A friend in need...

I thought this might be fun to share...

Alex Iglesias (a.k.a. Flyingdebris) is a good friend of mine and DIE HARD MECHSPERT. (And I do not say that lightly). All this guy does is eat, breath and shit mechs. I am consistently amazed at his solid understanding of design, form and function and often curse myself for not being as ingenious. You can view his online gallery here: http://flyingdebris.deviantart.com/gallery/

Anyway, occasionally we will send each other a mech sketch for comments/ crits and approval. He is currently working on this badass mech:




I love every part about it... except for its color scheme. I told him it was too much brown, and wanting to see what it would look like in black, spent a few minutes doing a quick paintover. I suggested to him some more material breakup, texture changes and an alternate color scheme. (He doesn't have to stick to this, mind you, its just a suggestion of what could be) Here's what I pitched to him:



I think the result is a step in the right direction, but I can't wait to see what/ if any changes he makes to the final.

Going a bit further and having some fun with it, I shamelessly added my H.ARM suit in there and for cheap thrills, unified their color schemes to suggest they worked as a unit. Its a hack job admittedly, but my curiosity was satisfied. And voila... I now have my new desktop image.

great mech art books for anyone who loves a great mech

I came across three books that have some of the best mech material that I've ever seen. They are in my library collection, and I seriously encourage any mech enthusiast to add it to theirs.



(it may be hard to find on retail shelves, but u may have some luck on ebay or something)

Izumo Jyuki's Industrial Divinities Art Book   http://store.animebooks.com/izjyindi.html

Armored core, a new Order of Next   http://store.animebooks.com/arconeworofn.html

Master Artworks of Metal Gear Solid 4, Guns of the Patriots:

http://store.animebooks.com/megeso4il.html

H.ARM SUIT complete.

A quick write up for shitz and giggles.

The H.ARM suit is a robotic load-bearing exoskeleton designed to be a force multiplier on the battlefield. It extends the arsenal of any grunt war fighter by allowing its wearer the ability to operate and deliver heavy munitions into any theater of operation. Because of its relatively small size it is not only lighter, "quieter", and more energy efficient than most mechas, but it offers major advantages to war fighters in confined urban areas.

Because it is mission adaptable, the H.ARM suit can be outfitted with various weapons and attachments. Its current loadout is:

LEFT ARM:
primary: Modified Bushmaster Mk44 25mm dual fed auto cannon with air burst technology.
secondary: none
support: Thermal imaging camera/ IR flare x2/ CHAFF grenade x2

RIGHT ARM:
primary: Vulcan .50 cal BMG mini gun. w/ 2500 round drum magazine
secondary: Laser guided STT missile X7 with Tri mode guidance
support: smoke grenade x3 flare x1 (not pictured)


Will be posting more mech goodness soon. Stay tuned....