Phoenix Hawk IIC Concept Sketch (Patreon)

Phew. That title is a doozy.

The Phoenix Hawk IIC is another one of those VMI mechs we're hitting where it's original depiction shows none of the weapons it carries. With that we've got some interesting choices to make. Break up the original core shapes to house weapons, or give it semi or fully extrenal weapons pods.

This one was tricky for that because it calls for both long UAC10 barrels sticking out the front, and long jump packs on the back of each side torso. I couldn't go with full shoulder guns, as they'd not mesh well with the JJ's. Didn't want to do underslung belly guns. And I didn't want to completely eat up the cool chest plates. Landed on this mix of the first and third options.

It was also interesting sizing up a lower end medium mech all the way into an assault. Several areas, particularly the head, carry over details from the new regular Phoenix Hawk.

What do you think of it?