You know, if this was something in theaters, I would be unhappy, but it was a fan-made work, and I have to say it's well-done. Had a big-budget firm picked this up and put it in Hollywood, it would be worse than Dragonball: Evolution (yeah, I went there). So, bravo, guys. If a movie is ever done, it needs to be done by fans, not Hollywood big wigs.
Also @born2fly145, it was better than most of the crap coming out of SyFy, as far as the "original movies."
Clanners speaking with contractions? Never happenned! .............. No, seriously, awesome. It's just too bad we can't convince anyone to make a feature length movie.
@obliviousfafnir01 You forget the Wolf Hunters aren't clan anymore. Anastasia herself goes out of her way to adopt inner sphere language and mannerisms in order to make herself more than just a clanner.
I think the 3-D was overall good, not prefect but still good.
My only critism would have to be the acting. The IS actors were good (except for the opening battle report), but the clanners were not.
The clanners are normally very tense in battle. But they were all very laid back, like they just woke up. They wouldn't be sportting a 10 o'clock shadow either.
Summery, keep up the good 3-D, work on your acting and better research your roles. That's the main thing holding you guys back.
@PaintingPointman Wolf hunters are mercs with clanners in there ranks. Some of the ranking officers are clanners but most are just regular old mercs. 32nd century. allot has changed.
@PaintingPointman Most of the Clanners who use contradictions are freebirths, who use them mostly just to irritate the truborns, but even some older trueborn Warriors use contraditions; those in Solhama units
@VazzaPrime True, but some clans do not let freebirths hold rank above Star Captian, and others do not let them pass Mechwarrior. Khan Phelan Kell/Ward was an execption. Kerensky does not look like she is old enough to be Solhama, and she is a Galaxy Commander. Has the 32nd Centry changed so much?
@PaintingPointman Actually, it's quite rare for any freeborn to be promoted past the rank of Star Commander, unless they're deeds in combat have earned them that right for advancement. One such freebirth Warrior was Horse (aka Tyle)
It does, really, depend on the individual Clans though, where the former Clan Smoke Jaguars never allowed freebirths to become Warriors.
But consider this is a fan-made video, so there are a lot of thinks that go against the BattleTech code of conduct.
@PaintingPointman yes it has, The female is Anastasia Kernsky, from Arc-Royal, so she is a former wolf in exile. the year the video take place is 3160-70. Clan wolf has mass migrate tot he border between Steiner and Free world league...think of the Commonwealth finally be sandwich by both wolf. Clan smoke jaguar is not annihilated, but secretly revive by Master Paul. petty much the dark age is nothing but the new 5th succession war.
I would like to thank the students of the Dave School for a great effort in representing the Battletech Universe. After the earlier critiques, I just know they can make a Film Festival candidate video the next time. Great Job!!!
But in general there are just so many unpolished things in this from acting all the way though to it's graphics, effects and all sorts of things that just got me irritated. Only things that impress me in this video are the 3D models which mind you are not hard to make, the cockpit which like the 3D models again isn't hard to make and the graphical map display which too isn't hard to make in after effects either.
Some of the actors though, seriously... are just bad, I don't think they have ever done any training at all and are first timers, their body actions, tone of voice and disposition completely misses or doesn't even match with their lines. This is why in the industry they spend thousands of dollars hiring actors, acting is 50% of the method of eliminating disbelief and drawing in the audience.
I can see they went to a lot of effort to try and be cannon, this was in one of the Age of Destruction novels. However one should tell the actors that Wolf Hunters even though they are *not* clan wolf in any sense and are mercs, just like the wolves dragoons they are still clan wolf decent and are trueborn. And trueborns act and behave in a very strong and ambitious fashion as apposed to a audacious and elitist fashion, think Khan from Star Trek rather then Londo Mollari from Babylon 5.
The mechs, vehicles 3D models look way too clean, when texturing keep in mind the environment and the material, chipped paint etc even if it's stainless makes it more real. And there is a general lack of soft lighting shadows, shadows are *hard* to do realistically, especially when using soft lighting which is more realistic as apposed to ray-traced. Some scenes had perfect shadow contrasts but nasty inconsistencies during animation such as shadows just disappearing rather then shrinking.
The noticeable things I noticed that were inconsistent with this video, it's obvious they used a Blue screen, and there is *alot* of blue bleed on some of the actors, this is unfortunate and could of been avoided if they used a green-screen with better lighting set up.
I'm not a real fan of Dark Age because it feels too "rips off pretty much almost every Japanese giant robot anime series that isn't Neon Genesis or Gundam) in setting and "general" plot, I mean it feels like it's a rip off of everything else put into one but then placed in the Battletech Universe with some mech's from the 31st century. Just trust me on this, think about it and you would agree. It also happens to be a part of the Battletech Saga that is the least developed.
@gdiforeman In the novel "Call to Arm." she does piloted a modified Ryoko II with Jump jet pod, but switch to a new battlemech when she abandon the Steel Wolf to be a mercenary, Wolf Hunter. In the "Wolf Hunter" novel she switch to a medium, Mongrel, then switch to the Savage Wolf(4th generation timber wolf) which is shown on the video.
anyone asted time and money for learning to make this kind of movie ?
the computer game are 100time better without actors : i prefered 100time the gameplay of mechwarrior4 to the nice intro movie because actors or gamemakers never play the game and dont have see it when they make the movies as the programmers codders artist never play the game (im from too)
if you want see an antropoid useless to draw it :look you mother !
its so pityfull t see a battle in zoom only view and in a flat land the big warrior can go to melee battle without shooting more tha 1 or 2ammo and have bugs of walk in a full flat ground : this an insult for the gamers and more again for the real actual weapon where 2km is a minimal range for a vehicule
clan long rage missile is about 1400m i made model kits and played video game mechwarrior 2 3 4 5 ;daishi got a big gun with 800m range and evry thing was interesting about duality of design only between chicken and human walkers look : now i make (and released a video game (can be see on my channel) with 2 4 6 leged walking bots having this sort of ranges :a tabletop for realistic ranges infantry defeated heavy units with personnal nukes but the area of game was too much little by 3m * 4m
i dont fail becaus e i write about us real world ,us real canon and nuke and not about some stupid rules made for play monopoly or chess with robotic miniatures = and i know only 3 models of mech with 4 or 6 legs exist and the others are 2/3 of antropo design and 1/33 of chicken and some design was a start for my personnal work and study but are not a mathematical or less again the word of god as you are defending
your not talking about battletech or mechwarrior, so why are you even posting on this video anymore?
go away with your little gay game your ripped off battletech for so you can make a retarded rts. i watched your vids, and you only looked skin deep of what is battletech.
i crap on evry tabletop from evry retarded game and i just look for walker design evrywhere = you just a dice roller and dont need anything else that a cent to play face front for be happy = your gov send you in battlefield for avoid tio jail you on native ground
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i not a fan of any crapy rts or rpg but i tryed lot of computer or tzabletop and i writed myself games because i was hurt by the existing stupid rules published = you are fan and im creator : you are just defending the work that you stoled
its not a waste of time. this was made by students and for what it is, they did a great job. if you were a true fan you would appreciate it for what it is. not bomb it for no damn reason.
even though they based it off of the wiz kid age of gestruction and also based all the parts of the mechs on the parts of the figures. sure the acting is bad, really bad. but the graphics arent that bad.
i dont doubt you work for army and you will be raped by taliban with your 1960 m16 in the ass : your mind is so enought retard for obey to politic and die for them : thx to save the rich and stay a poor bitch if you survive after bombing wild childs with depleted uranium
the m16 is still top of the line in comparison to any other assault rifle. plus its about to be phased out by something completely ground breaking. i dont follow the politics of the usa because its corrupt. and no i wont die for my gov, but i would gladly die for the safety of my family and loved ones. oh im only 23 and on the fast track to becoming rich.
you use enriched uranium in bombs, you shoot people with depleted uranium
hey i think they did a great job consider no budget and done by students me and my son quite enjoyed it the story a little disjointed but still fun i hope to see more i do agree though that starting 3025 would be good or start with mercanary star it kinda explains a lot and starts real early in the saga of course im a wolf clan fan good job good luck hope to see more soon
I agree this could have looked way better but you all got to remember: it's made by students. I'm working on 3d modeling and animation in my free time and right now i'm not able to reproduce every "effect" seen in this video.
It's an amazing job those people did. Respect to all of them from me.
My bet is that at least some people who made this are really into battletech and i wish those who are have extended their skills and will work on "something even bigger" than that. *thumbs ub*
Often when it comes down to it at the end of the day, doesn't matter how good you are at 3D or After Effects or Final Cut. If your not good at art in general (understand the behavior of light, the colour table, etc) or have training in animation traditionally (claymation, cell-based etc) then your work will not look professional no matter how much time or effort is put into it. And by that it won't look realistic or look to follow a particular style.
So use the mechs designed by FASA for each of the 5 houses.Each house had its own primary mech design unique to each house.The BT universe is way bigger than the robotech universe.Have a movie for each of the five houses.Each movie can follow the ruling elite adventures from each house.The info is out there.
Interesting!Well make sure whoever does the movie ,reads the books and the game material.A suggestion?Start in 3025.Change the original mech designs.For example the cockpit on the warhammer can be moved to the middle of the mech.Streamline the design so it isnt so box looking.Most mechs are not robotech mechs.
Thats just one more reason I don't like the Dark Age...way too much messing around with the Clans.
That said, if you read the Twilight of the Clans novels, its pretty clear they are already a good way down the road to losing the original ethics instilled in them by the Kerenskys...so maybe becoming mercenaries isn't so far-fetched.
great special effects, but if anyone who ever played battle tech thinks that clan warriors would willingly become mercs...ahh you might want to reread the early novels...in other words seriously lousy story line....
I'm not entirely familiar with Clan pilots on the battlefield, but wouldn't they show panic if a battlemaster was ripping their gun and using it too impale them?
I think the clanner look down upon warrior who fear of dying ont he battle flied, they have a mentally that dying in battle is the greatest honor and dying of old age is the worst way of disgracing yourself...Lucky the Wolf Hunter are mercenary...so it is a mixture of inner sphere and loyal clanner who follow Anastasia Kerensky, even if it go against clan tradition.
Then you definitely don't know a true born clan pilot. They are the kind that Fight to win or die trying. And if they die trying then they do what ever is possible to take out as many others with them.
Not matter what anyone says about that red 'Mech, it is NOT an Atlas. It doesn't have the trademark skull nor does it even have the same weaponry and build of an Atlas. It's more a mutilated version of an Atlas.
Next time I hope people do a better job on making an Atlas LOOK like an actual Atlas!
They did not use the original that is made for the year before 3100. This new atlas is made after 3100 and was commission by the Republic of The Sphere for their Paladin. The model is base on the mechwarrior: Darkage, instead of the classic. The Republican Atlas appear to has a Rotary AC5 in the RA, LRM20 in RT, SRM6 and 2 Med Laser in LT and 2 Med Laser in LA. Most likely it has a C^3Master to help commutate with other forces...and targeting computer also.
That's why you need to ask professional actors to do the acting in your short films rather then do it yourself, usually they do it for free, amateurs have a tendency to either overact or underact.
Not a big fan of the post FASA look, wizkids took a lazy approach to the design in my opinion. and since when were Mechwarriors over weight. no offense meant to the actors but they were always shown as really fit like an F1 driver.
Wizkids didnt do this, they just blessed it. The movie was done by students (and they played all the roles). There was no budget, so recruiting actors was right out. Given it was done for free as a school project, it turned out ok.
yeah really lolz all the WK and microsoft MW4 model mechs are all pretty ugly for the most part haha......Mechcommander 1 and Mechwarrior 2 have all the awesome lookin mech designs
if your curious with the site, you can search it : users.anet . com/~cplkagen all the info you can get is there and its very very comprhensive and legit. :)
That minigun is the AC/20 of the Atlas AS7-D variant. The classic Atlas AS7-D mounts an AC/20 in its right torso but in the new design/upgrade it is a Rotary AC/20 and it is mounted on the left hand. for the sole purpose it retatins its reputation to be intimidating to its foes. That new autocannon works like an Ultra AC but instead of only a double burst in a single fire, it can do triple, quad, so on and so fourth.
hmm variants is another way of calling those model number of a certain mech. these variants in mechs started since it was released back in the 80's. there is a site or the only site left for classic battletech which has the tech readout of most if not all of the mechs (including design history) in the classic battletech universe from 2750 - 3066. its a fan site i guess and all of the info about the battletech universe are there, also it is from fasa studio. :)
Well, at this point Anastasia is acting quite mercenary. She's spent extended time with inner sphere inhabitants, and has even spent time incognito as a spheroid warrior. So it makes sense that she at least uses contractions.
this waht they made instead of a two hour official mechwarrior movie since it got cancelled =( i had heard about that they had some college students make a 5 min movie)
Mechwarrior Living Legends is the way forward...hopefully that game will give some movie studio the incentive to make a movie (preferably a trilogy involving Operation Bulldog and TFS).
I'm guessing the combat was so fast and frenetic because they had to fit the battle into a 5-minute movie.
I thought the "1-shot, 1-kill" stuff and some of the other moves were OTT, but they probably didn't have the time or budget to do more realistic battle scenes.
There were some knock downs but not too many "one shot kills". Keep in mind, the only modern main battle tank that can not be killed with one shot is the M-1 Abrams, perhaps the big Brit tank and the Israeli Merkeva also. All others can be taken out with one shot.
Shame they opted to work on a Dark Age scenario...I'm more a CBT fan myself.
My only real gripe is that the Republic mechs looked very plastic and toy-like...okay they're based on DA models, but even so...the Clan mechs looked much more realistic.
Still, overall it was pretty good to watch. Lets just hope the planned Robotech movie is a hit and paves the way for a full-on BT / MW movie.
In the game, no, but it is possible in a Battletech story. Like if that round manage to damage the missile tube, and the auto-load system. Where the warhead somehow is armed by the impact, which also force a reload to cause a explosion in the storage.
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not bad but i do have to say..... they fucked up the hole thing about the clans... just by how they talk.. they do not speak the starleague standard english..
the wolf hunter are a mercenary, they are once steel wolf, but they evolving into a new breed of wolf by Anastasia Kerensky. This kind of wolf following a new path set by her, which is un-clan like. So everyone can join her Wolf hunter, if they prove they have what it take to be wolves instead of a lone wolf.
Oh the battle take place around 3135, not 3055, so this is the Dark Age.
wat? the leaders name is kerenski? well the leeder of all the claners from the star leagues last name was kurenski maybe the girl is a daughter or something or did all the clans adopt that name....p.s the wolf hunters arnt one of the original 20 clans
No. Kerensky is a Clan Bloodname. Each Bloodname originates from the surnames of the warriors whom followed Alexander Kerensky into exile. Each Clan has a few Bloodnames, and these are given out to only 25 of their best trained warriors in Trials.
The Wolves fragmented into the Wolves-in-exile and the Wolves. Then the Wolves divided further into the Steel Wolves and Wolf Hunters. Yes, the Wolf Hunters are not original Clanners, but mercenary Clanners.
Was it her original Ryoken II, or her newer Timberwolf varient? it does not resemble a Ryoken II in any way.
And man, do the Wolf Hunters suck. For Clanners, they sure put up a lousy fight. A Timberwolf piloted by me should have killed off that Atlas long before his cannon does any serious damage, and it's just ONE rotary he's pattering me with from about 300-400m out... Should take thirty minutes to kill me with that popgun.
looks like her new madcat to me. I think the Atlas' RAC might be just a touch bigger than the old RAC 5 you meet in MW4 mercs and should come under the heading of "BFG" (Big ***off gun) but yeah, a stock Atlas sucks. I'd put my money on me in the Timby too, even an old school one like it appeareared to be.
He was firing in bursts of under one second? whats all this Crap about jamming, what idiot holds a trigger down for 5-6 seconds? you weapon will over heat long before it jams.
Definitely would go to the theater for a full length movie based on this
Deathseide 2 months ago
This was made by a class 4 years ago. Comparing to what we're capable of doing in 2011 isn't fair.
lolheysup 3 months ago
You know, if this was something in theaters, I would be unhappy, but it was a fan-made work, and I have to say it's well-done. Had a big-budget firm picked this up and put it in Hollywood, it would be worse than Dragonball: Evolution (yeah, I went there). So, bravo, guys. If a movie is ever done, it needs to be done by fans, not Hollywood big wigs.
Also @born2fly145, it was better than most of the crap coming out of SyFy, as far as the "original movies."
DeathKhan 3 months ago
Respect from a fellow mech fan
inquiry10 6 months ago
Not too bad. Better than most of the SciFi channel crap. Hehe.
born2fly145 6 months ago
Clanners speaking with contractions? Never happenned! .............. No, seriously, awesome. It's just too bad we can't convince anyone to make a feature length movie.
obliviousfafnir01 8 months ago
@obliviousfafnir01 You forget the Wolf Hunters aren't clan anymore. Anastasia herself goes out of her way to adopt inner sphere language and mannerisms in order to make herself more than just a clanner.
Maniac742 2 months ago
I want the chick that played kerenski or however you say it to be my girlfriend. Anyone on the side of jade falcon XD
0rangaStang 8 months ago
YAY bad acting XD
0rangaStang 8 months ago
Just let hollywood take over and let a big-shot movie director like Roland Emmerich take control of the film. Maybe then fans will be happy.
crazy4sian 11 months ago
Nice movie, despict some little animation error or sfx, i's really great for an amateur movie and more than that, a student project! Great Job!
ReiFukai 1 year ago 3
barely 240 pp?
it still looks awesome :D
jurassicparkboy 1 year ago
If only we could actually do melee attacks
in mechwarrior games...
I rly would like to cut some mechs down with that blade of the black knight
Lmaoz965 1 year ago
Grats on the work done. Personal opinions would suggest make it Classic Battletech, but the graphics were great!
JaySharp604 1 year ago
This was awesome! was there any more?
Would be an awesome series i think with a little refinement!
RaG0dofTheSun 1 year ago
WOW KICK ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
knight5846 1 year ago
I think the 3-D was overall good, not prefect but still good.
My only critism would have to be the acting. The IS actors were good (except for the opening battle report), but the clanners were not.
The clanners are normally very tense in battle. But they were all very laid back, like they just woke up. They wouldn't be sportting a 10 o'clock shadow either.
Summery, keep up the good 3-D, work on your acting and better research your roles. That's the main thing holding you guys back.
MrJdog82 1 year ago
@MrJdog82 not only that, but some times the clanners used contractions, they hate contractions. They view them as vulgar.
PaintingPointman 1 year ago
@PaintingPointman Wolf hunters are mercs with clanners in there ranks. Some of the ranking officers are clanners but most are just regular old mercs. 32nd century. allot has changed.
glw431 1 year ago
@PaintingPointman Most of the Clanners who use contradictions are freebirths, who use them mostly just to irritate the truborns, but even some older trueborn Warriors use contraditions; those in Solhama units
VazzaPrime 10 months ago
@VazzaPrime True, but some clans do not let freebirths hold rank above Star Captian, and others do not let them pass Mechwarrior. Khan Phelan Kell/Ward was an execption. Kerensky does not look like she is old enough to be Solhama, and she is a Galaxy Commander. Has the 32nd Centry changed so much?
PaintingPointman 10 months ago
@PaintingPointman Actually, it's quite rare for any freeborn to be promoted past the rank of Star Commander, unless they're deeds in combat have earned them that right for advancement. One such freebirth Warrior was Horse (aka Tyle)
It does, really, depend on the individual Clans though, where the former Clan Smoke Jaguars never allowed freebirths to become Warriors.
But consider this is a fan-made video, so there are a lot of thinks that go against the BattleTech code of conduct.
VazzaPrime 10 months ago
@PaintingPointman yes it has, The female is Anastasia Kernsky, from Arc-Royal, so she is a former wolf in exile. the year the video take place is 3160-70. Clan wolf has mass migrate tot he border between Steiner and Free world league...think of the Commonwealth finally be sandwich by both wolf. Clan smoke jaguar is not annihilated, but secretly revive by Master Paul. petty much the dark age is nothing but the new 5th succession war.
makotomizuhara01 6 months ago
I would like to thank the students of the Dave School for a great effort in representing the Battletech Universe. After the earlier critiques, I just know they can make a Film Festival candidate video the next time. Great Job!!!
alrossjr 1 year ago
But in general there are just so many unpolished things in this from acting all the way though to it's graphics, effects and all sorts of things that just got me irritated. Only things that impress me in this video are the 3D models which mind you are not hard to make, the cockpit which like the 3D models again isn't hard to make and the graphical map display which too isn't hard to make in after effects either.
MrSplademan 1 year ago
Some of the actors though, seriously... are just bad, I don't think they have ever done any training at all and are first timers, their body actions, tone of voice and disposition completely misses or doesn't even match with their lines. This is why in the industry they spend thousands of dollars hiring actors, acting is 50% of the method of eliminating disbelief and drawing in the audience.
MrSplademan 1 year ago
I can see they went to a lot of effort to try and be cannon, this was in one of the Age of Destruction novels. However one should tell the actors that Wolf Hunters even though they are *not* clan wolf in any sense and are mercs, just like the wolves dragoons they are still clan wolf decent and are trueborn. And trueborns act and behave in a very strong and ambitious fashion as apposed to a audacious and elitist fashion, think Khan from Star Trek rather then Londo Mollari from Babylon 5.
MrSplademan 1 year ago
The mechs, vehicles 3D models look way too clean, when texturing keep in mind the environment and the material, chipped paint etc even if it's stainless makes it more real. And there is a general lack of soft lighting shadows, shadows are *hard* to do realistically, especially when using soft lighting which is more realistic as apposed to ray-traced. Some scenes had perfect shadow contrasts but nasty inconsistencies during animation such as shadows just disappearing rather then shrinking.
MrSplademan 1 year ago
The noticeable things I noticed that were inconsistent with this video, it's obvious they used a Blue screen, and there is *alot* of blue bleed on some of the actors, this is unfortunate and could of been avoided if they used a green-screen with better lighting set up.
MrSplademan 1 year ago
Not bad. Good visuals, has the makings of a series I would like to see.
Your Clansmen, with the exception of Kerensky sounded mostly like freeborn so I think your dialogue could have used some more research.
I am not a fan of the Dark Age series or MechWarrior, but still this is not bad.
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MrSplademan 1 year ago
@WolverinStudio
I'm not a real fan of Dark Age because it feels too "rips off pretty much almost every Japanese giant robot anime series that isn't Neon Genesis or Gundam) in setting and "general" plot, I mean it feels like it's a rip off of everything else put into one but then placed in the Battletech Universe with some mech's from the 31st century. Just trust me on this, think about it and you would agree. It also happens to be a part of the Battletech Saga that is the least developed.
MrSplademan 1 year ago
3:58 - 3:59 Learn how to fucking edit!
nzgtownsend 1 year ago
The actor playing the part of Kerensky actually pulls off the part quite well.
frogjedi4 1 year ago
Now That is seriously great work. Dave's School hit's it out of the park again.
Tamalain 1 year ago
exelent job, it seems very accurate. but the only problem is that Anastasia Kerensky piolted a Ryoken II
gdiforeman 1 year ago
@gdiforeman In the novel "Call to Arm." she does piloted a modified Ryoko II with Jump jet pod, but switch to a new battlemech when she abandon the Steel Wolf to be a mercenary, Wolf Hunter. In the "Wolf Hunter" novel she switch to a medium, Mongrel, then switch to the Savage Wolf(4th generation timber wolf) which is shown on the video.
makotomizuhara01 1 year ago
gayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
clevername333 1 year ago
@clevername333 sorry... thats even gayer then gay... gay has nothing to do with that
Naenphus 1 year ago
@Naenphus, so we are in agreement then? excellent.
clevername333 1 year ago
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anyone asted time and money for learning to make this kind of movie ?
the computer game are 100time better without actors : i prefered 100time the gameplay of mechwarrior4 to the nice intro movie because actors or gamemakers never play the game and dont have see it when they make the movies as the programmers codders artist never play the game (im from too)
if you want see an antropoid useless to draw it :look you mother !
omnianti0 2 years ago
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its so pityfull t see a battle in zoom only view and in a flat land the big warrior can go to melee battle without shooting more tha 1 or 2ammo and have bugs of walk in a full flat ground : this an insult for the gamers and more again for the real actual weapon where 2km is a minimal range for a vehicule
omnianti0 2 years ago
clearnly you've never played mechwarrior or the battletech board games because no weapon has a 2 KM range. Not even a CGS (Clan Gauss Rifle)
cptultor 2 years ago
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clan long rage missile is about 1400m i made model kits and played video game mechwarrior 2 3 4 5 ;daishi got a big gun with 800m range and evry thing was interesting about duality of design only between chicken and human walkers look : now i make (and released a video game (can be see on my channel) with 2 4 6 leged walking bots having this sort of ranges :a tabletop for realistic ranges infantry defeated heavy units with personnal nukes but the area of game was too much little by 3m * 4m
omnianti0 2 years ago
@omnianti0
lol you mean the ultra autocannon?
ummmm, only up to 4 legs exist in mechwarrior and battletech. so your wrong and are watching stuff from other games.
infantry havent used nukes to take out mechs since the second succession war besides for the jihad, and they were used by infantry.
so you still kinda fail.
you dont get the sex ranges do you? each hex is supposed to be 100 meters. learn the game and read the rules
robspartan117 2 years ago
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i dont fail becaus e i write about us real world ,us real canon and nuke and not about some stupid rules made for play monopoly or chess with robotic miniatures = and i know only 3 models of mech with 4 or 6 legs exist and the others are 2/3 of antropo design and 1/33 of chicken and some design was a start for my personnal work and study but are not a mathematical or less again the word of god as you are defending
omnianti0 2 years ago
@omnianti0
what the fuck are you talking about then?
your not talking about battletech or mechwarrior, so why are you even posting on this video anymore?
go away with your little gay game your ripped off battletech for so you can make a retarded rts. i watched your vids, and you only looked skin deep of what is battletech.
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i crap on evry tabletop from evry retarded game and i just look for walker design evrywhere = you just a dice roller and dont need anything else that a cent to play face front for be happy = your gov send you in battlefield for avoid tio jail you on native ground
omnianti0 2 years ago
@omnianti0
your grammar is seriously slipping. its hard to make out this attempt of an insult.
you dont know much of anything about how life is in the usa do you?
robspartan117 2 years ago
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@omnianti0 Get the fuck out of my internet.
frogjedi4 1 year ago
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poor queer i write about a movie and dont care about your background deep ass
omnianti0 1 year ago
@omnianti0
a 2km range as a minimal?
what is that you smoke?
you do realize that every weapon made can be used to essentially shoot or hit point blank right? also the maximum ranges in battletech are 1 km.
you dont know what your talking about for ranges so STFU
robspartan117 2 years ago
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i not a fan of any crapy rts or rpg but i tryed lot of computer or tzabletop and i writed myself games because i was hurt by the existing stupid rules published = you are fan and im creator : you are just defending the work that you stoled
omnianti0 2 years ago
just be quiet troll :S
cptultor 2 years ago
@omnianti0
its not a waste of time. this was made by students and for what it is, they did a great job. if you were a true fan you would appreciate it for what it is. not bomb it for no damn reason.
even though they based it off of the wiz kid age of gestruction and also based all the parts of the mechs on the parts of the figures. sure the acting is bad, really bad. but the graphics arent that bad.
robspartan117 2 years ago
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its a waste of time to merge realistic weaponery design with fantasy data and maybe its fun to draw and write but only queers can be real fans
omnianti0 2 years ago
@omnianti0
fuck you ass hole, i work for the army, so i know what is real. and i take the games weaponry for what it is.
im no queer either, your trying to defend yourself vainly because you know your wrong
robspartan117 2 years ago 2
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i dont doubt you work for army and you will be raped by taliban with your 1960 m16 in the ass : your mind is so enought retard for obey to politic and die for them : thx to save the rich and stay a poor bitch if you survive after bombing wild childs with depleted uranium
omnianti0 2 years ago
@omnianti0
the m16 is still top of the line in comparison to any other assault rifle. plus its about to be phased out by something completely ground breaking. i dont follow the politics of the usa because its corrupt. and no i wont die for my gov, but i would gladly die for the safety of my family and loved ones. oh im only 23 and on the fast track to becoming rich.
you use enriched uranium in bombs, you shoot people with depleted uranium
you talk big, but your facts are still messed up
robspartan117 2 years ago
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the m16 is more old than your mother and less eficient
omnianti0 1 year ago
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no doubt you are sucking in showel at army
omnianti0 1 year ago
@omnianti0 shut up frenchy
robspartan117 1 year ago
@omnianti0 I don't think you were raised right. *Beats you with a sack of oranges and throws you in a closet.* There's day 1.
Lastman0nEarth 1 year ago
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ah! ohk! then you are alowed to eat your own crap
omnianti0 1 year ago
cool video. more pls :)
Zweistein001 2 years ago
All the actors look too young to play who they play. But nontheless it is a great no profit student project.
BlackHawk38 2 years ago
I love paladins Atlas...
gatshicenteri 2 years ago
very nice, keep up the good work.
aytothakay 2 years ago
hey i think they did a great job consider no budget and done by students me and my son quite enjoyed it the story a little disjointed but still fun i hope to see more i do agree though that starting 3025 would be good or start with mercanary star it kinda explains a lot and starts real early in the saga of course im a wolf clan fan good job good luck hope to see more soon
bizmister 2 years ago
I agree this could have looked way better but you all got to remember: it's made by students. I'm working on 3d modeling and animation in my free time and right now i'm not able to reproduce every "effect" seen in this video.
It's an amazing job those people did. Respect to all of them from me.
My bet is that at least some people who made this are really into battletech and i wish those who are have extended their skills and will work on "something even bigger" than that. *thumbs ub*
DroehnIng 2 years ago 21
@DroehnIng
Often when it comes down to it at the end of the day, doesn't matter how good you are at 3D or After Effects or Final Cut. If your not good at art in general (understand the behavior of light, the colour table, etc) or have training in animation traditionally (claymation, cell-based etc) then your work will not look professional no matter how much time or effort is put into it. And by that it won't look realistic or look to follow a particular style.
MrSplademan 1 year ago
@DroehnIng
uummmmm....... this isn't even animation, this is live action.......its good, but your wrong to think it's animated
nimbleeaton 3 months ago
nice video, but the explosions could be better and the acting too! :-)
hellkt 2 years ago
The acting is cheesy but thats what makes this video fun to watch lol..
Astatine222 2 years ago
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ManilaCoolCat 2 years ago
Not too bad... but the acting isn't something that would do it justice were it released in theaters.
Darkmarine40 2 years ago
So use the mechs designed by FASA for each of the 5 houses.Each house had its own primary mech design unique to each house.The BT universe is way bigger than the robotech universe.Have a movie for each of the five houses.Each movie can follow the ruling elite adventures from each house.The info is out there.
AkomoCombine 2 years ago
The info, yes, but not the money for production.
gribae 2 years ago
Interesting!Well make sure whoever does the movie ,reads the books and the game material.A suggestion?Start in 3025.Change the original mech designs.For example the cockpit on the warhammer can be moved to the middle of the mech.Streamline the design so it isnt so box looking.Most mechs are not robotech mechs.
AkomoCombine 2 years ago
@abntemplar82:
Thats just one more reason I don't like the Dark Age...way too much messing around with the Clans.
That said, if you read the Twilight of the Clans novels, its pretty clear they are already a good way down the road to losing the original ethics instilled in them by the Kerenskys...so maybe becoming mercenaries isn't so far-fetched.
Still don't like the post-Jihad era though...
saKhanSteele 2 years ago
I agree with Steele. While i'm glad to finally be hitting the Wobblies, it really has nothing on the succession war and clan invasion eras.
Timberwolf7585 2 years ago
good visuals, but the acting ruins this thing...I thought the original mech videos had questionable acting lol
kakabukkake0 2 years ago
I'm waiting to be impressed....
lrdofstrms 2 years ago
great special effects, but if anyone who ever played battle tech thinks that clan warriors would willingly become mercs...ahh you might want to reread the early novels...in other words seriously lousy story line....
abntemplar82 2 years ago
I'm not entirely familiar with Clan pilots on the battlefield, but wouldn't they show panic if a battlemaster was ripping their gun and using it too impale them?
BlackHawk38 2 years ago
I think the clanner look down upon warrior who fear of dying ont he battle flied, they have a mentally that dying in battle is the greatest honor and dying of old age is the worst way of disgracing yourself...Lucky the Wolf Hunter are mercenary...so it is a mixture of inner sphere and loyal clanner who follow Anastasia Kerensky, even if it go against clan tradition.
makotomizuhara01 2 years ago
Then you definitely don't know a true born clan pilot. They are the kind that Fight to win or die trying. And if they die trying then they do what ever is possible to take out as many others with them.
Hopfot 2 years ago
@ECsit: Maybe the acting wasnt that good....that´s been the best Part of Mechwarriorfilms i´ve ever seen.
And by the way.....it´s been produced by a Schoolclass....
What would be able if Hollywood get to Produce a real Mechwarrior Film?^^
I´d love to see that^^
Karhedron01 2 years ago
Not matter what anyone says about that red 'Mech, it is NOT an Atlas. It doesn't have the trademark skull nor does it even have the same weaponry and build of an Atlas. It's more a mutilated version of an Atlas.
Next time I hope people do a better job on making an Atlas LOOK like an actual Atlas!
gribae 2 years ago
They did not use the original that is made for the year before 3100. This new atlas is made after 3100 and was commission by the Republic of The Sphere for their Paladin. The model is base on the mechwarrior: Darkage, instead of the classic. The Republican Atlas appear to has a Rotary AC5 in the RA, LRM20 in RT, SRM6 and 2 Med Laser in LT and 2 Med Laser in LA. Most likely it has a C^3Master to help commutate with other forces...and targeting computer also.
makotomizuhara01 2 years ago
lol this acting was almost as bad as the live movies in MW4
ECSit 2 years ago
That's why you need to ask professional actors to do the acting in your short films rather then do it yourself, usually they do it for free, amateurs have a tendency to either overact or underact.
CmdrFoxDavion 2 years ago
the jihad may have made the clanners a wee bit sloppy eh?
curacaovexxor 2 years ago
I think the genetically engineered mechwarriors need to work out a bit more, and cut back on the french fries.
cthulhu770 2 years ago
and forget the clans. the houses rule.
*all hail Tai-Shu Katana Tormark*
Axex272 2 years ago
ya they really should. that would be awesome!
Axex272 2 years ago
They should make a movie.
Doddiman 2 years ago
Where can I get the original hi-res version of this? o.O
AngelOfIron 2 years ago
Not a big fan of the post FASA look, wizkids took a lazy approach to the design in my opinion. and since when were Mechwarriors over weight. no offense meant to the actors but they were always shown as really fit like an F1 driver.
Jebbis 2 years ago
Wizkids didnt do this, they just blessed it. The movie was done by students (and they played all the roles). There was no budget, so recruiting actors was right out. Given it was done for free as a school project, it turned out ok.
windncr 2 years ago
yeah really lolz all the WK and microsoft MW4 model mechs are all pretty ugly for the most part haha......Mechcommander 1 and Mechwarrior 2 have all the awesome lookin mech designs
CMDRFandragon 2 years ago
if your curious with the site, you can search it : users.anet . com/~cplkagen all the info you can get is there and its very very comprhensive and legit. :)
AS7Datlas 2 years ago
WTF did that atlas have a MINIGUN??
fwcrusade 2 years ago
No, that was definitely a large gun.
Skepperly 2 years ago
That minigun is the AC/20 of the Atlas AS7-D variant. The classic Atlas AS7-D mounts an AC/20 in its right torso but in the new design/upgrade it is a Rotary AC/20 and it is mounted on the left hand. for the sole purpose it retatins its reputation to be intimidating to its foes. That new autocannon works like an Ultra AC but instead of only a double burst in a single fire, it can do triple, quad, so on and so fourth.
AS7Datlas 2 years ago
when the hell did variants come into all of this? i just played all the comp games, when the mechs didn't need to look like the terminator.
fwcrusade 2 years ago
hmm variants is another way of calling those model number of a certain mech. these variants in mechs started since it was released back in the 80's. there is a site or the only site left for classic battletech which has the tech readout of most if not all of the mechs (including design history) in the classic battletech universe from 2750 - 3066. its a fan site i guess and all of the info about the battletech universe are there, also it is from fasa studio. :)
AS7Datlas 2 years ago
No. Mini guns are hand held gatline cannons for infintry, while a gun like the atlas's is a regular gatline like the one on a A-10 Thunderbolt.
c4167 2 years ago
did he not hold it in his hand...?
fwcrusade 2 years ago
That is Gatling, not gatline. Named for the man who invented it during the American Civil War.
travburg1 2 years ago
oh sorry i get confused esaly
c4167 2 years ago
God damn the Mad Cat MK IV is sexy. (the mech Anastasia Kerensky was driving)
SoullessOO1 2 years ago
sexy sexy sexy if that was my mech, on the side of it would have salior mecury from salior moon.
c4167 2 years ago
This deserves an Oscar
QuangBanG1990 2 years ago
anyone else reminded of the escape from hoth in empire strikes back?
moncerious 2 years ago
yes! when you think about it it does!
c4167 2 years ago
Clanners... Speaking... With contractions... Does not compute!
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QuangBanG1990 2 years ago
yea clanners do not talk like that....and clanners kick more ass than these inner sphere seriets do!
c4167 2 years ago
Well, Anastasia's men depart more from Clan customs than most others do. The Wolves in general were known for informality anyway.
DreamTraveller1 2 years ago
That's because Anastasius Focht wasn't from the Clans.
The Wolves were shit - no wonder Phelan Kell/Wolf broke them up and those who stayed almost succumbed to a Trial of Absorption by the Jade Falcons.
gribae 2 years ago
pretty good have to agree the acting is weak though.
uk318 2 years ago
yeah, put some emotion into the fact that IM HIT IM GONNA DIE!!!
the only on who seemed convinceing was kerensky, and the dude who rips of the enemy mech's gun and goes berserk.
theliberator1 2 years ago
awesome vid. cept everyone given speaking parts should of been slapped around a few times so they talked liked humans and not like robots.
ShadowdaleA 2 years ago
This ties with the mechwarrior 4 intro in my opinion.
Spirals95 2 years ago
i love the Paladins Atlas II.......and this is just freaking awesome.
firewarrior909 2 years ago
yea the red color and the robotic like schul.... it is aswome!!!!!!!
c4167 2 years ago
Very good video but what is up with the Clanners using contractions.
blueknight1st 2 years ago
Well, at this point Anastasia is acting quite mercenary. She's spent extended time with inner sphere inhabitants, and has even spent time incognito as a spheroid warrior. So it makes sense that she at least uses contractions.
Steinerman1 2 years ago
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ChaosPhilosophy 2 years ago
To bad its Short!!!
they need to make a Bigger movie man :P this one is just sweet to look at, even for a low buget movey this one still rocks
bierpull 2 years ago 2
this waht they made instead of a two hour official mechwarrior movie since it got cancelled =( i had heard about that they had some college students make a 5 min movie)
wand222 2 years ago
i heart about it............
its sad that they canncelled it.... do you know why?
They need more then 5 min to make ous happy ;)
bierpull 2 years ago
what were the mechs that were in the video?
Animelephant 2 years ago
Atlas, Jackalope, Madcat, Madcat mk.IV, Stormfox, Battlemaster. I have no earthly idea what's the thing the Battlemaster wasted...
DuncanDDante 2 years ago
New Dark age Design. Mangonel, primary weapons are a pair of gauss rifles.
Steinerman1 2 years ago 3
thanks guys
Animelephant 2 years ago
I believe the quad was a Barghast.
travburg1 2 years ago
Man, I never knew this was finished.
Ignoring the inexperienced actors and technical inaccuracies, this is an awesome video.
Griuqs 2 years ago 2
Mechwarrior Living Legends is the way forward...hopefully that game will give some movie studio the incentive to make a movie (preferably a trilogy involving Operation Bulldog and TFS).
Retrokiller 2 years ago
nice ideas, a great low budget video.
with good comes bad, weak dialogue and dialogue choices... "wolf hunters"....c'mon "wolves" and more concise chatter would have been better.
sound effects should have been pulled from Mechwarrior 3 then tweaked for subtlety, background music volume should have been cut in half.
I gave it 5 out of 5 stars it's a great alpha relase with as many good ideas as bad ones with alot of potential.
bloat3d 2 years ago 2
not sure if I misunderstood you. but there is a mercenary group called the "Wolf Hunters", led by a bloodnamed clan warrior. Anastasia Kerensky.
Steinerman1 2 years ago
Nice to see some Dark Age action!
kurita82 2 years ago 2
@BrennyBling:
I'm guessing the combat was so fast and frenetic because they had to fit the battle into a 5-minute movie.
I thought the "1-shot, 1-kill" stuff and some of the other moves were OTT, but they probably didn't have the time or budget to do more realistic battle scenes.
saKhanSteele 3 years ago
There were some knock downs but not too many "one shot kills". Keep in mind, the only modern main battle tank that can not be killed with one shot is the M-1 Abrams, perhaps the big Brit tank and the Israeli Merkeva also. All others can be taken out with one shot.
travburg1 2 years ago
Sorry, but all modern tank can be kill with one shot (by anti tank missile or by a A10 thunderbolt)
And the british Challenger II, the French Leclerc or the German Leopard II are powerful than M-1 Abrams
but M1 Abrams was developped in the 70's and was modernize after
The 3 European tank are developped in 90's
magoo1430 2 years ago
For a school project, that was pretty impressive.
Shame they opted to work on a Dark Age scenario...I'm more a CBT fan myself.
My only real gripe is that the Republic mechs looked very plastic and toy-like...okay they're based on DA models, but even so...the Clan mechs looked much more realistic.
Still, overall it was pretty good to watch. Lets just hope the planned Robotech movie is a hit and paves the way for a full-on BT / MW movie.
saKhanSteele 3 years ago 4
NICE!
bradlakey 3 years ago
haych pee gee. GOD its like nails on a chalkboard!!
crackie777 3 years ago
So awesome. It's nice to see a good BT short film finally made.
ChargerIIC 3 years ago
The Clanners are using Contractions, something the Clans practically abandoned since they left the Inner Sphere.
SulliMike241 3 years ago
Wolf hunters arnt clanners per se
AcesH1gh 3 years ago
But they were from Clan Wolf, so they shouldn't be using contractions.
SulliMike241 3 years ago
yea and now they are mercs the clans think mercs are scum. i dont know if you have read the new books but i recomend them and it explains it
AcesH1gh 3 years ago
awsome
GUNGE13 3 years ago
lol acting is all ur problems? funny... so everyone made a cockpit shot with a Gaus or Higher.... Ive neva seen ne1 be destoyed that quick
BrennyBling 3 years ago
In the game, no, but it is possible in a Battletech story. Like if that round manage to damage the missile tube, and the auto-load system. Where the warhead somehow is armed by the impact, which also force a reload to cause a explosion in the storage.
makotomizuhara01 3 years ago
Go Battlemaster!
VhenRaTheRaptor 3 years ago
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What.. the.. Fuck... I'm sorry but acting really low grade... Also what game is this?
LitttleD94 3 years ago
LitttleD94, the acting is really low grade, but it was made by some students, not a Hollywood studio. Cut them some slack.
jvidell 3 years ago 7
You're right. I apologize. I posted that while I was in a bad mood.
LitttleD94 3 years ago 2
Horrible Horrible acting
Cool video though, some of the animation could have been smoother
Im still waiting for the big hollywood mechwarrior movie, so many people would go see that
kakabukkake0 3 years ago
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not bad but i do have to say..... they fucked up the hole thing about the clans... just by how they talk.. they do not speak the starleague standard english..
happyhapka 3 years ago
the wolf hunter are a mercenary, they are once steel wolf, but they evolving into a new breed of wolf by Anastasia Kerensky. This kind of wolf following a new path set by her, which is un-clan like. So everyone can join her Wolf hunter, if they prove they have what it take to be wolves instead of a lone wolf.
Oh the battle take place around 3135, not 3055, so this is the Dark Age.
makotomizuhara01 3 years ago
cool...
ikfb661 3 years ago
why can't i see this vid at the dave's school website?
conorfus 3 years ago
movie, i want to see a movie, with all the mechs and shit!
conorfus 3 years ago
Great guys!
MianaLeo 3 years ago
wat? the leaders name is kerenski? well the leeder of all the claners from the star leagues last name was kurenski maybe the girl is a daughter or something or did all the clans adopt that name....p.s the wolf hunters arnt one of the original 20 clans
ljp167 3 years ago
No. Kerensky is a Clan Bloodname. Each Bloodname originates from the surnames of the warriors whom followed Alexander Kerensky into exile. Each Clan has a few Bloodnames, and these are given out to only 25 of their best trained warriors in Trials.
The Wolves fragmented into the Wolves-in-exile and the Wolves. Then the Wolves divided further into the Steel Wolves and Wolf Hunters. Yes, the Wolf Hunters are not original Clanners, but mercenary Clanners.
aegisghost 3 years ago
That BattleMech Anastasia was piloting...
Was it her original Ryoken II, or her newer Timberwolf varient? it does not resemble a Ryoken II in any way.
And man, do the Wolf Hunters suck. For Clanners, they sure put up a lousy fight. A Timberwolf piloted by me should have killed off that Atlas long before his cannon does any serious damage, and it's just ONE rotary he's pattering me with from about 300-400m out... Should take thirty minutes to kill me with that popgun.
aegisghost 3 years ago
looks like her new madcat to me. I think the Atlas' RAC might be just a touch bigger than the old RAC 5 you meet in MW4 mercs and should come under the heading of "BFG" (Big ***off gun) but yeah, a stock Atlas sucks. I'd put my money on me in the Timby too, even an old school one like it appeareared to be.
LBXdriver 3 years ago
Yeah. Even with a Clan Ultra RAC20, the damage would not be all too lethal to kill within 5-6 seconds. It would have jammed by then...
Found her BattleMech name. It's the Savage Wolf.
aegisghost 3 years ago
He was firing in bursts of under one second? whats all this Crap about jamming, what idiot holds a trigger down for 5-6 seconds? you weapon will over heat long before it jams.
Spoonifyourhorny 3 years ago
That Atlas there was firing his Rotary Autocannon for about 3-4 seconds. I hold my RAC triggers down for 5 seconds max.
In case you don't notice, 5-6 seconds is no problem for machineguns, but RACs use larger caliber ammunition, so the chances of a jam are higher.
Overheating is no problem: Even modern .50cals take a minute or more of continuous fire w/o reloading to overheat.
aegisghost 3 years ago
It's a Mad Cat/Timber Wolf, I believe the MK.4 version.
Taneru 3 years ago