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Nightstar Concept Sketch (Patreon)

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2020-01-12 08:38:48
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2026-06
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Time for another big girl. The Nightstar.

I asked Giorgio Espinos permission to reference several of his designs and this is one that stuck out to me a lot, so if you've seen his you'll see strong influences here.
One special feature is giving it telescoping claws instead of fixed hands so that it can get some use out of the actuators rather than none.

This mech may join the King Crab and Turkina in the wide bois club.

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Comments

Henning Boessler

Cool dude and a vast improvement to the old miniature which looked very awkward. The idea of the telescopic claws is pretty nice.

ShimmeringSword
>>31033714

Along with some funky proportions it has almost zero detail. We'll see if I'm forced to break up the torso shape even more.

Anonymous

Nice! Looking forward to the com guard mechs :)

Anonymous

I agree, a huge improvement to previous incarnations.

Anonymous

Love it. A new wide boi is always good news

Anonymous

YES. ALSO DANG IT I MAY NEED TO RE DO PLEDGE. BUT YES.

Swen Decker

Honestly the first one i dislike on first sight. It MAY be the angle, many mechs improve a lot when they are seen in a dynamic position, but i think its the very round and smooth back, who reminds me of "the" old marauder, just without the AC or other "turbines" or "vents" who break the line, like on the MWO nightstar. On the second look, the legs and arms are better proportioned (the old models DID skip leg day) and the ppc now really looks like the mech is supposed to have it.

Anonymous

I like it... great update to the design.

Raymond White

I've been looking forward to this one since it's announcement more than any other machine. I LOVE it! Very glad that it has strong Marauder energy since it's supposed to.

Anonymous

Help me out with scale. How does the pilot fit into this? Is the pilot sitting behind that front window?

Anonymous
>>31037199

Out of curiosity - would you consider running to gauss barrels round - like on the executioner? (I still think the triangly barrels are cool - just curious to see how they would look round)

Robert Moore

Interesting, the weapons seem to be closer to the body then before

Robert Schuster

This is one of the mechs I've been waiting for *forever*. The design is cool in the TRO, the stats are neat on paper, and then... the miniature has absolutely *enormous* oversized arms and a wobbly body that makes the Unseen Marauder look stable. I love this update, though I too would like to see the model from other angles. It's one of those really complicated, weird designs that I think needs to be seen from a variety of positions to really judge if it looks appropriate. I also appreciate that this isn't just a tweak of the MWO model, *though* the MWO Nightstar is pretty excellent.

ShimmeringSword
>>31038414

IMO the lore never says it's supposed to look like a Marauder, only that it was built after too many Marauder commanders were getting shot down.

ShimmeringSword
>>31039171

A key to visualizing cockpits better is to never assume the pilot needs to be right up against the glass. He'll fit fine a tiny bit back.

ShimmeringSword
>>31039948

The arms might end up having to be spread more if they can't clear the legs, but they'll only be as wide as they have to.

ShimmeringSword
>>31044144

That's why the production process I've come up with works so great. We don't just sketch/ink once then lock it in, we tweak the proportions in 3D if some of the angles look bad. This one will likely get tweaks because of its extreme proportions.

Taylor Shead

I like how it looks closer to how a Nightstar is supposed to look. However I feel like the torso should be a bit bigger but I am nitpicking. Also I prefer round GR's vs triangular. Still this is the best Nightstar art.

Zachary Parliman

Two thumbs up! I like it, especially with the claws. Could never get over the human-like hands for a chicken walker, even with the MWO model. I also kinda like the idea to move the claws to the outside of the arms; now, instead of it being big weapons attached to human-like arms, it's utility claws attached to weapon arms, which kinda better fits a Marauder-like chassis IMO.

Joshua Bressel

You did a FANTASTIC job, Anthony! Waaaaaay better than the MWO!!!! I absolutely LOVE it!!!!!

ShimmeringSword
>>31054416

Alex does great work most of the time but I feel the Nightstar was weak. Too many rear vents, torso too tall. In that my "do as good or better than mwo" benchmark wasn't much of a thing here :D

Jordan G Roberts

I like this one better then the mwo one by quite a bit. Great work, though i hope your King Crab is going to stay closer to the mwo version. Alex Iglesias killed it with that one.

Tyler Erickson

Whoa. Don't wanna be down range of that sucker.

Anonymous
>>31061918

I have never before thought "This is design perfection" but when I saw Alex's King Crab - I said it. That design has achieved deity status.

Charles granger

Really like it , not sold on the hands though . Reading the comments above I have to say that the King Crab is the one I'm the most worried about having fallen in love with the mwo version , but I have faith that you and your team will make something cool .

Jeffery Smith

this is Sooooooo much better than the weird Marauder on Steroids kind of thing the original felt like. I would be half tempted to turn the hands into battle claws for anti- Elemental work.

Anonymous

I will be adding the Nightstar pack to my kickstarter pledge because of this. Absolutely love this redesign.

Anonymous

I really Like Giorgio's Nightstar, so glad it turned out like this!

Jarod DePastene

Dear sweet Baby Kerensky, 6 pounds, 8 ounces...... this is beautiful :)

Anonymous

So much yes! Loads better than the cu-chunk MWO version

Joshua Bressel

Probably the best Nightstar I've ever seen! Well done, Anthony!