I've teased some Art and told you i'm working on a new project:
With a friend, we are writing a new OSR rpg. Actually writing 2 versions of one RPG : one motorised by the black hack and another based on Microlite 5th.
I'm in charge of a lot of things, from the microlite 5th adaptation of the system to layout, but also artworks.
I've found a way to create easily and quickly art that I deem good enough for an OSR publication, and I wanted to share some with you.
The Pitch:
The "Ravenium Rush" brings hundreds of new settlers on the "Satanic Planet", but only a few will survive the horror, the demons, and the corporate greed... Will you Crew survive, die in the dirt, or thrive in this sick atmophere?
The Setting:
Alastor 55 is an outer system moon, that was colonized by a satanic church, long ago, and went missing from the human sphere, during a big "Colonies vs Earth"-independance-war.
Much later, when the United Earth Nations discovered Ravenium on Alastor, a black cristalline fuel for black hole jumpships, they tried to re-colonize the moon and discovered a world in shambles: internal strife, feuding satanic sects, technology set back in the 19th century. And DEMONS! A lot of them, with all the slaughter, orgies, gore and unethical behaviours bound with it.
In the middle of the war between all these factions, the U.N. and the corporations, are poor settlers that came as a last chance to escape the misery of life on the planets and moons of the solar system. Thinking that the demons and the black magic were rumors, like the U.N. pretends.
Poor people...
You are a Crew, freshly arrived on Alastor and you'll need a few credits to survive in the protected corporate enclaves. But maybe you 'll strive in this atmosphere of conflict, betrayal and ever present death.
The Art:
I've developped a few images, that might or might not make it into the book.
The demons:
(I have already shown them all but two)
They were the start of the project, and i'm not yet sure to use them all...
But since i'm getting better, there will be more to come, same style and same Modus Operandi.
The firedemon
Wreaking mayhem and playing fire in a plaza? Yes, that's a typical fire demon
The Chainsaw-Massacre-Demon
This is probably not gonna be our Cover. This is the first art piece I created. But it's too recognizable from heavily copyright protected material. Sad, i really love it...
The quick and agile Demon
Most of the life on the planet is settled deep under the earth. These swift jumpers are rarely seen not in packs, and are a bane for travellers.
Demonic Infighting
Demons would not be demons if they were not bickering amongst each others. It's always a good thing for the colonist when they steer their anger at each others...
The Succubus
Who said all demons had to be ugly and spooky?
If there are orgies with demons on Alastor, I hope for the population that a few demons (independently of their gender) are good looking too. And manipulative. Evil anyway...
The tunnel confrontation
Alastor 55 is an ice moon, where hairy demons feel at home. Unless some pesky humans starts to crawl out of their warm underground arcologies...
The Origins
(I don't want to use the word "race" in a Sci-Fi context)
The Patrolling Cyborg
Cyborgs are human brains implanted in a robotic body. There is no reason for anxiety, they are mentally stable and not prone to PTSD or loss of humanity. Never. Not at all. Remember these are the good guys.
And good guys go to bars, don't they?
This one doesn't drink, but likes to watch humans off-guarded by alcohol consumption...
The sad Cyborg
Why is he sad? He's working in one of the few places over the surface of the planet, at the equator.
Well why do you think he's sad? Maybe because he has to freeze his balls off to keep the privileged arseholes protected
Careers
Right now, I'm working on the careers (which is the ingame name for the classes), and there will be 8 of them:
Captain, Investigator, Medic, Occultist, Psiker, Scoundrel, Scientist, & Soldier.
I've already 3 pictures of classes, but i'll post them as a bunch when they are all ready...
Probably the next post
You should come up with a reason why the UEN didnt simply invade and erased all Population like America in our time would do !
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, there is one (Alastor is a protectorate of the UEN, which can do a lot on the planet, but not everything they want. And the Demons wouldn't let them anyway), but it not yet time to unveil all the details of the upcoming book...
DeleteThis is only a short presentation.
But your question is very relevant, thanks for asking !