Tablescapes Concept Art

Recently I've been doing some concept art for Secret Weapon Miniatures for their new range of modular wargaming terrain. They've got a Kickstarter campaign going for it that has a few hours if any of you tabletop players are interested at all:

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1927 Calumet Sixty Special

 Some time ago I made up this concept for a flying car. In the absence of the future we were promised, I've decided to model it. I always liked the idea, and it's aged fairly well.

It's just a start, but my evenings are my own once again, so you should see regular progress posted here.

The Completed Spider Tank Illustration

I completed the spider tank illustration, though by no means am I done with the model yet. There's some tweaking to do on the other side and the back, and it still needs to be rigged to show off the weird suspension.

I think I figured out a couple things while I did this.

The Front is Almost Done

I'm almost done with the exterior modeling on the spider tank. I need to add lift hooks and some grab handles, as well as some other little stuff. The back needs more work, but the layout of the top and sides dictates where I'll put the exhaust and the rear stowage, so there isn't a whole lot to decide.

I have some different experiments I want to do with texturing and animation, but it may be awhile before I have anything interesting to show on that front.

I'll probably do some paintings next.

Hatches, in closed and open states. A full interior is planned. Inner hatch details are still in progress.

More Progress on the Spider Tank Model

There's still a lot to do, but I've made some progress on the model:

Earlier, I tried messing around with some Mental Ray materials. Interesting, but further refinement could go a long ways:

I should have more updates soon.

Object C

New vehicle concept, just for fun:

The war ended, the tide rolled back. Left behind were countless tragedies, and not a few mysteries.

The First Lord referred to *this* mystery as 'A jester to the Court of Mars' in a letter to his son, and most of the high command referred to it as Object C, when they referred to it at all. It was found in the desert, at some sort of research facility. The documentation was never good, and both the war and the circumstances of this discovery clouded things further. It had started life as a heavy cargo tractor of the sort converted to artillery duty in large numbers some years ago, but had been fitted with a novel weapon system. The nature of this system has been a source of discreet research and speculation since the end of the conflict, but to no productive end.

It would seem to fire some sort of liquid, though a plasma based system had been theorized at first. Tantalizingly incomplete, a number of design features and a novel use of materials suggested that it was based on some sort of rediscovered Founder technology, though this was impossible to prove. Indeed, when the base was searched for documentation, not only was none found but it was discovered to be not just deserted but devoid of all life (down to the bacterial level) and bereft of all organic matter. A lengthy investigation yielded nothing, but was the subject on intense speculation by all involved. Evidence of anything from an as of yet unclassified apex predator to interdimensional travel was rumored, but never materialized.

Currently Object C is in storage at Base South, awaiting restoration.