Thread 23293970

Bow, peasants.

>>23293970 (OP)
Just glanced at the thumbnail out of the corner of my eye and thought that was Dunbine for a second ;-;

>>23293970 (OP)
This guys so cool

This ugly thing already has a thread you didn't need to make another one.
>>23263665

>>23293971
Lol it does, the "bug wings" really help give it an Aura Battler silhouette.

>>23293985
What the fuck.

>>23293970 (OP)
MY FUCKING HERO

>>23293970 (OP)
I didn't expect to like the fucking Braw Bro of all things so much

>>23293970 (OP)
I gotta say, having the main body docked to the back and spread out like wings looks way better than the dumptruck ass that it has in the show

>>23293970 (OP)
the more you post it the more I fall in Love with it.

>>23293970 (OP)
>cone head
This is just The-O but skinny and purple.

>>23294664
and SEX

>>23294668
Gay sex thanks to Challia.

I want Okawara to draw this.

>>23294670
Balls Deep in that Char bussy

>>23294674
he doesn't really do transforming robots

>>23293970 (OP)
Hello king

>>23294677
>jobs to amuro in just minutes
The only thing he's deep in is the grave.

>>23298596
Just imagine how many of these officers are actually dead by the hands of our main man

>>23298560
Z'Gok is here too.

>>23293970 (OP)
imagine if the show had designs this good lmao

>>23298606
Bro, fuckin all of them. The man got to the point that he was just idly blasting musai cruisers apart because he happened to fly by them on the way to somewhere else.

>>23298639
These are some old ass amphibious suits in 0085 tho

>>23299225
necessity is the mother of invention
without that driving force you get some rando mashing a bunch of instruments going on about big eyed beings from venus

>>23299230
>necessity is the mother of invention
This is like the whole theme of the show.

>>23299225
Remember, Zeon is broke. Same reason why they still use a Pegasus-class.

Maybe because they keep spending all their cash on doomsday wunderwaffen

>>23293970 (OP)
welcome back vagan gear

>>23293970 (OP)
Why is this design controversial again?

>>23301141
I think people were more annoyed by it's appearance being associated with Challia spoiling the fun of the episode. The actual MS form hasn't really done anything at this point.

>>23301141
because uh.. it's not uhh practical and uh it looks kinda silly yeah

>>23301141
Doesn't doesn't fit UC's design sensibilities. Same with the three main gundams (and Psyco Gundam)

>>23301141
The OP fanart has the MA mode onbehind its upper body instead of behind its ass like in the show.

>>23301141
it ain't that controversial, it's just the newest thing to complain about. this kinda shit isn't even new

>>23301170
People didn't even react badly to the shots in the show, it was when the concept art/model sheet turned out that people complained.

>>23301170
The cope of the inarticulate

>>23301141
Oddly complicated transformation for... no real conceivable tactical advantage other than carrying stuff (no hands though!).
The limbs don't really offer range of motion in the context of this machine since each limb just leads into a free moving wire guided cannon anyways. AMBAC would do very little because 80% of it's mass and all of it's thrusters are in it's ass. And now it's above average profile is even bigger.
It doesn't have usable feet, and doesn't seem to gain melee unless it's cool with smashing it's cannons up in both instances.

>>23301141
It's lame

>>23301311
If it jut shed the middle portion like a 'shell' and the four thrusters were its only backpack, it wouldn't look that bad.

>>23301325
It should wear the shell as shoulderpads and leg armor, it would like like the O if you leave the thrusters as a back skirt

They literally had the perfect set-up to make this shit happen and instead they went with funny stickbug.
I'm not even sure they plan on making the bipedal form fight, I have my suspicions the script dictated for Challia to catch Machu so they made do.

>>23301189
>theoretically this can surpass the speed of light
Come on, I know sci fi writers can't into science but this is kindergarten level shit

>>23301311
it could have been cool if it had a more involved transformation
I really have no idea what the logic behind this was, could they just not make it work any other way? was it a skill issue?

>>23301352
GATTAI SHIMASU!

>>23302615
>a more involved transformation
You people are never happy.

>>23301311
All it needs is to move the hand cannons to the shoulders and a pair of regular or beamy finger hands added. More dexterity to give it a reason to transform, plus a nod to it's namesake.

>>23305024
it just manifests a stick bug from a slit. its the laziest shit possible

bump

THE REAL KING OF /m/

>>23312963
your king is dead

>>23293970 (OP)
if only it looked like that in the show lmao

>>23293970 (OP)
a shame his show is shit

>>23301144
>The actual MS form hasn't really done anything at this point.
>psycho gundam
>gqqux
?

>>23318276
>?
Right back at you.
It destroyed Psycho, Hambrabi and disabled GQuuuuuux while in MA form. It only went MS mode to catch GQuuuuuux. I'm not even certain the MS form is intended for combat.

>>23293970 (OP)
you guys realize that we haven't actually seen the full transformation, right? We've only seen kikeroga halfway transformed.

>Stage 1
>inner frame unfolds from the two orthogonal bisecting gaps in the Braw Bro armor; braw-bro's wired funnels become the hands and feet
>(this is what we saw a few episodes ago when he grabbed the GQX).

>Stage2
> Braw-Bro opens up and "swallows" the Kikeroga, wrapping its armor around the Kikeroga's inner frame

Think about it: The Braw-Bro in UC is significantly larger than the Braw-Bro in GQX. GQX's Braw-Bro is small enough that it could conceivably be made into an HG; UC Braw Bro is huge and would never be an HG. (Destroy, Psycho, Dendobrium, etc. are more of a special case that only got turned into gunpla decades later; they'd never do something like that for a new MA when they don't already know if it's going to be popular).

But despite this, no Braw-Bro HG has been announced. It could be an HG. They've changed the design from UC to make it small enough to get an HG. But they haven't announced an HG. So why would they give so much screentime to Braw-Bro if they aren't going to make an HG? The obvious answer is that they are going to make an HG but they haven't announced it yet. Why would they wait to announce this kit when Gelgoog, Gyan, Rick-Dom, etc all get announced immediately after their episodes air? The only answer to that is that we haven't actually seen Braw-Bro/Kikeroga's true form onscreen yet.

>>23318450
I agree it's hiding something but the MA portion just half way swallowing the MS sounds more like a gerwalk/in-between form than a third form.

Originally the Braw-Bro is designed with an escape module in mind. Kikeroga was planned to be a large MS in 0079. Gqx just took both ideas and ran with them.

>>23318481
that's a pretty cool fucking toy

>>23317506
>>23312963
A false king.

>>23325574
I hope this fight shuts the nonbelievers up. The extra limbs are clearly used for AMBAC. Also for firing at an angle without deploying the wires

>>23325576
>Also for firing at an angle without deploying the wires
I mean couldn't it do that without deploying the body either?

He won

>>23325576
AMBAC from limbs wouldn't do shit with it's mass distribution.

I love him. I want a transforming kit.
Make it happen, I don't care how.

Amuro's about to fodderize this. Question is whether Challia survives or not.

>>23293970 (OP)
gay raped slave shit man

>>23326310
>amuro shoots char
>challia takes the shot instead
>screen tears into four panels (machu, char, lalah, xavier)
screencap this post

>>23325914
Not really, at best they could swing back and forth at the "elbows", this gives it shoulders and hip joints and a much wider angle to swing them. Not to mention they're much closer to the center meaning they swing faster
>>23326270
The back shell is hollow, the MS body was hiding in there. Betting the center of mass is all the way forward now

>>23293970 (OP)
I Love Him

>>23301311
>Oddly complicated transformation
Hi welcome to /m/, enjoy your stay newfag.

>>23293970 (OP)
>ignores all laws and logic of space to move like a magical Marvel superhero
0/10 shit show made for zero IQ retards who drool over anything marketed on social media

>>23331383
Projecting.

>>23293970 (OP)
What is the point of the transformation? He gains nothing from changing out of mobile armor mode*


*applies to every single transforming suit in Z

>CGI Veteran Hiroyasu Kobayashi Breaks Down How He Mech-ed the Magic Happen In Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-20/cgi-veteran-hiroyasu-kobayashi-breaks-down-how-he-mech-ed-the-magic-happen-in-mobile-suit-gundam-/.224743
>I asked Tsurumaki this, but I wanted to ask you as well: Of all the Mobile Suit designs, is there a specific mech that's your favorite, and why?
>Kobayashi: What did director Tsurumaki say?
>He mentioned that one of his favorite characters was Chalia Bull and told Polygon that Gelgoog was his favorite. However, he and scriptwriter Yōji Enokido had a big debate about whether GM or Rick Dom would win in a fight.
>Kobayashi: (laughs) I think the original Gundam has a unique position. Its simple design carries a strong sense of heroism; for me, the white color is also an important part of its identity.
>And for me, many of the Mobile Suit designs from the original Gundam still feel incredibly striking. I think one reason is that director [Yoshiyuki] Tomino came up with some rough designs for the Mobile Suits that mechanical designer Kunio Ōkawara rearranged. Mr. Okawara is phenomenally, exceptionally good at translating what Mr. Tomino wanted. If you ever have a chance to look at Mr. Okawara's material in the very early days at studio Mechaman, it's wonderful stuff. It shows you how he was taking hero robot elements and translating them into concrete shapes.

>>23301311
>It doesn't have usable feet
Why would it need feet when it's built for spacenoids?

>>23331623
The point of Z transformations was to fly in earth's atmosphere (or another gravity well like Jupiter) without help. But yeah it became dumb whenever they transformed in space.

>>23331623
>>23334097
No, the point of most transformations is that they point all the thrusters in the same direction. Zeta isn't (really) designed for atmospheric flight, it's called Wave Rider mode because it's meant to ride the shockwaves for atmospheric entry. It just so happens that it can brute force flight too due to being 50% rockets. But most transforming space MS, like Gabthleys, Hambrabis, etc all point all the thrusters backwards when they transform, to thrust harder

>>23293970 (OP)
It's goofy as hell but it I love it and it's fascinating to watch in motion.
It does reinforce my long held belief that wire bits are cool than funnels. There's a kinetic satisfaction to them.

>>23293970 (OP)
but it doesn't look like that at all in the show anon

between evangelion rebuilds going full fucking retard with their modern designs, and the majority of modern gundam designs being ugly/retarded/overdesigned.. what the fucking hell happened? where are the guys who just make cool looking shit that looks good? did they all fucking die? where the fuck are they? even halo and starwars got the same treatment. shit so did warhammer.

>>23334292
theyre old anon, its up to us. start drawing, install blender, learn how to animate and texture, draw some flip book animations
its up to us to make cool shit in video games and tv. if we dont do it its just gonna be gay ass Eva-twink humanoid robots till the end of time

>>23334292
>calling yourself enlightened for holding the most uninformed normalfag opinion
Fuck of /v/edditor.

>>23334305
am i wrong? the overwhelming majority of IPs that still get "new" content today almost always have shit that looks like trash compared to the original designs or earlier designs in their respective IP. Its been like this for what feels like a decade.

>>23334296
ive been getting into that a bit sketching stuff out and having a guy 3d model some stuff to 3d print later. Just easier at this point to make my own stuff it feels like. i do everything by hand but with ai (which im not a fan of) im wondering if we will see a resurgence of cool shit being made. i think ai probably is a good tool for brainstorming basic shapes and silhouettes and then a human finishes the other 50% of the design.

>AI
of course it's a jeet

>>23334320
unironically yes. artists will need to learn to use ai in the same way programmers will need it to replace all boilerplate code or they wont be competitive
AI is just outsourcing and jeets cranked up to 11, adapting with the times and putting in the work while having a distinct vision will still allow unique works to stand out

>>23334331
no- i dont use it myself i have drawn with physical media for years. but you can probably use it for rapid brainstorming. i have seen people put a bunch of designs from a franchise into an ai and have it make images using that data. and i find that approach interesting if you are trying to make something which is authentic feeling to source material. so im hoping after a year of shit tier designs if now people who get paid to work on pre-existing media will finally be able to make designs that look like faithful additions to prexisting IP.

>>23334344
>after a year
after years/a decade

>>23334215
Are all these concepts? How come they're all better than the final results? Bottom row right is the best imo, looks like a zgok

>>23293970 (OP)
I actually quite like the design.
In Thunderbolt, Daryl pilots this by having his Mobile Suit stuck to the front, so I guess this is the next logical step.
Not to mention it solves the problem of being near-defenseless at close range.

>>23334292
The japanese market doesn't care about "cool" they care about "interesting" and "different".

>>23334771
>Are all these concepts? How come they're all better than the final results?
First ride with Yamashita?

>>23335031
so it was a choice between shamelessly copying unit 01 or unit 02 all along?

>>23335036
That's concept art from Rebuild of Evangelion, not GQX.
Picrel is what they ended up going with for Eva 8+2, just their movie 3 designs stitched together.
8+2 was also completely written out of the final movie and only appeared in 3's preview

>>23335053
jesus, it's like when you're a kid with a coloring book

>>23335031
>>23335053
08 also could've become an evatank instead of getting new arms.
You just have to learn to appreciate that the concept art exists and is accessible in the first place.

>>23335062
its called creativity good thing we have anima where yamashita can do whatever the fuck he wants

>>23335053
It wasn't "written out", the idea never matured enough.

>>23335053
vomit inducing

>>23334771
Bottom right looks like Jet Alone

>>23334215
why did the finalized design just have the stick figure pop out from the slit? every other concept is significantly better was it an animation concern? because I cant think of a single fucking reason why they would pick the final design

Why does it transform?
Hard mode I'm talking about tactical advantages in combat and not just looking cool
The cable gun is already super flexible and its not like MS mode made it do anything new.

>>23334215
Banrise is the enemy.

>>23336017
Big sturdy beige ship easy to see
Small lanky black robot hard to see
All weapons in robot

>>23334215
I know the nineball seraph when I see it

>>23336042
>All weapons in robot
Why have the beige tumor around it then? Why not give it adequate armor and forgo the MA mode? What a lame cope.

>>23336074
>Why have the beige tumor around it then?
that's where the cockpit, reactor, thrusters, fuel, and psycommu are stored

>Why not give it adequate armor and forgo the MA mode? What a lame cope.
won't work without the cockpit, reactor, thrusters, fuel, and psycommu

>>23336074
MAs are always explicitly faster and better for long distance boosting even if most gundam shows fail to show it well on screen. See how Asshimar caused troubles for Zeta+Hyaku in Zeta.
>b-but in space
The same applies, and more advantage applies to an MA that can zoom in the battlefield quick from any angles, where visibility is already limited and crucial in a minovsky-dense field. When transforming into MS, others have already noted that its weapons can fire at multiple angles without deploying the wires.

>>23336144
>that's where the cockpit, reactor, thrusters, fuel, and psycommu are stored
Why have the beige tumor around it then? Why not give it adequate armor, the cockpit, reactor, thrusters, fuel, and psycommu and forgo the MA mode? What a lame cope

>>23336074
>Why have the beige tumor around it then?
Nta but if I designed it I'd have made it so when it goes MS mode the wasp butt boosters can be separated, maybe even have made it an autonomous drone like red gundam's stingers

Im so fucking mad and I hate this show because it didnt do something with the Birgo

I mean it literally is a space sportscar with its angular body and 50s tail fins

>>23335069
There's so much we missed out on

>>23336017
>>23325576