1920- Frankish Mech
Mech that I designed, modelled and textured for my internship at Janovich Animation (https://www.youtube.com/c/Janovich) for an animated shortfilm in the Iron Harvest universe by Jakub Rozalski.
The faction this mech is for (The Kingdom of Frankia) has not yet visually been featured by Rozalski himself or KingArt games, so I was given the challenge to come up with a design and style fitting for the faction based on what little lore and trivia is available online. It was very challenging, but also very fun and rewarding to do. The mech's name is 'Petit Chevalier' (Little Knight), intended to be carried by much larger mobile fortress mechs called 'Marquis', and it fulfills a close infantry support role.
(also the cinematic film is set during the Great War, so before the happenings in the artworks and game, hence the '1920 -/minus')
Walkcycle animation and rig by my supervisor, the awesome Janovich
Scale of the mech
Although made for an animation, I was allowed to optimize it for use in games. I did however choose to have all the bolts as geometry instead of a bake, because it added a lot of extra fidelity
First designs and thumbnails. Early on my supervisor and I decided to go in the turrethead direction, inspired by machinegun turrets on the French Maginot line
First 3d blockout
Eventually we realized the designs were a bit too cute for what we needed and we had to go a bit wider and taller
a selection of some of the 3d thumbnails
Little sketch of the mech dealing with a heavily armored saxon exosuit trooper
Quick concept for texture on early iteration of design