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If you want to venture into rip-off territory, just rip-off the Tachikomas. They're about as cutesy as you can get for a brutally efficient killing machine. They even have a cutesy voice.
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but but, I wanted you to try and guess, you suckSaktoth wrote:The most obvious commonality beyond generic animuness is the posture, the thrust-forward chest, which the spherebot doesnt even have- he is kinda hunched, even.

The spherebot has a kinda imploded chest.
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Indeed the shoulder and neck area look too bulky to the middle section... but its a bot, vital pieces can be placed anywhere you like :) The tiny middle gives a impression of fragility tough.
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Patlabor sounds like an Irish worker's union.
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El Capitano wrote:If you want to venture into rip-off territory, just rip-off the Tachikomas. They're about as cutesy as you can get for a brutally efficient killing machine. They even have a cutesy voice.

Could be a nice style for the currently disgusting-brick Mumbo

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So, I'm digging up things that you'll never see ingame as I consider new concept art. Most of it was destroyed, but I did find the basic joint mock [Page: F Format: R] for the anti-air replacement [based on Sak's earlier guidelines].

Anyway, what is nobody else currently working on in concepts? I'd ask on the CA wiki, except that I dislike that system and I have to check these forums anyway.

Anyway, what is nobody else currently working on in concepts? I'd ask on the CA wiki, except that I dislike that system and I have to check these forums anyway.
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I wouldn't say concepts, but I do sometimes draw things and paint them white.
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I don't think that counts as painting Machio. Maybe in some modern/conceptual art class you can get away with that sort of self abuse...
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fine, I draw things and colour them white...geez
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I think fire turrets would be a nice addition to the mod... pyros and goliaths are so dam efficient fighting off swarms exactly due to their fire weapons, so it would make sense for there to be a fire turret, and it would also add a bit more variety to core.
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Crayon! That's the best you get!Machiosabre wrote:fine, I draw things and colour them white...geez
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Yawn. I wouldn't say cartoons, but sometimes I draw things of no functional use or applicable anatomy on the computer for the sake of comedic self-expression and a desire for attention.

It was called the immolator, manored, and it was removed from BA some time ago. Don't forget the Dragon's Claw as well. I believe Zerg committed a high tech anti-swarm turret that used flames to the concept factory, but it may no longer be there.

It was called the immolator, manored, and it was removed from BA some time ago. Don't forget the Dragon's Claw as well. I believe Zerg committed a high tech anti-swarm turret that used flames to the concept factory, but it may no longer be there.
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I PITY THE FOOL WHO TRIED TO DRAW ME AND COLOR ME WHITE!
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I know it already existed and was removed, but I think something similar to it should be re-introduced into CA.neddiedrow wrote: It was called the immolator, manored, and it was removed from BA some time ago. Don't forget the Dragon's Claw as well. I believe Zerg committed a high tech anti-swarm turret that used flames to the concept factory, but it may no longer be there.
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I draw concept art....without color.....on my exercise book in school when i'm bored
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There is no problem in drawing stuff in black & white, actually colored pencil drawings look weird, winhout color it looks better :)
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Problem with that design, neddie, is there is nothing to really make it stand out from the regular spherebot, other than its lack of a gun (which isnt even a large feature). I considered that design when making the spherejeth.
Pyros and goliaths are so-so vs swarms. There is something like this in the concept fac.manored wrote:I think fire turrets would be a nice addition to the mod... pyros and goliaths are so dam efficient fighting off swarms exactly due to their fire weapons, so it would make sense for there to be a fire turret, and it would also add a bit more variety to core.
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It is one page from a 28 (?) page design, discussing the joint structure and the untextured front/back views, you have no idea what it actually looks like because you have two elements of a much larger design. I know, such design rigor is unheard of, but you'll need to bear with. My newer work is much simpler, since Smoth can produce from two or three views and a few words on technical readouts, I no longer feel the need to walk people through the details and can simply provide the same.
The point was, I went and put up "goods" to prove that yes, I did do something, since there was no harm in putting it up as revealing an element no longer compromises a viable whole, considering the whole was destroyed.
Anyway, you didn't address my question, so I think I have my answer. Thank you.
The point was, I went and put up "goods" to prove that yes, I did do something, since there was no harm in putting it up as revealing an element no longer compromises a viable whole, considering the whole was destroyed.
Anyway, you didn't address my question, so I think I have my answer. Thank you.
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Pyros create such a amount of chaos and damage into a swarm that it gets pretty much inutilized, altough now that I think about it its mostly due to their ability to charge straigh into then and then explode after setting fire to everthing, what a turret could not do...Saktoth wrote:Pyros and goliaths are so-so vs swarms. There is something like this in the concept fac.manored wrote:I think fire turrets would be a nice addition to the mod... pyros and goliaths are so dam efficient fighting off swarms exactly due to their fire weapons, so it would make sense for there to be a fire turret, and it would also add a bit more variety to core.