Art of The Frame

[Vandrid]

Hey guys sorry it has take. So long for these pieces, I just got some extra work on top of my normal job and have. O time for fun... I will try to get to the rest of the pieces when things calm down. I haven't forgotten, just delayed

[Ced23Ric]

No one's gonna hound you for free artwork, good sir. Take your time!

[Ryujin]

I'll just borrow this thread for a moment while Vandrid's indisposed.

We--I mean, uh, I--also vote for the Ijad awesomeness!

Since Dukayn & Trilobite were asking, here's the lineart of the basic Scrambler model, with Joshua's permission:



The Scramber, in its original form, was heavily influenced by human design aesthetics to go with the high amount of human-derived technology. Due to the nature of Ijad society, one should expect to see a wide variety in the shape, appearance & coloration of the okussh ceramite armour on Scramblers used by different Ijad groups.

In addition to the main weapons hardpoint located on top of the hull, there are several other locations which can function as equipment hardpoints. The spherical main weapon is a 'stingbeam,' colloquially known in some circles as the 'eyeball.' This may have arisen from the Ijad practice of decorating the weapon's housing with slogans or quotations in their native script, giving it a 'veined' appearance.

[calculus]

Coolness !

[Zero Revenge]

That is jaw-dropping.

[Mantisking]

Ryujin, that's fantastic. The line work reminds me of Tim Eldred's.

[MittenNinja]

Dude that is AWESOME.

[randolph]

I am in awe. Also, woo, some Ijad script!

[Dukayn]

That is really great stuff.

[Ryujin]

Thanks for the complements, guys. Speaking of which, if you have any suggestions on improvements to the design, I'd be happy to hear it. I've been thinking of revisions to the parts corresponding to the feet & toes, myself.

Ryujin, that's fantastic. The line work reminds me of Tim Eldred's.

Yeah, Tim's a cool guy; he graciously let a friend of mine Q & A him recently.

[The Trilobite]

...if you have any suggestions on improvements to the design, I'd be happy to hear it. I've been thinking of revisions to the parts corresponding to the feet & toes, myself.

I like the clean design and nice use of line weighting and big, white spaces inside the design. It looks sophisticated but not busy. Excellent work.

For the feetoes, may I suggest the 'whiskerwheel' concept? Michael Annisimov, whose site Accelerating Future is the first place I heard this idea, explains it this way:

...a "wheel" that consists of a bundle of tentacles, or "whiskers" which can lock together, become rigid, and behave like a solid wheel while moving over flat ground, but can unlock and independently articulate when moving over rougher terrain.

In wheel form, this might look like a basket made of woven cables, for example, or maybe a corrugated cylinder. In deployed form, it would look like a writhing bundle of awesome

[A YATES INDUSTRIALS]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ekil/6975410544/

[Ryujin]

For the feetoes, may I suggest the 'whiskerwheel' concept? Michael Annisimov, whose site Accelerating Future is the first place I heard this idea, explains it this way:

...a "wheel" that consists of a bundle of tentacles, or "whiskers" which can lock together, become rigid, and behave like a solid wheel while moving over flat ground, but can unlock and independently articulate when moving over rougher terrain.

In wheel form, this might look like a basket made of woven cables, for example, or maybe a corrugated cylinder. In deployed form, it would look like a writhing bundle of awesome

Me likee, thanks. I think I'll implement a less tentacular version of the whiskerwheel concept for the feet. The fact that they can also function as manipulators pretty much sealed the deal.

[Joshua A.C. Newman]

The ghanat, the animal traditionally ridden by Ijad in battle, that they ride inside the Scrambler, and that the Scrambler form mimics, has tree-climbing manipulators on the ends of its feet. Normally, they're just climby and groomy, but the Ijad use them as controls for their mobile frames, too.

Yes, it's an Ijad riding a ghanat riding a mobile frame.

[Zero Revenge]

What exactly is a ghanat?

[Ryujin]

What exactly is a ghanat?

Quoting from the description on the Kickstarter:

The "Scrambler" (designated by the humans who first encountered it) is the basic Ijad mobile frame. It is designed in the form of a ghanat, a quadrupedal mammal-like animal common throughout the Ijad homeworld of Celiel. The movements of the frame map directly to the ghanat's own limbs, giving extraordinary coordination to the Ijad pilot attached to the ghanat's nervous system.

Personally, I'm picturing it as something like a sloth or spider monkey, but with a rounder body, no tail & more spiderlike movements.