiresmod forum PMs.

 

hot digidy dog! seems like more modelers are poping INTO the woodwork now.

 

Oh my god Rappe. That Afv looks amazing.

 

those models both look very nice, i like the all terrainness of the apc and the "little tank" feel of the light tank (afv)

 

This thread needs moar.



As usual this is just me fucking about in Blender, then posting it here like the dickhead I am.

Also: these things are fucking HARD to make look good. Maybe that is why we don't buzz around in these things in real life yet. They're just so damn hard to make look like anything but an oversized fish mutant. Props to those of you still trying to making game assets of VTOL lolcraft.