The command module looks akin to a type 87 SPAAG turret

Oh! Now that you mention it, the pilot's capsule does kinda look like the Mobile Anti Aircraft weapon.

i made a mech similar to it myself http://www.furaffinity.net/full/9331916/

Cool! I like how you put the red eyes on it. It reminds me of the days I used to play "Battledroids" in the late 1980s with my wargaming buddies. I had a couple "House Karuta" Mechs, similar to the Robotech "Spartan" and "Tomahawk." They just looked wicked with those yellow, glaring eyes painted on them.

I always put eyes and mouths on the mechs i used in chromhound and armoured core 4

Woah! Now Armored Core is another, "Rave Fave" series of model kits that I'd like to build more of. If I ever get back down to my collection in the Desert, I'll grab those kits for sure. I also used to dig Patlabor, but I had to sell all my model kits of that series. Gosh I would have loved to had built the "Griffon."

i just played the games really

No Problem... Not to worry. I was more into the 3-D aspects of the games, so I enjoy the insights the actual players have about the machines they write of. I guess you could say I'm a RPG "Fringee."

in AC4 i used a modified tellus optimized to use a mass of laser weaponry with heavier legs

That is one mean, lookin' mech. I'd bet it'd looke even more nast with eyes and a tiger mouth painted on it. Now I gotta get one of those tank kit.

my hound in chromehounds used a heavy tank treads, NRA armor, a heavy generaotr, extra fuel tanks, two cannons, 3 autocannons, and sniper cannon, and a rocket storm

mixed that up, i was thinking NxRA armor
it uses reactive armor

Christ Zachary's is good pizza. Best pizza I've had in California.

I raise a slice in your honor, my friend.

You should use both hands and lift with your knees. :)

LOL! Yes.

That's great!

be neat to do stuff like this,(art for businesses) I just never know how or where to enter it or if anyone is even interested

Ha! A wee bit of overkill there. "We only had this hammer, so we nailed the problem."

Very cool. And congrats on winning!

How's the pizza? Good, bad, average?

It's ...Different. Chicago style pizza is made differently than most California style pizzas.

Very nice

I gotta get back on the drawing board and get after those "Chico" images again. On a whim I penciled up the engines in Isometric style, but I wasn't sure if you wanted to go with the modern looking big rig, or the old fashioned 1930's retro style.

Veddy nice!

Hell yeah!

This bring to mind "Snow Crash" for me. Granted, they didn't have a pizza van quite this awesome in that book, but the pizza delivery guys had some pretty sweet wheels.

I had never heard of "Snow Crash." Is it like a video game?

I can imagine this tickling their fancy. Nice work!

However, whoever scanned it did a poor job of it.

Well, I figured they had to take a photo of the entry, then translate it into a smaller format. I know my lines were ruler straight, and I figure the camera was set up at a lower angle which might explain the wonky borders. Still, it's the first time I've gotten recognition for my art after moving up here, and I hope it's the first step in the right direction.

Oh god...I'm getting flashbacks of "WalkSmashWalk"

Wonderful retro feel to it! Just needs a little Ben Day process (if ya know what i mean)..... 7@=e

You got dots real fine, then you get weird looking lines, 'At's A Morie...

This is awesome^^.

this is some amazing drawing, i cannot draw such geometry and symetry all together. Geez that tallent

Awww... You flatter me. To draw the straight lines I use a ruler. Then again, I collect photos and drawings of machinerey and technology as sources of inspiration.

interesting how we still use steam engines. I think they call them Sterling Engines or something?
for instance a nuclear reactor. you just have hot uranium instead of burning coals!
so I guess a steam-mech isn't far off

I'm a long-time mech pilot going back to the first Mechwarrior (PC Game) and I play Mechwarrior Online

Cool! Do they still use those "Inner Sphere" Warhammers? I've heard that there's a site with a Warhammer/Tomahawk simulator on it. Well... Before I get off the subject, I still cherish my unbuilt Arii Macross Tomahawk model kits.

Yeah! I was there when MechWarrior had to change it's name from "Battlebots", and surplus giant battle robot model kits were so cheap and abundant, enthusiasts would build their models, set them up in their backyards, and in true MechWarrior fashion, they'd plink them apart with BB Guns.

To answer your question though. Steam Engines are not Sterling engines, but they are similar in that they deal with heat transfer. The Sterling is more a "Thermal" engine in that it uses the difference between hot or cold to move a piston or mechanical device. So Sterling engines can be run on everything from a candle to focused solar arrays. Steam engines have been in use and development for almost 300 years now, and there's hundreds of types that are designed to get the last bit of energy out of every puff of steam.

And I found your comparison of using A Nuclear Reactor instead of a bed of coals very astute.

they have most every old mech. Jenner, Locust, Warhammer, rifleman, marauder, Atlas etc.
They release new mech packs all the time (new mechs)
Every mech is unique with different hit boxes, weapon location (high up on the body is better), cockpit, etc.
the game has problems of course, its had a tough development. but, there is no other game out there like it!

>And I found your comparison of using A Nuclear Reactor instead of a bed of coals very astute.

thanks! I had better be learning SOMETHING from the stuff I spend time to read :)