Multipurpose Banana Warhead

So, I'm starting to wonder if my "reference" model isn't perhaps already good enough as an illustration by itself. Still needs a proper paintjob and pose, though.

Lineart done, mech is now a proper Vulture Mk3, a mech I did not know existed because most of my Battletech history knowledge ends with the Clan Invasion. Also, this thing apparently carries 4 Lrm20 launchers (Clantech, what else?), which kinda overshadows even missile boats like the Longbow...I mean, that's basically two Archers in a trenchcoat! Do you really need this many missiles?

Tried out printing some of my maps for Lancer and run into the problem that my usual 40x40 hex maps work well on a screen, but in order to place proper miniatures I would have to print them extremely big. So I kinda tweaked this testrun for knifefight distance, which works well enough, now my problem is that I have to retool the encounters for rather cuddly-close maneuvers. I'm sure this will do just fine.

Got a really janky aiming system working. Currently just three LookAt-nodes stacked in a trenchcoat trying to stare down a raycast collider (don't ask what happens when it looks into the sky, there is assuredly not a invisible box around the mech...). I do realize I will have to redo this entirely, but this is what my trial and errors have gotten me for now.

Also, I think sometimes the bullets are too fast for their colliders and pass through them? Will have to test that out. And weapon spread for things like shotguns. Got horizontal spread working but not in a cone pattern.

Oh, and a sideeffect of the whole aiming thing is that the thrusters on the shoulders get affected by it as well. Guess I'll have to stick the forward/backward ones back on the torso.

So the whole IK thing in Godot took me some time to implement in a working order. Influence curves are still not optimal and movement looks a bit choppy, but at least the basics are working. Also switched out all the thruster plumes from amount to scale, so the blending between directions look a bit better. May also have to tweak the cloth banners since they behave a bit too floppy while boosting.

Started making some simple tiles in Godot. Not really greyboxing, just getting a feeling how it might look. Still needs more pipes and vents belching stuff into the level and a proper skybox, though.

So, for reasons best left unexplained I was roaming around some really old pictures back home. And I found this thing. Sadly, there is no date on it but I guess it must be from the late 80s or early 90s. Now, it's not exactly a masterpiece, but hopefully one can appreciate the effort little young me put in there. For reference there's also a more current take on Battletech things.

So yeah, I just had to get this out of my system. Apparently I'm having too much fun with my Changeling group. Anyways, been a lil while since I animated anything by hand.

Anyways, this is our little band of misfits. Still trying to rescue the Queen of Spring while tripping over just about every bit of paranormal happening we can.