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Published: 2010-08-12 03:09:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 5403; Favourites: 186; Downloads: 0
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Description Haven't posted anything in aaaages so I thought I'd finish this off. It's a concept for a story me and my girlfriend are playing around with (when we get the time!). It started out as a rough pencil sketch which was then scanned in and given the photoshop make-over.

The result of an intense space battle between two factions has rendered a once beautiful planet a complete wasteland. The debris from the war floats in the sky, orbiting the world and chunks of shrapnel constantly fall from space. Meanwhile machines wander the land- still fighting a war that ended years ago.
In the midst of this madness a girl makes her way across this hostile world with only her War Hound - Jack- for company.

Took some inspiration from Half Life's DOG, 'cos he's so cool.
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Comments: 28

underfel [2016-10-04 21:08:54 +0000 UTC]

looks realistic

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LTDragoonIII [2014-06-29 19:02:51 +0000 UTC]

Cool

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Ebazarnik99 [2012-11-14 18:49:01 +0000 UTC]

Wow, it's awesome ! Favourited Fun Fact : In Half-Life 2 beta, Alyx had red hair, with glasses on her head. Inspiration ?

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Tysho In reply to Ebazarnik99 [2012-11-15 08:41:11 +0000 UTC]

I had no idea! Well, as long as I'm having similar thought processes as some of the awesome artists in the gaming world then I'm happy with that. cheers!

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ketchupgirlX [2011-12-09 21:21:41 +0000 UTC]

That is awesome. I would ride that to school. (And everywhere else.) The story sounds really interesting as well.

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Tysho In reply to ketchupgirlX [2011-12-10 10:19:51 +0000 UTC]

Why not take him to lectures with you, too? xD

Haven't worked on this for a while- should come back to it... And thanks!

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Sindustries [2010-09-01 03:48:10 +0000 UTC]

yeah i want one too. whats the top speed? i'll get some new paint on it and make it road legal

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Tysho In reply to Sindustries [2010-09-01 13:33:51 +0000 UTC]

lol Racing stripes?

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dragonfly89 [2010-08-21 05:19:51 +0000 UTC]

wow, that amazing!

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Tysho In reply to dragonfly89 [2010-08-23 01:50:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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KiloMAtere [2010-08-17 02:43:25 +0000 UTC]

That's awesome. I'm a fan of mechs, or at least the concept of mechs, in general, but this is pretty cool. You can definitely see the DOG influence in this picture, but that's not really a bad thing. Espically when Half-Life 2 is my favorite game. Ever think of maybe trying to draw something more along the lines of Steel Battalion? Slow moving 70 story tall walking tank of death? XD Very nice, I like it.

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Tysho In reply to KiloMAtere [2010-08-17 02:48:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot, fella. Funny you should mention Steel Battalion because I've got a picture of one of the mechs on my board (I have a board in front of my PC with cool reference pics on it).
As for giant, walking death tanks- that's something I'd totally like to do at some point.

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Kiwi-the-One [2010-08-16 14:12:02 +0000 UTC]

Awesome design

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Tysho In reply to Kiwi-the-One [2010-08-16 22:50:30 +0000 UTC]

Why, thank you!

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Metal-Burner [2010-08-15 15:40:58 +0000 UTC]

wow nice work

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Tysho In reply to Metal-Burner [2010-08-16 22:50:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot, mate!

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dmaland [2010-08-12 15:41:22 +0000 UTC]

I definitely like mech designs of this style. It's not that I don't like all the Battletech/ Robotech/ Armored Core/ Front Mission stuff, it's just that it's cool to get something different every once in a while.

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Tysho In reply to dmaland [2010-08-12 22:56:10 +0000 UTC]

I'm kind of picky about the mechs I like- I love the more believable, heavy duty style mechs- what I hate is when they start zipping around like they weigh the same as your average cheer leader- smacking up tanks with swords. The Armored Core mech's look badass though.

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djomally [2010-08-12 14:56:45 +0000 UTC]

i thought he looked kind like DOG lol. great work man

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Tysho In reply to djomally [2010-08-12 22:53:10 +0000 UTC]

There's no getting away with it... Young woman with a top heavy, junk yard robot pet? (He's not as scrawny as DG though lol). Cheers mate!

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djomally In reply to Tysho [2010-08-12 23:04:55 +0000 UTC]

hahaha you certainly have a point
seen my new Cruiser yet btw?

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godstroke [2010-08-12 10:01:50 +0000 UTC]

amazing!

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Tysho In reply to godstroke [2010-08-12 22:51:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man!

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Tiwyll [2010-08-12 08:27:14 +0000 UTC]

Looking good! I really like how you make your level of detail in a way that changes the focal point. Apart from DOG, do I spy some Tau tech, by any chance? By the way, that cannon on its back, is it fired by the walker or by the girl? If I were to crit anything I'd say the hip area looks like its to close to the ground for efficient movement, but hey, it looks cool

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Tysho In reply to Tiwyll [2010-08-12 22:51:32 +0000 UTC]

Good call on the Tau influence- 'cos I see your point. But no, I didn't look into any Warhammer related stuff (I don't know anything about Warhammer... heck I only knew what the Tau were due to a friend showing me a few pictures of them a ear or so back!). His head actually started off looking like the Geth from Mass Effect so I tried to roughen it up and make it look more angular... and now he looks a bit Tau-y. lol

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JigglyWigglies [2010-08-12 03:13:49 +0000 UTC]

I want one 8D i'd be cackling like an idiot if i were that girl on the back but omg i want one so badly XD

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Tysho In reply to JigglyWigglies [2010-08-12 03:27:31 +0000 UTC]

Haha- thanks Twitch. I'll see if I can sort you one out before christmas, eh?

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JigglyWigglies In reply to Tysho [2010-08-12 04:10:13 +0000 UTC]

yeeeeey 8D

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