Space Crusade mockup progress (Patreon)

This is very fun to make. The 24x24 tiles require lots of decision making. Do I try keep the likeness at the expense of good pixeling? Do I opt for curves or go for a more squarish design, since pixels are so good at doing that anyway. I captured the creation of the Chaos Drednought (a very Robocop ED-209 Mech design by Milton Bradley for the tabletop game). Space Marines are canonically male-only, but there's no good reason for that, and The Games Workshop originally released two female Marines, and later decided to retcon them out. I also took some liberties with the rooms and the Space Ork, compared to the original 90ies tabletop. I used reference from this brilliant build http://hirstarts.yuku.com/reply/69546/WIP-Dark-heresy-space-hulk-etc#.VPx_K46k8nI Regarding workflow, I always give myself a good 30 minutes to do visual research. It's a necessary part of the job, I do it on professional projects too. Google images is the most incredible tool for this. Also Pinterest and Flickr. Here's what my reference folder for this tiny for-fun project looks like http://imgur.com/UU3hSUk It's usually a lot bigger In any case, here's the work so far. Be sure to check the attached gifs and feel free to study them. Questions and comments welcome.