Sally Redesign Part 2 by BenBates

I love designing! For me it's kinda limitless! It goes as far as your imagination...

Wait! The back pack was a modified dreamcast? Awesome! Shame the lightening shield wasn't used,I would have loved to have seen sonic get trapped in that.

this is very cool~

ts nice Ha she or deroboticized. Though, I do like this design as well ^^

OH DEAR GOD, SHE'S GOT A FOREHEAD CANNON.

It's an excellent design indeed, and it feels like it could stand alongside Metal Sonic and Metal Knuckles without looking out of place. (I was also impressed with the new design for Mecha Sonic briefly seen in Worlds Collide.) The Dreamcast backpack is a nice touch and I never really noticed it before. I guess I was right in assuming that Sally's new look was influenced by her weaponized appearance - but of course that plotline never came to fruition in the comics. Incidentally, with all of the Freedom Fighters receiving redesigns, how come you were only responsible for Sally? Evan Stanley says Ryan Jampole handled the rest. Was it because the other Freedom Fighters were addressed at a much later date owing to the outcome of Worlds Collide?

The dreamcast thing on the back reminds me of Cybertroopers games, Like Oratario Tangram.

but this is a travisty having Sally robotized, I am not caught up on the archie series buuuuuuuut again just thinking that this is stupid.  So was the megaman crossover but again I look up to you wish respect on mech designs.

I definitely see some inspiration from series like Mega Man Legends in the early designs for her, which is refreshing and creative. It's always great to see the designing process of the artist.

loving it, but I wish archie would have kept the "thin boots" version of Sally. Those blade arms look way to tacky. 

Hmm...her backpack resembling a modified Dreamcast, huh? Quite ingenious. ^^

wow

Mr. Bates I must say it is intresting seeing the actual process that was put into the designs of these characters. You sir have a gift. I hope you stay with the comics as one of its artists. And seeing your work on Mecha Sally so far still gets me every time.

man, that is a lot of work. It's pretty awesome that it paid off! I did not know that was a Dreamcast. Now that I look at it though, It's sort of like a cross between Sega CD and the Dreamcast

ha, never noticed the Dreamcast thing before.  I was always tempted to make a figure of this version of her too but the Metal Sonic figure I'd need to use for the base is really hard to get a hold of these days...

The power ring compartment's a nice touch and I see just a wee bit of Mega Man influence, particularly the bulkier Legends version. I really like the action effects as well.

That's an amazing admission about Sally's Dreamcast "backpack!"

To my knowledge, it was opened twice in the comics: first in Sonic the Hedgehog #233 (sadly it doesn't look anything like your Dreamcast design), and then again in Sonic Universe #39 (the angle makes it hard to see, but it certainly has more similarities to your style).  I'll try to get you some panel scans later!

AWesome, I wish this arc didn't end as a cliffhanger. I would have loved to have Sonic rescue her and bring back her free will. That's what Sonic been trying to do....there they are trying to save her then boom world collide then boom Sally's normal again. 

Having Sally turn into a Mecha was a bit hard to take, especially as I got back into the comics when the Endgame Saga arrived and was a big fan of Sonic and Sally together. However, the design did the change justice. Plenty of the evil but enough of the old Sal to make both the reader and Sonic upset that she ended up the way she did. The fact that you got to create the weapon designs would've been awesome and a lot fun to draw. The real challenge would be to create something that would look natural on Mecha Sally and be free-flowing as her physique and battle style was very . I suppose the design of the weapon would have to be a factor as you wouldn't want her wielding anything cumbersome.

huh... really digging the bulkier designs, but admittedly it looks a little TOO much like Megaman X... I guess it was a good call to keep her similar to Metal Sonic in design. Also an interesting touch having a quasi-Dreamcast on her back... I don't think anyone would've noticed it at first before you mentioned it.

in hindsight, she did use those blades a little too often... I was half-expecting her to suddenly surprise people with hidden machine guns in her arms or something, but a head cannon I suppose is fine too, even if it was used rarely XP

The backpack did show up once or twice: I think it was shown when Eggman initially added the power ring to her, and again in Eggman's Sonic Universe arc, when she fought Monkey Kahn and was drained of power, which called on him to use his power ring crown to replace it.

Digging the design; in some aspects, it reminds me a little of MegaMan Volnutt's armor from Mega Man Legends. Was there any influence there?

I'm disappointed that this angle, as well as many others from the old world including runaway Bunnie, King Naugus, betrayer Geffory, the missing Echidnas, Mecha Sally, Team Freedom/Team Fighters, imprisoned Snively, Mogul's role, Sonic and Sally's rekindling relationship, and so many others, will never get a proper conclusion based on the greed f one old artist insistent on holding onto rights that have no benefit to him.  I understand why it had to happen (the new world), I'm just now happy on /how/ it happened.

I could imagine her in a  game as a repeat boss who Sonic has to beat multiple times so Tails can record her data to create a deroboticizer weapon so they can Zap her back to her organic self.  And having both normal and mecha versions of Sally as unlockable characters.  When I saw the weaponized design I figured the intention was she'd be deroboticized still but end up with a new outfit.  Personally I was hoping for some sleek bodysuit type deal like Rouge in Sonic Heroes, but that might just be personal preference.  Strangely the more angular chest design reminds me of the Qubeley Mecha from the Gundam series, though with much smaller shoulder pads.

Looking at this reminds me of the first time I even saw Mecha Sally. I remember being so Pissed off because she was my favorite character, but as the story went on I was beginning to see what was going to happen. I'm glad she got a redesign to fit her as well, even if others disagree I really fell in love with the design as soon as I saw it.

Her backpack is a modified SEGA Dreamcast? Hahaha, that's awesome! That's a rather clever idea there.

Yay for more concept art! For some reason, I really enjoy seeing this kind of stuff -- all the designs and ideas that people come up with for characters and such. The in-depth look on all the stuff and ideas you came up with, as well as how and why you did, is intriguing. I also really like that you try to go with a feel of the games in the stuff you do. You really put a lot of thought into this stuff! It's been fun looking at these concepts for Mecha Sally and Rouge Woman. Almost ended up commenting on them all.

I really like those early concepts you came up with on the far left. It's a bit difficult to tell you which ones since there's so much here, but the ones with the thick, black upper legs, and one is a dark blue and the one with the light blue under it. I think those are my favorite, for some reason. But a lot of the other concepts are cool, too, including the final designs. c: I also see a character base in there; that gives me an idea on how you draw your characters! Very cool stuff here.

I needed a break from my portrait drawing for finals this week and I looked at this and I'm like...

Wait.. So you got to design Weaponized Mecha Sally but not actually draw her in the comic? Aaaaw man!!