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Battletech - Experimental Marauderby *Shimmering-Sword

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Sci-Fi

I noticed Catalyst has finally released the XTRO: Succession Wars ebook. My work on the book was finished over half a year ago but I had to sit on the art while it's release was delayed.

Here it is though and I'm excited to show it, a Marauder design that I collaborated on with Matt Plog. Turns out Catalyst was trying to redesign a marauder at the very same time I was publicly redesigning it, when they saw what I had done they pulled me in to help out. After we got the design nailed down Matt plog whipped up some great TRO line art of it and I came up with this painting, which turned out to be used as the cover.

Shown, a Free Worlds League Marauder-4X 75ton heavy mech going through live fire trials on the Ronin Inc testing fields. It uses special cooling jackets around it's blazers to keep heat in check.
Loadout:
2 Binary Laser Cannons
2 Short Range Missile 6's

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*Edit*
Thanks to ^3wyl and ^alltheoriginalnames for the DD. I'd like to again give a shout out to ~mattPLOG for the fun collaboration on this design. He's a great battletech artist.

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Battletech - Experimental Marauder by =Shimmering-Sword ( Suggested by ^3wyl and Featured by `alltheoriginalnames )

Critique by ~gunmonkey Dec 28, 2012, 2:43:54 PM

This is great for a book cover illustration. It's not too busy so it won't detract from the title or branding. The damage fits well with the descriptions in the Battletech universe (there are several examples of the armor burned away from the myomer on the legs and the mech is able to keep limping along). I like how the armor is pooling up and melting from the laser fire as well. It makes the damage look more than abstract detailing that most artists put on their vehicles.

The cockpit also looks more functional, with substantial visibility for fighting other mechs. It is a bit large for a real combat vehicle, but Battletech steers pretty far away from one shot kills, and nothing in the game has enough accuracy to hit a target that "big," so it fits with the overall universe.

The arms feel too far forward and would disrupt the mech's center of balance, though it could be the angle. It feels like there should be something in the upper left corner, even though the design is for a book cover. Some helicopters/vtol strike craft might have helped without taking too much focus away from the mech.

Overall, a very good piece. I look forward to a Bushwacker :3

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Critique by ~Adeptuschematicus Dec 26, 2012, 2:43:40 PM

I like the overall concept, but the damage is somewhat unrealistic, and the left leg normally would have given way from that many holes. You were a little generous in inflicting damage on that leg. I also noticed that the lazer thingies aren't solid, they look more like crayon smears. The arms seem a little to thin to support the guns. I see this as more of a rough draft than a final concept. I especially like the realisticality of the treads and such, as well as the acess panels in key places. The background is interesting as well, but it lacks detail. This is an exellent start.

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~ROBOCOP603 Jan 9, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

This reminds me of when I used to play the first and second MECHASSAULT games while the original Xbox still worked.

MECHS! MECHS EVERYWHERE! :3

Anyways this is epic!

*Shimmering-Sword Jan 10, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

Fun games, I played MA1 a lot untill Halo2 came out.

~ROBOCOP603 Jan 11, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I never really had money so I stuck with my limited edition copy of MA2. They already did, or they are in the middle of making a new legit one. I think its called MECHWARRIOR.

*Shimmering-Sword Jan 11, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

Hehe, Mechwarrior came long before MA, and yes a new one is already out.

~ROBOCOP603 Jan 11, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I knew that, lol. I have several of the original Mechwarrior books, and they are epic reads. I also have several Battle Tech books, as well as an old Battle Tech board game. [SO MUCH STATISTICAL CRAP OMFG, ROFLMAO!]- You had to deal with stuff like this [link]

I'm sure you probably knew that already though, lulz. There was however one other board game that required almost just as much of that stuff. It was a car battling game of some kind.

Good I couldn't remember when it was supposed to be out.

~joeltonongkh Jan 7, 2013

Outstanding detailing and composition. I wish I did this.

~sonofagunn Jan 6, 2013

This is my favorite so far, I love the action and all the activity. Especially like the purple on the mech, the paint scheme is well done and is believable. This mech just look malevonent like a Marauder is suppose to be, this one looks like it dares others to fire on it

*Shimmering-Sword Jan 10, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

I like this one, though it sat around for so long that I could have done it better while still being in time for the book.

~Ahrrhd Jan 5, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Nice work!

~omnih8 Jan 5, 2013

The Marauder-iic from MW2 was a pretty good design even if it looked a little spindly the hexagon theme was cool. So i was wondering why it needed redesigning?

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