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Long time no post DA, I've been hard at work on my first book, Rangers Project: The Protectorate Wars. I've been keeping most of it's art held back for those who backed, pre-order, and in the future purchase it. I've been itching to post something though, and this is a good one I just finished, enjoy.The Isles Protectorate has commenced it's war against the established super powers in the core of colonized space. Here, Kristen Marx leads here Elementals as the tip of the spear in a strike against Haenkel-Parvam Conglomerate worlds. In a trial by fire for the untested Protectorate and their Elementals, experimental shield technology proved pivotal as otherwise conventional power armored soldiers overpowered Conglomerate combat mechs. All eyes are now on this new force, and the great powers scramble to meet it.
For those interested, you can pre-order The Protectorate Wars digital art book on this blog page: therangersproject.blogspot.com… which along with netting you the digital PDF edition when complete, you also gain access to regular progress updates including a look at all artwork done along the way. All profits support my continued efforts on the Rangers Project. Thanks for everyone's support, I wouldn't be able to pull this stuff off without all the funding provided so far.
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Comments: 83
Shimmering-Sword In reply to AgentBladelock [2016-03-10 08:40:39 +0000 UTC]
Other than the more tropey bad guy factions in the setting, everyone thinks they're a good guy. They're all super powers (or failed powers) that either want control, or go to war fearing others will gain control if they don't first.
I wanted that to be something deliberate, no good guy vs bad guy plot. The Rangers/Elementals of mine that everyone loves are some of the most terrifying forces on the battlefield.
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Clynac [2014-04-24 12:23:48 +0000 UTC]
Wonderful. I like your armor/helmet style. Sadly i did'nt know that you have a kickstarter campaign.
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Shimmering-Sword In reply to Clynac [2014-07-06 22:55:12 +0000 UTC]
When the book is ready you'll still be able to buy it. You could pre-order it now if you wanted, but I'm not sure when I'll have it done.
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GraySharkStudios [2014-03-22 01:57:11 +0000 UTC]
Nice to see some of the cleaner polished pieces arriving.
How much of the Ranger book work will never be on Deviant? Or are you going to post it, just much later or whats the plan there?
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Shimmering-Sword In reply to GraySharkStudios [2014-03-27 05:22:05 +0000 UTC]
I usually don't post my least favorite pieces, but over time likely a good portion of the best will be posted.
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GraySharkStudios In reply to Shimmering-Sword [2014-03-27 05:48:17 +0000 UTC]
Good to know some of it will stay exclusive, until someone leaks it of course. Cheers friend.
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mel-danes [2014-03-22 00:00:30 +0000 UTC]
As a fully finished piece this is wonderful. It has a solid design base, this whole series you have been knocking out of the park!
Do I detect a little Orc inspiration from Appleseed Manga 3? Its subtle and your personal style make it completely your own.
I have noticed your helmet aesthetic has shown up all over Deviant Art, so congrats on your contribution to the language of mecha/cool.
Again great piece, keep it up sir.
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Shimmering-Sword In reply to mel-danes [2014-03-27 05:50:35 +0000 UTC]
I've never read the Appleseed manga, so I don't know.
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mel-danes In reply to Shimmering-Sword [2014-03-29 08:46:27 +0000 UTC]
Appleseed is a good read, and is full of great design work. Its from an earlier period in the artists life so the rendering is a little lacking in the first 2 volumes. I found the story more interesting that GitS, and far more serious that Dominion, or Orion.
Regardless this is a great piece, so thanks for sharing it with us.
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RevealedFromtheVoy [2014-03-18 20:05:47 +0000 UTC]
Hell yeah ! I was waiting for this since months ^^
And I can't wait the release of your art book !!!
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thenotsowelltaught [2014-03-17 08:53:39 +0000 UTC]
AWESOME!it's quite relaxing to see an elemental basking in her glory.
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Shima-Games [2014-03-17 03:07:58 +0000 UTC]
Fantastic! Make a wargame.... God I want to own these as models
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FlightlessGhost [2014-03-14 14:03:07 +0000 UTC]
That looks fantastic! I really want to pre-order now.
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Shimmering-Sword In reply to FlightlessGhost [2014-03-14 22:48:08 +0000 UTC]
Thanks, I'd certainly appreciate it.
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Sagittarius-A-star [2014-03-14 10:42:24 +0000 UTC]
Ha ha, that is a very big gun. What would you say it was- a 20mm cannon made into a battle rifle? How does she even hold it to her shoulder? Or does fit over the shoulder, like a bazooka? That would make sense if it is a recoilless rifle.
Anyway, nice work Shimmy! I especially like the battle damage on the mech Kristen is standing on- I can almost feel the force of the grazing hit that must have plowed through that ripped up armor on the bottom right.
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Shimmering-Sword In reply to Sagittarius-A-star [2014-03-14 11:33:51 +0000 UTC]
More like 25-30mm, fired from the hip, AI assisted aim, and the arms can distribute the recoil nicely in combination with some brake porting.
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infinityknifehands13 In reply to Shimmering-Sword [2014-03-16 19:36:45 +0000 UTC]
A 25-30mm hip-fired BFG? Nice. Is it a variation of the .338LM Modular Rifle that the Rangers use or a weapon exclusive to the Elementals?
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Natebros [2014-03-14 07:31:14 +0000 UTC]
You are slowly making me want to purchase things. And I don't have that much money...
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Shimmering-Sword In reply to Natebros [2014-03-14 08:31:20 +0000 UTC]
All according to plan
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acebird1234 [2014-03-14 05:24:23 +0000 UTC]
Impressive.This will be the way to win future wars.
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DarkghostX [2014-03-14 05:01:15 +0000 UTC]
Good to see you posting again man. I wish you the best of luck on the book.
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Shimmering-Sword In reply to DarkghostX [2014-03-14 05:05:12 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, I wish I could post more, but I also feel obligated to those providing monetary support to keep the book content exclusive to them for a while.
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