Mechstuff thread. Mechs, robots, robot girls, weapons, armour, vehicles, military, engineering, transportation, scifi, etc. Post 'em.
Do I need to study engineering and firearms to be able to draw semi-realistic mechs? I started browsing /k/ and have been wondering if it helps.
>>8018398Industrial design would definitely help. HR Giger studied industrial design. That's probably one of the reasons why he was able to make his biomechanical paintings look very realistic partly.I guess studying Scott Robertson could probably help.
Here’s my most recent mech girl, studies and techniques based on Masamune Shirow and rendering techniques inspired by Jim Lees stream. I love the way he uses the black and and white star splatter. I achieved the after burn particles with a tooth brush.
>>8018395aww sweet, was hoping we'd have another one of these threads.here are my WIP floor plans for my kilometer-long covie ship. about 55% done with deck 1 of 12. scaled at M6.667 scale (1 pixel = 15x15 centimeters, or a little less than 6 inches)full image here: https://itaku.ee/images/1348257anyone else experiencing a "captcha expired" bug? ublock issue?
Any tips on drawing guns?
>>8021319most important thing is the handle. doesn't matter how big the gun is, the handle has to be the right size for the wielder. handles are usually 1.25 to 1.5 inches wide and around 5 or 6 inches long.
>>8018395This stuff is impossible. Wheels leave me confused the most.
>>8028691>>8024137into the inspo folder.How long have you been drawing? Hours per day practice on average?Would be happy to hear back from you. It's sort of the level I want to reach.
good night mechbros!
>>8024137just wait until you start trying to do car suspension and understand what all the parts of an engine do. makes anatomy look like easymode.
>>8031505anatomy is easy mode, the only people who think it's some demanding undertaking are the type to spend 5 years "studying gesture"
>>8018395Some of the mech stuff i've drawn
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>>8031537At least I can copy it. With machines I can't even do that. Like, how the fuck am I supposed to do this? >>8031544>>8028711I think you missclicked on me. I am just a permabeg.
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It might be milquetoast but akira toriyama had amazing vehicle designs.
>>8018395how do you study/ learn perspective, any advice/ videos/ courses you could send
>>8040986expanded, how do you eyeball it
>>8018395need to make some land vehicle assets for this scale, to put in my light cruiser
>>8040997not sure if i've shared my seraph yet
>>8028691Do you have a blog?
>>8044116nah
>>8045898Looks like a dragon Hollow
>>8045905I remember wanting to draw like Kubo when I was a kid
>>8018395to lazy to finish this...
>>8053551bro looks like a lawnmower no offense
>>8019001i'm getting this ship 3D modeled so i can create more accurate plans. i paid for it two days ago, artist finally started on it today. should take 149 more days lmao. i need to find something else to draw in the meantime.
>>8053814i made my interpretation of the assault-era wolfen. the versions on the left are based on adamkop's designs. i think that the star fox ships would look better with typical scifi barrel engines.
I did a story about an invasion of rabbit mechs. This is one fighting a Chaos Beest called the Heart of Blizzards.
The mech never had a chance. Chaos trumps conventional forces,especially technology.
And here is it's splash page.
>>8053814>>8019001Day 13 of this project
>>8061271there is something sickly about this piece, perhaps the tubes are subtly visceral and the legs are insectoid, both things humans are naturally averse to. i like that it's creepy without actually being disgusting in any way. does this unit-16 have a purpose?
>>8062297there is rarely a sort of elaborate lore to my pieces, i can however say what my inspirations were. the mountainside was inspired by those afghanistan combat videos, with lots of broken up rocks for cover. that terrain would make it difficult to impossible for wheeled or tracked vehicles to maneuver, hence why the thinly legs would actually be useful. the armaments with 6 rockets could be something like atgms, so i guess overall that would make it into a sort of backcountry ambusher unit. there is quite a lot of room in the superstructure for fuel, so these could operate independently for prolongued periods of time, maybe sitting idle in the harsh weather for weeks, unless called into action.
>>8066053Youre too good for this board
What resources do you guys recommend to learn to draw this stuff? Any books especially? I've been wanting to try for a long time but don't know where to start or how to.
