EldoniousRex
@eldoniousrex
Professional freelance illustrator, graphic designer, and wannabee Metal Hurlant artist. Shop: Site: www.astray3.com Patreon: Shirts:
Art I produced for Oasis. Being used for a convention banner. Check out the campaign on Gamefound! gamefound.com/en/projects/... #tabletopgames
July's Bad Mech article is here! Foolish Samurai! How can you hope to chop down the competition, little Rokurokubi? Read it here: www.sarna.net/news/bad-mec... #battletech #mechwarrior
Well, Group A finals didn't go so bad. A 2nd place finish. Feels like an extra poke at my poor Nishino Flower to have just the top of her head and ears in that final victory image. Kick an uma while she's short why dontcha. Interesting that you still get the Leo Cup Gold tag for second place.
I made a horrible mistake. I've finally qualified for an A Group final on a CM. But, that probably means I'm gonna get destroyed. Doomed! DoooooooOOOoommmed! That Fuji never wins a race. But, she's been in all my qualifying runs. So, she's doing something to help the team. She's earned her spot.
It's a tribute to this piece of Uziel art. I even added in the falling shell casings. However, the version of the Uziel in the upcoming beginner boxed set uses a different energy based load-out. So, I had to remove them.
Catalyst just released a #Battletech Activity book. I'm seeing a lot of posts about it on Tumblr. The book has a ton of my lineart illustrations; much more than I'm posting here. Always, strange to see work I've completely forgot about. "Ohhhh Yeah...I did do the new Lament lineart."
Leo Cup is underway. After my planned team flopped, Hishi Akebano, Taiki Shuttle, and Nishino Flower, I switched to the auto-select team. Can't complain, Sakura Bakusin O and King Halo won two a piece. Tried subbing out Fuji on the next run to lesser results. I guess she's the lucky charm.
Had to spend too much of my strategic free carat stockpile to make it happen. But, got my swimsuit Goldshi. Dang game gave me McQueen on the first pull of my free tickets. Then again on my second ten pull. I'm not a big McQueen fan. Plus side, got enough to max out Super Creek.
Well, that's a surprise. A 1st place in the B group finals. Seems I'm not as cooked competitively as thought. Any idea of ever winning anything in the A ranks is still crushed. However, I'll take the lowercase "w."
As predicted, Group A trials were a disaster. Only two wins out of 35 total races in the group. Just enough to roll into B group finals grave. I have one more ticket attempt to get into Group A finals; which is impossible given my record. Rather keep the carrots. Best to resign myself to Group B.
Lucky pulls from the last two days Finally, got that annoying fisher Uma that is my CM cup nightmare. Air Shakur, cause I sooooo definitely need another End Closer. And, another T.M. Opera O; not the version I really want. Base Opey is already maxed out. The latter are from single pulls. Neat!
I've finally made a themed Champions meeting team. The tiny terrors! The End Closing ankle biters! They got me through the first round. Inari one coming through as the MVP. Tamamo Cross picking up on her off days. Very situational. They die the moment a strong front runner or Xmas Oguri show up.
BT Pride Anthology covers are up for sale! An 8.5" X 11" matte cardstock prints. Get your claws on it here: astray3.bigcartel.com/product/quee...
June's Bad Mech article is here. Time to hit the Mangonel's weak spot for maximum damage! RELOAD!! RELOAD!! Read the article here: www.sarna.net/news/bad-mec... #battletech
It's also a somber reflection on how something so popular and ubiquitous can just fall out of public consciousness. Rose O'neill herself would gain and lose a fortune to die in poverty at the age of 70. She's buried in a small family plot a short walk from her home. Often the fate of artists.
Visited the Bonniebrook museum outside of Springfield and Branson, MO. It is the resting place of Rose O'Neill; the creator of Kewpie dolls. I'm enamored with her Sweet Monsters series of drawings. Most examples are lost to time. These are some of her surviving sculptures. www.roseoneill.org
When the Taiki Shuttle Japanese voice actress switches to English to say "Poppa...momma...miss you." It cracks me up. ( It IS sad to hear. The most outgoing character is also the loneliest. Her good ending kills me when she runs off to cry when she thinks you're splitting up. )
While my competitive Champion Meet prospects have been in the dumps; last place in the last several events. My Uma pulls seem to remain hot. Summer Camp Taiki Shuttle on a free scout ticket pull. Not bad.
My pulling streak from earlier this year pretty much dried up. But, it looks like there is a bit more gas in the tank. Got Inari One on my second 10 pull. I've now got the entire Heisei Big Three; or the complete Cinderella Gray collection if you prefer. Now, I gotta start saving for cards.
I swear, this is the second time in the series ( The far side of the world ) Stephen Maturin has been asked by a desperate woman to abort an unwanted pregnancy and his response is... "I won't do it. But, take heart! Do you know how many miscarriages there are now-a-days? You might get lucky."
After a brief month of positivity, we're back to the bad mechs. The next stop on our Odyssey is the Cyclops. It's going to count sheep until you fall asleep. Read the new article here: www.sarna.net/news/bad-mec... #battletech
I thought I was cooked after Aries Cup. Was thinking about not even trying for Taurus Cups cause I've had a bad run of careers lately. But, Cheerleader Nice Nature came to the rescue. Qualified for A group in my first bracket. I did some testing for tomorrow's run. The next team looks promising.
A recent commission piece I did for the UK Battletech community. They will be holding events at the upcoming UK games expo www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk You can join the group here! sites.google.com/view/ukbattl... And their Discord: discord.com/invite/vfbqt... #battletech
The glory! The lazy, lazy zero effort glory! www.dennys.com/promotions/h...
First 10 pull luck continues with a Cheerleader Nice Nature. This is the fourth time in a row that a rainbow(s) appeared during the first pull on a new banner. Some more beautiful Meisho Doto wins. And, much needed winning runs. Along with a miraculous 5-streak. Summer Maruzensky carried the team.
Aries Cup was such a nightmare. I thought I could make a decent PVP Uma. Damn was I wrong. Completely washed out of the graded races with only 2 wins out of 40 races. Things got better in the B group. But, still couldn't cinch a 3 win run. My girl Doto got two wins, though. Not a complete waste.