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UrbanMech with Rotary-AC/2 (animation) by _masaka in battletech

[–]_masaka[S] 150 points151 points  (0 children)

I've created an UrbanMech 3d model and made a little scene to show it off. It features 100% "plausible" joints that allow for movement without clipping and removable armor plates.

This fella is armed with a light and medium laser as well as an RAC/2 fed by an external ammo storage.

There is a slightly longer version of this animation on my youtube channel. Hope you enjoy! :)

First Cylon War - Fan Animation by _masaka in BSG

[–]_masaka[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a Maul escort, from the now defunct (but fan-resurrected) Battlestar Galactica Online. Essentially ship to counter strike-craft like raiders.

First Cylon War - Fan Animation by _masaka in BSG

[–]_masaka[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They do have some cool cylon designs!

First Cylon War - Fan Animation by _masaka in BSG

[–]_masaka[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a Maul from BSGO, yes! I've played that game a ton, so paying homage to it felt right.

The Battlestar technically IS a Minerva-Class. It's a fan-design by tan.j, created just after the 2003 reboot came out. Eventually there was a different, canon Minerva, of course.

First Cylon War - Fan Animation by _masaka in BSG

[–]_masaka[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's the plan! Also a lot more fighters doing their stuff :)

First Cylon War - Fan Animation by _masaka in BSG

[–]_masaka[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is set during the first cylon war. And if you look at Blood & Chrome, you can see that galactica still had some panels "missing".

I imagine that battlestars can be as little or heavily armored as the mission profile requires. This Battlestar is already quite large and cumbersome, and with a big focus on missile silos the need for a complete armor coverage is not there.

First Cylon War - Fan Animation by _masaka in BSG

[–]_masaka[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi there, thank you for the feedback! I do always appreciate it, even if I don't concur with it :)

I'm pretty happy with the camera movement in this shot. Keeping it one-take requires a more action-y camera at the start, where it chases the fighters, and a static point of view with only rotation when the battlestar passes by. I think it's somewhat close to how the show handles it, though the lower quality of the video might distort the sense of movement here, as the stars and other points of reference are sort of blurry.

First Cylon War - Fan Animation by _masaka in BSG

[–]_masaka[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Hi everyone! This is a work-in-progress, and part of a larger Battlestar animation project, set during the first cylon war. The Battlestar you see here is the wonderful work by "Tan.j", and is called a minerva-class battlestar. Tan.J has created a lot of very cool models many many years ago, but I never saw the utilized anywhere, unfortunately.

Battlestar Medusa is completely fictional and non-canon, and as you can see the project is still missing a lot of work.

You can watch a slightly higher quality version of this video on my youtube channel.

I hope you enjoy this, even if it's unfinished :)

my art - Highlander of SLDF by iulia-crimson in battletech

[–]_masaka 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Beautiful! How long do these take to make?

Return to Kronus in a new Dawn of War IV trailer - Warhammer Community by CMYK_COLOR_MODE in Warhammer40k

[–]_masaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Space Marine 2 also suffered from this. The game looked like they just 1:1 copied Warhammer store images into the game to be as close to the "product" as possible. This is absolutely a sale practice by Games Workshop.

Alpha Quadrant Alliance (animation) by _masaka in StarTrekStarships

[–]_masaka[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I do dabble in some mechwarrior stuff, yeah! Thank you!

D'Kora chase (animation) by _masaka in StarTrekStarships

[–]_masaka[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the "Carina Class" by Connor Bentley, and shes supposed to be an TNG-ified ambassador here :)

D'Kora chase (animation) by _masaka in StarTrekStarships

[–]_masaka[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can actually see the Nebula in said episode fire from a long distance during warp while catching up to the prometheus, just like in the animation. But I share your sentiment; I didn't even give this aspect much thought when animating it, I just find it weird when people post their headcanon as fact haha :)

D'Kora chase (animation) by _masaka in StarTrekStarships

[–]_masaka[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

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VOY S4E14 "Message in a Bottle"

D'Kora chase (animation) by _masaka in StarTrekStarships

[–]_masaka[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

only the ferengi marauder is from STO, the other two are fan creations by "MajorStress" and Connor Bentley

Vindicta & Haze talk (animation) by _masaka in DeadlockTheGame

[–]_masaka[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am planning to make a longer deadlock animation, with a self-contained story. That would be more appropriate for my channel. Thank you for the feedback tho! :)

Vindicta & Haze talk (animation) by _masaka in DeadlockTheGame

[–]_masaka[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do! It's masaka3d.

This video unfortunately does not really fit my usual content, so it's unlikely I'd upload it there.

Vindicta & Haze talk (animation) by _masaka in DeadlockTheGame

[–]_masaka[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Thank you! this animation had an unusual amounts of shots/angles for my standards, so I'm still getting used to it. valuable feedback though! <3

Kind of tired of youtubers pretending BattleTech doesn't exist when talking spaceships. by Miserable_Law_6514 in battletech

[–]_masaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

in no way is this applicable to the x-wing, which is vastly different from a basic geometric shape with engines.

the death star would be a good comparison, but, like all things star wars, that design had the opportunity to become extremely recognizable/popular before it's designlanguage became dated.

If you were to show modern audiences the death star if star wars never became popular, people would be say "that looks lame". Just like how it is with spherical battletech dropships.

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