This Used To Happen A Lot

This used to happen a lot

Finally freed this one from the wip folder…!

For DracoPhobos - his SR-71 character Cathartes in the style of the new “Machina Daemonum” setting I’ve been noodling on. More on that later - but one of the key concepts here is that man of the “vehicles” in this world are amalgams of a variety of beasts. Usually a base creature is chosen, and then altered/mutated/infested with specialized “parasites” that complete their design (for example, engines (“propulsors”) are often their own entities that end up fusing with the main body. Visual rule of thumb is “the more horrible, the better” haha. Usually the intelligence or the central “control” comes from an add-on parasite like this, and does not stem from the “base” creature used in the amalgam.

Another 109 aerosaur/amalgam, this time in the colors you are probably more familiar with, for the history nerds at least (WWII German colors) The parasite’s coloration emulates the “yellow nose” paint the 109 often had!

can’t believe shinji got beat out by a honest to god squid

Hyvää juhannusta!