this is the scorpion tank (no relation to halo)
its a mini boss for my game. its the biggest thing ive ever pixeled so im goona need lots of help :P
the line art is really rough rite now.
also i would apreciate any tips on how to make things look metallic
thanks
update: cleaned up outline abit and started on the legs



Edited by TMH - 05 February 2010 at 3:08pm

did the tail
and by legs do u mean the plate thingies, i go my inspiration for it from larwick's rustbug http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/36074.htm

thanks for the comment
ill work on fixing the legs.
do you think you could show what parts of the lines arnt smooth

I suggest doing something like this for the legs.

Here's what I meant about lines (yeah, the tail). Quickly done thing, no time to elaborate now.



First, smoothing of general curvature. You could actually go much further. The whole dynamic feel of the piece, the stingy menace, will actually depend on it!

Then adding notches to make the segment structure more obvious. But I think before that you'd have to clean the lines between those segments too, I didn't do that. Think perspective: they're all curved similarly, would you see it like that from ground level next to that thing?
Notice that this second stage may imply actual new changes to the lines. And there too you can go further. Are these segments rigid or not? Are they straight or curved? How exactly do they fit into each other? Do we get to see a mechanism inside?

All these points might make your piece richer.