The Reptilian is an arms dealer caught on the wrong side of the posthuman war, transformed against his will into a hideous creature… but still really good at weaponsmithing, so why give up what you’re good at, right?

Concept and Art: Thom Chiaramonte

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The Reptilian

Name: Guillermo Ortiz
Affiliation: n/a

Attributes;

Melee: 50
Reflex: 15
Muscle: 20
Vigor: 40
Acumen: 10
Observation: 50
Will: 30

Life: 125
Influence: 90

Abilities:

Mutation: The Reptilian has undergone an involuntary, permanent biological mutation, which continues to evolve over time. His skeleton, and most of his biomass, have enlarged and elongated, giving him a falsely reptilian appearance. As a result of the mutation, he enjoys certain physical enhancements, including increasingly resilient, natural body armor [20 AP to physical and energy attacks, 30 to thermal attacks], increased night vision [+3CS to Observation], and hyper-sensitive olfactory glands [+4CS to Observation].

Neurotoxin Spray: The Reptilian can spray a neurotoxin from the spiny flanges along his spine, causing an area effect attack [10 RV], with targets requiring a Vigor Save or suffering blindness for 1d10 rounds, as well as damage [20 DP] that ignores physical and natural resistance to injury.

Weaponsmith: The Reptilian is a brilliant designer and engineer, with expertise in crafting weapons technology, developed from years as a weapons engineer and a lifelong passion for scratch-building innovation. He is constantly developing new weapons and armor, derived from a variety of traditional and cutting-edge technologies. Weapons may be designed at the discretion of the GM [40 IV]. For every day spent on development, one Intensity Level of damage effect or armor resistance may be designed into the object, or one additional type of deployment may be included in a composite design, up to an Intensity Level of 50 points.

Origin:

Experimental black-market weapons engineer Guillermo Ortiz … Read on for more awesome…

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This is the first of a pair of commissions for one of my longtime clients, Tom. He collects Zatanna pics, among others, and when I asked him who some of his favorite other superhero babes were, top of his list? Marvel’s Black Cat. The connection was pretty hard to resist, so I drew it up! Hope you like it!

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This piece was done for the This Week Jam, the character being Leelo from the 5th Element.

Joao couldn’t just bang out a super hot Leelo, with one of the best poses he’s ever illustrated… he had to throw in a smokin’ Emma Frost, as well. Making us look bad, Joao…

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This piece was done for the This Week Jam, the character being GunCandy, by the one Joao Marques!

Wow, so in a shocking plot twist, Joao pulled out another uber-hot babe for the This Week Jam. It’s starting to become a noticeable patter, dude. Love the dead victim in the foreground. Unintentionally seems a companion piece to mine, too!

Great stuff…

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This is the second of a pair of commissions for one of my longtime clients, Tom. This was a pretty simple concept, and sure, it’s an excuse to draw Zatanna in a variant TRDL redesign… but really, I think the visual complexity of the fairly simply drawn bunnies helps focus you to Zatanna and her assets, so that was cool. I must have drawn the ‘sssh’ hand about five times. And while I still can’t draw a rabbit, I think I got the face right on some of them!

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Well, we’ve been hinting at this for months now, but a 6 month long endeavor is finally ready to share. It’s no secret, to longtime followers of Third Rail Design Lab and readers of the R3 Forum, that there is a master plan to the TRDL Universe. When Joao came aboard TRDL in 2006 I shared with him my TRDL story bible’ which was, at the time, just voluminous notes about how everything was connected, and how the TRDL Universe, unlike the sandboxes of publishers of conventional serialized periodicals, the TRDL story takes place over a period of time, with more than one generation of players, with a beginning and an end. The publishing plan has always been to do worldbuilding first, and then tell stories within that framework. As anyone knows who’s read the origins of the TRDL characters published to the site, they exist within a world similar to our own, but changed by the advent of the supernormal. It is less about the adventures of costumed heroes, and more about a world where posthumans are celebrity, soldier, commodity, actor and propaganda… and it’s not an easy role to play for any of them.

We are very pleased to announce the release of the first TRDL Sourcebook. Within, you will find the official TRDL Timeline, on which the major events that illuminate the TRDL universe occur, as well as the interactions of characters with which many of you will be familiar, and several you’ve never seen before.

The TRDL Timeline tells you how it all began, and how it got messy thereafter

Joao began designing characters and concepts with me for the TRDL Universe, and many more we designed together. The development of the official history of the TRDL Universe has been a labor of love for … Read on for more awesome…

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Ivory is a member of KODIAK, the Vozrozhdeniye-developed science guardian team to gain international prominence after the coup. Her bleached skin and inky black hair have become a fashion statement emulated by women throughout Western and Eastern Europe, who have no awareness of Ivory’s dark past.

Concept and Art: Joao Marques
Abilities and Origin: Thom Chiaramonte and Joao Marques

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IVORY

Name: Alena Gordeyeva
Affiliation: KODIAK

Attributes:

Melee: 40
Reflex: 30
Muscle: 20
Vigor: 30
Acumen: 35
Observation: 25
Will: 15

Life: 120
Influence: 75

Abilities:

Physiological Enhancement: Along with the Attributes above, the posthuman process has granted Ivory resistance to physical damage [30 AP] and energy damage [10 AP], and her Life regenerates at an equivalent rate (Life lost to physical attacks is regenerated at a rate of 30 points per round, energy attacks 20 points).

Edged Weapon Attack: Claws: Ivory’s claws are non-retractable, and cause Edged weapon damage [30 AP], halving the effects of physical Body Armor.

Origin:

Alena Gordeyeva was a moderately successful lingerie model in Russia, whose career was on the rise, having been asked to model for a European runway show by a high-profile French designer. Unfortunately, she had also become of interest to Anoly Lemenov, an influential don in the Russian mafia who controlled the territory surrounding and including Kiev. Lemenov used connections within Moscow to prevent Gordeyeva from acquiring a travel certificate, and made certain the authorities in France were made aware of a low-level criminal fugitive attempting to escape the local authorities by trying to travel to Europe under the guise of professional modeling activity. Her reputation and travel status unfairly compromised, and her modeling contract within Russia suddenly terminated over the conspiracy of her supposed rampant drug use and fugitive status with the local authorities in Moscow, Gordeyeva was despondent and … Read on for more awesome…

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This piece was done for the This Week Jam, the character being Deena Pilgrim, from Bendis and Oeming’s Powers.

I’ve read Powers since it’s original inception, and always loved both the basic premise of the book, and the characters therein. Deena has been portrayed increasingly more and more angry and conflicted in recent issues, but my general sense of the character remains of a woman that is petite with a big attitude, an independent, scrappy, sarcastic, wry, take-no-prisoners type in a male-dominated world. She wasn’t always so blatantly hostile, but she’s definitely been a bit defensive, and short on patience with fools, a fact Bendis plays up by surrounding her with cops that are jealous, envious, infatuated with her, or ignorant. It makes her relationship with her partner Walker that much more interesting. In the scene I’ve depicted here, we have a bit of a worlds-collide crossover, as Deena faces off against a mysterious villain from the TRDL Universe!

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This piece was done for the This Week Jam, the character being Spider-Man’s Gwen Stacy, by the one Joao Marques!

Joao popped in from the hurricane of newborn Joao 2.0 management to share this awesome piece of Gwen in a stylish mod ensemble with some interesting ‘Venomish’ colors. I can’t get over the spider, frankly. Best spider ever drawn! Not that Gwen herself isn’t one hot toddie…

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Snow Leopard is season leader of Jade Talon – Autumn Team, one of four national defense squads that protect Neo-Mystic China’s sovereignty.

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Snow Leopard

Name: Maggie Low
Affiliation: Jade talon – Autumn Team

Attributes:

Melee: 45
Reflex: 40
Muscle: 20
Vigor: 55
Acumen: 30
Observation: 30
Will: 10

Health: 160
Karma: 70

Abilities:

Physiological Enhancements: Snow Leopard has been physiologically enhanced in several ways, allowing for increased Reflex, Muscle and Vigor, and seemingly tireless physical performance [ +2CS vs. Stun/Shock]. She naturally enjoys a form of telescopic vision [20 IV; 20 RV], and may perform incredible stunts of agility, most commonly in the form of tall leaps over considerable distances, causing the misperception of flight capability [20 IV; 20 RV]. She is extremely resilient to physical impacts, suffering wounds but rarely stunned or slowed by them. Her natural resistance to physical attacks offers 10 Armor.

Edged Attack: She employs a hardened bio-resinous weapon system bonded to her fingertips and canines, which are comprised of ridges of mono-edged sheets along the physical surfaces which can be lifted out of plane to form invisible microblades along the surfaces of her fingertips and teeth, but voluntarily flatten and soften when not in use. Her claws and teeth do 30 points of Damage to inorganic compounds and 20 points of Damage to organic material. When used in combination (a successful Orange Melee Attack) claw and bite damage will be compounded, effectively doubling her DP in that Action. This combined Attack does not trigger a multiple Action penalty.

Origin:

Very little is known about the Jade Talon posthuman program developed and operated as part of a national defense and foreign policy agency in Neo-Mystic China after the rise of national posthuman champions developed in the United States and Europe. The war of words between … Read on for more awesome…

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