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octos...@excite.com
most recognizable to players, and to the casual observer as a large
fighting machine?
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Mclainem
>most recognizable to players, and to the casual observer as a large
>fighting machine?
Rifleman or Warhammer, if you're in an oldskool mood...
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Stephen Tempest
>I am working on a project; which battlemech design/picture would be the
>most recognizable to players, and to the casual observer as a large
>fighting machine?
I know it's a bit of a cliche since it's the one all FASA's marketing
uses now, but for me I'd still say the Timber Wolf. The more humanoid
'mechs like the Atlas just look like robots, with no sense of scale
unless they're put next to something. The TW has an obvious cockpit,
which immediately shows you the relative size of the 'mech to its
human pilot. Plus those huge missile launchers and the arm weapon
pods just look cool ;-)
Stephen
Andrew Lannon
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Andrew Lannon
<octos...@excite.com> wrote in message
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> I am working on a project; which battlemech design/picture would be the
> most recognizable to players, and to the casual observer as a large
> fighting machine?
>
>
CoyoteKhan
>> most recognizable to players, and to the casual observer as a large
>> fighting machine?
Definetely the madcat, it gets so much play in all battetech material that it
is no doubt the most easily recognizable mech from the front and Front/right
angles.
William Pora
>
> I am working on a project; which battlemech design/picture would be the
> most recognizable to players, and to the casual observer as a large
> fighting machine?
The maraduer or the warhammer. Oops! I mean
the Unseen #1 and Unseen #2
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NadinB
the Marauder and the Warhammer, that is in general. If you decide to do a sudy
dividing the players among the "old timers" and the new genereation then I
would say the Marauder and Warhammer would be very recognizable by BTech
players of an older generation that by the way have not let go of the art work
for many psycological reasons... hmm... there may be a study there... not that
the NIMH would fund it.
nadin
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Simon H. Lee
high-kicking electrons spell out:
>Of course I woudl have to agree that the Mad Cat is far more recognizable than
>the Marauder and the Warhammer, that is in general. If you decide to do a sudy
>dividing the players among the "old timers" and the new genereation then I
>would say the Marauder and Warhammer would be very recognizable by BTech
>players of an older generation that by the way have not let go of the art work
>for many psycological reasons... hmm... there may be a study there... not that
>the NIMH would fund it.
The MAD and the WHM are distinctive, but they're also Unseen and
more important to me, borrowed. What originally-produced "old school"
'Mechs might meet the previously stated criteria? I have a major liking
for the Catapult (of course, it's also one of the Mad Cat's direct
progenitors, even more so than the Marauder), and it's got the
for-scale-comparison cockpit and visible weaponry.
In general, I'd go for chicken-walker designs to show 'Mechs;
otherwise they look a bit too much like run-of-the-mill giant robots.
The Mad Cat: Overdone, and IMHO not that great looking (compare
to the Catapult...). Now, the Vulture on the other hand...
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Goran Radoviæ
> octos...@excite.com writes:
>
> >I am working on a project; which battlemech design/picture would be the
> >most recognizable to players, and to the casual observer as a large
> >fighting machine?
>
> I know it's a bit of a cliche since it's the one all FASA's marketing
> uses now, but for me I'd still say the Timber Wolf. ...
I would like to say Marauder and Warhammer, but ... (sigh)
Have to agree here (TW), tho I'm more of the Mad Dog/Vulture fan.
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Andrew Lannon
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> Now, the Vulture on the other hand...
I dunno...I've always preferred the Turkina and Cauldron-born to the Mad
Dog. :)
Also, the Nightstar is a good 'mech--it pays visual lip service to the
Marauder, and has a pretty decent payload to boot.
Andrew Lannon
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In article <7sbbh5$p7m$1-...@nnrp1.deja.com>, octos...@excite.com wrote:
> I am working on a project; which battlemech design/picture would be the
> most recognizable to players, and to the casual observer as a large
> fighting machine?
>
>
Jacob Steberl
BTech player has seen (most likely in compendium own by guys twice their age
and who don't need to look at any table what so ever because the have them
all memorized) The are clearly the relics of the great game of BattleTech
and whether or not those bastards who sued FASA like it or not those images
will remain part of BattleTech. But as for a symbol for the future the Mad
Cat seems to already have the job, though the Atlas should not be forgotten
either. But if I had to nominate a new candidate it would have to be maybe
a reworked Orion IIc version. (Without that weird thing sticking out of it's
head)
AlbTroll
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Simon H. Lee
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>Simon H. Lee <sh...@bu.edu> wrote in message
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>> Now, the Vulture on the other hand...
>
>I dunno...I've always preferred the Turkina and Cauldron-born to the Mad
>Dog. :)
The Cauldron-Born is nice, though its weaponry is somewhat
dubious in almost all of its configurations (well, that's not really a
consideration here since aesthetics are everything ;) )...
The Turkina, though... I didn't paint mine green because then it
would have looked like a fat, bowlegged frog =)
>Also, the Nightstar is a good 'mech--it pays visual lip service to the
>Marauder, and has a pretty decent payload to boot.
Not bad at all, though the mini's also got the stick-leg
problem...
Andrew Lannon
> problem...
That's a problem on most of the chicken-walkers, it seems. The only reason
I don't own a Timberwolf or a Catapult mini--I didn't like the leg styling.
Andrew Lannon
Rynix
> I know it's a bit of a cliche since it's the one all FASA's marketing
> uses now, but for me I'd still say the Timber Wolf. The more humanoid
> 'mechs like the Atlas just look like robots, with no sense of scale
> unless they're put next to something. The TW has an obvious cockpit,
> which immediately shows you the relative size of the 'mech to its
> human pilot. Plus those huge missile launchers and the arm weapon
> pods just look cool ;-)
>
> Stephen
Oohh...for the 3050+ era, it'd be the Timber Wolf for sure. =) It's already
been featured on the cover of the BTech Compendium. Besides, it's been taken
to symbolize the Clans. Seems appropriate. It has this menacing "Great White
Shark" look. It's sleek, yet deadly. Now hopefully the new T Wolf mini
(upsized!) will do it some justice[1].
For the 3025 (LostTech) era, the Marauder would be it. If we were to exclude
the Unseen, then I'd say the Atlas. Outright menacing, but looks
very...humanoid. Too humanoid.
[1] Heard that Ral Partha? ;)
Rynix
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