Grasshopper Concept Sketch

While I personally think that Missile Launchers should NEVER be on the head its a great design! Its great to see al the wonderful work you been able to get from Catalyst.

William Janak

It's good.....and I love the Grasshopper, but something seems a bit off in the face, and yeah, I think the torso needs to be a bit longer, Anthony. The Grasshopper has always had a long torso.

Joshua Bressel

Feels a tad uninspired to me. Maybe that's just the other designs all being so good, but this one feels a bit more of a generic "building block" design.

Aaron Stevens

Super blend between the MWO/HBS one (which still freaks me out everytime I see on emerge) and the original model. The original brings the grasshopper, but the MWO brings the death robot aspect

Jakob Fredensborg

Really looking forward to painting this one up some day!

Raymond White

I have to say it often, but I don't reference MWO. I look at MWO to make sure I'm not doing what it does, and yes it's version of the hopper particularly on the back had a lot of small objects added. The resistance packs that it came in is when Alex hit full stride on methods for adding extra details for better or worse. My main reference is actually Bishop haha. If you take scale into account, this rendition is less detailed than many of the other mechs in our redesign set so far.

Anthony Scroggins

The head is much more reminiscent of an actual grasshopper. I dig it. It's a nice fusion of the original artwork and MWO. Nice.

It would be a huge departure from the standard LRM design on the old grasshopper, but I think it would be interesting to see a version with it across the top of the head. 2 tubes above each eye and one in the middle maybe?

You know what, this is actually a real improvement over the original.

Tyler Erickson

On this one I would suggest pumping the breaks. I can see the CGL influence, which is amazing but, I am seeing heavy MWO influence. Now this may look a bit different as a mini but we are entering building block territory. A few less armor panels would probably go a long way to clean the look up.

Andrew McKenna

Loving the shoulders on it! Very GM from Gundam. ^_^

Jordan G Roberts

Way less goofy than the original, not as aggressive as the CCG, but more modern and "technically clean" (sorry im out of words on this). I guess this will fit nicely in line with the other new mechs.

Swen Decker

The head really works for me; the rounded half-face on a boxy mech was always interesting. I wouldn’t mind if you were bolder with the rest of the design. The torso’s distinctive v-shape feels truncated here, and the legs and shoulders play it really safe.

Carlos Sempere

I like it!

I think my biggest thing is that I want the LRM to be more integrated with the head (could be an angle thing) or moved forward a bit. I feel like it should be almost to the point of blocking line of sight.

Not 100% sure I am a fan of the head. Reminds me a LOT of the Hatchetman head minus the tail.

Paul Mabbott

not bad. the one thing I would point to is a feature of the grasshopper I always kind of preferred in the alternative art. have the laser barrels on the inside of the forearms instead of under-slung or mounted on the forearms themselves. not enough mechs with hand actuators do that trick.

James Bixby

Very Nice, really looking forward to the Comstar mech redesigns!

Robert Moore

Dig it! I realize this is a sketch but I wonder what sort of pose you'll give it. In most artwork iterations the Grasshopper had this sort of hunched posture (maybe to be less of a target due to its height?) so it'll be interesting to see what you do with it. Also, I can't decide if I like the head split between LRM-5 and cockpit (like the MWO version) or have the launcher sort of attached to the side, either way, great work!

BFenix

I want a whole company of these, and then I will descend on my enemies with a plague of Grasshoppers.

Well done. Light Mechs beware. :)

Mitchell Berthelson

I've honestly always liked the Grasshopper (I think it's one of the original mech minis that really doesn't seem dated at all, even today), but I also think MWO did a great job preserving its iconic look... you sort of split the difference but added your own touches by slimming down the width and bulking up the depth, which also works. I appreciate that you've basically kept the head and underslung arm guns the same—those are the most iconic parts of the mech, IMO. Otherwise, it's a neat, new take on the design that doesn't really sell it to me more than the original, but also doesn't make me wonder what on earth is going on. Great job, I think.

Robert Schuster

Overall (as with all of your designs) I love it! At first blush, the head looks pretty goofy - granted it has always looked goofy in every design, so its not unusual. The windows don't exactly make sense to me (in this or the TRO3025) from a "how does this work" perspective, but its only seeing it in the t-pose, seeing a 3d model could change my opinion. The only version of the mech that has something that is (in my opinion) a marked improvement over your version is the MWO ankles/feet. The extra joint/angle of the feet gave it a more gangly appearance, and it made it look unique. I think giving it an extra joint and a more "insectile" foot would distinguish it a little more from the pack, while still keeping the distinctive head.

Agreed, one of my favorite long time performers on the battlefield.

Dan Hegarty

As a life long lover of the Grasshopper, I love this. Much better than the MWO version which I was kind of meh on. This feels beefier, like a high intensity brawler should.

Sororitas Cupid

It would be interesting to see this scaled against other bipeds (maybe WHM, BL-KNT, etc.) to judge the differences in proportion. Alone, it seems a bit less slender than I would expect.

Joe M Emmert

Thanks for explaining about the t-pose. I have been wondering. The I believe would be a tough mech to redesign. Love the old school version ie 3025.

Patrick D

Definitely intentional on those two points. My guess is the original had that super long torso to match a real grasshopper, but I switched it to long legs for actual movement instead. Sinking the head and chest plate down also contributes. As for general bulkiness, welcome to the whole redesign effort haha. Some areas needed shape contrast, but there's not much to slim here, so it goes outward. It'll be a lanky skinny mech still among its peers.

Anthony Scroggins

Looks good for far...only thing for is the rather small/compressed torso and the rather bulky armour. Might be have to do with the perspective...otherwise it´s pretty cool to have this one reworked.

Henning Boessler

This is just a "T-Pose" design sketch. In 3D/miniature it'll have that, as most of our humanoid mechs do. Flat feet, no perspective, squared up limbs, etc, really speed up the sketch process.

Anthony Scroggins

The Legacy machine! Looking forward to seeing this in plastic

Looks good, the head is what makes the mech.

Good job, by and large. I've always pictured the 'hopper with the arms slightly angled out from the torso though, not quite so vertical.

Andrew Dickinson