Wait, doesn't this make Nihei look incompetent?
>i can't design a robot myself, but i can take bits and pieces from kits and make one up.

No, kitbashing is incredibly cool.

>>23375757 (OP)
not really
kitbash/scratchbuild is how a lot of mecha designers got their shit together
see kow yokoyama, makoto kobayashi, akira toriyama, etc. etc.

are zoomers seriously this braindead

>>23375769
they're just not literate on mecha design, which i'd blame more on mecha design just not being a normal thing to study
"i can take bits and pieces from kits" sounds like incompetency because it appears just as simple as putting legos together without much mental work. but that's really not as important as overall form, which kitbashing can help you get to very quickly without getting stuck on specific detailing. detailing are like the words of the mecha design language: writers working in the same language will take words from the same pool, but the more important part are the sentences and whole texts they make from those words rather than the fact that they're actually mostly using the same words.
people who can't figure out the design goals of a mecha in the first place will not be able to see the work put into shaping the overall mecha forms, missing the forest for the trees. the design will obviously look aimless and sloppy to them. they'll look at nihei's work or the work of aaron beck and accuse them of brick gun slop shit, instead of criticizing actually aimless designs.

>>23375822
That does look like shit.

>>23375822
What is with that stupid looking saddam hussein pilot position? Trying way too hard to make an unconventional mech.

>>23375876
>Halo Banshee prone piloting is now the Hussein Position
Seriously what the fuck

>>23375942
You lay down in a banshee because that's the shape its body has. This is not a banshee.

>>23375757 (OP)
Are there any pictures of the kitbash itself?

>>23375955
Unironically would be better if you flip the pilot 180° so that he faces up.
That way you are way more comfortable and you can quickly disembark.

>>23375955
OK but we don't call Banshees Husseins now do we?

>>23375822
>sounds like incompetency because it appears just as simple as putting legos together without much mental work
In fact, it's harder work than outright designing a robot from scratch, which Nihei didn't seem able to do himself.

>>23375955
>>23375822
Where Zone of enders made the COCKpit, this is the scrotum cockpit

>>23375757 (OP)
>He doesn't know
Most of mecha designs involve modeling, either physical props or 3D modeling. Sure you can sketch a 2d robot from scratch, but an actual model with every angles available is a much better source of reference.

>>23375757 (OP)
No, you dumb motherfucker.

>>23375757 (OP)
lolno
Kawamori designed every VF by building them with legos before he starts to sketch them out.

The older I get, the more I agree with him.
3d modeling software is useful and powerful, but I can get faster results by working with my hands.