As promised the start of my concept images. I will be creating this in 3D later this month... between work and England's World cup matches :) I've based this on a old idea I had several years ago. I remember seeing Ghost in the Shell and and the spider tanks used by the Major and the team at Section 9. I thought Shirows's design was cool but I wanted something that would be a better fit on a battlefield.
I wanted to use a medium heavy core like a armoured vehicle rather than a full battlefield tank, this would be too heavy to support on the independent suspension arms. I wanted quite a hench feel to the shape, low with large`shoulders`.
I wanted to create a modern feel with the armour with a mix of hard straight edge and round shapes on the main arm housings. One thing I like is Mecha. So try and get some of this styling into my work. With this design I wanted the the pilot and gunner (this unit only needs 2 crew) to be connected with unit. They use a VR Headset and immersion body suit.
The gunner sits in 360 rotary seat and has controls the top unit. The pilot occupy the forward section. The pilot leans in over the front section and controls the unit in a semi-prone position. The wheels were a change from my original as each arm had one wheel. this looked fine but I wanted to create a real world unit so it made better sense to use two on each, plus it make the unit feel like a proper all terrain vehicle.
