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Here's a favorite of mine, the Blood Asp.
Designed by myself and sculpted by Alan Blackwell.

Initially made for the Recognition Guide series, I lobbied for this one to be added to the kickstarter when they were brain storming an extra salvage box mech, and here we are!

I put some extra time in pushing bits around to make sure this sculpt felt as good as possible (though nothing is perfect), and getting to see it rendered now harkens back to the early 2000s with fan sculpts/renders of the design.

How many Blood Asp boxes are you guys picking up in the pledge manager?

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killzone0

I need it yesterday I spent more money on tiny plastic mechs then a grown man should I went hard on the Kickstarter and got all the new force packs

The DRT

That is absolutely spectacular. I'm so glad I'm getting 5.

Sapphirus

I'm happy that I'm getting 4 of these bad boys!

Falk

I'll get two. One of my favorite designs from the KS! I hope we see some variants in future releases.

Anonymous

Getting a star of them. I m glad you lobbied for it to be part of the ks. Pose and model are f'ing amazing

Anonymous

I'm getting a pair, I don't even really play clans. The design is just too good, and I've always loved the mech.

Michael D'Auben

I've got one of these added to my pledge!

Anonymous

My favorite unit in the Kickstarter. I'm getting 4.

Alex F

huh, the rear looks completely different to how I expected. That's not a bad thing by any means. Great work.

Anonymous

I got 2 in salvage boxes. I'm glad my faith was not misplaced.

ShimmeringSword

I'm not sure I was able to find any rear shot of older sculpts, but I was requested to try working in the kingfisher techbase lore, and the best I could do was including its rear reactor housing.

ShimmeringSword

They're a logical piece of clan salvage or purchase for a well equipped IS force to run. Standard Gauss slugs, and ammo free lasers, fits right into any houses logistical system until it takes critical damage.

Kevin Carlson

I'm getting 5 of those beautiful mechs. Well do e and Thank You for pushing for It's inclusion.

Edina Lewis

Was planning to get 2 of these, but looking at it up close, I think I need to add a few more!

Andrew Wiesner

Hmmm. I'm clearly in the minority here. I'm not a fan of the design and I have no history with the mech. So I don't think I'll be getting any in my KS pledge.

ShimmeringSword

You'd have to have latched onto it from Mechcommander 2, Mechassault 2, MWLL, MWO. The IWM sculpts have never been too great.

Pledger K

I got 2 salvage boxes of them.

Matthew Shaw

I got 17. I'm not kidding. Love the sculpt.

Cerxen

Personally I got 3. Hands down my Favorite Clan Mech, period. Discovered it in Mech Assault 2, fell in love with the MWO model. So cool! This sculpt is amazing!

Pete Moles

Getting 2. Not sure who’ll get them, and might try modding one to a C. It is a great take on it, was glad to see it included, even if it makes me wonder about forcepacks that could have been…

Anonymous

I am beyond excited for this mech, My absolute favorite! I'm getting a few Trinaries. Star Adders and Stone Lions will have one of each variant. Bears and Goons will have several as well.

Anonymous

I'm just picking up one as I play I.S. but collect Clan as well. The design is awesome, you guys did an amazing job modernizing it.

Scott

None. Its one of those "vat job" mechs. The IS is my home.. go away. You left once, now go back.

James Bixby

I secured four. one for Clan Wolf Grey, one for MechAssault Red and white and two to kit bash into some alternative configurations. I really want to try my hand at the I config with the Inner Sphere Weapons Load, and the F with the massed SRM 6 pods backed by PPCs

Anonymous

Picked up 2 myself with 2 shilone fighters and 2 visigoths. With 1 mercenary (battlemech). I was so excited to see the blood asp offered as a salvage box item. I wanted to get to that 8mil to unlock it.

Anonymous

I loved the look of the Blood Asp so much that I ordered 5 of them. I will paint them as Clan Wolf, Clan Jade Falcon, Rasalhague Dominion, Federated Suns, and Capellan Confederation.

Andrew Smith

10. 5 to my Star adders and then the other divided among my other clans that used them. Love the sculpt.

Bolththrower

Such a good rework. The B.ASP desperately needed a facelift, and what a great facelift it got. Still feel the render feels smudgy compared to the old style, but if it saves you time in rendering and is easier of file size I'll just have to accept it. Just feel like I have to focus more on the picture to get all the details in before got a lot easier at a glance. IDK Anyways, great work form both you and Alan. Keep e'm coming, I did add 4 of these bad boys to my pledge.

Anonymous

Love the resemblance to the Kingfisher! Back armor

ShimmeringSword

Good feedback. I think technically this new render setup shows more detail of the sculpt, sometimes the old setup would wash out cool detail. However the new lighting is also moodier, which can distract the brain from focusing on details. Basically no perfect win haha. But as seen I at least knocked down the saturation a bit. Might also be me being a night person and at night I prefer a more subtle lighting presentation to look at :D

Carlos Spesungel

I got one so far, Gonna mod it to an E though.

Robert Pavelchek

... This has always been one of the best looking MWO designs, and you STILL made it look even better!

Anonymous

I need to see this in MechWarrior 5!