Steampunk Myths and Legends Entry: Even Mehl Amundsen

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Hi folks! I am all new to this place, so be nice, or be harsh, i need the crits. So my myth is Achilles, or that part of the Illiad. I am doing the battle between Achilles and Hector, where the latter is slain, except this being the same setting in steampunk times, so instead of being mere fierce warriors, these are also engineers and pilots of their own battle bots!

I know they seem a bit cheesy, and I am WHAHAHAHAHAY behind, but I thought I had 20 days, not 4, so I will just have to pull at least one all nighter;)

So yeah, tell me what you think!

All the best!

-E

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

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So here is the concepts for the battle bots. On the left is the Hector, a faster, more lightly armoured walker bot, equiped with a heavy machine gun, or "Hell canon" if you will, as well as preasure driven chain sword, mostly for fending of other walkers. Most effective on infantry, can hold of other walkers in a tight spot.

The Achilles MK II. is a whole other class of walker, made for the purpouse of taking down enemy armor or walkers. The heavy "Lion roar" assault cannon is able to put most enemy mechs in a pinch and along with it's piston aided slicing blade, it is a formidable presence on the battlefield!

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

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Hey folks, here is the layout for the image, worked pretty much, up, now I need to work all the good stuff in^^

-E

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

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Here is another progress shot:) gotta keep pushing:)

-E

[walrus]

Those are some really lovely character/robot designs! The palette you're working with is really nice too. However, why did you choose to go with a landscape instead of a portrait composition? You're not doing anything with the landscape, you've placed everything of importance into the center and left the sides empty. I would suggest rethinking the space you're using and how you're filling it out: You could move things to the side, shoot for a more asymmetrical composition, maybe... or you could crop it tighter and turn what you have now into a portrait (saving you the time of rendering an environment that, frankly, you didn't leave yourself enough time for.) Good luck!

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

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Cropped the composition and detailed it more. Gonna do the rest tomorrow and then it will be done:)

-E

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

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The Fall of Hector

The story you are about to hear is a segement of Odysseus' "The Illiad".

Many were the Heroes that fought and died in this conflict, but these pages may only hold the names of the greatest.

Among the invading forces were Agamemnon and his brother Menelaos, both generals of vast armies of men. There was Ajax the Greater, the strongest of all the heroes, both on greek and trojan side, and Ajax the Lesser, a man whose lack of stature did not stop him from being a fierce fighter. There was Odysseus, Grand Marshall of Ithica, and the greatest Hero of them all, Achilles.

In the Trojan line stood champions such as the ballistic master Paris, whose artillery was unmatched on the battlefield. There was Memnon, the leader of the Trojan infantry, and Aeneas, who was the greatest fighter among the Trojan, only bested by Hector.

Heroes of these times were not only made heroes by their deeds, but also by their armour and weapons. Those who went into the thick of the fight would usually have their engineers build them great mechanical walkers, rising above the fray, and as such singeling each other out for battle. No two sets of armour were alike, all were made to fit the needs of their pilot, the heroes themselves.

We enter the story after the invading forces of the United Greek Confederation had taken the shores of the Trojan homeland.

As the war went on, and weeks became months, months became years, the oposing forces fought back and forth for the control of the great sky port of Troy. The control of the shoreline, however, ment that the Greeks could control whatever trading was to be done over the Egeean air space, and so the Trojans would make their attacks again and again, drive the intruders from their lands.

During one especially fierce attack, where Achilles, the foremost hero of the greek forces, refused to parttake, his lieutenant, Patrocles, stole his armour and went to battle in his stead to try and save the greek forces from defeat. Young and foolish as he was, he rushed straight for Hector, demanding him to fight and thus rushing to his doom. Hector, thinking his opponent was the greatest warrior in the enemy force did not hold back, and even though Patrocles was known as a fair fighter, he stood no chance against the Grand Champion of Troy. He was killed as a round from Hector's cannon pierced a weak spot in the cockpit armour and killed him.

Learning of the death of his most beloved lieutenant, Achilles had his men bring the armour and Petrcles' body back to the camp. The armour was rebuilt stronger and better by the master craftsman Hephaestus, and his league of engieneers, and Patrocles was burned, as was tradition, and then, Achilles went to have his vengance.

The next time the two great forces met, Achilles, maddened by his loss, drove his forces into the heart of the Trojan line, causing it to break and flee back to the safety of their walls, yet Hector, in his battlesuit, remained outside, ready to fight Achilles. Wether he did this for honour or for he was arogant is hard to say, but an
intense fight ensued between the two. After the balance of the fight had shifted a multitude of times, Achilles finaly brought Hectors suit to the ground with a shot that severed one of the main preasure distributors, causing a chain reactions of overloads.

The image is set just before Achilles delivers the killing blow to his moral enemy, bringing about the doom of Troy and himself.

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Even Mehl Amundsen

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