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Description The accident on the Apollo 21 Lab Station couldn't be contained. Rescue missions sent to the station disaster hurriedly collected the lab's most recent studies of the sun's relations to a quantum vacuum. Unexpectedly the teams broke all protocol and transmitted this data openly and unencrypted. The data was a garbled mess of obscure information and bizarrely outdated language. What could be gleaned from it though were very clear specifications for angles and spectral configurations for viewing specific parts of the sun. Attempts of following these directions using remote viewing from earth through space telescopes ruined the orbital equipment. All other manned orbital stations that attempted it immediately cut off their contact with the earth.

After a prolonged silence the medley of military presences in orbit unleashed themselves unilaterally unto the earth. Orbital kinetic bombardment weapons carved strange symbols across the earth's surface. The attacks on heavily populated areas however were primarily carried out by manned reentry drop-frames: armed suits intended for quick reaction force insertion. Millions of these orbital drop frames blazed through the atmosphere, unfurling into their squat insectoid shapes upon landing. The were covered in hastily painted glyphs. Downed drop frames always proved to have dead pilots hanging limply within.

Their only communications were being piped back and forth between the millions of drop frames: an endless loop of a synthesized voice saying

"Burn a path to earth. Prepare them for the Sun's arrival."



Prints can be ordered on this page: Apollonian Drop Frame art prints
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Comments: 89

masterzoroark666 [2021-04-26 23:28:38 +0000 UTC]

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Anonheron [2020-07-27 22:55:42 +0000 UTC]

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jvgce [2018-03-03 08:08:45 +0000 UTC]

love the vintage vibe......really great work~~~

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pheonixghost [2018-02-21 18:57:11 +0000 UTC]

nice work. you put a lot o detail in your work

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GigaBoss101 [2017-12-18 21:49:19 +0000 UTC]

This looks amazing!

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ApparentlyImStupid [2017-10-19 20:59:24 +0000 UTC]

ok, so there are just two random legs sticking out of the mech's frame? Ok then.....

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MaeghanJade In reply to ApparentlyImStupid [2023-03-27 04:37:50 +0000 UTC]

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sheperdsfireworks [2017-06-15 20:58:35 +0000 UTC]

I love the idea of mechs and other War machines being seemingly piloted yb long dead corpses.

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Soulslayer317 [2015-09-23 20:55:29 +0000 UTC]

like the design!

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Astro140 [2015-07-19 17:06:08 +0000 UTC]

PRAISE THE SUN!

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masterzoroark666 In reply to Astro140 [2021-04-26 23:29:37 +0000 UTC]

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VicTiMtheFailer [2015-01-16 04:46:34 +0000 UTC]

look nice

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Faided1 [2015-01-15 07:53:29 +0000 UTC]

The Apollonian story just gets better and better. The wight is one of of your pieces that most haunts me and now the story continues! I love it! More please!

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N0b1eRebe1 [2014-11-28 01:23:02 +0000 UTC]

The Sun.

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MjP-70 [2014-11-24 19:05:29 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! Looks really great...

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flumenlimia [2014-09-12 01:50:13 +0000 UTC]

The backstory makes the art even more interesting!

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MetalicSoul [2013-08-22 06:26:36 +0000 UTC]

From the Apollonian Wight to this, I have to know how this story goes and what comes next. Whatever is causing this isn't going to encounter any resistance since the planet will be too ravaged from all this.

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Centurion6755 [2013-08-08 12:33:51 +0000 UTC]

All of your work is great, but this is one of my favorites.  I think I like it as much for the background history as for the piece itself.  There's a very Lovecraftian flavor to the whole thing which I like.

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SharkaBlarg [2013-07-21 19:55:01 +0000 UTC]

Is this from a book? Or is this your original art? I'd love to read a book with the drop frame in it! I'm finishing the leviathan series and i'm wondering if that is the only book series you drew for. Great art by the way!

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Keithwormwood In reply to SharkaBlarg [2013-07-25 02:41:57 +0000 UTC]

It's a personal piece.  It will get more detailed and expanded upon when I get my first art collection book complete.

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Scruffly-Sojourner [2013-01-28 05:41:47 +0000 UTC]

Very nice. It's all about the implications here. What have they seen? What's the message? Is there some intellegence behind the Wights and the attacks, or is it all just a peculiar form of madness that afflicts peoples' minds? Questions, questions.

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RADIOACTIVEBUNY [2013-01-13 20:53:39 +0000 UTC]

Lol the feet just hanging. I'd totally kick someone.

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Demialc-neeb-sah-em [2012-12-31 03:32:15 +0000 UTC]

Pure awesome as usual.
Reminds me of this boss...
[link]

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SuperTurnip [2012-11-15 22:05:08 +0000 UTC]

Dark, mysterious, and terrifying. I'm impressed by this, and how you create a new take on the sci-fi mech. Very, very cool.

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Snoopyc [2012-11-15 19:41:25 +0000 UTC]

oh! Like it!

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deeparms [2012-10-21 19:17:36 +0000 UTC]

I remember reading the Zombie section on your website. I was hoping for you to expand on concepts you've merely hinted at, and the expansion on the Apollonian Wights was something I've only dreamed of until now.

I'm thrilled that you've decided the explore this further.

Regarding the man's legs, it does look a bit stiff, and it does seem they're pointing backwards a bit, but I assumed that was deliberate and the result of rigor mortis. Oh well.

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Keithwormwood In reply to deeparms [2012-10-30 23:14:06 +0000 UTC]

When I finally get my collection book more underway it will have a lot of further details (both art and writing) on all the little bits of mythos.

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SuperTurnip In reply to Keithwormwood [2012-11-15 22:06:45 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful! I've been wanting to see more of your fantastic universes myself. I can't wait for your book!

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poehalcho [2012-10-15 16:55:17 +0000 UTC]

The only thing that bothers me is how the pilot's legs are completely stiff like that. Shouldn't they be bent a little under that angle?

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Keithwormwood In reply to poehalcho [2012-10-15 22:03:09 +0000 UTC]

The cockpit is vertically up inside the thorax section, not forward inside the head section. So in a standing pose like this, the pilot is hanging vertically.

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poehalcho In reply to Keithwormwood [2012-10-16 09:51:47 +0000 UTC]

I don't think I worded it right. Here's what I meant with a drawing.
It's more of a gravity issue than a where's the cockpit issue...
[link]

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Keithwormwood In reply to poehalcho [2012-10-17 18:29:22 +0000 UTC]

Cool, I see what you mean, but I think it depends on the points of the body where the pilot's main weight is suspended. It's a bit like how they wired up the Baron in Dune: [link] [link]

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Superbum [2012-10-06 23:40:31 +0000 UTC]

I think it's neat how you readily drew some of your anatomy and shapes from what appears to be a grass-hoper.

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LordSolarMacharius [2012-08-26 05:02:46 +0000 UTC]

I, for one, hail our new C'tan overlords.

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Gods-Mistake [2012-08-26 00:50:56 +0000 UTC]

I want one! Brilliant design.
i dont get the legs underneath it? does he hang with the upper part of his body inside the torso?

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Keithwormwood In reply to Gods-Mistake [2012-08-27 21:21:54 +0000 UTC]

The pilot's fully contained inside the drop frame when it is closed up in the air. Half exposed when on the ground, the pilot can quickly drop out of the frame to perform operations on foot.

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Gods-Mistake In reply to Keithwormwood [2012-08-27 22:38:03 +0000 UTC]

I love the idea, that a legless almost dying soldier could still wreck havoc in this beauty.
Worth fleshing out a story around it. This thing leaves all Battletech Mechs in the dust!

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TheAwesomeIgirisu [2012-08-23 04:44:59 +0000 UTC]

BEAUTIFUL!!

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Kerl-of-Fox-County [2012-08-23 04:16:51 +0000 UTC]

Looks superbly menacing

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V-e-r-b-o-s-e [2012-08-21 01:03:55 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely great. Adds the hint of mystery I love to see. Your stories and artwork may be my favorite ever.

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komKovski [2012-08-20 13:40:59 +0000 UTC]

What mediums do you use for pieces like this?

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Keithwormwood In reply to komKovski [2012-08-21 04:20:53 +0000 UTC]

Everything's always the same medium. Pencils on paper and digital glaze.

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komKovski In reply to Keithwormwood [2012-08-21 11:46:38 +0000 UTC]

I see. Very awesome.

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gensanity [2012-08-19 03:23:15 +0000 UTC]

awesome

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SemiSecret [2012-08-18 22:11:26 +0000 UTC]

I always love your conceptual robotic vehicles. They're certainly always a sight to see.
By the way, do you write out your own descriptions or quote them? Because any one of these seems like it would be an absolutely brilliant story to read.

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Keithwormwood In reply to SemiSecret [2012-08-21 04:21:45 +0000 UTC]

Unless obviously referenced or quoted, all the writings would be mine. Will hopefully do more in the future.

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vesiolento [2012-08-01 06:56:12 +0000 UTC]

Always good to see more of your stuff, Keith. And this is a particularly cool design, it's an interesting way to position the soldier inside the suit.

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Airrider1 [2012-07-31 20:48:51 +0000 UTC]

What is there I don't like about this? It's a blend of futuristic, tactical and the mystic that I really like.

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Koilungfish [2012-07-30 21:14:19 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic!

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grendeljd [2012-07-30 13:38:11 +0000 UTC]

Very cool - I'd be a tad nervous my legs would get shot off if i were piloting that thing, but it looks really awesome! [unless thats a hapless victim picked up along the way...]

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