Battletechnology Magazine Bushido BSD-7K by BrianBanzai

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Originally published in Battletechnology Magazine issue 18, this Mech had a full write up, but no art work. This is my attempt at bringing this Mech to life. I used a Hatamoto-Chi as the base for it, which seemed appropriate. Perhaps the Hatamoto-Chi was developed from this earlier Mech.
Here is the overview of the Mech from the magazine article.
Bushido BSD-7K
Overview:
The BSD-7K was initially designed as the Kuritan answer to the Hatcheman, but over the seven years of pre-design work, it was redesigned into a much larger, deadlier Mech.
The Mech was created by Dr. Batu Ibinbachi of the hightly respected Sun Zhang Military Academy research facility to be a close combat machine. Designed with the maximum amount of leg armor and heavy-duty leg actuators - as well as jump jets - the Bushido was created to execute both regular kicking attacks and the famed "Death From Above".
The unusual combination of jump jets with an extra-heavy heavy Mech frame began as an innovative answer to the toe-to toe combat which was appearing more and more in the later years of the Succession Wars.