TRO 3063 Rumors
Just this month illustrator David White leaked some images on his blog that were very interesting. He is responsible for a lot of the art work that went into the MechWarrior 4 video game.
The art is amazing. But 3063? It seems like such an odd year since we have already received TRO 3075. 3063 would be sandwiched between TRO3060 and TRO3067 making it a Civil War era release. Why would we backtrack to this particular era when there is still such a wide gap to fill between the Jihad and the Dark Age?
Interestingly enough the post title was changed sometime today. Google cache still has both post titles as Battletech TRO:3063 Commissions. Here is a sample of the original post text that was recently removed.
I had a little down time recently while I was waiting for project approvals so I looked for some work to fill the gap. I contacted the people responsible for the recent Battletech Technical Readouts and asked if they needed anyone to draw some mechs. Sure enough, they needed some more help so now we are working together. Thanks Steven!!!
Two out of the four ‘Mechs mentioned contain Stealth armor. Stealth armor just so happens to have been released in 3063 by the Capellans. Oversight, coincidence, or something all together stranger?
POST UPDATE: Check out the comments for some clarifications from the man himself, David White!
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Hi. thanks for the link! I changed the title because I was contacted by the Classic Battletech people and it turns out the book I created these for is not an official product. I made some assumptions about the person who hired me and I ended up being wrong. I wasn’t intentionally mislead by that person so there isn’t any real problem except the CBT folks didn’t want me to list that I was affiliated with them when I really wasn’t. I hacked out the blog post from my iPhone so I didn’t bother typing some huge explanation. I’ll probably annotate it later when I have more time. I just saw a hit to my blog from your site so I followed it here and thought I would clarify.
So the 3063 is not official. Sorry for any inconvenience to anyone regarding this mistake!
Cheers!
-DW
Hey David, thanks for the clarification. The art is amazing it really does look like it could go in a Catalyst TRO. Had me going that’s for sure!
Can’t wait to see more of it!
Brian
Hey, just popped in to help with the confusion. Sorry about that mix-up. The TRO:3063 is a fan-produced publication. At about this point most people (a) sneer or (b) hurl when they see the word ‘fan’. But as you can see, we are trying mightily to get everything in the TRO up to snuff. That includes commissioning art for the designs from people who know what they are doing.
Visit http://battletechreader.blogspot.com/ to get updates on our progress, as well as sneak previews of the art we will feature.
Regards,
Steve