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Published: 2018-04-05 17:43:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 31527; Favourites: 696; Downloads: 289
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Description Around mid 2017, I finally got the honour of working with an ol' favourite DA artist of mine, who is currently the Art Director on SEMC's Vainglory!Β 

Just got cleared to post this up, so I'll preface this by saying this is obviously not the Cherry-red paint scheme that was eventually decided upon, but I am super happy that practically all the other ideas leading up to this point made it into the final product I won't get too much into the details of the brief but we had settled on him being a younger, hotshot pilot Baron, with a nod to what I thought was an established John Lennon reference. That inspired me to go for cheeky hybrid Vietnam-era colours, along with a familiar Ion Cannon ingame strike decal that I tweaked ever so slightly...and repurposed into the peace symbol you see plastered against his side.

I'm quite proud of his transformation sequence that I had submitted to the team as I went through sufficient pains to technically not have him -completely- shatter his spine and still 'fly' in relative comfort... while hopefully maintaining a utilitarian and robust construction style to the armour, with hints of brutal weight savings where needed (the swing-out feet/shins double as vert stabilisers). (He initially was proposed with more humanoid 'high heel feet' but Carlo wanted the skids) Also note the thigh-mounted Rocket Launcher that fold out into stub wings during flight and hanging Porcupine Mortars mounted under the engine/tail boom assembly.

Both flight and ground profiles were worked to hint at feline features -which I had inquired about after looking at Baron's armour and lore. The weapon was probably worked over more than the overall suit lol, had to stick to familiar proportions while trying to make sense of it in when presented in the context of an aerial weapon during Heli mode.

Happy bush-jumping! That's all I really wanted to do in his Heli mode. Hope the fans out there enjoy this Baron variant!
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Comments: 22

Hazzard65 [2019-03-31 21:25:08 +0000 UTC]

it meΒ 

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IamAnAnimefan001 [2018-08-06 06:15:38 +0000 UTC]

Just a question. Was this a project for a game or just an art project?

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ne0n1nja In reply to IamAnAnimefan001 [2018-10-16 09:44:58 +0000 UTC]

It's a game for mobile called Vainglory.Β www.vainglorygame.com/news/che…

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IamAnAnimefan001 In reply to ne0n1nja [2018-10-17 03:12:21 +0000 UTC]

Pretty badass. Love it.

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JonDoesArt [2018-05-29 10:17:39 +0000 UTC]

This is a better Fly or Die color rendition of Baron's skin!

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muimeisan [2018-05-26 17:48:00 +0000 UTC]

beautiful,nice design

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Fuego-fantasmal [2018-05-10 22:57:09 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, dude.

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COMMANDERVULKAN [2018-04-26 17:51:42 +0000 UTC]

This would make a fun miniature game.

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kratier [2018-04-24 19:30:58 +0000 UTC]

still doing awesome work man, this looks so clean compared to your usual stuff

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thenotsowelltaught [2018-04-21 13:12:54 +0000 UTC]

(Pulls out a bag of memes)

I guess he sexually identifies as an attack helicopter.

....

Jokes aside, I like how clear-cut the artworkΒ looks. Also, I thinkΒ it's quite impressive to see helicopter parts that were proportioned to snugly fit the human body. I've never heard of a transforming power suit before, so to me, it's a rather innovative idea.Β 

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Ultra-Cole [2018-04-21 07:23:21 +0000 UTC]

Nice to see a new post from you ^_^.Β  Nice stuff.

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SkyPotatoFire [2018-04-17 19:33:57 +0000 UTC]

Cool work.

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DeadCobra [2018-04-07 13:27:11 +0000 UTC]

Quite nice

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BRUCEKRAGER [2018-04-06 16:20:03 +0000 UTC]

Magnificent concept

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Firestarthecat1 [2018-04-06 14:21:36 +0000 UTC]

Where can I find one of these and how much does it cost?

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WH1T3F4N6 [2018-04-06 09:21:56 +0000 UTC]

Haha! Finally! Love looking at your stuff, this one is fucking awesome!

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templar127 [2018-04-06 04:37:49 +0000 UTC]

Nice! He looks like a unit from Halo Wars!

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thevampiredio [2018-04-06 03:28:03 +0000 UTC]

awesome design!!!
who would have though a personal size heli suit?

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HARPSEAL-DEVIANTART [2018-04-05 21:13:09 +0000 UTC]

Sick!! Gotta love mechs

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Gundam1701 [2018-04-05 20:20:26 +0000 UTC]

Now THAT...is a mobile suit!

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Markybo-Jens [2018-04-05 19:42:36 +0000 UTC]

Transformers!!!

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Heretic1311 [2018-04-05 17:57:40 +0000 UTC]

Considering itΒ΄s named "Baron", iΒ΄m not surprised they chose the cherry-red version.
Because now they can call it the "Red Baron" and itΒ΄s perfectly legit
I totally want such a suit too, just imagine how much you would safe on parking fees!

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