MARAUDER

A Battletech/Mechwarrior/Mechassault fan animation.
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Special thanks to
Founder - / @founder6087
TremZK
Dennis Arrel
My cat Greenbean who is forcing me to include him here despite contributing nothing and not even paying his fair share of rent.
Betty was portrayed using glados.c-net.org/
Music from Mechwarrior 3
Sound effects from Mechwarrior 2, 3, & 4.

[@markfreeman4727]

Madcat: "what's a warrior without any weapons?" Marauder: "A warrior still"

[@brayachdragonbane7529]

the greatest threat.

[@Knightlyfrog]

Solid Dinobot reference.

[@theloweffortchannel7211]

Contraction detected. A full Trinary stands ready to kick your ass.

[@joeszymanski3540]

​@@KnightlyfrogTook me a second lol. I was thinking wasn't there another last stand scenario where somebody said that?

[@mali5698]

Whenever I see the Marauder crest that hill and then go for the DFA, all I can hear is: "Hey Clanner!" "I DIDN'T HEAR NO BEEEEELLLLL!" Excellent work!

[@shadekerensky3691]

Lmao I thought the exact same thing. XD

[@willpierce5333]

Highlander(murader) burial

[@combativeThinker]

“Sir, you don’t have the firepower!” “I’ve got the mass.” Excellent work.

[@ZC.Andrew]

A man of culture I see :)

[@RepublicanGuardMan]

Im ready how about you

[@jaksilver3656]

"well, there's always the good ol' Death From Above!"

[@baxternieto833]

I have a dejavoo from halo reach

[@Voicfulcornet5]

How the guns moved to look at the malfunctioning lasers to signify the pilot in his neural helmet was a GREAT detail

[@Edmar_Fecler]

Anyone else imagine the classic “DIE, Clanner!” line as he self destructed?

[@mikecampos1193]

He died for house Steiner I hope someone comes back in an atlas and stomps those filthy knife pigeons.

[@RepublicanGuardMan]

Rip colonel chris hansen

[@bloodraven8020]

Always nice to see the mechs move like they have actual weight behind them. Bravo sir.

[@mr_ThreeEight_1776]

Now we just need the *S T E I N E R S C O U T L A N C E*

[@R4V3-0N]

Kinda mixed though. Feels slightly stiff and for from how they move in lore. But I feel paired with the sound effects it was trying to hit MW2 players nostalgia and it is neat seeing it in a modern animation. Even more so with Stackpole style explosion at the end.

[@LostInTheFarmersMarket]

@@R4V3-0N Wasn't their movement relative to pilot experience too? I mean the Marauder pilot was clearly a professional, the clanners a bit less so.

[@DIEGhostfish]

But too much weight can sorta negate the point of using them instead of tanks.

[@LostInTheFarmersMarket]

@@DIEGhostfish That is not how it works in the battletech universe.

[@primal9007]

The Marauder is by far one of the coolest mechs. That man is a hero.

[@cmndrwolf291]

Top Notch work. we must notify the legion of this heroic deed agaisnt filthy jade falcon clan.

[@stiltskino4009]

sad borb noises

[@alexanderleach3365]

Defending the helpless against the Clans, a true MechWarrior's credo in my books during the Clan Invasion.

[@TurnaboutAkamia]

GLaDOS (or a voice generator impersonating her, rather) cast as Bitchin' Betty? ... Y'know what, that makes sense.

[@willdavis3802]

Glados would have predicted doom when they fired up the engine to get the Marauder moving.

[@BIONICforge_Studios]

Colonel Hanson, I salute you.

[@RuFFSTuFF]

Typical Clanners respecting a strong opponent, up until it bites them in the ass like always. Awesome job, love these animations!

[@TimberWulfIsHere]

That's something freeborn scum would say

[@shadekerensky3691]

Lol Correction: Typical Glass Pidgeons aka "Jade Falcons" ;)

[@stiltskino4009]

Hey know....

[@mikecampos1193]

@@TimberWulfIsHere Comstar told you to get bent weirdo.

[@commanderwookiecopc806]

Fade Jalcon

[@ZC.Andrew]

75 ton mechs with jumpjets are always a terrifying thing to behold

[@Puschit1]

It was probably a Mrauder II which is heavier

[@Stein871]

@@Puschit1 it is, mad-3Rs don't have torso mounted weapons other than the AC-5 on top

[@brayachdragonbane7529]

@@Stein871 theres a LOT of marauder (series 1s) that have other weapons on their head... that wasnt a mad2... that was a 75t mad1 it had its bog stock PPCs lasers and autocannon

[@Stein871]

@@brayachdragonbane7529 bruh, it had torso lasers and jumpjets

[@FarseerAnimation]

@@Stein871 To clarify this is indeed a standard 75 ton Marauder, based on the Marauder-5M chassis with some slight modifications. I always imagine that due to the requirements of mission parameters or simply the attrition of technology in the Inner Sphere each 'mech would have some degree of alteration. In this case they basically stripped a little armor off to squeeze in a pair of CT/chin mounted small lasers.

[@starlightdragon2665]

That was impressive. I like how you captured the core of the Battletech strategies; like cockpit shots, melee (rarely shown in the newer games) and using self destruct as a weapon.

[@SentorisVR]

Mechwarrior 5 actually has melee now.

[@starlightdragon2665]

@@SentorisVR thats great to hear. Mechwarrior is boring without melee

[@Simplefng]

@@SentorisVR I love using my close combat hunchback. Try to counter light mech jukes and just beat them for salvage.

[@Razgriz_01]

@@starlightdragon2665 Upcoming DLC is focused on Melee based combat. If it has a hand, it can hold a melee weapon.

[@starlightdragon2665]

@@Razgriz_01 perfect

[@alluringming]

i wish we had more fan animations like this for battletech/mechwarrior.

[@Mechabang]

Give it time. You'll see more coming, simply over the spike of 40k fans

[@Manglet762]

Games Workshop has severely limited what 40K fans can create, so there's now waves of 40K fans coming over to Battletech and likely other brands, so we will likely see an upsurge in Fanimations.

[@xDanieL.A.F.x]

I like your style a lot. Reminds me of the good old days, shows like Reboot and Beast Wars.

[@Mak10z]

Send this to Tex!

[@RepublicanGuardMan]

Nice infantry models, also really like the desert camo mad cat and mad dog

[@evanderdaniel8443]

A heroic sacrifice :(

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

indeed!

[@RepublicanGuardMan]

Just like any other good ol mechwarrior intro, or atleast some of them

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

@@RepublicanGuardMan YES! :)

[@evanderdaniel8443]

@@RepublicanGuardMan my favorite has to be MechCommander and MechWarrior 3.

[@canderoussnurd4265]

That marauder pilot definitely had a big brass set on him. Bet he got an entire chapter dedicated to him in the remeberance. Not bad for a fed. *Salutes in 6M Warhammer

[@philips.5563]

This was really well done. It was nice hearing those vintage sounds, seeing my precious Raven, even as a redshirt, the contrast between Clan and Sphere tactics, you even made an Elemenal properly fast. Thanks.

[@crazytiger800]

The Steiner pilot was pretty skilled!

[@squizzlor]

Stellar work man. The battle grids, and planetary over shots... are amazingly done. But Ive just always been a fan of your neon wireframe skinning. Not sure if thats an easy effect or not. but it certainly is an visually pleasing effect, and application of it. Also see you have been really good, at looking over your scenes, and placing terrain in most scenes to remove the uncanny vally of animating on a flat surface. There was only one particularly glaring “set” in the whole animation. Over all glad to see you improving by leeps and bounds and not just feeling trapped making lore videos for a demanding public! Keep up the good work!

[@Shivaxi]

That was pretty pog

[@Domoneky]

Pirate's Moon?

[@primal9007]

Well if it isn't the man himself. What up Shivaxi?

[@captainarcher5205]

Pog like remf?

[@SmokingBeagles]

POG!!

[@Privateerblack]

That's the intelligent thing to do when you spot an Elemental. You make that little monster priority one to squash for the exact reason shown.

[@David_Fellner]

That was fantastic. And a perfect use of DFA! The tone of this video reminds me of D.C. Bruins' videos, in that it created character and personality through visuals alone, without any lines or dialogue. You do great work!

[@himmelpiratreanimeirt1813]

Afghanistan evacuation? The timing on this is interesting/incredible. Great video.

[@FarseerAnimation]

I wish I could say it was intentional but thank you!

[@Prich319]

Nah, this evacuation was successful.

[@sebastianrubin7476]

Got to give mad props, not just for the animation work, but the sound - better dynamism and feeling than more movies and animes I care to remember!

[@atticusthegamingllama8302]

I like how the Vulture kinda steps back in fear when he sees the Nova get BTFO'd

[@stefank3461]

Awesome job! That's Battletech as we played it in the '90s. We didn't have such good animations, it was only in our heads. We had many epic battles like this...

[@morggo8332]

She's been my favorite mech that got me into btech when I was in highschool back in the 80's. Got me into MWO, and to this day is my favorite. Thank you!

[@sarabihyena]

I've just discovered your animations and they are terrific fun, it's so cool seing this level of passion for the battletech universe.

[@nathanielmetcalf4139]

It's always a good day when one of these is released.

[@deleonfrancis60]

This is the battletech renaissance of fan animation,games workshop move aside.

[@francoistrichet1497]

The marauder my preferred mech just behind the warhammer 😊👍

[@Blablablabla57]

Its always nice to see a new video from you! The radar part with the upcoming smoke, these are the details I love. Great work :)

[@FiauraTheTankGirlGamer]

Glados as Bitchin Betty - Good Choice Marauder - Excellent Mech Inclusion of Melee, Energy, Ballistics, and DFA; the only thing missing is the use of missiles? - Nice touches Infantry desperately fighting despite being caught in the open - Yep that is battletech Jade Falcon as the clanners - OH, I like Icing on my Cake Too Elemental Pilot having absolute faith in his equipment and not fearing anything - Heh, I mean you can still die if you try hard enough Savagely beating more than half your enemies to death and using arm flip - Priceless.

[@VezleyVastion]

Very impressive and enjoyable to watch! :) I see a lot of MW2 inspiration and I believe I heard a MW4 gear sound when the mech speeds up - very nice!

[@hammer1349]

To quote Warhammer 40k "only in death does duty end"

[@nigeldepledge3790]

I don't think I've seen a marauder do a DfA attack before. In our Mechwarrior games, the cost of rebuilding the legs was just too damn high. But then, we had the marauder II. For a mech built with 3025 tech, it was pretty good.

[@barclaybower512]

Voice acting could use some work as the voices were hard to hear at points but apart from that great work and glad to see you improving.

[@emptank]

And now the thoughts running through the head of that poor mad dog pilot: Is that a museum piece coming at me? Frack! That's a museum piece with large lasers on it! Did that thing just punch me?!? All right here comes back up we got it now! Oh god he just shot it out of the air! Well I'm right fracked now aren't I?

[@dragoburnhard]

that was extremely well don.... i like the graphic's improvements and models used

[@weld4200]

That shadow cat is prolly the best I've seen animated

[@FarseerAnimation]

Glad you like it! It was my attempt to fuse the MW3 and MW4 versions. Seems like it worked!

[@weld4200]

@FarseerAnimation hey when u get the time can you maybe make a short video of the uziel ...please..ligit 🙏. I'd like to take some pics and 3d print it if I can .....I'm doing the same with your shadow cat ..frame by frame from the video I've scanned for as much detail as I can with the software I have ...3d printing will take around 31 hours for the shadow cat .... all credit given to you of course

[@FarseerAnimation]

@@weld4200 There’s a 3 year old Mechlab video on the Uziel actually! At the moment the computer I use for this is stuck in a boot loop and I don’t know when or if it will be operational again.

[@kylearthur6147]

beautiful work, not personally a fan of the marauder. But how can you not appreciate this amazing work?

[@h.a.9880]

This is so friggin cool! Gotta love the models, they look so adorable!

[@loganswalk8621]

“Only in death does duty ends.”

[@earnestbrown6524]

Marauder? I think you mean Glaug Officer's Battlepod. Khyron approves the battle tactics of the pilot. A good death.

[@89BlackGatomon]

Magnificent battle, a lot of heros give their life for others. But clan honor and order was needed for their success just as mutch the determination to fight to the last breath.

[@tacky4237]

i'd love to see more animations from the infantries perspective, to highlight the size of the Mechs.

[@maxbrandt6]

That was excellent!

[@UNSCrearadmiral]

Timber only let him live due to honor, still one hell of a last stand

[@kathilmechworks4895]

Can just Imagine damaged cresting that hill saying on an open com " Hey Clanner I'm not done with you yet". Processed to hit jump jets. Fantastic vid did well capturing the scale and weight. Can imagine Hanson broke that Elementals spine.

[@rookiemechwarrior]

Ah the marauder! My favorite mech!

[@redthree603]

This is awesome! Good work, Farseer!

[@Wrangler-fp4ei]

Nicely done. Very nice to see you making BattleTech / MechWarrior videos again!

[@geumsan7866]

Astonishing as always!

[@_Dogberry_]

Absolutely amazing. Loved it!

[@ChappyGrimdark]

Some of the Starcraft sound effects and music brings back great memories

[@infoscholar5221]

I've been watching your Star Wars content, but that led me to your Battletech stuff. I've been a BT player since 1985. So now I'm a subscriber.

[@CrankyOldGamer]

Loved it!

[@richardoconnor8715]

Awesome stuff.

[@spectre111]

I love your choice of sound effects for the weapons!

[@Fury9er]

Very good, great takes on the classic models, excellent use of sound effects and an exciting little story. Love it :D

[@memedealer171]

This is why I got notifications on 😌

[@19Crusader91]

Oh man you just gotta love those sounds from mechwarrior 3.

[@jambarry6782]

Love the art style, gives the mechs’ both weight and dexterity. Well done

[@g3heathen209]

Nice work!

[@michaelpfister1283]

So glad I found this! I love the combination of the classic designs, MW2 sound-effects and MW3 music. :-) Makes me feel like a kid again!

[@ELPMCFlashFrame]

bad ass. Not much else to say, just awesome.

[@eclipsedlunus6622]

I was wondering why the pilot didn't Death from Above at when his weapons were off and we cut away, and then they did later. Had me going there for a sec

[@LezzyMania_02]

2:17 Now that is one way to deal a Mad Dog. It's weakness is it's lack of Close Range Armament. The Marauder Pilot used his Armored Gauntlets to Pummel the Clan Mech into the Ground. Thats a Smart move.

[@jaromswenson7541]

Crash and burn, like a true robot jock

[@meltdonw14]

It’s here!

[@Wildcat144]

Always loved your animations! KEep up the good work!

[@Ice117]

Jade Falcon has always been too arrogant. Turning your back on an opponent - any opponent - is never wise.

[@Evolution_Kills]

Proper Inner Spere engagement range of point blank? Check. Emerald Parakeet pilot letting a crippled Marauder bumble-fuck a DFA right into their face? Also check.

[@NightmareNick90]

Epic. Damn fine work. Can't wait to see what comes next.

[@absilint1318]

4:40 this why everything needs jump jets

[@whitardesigns7572]

Cool! Love the robotic voice tonal variations, great production all around!

[@Lazyman310]

This was phenomenal, great job!

[@johnsmithjr.9321]

Every time I watch a new one of these I dream of a remastered, modernized Mech Warrior 2 game that could look and play like this with the slightly cartoony graphics but hard-hitting, lethal, and realistic combat. And VR capable.

[@vector4763]

Great video the audio was awesome as well!

[@mikewazowski1776]

love that elemental fighting a mech that could just as easily squash you 1 on 1

[@jonwooldridge3766]

I've watched this several times. Great stuff!

[@atlas5744]

That song from mechwarrior 3... Was incredible. Funny animation!

[@wisso3253]

Excellent animation! Loved it!

[@labrat810]

If the Battletech animated series was animated by Clone Wars fans. I aprove! The MW2 SFX mixed in w/ MW3 sounds made this pretty great, too.

[@williambeetge]

Great work! Looking forward to the next one!

[@lucassmith4524]

Well done. Loved it. Please make many more.

[@jameskallend4874]

just some wicked stuff. good job!

[@claytonhess5512]

The Marauder: 75 tons of "Fuck you, I'm fabulous!"

[@TMC_]

Great as always!

[@nerdfatha]

That was awesome! thank you for making this!

[@shadekerensky3691]

Lol Ahh yes, Jade Falcons, the guys who spout honor all day long in the club whilst drinking Fusionaires until an IS pilot actually matches them toe for toe then that "honor" goes out the cockpit hatch.

[@blondie5835]

I bet that vulture pilot was hyped as fuck when that marauder backwards shot the mech and destroyed it in one hit

[@megatronVS]

This reminds me so much of the cutscenes of old RTS games.

[@chaosbringer9007]

Top quality animation as always!

[@erichebert9753]

This is incredible, I cannot compliment you enough on this.