Firestorm by TomPeters

Lightwave • Science Fiction • posted on May 15, 2008

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Description

I spent years in the art department of FASA Interactive/ Virtual World, working on Battletech games-from the Battletech simulator pods to MechCommander and MechAssault. Consequently, I got really sick of 'Mechs. But recently, I was going through some advertising art I did for Virtual World when they brought out "Firestorm" at the Dave and Buster's arcades, and thought this one kind of stood out. This is mostly Lightwave, with some touch up in Photoshop. Yeah, I know, Vultures don't have jump jets. I just thought they looked cool. Thanks for taking a look!

Comments (20)

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Jaml

12:14PM | Thu, 15 May 2008

Great!!!!

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Geophree

12:16PM | Thu, 15 May 2008

Outstanding!!!!!

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J5ive

12:49PM | Thu, 15 May 2008

Looks Killer!!

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DarkStormCrow

2:27PM | Thu, 15 May 2008

Excellent mech image, very well done...

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woz2002

2:43PM | Thu, 15 May 2008

Fascinating POV & camera position.....exciting poses. Wonder what they are shooting at!? A Full size Full on battle would be cool to see :)

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elfguy

6:42PM | Thu, 15 May 2008

Nice work!

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markon

1:28AM | Fri, 16 May 2008

Great BattleMech image, yep a vulture with jumpjets would be cool

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ShawnDriscoll

3:38AM | Fri, 16 May 2008

I still have my Red Planet Velocity=Victory tie clip from the old Hazard Center Virtual World simulator arcade back in 1994.

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deci6el

6:52AM | Fri, 16 May 2008

cool looking smoke and pyro

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zhaanman

8:52AM | Fri, 16 May 2008

Oh man this is just sweet!! I love how the light shimmers off of the surface of the craft and the blurred look depicts action very well as is the flame effect perfectly done!!

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Azatoth

12:09PM | Fri, 16 May 2008

Well they're Omni mechs no? :)

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Robert0921

7:58AM | Sat, 17 May 2008

A good mech tech could refit a vulture with just about anything. Disposable jump pods would be something to get out of a bad situation in a hurry. Probably only fitted in a cityfight though. :) Excellent little image. Takes me back to the miniature game. I have hundreds of mechs in mothballs somewhere in my house. I really miss that game.

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ragouc

8:16AM | Tue, 20 May 2008

Great work....

bluehermit

5:14PM | Thu, 22 May 2008

Firestorm certainly does stand out. Jump jets too, not seen very often. Excellent.

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Void Of Logic

10:42PM | Mon, 26 May 2008

Death from above! heheh, ahh i miss the FASTA games and such. Id hate to be the tech that repaired it after a hard landing though. Course a full set of Lrm's flying at the opponents from above would be worth the trouble. Hey isnt that a Mad Cat in the background? I love those mechs too. Good render, lots of detail on the mesh. Are the flames Photoshop or HV's? Just asking. Lloyd

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TomPeters

5:06AM | Tue, 27 May 2008

Thanks for all the great comments! Lloyd, The jump jet flames are volumetric lights, and, yes that is a MadCat back there.

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