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Cyclops Concept Sketch (Patreon)

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2020-04-21 04:19:55
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2026-06
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One eye to stare at them. One eye to take a gauss rifle.
Cyclops is here. Not really much to this one, as just like the MWO version once you start applying some modern sensibilities to it you quickly get the minimalistic assault brick it wants to be.
The only tricky bit was the head, figuring out if the round eye can be broken away from (not really), then what to do around it to make it interesting. It's a command mech with a ton of senor equipment, so I added extra pods up front to sell that.

Enjoy. And welcome aboard to all the new patrons for this month. Big turnout!

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Comments

Alex F

I got my eye on you! Nice work in making it look like the bricky assault that it wants to be (but really isn't)

Anonymous

Glad y’all got away from the phallic shaped head. This one looks cool.

Anonymous

"Nobody" likes this.

Anonymous

I like it!!! Can we maybe get some more armor around the window or something? The eye looks...surprised...

Brian Sausley

Love it: especially the center torso compared to the classic art, and I think the “eye” is very well realized with modern design. Really, nothing I dislike, cannot wait to see the 3D model. Anyone else get excited when they see an email from Patreon pop into their inbox announcing Mr. Scroggins has something new up?

Ryan de Haas

I really like it. It seems sensible while still remaining immediately recognizable. The eye feels like it was designed as part of the sensor/command features, rather than the old artwork where it felt tacked on to give it the name.

Malintus
>>35579624

I think it looks just fine as it is, less surprised and more "I can see everything." Add anymore armour and I think that'd be lost, besides, the Cyclops always was a little light on armour, at least to me anyway.

Andrew Dickinson

Like this one too. Big, chunky, slightly odd with the big eye. All good! 😁

Peter Holthaus

This is a wonderful rework of a very iconic machine. If only I wouldn't loose it in horrible ways every time I field one...

Nyxus

Sienar Fleet Systems are on to a winner here I like it. It looks like the in-universe design team tried to protect the head as much as possible while also including the big "Bullseye" viewing port I much prefer this redesign over the MWO version. I always felt was very bland and only had a its head to make it stand out.

Joe M Emmert

Looks like the old guy switched from beer to bourbon too late in life ... that beer gut ... I guess it does counter-balance the backpack full of comms & sensor gear. It definitely gives the impression that "sometime ago, long, long ago, someone thought this was a great idea" while somehow keeping up with the modern aesthetic. Love it.

Swen Decker

Love the extra sensor/com gadgets. Well done.

Anonymous

Not sure if I like how far that center chest piece sticks out, but damn! That is one beautiful piece of machinery. Can't wait to see your take on the Thug.

Trevor R.N.

I like it, the head is better than the original Duane Loose drawing, it still looks vulnerable yet functional. Perhaps the chest should be a bit smaller and the backpack bigger to house the portable command center?

Raymond White

Definitely an overgrown security camera

Mitchell Berthelson

Sides of the cowl are a little short for my taste but a winner overall.

Anonymous

The proportions on the head look off somehow. Maybe increase the armor overhang on the eye? Or decrease the diameter of the eye relative to the overall size of the head? Can you add an "iris" of armor around the cockpit canopy? Otherwise, I think the remaining elements look good. I appreciate the antenna mounting hardpoint on the back.

Christopher Eastwood

Nice job. Took a look at the mwo. I do think the brow above the eye adds something. This is where it starts to get interesting for me. Pretty much every mech remaining is one that I consider in desperate need of help. I wonder if some will be given the Mercury treatment.

Robert Schuster

I'm into it except for the head—the cowl/"helmet" just looks a bit too small, and the cockpit glass feels like it's bulging out from that instead of snugly tucked underneath it. Maybe a bit more head "overhang" would fix it? Otherwise, why doesn't it just have a bubble cockpit like the Griffin, you know?

Robert Schuster
>>35622320

The original Cyclops has a much bigger cowl and a slightly recessed circular cockpit. This one looks like the cockpit is bulging out past the cowl, which I think looks odd/wrong.

James Abbot-Cole
>>35622320

the pic in the sucession wars TRO looks like a camera with a round tent canopy over it and the current model looks like a earthworm jim with a souwester hat on. personally i think this is a better look for it. Also it probably looks odd because it doesn't have a neck like the older designs.

Anonymous

He needs a bigger helmet.

Aaron Stevens

Needs more Cowl (or less eye), but otherwise I love it. Keeps a lot of the 'dorky charm' from the original without keeping too much of the dorkiness itself.

Anonymous

Looks great. The long neck is classic for me, but this makes more sense while still looking proper. I do agree adding more cowl to the helmet area might look better, but it's still good as is.

James Bixby

That is definitely a cyclops. Tbh i was surprised this was a candidate for the nuseen treatment, cause there is so little that could be done with it

Carlos Sempere

It gets better the more I look at it, but I'm not sure the first impression works for me. Keep the cowl - it's great - but what if the eye were a little smaller and (more importantly) inset a bit? Also, the leg detailing is excellent.

Robert Schuster
>>35622320

I mean, I see this picture (https://cfw.sarna.net/wiki/images/7/7f/CP-Cyclops.png?timestamp=20110718195528) and this picture (https://cfw.sarna.net/wiki/images/2/24/3025_Cyclops1.jpg?timestamp=20130421091251) and even this picture (https://cfw.sarna.net/wiki/images/d/d2/3050U_Cyclops.jpg?timestamp=20110118184912) and I see a cowl with significant overhang (as well as some significant variation in the pronouncement of the cockpit class) that this drawing just doesn't have. Maybe it's a case of, "Let the old designs go," and I'm totally happy to do that on pretty much everything about this one, but in the end, the cowl looks too tiny/the cockpit glass looks too exposed to me. The rest of the design works extremely well, but I just think the head looks "wrong".

ShimmeringSword
>>35660288

A lot of mechs are not fundamentally bad in concept, just badly drawn from an era where "mecha artists" didn't exist outside of Japan yet. Now we've got guys like me and others at CGL who's whole job is mechs. Makes a big difference.

Peter Campi

I have to admit, the Cyclops is a personal favorite of mine design-wise. It has a look of an Eastern Mech with all the sensible design of a Western Mech. It's just unique in that perspective.

David Razi

Probably my favourite IS assault 'Mech. Looks perfect, I can't wait to get it.

Joshua Bressel

Looks good. Maybe a tad big on the cockpit, but solid. Will the antenna and antenna support wires be included on the mini?

Jeffery Smith

still think this ones a fishbowl head, a better looking fishbowl head though.