Bodak

Shot down

A bit experimental, but I wanted to get a shot of some Angel Corps CAS.

Landing 3

Really leaning into the idea of the Airborne troops getting to be a little bit fancy, what with their different boot styles and stockings. 'Dress a (wo)man well and (s)he'll fight well,' and all that.

Landing 2

Landing

This was from a quite ambitious photo-story that I now can't find. I'm rooting through my old hard-drives in search of it, but it never made it public because it was just so much work to add in the weapon and hit effects.

Zero-G

Angels, but floating!

Airborne 3

Airborne 2

I did quite a few one-off concept renders showing my Airborne Angels having a hard time of it.

Angel Airborne

I do love the idea of airborne troops dropping right into the thick of it. The original jump troops used these wings and the zip-up suit, but when I went over to G2 and G3, I decided I wanted a way to make the jump troops look different. I ended up making the leotard with a custom-made transmap.

Street Fight

An attempt to recapture the look of the original (Vicky 4) Angel Corps story using a Genesis 2 costume. I just didn't like the heels, so it never stuck.

At all costs!

Heavy Calibre

Ouch.

Angel Elite breach

Angel Corps advance

Good ol' 3DL! Hours and hours of postwork, but totally worth it.

Halftrack Ambush

Here's this week's image then: Yeungmaidels having a hard time in a ruined city.

What are you most interested in?

Now that I'm starting to find my feet with Patreon, I think I could do with a little market research.

I'm going to preface this by just being clear about how much time it takes to produce a complete piece of work, just so people understand what I can (and can't) achieve each month.

It normally takes between two and four hours to completely pose a single scene, ready to render. Obviously it depends on the complexity of the scene and whether I'm using pre-existing characters, dforc...

Falling Angels

Another grand idea that never got finished off: Angels in floaty dresses fighting demon succubus girls in the air. Don't think I've entirely written off the idea- I just had to prioritise my workflow and this idea lost.

Subway shootout

Loved the effects on this, but never liked the lighting, so it never became a full story.

4: Launch

H-Hr

In the silence of the void, a volley of assault capsules are expelled from Indefatigable's flank; aimed at the planet below.

3: Helmets on

H-8

As Tpr Lola dons her helmet, Tpr Amy waits while the embarkation engineer confirms the seal of her air hose.

2: Drop Pod

H-15

Along the Indefatigable's serrated flanks, Imperial Drop Troopers prepare to board their capsules.

Troopers Amy and Lola report to Pod Bay 4-B for embarkation.

1: In Orbit

H-30

In orbit above the planet Luyten III, the Carrier Indefatigable and it's escorts manoeuvre into position for orbital insertion.

4: Isla (iii)

There wasn't going to be a medic.

There didn't seem to be anyone else around.

Somewhere distant, the sounds muffled by the concrete walls and passages of the facility, Isla could still hear shouts and gunfire, but the battle had moved on and left her behind like so much litter. Even the black-clothed bitches who'd put a bullet in her belly had gone.

Bitter tears made eyeliner streaks down her cheeks, and through the burning pain in her belly she managed to find enough energy...

4: Isla (ii)

She'd gotten one of the bitches at least. The fucker lay stretched out where she'd fallen, not moving, her weapon fallen some distance from her out-stretched hand. The other two were still there, still shooting.

Perhaps they hadn't realised yet that they'd hit her.

Isla's hand came away bloody from the torn hole in her blouse. The bullet-hole was low, the wound painful. She still wasn't quite sure how it had even hit her- a ricochet perhaps- or maybe the damn pillar she'd picked ...

4: Isla (i)

Within the confines of the concrete cloister that surrounded the courtyard, the hard, harsh report of gunfire was oppressively loud. There were at least three shooters; women in black, armed with pistols, doggedly defending the far end of the covered gallery and turning the narrow passage into a killzone.

To Isla, the concrete pillar she'd taken shelter behind seemed precariously narrow, but there was nowhere else to move to while the bitches kept up their fire. Peaking out of her meagr...

Landing

Image 4 for November (not sure how I've ended up posting so many, but never mind).

One thing about the Star Wars universe that I simultaneously love and hate: Despite all the technology, Infantry tactics are still in the Napoleonic era, and running into a defended choke-point while occasionally firing from the hip is a perfectly acceptable tactic.

Test: In the Water

Here's another test render, this time for the defenders just outside the moon pool (You can see the surface of the water inside the dome on the left).

This render took 1 hour before I stopped it, and it looks OK with 2 figures in. Running an entire photo-story out of renders which need to be left overnight to cook is not ideal (it's why my Surgical Strike II set on Deviantart is taking so long).

I'm still not entirely happy with the crossbow, and I've realised that the bump map on...

Test: Defending the barracks

Experience with failures like the Onna Bushi and Paladins stories I've been sharing in the dungeon, has taught me to run a few test renders before I embark on any big story. This scene probably won't be in the final story, though it might form the basis of one: It's my concept for what it will look like as the off-duty Marines defend the barracks once the attackers have taken the moon pool.

I'm happy with the lighting and the scene, though I'm going to need some more greebles to ...

On Duty

Meanwhile, the sixteen on-duty troops will break down like this:

4 in the water, patrolling round the base.

8 suited-up in the Moon Pool, ready to act as a quick-reaction force.

4 guarding the lab and operating the surveillance equipment (you'll see that later).

From left to right: Phoebe and Samantha will be in the water when the attack starts, and will be facing off against a horde of black-suited attackers.

Lara will be defending the Moon Pool when the ...

Off-Duty

So here's four of the sixteen off-duty Marines who'll be scrambling to defend the base once the attackers break in. There's a mix of characters in underwear, tracksuits, vests, and the sorts of things squaddies end up wearing when they aren't in uniform but they can't get off base.

The Barracks

The middle dome has space for 8 bunk beds, which will be laid out something like this.

Now, in my experience, the military tends to operate on a rule of 3s: For every soldier on-duty, there's another one held at readiness , and a third resting. I thought about this for far too long, and in the end I decided to bend that rule. For one thing, if there are sixteen Marines on guard and another sixteen in their bunks, there's nowhere for the sixteen 'readiness' troops to go. More imp...