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Ron Perlman as Hellboy for @ser-rctslcyer

Hellboy (2004)

The new Mechanicum Battle Group looks legitimately fantastic, featuring plastics for some desperately needed Martian infantry like the Tech-thralls and Thallax.

I'm thrilled to see the Triaros Armoured Conveyer getting plasticized as well. It doesn't appear to be quite 1:1 with some changes to superficial details, but nothing appears so offensively off-model as to render the legacy resin kit unplayable.

Ditto the Castellax Battle Automata, and the fact that they come as a pair has me hopeful that their standalone kit is similarly packaged - and, therefore, a savings over the $83.00 solos from Forge World.

Like the Solar Auxilia and Legiones Astartes Battle Groups, the HQ is sold separately so none of the sticker price is being diluted with duplicative commanders - but the commander that they have coming out with the standalone kits does look pretty sharp.

The real star of the show, however, is the standalone plastic Thanatar Siege-Automata. The resin version is an old kit and the quality of the casting is highly dependent on the condition of the mold at the time it's poured. You're likely to spend a lot of time digging out recesses where resin has globbed because the last guy to order one got a piece of the mold with it.

I certainly won't miss pinning all those plasma flasks in place.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

ORIGINAL TRILOGY APPRECIATION WEEK • DAY ONE ↳ favorite movie: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Chaos

by Cristian Alias

A few years ago I was lucky enough to check off one of the the boxes on my creative bucket list. I illustrated a novel by Neil Gaiman called FORTUNATELY, THE MILK. It’s a very silly young reader book with TONS of drawings it and it was blast to work on.

I decided to use a bit of a different finish on this art than you might be used in my comics. I normally ink with with a brush but I wanted this to feel a bit more frantic and off so I used a nib. The G Pen. It gave the work a scratchy feel that I really fell in love with. I would love to do a full comic like this at some point. I wonder what it would look like in color? 

Here are some of my favorite pieces from the book. I really enjoyed drawing the random Milk bottles to be used throughout the book.

I loved working with Neil and if you did as well, stay tuned. You’ll be happy with what’s to come. 

by Darya Rudakova

Night Passage from the Desert, 2013