Sorry if this has already been said, I didn't check the entire thread,

My only concern with this is that it has too many gun ports for the stock vulture...

2 Large pulse lasers
2 Medium Lasers
2 LRM 20

While I like the look of the new hybrid, I wonder what purpose the turret serves, or the extra barrels upon the arms. Either one or the other has to go IMO, otherwise it's just dead space there for decoration (nothing wrong with that btw, except this appears to be attempting to serve a more functional role).

I'm more of a fan of the CBT version over the MW4 one to be honest. I know it's sometimes anathema to mention here, but have you taken a look at the Mechassault model for the vulture? It's a little more stocky, but still retains the profile. Your current hybrid, while indeed a cool looking mech, looks more like a variant rather than the prime loadout.

First I am far from a BT purest. I simply love the whole concept of Mech combat vehicles. Having said that I think that the new concept although straying from the MW4 and BT versions is much more mechanical sound. What I mean by that is that the way it is drawn looks like it would be more functional in an engineering sense. The first picture has the leg "spurs" that really would serve no purpose other than to give a bird-like look. Also the feet appear to be one piece and lack the pivots and joints needed to actually make them work. The arms deviate significantly from the traditional vulture but look okay. I guess I would prefer the "pod" look over the long barrel look unless the meck is packing ballistics. I would give the new design a 4 out of 5 but I am not a huge fan of the Vulture anyway. I do agree with the poster that said it looks like a much lighter mech than it is intended to.

Still the rendering is beautiful work and I can not wait to see the mech in game.....no matter what the final version looks like.