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Battletech - Experimental Marauder
Published: 2012-12-17 05:20:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 60510; Favourites: 2097; Downloads: 8975
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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
Enjoy.
*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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When I first heard of blazers I imagined 2 beams that are combined into one, but they're not that interesting, just 2 lasers on one trigger
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I know, just some of my anal retentiveness coming out
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another fantasic pic dude
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Brilliant perspective, and the way the projectiles slightly curve (illusion?) in the distance really gives it a nice touch
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Yeah they curve, bullet drop and sweeping fire.
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Another cracker!! Love the minimal use of colours and the lasers look so evil! I can feel the heat!!
What sort of weapon is firing at it? Pulse lasers or ACs?
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Lasers and ACs, or machine guns.
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This is a quality pic regardless.
Love to see you (on a spur moment) do their aerospace fighters...
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Love the details of this piece. The liquifying metal and the little rings that are bubbled up around the bullet impacts really complete this piece for me.
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.... oh damn i couldnยดt -_-ยด ....
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Oh, that's why I've seen this before.
Loved it the first time, love it now.
Marauders 4 lyfe
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Wow, what shading! The gleam of the metal mech really draws the eye to it. I like the battle damage, goes to show how fast and furious the enemy mech weapons are. You created a pose that represents Battletech fighting...walk towards the target and fire in a huge laserfest...no evasive action...just duke-it-out and take the damage and hope that the enemy mech falls first before the shooter's.
The yellow and black warning stripes are so representative of Battletech...could see them everywhere. The color scheme also very similar to Battletech. Nice job and composition...very well done!
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Hehe, glad you like it.
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Hands down just a fantastic job. Love the design. Now if only we could get it into mechwarrior online.......
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I have a feeling they'll eventually give us the unseen. It would be too anti climactic to do it right away.
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As long as we get your version of the Marauder I'm good. 
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So... Your design is now officially canon? That's awesome!
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Yep, with a few changes.
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Wait? This design is now official?
That would be the best thing to happen to the Marauder since its inception!! 8D
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Yep, it is indeed an official Marauder now. It's not a retcon replacement of the original though, only a once off experimental model.
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Maybe with time you'll be able top do a bunch of retcon replacements. That would be awesome!
keep the great work!
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Wow! amazing!
it reminds me the Thor (Blizzard), but thinner 
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very nicely done. Actually reminds me a lot of the Clan Supernova. (Which I don't mind, that's one of my favorite mechs
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It's all in those fat air intakes, I wasn't a huge fan of that modification but that's orders.
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This is great, I'd just say that the background may need a little bit of touching up. Did you use the same 3d model from your other pictures?
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Yeah I'd like to have done a more elaborate background, but the budget wasn't that big. I modified my original 3D marauder to fit this tweaked version.
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Live fire trials? That looks hardcore to me.
Awesome color work!
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Yep, in battletech they seem to like pitting real units against each other for testing. Usually a cake walk engagement though.
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Its a computer game...
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Google images...
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Hehe I know, but this is battletech
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Nice i played a game like that called warhammer.
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I like. I like this ALOT.
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