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Published: 2006-02-18 03:33:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 972; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 86
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Description Had a gander at the teachings of Feng Zhu [link] . Putting into practice what was learned. One of many to come I should hope! :3

A mecha in the 6-7 meter range. Terrain it's suited for would heavily depend on the configuration of the feet (modular). Right now it's got a hard-surface configuration and an anti-armor loadout. In mecha design I always see mobility options as being high on the priority list. No point in giving something legs unless it has all the implicit advantages in range of motion after all (I'm no fan of the 'walking tank' principle.).

I see this design as one built for quick sidestepping around buildings and making the most of cover with it's gun mounted cameras (Land Warrior anybody?). If I had to change anything in a subsequent version, I'd give it greater articulation in the arms with the flash suppressors forming part of a hand assembly (think Shirow's Fuchikomas) to give it some grasping/manipulating ability. In that sense think of this one as a version set up explicitly for direct action.

25 minutes PS7 (The actual drawing process only)
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Comments: 9

MoroseInsomniac [2006-02-27 04:36:55 +0000 UTC]

T-Shirt me! Seriously, this is what I keep seeing when I look at these pieces.

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LiquidWierdo [2006-02-25 10:02:17 +0000 UTC]

that is just too kewl. nice job

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AceofSpades762 [2006-02-23 02:09:18 +0000 UTC]

nice work, I like the design. the amount of thought you put into these 'mech drawings definetly helps to create images of practical combat machines (I bet we'll see stuff like this out on the battlefields someday, perhaps not in our lifetime, but someday)

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cat-of-lonlyness [2006-02-20 23:56:31 +0000 UTC]

turtle bot.

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shakken In reply to cat-of-lonlyness [2006-02-21 22:51:07 +0000 UTC]

GONINJAGONINJAGO!

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alexthegreater [2006-02-18 14:00:19 +0000 UTC]

Feng Zhu's art is awesome


i agrey with the mobilaty thing but a mech should also have hands
a mech with hands can:
right itself after triping, pick up and cary things, change wepons on the fly, throw things, climb, crawl, dig trenches for infintry, and asist in combat engineering eforts.

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shakken In reply to alexthegreater [2006-02-21 22:56:03 +0000 UTC]

Agreed. Like I said I usually prefer anthropomorphic designs but this one ended up with big guns just to see what it would look like :/

Not practical, but still interesting to look at!

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cry-n-dye [2006-02-18 08:08:06 +0000 UTC]

i love your art it kicks ass

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Fridgee87 [2006-02-18 03:36:36 +0000 UTC]

Ahh, I love Feng Zhu. But seriously, you really do kick ass at this sci-fi stuff. Awesome!

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