| This design is simply awesome. I love the heavily-armed feel, as most AT-series walkers tend to serve other purposes to attack (usually transport). With this in mind, there are a few walker names that have never had an image attached to them, such as the AT-AV (All-Terrain Attack Vehicle) or AT-HE (All-Terrain Heavy Enforcer, though it's usually suspected to be a beefed up AT-TE) which you might (or might not for all I know) like to use for your design.
With regard to the walk, have you by any chance played Star Wars: Empire at War? It has an excellent walking animation for the AT-AT, particularly showing it turning. When it turns (and it is of course rather slow to do so, and loses all forward motion in the process), the leg nearest to the direction of the turn actually moves a short distance laterally away from the body and twists slightly. The other legs then turn to match the orientation. It can only turn so far per cycle, but it looks extremely authentic. How exactly you'd carry it across to a two-legged design, where you can't really lift one foot for too long without the whole thing falling over I'm not sure though.
Great work! Can't wait to see more! |