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Published: 2008-04-15 11:25:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 15797; Favourites: 217; Downloads: 425
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Finally finished this one. I think I may have made it temporally out of the art rut. Doubt it'll last though. I guess I'll see.This design is to be a commission work for Battletech Technical Readout 3063 being created by Steven Satak. [link]
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My apologies again about the formatting. Fluff-wise, I'm not sure where this fits in, other than that it's pretty generically Great House material. It moves fast and bites hard and carries a good bit of armor for a hovertank to boot, as well as making a good artillery spotter.
BattleTech Vehicle Technical Readout
Type/Model: Flagstaff Medium Hovertank
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3067
Config: Hovercraft
Rules: Level 2, Custom design
Mass: 50 tons
Power Plant: 115 GM Fusion
Cruise Speed: 75.6 km/h
Maximum Speed: 118.8 km/h
Armor Type: Ferro-Fibrous
Armament:
2 SRM 6s
2 Machine Guns
2 Medium Pulse Lasers
1 Beagle Active Probe
1 TAG
Manufacturer: (Unknown)
Location: (Unknown)
Communications System: (Unknown)
Targeting & Tracking System: (Unknown)
Type/Model: Flagstaff Medium Hovertank
Mass: 50 tons
Equipment: Items Mass
Internal Structure: 25 pts Standard 0 5.00
Engine: 115 Fusion 0 6.67
Shielding & Trans Equip: 0 3.33
Cruise MP: 7
Flank MP: 11
Heat Sinks: 10 Single 0 .00
Cockpit & Controls: 0 2.50
Crew: 4 Members 0 .00
Lift Equipment: 0 5.00
Turret Equipment: 0 1.50
Armor Factor: 179 pts Ferro-Fibrous 2 10.00
Internal Armor
Structure Value
Front: 5 53
Left / Right Sides: 5 36/36
Rear: 5 24
Turret: 5 30
Weapons & Equipment: Loc Heat Ammo Items Mass
1 SRM 6 Turret 0 15 2 4.00
1 SRM 6 Turret 0 15 1 4.00
1 Machine Gun Turret 0 100 2 1.00
1 Machine Gun Turret 0 1 .50
1 Medium Pulse Laser Turret 4 1 2.00
1 Medium Pulse Laser Turret 4 1 2.00
1 Beagle Active Probe Turret 0 1 1.50
1 TAG Turret 0 1 1.00
TOTALS: 8 12 50.00
Items & Tons Left: 3 .00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: 2,720,667 C-Bills
Battle Value: 598
Cost per BV: 4,549.61
Weapon Value: 662 / 662 (Ratio = 1.11 / 1.11)
Damage Factors: SRDmg = 22; MRDmg = 2; LRDmg = 0
BattleForce2: MP: 7H, Armor/Structure: 0 / 7
Damage PB/M/L: 3/3/-, Overheat: 0
Class: GM, Point Value: 6
Specials: tag, prb
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Nice work. Just the inspiration I needed to start working on my own.
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Cool! Glad I could help inspire someone. I'll have to watch you and see the things you make.
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Excellent model. You should, if you have the time, invest in learning how to use Headus UV Mapper. It stretches your UVs out for you, basically while allowing you to choose some sensible order to it. Cuts UV mapping time down to at least 1/50th of what you would have done. In fact, You can mess up your UVs six times over - having completely finished but realized a mistake each time - and do it over in one day. I did this with a 4000 poly model just recently.
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GREAT attention to detail.. love .. looks like a hover tank
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Really cool design man!
About the watermark, your stuff got stolen before or something? O_o
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Well, I had a few things used without my permission not too long back. BUT, I was worried about a new Orphan Works bill that is in the house and senate right now. It's a long story and it's going to be a suck law here in the US . But.. I'm not worried anymore really because I have encrypted (hidden) watermarks in all of my images now.
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awesome model, id personally prefer it with tracks
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Thanks man!! Good to hear from you!
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This makes me think of Hammer's Slammers. Looks great
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Thanks man! *Wonders what Hammer's Slammers is.*
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It's a series of David Drake novels and short stories about a far-future mercenary tank regiment called "Hammer's Slammers."
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Loved the hull. I would have gone different with the battle turret. But that's moi.
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Thanks man. Yeah, we all have different tastes.
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Just wanna blurt this out. Minutes ago I didn't know that the girl sitting right next to me here inside the internet cafe was none other than my nemesis girlfriend. She knows I had a thing for here in the past. Her boyfriend and I became enemies.
She's gone now with her boyfriend a minute ago. ^_^
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I like that! A lot! And as i'm drawing tank designs again, i'm going to pinch the guns, if that's okay with you.
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that's kickass. I'd love to see it in an action-ish render
are the main cannons energy or ballistic based?
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Hey!! What's yp man!!?!?! I will try and do a scene with it if I get a chance. The cannons are rail guns BTW.
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well I thought of a Gauss Cannon really. Actual railguns require one rail in each side to actually be a rail gun, but a gauss cannon fits the design well
Railgun - [link]
Gauss cannon - [link]
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You're thinking too much into it. It's just make believe. The guns can be whatever you want them to be really. I did not put any thought into what type when I was making it. It's all about the look to me. Not the engineering aspects.
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I see that. But I found it worth noting because it's a very common misconception. Besides, both concepts have the same purpose - a magnetism-propelled cannon with an overall muzzle velocity quite higher than explosion-propelled ones
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Oh wow 
I'd love to Texture something like this! 
Possible Mod it into Crysis
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ps ...
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Hehehehe
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Thanks man! Well, I'll finalize the model soon then unwrap and texture. Maybe after I'm done I'll let you make your own texture as well. If you want. BUT, I may not do a extremely great unwrap for it. Maybe just a quick one. Not sure just yet.
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Sounds good you should keep me posted
I loath UV mapping.
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Yeah, I loath UV mapping as well..
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hey looks awesome. Nice detailing and overall design. Much less geometric, which is good since that's how it would be IRL.
good to see art from you, keep it up!
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Thanks man! I hope to texture it soon. Not sure how soon "soon" is though! lol.
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Haha, yeh, mechs come first eh
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Well, I'll do the textures for this next. Then I'll try and finish my mechs.
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