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Image originally posted 1 September 2016.

Part of a set of two images for my earliest concepts of the scene quoted below from the Exodus novel. I'll give you the first part of the scene with the first image and the second part with the second one.

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      Screaming down from the sky came the Longbow, spitting 30mm uranium-depleted death from its swivel-mounted chain gun. The already fast-moving Tyrant put on another burst of speed, running ahead of the shells smacking the pavement just behind it and keeping just out of reach. Now the Longbow put on its own burst of speed, trying to walk its fire up and into the Tyrant as it closed with its target at a speed that the Tyrant could not match even at its most extreme. Suddenly the Tyrant dodged sharply to the right into a cluster of assorted buildings, and the Longbow's walking fire found only empty street to hit. The Longbow overshot its target but quickly recovered, banking hard to the left and whipping back around in order to get back to the Tyrant's new location as fast as possible.
      Nothing. No sign. Not a peep. The Tyrant had gone to ground.
      Echo Escort Three hovered in place for a moment as its crew discussed what to do next both among themselves and also with Echo Team Command. This threat could not be left behind to simply pick up the pursuit again. U.S. Army SOC knew full well of what a Tyrant was capable of doing, thanks to the multiple action reports sent in by its own Echo Teams it had deployed throughout Raccoon City only a day into the Outbreak. Not all of them had survived those encounters, but the few that had (such as Echo Teams Two and Six) had given reports that would have been well beyond the pale had not the SOC already had some inkling of what they might be up against before going in. This thing had to be stopped now, not only because of both what it could do, but also because of who and what the damaged Blackhawk had on board, as it desperately tried to make its way to the edge of town and the intended rendezvous. Too much was at stake to risk failure. That is why, after a short delay, the Longbow backed up a considerable distance in mid-air, still keeping the entire cluster of buildings in its sights. A minute passed ... then another ... and then an infrared sensor went off, showing a large, human-like form crouching down in front of one of the buildings. Echo Escort Three suddenly let loose with a pair of Hellfire missiles at the target, and the entire cluster of buildings promptly disappeared in an inferno of fire, smoke, and flying rubble.
      The Longbow remained where it was until the worst of the firestorm settled down, then it came in close and began to slowly circle the ruined buildings, still burning and smoking in places, looking for any sign of the Tyrant. It kept its cockpit forward as the Longbow's body itself rotated, always remaining oriented for maximum visibility of the most area by its crew. They were good, and its pilot was an excellent one. They were taking no chances.
     The motion of the Longbow stopped as it froze in position and began to hover in place. The view from its cockpit was now centered on a large rubber overcoat, half covered by rubble and dust, lying in front of the burning ruins of a three-story building. It continued to hover in place, as if unsure of what it saw, and then began to carefully edge forward, keeping its chain gun trained on the overcoat. Its crew swept everything they saw both with their own senses and the Longbow's augmented ones. Their own human senses were limited, though, and clouded by both the smoke and fire. The Longbow's electronic sensors were also confused by all the heat that the fire in the building was putting out. That is why neither human nor electronic senses gave any sign of the threat that lurked on the burning building's half-destroyed roof, until it was too late.
      Suddenly an infrared alarm went off inside the Longbow's cockpit. By the time the crew reacted, the Tyrant was already hurtling through the air straight at the Longbow. It crashed into the front of the helicopter, immediately latching its limbs around its frame, then with one of its powerful arms smashed through the cockpit and pulverized the head of its pilot. It then twisted to one side and fell away, careful to avoid the spinning rotors, as the Longbow suddenly careened out of control. Its rotors hit the edge of the burning building and the helicopter promptly jacknifed, sending it out of control and flying into another ruined building. There was a tremendous explosion and fireball, and then Echo Escort Three was no more.
      The mostly naked Tyrant stood in front of the building for a moment, surveying the madly flaming ruin of the mechanical gnat that had once dared to try to keep it from its designated prey. It ignored its own blood dripping from the bloodied knuckles of its right hand, blood that now spotted its own dusty overcoat, just like it ignored anything and everything that did not directly affect its programmed mission. Then without another glance, it reached down, picked up, and redonned the rubber overcoat from the street that it had left there as bait for the Longbow. It promptly broke into a full run, zipping after the oily black smoke trail on the horizon that pointed the way to the now-distant damaged Blackhawk. The Tyrant had no more time to waste on gnats. It had a target to destroy.

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From Chapter 24 of

Resident Evil: Exodus - The Tale of Elza Walker

by Richard Mandel

You can read online and for free the full text of the last official public release of Resident Evil: Exodus - The Tale of Elza Walker at the Wattpad free e-book site. Here's a direct link to the Table of Contents page:

www.wattpad.com/482772140-resi…

The old PDF download option link on Wattpad has been dead for years. Here's a new link if you want the complete text:
www.mediafire.com/file/wme7q87…

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COMMENTS

Score: Tyrant 1, US Army SOC 0 ... and the final quarter is just getting started, folks.

U.S. Army SOC knew full well of what a Tyrant was capable of doing ... - Per what Jill finds in the rail cannon room in the original RE3, as well as the Echo Team Six side of Operation Raccoon City (ORC).

I would LOVE to see any of you talented fellow dA artists out there create more accurate and probably better by far concept art for the battle in Exodus between the Tyrant and the Longbow. The CG models for both are out there for you to find, and I'd also welcome images created with pen, ink, paints, chalk, etc. Whatever you skill is in. This could be your contribution to Exodus, folks! Anyone?

Let's just continue the BGM from the previous image given its appropriateness, courtesy of CODE: Veronica and the Darkside Chronicles soundtrack (YouTube link):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTLSrq…

Description

Image originally posted 1 September 2016.

Part of a set of two images for my earliest concepts of the scene quoted below from the Exodus novel. I'll give you the first part of the scene with the first image and the second part with the second one.

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PREV -->     FIRST -->      NEXT -->

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      Screaming down from the sky came the Longbow, spitting 30mm uranium-depleted death from its swivel-mounted chain gun. The already fast-moving Tyrant put on another burst of speed, running ahead of the shells smacking the pavement just behind it and keeping just out of reach. Now the Longbow put on its own burst of speed, trying to walk its fire up and into the Tyrant as it closed with its target at a speed that the Tyrant could not match even at its most extreme. Suddenly the Tyrant dodged sharply to the right into a cluster of assorted buildings, and the Longbow's walking fire found only empty street to hit. The Longbow overshot its target but quickly recovered, banking hard to the left and whipping back around in order to get back to the Tyrant's new location as fast as possible.
      Nothing. No sign. Not a peep. The Tyrant had gone to ground.
      Echo Escort Three hovered in place for a moment as its crew discussed what to do next both among themselves and also with Echo Team Command. This threat could not be left behind to simply pick up the pursuit again. U.S. Army SOC knew full well of what a Tyrant was capable of doing, thanks to the multiple action reports sent in by its own Echo Teams it had deployed throughout Raccoon City only a day into the Outbreak. Not all of them had survived those encounters, but the few that had (such as Echo Teams Two and Six) had given reports that would have been well beyond the pale had not the SOC already had some inkling of what they might be up against before going in. This thing had to be stopped now, not only because of both what it could do, but also because of who and what the damaged Blackhawk had on board, as it desperately tried to make its way to the edge of town and the intended rendezvous. Too much was at stake to risk failure. That is why, after a short delay, the Longbow backed up a considerable distance in mid-air, still keeping the entire cluster of buildings in its sights. A minute passed ... then another ... and then an infrared sensor went off, showing a large, human-like form crouching down in front of one of the buildings. Echo Escort Three suddenly let loose with a pair of Hellfire missiles at the target, and the entire cluster of buildings promptly disappeared in an inferno of fire, smoke, and flying rubble.
      The Longbow remained where it was until the worst of the firestorm settled down, then it came in close and began to slowly circle the ruined buildings, still burning and smoking in places, looking for any sign of the Tyrant. It kept its cockpit forward as the Longbow's body itself rotated, always remaining oriented for maximum visibility of the most area by its crew. They were good, and its pilot was an excellent one. They were taking no chances.
     The motion of the Longbow stopped as it froze in position and began to hover in place. The view from its cockpit was now centered on a large rubber overcoat, half covered by rubble and dust, lying in front of the burning ruins of a three-story building. It continued to hover in place, as if unsure of what it saw, and then began to carefully edge forward, keeping its chain gun trained on the overcoat. Its crew swept everything they saw both with their own senses and the Longbow's augmented ones. Their own human senses were limited, though, and clouded by both the smoke and fire. The Longbow's electronic sensors were also confused by all the heat that the fire in the building was putting out. That is why neither human nor electronic senses gave any sign of the threat that lurked on the burning building's half-destroyed roof, until it was too late.
      Suddenly an infrared alarm went off inside the Longbow's cockpit. By the time the crew reacted, the Tyrant was already hurtling through the air straight at the Longbow. It crashed into the front of the helicopter, immediately latching its limbs around its frame, then with one of its powerful arms smashed through the cockpit and pulverized the head of its pilot. It then twisted to one side and fell away, careful to avoid the spinning rotors, as the Longbow suddenly careened out of control. Its rotors hit the edge of the burning building and the helicopter promptly jacknifed, sending it out of control and flying into another ruined building. There was a tremendous explosion and fireball, and then Echo Escort Three was no more.
      The mostly naked Tyrant stood in front of the building for a moment, surveying the madly flaming ruin of the mechanical gnat that had once dared to try to keep it from its designated prey. It ignored its own blood dripping from the bloodied knuckles of its right hand, blood that now spotted its own dusty overcoat, just like it ignored anything and everything that did not directly affect its programmed mission. Then without another glance, it reached down, picked up, and redonned the rubber overcoat from the street that it had left there as bait for the Longbow. It promptly broke into a full run, zipping after the oily black smoke trail on the horizon that pointed the way to the now-distant damaged Blackhawk. The Tyrant had no more time to waste on gnats. It had a target to destroy.

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From Chapter 24 of

Resident Evil: Exodus - The Tale of Elza Walker

by Richard Mandel

You can read online and for free the full text of the last official public release of Resident Evil: Exodus - The Tale of Elza Walker at the Wattpad free e-book site. Here's a direct link to the Table of Contents page:

www.wattpad.com/482772140-resi…

The old PDF download option link on Wattpad has been dead for years. Here's a new link if you want the complete text:
www.mediafire.com/file/wme7q87…

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COMMENTS

Score: Tyrant 1, US Army SOC 0 ... and the final quarter is just getting started, folks.

U.S. Army SOC knew full well of what a Tyrant was capable of doing ... - Per what Jill finds in the rail cannon room in the original RE3, as well as the Echo Team Six side of Operation Raccoon City (ORC).

I would LOVE to see any of you talented fellow dA artists out there create more accurate and probably better by far concept art for the battle in Exodus between the Tyrant and the Longbow. The CG models for both are out there for you to find, and I'd also welcome images created with pen, ink, paints, chalk, etc. Whatever you skill is in. This could be your contribution to Exodus, folks! Anyone?

Let's just continue the BGM from the previous image given its appropriateness, courtesy of CODE: Veronica and the Darkside Chronicles soundtrack (YouTube link):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTLSrq…