Dark Duel's Shop-Fu and assorted artsy stuff

[Deathzealot]

Very nice. I actually like your version better than the canon ones. Going to fiddle with the GYAN Storm now?

[Dark Duel]

Very nice. I actually like your version better than the canon ones.

Thank you. I admit, the GELGOOG Menace(I really hate that name) as originally designed was a good starting point, but the head was just too "Zaku" for my taste and I wasn't fond of the shoulders. Fortunately, it was an easy enough fix.

Going to fiddle with the GYAN Storm now?

Maybe, but probably not. Setting aside the fact I stole the Gyan Storm's shoulders for my edited GELGOOG, there's just so much about the GYAN Storm that I don't like design-wise, I honestly don't know where I would even begin. Plus I've never been a big fan of the Gyan to begin with.

[Deathzealot]

Thank you. I admit, the GELGOOG Menace(I really hate that name) as originally designed was a good starting point, but the head was just too "Zaku" for my taste and I wasn't fond of the shoulders. Fortunately, it was an easy enough fix.

You are quite welcome, yes, while I am quite in the middle with this new GELGOOG design I do like some elements of it. Can I share it on a couple of Gundam forum threads I am part of? A few others were not much fans of the design either.

Maybe, but probably not. Setting aside the fact I stole the Gyan Storm's shoulders for my edited GELGOOG, there's just so much about the GYAN Storm that I don't like design-wise, I honestly don't know where I would even begin. Plus I've never been a big fan of the Gyan to begin with.

Darn, well you can always start at the beginning. Also I think it would be quite interesting for some mobile suit designs to share parts, especially as it looks like another similar arms limitation is in effect in some way. So having that ability to share parts with one another would be a boon. Just a thought.

[Dark Duel]

Can I share it on a couple of Gundam forum threads I am part of? A few others were not much fans of the design either.

Yeah, sure. And thanks for asking.

Also I think it would be quite interesting for some mobile suit designs to share parts, especially as it looks like another similar arms limitation is in effect in some way. So having that ability to share parts with one another would be a boon. Just a thought.

It's funny you should mention that, because a GELGOOG-based design is something I considered using in GSDA, and that's sort of how I imagined it in the sense that it's not so much an entirely new mobile suit as it is a variation of the DOM Trooper(which in GSDA, was designed primarily as a ground combat mobile suit. It can operate in space, but it's not as good in zero-G as it is on the ground). This GELGOOG would have been built from the same basic frame, and optimized for use in space - it's less heavily-armored, not quite so fast, but more maneuverable, and the majority of its internal parts are carried over from the DOM Trooper.
I intended for Heine to pilot this machine during the final battle, but I scrapped the idea because I couldn't come up with a design I liked that resembled the DOM Trooper enough and still appeared distinct enough.

[Deathzealot]

Yeah, sure. And thanks for asking.

You are quite welcome! I always try to ask if I am not sure about something, not that anyone will answer me on some of my older questions. Sigh. Anyways here is the link to the thread in question I posted on.

It's funny you should mention that, because a GELGOOG-based design is something I considered using in GSDA, and that's sort of how I imagined it in the sense that it's not so much an entirely new mobile suit as it is a variation of the DOM Trooper(which in GSDA, was designed primarily as a ground combat mobile suit. It can operate in space, but it's not as good in zero-G as it is on the ground). This GELGOOG would have been built from the same basic frame, and optimized for use in space - it's less heavily-armored, not quite so fast, but more maneuverable, and the majority of its internal parts are carried over from the DOM Trooper.
I intended for Heine to pilot this machine during the final battle, but I scrapped the idea because I couldn't come up with a design I liked that resembled the DOM Trooper enough and still appeared distinct enough.

Interesting. Yeah, that would have been quite a difference.

Still have you looked at the new stuff dropping from Urd-Hunt or the IBO MSV lately? I would love to see your own interpretation of some of that new stuff.