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Nightsky Concept Sketch

I think someone recently asked to see this one, so here you are in luck!

The Nightsky came up on the priority list recently so I hopped on it. Such an appalling visual design haha, but everyone was on the same page about it being a "blow it up" design process.

While there are certainl...

Salamander Miniature Painting WIPs 2

Here's two more nights of progress on the Salamander.

One session I put another wash over the whole mech now that all base colors were in. Then I did highlights and broad blending on all red sections. Those needed the most care to clean up the mess the wash creates. That got is starting to ...

Salamander Miniature Painting WIPs 1

Hey how about something Protectorate Wars for once?

Having recently finally starting my minis painting journey, I decided I should finally paint up my Salamander mech that I had made so long ago. I looked and it's been a bit over 8 years since that kickstarter was launched. I've been sittin...

Flea 3D Sculpt

Another bug joins the fray! Maybe one if the least threatening looking mechs out there, it's too cute, the Flea.

Sergey Kolesnik modeled this one. I offered him the gig because I'd seen him do a cool fanart model of it before.
Looking at it again after a while away from it, I realize the...

Penetrator Concept Sketch

Here's another design that was jumped on me, and fairly welcome.
While me and my crew sometimes get a bit of input on the designs we're assigned, often it's a bit too far into the selection process to push around too many picks. So something I've been meaning to put together is a big ranked li...

Rifleman IIC 3D Sculpt

Sorry, bit slow on the updates this month. Rifleman sketch was dropped not too long ago, here's the 3D sculpt of it that was the base for Rec Guide lineart.

I think the translation from 2D to 3D went really well here. Marco on design and Alan on the sculpt.

A few people mentioned conc...

Sagittaire Concept Sketch

Finally I have another sketch to show off!
Apologies $1 patrons, I've not had many sketches to show lately as work has swung more to the 3D side. I'll throw some 3D render sets towards your tier if the drought continues.

The Sagittaire is a favorite of mine, also a favorite of bossman Lo...

Ostroc 3D Sculpt

Here's the Ostroc. Being the 3rd of the lot it was heavily guided by the two preceding it. Was nice to break up the egg shape with the missile launcher.

Alan Blackwell handled the sculpt on this one, including doing work on the back design.

Ostsol 3D Sculpt

Here's the Ostsol. Ostroc coming up next. Alan Blackwell handled the sculpting stage on all of them.

This one first came up for redesign when CGL needed it on the cover of a novel. Toppled over with those kids crawling all over it :D

Ost Mechs

I'm not losing my mind right? I haven't shown the 3D models for any of these Ost mechs yet?
I have single shots rendered out for the Ostsol and Ostroc, then when I made this group shot I realized I've got an Ostscout model too and threw that in. Sadly, no Ostwar right now.
Hope you enjoyed ...

Vulcan 3D Sculpt

You've seen the sketch, now here's the Vulcan 3D model.
Came out really good. A fairly skinny mech so it'll stand tall among its 40ton peers.

Design by Bishop of course. Sculpt by Alan Blackwell.

420 Patrons!

Hitting 400 patrons earlier this month was amazing, but how can that compare to a nice round 420? Hahaha. Thanks everyone!
Welcome aboard all newcomers and those who've returned for more.

I asked you all recently if I should go ahead and splurge on an art tablet upgrade, and I did.
It...

Firefly 3D Sculpt

No special moody shot for this one, because well, it's a Firefly :P
I'm going to skip mood renders on a few to make things easier, as that's one less 3D setup to mess with.
Better than going for more group shots to save time, as I know eventually the bosses will come asking for these indivi...

Caesar 3D Sculpt

Here's one that's been sitting and waiting to be shown for a while. Honestly it just bores me to death doing the rendering process on these, which is why you see me bias towards posting the sketches, easier and more exciting :)

Design by Bishop, sculpt by Alan Blackwell.

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Pouncer Concept Sketch

Here's the "why are you doing this to me?" pair to the Wraith :D
The Pouncer was also tossed at me for a redesign job. Such a terrible looking mech. However, I was able to confirm that the old head was on the block for a full nuke job. In fact, my first head iteration was more faithful than th...

Wraith Concept Sketch

Here's an odd one that a few of you requested. Anyone surprised that we've actually worked on one? :)
This was needed for something special so it landed on my plate to push out.

Alan Blackwell and I collaborated on this one. He got it started while I did the second half of dialing it in....

Cicada 3D Sunset

Here's the usual public shareable mood shot I post for each mech. I made it a separate public post this time to separate it from the other special shot in the main Cicada post :)

Cicada 3D Sculpt

Here's the Cicada model. Sculpted by Aaron Harris. His second for the team I believe.
I think it came out great.

Also a render of the Cicada with a Locust was requested, but I thought I'd do a bit better and throw a bunch of bugs into one shot. There were a few more clan mechs with bug n...

Double Quadruple

Lets start the final month of the year off with some early Christmas presents. A few of you have been asking, here are the quads!

Regardless of what products or forms they feature in, Ray Arrastia has wanted the two main unseen quads redesigned. The Rec Guides finally presented a perfect op...

Milestones!

Welcome aboard everyone new for November, there are quite a few of you.

This month you all came together to hit a big funding milestone: At this point, patreon income is essentially covering my basic living expenses such as rent, utilities, and food, in its entirety!

My expenses have ...

Rifleman IIC Concept Sketch

A lot of you asked to see this one, so here it is! The Rifleman IIC.
I'll also tell you that you wont need to wait too long to see where this design is featured.
Does this cover all the IIC mechs? Or are there still more?

I had Marco Mazzoni redesign this one and as usual he did a gre...

Starslayer 3D Sculpt

Did you see this one coming? Not my first choice for a mech to be redesigned, but I'd drawn one waaay back for CGL and I can appreciate that it brings a unique kind of ugly to the game haha.

I assigned Harri Kallio to redesign this one, and Alan Blackwell to sculpt it, while I made touch up...

Quickdraw Concept Sketch

Seeing that the Quickdraw renders were floating around, Harri Kallio asked if he could have his design sketch shared too for everyone to enjoy. I'm making this one a public post right out of the gate.

Quickdraw 3D Sculpt

Keen eyes got a peek at this redesign on a color illustration lately, well here it is in full 3D glory, the Quickdraw.

This one was definitely on the edge of making it into the kickstarter, but not quite enough of a blockbuster mech to make the cut. That left it near the front of the line f...

Regent Concept Sketch

With the release of Recognition Guide 21 today I can finally show off this design I've worked on. (as things are arranged now, I can't post completely "new to canon" content here before release)

I first sketched up this concept many years ago, but there was never a perfect time to try squee...

Charger Concept Sketch

And here we complete the Bishop bonanza. You're all going to be stuck with a bunch of mech 3D renders next month due to me blowing through all sketches this month haha.

Also HUGE thanks for all new signups and the rest of you that have stuck around in place for so long. I'm only $13 away fr...

Javelin Concept Sketch

Next on the Bishop Bonanza list, the Javelin.

I think this design falls squarely into the utilitarian workhorse look, so when it came to a redesign there wasn't much need to blow it up even if it's a somewhat mundane design.

In 3D we have the head tilted forward more, jut made it flat...

Clint Concept Sketch

Bishop Bonanza starts now. First up is the Clint.

Here's a mech I fought to have booted off the last kickstarter, only to have to drop back in my list haha. It's such a boring mech in our sea of veritech originating designs.
But here it is, with our usual process of Bishop delivering an ...

Flea Concept Sketch

One more design of mine before I kick off a Bishop bonanza. Though much credit here should go to David White for his MW4 Flea design. I didn't change too much.

Not much to say on this one. I did clarify the design better to have arms with up/down articulation. Increased the cockpit glass an...

Protectorate Wars PDF Redemptions

Dropping a reminder to everyone that for every $15 of patronage you accrue you're entitled to a copy of my Protectorate Wars artbook and lore PDF. This means you can give one to friends also.

However, you need to PM me about redeeming copies and provide an email address/es for me to send th...