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Update on My Two Indie Projects: Yatra & Project Valhalla

I wanted to take a moment to share some updates on my two ongoing indie projects: Yatra and Project Valhalla (working title, and formerly known as Valhalla 45). Both are in different stages of deve...

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V45 Mysterious Explorations

As much as I love the storytelling aspect of blocking things out, it can get a little dull living in the grey world of previz...super important though! 

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V45 Previsualizations

Not the most exciting sequence but sometimes you need a breather in-between the action. Part of a future episode. It's crude looking and WIP stuff but I've always liked seeing previz from other's p...

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...I am alive!

...I am alive! To those who have been wondering and concerned I appreciate the messages, to those who want to slap me for my lack of updates and communication, well...I can't blame you. On a platfo...

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V45 - Aircraft and Pilots and Mecha, Oh My!

Some tasty Warsuit Pilot illustrations from the legendary Christophe Young and a load of sketch concept works from @patso_catso exploring some aircraft and other goodness.

Time to start trans...

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V-45 Warsuit Pilot Design Exploration

Excited to start some design exploration of the Warsuit pilots with the awesome Christophe Young. Aiming for a unique lo-fi sci-fi style that feels advanced but in an analog way, developed by human...

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V-45 Concepting

A little drop of world-building and mecha concepting for V45. Much more lore artwork coming that will piece together a full backstory video to set the stage for the setting. Credit to Alexander Jos...

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V45 - Alternate Timeline vs Completely Fictional

While much of the narrative tone and overarching ideas for V45 are clear in my mind, some big pieces su...

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YATRA Intro All But Complete AND New Project Revealed!

Alright, time for things to get busier around here. The Yatra intro is ALL but complete, edit and sound locked down, animation and all visuals on my end finished. Unfortunately there are a batch of...

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2022! YATRA WIPS - 1st Finish Line In Sight

Hello and happy 2022 everyone! I'm looking forward to this decade starting to get its act together :D

I took a few weeks out over the holidays to completely unplug from the computer for the ...

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Horsing Around

A bit of a complicated wrangle but rider and ridee are alive and moving! Still some FX passes to do on these shots and audio is still rough, but it's nice to have all the 3d assets I need to get th...

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Quick Darksun Character Test & Shot

Having some fun with the almost completed Darksun character! Looking forward to having him command his men and do some battling...

BTW if anyone understands the line at the start and it makes...

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Darksun Character WiP

A little lookdev for the Darksun character...hope everyone had a nice Halloween weekend!

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YATRA - 'Rider' Finished & Scene WIPS

Assets and scenes finally flowing through now! Although I'm still struggling to find background/matte painting artists with much spare time, the Marvel MCU machine consumes all talent!

Attac...

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Reinforcements for Yatra

Thanks to everyone's amazing support I've been able to convince some real pros to spend a little more time at their desks and help on the project! :D Sharing some of their work below. Super excited...

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Character Cards

Some new character concept updates and just a little bit of background on them :) A little more, 'retro fantasy in the future' this time compared to the 'knight' shown earlier, who will be updated ...

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Yatra Follow Up & 'Knight' Concept Poll

Just a follow up to the previous post to thank everyone for the positive reception! And officially confirm 'Yatra' as the current project supported by this Patreon page :) 

At this stage...

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Introducing YATRA

Hello everyone! :) I'd like to share a short-series side project I've been developing when I get the chance. 'Yatra' is an alternate universe, future/fantasy blend following a man's journey across ...

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Patreon Update

Hello everyone! First of all it was great to see the reaction to Astartes being picked up by GW and their Warhammer Animations team. Stay tuned to their channels for updates!

Just wanted to u...

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ASTARTES Goes Official! Big News On WH Community Website!

ASTARTES GOES OFFICIAL!

Hop over to www.warhammer-community.com for more!

This may feel like it's coming out of nowhere but I'm happy to announce today that from this point on I'll be w...

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Full Project Update Coming Soon

Hey everyone!

Firstly I need to apologize for the silence, it's not good enough from me and you guys deserve better. I have to admit there's been some burnout personally for me after diving ...

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Favourite 40k 'Quotes'

Hey guys, currently hunting around for some cool quotes within 40k lore/novels that nicely setup the mood and or 'situation' of the universe. Doesn't have to be something long or all encompassing l...

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SceneX Dev Vlog 03

Apologies for the gap in updates! Had to jump to some other scenes I'm getting assistance with and move them along before resuming. This update has the marines painted up as the 'Void Hounds', the ...

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SceneX Dev Vlog 02

SceneX continues. Overall polish, finished off the 2nd marine animation, cleaned up shoulder pads and other armor pieces, and slipped in the 3rd marine. Threw in some lighting for a quick test and ...

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SceneX Dev Vlog 01

Got some more work in on this scene today. Recorded some mocap to use as a base for the motions, which I then tweak to match closer to the key poses I framed up earlier. And then it's a whole bunch...

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SceneX Dev Vlog 00

Hey guys! 

While developing the next chapter for Astartes I also have a trailer in the works that will officially announce the project as an anthology series. This trailer will mostly be...

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AMA Going Down on Reddit! May 15th, 12pm PDT

https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer/comments/ghsp5v/ama_announc...

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Wallpapers and Shoulder Pads

Fresh batch of wallpapers! Hopefully I didn't forget too many, will get 'em next time! Also included all previous ones, files attached at bottom of post.

Retributor shoulder pads! The guys a...

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Chapter Call to Arms! And Misc...

Hey everyone! So while pre-planning and asset creation gets into gear for the next chapter of Astartes, I'm planning another one off video in the meantime that will establish Astartes as an antholo...

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Damn What a Response! Thank You Everyone!

Holy moly! Every time I'm blown away by the incredible response and support, thank you so much everyone! I thought I was rolling the dice a little there with a slower paced and more mysterious/horr...

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