Ileman-Loch Atra Satus FOIL

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Morning folks! Another brand new full color 5th gen FOIL beastie happinin' now! Here's the full paint of the, previously posted as line work, Atra Satus. You can view the earlier line art posting here: [link]

The Atra Satus is an early 5th generation FOIL so this example has actually seen quite a bit of action, which is evidenced by the amount of wear and tear the machine has. As many of the late 4th gen and 5th gen FOILs have this machine has the nano-mesh armored covering that acts much like a flexible fabric but is actually incredibly resilient and resistant to many of the previously employed offensive FOIL weaponry. This isn't to say the FOIL can't still be damaged in an attack, it's just that this mysterious new form of armor was quite effective and soon became one of the defining visual cues of a 5th gen machine. It should be noted though that most of the 5th gen FOILs that have been shown so far are, more or less, the stock configuration. All of the circular ports you typically see on a 5th gen's limbs are actually caps for equipment ports for adding custom armor or additional gear. If the FOIL crew wants additional armor beyond the nano-mesh then they can deck the FOIL out even further. Examples of this will likely appear later this year.

Also of note are the reactive armor plates on the shoulders, hip armor, and calves. These plates look relatively cleaner and newer than the rest of the FOIL, this is due to the fact that the reactive plates are often rotated out once they reach a point of instability (if they aren't detonated in an attack first of course), thus they must have recently added new plates to this machine. Another thing of note is the apparent lack of swords seen with many 5th gen FOILs, this is due to the changing nature of FOIL warfare and the new threat that the 5th gen machines were designed to counter. FOILs began to shift to shettier weaponry and other forms of gear, however many 5th gen crews still retained their love of the blade so the sword was, by no means, abandoned as a FOIL weapon.

This guy got the full scuffing up treatment and has a pile of layers of just dirt and rust tones, both opaque and in multiply mode. Also a return to more military paints rather than the kicky-go-faster vibe of the Mana Vishu. There's a lot of subtle and obvious textures on this one, so a full view is best to see all that, again...

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Detailed out digital ink refinement of this FOIL thumb (Top left): [link] with digital colors in Photoshop CS3.

More works pending. Transmissions to continue >>>