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Published: 2011-05-01 22:01:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 13911; Favourites: 355; Downloads: 311
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I'm planning to start the comic soon, and I'm going to do all the pre-production drawings.Also please see this if interested: [link]
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Awesome! love the chest and lower legs especially
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This is absolutely amazing, I can see where man other's get the White Glint from, I could just see that head tucking in behind the elongated chest during flight. Also really loving the gatling cannon, perfect for shredding enemy mechs during flight, haha.
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Wow you're right. I totally see that now
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Excellent work.... your style is fantastic, your designs are gorgeous.
No idea why I haven't seen you before... you've def earned these...
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ZOE feeds a number of my own ideas. Loving the overall design!
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Awesome! Good coloring technique too. Love the thin-thick line too
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Glad to see you and your stratus back! So you decide to change your stratus insignia chest design?
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Yeahh... I kinda thought it was impractical because on the previous design, if the waist bends forward, the chest area would prohibit movement as it blocks the front... Also, aesthetically speaking, a chest like the previous design which bends upwards requires a lot of room for joints and other unnecessary parts. If I simply kept it forward, there would be room in the front to house a part of the cockpit, which saves space. This was done mainly because I wanted to reduce the size of the mech significantly, which involved reducing over unnecessary parts to increase the cockpit size ratio as compared to the rest of the mech. This stratus is probably 3/5 of the size of the previous version.
So yeah I like this version much better than the previous, to say the least. It seems most people agree as well. I've made the new chest design to look like the beak of a bird, which is an important theme that I wanted to explore in the comic.
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you should define the different sections more clearly, its good, but the details jumble up the form a bit
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I'm hoping that after colouring it will help to define the sections, I thought parts of it looked confusing as well. Thanks for the tip
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excellent work, the lineart is very well done!
The details are gorgeous.
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very cool, can see some armored core inspired details with the ZOE orbital frame legs, reminds me how much I miss that game, wish they'd hurry up and make another ZOE.
Great stuff
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Me too! It was very much inspired from Z.O.E. designs.. That game was inTENSE
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loved the 2nd runner's survivor mode with the zero shift, lasted ages shifting between opponents wiping out the waves for hours, great fun
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Very cool. I totally see some Armored Core and ZoE inspiration in it
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The design sure has evolved over the years 
Does this new Stratus walk?
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It's going to have a really strange walk, but I'm planning to add a production sketch explaining the function of the legs. See the pad at the back of the foot? I'm planning to have it come down with some wheels at the back to facilitate a "gliding" function. Imagine a parrot with skates 
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Very nice. Reminds me of the Vic Viper from Zone of the Enders 2nd Runner
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Yes! Z.O.E. was a big inspiration for much of Stratus' design.
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Thanks! and thank you for the watch!
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