Kai Lim

28mm.blackpowderredearth.com 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐬, "𝟸-𝟷-𝟷, 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝙻-𝙲-𝙲." "𝙲𝚘𝚙𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝, 𝟸-𝟷-𝟷. 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜, 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍." 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐩, 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐔𝐀𝐒 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬. "𝙸𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚠𝚘. 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚣𝚎𝚛𝚘." 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬. 𝐔𝐀𝐒 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲, 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞. [credit: Jon Chang's written brief to me] Black Powder Red Earth is known for its realistic, gritty, and uncompromising take on military fiction inspired by real-world events. It also prides itself on being informed by real-world practitioners in the field and counts among its fanbase numerous warfighters. Some particularly memorable aspects of the process: -Assaulter here is running BCM4 with suppressor and Nightforce ATACR LPVO. I think this is the only time I get to show the model I tried my best to replicate. As beautiful as the BCM4 is (that stock and handguard especially...) I remember wanting to stab myself every 5 minutes with my stylus matching the plane changes from the references. -This was actually the 1st of 2 'art test' images that I requested to do. This image is set in the same location (that I had mocked up in 3D) as the [previous image posted], and overwatching that same junction. (He's literally up the stairs on a balcony to the left top of image) #findfixfinish #blackpowderredearth #illustratorsoninstagram #digitalpainting #miniature

Featured in the BPRE 28mm tabletop game!!: 28mm.blackpowderredearth.com Black Powder Red Earth is known for its realistic, gritty, and uncompromising take on military fiction inspired by real-world events. It also prides itself on being informed by real-world practitioners in the field and counts among its fanbase numerous warfighters. This was done a couple months back specifically for the 28mm miniature Tabletop Game that has just been released under the brand. (They have comics, and a computer game too, which I enjoyed on Steam!) Some particularly memorable aspects of the process: -This was actually the 2nd of 2 'art test' images that I requested to do, and while various shots were storyboarded to pitch it, it eventually fell on an angle I felt sold the Big Idea which was small unit tactics and how the Scorch teams moved through their operation area. It dawned on me there and then despite its telephoto nature, the shot presents it almost like how a player would perceive BPRE in the world of 28mm tabletop! (I had even pitched a IR HUD-rich drone-cam feed from one of their loitering Scoria drones and now kinda glad we didn't go there LOL) -The rain was inspired by parts of the discussion where Jon mentioned these guys don't 'stack up', and when operating at this level they literally flow through an environment 'like water', so while this composition might not be ideal for sensationalising the aspect of 'fluidity' the supporting details like the Akira faux-long exposure light trails and water physics, I hope prop that up a bit. -Opportunistic specular reflections of their Red Spectacles and aesthetically-enhanced red tinted on their optics, instruments, etc. As well as some neon signs for some smol cyberpunkyness. -The "slum-kid fanart/Crayon Graffiti" is something I thought was cute, could be read like urban legend on one level or maybe something more sinister, hearts and minds becoming too efficient? Insta-limit...More details at my deviantart post: viantart.com/ukitakumuki/art/BLACK-POWDER-RED-EARTH-28mm-Alley-Cats-898537681 #bpre28mm #blackpowderredearth #findfixfinish #digitalpainting #illustratorsoninstagram #miniature

Featured in the BPRE 28mm tabletop Core Rulebook! Get it here!: /Black-Powder-Earth%C2%AE-28mm-Core/dp/B09KN45SDB Black Powder Red Earth is known for its realistic, gritty, and uncompromising take on military fiction inspired by real-world events. It also prides itself on being informed by real-world practitioners in the field and counts among its fanbase numerous warfighters. This was done a couple months back specifically for the 28mm miniature Tabletop Game that has just been released under the brand. (They have comics, and a computer game too, which I enjoyed on Steam!) Some noteworthy elements that I recall fondly agonising over: -the car 'muzzle wash' off the dirty Toyota, and deflecting off the ground. In BPRE, elements of Scorch teams(featured here) operate almost exclusively AT NIGHT or in low-light conditions. The suppressors are to support that purpose to mask their presence and the audio and visual report of their guns, and lorewise, even the BACKUP flashlights are purely there when everything goes FUBAR. ANY unfortunate incident with light-discipline can result in their teams being discovered and losing the advantage of stealth. And these folks are all about the unfair advantage. I also wanted to sell the idea of the power of the unique munitions they are running, and their excellent training and attitude towards their work. Few things say 'jaded pro' like holding in a gunfight in a black T-shirt and maintaining that graceful firing posture that I saw in one of the reference photos. -the specific kit from the Scorch teams *updated halfway through the illus* loadout being featured, with the Team Leader here having a Unity FAST™ FTC Magnifier Mount. Such a cool idea and piece of engineering!!! -tracer reflections off the windscreen ^_^ #findfixfinish #blackpowderredearth #digitalart #digitalpainting #illustratorsoninstagram

full image and extra ramblings here: viantart.com/ukitakumuki/art/BLACK-POWDER-RED-EARTH-28mm-Corridor-Shooter-898198328 -------------------------------- Was very honoured to be invited to contribute to longtime series Black Powder Red Earth, known for its uncompromising take on military fiction inspired by real world events.

Space Cowboy added to Corpo Merc Killteam...check Thanks mah bru @coffee.n.perspective

Moth x Woth

[Noticed this on Marc n Doro's new toilet wall] Me: OMG BRO U ACTUALLY FRAMED MAH HOUSEWARMING GIFTTTTT Haha shittt ... i thought you chucked it somewhere~ Marc: dude i told you i'd put it up Me: <__< ... now i get to say you guys literally give a shit about my work :v Marc: Doro: Me: :v dont take it down

Always wanted to see if a dry-ish skinned charsiewbao would toast nicely. It doesss

The winners of the Artist Avatar Challenge on DeviantArt are in! See which original designs were chosen by my fellow judges and I (all instructors at @3dsense ). Congratulations to all the winners!!! https://bit.ly/2Yz5xm5 #3dsensemediaschool #artistavatarchallenge #artvatar #3dsense #mediaschool #digitalart #digitaldrawing #artcontest

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Now that Galaxies is officially defunct, I thought it safe to post some of my favourite illustrations here for posterity sake..! This was also prompted by numerous requests I received over my DA messages (sorry for not responding in like... 2 years.. ToT). A deeper dive into the old stolen rebel data disks yielded some higher res versions of images that I found already uploaded on the net some years back! ___________________________________________________ © LECL & LFL and SOE. One of my favourites, people have been bugging me for years to locate the higher-res than the versions of this image found online... finally found that one tiny hard disk from my mac days!!! The past 2 days have been a nice walk down memory lane, the many commissioned images and designs that won't see the light of day. I was very obviously paying homage to the Dark Trooper cover/ad used for Jedi Knight: Dark Forces(~1999). Pretty sure it was Dave Dorman who painted the amazing image. Come to think of it... Battlefield 3's cover poster went for the same vibe with the orange glow on the soldier's breast (only it was far better rationalised with maybe an ammo counter or light emitting element on the Dark Trooper's cannon). It was incredibly tempting to ape Dave Dorman's clever excuse for light and colour for this same image, but did not want to be too disrespectful lol. Plus I thought it didn't quite add to the narrative. Standing in the rain after having smoked a rebel platoon and perhaps the ruins that used to be their outpost, something more 'stoic' seemed more appropriate. After all, I had tweaked enough elements in the reference design given to me(not Mr Dorman's...a much cringier one) around to make it less *coughcough40kcough* and more Storm-trooper tasteful... like how Mr Dorman pushed it. Please enjoy this Phase 3 Dark Trooper cooling off in the rain after a warm activity! ^_^  #mood #starwars #dark #trooper #stormtrooper #empire @starwarsdaily @starwars

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