Cougar Concept Sketch
Added 2019-06-20 06:31:26 +0000 UTCCougar anyone?
As vague as the recently posted kickstarter announcement looked compared to what ye patrons have seen so far, it clearly hinted at more than what I've shown here so far.
Henceforth, more mech designs are in progress, and I've got quite a list!
The Cougar has always been a cool looking mech, just with an underwhelming miniature. The Matt Plog TRO lineart looks nice, and several videogame renditions hold merit too. As such I've just taken all those elements and mixed them together with very little new invented, seeking that refined aesthetic.
Lower legs and ankles are probably the biggest change.
Comments
Fantastic work Mr. Scroggins, I love the cougar since it was literally the first Battlemech I ever laid eyes on (cover of Mechassault for the origional xbox) and this rendition really does it justice.
2019-07-15 18:35:58 +0000 UTCSomeone will have to do that when they're physically released. Production leads to minor scale changes, so just comparing 3D files isn't perfect.
Anthony Scroggins
2019-06-23 20:17:08 +0000 UTCFantastic design! I already have the IWM recent release primed and ready to paint but I would love to have this one too! Can you do a size comparison between the IWM one and this one? Thanks!
Andrew McKenna
2019-06-23 02:30:42 +0000 UTCFantastic. Love the slight upsizing to the LL barrels over most versions that had those odd "whippy" barrels. This is actually pretty much perfect!
Benjamin Myers (Bishop Steiner)
2019-06-20 17:49:19 +0000 UTCNice! And it is also a mech I'm rather fond of.
Tyler Erickson
2019-06-20 16:41:21 +0000 UTCThis KS will be many BT fans biggest single purchases I think. Start saving.
Anthony Scroggins
2019-06-20 16:37:06 +0000 UTCThere will definitely be stretch goals, being a fairly standard KS thing.
Anthony Scroggins
2019-06-20 16:36:27 +0000 UTCStart saving now, we're gonna put RTT to shame.
Anthony Scroggins
2019-06-20 16:35:39 +0000 UTCI feel bad for Matt Cross haha, getting his sculpt usurped so quickly.
Anthony Scroggins
2019-06-20 16:34:54 +0000 UTCNot sure how many sculpts this has had, but what you see here is newer than the recent IWM one. Kind of a shame for them timing wise.
Anthony Scroggins
2019-06-20 16:33:43 +0000 UTCNo idea on delivery times, but the last round of box sets made it through physical production pretty fast. Problem is they're selling so fast we can't keep them on shelves.
Anthony Scroggins
2019-06-20 16:32:46 +0000 UTCAdder and Cougar have always looked like they can take a beating.
Anthony Scroggins
2019-06-20 16:31:54 +0000 UTCUh ih uh ah ah....om gonna beee sooo broke
Jakob Fredensborg
2019-06-20 16:14:51 +0000 UTCAwesome! Can you comment on if we'll get any stretch goals that may contain mechs on said list even if they don't have renders yet?
Paul Mabbott
2019-06-20 15:37:52 +0000 UTCThis kickstarter is going to eat all of the money I don't even have in the first place. Because this is just so beautiful...
Raymond White
2019-06-20 15:19:43 +0000 UTCLove it! My exposure to the Cougar came from the video games -- the cockpit setup always made me think of an aircraft (not a bad thing!), and your rendition of the 'Mech is awesome! It has a quality of armed menace, makes me think of a Russian helicopter gunship. Very Cool!
Brian Sausley
2019-06-20 14:34:02 +0000 UTCOddly enough, this is one of my favorite Clan mechs. Nice to see it get some love!
Dexion (Shawn)
2019-06-20 14:11:12 +0000 UTCAwesome! I recall that IWM recently (about a year or two ago) released a resculpted Cougar as well by Matthew Cross(?) and this looks to be an awesome partner to it! Easily one of my favorite mechs!
2019-06-20 14:03:57 +0000 UTCOh my I love it! Dirty Jade Falcon mech though it is, this is a lovely rendition!
2019-06-20 13:00:32 +0000 UTCIt looks excellent! Very much a "tweaking" of the original to align it a bit more with MW4. Is this the basis for the existing resculpt from IWM, or is there to be a *third* resculpt coming?
Robert Schuster
2019-06-20 12:18:25 +0000 UTCAlways loved the Cougar from playing Mech Commander, but the mini has always let it down on TT - This looks like it will buck that trend!
Stewart Spencer
2019-06-20 09:57:15 +0000 UTCSuperb, you've done a brilliant job on this Mech, just like you have all the others...excellent skills!!!
Danny
2019-06-20 07:50:36 +0000 UTCOh my god, I love it! May I, Sir, throw money at you right now. The Cougar has always been one of my favorites, but yeah, previous miniatures were underwhelming. Looking at this, I love every single bit of it. Now, given all these awesome designs you have been posting recently, and Catalyst's announcement of a Kickstarter on 17 July, I am wondering... if the Kickstarter is sucessful, how long do you reckon will it take until we find these in store?
2019-06-20 07:28:32 +0000 UTCI like it. It's not that different, as you wrote, nur looks more "fragile" and more like a light mech. And i'm really looking forward to the mechs in the new list.
Henning Boessler
2019-06-20 07:07:12 +0000 UTCMagnificent! And yeah the lower legs and feet are the biggest change. You've kept the almost fighter esque cockpit nose section and sleeker, more angular hull. The Cougar's always been one of my faves.
Steven Cross
2019-06-20 07:02:18 +0000 UTCThat's nice. You've succeeded in combining all the best bits of the various iterations, it's much less gangly than the original miniature.
Andrew Dickinson
2019-06-20 06:41:10 +0000 UTC
