pinto4402 Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 (edited) Hellow Battletech fans, Here's a pic of a Warhammer from Classic Battletech. For additional photos, please click on signature or link below. http://www.brickmechs.com Forgot to add image Edited June 7, 2011 by KielDaMan deeplinked photo Quote
zero1312 Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 Well done.... Even if the legs are a statue from the waist down. Quote
XimenaPaulina Posted June 7, 2011 Posted June 7, 2011 Great-looking battlemech! The overall bulky and muscular look effectively makes this an intimidating force to reckon with. BTW, I deeplinked the photo so that members could see a better preview for the rest of the pics. Quote
pinto4402 Posted June 7, 2011 Author Posted June 7, 2011 Great-looking battlemech! The overall bulky and muscular look effectively makes this an intimidating force to reckon with. BTW, I deeplinked the photo so that members could see a better preview for the rest of the pics. Thank you. Quote
BasOne Posted June 7, 2011 Posted June 7, 2011 (edited) That looks a lot like the Robotech Excalibur.... Are they related? I do know Robotech 'borrowed' a lot from other series, de Robotech Veritech fighters are a 1 on 1 copy of the '80's Autobot Transformer Jetfire (or is it the other way around..... ). Looks great anyhow, as do your other mechs Edited June 7, 2011 by BasOne Quote
pinto4402 Posted June 7, 2011 Author Posted June 7, 2011 That looks a lot like the Robotech Excalibur.... Are they related? I do know Robotech 'borrowed' a lot from other series, de Robotech Veritech fighters are a 1 on 1 copy of the '80's Autobot Transformer Jetfire (or is it the other way around..... ). Looks great anyhow, as do your other mechs Haha. They are "related" because I believe both were drawn by the same artist. Battletech used the image, but just changed the name. The company was sued for copyright infringment and can no longer use the image of the "Warhammer" in any of its games, books, etc. They created an inhouse version of the Warhammer and called it an upgrade, but to this day, there are still legal problems associated with the original Warhammer design (as well as other mech designs). I read somewhere this is the reason why Mechwarrior 5 was cancelled. In the future, I will post other variants of the Warhammer, so stay tuned... Quote
Blackknight112 Posted June 7, 2011 Posted June 7, 2011 Really nice mech. I really like it even when it has not many joints to pose it. Good job Quote
Warhorse47 Posted July 24, 2011 Posted July 24, 2011 (edited) Great job on one of the classic "unseen" mechs. BTW, I'm Corsiar with the Battletech Demo teams. Edited July 25, 2011 by Warhorse47 Quote
Mythos Posted July 24, 2011 Posted July 24, 2011 According to my husband Battletech ripped off some of their designs from the original Robotech series, also the jet fire toy (the cartoon jetfire looked nothing like the toy)was also a rip off the Robotech veritech fighter. The Robotech licensing was owned by Kevin Siembieda (gaming and art franchise)and Harmony Gold USA, Inc./Tatsunoka production com,.ltd. Quote
Hoboman Posted July 24, 2011 Posted July 24, 2011 According to my husband Battletech ripped off some of their designs from the original Robotech series, also the jet fire toy (the cartoon jetfire looked nothing like the toy)was also a rip off the Robotech veritech fighter. The Robotech licensing was owned by Kevin Siembieda (gaming and art franchise)and Harmony Gold USA, Inc./Tatsunoka production com,.ltd. That is not quite the story. The complete story is out there but for the lawsuit you speak of, see Harmony Gold U.S.A. and Playmates Toys v. FASA Corporation and Virtual World Entertainment, 95 2972 (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division 1996-06-12). But back on topic: I think you did a good job in creating this mech. Looks good. Quote
Mythos Posted July 24, 2011 Posted July 24, 2011 That is not quite the story. The complete story is out there but for the lawsuit you speak of, see Harmony Gold U.S.A. and Playmates Toys v. FASA Corporation and Virtual World Entertainment, 95 2972 (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division 1996-06-12). But back on topic: I think you did a good job in creating this mech. Looks good. Yeah he Said Kevin owned the gaming copyrights published thru Palladium books and playmates had the rights to the Robotech toyline, also didn't Harmony gold and playmates lose that fight? and yes the OP's mech is a good rendition of a WarHammer/Excalibur. Quote
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