Well, I had modelled the USN Dragoon dropship back in the HW2 days and I was quite proud of the model. When AFF moved over to planetside the model was scrapped since it was too low poly and I didn't get in touch with my modelling side since long and couldn't highpolify it myself.
I'm not really sure who did the new one, but I kind of liked my interpretation of Dragoon better and it isn't really artist jealousy.
I don't know, maybe it was just because it was lowpoly, but I feel the new one somehow is just too different from the concept and I don't mean it in a positive enhancement way, but that it lost the feel the orbluvion's concept had. For me at least.
I drew some concepts too, including a really cool Black Knight mecha concept, but that too didn't get in. And I still love the design to bits and can't really begin to approach this one-off quality, since it was 3/4 inspired by other proposed AFF mech, with my limited skills.
I also had done quite a slew of designs for Infinity and while some of them were even called "brilliant" (though I don't know where did that one come from) only one minor bomber from them was modelled and textured (and ended up looking quite a bit different from it, but not bad-different, just different-different).

No hard feelings though, that's just how life is sometimes.
Maybe I just don't put enough pride (no pun intended) in my works or maybe I am not artisty enough to have a personal relationship with my creations.
Maybe the worlds in my head aren't like star which shine bright for eons, but like supernovas that flash in an instant and then it vanish.
Maybe I just don't care about a lot of stuff I should.
But I dont think it's too good to drag such stuff out in the public, it just feels weird and - I don't know, groping for words - uppity?
Yes it's sort of sad, that you can't get your designs the recognition you think they deserve, but so can't a lot of people.
It's better not to dwell on it too much and go forward with the art, though I'm not sure if I'm the one to say if my whole life so far is just dwelling on depressing things. I can't help but feel you're a bit like me, though venting your frustration into art and words instead of sleeping the days on and on with no life on your own. It's not god to be like that, I know, and I even know that even if I say it, it wn't make any difference.

Please don't misunderstand - I for one love your mech designs almost as much as VulnePro's or genocidalpenguin's. I'm more of a stalker, not leaving any comments, but they are really on my inspiration list.
Yes, you're not nearly as good as these guys artistry-wise, but you have a really great knack for creating realistically grounded mechanical designs which are really interesting in their own right and that is something no less important.
Yes, these may not be the most original mechas like VulnePro's are, but they aren't just Gundam clones either and - frankly - I love them just for what they are.
Yes, they may be hard to sell to a company because they are not as flashy as their art, but I believe if there would be someone looking for mechs for the merit of their mechanical design alone you are in no way on a lost position.
I would like to have even a tenth of mechanical design talent you have - there's a game company startup at my university and they want to do a mecha tactical RPG of sorts and they say I'm the best art guy that has even shown up. And that doesn't make me happy or proud, but sad for them, that they couldn't get any decent art guy. A mecha game deserves designs zillion times better than what I can accomplish, something you for example could pull off with designs like the Ikida moon mech or your iconic Kelleg AXEL. It's sort of sad you don't live here, so I could push you instead of me ; f

I'm not sure if I'm encouraging, or discouraging, or obnxious or uppity or even making any sense. Feel free to delete it, if it annoys you, in which case I would be sorry, but I felt like getting it out there. Don't know why either.

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