Mecha Ship (paint job 2)

[3bleadpencil]

Hey all. I recently did this for fun. But I'm not liking it too much.......for some reason I find it really busy. And some of the forms aren't very resolved.....but I'll try and colour it soon....see what happens....I was thinking it terms of more of a flying mecha than a ship really.....reminds me a lot of Bobba Fett's ship now that I think about it!
Anyway Hope you guys/gals enjoy:)
Regards
3B
here's a quick colour render
http://members.shaw.ca/cbalassu/media/6a.jpg
sketch phase
http://members.shaw.ca/cbalassu/media/1.jpg

[Solidarnosi]

Love it! When I saw the sketch last week I was hoping you'd color it. Nice! The reference figure is, again, a nice touch --- Soli

[Ron]

Looks cool. I like it better in color too. I think it helps with the "busy" problem you mentioned originally. It helps the viewer to read the forms better.

[I.was.ink]

I really like this. Reminds me of the mechs in ZOE.

I'd really like to see this finished. :)

[Skello]

I think the human looks to big to fit the design....take a closer look at the size comparison

[My3blka]

I like it a lot, the yellow you added really helps pop things out. I would imagine it'd look much more defined once you add some subtle details.. like perhaps notches on those pipes in the rear, or things like that. I wouldn't worry too much about that, seems like you're on the right track.

[3bleadpencil]

thanks Skello :....that's good you noticed.....there is room inside.....the window is only a viewing for mostly his head.....designing a window size for the whole human body I think is too much......also I try not to put large windows on mechs due to physical combat.....large widows means easy weak target on the body.....but you also could be right.....and I could just shink the human .hehehehe

My3blka:....I forgot about the pipes....silly me...thanks for that!

Famboozled: coloured in PS7 using wacom

Regards
3B

[Famboozled]

I'm so curious as how to you rendered it so beautifully...the colors are so clean..did you do this on computer by using a tablet of somesort or did you do this all on paper.

[bOne]

You did great work by cleaning it. I found your pencil sketch a bit confused, but the final design is great very professionnal !

I like the colors remind me anime coloring technique.

[leviathan]

3B,

Your mechs are consistently my favorites on this board. There's a tangible weight and power to them that is often missing in other mech designs. But I'm most impressed by how much you can do with a monochromatic color scheme and a single highlight color.

I used to work in a forklift shop, and we would repaint the old forktrucks a single color and then stripe on some yellow or green numbers. You've managed to exaclty capture that used-but-repainted look, down to the way the highlight yellow has been chipped off in places exposing the primary color underneath. Excellent.

[Killer Napkins]

yea man i love this.. like , i.was.ink. said, it does remind me of the mechs in ZOE sorta .. which is awesome cuz ZOE rocks.. and so does this pic.. but why did u change the big gun to a smalll on on its right side?great work tho

[behemot5]

good sketches one more time.....

[TheBlasianOne]

that mech rocks my world. im glad you changed the right gun thing(our left) to match the other one

[Mr_Joshua]

Very cool. Great panel lines.

You might want to consider adding some lights or glowing bits. I think it would also be good to lighten up the fronts of doodad pods to match the lighting elsewhere on the ship - this will also help to give definition in that area. Maybe also consider a color other than pink for the doodads.

[tomi]

i like it very much and i'd leave it as it is right now...

[Sammy]

I think it looks great and very mech/Product illustrator style... very nice

I'm glad to see you fix the perspective on the top fins that was driving me crazy : ) (you did fix it right.. I jut might be crazy)

[Android]

thats one of the most uniquely solid ship designs i have seen in a long time,

cheers

[Ant4d]

you are amazing. your rendering skills are superb!

[Glenn K]

I really like the grey and yellow. It works very well on this ship design. I like the density of this ship, it looks heavy and very aggresive.

WELL DONE! 3bleadpencil

[nardfrog]

I saw your pewncil sketch earlier and i thought, hhm.. some anima style ship, and thats about it. I see your colored one and im like SHIT! This thing is fucking rad! Great work!
I would enjoy to see more of these things.

[R_M]

Missed it the first time around!

wonderfull color scheme! again I think you could improve it by adding some more surroundings.

[killing.people]

lightsources look confusing to me, but as for my opinion on the piece, of course, i like!

[Chromo48]

This thing really nasty, I love that wear and tear on the paint job.