MatiusX
Spazmatism
Loki said:
- All entries must include artwork of some kind. This could mean anything from super-fancy hand drawn art to MS Paint-level scribbles.
Ask, and you shall recieve
I love mashing random things together until they make sense, so let's talk about the features and the inspirations for them. First we have the aforementioned TV head, a symbol of status in the decades prior, it soon became increasingly widespread. Almost 90% of American families owned a TV by 1970. This one is green, because I love the aesthetic of the Fallout terminals. Fallout takes place in the 60s, r-right?
Moving on, we have one of those fancy wall computers. Large, flat, bulky, with lots of buttons. Perfect fit for a chest piece. Due to their mysterious nature, they were also a perfect fit for spy films. The earlier James Bond movies come to mind. What do those buttons do? What do the dials show? Why the random circular display? We may never find out. But they do look cool as hell.
Next, I used tape rolls for the shoulder pads. Ye computers of olde used magnetic tape for data storage, so it fits with the overall theme of the chest. They cover the shoulder area well, perhaps a bit too well, giving the entire suit a very top-heavy feel, something very common across futurist designs of the era. Besides, shoulders generally rotate. So do tape recorders. So do a lot of other things, really, but none of them look cooler than tape recorders.
Now, the arms. The arms... I'll admit, i didn't exactly have an idea for those. But a segmented design held together by 1 (one) bolt, topped off with claw hands is not only period-appropriate, it's also something you generally can't go wrong with.
And finally, the legs. Shamelessly stolen from my chair, and equally shamelessly
As a bonus, I did a quick doodle of how it could look like in-game.
Just a simple one with no details and barely any colors to give you the general idea.
And don't even think about thinking this is how it will actually look. It's a fact that Re-Logic can and often does perform miracles when it comes to sprites... If it makes it in that is.
...So, that's it. My very own, personal submission. I would like to take this moment to wish you all good luck. Cheers.
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