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Jepray — CSW-33B 'Excalibur'

Published: 2010-05-30 06:20:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 9553; Favourites: 220; Downloads: 280
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Description the APC walker data: CSW-33B "Excalibur", first built in 2297, it's seen a lot of service in it's 11 year lifespan- combating Garoudan Garouja (the faction of the Garoudans that believe it's okay to eat sentients), countering Byntai raids and doing JTF operations (Joint Task Force) with the Ahruga to recover kidnapped persons, crushing a major invasion attempt by the Serog, and border disputes with the Naradi Empire. Single pilot/gunner links to the walker via neuralnet command, and it becomes like his body.
It sports dual heavy APPCs (anti-proton particle projection cannons) in the arm weapon pods for it's primary punch, three medium AP lancers (anti-proton particle beam emitters, two forward, one dorsal) for assault and anti-missile defense, a medium APPC under the cockpit for precision strikes and anti-personnel defense, Sparrowhawk LRM antimatter missiles for indirect/over-the-horizon engagements or anti-ship attacks, and two light AP lancer emitters in the rear of the legs for anti-personnel defense.
Other stuff- 12"-36" thick atomically-bonded composite armour with nanite auto-repair systems, heavy shields, Conudyne CV-40 antimatter reactor core, with independent fusion cores for the weapons systems, and an onboard AI
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Comments: 28

Ironcross13 [2012-08-29 06:34:36 +0000 UTC]

Very nice. It's a basic design that many have used for artillary units. And the sleek ship chassis gives it a race car feel.

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Jepray In reply to Ironcross13 [2012-08-29 08:11:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Excalibur-T005 [2010-06-30 05:02:30 +0000 UTC]

It looks a little like a Battletech Cauldron Born (Ebon Jaguar), but it's really just a passing resemblance. Not the sort of thing any reasonable person would sue over, though if Harmony Gold were the ones that owned Battletech you'd get a lawsuit in a minute.

Anyway, all jokes about those money-grubbing gits aside, I think it's a great design - a little heavy on the antimatter, which is volatile enough that I wouldn't want it within ten miles of me, but a great design.

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Jepray In reply to Excalibur-T005 [2010-06-30 08:05:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, my friend is making the stats, and it is rather heavy towards AT but he assures me, that its perfectly safe... if the reactor is damaged enough to be breached you'd already be dead anyways, so no worries... but yeah we used the Cauldron Born as a general template...

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Excalibur-T005 In reply to Jepray [2010-06-30 17:15:43 +0000 UTC]

Well, I noticed that the weapons are all dependent on anti-protons, and, due to the nature of those, if they come in contact with protons, you'll get the classic matter-antimatter annihilation reaction.

Oh, you did? That explains the resemblance, then.

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Jepray In reply to Excalibur-T005 [2010-06-30 21:13:19 +0000 UTC]

yeah i just straighten it out, and made it uniform left to right... and made it sleeker...it would look at home as a fighter fuselage...

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Excalibur-T005 In reply to Jepray [2010-06-30 22:19:24 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, actually it would. Maybe you could try adapting the body to that purpose and see how it looks?

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Jepray In reply to Excalibur-T005 [2010-07-01 01:53:07 +0000 UTC]

i think i have a fighter that i used to get that shape around here somewhere...gotta dig it up...

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LaughingDude [2010-05-31 19:55:58 +0000 UTC]

METAL....GEEEEAAAARRRR!!

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Jepray In reply to LaughingDude [2010-05-31 20:21:52 +0000 UTC]

Lol

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Jepray [2010-05-31 18:40:09 +0000 UTC]

thanks to all for the kind words

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El-Bronco [2010-05-31 16:12:02 +0000 UTC]

The coloring is rather familiar. I've seen this ini Mecha art book...

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Jepray In reply to El-Bronco [2010-05-31 18:39:22 +0000 UTC]

I used Prismacolor markers, Warm grey 10-90% and a warm black marker... I only use grey markers, but switch between Warm, Cool and French grays to give them some variety... The paper is "Desert Storm" from Kelly Paper... gray marker, and some white pencil and it looks good...

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El-Bronco In reply to Jepray [2010-06-01 15:31:01 +0000 UTC]

Wow, traditional style. I like it

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acelanceloet [2010-05-31 13:28:30 +0000 UTC]

that's one beautifull mech.... only it couldn't be build from current materials: the legs and arms can't bear the weight, I think. but the looks is important for this, and that's great!

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Breandan-OCiarrai In reply to acelanceloet [2010-06-02 07:54:50 +0000 UTC]

24th century, atomically-bonded armour and nanofiber interweave combined with structural tenser fields makes the thing very, very tough and very, very hard to kill

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DavidCurser [2010-05-31 11:14:56 +0000 UTC]

i like it. reminds me of BlackHawk or Vulture...

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Scythexv8 [2010-05-31 10:28:16 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful design.

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Silverlion [2010-05-31 09:26:51 +0000 UTC]

This looks similar to my mecha in Chrome Hounds *LOL*
Very nice.

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BQL994 [2010-05-31 08:05:48 +0000 UTC]

Awesome design

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BlazingChaos [2010-05-31 07:38:30 +0000 UTC]

nice design!

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ArtOfKarlB [2010-05-30 13:25:27 +0000 UTC]

These things just keep getting better.

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Jepray In reply to ArtOfKarlB [2010-05-30 16:09:19 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Mecha-Zone [2010-05-30 13:16:35 +0000 UTC]

this is a great drawing and design. Well done

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Jepray In reply to Mecha-Zone [2010-05-30 16:08:34 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much

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Breandan-OCiarrai [2010-05-30 06:33:15 +0000 UTC]

the Maori Nation thanks you

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Jepray In reply to Breandan-OCiarrai [2010-05-30 06:34:31 +0000 UTC]

wonder how many people will even notice that little pic...in my pic

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Unseen-smiley [2010-05-30 06:21:07 +0000 UTC]

oooooo shiny if only I could pilot one

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