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Ready for Launch
Science Fiction needs more old-fashioned rockets in my opinion. So I'm adding some to Bonfire Stars! Climbing up that gravity well is...
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Codex Video: Myriadinos Explorer
Just before the Helldivers fan animations, I created a handful of Bonfire Stars Codex videos with narration and short animation snippets...
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Bonfire Battle Effects
Spaceships and battles in Bonfire Stars are supposed to be evocative of both medieval- and age-of-sail warfare. Space stations are...
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Approaching the Tall Havens
As the Last War of the Nuzirrim erupts across the new imperial frontier, the great clans of Old Mazar prepare their ancient cities for...
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Inspiration Highlights - The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley
I get a fair number of comments on my projects citing other franchises and works they're reminded of, or that may serve as further...
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Architecture of the Imperium
I was very happy to see how many people were reminded of interesting other places from various media by my first scenes of Amad Tir's...
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Names in Bonfire Stars
With the first star-chart done, I wanted to highlight some of the reasoning behind naming conventions in Bonfire Stars! A question this...
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Makhai-Class Interior Animation
I've taken a few weeks to focus on a single project again, this time a fully-fledged spaceship model for Bonfire Stars. This includes a...
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Makhai Interiors & creating details
Over the past year or two I've gotten familiar enough with 3D spaceship modeling to develop a kind of workflow to produce ships with a...
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Makhai-Class Caravel Cruiser
Named after the creed of old imperial warriors, the Makhai starships inherited a grand legacy. Their outstanding record has in part been...
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43rd Colonial Fleet Animation
It's high time I did another proper animation, with multiple shots, some music and so on. So, here it is, the first proper video for...
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Space Vespas and visual cohesion
The Mod's space Vespas are a hot topic when it comes to the Book of Boba Fett, highlighting the difference between the show and fan...
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Calamite Caravel Cruiser
The Calamite-class is a caravel-type cruiser of the Minarii Realm. Operating often in the outer territories of the realm and venturing...
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Amad Tir Fleet Fusilier
Fleet Fusiliers form the backbone of the security and garrison forces aboard most colonial installations and vessels in the Realm of Amad...
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Proioxis Class Destroyer
The Proioxis is a class of powerful command and support ships of Amad Tir's Colonial Fleets, designed to extend the operational range of...
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WIP & Progress Blog
I've been considering for a while now how to best handle work-in-progress updates. Knowing the frustration of erratic upload schedules,...
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Community polls
As with previous projects such as Brass and Iron and the Battlestar Galactica Story series, I want to use community polls to involve...
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major and minor Lore
For the Bonfire Stars project, I want to differentiate between 'major' and 'minor' lore. In previous projects, everything was collected...
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Beginning Bonfire Stars
And so it begins... a new world worldbuilding project! But don't I have an aproximate ***too many*** of those already? Yes – HOWEVER:...
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