This is MOAB, one of the posthuman defense operatives of Polaris, employed by the company that gave them their abilities: the Posthuman Development Initiative.

Illustrated by: Joao Marques
Origin by: Thom Chiaramonte

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MOAB

Name: Fábio Miranda
Affiliation: Polaris

Attributes:

Melee: 20
Reflex: 30
Muscle: 20
Vigor: 50
Acumen: 30
Observation: 20
Will: 20

Life: 120
Influence: 70

Abilities:

Perpetual Energy Generation: MOAB can generate an extremely powerful explosive yield from within his cellular makeup. The energy generation starts at the cellular level and scale, reflected in a microscopic agitation of each cell’s mitochondria, which begin to generate energy at an increasingly, exponentially accelerated rate. The process builds rapidly, until his body begins to struggle containing the energy surge. MOAB has trained extensively in techniques to manage this energy build-up, and has learned to regulate the rate at which he generates the charge. If left unchecked, or by design, he can build up enough energy to reach his body’s terminal limit on containment, at which point the blast is released, causing massive damage at a significant area of effect. Without the aid of technology, there is a finite limit of energy generation after which his cells begin to degrade, injuring or even killing him. However, his containment suit allows his to reprocess the energy and prevent physical damage to his own cellular makeup, allowing him to build even greater levels of energy for discharge, partially absorbed by his suit. He must periodically discharge energy in order to avoid a dangerous build-up, and can do so by releasing it in smaller bursts , into the sky, the ground, or, if at the Polaris compound, into special energy batteries which are designed to absorb his blasts and convert them into usable energy for the facility.

He can generate explosive blasts [40 IV] … Read on for more awesome…

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This piece was done for the R3 Designer Jam, the theme being a challenge to redesign Michael Knight’s famous ‘black T-top’ K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider.

I’m sure I surprised absolutely no one with my choice here. However, i mildly surprised myself by actually fairly successfully drawing a MINI that LOOKS like a MINI. Cars are not my forte. I know it’s black black black (well, not really, but dark dark dark) but that’s the look I was after. Squint! See if you can find the hidden TRDL logo.

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This piece was done for the This Week Jam, the character being Robert Kirkman’s Invincible.

Joao’s illustration of Invincible here was EXACTLY what I anticipated. He and i talk quite a bit offline about how influential the style of art on this book is for both of us, and it was no surprise to me that Joao would unleash an Invincible that, in my opinion, rivals the work of the book. The guy is DESTINED to draw that title someday! Plus, bonus points for extreme flight foreshortening that, when I try this pose, makes MINE look like amputees.

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This piece was done for the This Week Jam, the character being Marvel’s Mystique.

What a crazy drawing Joao did here. This was timed for my birthday, and that was cool enough… but what really impressed me was that it really looks like me (a few less pizzas, maybe) and it surprised me. I was ecstatic. What a cool idea!

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This piece was done for the This Week Jam, the character being Mystique of the X-books.

This was a challenging jam for me, not because I don’t like the character, but because I don’t like the character RIGHT NOW. Currently, as is the case with the X-books across the line, the editorial shift has been to embrace former villains brought into the X-Men’s fold, as a result of the ‘live together, die alone’ mentality post M-Day. I’ve got no problem with that. In fact, what Mike Carey is doing on X-Men has been pretty interesting: Sabertooth is caged like an animal, quarantined for lack of a clear direction of what to DO with him, some X-Men wanting to kill him, others to rehabilitate him, etc. I think that’s good conflict. And used as a weapon when necessary? Sure. But Mystique? She’s suddenly been wandering around the X-Mansion (well, several issues back, in Milligan’s run, anyway) and frankly it just rubs me the wrong way. At least Milligan toyed with SOME sense of reasoning for her to be not only comingling with her often-enemies, but frankly, hanging out without a lot to do and being boring: she wanted, in his script, to manipulate Rogue and Gambit to be apart, as weak as that psychology is. And she was dodgy, too… masquerading as the Fox, a sultry temptation for Gambit, that whole thing. I wasn’t a huge fan, but I got it. Now? She’s on the X-Men, just… I don’t know… following Rogue around. And in the latest issue, making googly eyes at Iceman. I’m just missing how this de-evolution of one of the cooler, more creepy X-villains, is somehow adding to the X-Men canon in a valuable way. That said, i fully admit I wasn’t on-board for that X-Factor run either, … Read on for more awesome…

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This piece was done for the This Week Jam, the character being Jakita Wagner of Planetary.

I’ve been waiting SO long to draw Jakita Wagner. I had a…um… mature audiences commission underway about two years ago, which languished and remains in semi-permanent turnaround (how’s that for an oxymoron) and she’s been on my to-draw list ever since… when she appeared in our This Week lottery, I was pretty fired up about it. Unfortunately, being head down on another TRDL project, I was unable to contribute in a timely fashion. Here’s my Jakita Wagner, in all her bad-assery. Enjoy!

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This is the Akserhiran, the most physically imposing member of the Fingers of Hirabah.

Created by: Thom Chiaramonte

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Name: n/a
Affiliation: The Fingers of Hirabah

Attributes:

Melee: 10
Reflex: 10
Muscle: 50
Vigor: 75
Acumen: 05
Observation: 10
Will: 20

Life: 145 + 200 = 345
Influence: 35

Abilities:

Animated Stone Physiology: The Aksehiran is not technically a living being, but rather an animated stone entity granted sentience. His physical form is a densely-packed amalgamation of stone, earth and sand, which constantly shifts and re-combines as he moves. The Aksehiran is self-aware, and does not feel pain. It can cause objects and environments of stone and earth to shift and move at it’s passing, creating paths or barriers as desired. As a result of the durability and ability to retain it’s shape, the Aksehiran can suffer a tremendous amount pf physical damage before the shock of the attacks makes it difficult to recover from them, at which point his physical form collapses, after which it takes several days to slowly reform, consciousness intact.

The Aksehiran’s Life is derived from the physical attributes of the earthen material from which he is derived, adding to the Life he obtains from his attribute scores above. Normally, the combination of rock, stone, earth and clay found in his native region offer a total Life bonus of 200 points. If destroyed and reformed in an urban environment, his body will comprise of various foundation materials, soil, mud, concrete, asphalt and construction infrastructure, depending on the location, giving him a total Life bonus of between 225-275 points.

The Aksehiran also enjoys a latent geo-forming capability, which allows him to telekinetically shift large masses of inorganic material in his environment [50 IV; 50 RV].

Origin:

Mohammed Sair was a candidate in an unnamed, highly classified posthuman … Read on for more awesome…

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This piece was done for the This Week Jam, the character being Disney’s Kim Possible.

This one by Joao hit me out of left field and i loved it. The Impossible Man! HAAHAHAHHAA. Good stuff, dude. And frankly, a great synthesis between technical art accuracy (how she’s holding him, especially) and stylized exaggeration.

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This piece was done for the This Week Jam, the character being Marvel’s Stature.

I was pretty proud of myself for my Avengers Quinjet prop in my Stature… then Joao unleashed his ninja-crawlin’ piece here, and I lost it. It’s one of my favorite Marques Masterworks yet. I can’t stop staring at the detail in those little fuckers! Great way of referencing R3 Ninja Month too!

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Ionisette is a member of the sensationaist terror gang Fingers of Hirabah, but is formerly of another infamous group, Crew Mururoa.

Character design and illustration: Thom Chiaramonte

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Ionisette

Name: Mia Kerolpitilas
Affiliation: Fingers of Hirabah

Attributes:

Melee: 05
Reflex: 05
Muscle: 10
Vigor: 10
Acumen: 30
Observation: 30
Will: 40

Life: 30
Influence: 100

Abilities:

Psycho-Suggestive Pheromones: Ionisette can release, at will, a psycho-suggestive pheromone that causes humans who detect it to be released from their secret inhibitions, altering their personalities permanently. She creates a psychic binding with each person, causing them extreme, and sometimes self-sacrificing, loyalty to her. Only those with formidable psychic resistance training or those with mutated, bio-engineered, or artificial nasal filters are immune to her suggestion, though the will of each victim plays a large part in the degree of their susceptibility.

Victims must make a Yellow Will Save vs Ionisette’s power rank or be transfixed and susceptible to suggestion. The Save may then be re-attempted on every 10th round until the effect is broken. The victim will do as Ionisette requests, unless the action is in conflict with the character’s personal morality. A Will Action may then be performed, prior to that round’s action, against a Yellow, Orange or Red severity level, based on how extreme the action violates the victim’s nature. If successful, the binding isn’t broken, but the victim is stalled in shock, paralyzed from the conflicting demands of Ionisette and the victim’s own will. Ionisette may then command again on the next turn.

Origin:

Mia Kerolpitilas was a Greek-American researcher, working at a secure biomedical facility in Cambodia, as part of an international collaborative, coordinated through arrangements with the local government, testing a new and highly contagious strain of influenza that was destroying livestock and threatening to cross over to the … Read on for more awesome…

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