Concept artist looking for ideas

[duncanlambert]

Right, basically im a pretty sound artist but recently i havent had much ideas for artwork, but fallout has me a little overwhelmed for ideas. But if there are any modders out there who need someone to draw some armour designs or guns, gimme a shout with some ideas and i should be able to come up with something fairly original.

[SpeedyB64]

I am planning to make a large magnetically propelled projectile launcher the H.A.V.I.C. (high acceleration velocity impact cannon) I haven't designed it yet. It will use the minigun as a template (will use it's animations) Instead of lots of small barrels it will have one large one that spins-up then launches the projectile (big, explosive? burning as it flies?), thats all I got so far. I'm hoping that when people see a supermutant with this thing they go like "holly $h!t I'm dead!". A weapon like this might be fun to draw. :)

[duncanlambert]

hmm, interesting idea, but if you intend to use the minigun template, you seem to pretty much know what you want it to look like.

 

what exactly do you want me to do if you already got an idea in mind?

[SpeedyB64]

At the moment we can't make animations so that is why I need the minigun (any weapon could be used really). Other than the reload, fire animations and where the weapon is held anything can be changed completely. All I really have planned for the weapon is that it is big and fires big things. Until someone figures out how to create animations we are stuck with the ones in-game. (the animation is difficult because they are not in the weapon model they are in the player character animations). Anyway the only limitation is that it has to be based on the animations of an existing gun.

[DDigit]

I want more turrets and defense structures (like junk forts and towers).

 

Turrets are treated like any other monster. (cept they dont move much, so easy animating!!)

 

A double mini-gun or rocket launcher (or single gattling laser) turret should definately be available. Also for town defense, maybe a primitive fat-man catapult built from scrap. It would reload slowly and be fairly inaccurate but would be just the "artillery support" that would add extra shine to raids. Both megaton and rivet city have some excellent elevated position to put these things (a good use for the decks on the outside? Turrets? Modern looking ones that may have theoretically been salvaged from one of the carriers' destroyer escorts? Or just make them look scrappy and home-made junk style?).

 

Also for the raiding parties moving around, a brahmin(good guys) or enslaved super-mutant (bad guys) pulling some piece of artillery o tutrret mounted on a junk cart. You might make them just automated instead of ride-able/useable. Even if you make them rideable you'll have to convince the AI to get in. Then when someone is in you could just make it automated again.

 

You may be thinking, town defeses, raiding parties, what, why??? Check out my living wastelands mod idea (Link). I've decided to develop it myself. Any help is ofcourse greatly appreciated.

 

 

By the way, the Double minigun was in the original overseer seat and Vault city turrets, and IMHO those were a great indication of the brute violence, viciousness and dangers of wasteland life as well as a source for some brilliant dark and cynical humor.

[duncanlambert]

now thats more of an interesting idea, i can sort of visualize sort of Orky encampments from Warhammer 40k! Ill do some sketches and post em at a later date.

 

Any other ideas from anyone?

[CitizenFurin]

I am not sure if this is the right place to post but my idea would be:

 

A makeshift crossbow (not sure about the components, maybe a rake as body), that fires makeshift bolts, made of a plunger and a fork. Similar to the dart gun but bigger, two handed with some sort of repeater mechanism.

 

Remember the first "Buffy" move, when Buffy made an anti vampire weapon by putting a silver butter knife on top of a stick (was it a broom, I can't really remember, been a while), something like that...

[PrideAssassin]

Squirrells and iguanas to explain the menus...

[duncanlambert]

I am not sure if this is the right place to post but my idea would be:

 

A makeshift crossbow (not sure about the components, maybe a rake as body), that fires makeshift bolts, made of a plunger and a fork. Similar to the dart gun but bigger, two handed with some sort of repeater mechanism.

 

Remember the first "Buffy" move, when Buffy made an anti vampire weapon by putting a silver butter knife on top of a stick (was it a broom, I can't really remember, been a while), something like that...

 

That would be a fairly good option. Never seen Buffy the movie admittedly but i can see what your driving at. Maybe a crossbow that fires rail spikes? Doesnt the fatman pretty much fire everything that fits in its chamber? I never used one for anything but firing mini nukes, but i was told it can fire all sorts of poo.

 

 

Squirrells and iguanas to explain the menus...

 

 

you want me to draw what now?

[Meh2100]

Doesnt the fatman pretty much fire everything that fits in its chamber? I never used one for anything but firing mini nukes, but i was told it can fire all sorts of poo.

 

I think you are thinking of the Rock-It launcher.