Smoking mirror
Ships Captain
O.k. I have my own reasons for sugesting this, (partly to con people in to helping me with a possible expansion of my futuristic space scenario) 
But who would be interested in a futuristic mech design competition?
We could have judges and categories, and some ground rules, we may even be able to rustle up a prize. The best bit however would be seeing how different unit designers go about designing thier creations. If its fun and successful, we could also follow it up with other competitions, such as WWII vehicles or leaderheads.
I'm just throwing this idea in to the air and seeing how it comes down. Who would be up for making a award winning unit with some conditions? It would be an exelent chance to realy make something special. Teams would be welcome (someone making the model and someone else animating it etc..).
A few points;
The model should be original, not just grabbed from a TV show or game, though it could be "in the style of" somthing. perhaps it would be fun if they were all fictional mechs from mechwarrior or star seige. This would help set up a tech system and some history for the design. Personaly i prefer the battletech/mechwarrior universe.
It wouldn't have to be a human-shaped-walking mech, tanks or aerospace fighters would also be welcome.
extra points could be gained for originality of design and armament, if six people make heavy mechs armed with laser hands while one person makes a light mech with jetpacks, the light mech will get extra points.
all entries should have civ colours, even if they represent pirates or partisan units.
A scoring system would have to be established, perhaps a mix of poll voting and judges. Each entry could have its own thread, with a poll (with a timeout), so people could vote on the unit as it develops and even make sugestions. It would also help people to make more original choices and encourage a spirit of competition.
to give you some ideas heres my possible entry, a compact light close assault mech with heavy twin machine guns and shoulder mounted SRMs. so far its just the model, skins would come later and some changes may occur;
But who would be interested in a futuristic mech design competition?We could have judges and categories, and some ground rules, we may even be able to rustle up a prize. The best bit however would be seeing how different unit designers go about designing thier creations. If its fun and successful, we could also follow it up with other competitions, such as WWII vehicles or leaderheads.
I'm just throwing this idea in to the air and seeing how it comes down. Who would be up for making a award winning unit with some conditions? It would be an exelent chance to realy make something special. Teams would be welcome (someone making the model and someone else animating it etc..).
A few points;
The model should be original, not just grabbed from a TV show or game, though it could be "in the style of" somthing. perhaps it would be fun if they were all fictional mechs from mechwarrior or star seige. This would help set up a tech system and some history for the design. Personaly i prefer the battletech/mechwarrior universe.
It wouldn't have to be a human-shaped-walking mech, tanks or aerospace fighters would also be welcome.
extra points could be gained for originality of design and armament, if six people make heavy mechs armed with laser hands while one person makes a light mech with jetpacks, the light mech will get extra points.
all entries should have civ colours, even if they represent pirates or partisan units.
A scoring system would have to be established, perhaps a mix of poll voting and judges. Each entry could have its own thread, with a poll (with a timeout), so people could vote on the unit as it develops and even make sugestions. It would also help people to make more original choices and encourage a spirit of competition.
to give you some ideas heres my possible entry, a compact light close assault mech with heavy twin machine guns and shoulder mounted SRMs. so far its just the model, skins would come later and some changes may occur;
). I would like to see how would this kind of competition turn out (every submitter starts trashing others work... 
