Draco Starcloud's Franken-Gundams: Now With New Site!

Draco Starcloud · Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:26 am

I don't often say this about any mech let alone one I've done, but dadgummit this is one sexy suit!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/ ... eaegis.gif

Turinu · Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:44 am

Draco Starcloud wrote:I don't often say this about any mech let alone one I've done, but dadgummit this is one sexy suit!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/ ... eaegis.gif

The only complaints I have about the suit are the legs. They just don't seem to look right with that design.

Aside from that... yes, that is one sexy suit

Ascension · Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:52 pm

If I were in the mood to complain I'd point out that the body of the gun in the left hand appears to meet its grip at a pretty severe angle...

But I am too in awe of the average awesome greatness of all Frankens graced by your hand to complain about anything...

Draco Starcloud · Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:50 pm

Ascension wrote:If I were in the mood to complain I'd point out that the body of the gun in the left hand appears to meet its grip at a pretty severe angle...

Then perhaps I should just have it being stored on the left hip instead of being handheld.

Meh. I'll handle that later.

Draco Starcloud · Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:34 pm

Dive Raider: prototype mass-production transformable fire support mobile suit.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/ ... review.jpg

Needs coloring and I'm not sure if I'm going to give it a rifle or not.

mcred23 · Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:47 pm

I like it, partiuclarly the head taken from the good ol' 109M5.

I think it would look good with a rifle, but it would really depend on what the rifle looked like.

BTW, what colors were you planning on using?

Draco Starcloud · Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:13 pm

Rifle: I'd prefer to use an OMNI Beam Rifle, but that limits me to rifles from Strike Gundam, Aegis, and Duel (I don't have 105 Dagger's machinegun or I'd love to use that). I'm considering Ebirhu-S's Beam Spray Gun, Gengaozo's Beam Rifle, and a variety of Beam Rifles from various Gundam X MS.

Colors: I was thinking AEUG Gundam Mk. II colors.

I was also thinking of making a version with missile launchers in place of the Gatling Guns I have on it currently.

Wingnut · Sun Jul 09, 2006 7:48 pm

Draco Starcloud wrote:I was also thinking of making a version with missile launchers in place of the Gatling Guns I have on it currently.

That's probably a good idea on a tranformable MS due to how things bend and fold. Missles would be easier to tuck away and/or deploy from either configuration than gattling cannons.

Draco Starcloud · Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:14 pm

Wingnut wrote:
Draco Starcloud wrote:I was also thinking of making a version with missile launchers in place of the Gatling Guns I have on it currently.
That's probably a good idea on a tranformable MS due to how things bend and fold. Missles would be easier to tuck away and/or deploy from either configuration than gattling cannons.

The guns are currently being deployed in the same way the Raider uses its claws, so storage isn't as big an issue.

tofu-speed · Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:18 pm

Fraking nice frankens Draco well done. I especially liked the m-2 and 3 and the calamity dagger. Those were pretty nice. The prototype raider was also pretty interesting and looks very busy but it make jsut be that its not colored yet but gj all the same.

Draco Starcloud · Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:19 am

Colored Dive Raider, equipped with Gatling Guns. I still haven't decided on a handheld weapon, though I have colored a Dive Raider with a pair of torpedo launchers in place of the Gatling Guns for anti-submarine combat. That version will wait until the final picture to appear though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/ ... eview2.jpg

I'm narrowing down rifle possibilities, but I wouldn't mind listening to a suggestion or two.

Destroy Gundam · Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:34 am

The 105 Dagger's MG is the same as the Raider FS's MG.
For beam rifle, these might work:

Balient
Hyaku Shiki
Gundam Double X
Gundam Airmaster
Rasveht
Crouda

If someone had any lineart for it,
Octape

Ascension · Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:11 pm

Since it's DIVE Raider, is this suit supposed to be atmospheric, amphibious, both, or what?

Draco Starcloud · Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:24 pm

The Rasveyt and the Crouda were two rifles I'd been considering.

Ascension wrote:Since it's DIVE Raider, is this suit supposed to be atmospheric, amphibious, both, or what?

Dive in this case refers to dive bombing, not diving underwater. OMNI has the Deep line (consisting of one suit) for their MP aquatic needs. I couldn't think of any better D-words that have to do with flying.

Destroy Gundam · Thu Jul 13, 2006 2:57 am

What about Jet? That's what they call the flight-pack equipped Daggers, Dagger L and Windams.

Draco Starcloud · Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:50 am

Destroy Gundam wrote:What about Jet? That's what they call the flight-pack equipped Daggers, Dagger L and Windams.

The problems with Jet are that it doesn't start with D and IIRC jets don't work in space.

Ryujin · Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:08 am

Dart, Drift, Dove, Dyna, Delta, Draken, Dawn, Dash, Raider Dragonfly...

Draco Starcloud · Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:30 am

I like Draken and Dyna, though Dash is good too. Dove makes it sound like some kind of peace-nik, Dragonfly is too long IMO, and the rest I feel have questionable connections to flight.

Draco Starcloud · Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:00 am

Final (as of now) Dive Raider (though it may be getting a name change to Drake Raider).

Changes from the last version: there's blue on the head now, it has a Beam Rifle (Crouda style), the torpedo launcher-equipped version is there too.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/ ... raider.gif

Bezerker · Sun Jul 16, 2006 10:56 pm

I like it, love the name change also Drake sounds tougher then Dive