yumi YM-1A shaded

done in 2011

the shaded version


finally my second battlemech for the kapteyn alternative universe of battletech.
go see
ourbattletech.com/kapteyn/
to learn more about it.


this time i had no guidance as to how it should look like. so i asked what the name meant; turns out its some bow of old archery in japan. so i looked up traditional armors of that time and tried to do a mech like those (sometimes sillier) pseudo-traditional mechas, mostly from the liao and draconis faction.
i made again many different pseudo-technical sketches, then after i got everything the way i wanted it i sketched a pose for the mech, then penciled it on A4 paper, but since i had to rubber sooo much, the paper got messed up, and i had to go more professional [no, i wasnt turning my computer on ], i started taping tracing paper above the penciled ground and went back and forth with sketch line and final lines.
then i photocopied it, got over it with black water color, photographed it and cleaned it up in the computer.



you want stats?you want stats?
[yeah i can see it in your eyes; yeah well not You, but the guy beside you ]

ill give you statistics:

YM-1A YUMI

Mass: 35 Tons
Cruising Speed: 53 kph
Maximum Speed: 86 kph
Jump Capacity: 150 meters
Armament: 1 Magna Longbow-15 Missile Launcher
2 Diverse Optics Type 20 Medium Lasers
Deployed By: DCMS
Designer: New Samarkand Armour Works
Entered Service: 3025
Primary Factories: New Samarkand


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