Written by Jesse Blom
Hello all!
In this post, I'll be giving an update on what we have been up to on the non-3D miniatures side of our art department! We have been working hard on art for the books for the V1 physical release, and we'll most likely be using this art for many years to come, so we have been expanding the team a little bit.
First off, we have asked Cormac Ganshirt (GanshirtArt on socials, check him out!) to produce some stunning splash arts for our books. These illustrations are meant to capture the feel of the major fronts currently active in the setting, so players may flavor their armies, boards or campaigns around them. Think of them as loading screens, but, in a book. We'd like to show off the first two that he has made so far.
This first illustration shows the North African front, with a British armoured column marching through the wreckage of an NFR-supported North African Bloc counterstrike. The scale and atmosphere and lighting in this piece is truly amazing, and the care Cormac took to show off the smallest details is very cool.
The second illustration shows a frontal mech assault by the United States on a small fortified Russian village in Alaska, protected by a force of Russian American Company troops. I am particularly fond of the Tachanka who about 30 seconds before this went down was pretending to be a house, also doubling as a great Baba Yaga reference. Also, for anyone who has ever wondered what the beam of a heatray looks like, it's the crackling red angry looking blast being shot out of the Lynx. There's many more great details and bits and bobs in these pieces, so take some time to look them over, they are very much worth it.
He has done a truly fantastic job, and we're very lucky to be working with him. Cormac is working on more art for us, and we can't wait to see what he makes next.
For the Armies of the Great Powers book, we will be producing a frankly frightening amount of smaller illustrations, over 126 colorscheme illustrations alone at minimum! Every subfaction will get 2 character and 1 vehicle illustration to show off their colours, and while some lineart will be repeated within their respective factions, there are still plenty of unique illustrations and variations on them. This does not even mention the unit markings, faction emblems, corporation logos and many other such graphics. Suffice to say, a lot of work. We are Marching along, though, and here's another update on some Russian faction schemes and lineart, this one is for the Russian American Company (shading is still work in progress)
That's all for now, hope you enjoyed!
- Jesse
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