Summoner Concept Sketch (Patreon)

Ask and you shall receive, sometimes. Here's your new Summoner / Thor.

I've always thought the Thor looked fine, depending on what version you looked at (I like the Mech Commander era art), so I didn't want to change the main shape of this one, feeling like that would betray the rugged workhorse look it has. "If it ain't broke don't fix it" is definitely a big part of my design philosophy on redesigns.

For a base I had a semi recent commissioned piece, though it contained a lot of MWO details that had to go. Arriving at the middle version it still needed some proportion tweaks and form/detail improvement to the legs primarily. And for a curious note on the final approved design, you'll note the new leg pose. It's often easier to "sell" the same details if they're in a more heroic pose. A little art psychology for ya, sometimes I have to play those games. Our designs and sculpts will always look much better when they have their final production poses applied.