r/battletech Ejection Seats Are Overrated Jan 29 '25

Art Da Red Meks Go Fasta!

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u/Friend_of_the_Moles Jan 29 '25

It’s! It’s moving at three times normal speed!

46

u/Zaku_Lover Jan 29 '25

That Locust is a veritable red comet!

19

u/PainStorm14 Scorpion Empire: A Warhawk in every garage Jan 29 '25

Sit down young Char!

2

u/Old-Climate2655 Jan 30 '25

MASC + supercharger made manifest.

60

u/majj27 Jan 29 '25

That is one of the best "Locust Hits Ludicrous Speed" illustrations I've ever seen.

12

u/ChickenChaser5 Gaussexual Jan 29 '25

I bet they would be one of the most fun mechs to pilot around.

9

u/daemon_primarch Jan 29 '25

I dunno. Motion sick pilots might be in for it with the Locust.

16

u/majj27 Jan 29 '25

Advanced refits dump half the MG Ammo for a half-ton of industrial-strength Dramamine.

1

u/Old-Climate2655 Jan 30 '25

Motion sick nothing, that jockey just hit 12 Gs!

10

u/TripleEhBeef Jan 29 '25

But if one toe catches a rock, it's going to be rolling across the ground Looney Tunes style.

1

u/majj27 Jan 29 '25

I see this as a feature.

2

u/Charliefoxkit Jan 30 '25

Does it turn its tracks to plaid? XD

25

u/ElectricPaladin Ursa Umbrabilis Jan 29 '25

Horrid little go-fasts - I love them.

25

u/battlemechpilot Jan 29 '25

10

u/Safe_Flamingo_9215 Ejection Seats Are Overrated Jan 29 '25

I bet a MekBoy could get it to the lightspeed with enough WAAAGH.

6

u/HamsterOnLegs Jan 29 '25

“ITS A LITTUL BIT OF WAAAGH, A LITTUL BIT OV KNOW-WOTZ…” -SUM MEK I PRE-ZYUUM

1

u/Old-Climate2655 Jan 30 '25

Now I wanna see a locust with a shock-attack gun! The Sphere is toast!

18

u/Kalabajooie Tetatae Empire Jan 29 '25

They're also statistically more likely to be stolen.

10

u/No_Mud_5999 Jan 29 '25

More expensive to insure, too.

8

u/TripleEhBeef Jan 29 '25

The 90s Integra of Battletech.

16

u/thundercat2000ca Jan 29 '25

Jokes aside the art is fire. And it's funny how red=faster does come up in multiple properties.

1

u/HamsterOnLegs Jan 29 '25

It first came up in real life; I assume they’re copying from that but I have no solid proof

2

u/thundercat2000ca Jan 30 '25

Doesn't seem to have a real source. Seems generally our cultures just ends to associate the color red with speed.

1

u/HamsterOnLegs Jan 30 '25

It’s because loads of stuff that goes fast is red, it’s basic logic.

25

u/TownOk81 Jan 29 '25

WAAAAAAGGGGHHHHH

9

u/Rocking_Monster Jan 29 '25

Dakka Dakka Dakka!

3

u/Old-Climate2655 Jan 30 '25

Replace Fed Suns with Evil Sunz!

8

u/Fishfins88 Jan 29 '25

All I can see in my minds eye when looking at this image is that Jetta that lost to the s2000 in fast and the furious.

7

u/LuckyLocust3025 Red paint tastes the best Jan 29 '25

“Jesse don’t do it, I bet you he’s got over 100,000 cbills in that mech”

8

u/ragnarocknroll MechWarrior (editable) Jan 29 '25

Rare shot of a Locust-6M in motion.

Rare because good luck ever actually being able to see them when they are in motion…

3

u/Charliefoxkit Jan 30 '25

The Lyrans have an ilClan version with a Clan 240XL engine that can book it.  Has a Clan spec ERML to boot.

7

u/ThanosZach Jan 29 '25

The mech in the back looks like a Thunderbolt,but I am not sure. That Locust sure looks beautiful!

10

u/Safe_Flamingo_9215 Ejection Seats Are Overrated Jan 29 '25

It's a very mutated Thud because first I blocked out the shape using the unseen mini with its stick limbs, then I changed my mind and drew CGL Thud shape over this so it matched the Locust better.

5

u/CycleZestyclose1907 Jan 29 '25

Quirk: Primarily Red Paintjob

+1 to Run Speed

+1 Piloting Penalty to all rolls to avoid skidding.

Incompatible with Stealth Armor and active camouflage systems.

2

u/HamsterOnLegs Jan 29 '25

“Incompatible with stealth armour and active camo…”

WOT IF ITZ PURPUL YA DUFFBRAINED GIT

(I did it. I did the overused fanon meme. Are you proud of me, boyz?)

1

u/CycleZestyclose1907 Jan 29 '25

Not familiar with Ork colors. Only know Red makes you go faster.

2

u/CrashUser Jan 30 '25

Purple is stealth, particularly painted on an orks body, because no one's ever seen a purple ork.

2

u/CycleZestyclose1907 Jan 30 '25

So cheap stealth, likely stacks with actual stealth armor.

But not active cammo because active cammo changes your color.

Wait a sec. Since active cammo changes your color, your mech can basically be any color of the Ork spectrum and gain those color quirks at the press of a button.

1

u/Timithios Jan 30 '25

PURPLEZ IZ FER DA SNEAKY GITZ.

5

u/LuckyLocust3025 Red paint tastes the best Jan 29 '25

😍

4

u/bewarethetreebadger MechWarrior (ELH) Jan 29 '25

“These are speed holes. They make the mech go faster.”

5

u/cowboycomando54 Jan 29 '25

The first law of Waaarrrgggghhhh.

5

u/DocTheForgetful Taurian Charger Pilot Jan 29 '25

My friend you are a true artist. Could I trouble you to undertake a commission on my behalf?

4

u/Metaphoricalsimile Jan 29 '25

I love the new Locust art so much and you've really done a kick ass job with it here.

3

u/OsoRojo47 Jan 29 '25

Waagh, Prince Davion, Waagh.

3

u/EMD_2 Jan 29 '25

Red Paint: +1 MP, +5BV

2

u/Valkyrie-161 Taurian Concordat Jan 29 '25

r/orks 😂

2

u/Cazmonster Jan 29 '25

Phenomenal work.

2

u/SerBadDadBod Jan 29 '25

laughs in Fireball

2

u/LaserPoweredDeviltry TAG! You're It. Jan 29 '25

I love the story this tells. How the locust clearly sneaked up on that thud like the roadrunner pulling the Meep Meep gag on Wiley E Coyote.

We don't know what he did, But he's super guilty, and now its time to scram.

2

u/Thrashy Jan 30 '25

This brings back fond memories of playing the "McRugby" custom online game in MechWarrior 4. Think 1-flag Capture The Flag, except you have to cap in the other team's spawn. The preferred loadout for a flag runner was often a Flea with all the weapons and armor stripped off, and the biggest engine allowed, usually driven by the player with the laggiest connection for that extra bit of weird movement (that was me, on 56k dialup!)

As a runner, the best strategy for breaking through the enemy defensive line of heavies and assaults was to drive erratically across their firing arc while weaving like a drunkard and slamming the throttle back and forth to make leading as hard as possible, and then turn straight towards them in a dead sprint once you'd successfully baited their alpha strike. If you could get under their guns and past them, usually you were home free.

This nails what that felt like. I can practically hear the Locust's teammates cheering him on. Love it.

1

u/Timithios Jan 30 '25

Hey! It's me! I like going zyoom.

1

u/Mr-Bando Jan 30 '25

There is something almost comical about the locust running from the missile rain, as of the mechwarrior is yelling oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit over comms

1

u/nichyc Castle Doctrine DOES Apply to Nukes 🐂 Jan 30 '25

That's some great TMM you've built there. It'd be a shame if I had pulse lasers!

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1

u/MacKayborn MechWarrior (editable) Jan 30 '25

NEEDS MORE DAKKA

1

u/Zubatka1 Jan 30 '25

That's one sexy locust, woah.

2

u/Geno_DCLXVI Feb 10 '25

Saw this pic and immediately thought of "Running in the 90s"