This is the Bombadier, the armored explosive member of Blackguard.

Art and Origin: Thom Chiaramonte

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Bombardier

Name: Richard Wood
Affiliation: Blackguard

Attributes:

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

Life: 105
Influence: 80

Abilities:

Body Armor: Bombadier’s armor is a composite of titanium and hardened resign plates, over a ballistic mesh, designed to repel most small arms fire and protect the wearer from extreme temperatures and significant concussive forces (25 AP against edged and ballistic physical attacks, 35 AP against energy and thermal attacks, and 40 AP against blunt attacks, ignoring Stn/Shock Saves) . It does not carry it’s own independent life support system, though does filter gases and particulate from it’s air supply.

Flight: Bomadier’s back harness contains a compact jet thruster which allows him to hover, and accelerate with extremely short lag time. He can stay airborne for 60 minutes of sustained flight, and has moderate maneuverability while at speed. He enjoys this capability at 30 Intensity, Range and Speed.

Impact Cannons: Each arm of the Bombadier’s armor system is fitted with a recoil-reducing cannon battery, in turn rigged to a gyroscopic balancing platform mounted to his shoulders, designed to counter-act the kickback from firing the weapons. The cannons generate long range concussive rounds of pure kinetic force, which are reasonably accurate. The system can recharge and fire at a maximum rate of 12 rounds per minute, per cannon, and the suit’s on-board power source will last for approximately three hours of near continual use before requiring replacement. Each attack suffers a -1CS to Reflex to aim, and can occur once per round, per cannon. Bombardier can fire both cannons at a single target with no penalty, using one Action to resolve both attacks, or fire at different targets, with … Read on for more awesome…

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This piece was done for the R3 Jam, the subject being classic Spidey villain, Doctor Octopus.

I’ve been so buried these last few months, my participation in the jams hasn’t been very consistent. I have a number of pieces in process but few completed. Fortunately, on this piece, I was able to do pencils and inks in one sitting, while BBQing on the deck one pleasant summer evening this week, and that made it easier to get the colors banged out for release today.

I was inspired by the original Doc Ock first appearance cover, where he’s in shadow but you can see the thick, outer shell that formed the tentacle mounting frame. I was always intrigued by how it looked there, literally as a clamp around his torso. I’ve always enjoyed the character growing up, but that was the only time he actually looked creepy and cool to me. So I took inspiration from that look to create this image…

You can see this illustration herein the TRDL Tribute Gallery.

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My wifebot(tm) puts up with a lot of TRDL crapola from me, from my insistence onpausing the TV to take brand aware snapshots, to my obsession with harmonious threes, to my Sunday all-day Finit-e production and it’s associated indulgences and free time limitations.

Every once and awhile, she throws me a little bone with regards to my eccentricity. Here, yesterday, she offered me a fine mini-pizza in triplicate, to go with my fini-champagne.

That’s the good stuff, right there. For her to throw threes at me is painful for her, as OVER it as she is. I loved it!

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