Battletech Technical Readout Project Phoenix Retro Look

[@josepablolunasanchez1283]

This is where we see the great work of the new redesign style of the new sculpts.

[@sharlin648]

Some of the stuff in Phoenix was very hit or miss, mostly with a lot of misses, but they had to do the whole "I want a Marauder!" "We've got a Marauder at home!" thing, the configs at the end are neat even if some of them look terrible but i'd still say this was the 'good 'ol college try' at getting them in without getting them in.

[@GamingWithADHD]

I absolutely agree. I literally went in expecting to just dump hate on everything, but I think my flip through actually softened my opinion of them. There are absolutely some horrible results (I’m looking at you Marauder), but I think overall I may have been too harsh.

[@sep0319]

Oh for the love of god... why? (same reation to dark age).... This is torture... (yes I have a copy)... Lol. Nice video! (Also you are not alone in your opinion)

[@GamingWithADHD]

This was inspired by @saraphys5555. I mentioned all the Project Phoenix stuff I was encountering doing some other miniatures reviews, and he suggested the title. At that point I had to. It was fun to do. Thanks for watching!

[@sep0319]

@@GamingWithADHD Lol I have the Marauder and Variants of Marauder II - because marauder - they are still in pieces... I would really love to see the day when they have an Artist who also loves the material and lore as we do. Also prior to this I had the 3058 TRO (the behemoth on the front cover look awesome, the massive small laser on top...) and I was not a fan of the art there, till I got the project pheonix tro.

[@verysilentmouse]

I dont blame the artists I blame the art director. And no I only remember hate and suffering. Im judging you :p

[@TAVAAR7]

I was hyped for Project Phoenix, then served a dish of disappointment. The rifleman looks like its 80 tons, the thunderbolt looks like a 45-50. I also really don't like the warhammer and marauder/ii/iic, they should be new mechs. Battlemaster is pretty solid. The clan versions not really a fan of either. Being fair to any artist tasked with doing a face-lift on beloved designs and artwork is a tough job from the very beginning and its hard to pull it off in a way that fans like and distances itself from the originals legally while still paying homage to those designs all at the same time. I would guess that its rare when that actually happens so getting a few in the book that did it decently is probably about standard for what one could realistically expect.

[@weirdguy564]

Project Phoenix was mostly a miss for me. The artist did struggle with perspective, first of all. A lot of the designs don't feel mechanical enough. I think the guy was just throwing shapes at the problem. Most of the mechs look like they have bell bottom jeans. Also, I'm not a fan of the fact most of them have skinny upper arms and upper legs, pointy toes, or too many sideways facing toes on the left/right sides of the feet. Last, the heads sometimes don't look like cockpits. Many heads even look like Cobra Commander face shield.