Yessssss, mech design

It's been a while X3

Very creative!!

Thank you ^^

Looks awesome! ^.^

Thanks :3

i dont know why, but the second desihn from the left reminds me of the helemt of teh Desert Ranger from Fallout New Vegas...

very good work Sir !

I'd never played any of the Fallout games, so I had to go and look that one up. I can see where you're getting the impression though. The segmenting is very similar, just appied to an elongated face.

Thank you :3

one of teh outfits of my main sona is kinda inspired by the Desert Ranger Outfit ... now such a helm would be great XD

Recognized the Halo marines helmet shape immediately. Where do the ears go though? That's always been a challenge with helmet designs.

There just folded in the helmet, in any form thats comfortable for the wearer. mic's and speakers like modern hearing pro help with hearing. O 3 o

I imagine you can spot soldiers out of uniform from permanent kinks long term helmet wear puts in their ears. In my setting you can spot the power armor soldiers when out of uniform because they have to shave their tails for practicality's sake. Calling them "rat tails" is a tried and tested method of starting a bar fight. 83

I like that xD

And yea I could see that effecting some species more than others in my story, the military organization is a huge melting pot of different races all joined under one banner.

And being military for 6 years yea, they can leave permanent marks here and there on your body.

I personally prefer helmets that allow for regularily deployed ears, but in this case kota already had the design, so :3

Some of these have a "visored" look that seems like it would create a shot trap around the eyes. I think a more streamlined design would eliminate that, though obviously it would lose the eye shade.

Edit: Oop, I just realized the helmet and respirator are not of one piece. Disregard. I do have to wonder what happens to this soldier's ears when he puts the helmet on, though.

I can see you already addressed these concerns with kota directly, so I wont put much more into it.

The third helmet design is actually for a character who has a more streamlined head in general, hence why the attachment bridge is a little further ahead.

Looks like the Halo Marines helmet was an inspiration here.

It was.... it really was.

I've always loved the original design of the marine helmets in halo.

Same

The first one is definitely the simplest and also reflects the original style of the helmet best. The others were directed more towards the various Titanfall helmet designs.

Very nice! Neat to see something that would cover muzzles.

Well, that was the intention of the exercise. The helmet design was already there, all I did was add the face masks :3

Ahhhh My old field of college study. Industrial design. Or, how to make sexy toasters. You approached this pretty well and they designs all make sense. Anthro Helmets are a bitch though if you have multiple species. (Huge logistical nightmares in that direction), but if you only have a couple it becomes manageable. Tiem to break out your cold gray markers, and see what these look like with lighting.

Heh, funny that, I did that too. Ended up leaving though due to personal differences with management.

I've had to think on the topic of multi-species helmets several times and I never came to a satisfactory solution, especially given that you wont just have to take into account different muzzle shapes, but body sizes and proportions aswell. Thinking about it though, this might be a good direction to take a sci-fi story >_>

I've never actually done grey markers, much to my embarassment ... or rather, the times I've tried have turned out shit <_<

Oh man, gray markers were fun. Still are. You just had to treat them like watercolors. Lightest to darkest, and allow layers to dry if you want a sharp edge. Yoshiharu Shimizu was the master teacher of the technique and I have his books, but Photoshop ended that, and the books are out of print. You can do this in Photoshop, choosing the right brushes (though Clip Studio does it better).