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"The engine, he thought. It's not me. It's my Engine. It will work when I cannot. It will examine and determine and choose and at last, act. It will do all this while I cower inside."- Felix
This is what I saw when reading, Armor, by John Steakley. Love this book. I tried to capture the frenzy of the battles. Felix, mostly alone, ripping his way through hordes of ants in his scout suit. Go read this now!
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Aww dang thank you so much felixengine. This book/character/image has over the years grown to mean more to me than I can even express. John Steakley had so much more to offer this world. Thanks for the good words, makes me want to do more Armor stuff.
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Wait, I haven't commented on this yet??? I have this as one of my many backgrounds. I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH. It's in my top 3. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS WONDERFUL ART!!!!Ā
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aww thanks! absolutely it's one of my favorite books ever too!
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Man. I tries drawing the ants with how they are described. Oof they are hard. Lol. Tis difficult to draw the swarming masses and thousands and how freaky they are. Human skull heads with mandibles. Etc.
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Thanks! Great book too. Check it out if you like sci-fi books.
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Never read any,but be nice to.
Seems intresting enough
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Dammit, why'd they make a movie out of Vampire$ instead of Armor?
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Lol right?! I actually got sent the WereWolve$ script from Mr. Steakley and did a few concepts for it but unfortunately he passed away. He was a good dude.
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Awesome painting.
I actually bought the book a few weeks ago, glad to hear you think it's good. Will read when things settle down a bit.
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One of if not my favorite SciFi books of all time. Let me know what you thought of it!
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thankyou! yeah RIP John Steakley. He's a boss.
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yea man. he left behind a helluva book.
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I was going to buy that one at Barnes and Noble. Man, if you see THIS from reading that book, I sure as hell should pick it up!
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dude...you MUST buy this book. It's my favorite sci-fi book of all time. RIP John Steakley
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I was not a fan of the book, but I am a fan of this!
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Not a fan as in you didnt like it or didnt read it? and thanks!
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I got a ways into the book, but did not finish it. Still, a fan of this!
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Only recently been introduced to the book, but I love it! Great job "capturing the frenzy" and also the fury of the Engine in combat!
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Man I love this Armor.
Starship Troopers can't hold a candle to it.
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I hear they're remaking Starship Troopers...still havent read the book yet...but I hear they use armor.
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Yeah I also heared that rumor.Hollywood is pathetic, why the hell are they remaking a 15 year old film.
The book is nothing like film, the only simillarity is in the name.
In the book the mobile infrantry is armed with power armor, guns firing homing missiles as bullets and micro nuclear warheads.Onean destroy can trooper an entire city.Unfortunatly the battles are boring and very few.The book is more about fascism and it's effect on peoples lifes.Henlein couldn't describe a battle scene to save his life.
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Yeah, well at least we'll hopefully have a novel adaptation that even have powered armor. High-budget military sci-fi movies are exceptionally hard to find these days. Instead, we are overrun with faggotry such as Twilight...
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One of my favorite books as well! You bought life to the armor - well done!
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Thanks i loves me some armor
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aw man, I didn't even know he had passed. Just happened to think about frind DA art from my favorite books when I spotted this. Beautiful piece mate.
Godspeed Mr. Steakley
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my favorite book of all time, too bad the sequel was cancelled due to steakleys death
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DUDE! tell me about it....i'm majorly bummed about that...now who knows if we'll ever get Armor 2.
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oh, well Steakley passed away in 2010 i believe. don't remember the date. but it was somewhat recent. he had started writing it. he had some notes and the like. but dies before he could finish. it was talked about whether his notes left behind would be sufficient to have some one else write the novel , but it was later decided there wouldn't be a sequel and was left at that. so whatever notes he has probably wasn't enough to go off of. so sadly there wont be an armor2. so well never know what became of Crow or Felix and Crows friends who he gave the suit too(i cant remember their names). so well just have to leave it up to our imaginations to know "are you there Felix, are you there?"
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so sad. I sent him my Armor fan art and he even wrote me back. Sent me signed copies of his books and even his script for Werewolve$ to do some concept stuff for. He even gave my Armor art to his publishers and was in the running to be the cover of the 25th anniversary edition. Majorly bummed but blessed that I got to chat a little with him when he was around. He even voted for me in a comic contest I was in and even left a comment for me.
RIP Steakley.
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wow you are truley blessed to have talked with him while he was here. i do wish i had been as blessed as you. a signed copy, thats amazing. hold onto it, dont you let it out of your sight. but he wont be forgotten as long as we can keep him in memory and let others know of his books and how amazing they are. especially Armor, never before had i been so into a book and felt such conection to the charcters. RIP Steakley.
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Love the way you designed Felix's suit, I thought I was the only person who knew about that book
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Aren't we all? XDĀ
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I love !!
Nice design, nice move, nice work !
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I've always wanted to read Armor and this just adds to the want. I'll have to go pick it up ASAP!
Great work!
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thanks! def check out the book!
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