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Description MAKOTO KOBAYASHI inspired robot done for fun, this guy was blocked out from a few months ago…. just got around to doing a paintover. Painted a different version first but felt this angle was a little more dynamic so this version looks a bit chopped up with the details from the other painting, ah well. Fun playing with these really organic forms for something ‘mechanical’, tried to keep everything a similar aesthetic, but maybe only the ammo canisters in that universe remain familiar (like something you would find on a phalanx or mini gun) to give it some reference point? In hindsight it might look better with some cool organic podform on the back of the gun that they use instead of an ammo tank….. might explore that further at a later date. The gun has organic sculpted ports that its fingers lock into instead of a traditional handle looking form. Played around with it having canisters attached to the shoulder ports and with some aerials and antenna off the back but thought it looked best really striped back and simple.

Here were some quick grey renders of the simple ZB model i sculpted for the paintovers.
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TiredJadedSoul [2021-09-05 09:59:57 +0000 UTC]

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TheAtomicDog [2017-06-11 23:55:54 +0000 UTC]

Knew who the design inspiration was from the thumbnail. Excellent "grown" mech aesthetic from Our Host.

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AlexandronVaron [2014-04-15 20:09:03 +0000 UTC]

nice

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Ilya-P [2014-03-26 05:21:17 +0000 UTC]

Cool style!

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grgbpm [2014-01-06 20:19:14 +0000 UTC]

wow!

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olafanderson [2013-11-29 16:32:17 +0000 UTC]

Love the design, the texture looks a bit like foam though.

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BurningButterflys [2013-10-26 18:16:54 +0000 UTC]

reminds me of the grineer from warframe

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SarcasticClock [2013-10-13 20:46:44 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of the Combine SYNTH from Half Life

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wolfgang-111 [2013-07-03 20:08:12 +0000 UTC]

so ugly and cool!

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F1RST-DISCIPLE [2013-04-18 07:04:48 +0000 UTC]

Your ZBrush work blows me away!

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flaketom [2013-03-27 16:22:00 +0000 UTC]

Badass!

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8FtSpider [2013-03-27 16:04:37 +0000 UTC]

Love this! Kobayashi has some very interesting takes on mechs and biomechs.

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Mnkewrench [2013-03-26 23:00:36 +0000 UTC]

Really digging your internalized grips on this beastie ..reminds me of some type of contagion spore cannon..perhaps the toxin flows thru the hands from that shoulder podform and delivers it into the "weaponized neural darts"..I'm having some trouble with the "face" portion but perhaps that's only because it reminds me of an Oni mask with that nose/eye ratio..really enjoying the weathered/pitted texture as well..thanks ..very inspiring

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truepardox [2013-03-26 19:19:00 +0000 UTC]

locks great. remember me the aliens of final fantasy movie

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crow-proxy [2013-03-26 13:46:06 +0000 UTC]

Also looks like a Gnosis you would see in Xenosaga.

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Rob-Cavanna [2013-03-26 13:18:04 +0000 UTC]

kickass KOBA mech!

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playpause [2013-03-26 12:40:48 +0000 UTC]

i agree that his dezine different than others when its come to robots....

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playpause [2013-03-26 12:37:50 +0000 UTC]

i agree......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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PLUT0NIA [2013-03-26 08:36:24 +0000 UTC]

With a different color scheme, maybe it wouldn't look so much like the combine synth creatures from Half-Life 2. I'm not saying that the art is badly done, quite the opposite, but unfortunately every aspect of the design itself is identical to the style in the creatures in that game, and as an icing on the cake, the color scheme makes it look like a blatant rip-off. One thing that sets it apart is the neat concept of there being a "separate" weapon, but grafted into the structure of the hands.

And I'm not saying it was intentional. I've once made a total ripoff by accident as well.

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BenMauro In reply to PLUT0NIA [2013-03-26 08:56:20 +0000 UTC]

LOL, Kobayashi's work came way before HL2. Maybe you should write to Valve?

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PLUT0NIA In reply to BenMauro [2013-03-26 09:03:20 +0000 UTC]

Aha! We have uncovered a conspiracy!

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BrittneyGingerSnap [2013-03-26 06:47:25 +0000 UTC]

Very nice

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Synaesthetic1 [2013-03-26 06:10:05 +0000 UTC]

got any anime you'd reccomend?

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Synaesthetic1 In reply to Synaesthetic1 [2013-03-26 06:10:19 +0000 UTC]

from this Kobayashi fellow, I mean

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BenMauro In reply to Synaesthetic1 [2013-03-26 08:01:11 +0000 UTC]

Mmmm he was mostly a model kit maker like Kow Yokoyama so its all really physical work but i did find one short film he worked on, the beginning is cool with all the physical models, the animation is alright. Not sure if he was involved in much other stuff like this?

DRAGONS HEAVEN
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Synaesthetic1 In reply to BenMauro [2013-03-26 19:45:48 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Stephen-0akley [2013-03-26 03:58:09 +0000 UTC]

Was wondering with this guy would end up here, love this design so much man. Nice work!

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MilkdChocolate [2013-03-26 03:37:42 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of something I would see on Evangelion for some reason lol.

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xXxshadowsneakxXx [2013-03-26 02:17:49 +0000 UTC]

This is wonderfull! The idea of the gun is amazing and awesome. The design is original (as usual) and it looks like he could do some serious damage

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DestroyErase [2013-03-26 01:14:05 +0000 UTC]

Fantasmo.

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