This is another side arm for Impirium, one that maybe looks a bit like a sci-fi Uzi. Like the taser-inspired designs, I wanted this one to be an energy-based weapon, rather than a firearm, hence the business end of it having a closer resemblance to a TV remote than a conventional gun barrel. #Impirium #yelkrabstudios #conceptart #finishedart #weapons #PrimalKhaos #scifi #sketches

Oh, I still have Impirium art to share! This time it's a grenade launcher. I based this on a real design, and went for something that was just functional, and looked like it would deliver a suitable amount of damage. The no-frills idea seemed a good fit for the Boarock race, so I had this in mind as a signature weapon for them. #Impirium #PrimalKhaos #yelkrabstudios #conceptart #sketches #weapons

These are some of the small arms for Impirium. In these research and concept sketches, you can see that some of the designs are based on tasers. The reason for that was that I wanted to get an idea of what a hand-held weapon that didn't rely on bullets would look like. Here's the computer model for this design, which I will always get a kick out of seeing. #Impirium #yelkrabstudios #weapons #conceptart #gaming #scifi #sketches #PrimalKhaos

Impirium, like anything else, needs a logo. and I ended up constructing one from a few different elements I'd created. I knew I wanted to create something that would be an easily-recognised, simplified symbol, something that can sit alongside these other gaming logos. To be honest, working in a High School, the idea in the back of my head was something a player could jot in their exercise book. Again, I started this while we were using the Primal : Khaos working title, so I w

After introducing you to the Chordir, I wanted to let you meet the next species I contributed to Impirium, The Gest. There are many names for the entity known as the Gest. They seem to have no name for themselves, but the 2 that have come to dominate among other species are the Gest and the Ferals. Either name is a clear indicator of feelings towards them, which tend to vary from wary to genocidal. The Gest are a spontaneously-occurring “feral” AI species. AI has been a contr

One of the great things about working on Impirium has been trying brand new stuff. Making an alphabet was a first, and I was pretty much working from scratch, and trying to strike a balance between making it legible and making it look alien. I made a revision of the letters 'P' and 'R', as the originals were too similar. For my first alphabet, only having to revise two letters felt pretty good. I was originally going to do a thing where I rotated the letters to make them more

Another cool first for me, I just got this guy from Zeal 3D printing! I now have a solid, 3D printed version of my Chordir design for Impirium, which is the first time I've had a solid version of something I drew! This little fella will be representing me at Surtex 2019. Here's a few images of it, what do you think? #characterdesign #gaming #gamedev #3dprinting #Chordir #characterart #gaming #3dprint #Impirium #PrimalKhaos

As I said on the Impirium page on the site, the Chordir were basically the first race I created in my Impirium designs. I caught onto the distinctive shape of the head of the Hammerhead Shark, so the first thing I did was try out some helmet design, to go over the head of a Hammerhead. From that basic design, I made some class variations, so that there's a standard, marine and sniper, which became Wardens, Cannoneers and Arbalests as the game developed. I wanted to have some

There's still plenty of Impirium stuff that I haven't been able to share yet, so here is a whole new area - shields. There were already a few designs ready to go when I started drawing, and I wanted to add a few distinctive shapes. This one was actually supposed to be a practical design, something that protects the body, while leaving an opening for a firearm. These two are designs that were just more visually distinctive, one of which I liked so much you've probably seen it

So, hey, first update: the development title of Primal : Khaos has been updated to Impirium! Second, I'm going to be sharing the backstory and designs for some of the races I've created and expanded on in Impirium over the next few weeks, so here, to start, is the Chordir. From an academic journal: Although no species sees itself in the same fashion as they are seen by other races, it is said by many that there is no greater contrast between the self-image of the Chorda and