Another cool artist I've recently started to work with is Brian Brinlee. He's been doing characters for a group of German superhumans from WW2. Except for one member, they are not Nazis. They are more of the "public" team the Germans use, to make themselves not look as evil as we all know the Nazis are.

First up is Blitzkrieger (Lightning Warrior), who obviously commands electricity:



Hauptmann Zero (Captain Zero) was a tank officer who is chosen to wear an armored suit that gives him control over cold/ice:



Iron Raven was a Lufwaffe Pilot who know wears an armored flying suit that also has claws:



Yagermeister (Huntermaster) was a pre-war vigilante who uses a crossbow pistol to fight crime. Coerced into serving the Reich, he is the only member with a reputation as a real hero:



Zyklon (Cyclone) is the team's speedster:

Richard Spake is another artist I've started to work with. He was hurt in an accident, and claims his artwork isn't as good as it used to be. I think what he does now is really good, so I hired him to do some pieces for me.

First up is a sketch for the mercenary Blaster, who found a ray gun and force field belt belonging to a Golden Age villain, and uses them as a high tech mercenary:



The Vigilante uses a prototype suit of armor developed for the military for urban combat. Along with an electrified tonfa, he now fights crime (but is far from a hero):



Lastly, a low-res colored image. This is my take on the Golden Age comic book hero Man of War:

Yeah, these are all awesome!  Thanks for sharing them with us.

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Joe finished Elastico all ready, so here's a low res copy of the finished piece:

Those are all great.  Joe's art - as always - is awesome! 

Lots more sketches to post for you:

First up are two Golden Age villains:

The Puzzler (John's hero Sweet Science beat him before):



and Sceptre:

A modern take on a Golden Age villain named Black Death:



and an Alien Warlord who comes to earth during WW2 to conquer it:

I really like, Gerry.  Who are all of those last ones by?  Were they Joe as well?

new sketches from Joe! These are the last pieces I ordered from him recently.

Up first, Doctor Dagon, who wants to make the stars right:



Power Man:



And finally, the Malevolent Moon known as T'al Z'agoth:

thanks. The colored version of T'al Z'agoth came out fantastic

Richard just sent me his first draft of Doctor Dracula, a Golden Age character now in the public domain:

John should use this guy in his game, Doctor Dagon:

THE ONI wrote on May 22^nd, 2014 at 8:28pm:


Thanks. My ideas aren't as unique as John's, but I have my moments

Forgot to post some other colored versions. Here is Sceptre & Puzzler:

Dick Dante would never want to meet the Malevolent Moon known as T'al Z'agoth:

Joe had never done something like this before, and he exceeded all my expectations. The full piece includes this great background of stars, as T'al is looking down on a world (it's next victim). Very Lovecraftian (which is the main influence for it)

Glad you liked him Majestic. Gotta let me know when he appears as I don't always follow the Guardian summaries like I used to.

I started working with another artist named Khairul Hisham. He did all the art for the rpg Invulnerable (another superhero rpg) whose author is a friend of mine.

I decided to have him do a new image for Glare. He may be dead in John's game, but in other realities, he's alive and kicking. Here is the sketch he sent for him:



When I created Glare, his backstory included that his father, the villainous industrialist Thomas Palond, had a second suit of armor made based on the original designs. Modified to be used for special ops, the armor is darker colored and such. The armor is work by Glare's also evil brother, Thomas Palond Jr. I didn't have a name for his armored identity, but now, in honor of an adventure John ran, he is currently known as Codename: Gloom:

Brian Brinlee sent me sketches for the last 3 members of that Golden Age German super team.

First up Aufseher (Overseer). The only Nazi member of the team, he was given a watered down version of the German Super Soldier process. He keeps an eye on his team mates, to make sure they don't betray the Reich:



Sigrdrifa, named after one of the Valkyries:



Ingvar, son of Freyr: