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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Cambrian starships of Gondwana get their first bit of action in a coordinated missile strike. Working towards proper space battles, I'm testing out new kinds of weapons effects #scifiart

Cambrian starships approaching a barren world steeped in orange light; a large, dark habitat structure hangs in the distance

The Cambrian flagship fires a volley of mid-range missiles, their bright golden lights leaving glowing trails behind. Smaller missiles follow suit, swarms of smaller lights falling from the flanks of the mighty vessel.

A close-up of the Cambrian fleet, a heavy missile launching from the flagship's ventral side. The first volley has left clouds of sparks above the vessel. Escorting systemships fire smaller, reddish missiles of their own.

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Somewhere in Gondwana, the Carpasi have captured signals from the great beyond. A mission is sent to the twin ice giants to investigate. Here are a few shots of that animation! #scifiart

A distant view of a lone station above the blue ice-giants illuminated by a setting sun.

A close-up of the Carpasi space station, a small ship floating nearby on its final approach for docking.

A Carpasi survey-ship underway; it is a small vessel, all scaffold and antennae, and a large engine section burning hard with purple flames.

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This imperial ship made its debut in the most recent Gondwana animation. Going for a more utilitarian and colorful look. Smaller ships are intended to be inspired a lot more by Terran Trade Autothority artworks going forward, so the goal was something that'd fit into that. #scifiart

An imperial starship in orbit above a blue and purple world, clad in dark gray and yellow livery.

An imperial orbital anchor station high above a blue horizon, with several starships silhouetted against the planet.

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I love all kinds of charts for lore! Starmaps, cutaways, diagrams, anything you'd put into a fictional factbook for an RPG. With that in mind, here's a chart of religions in the Gondwana setting! And there's even a place to read all the text if you're interested: martechi.wixsite.com/gondwana/pos...

The religions of Humankind in Gondwana, illustrated as a pyramid. At the top sits the baseline concept: "Light of an orderly Cosmos", a force opposing entropy. It is flanked by the two gods manifesting that cosmic order: The Demiurge and the Egregor. The two lower corners of the pyramid depict the two hierarchies of faith in Gondwana's preeminent civilizations. On the left, the religion of the Terran Empire is organized in a complex, layered hierarchy of churches and pilgrims orders. On the right, the religion of the Mechanist Union is much simpler. The Union's clades worship their god directly, with only a few individuals and spirits serving as intermediaries.

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Most of Gondwana is steeped in orange, but for the first impressions animation I've made a few blue-ish shots. My dream would be to match color palettes to different regions on the map, make areas more recognizable. #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The Ringworld Cambria and some accompanying starships. Bringing ships and megastructures together is always a bit of a struggle for scale, but homeworld taught me a good blurry backdrop can lend a whole new sense of depth to space.

Ringworld Cambria, an ancient megastructure built long before known civilizations came to inhabit the Star Frontier of Gondwana

An Agathauma Starship, part of the Tabernacle Fleets that venture out from Cambria to re-discover the many lost worlds of the Star Frontier Gondwana

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Some animation stills from the House of the Dullahan. All I want is a universe of strange and enigmatic places.

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

As it's been requested a few times, here's a proper overview on the USS Marigold, including some stats and background #scifiart

Orthos view of the USS Marigold in the LCARs style of Star Trek: The Next Generation

LCARs view of the USS Marigold, highlighting some ship's facts:
Specifications:
Operator: Starfleet
Class: Tagetes-Class
Type: Deep Range Security Picket
Active: 2350s-
Length: 131m
Beam: 74m
Height: 22m
Decks: 7
Crew: 32
Cruising Speed: Warp 7
Maximum Safe Speed: Warp 9.5
Armament:
-4x Type IV-S Phaser Arrays
-2x Forward Photon Torpedo Launchers
Defenses:
-4x Dual Deflector Shield Generators
Additional Equipment:
Twin Utility Hangar
4x Work Bees
2x Type-18 Shuttlepods

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

First time in a long while doing #StarTrek fanart, with the brand-new Starship U.S.S. Marigold on her exciting first adventure: Satellite maintenance. Nothing about Trek fascinates me more than daily life in this whacky universe. #scifiart

Establishing shot of the USS Marigold, a small starship of the United Federation of Planets

Starship Marigold is approaching a desert planet.

Top-down shot of Starship Marigold. Two thirds of this tiny vessel are hefty warp nacelles, set behind a small, half-circle saucer.

Starship Marigold engaging in a close-up scan of space ahead, in close orbit around a desert world.

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

There's too much summer heat to do something fresh this week. Time to bring back an old #Babylon5 model of one of my absolute favorite starships of all time #scifiart

Three Hyperion-Class heavy cruisers fly in formation in front of a barren moon lit in stark red starlight.

Establishing shot, three quarters off the bow of the Hyperion-Class heavy cruiser "Endymion", lit in bright yellow sunlight

Establishing shot from below the prow of a Hyperion-Class heavy cruiser, with two escorting vessels in the background

Close-up shot of a Hyperion-Class heavy cruiser, lit bright red from below.

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Slowly but surely, the new Gondwana setting is taking shape. We got a small fleet approaching one yet uncontacted world, ready to bring it back into the Union's fold. As an aside, I bet you can easily guess my two favorite scifi settings in terms of visual design. #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The prequel era brought many of my favorite starship designs in all of Star Wars to the table. One by one, I'm sneaking them into my Helldivers animations! Roger roger #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Some shots from the Gates of Cambria

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The third installment of Bonfire Strategion posed the question which ally to join in the upcoming battle. To my surprise, most voted for a cautious approach. So now, a defensive space battle is slowly taking shape. #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I love the ships of #Babylon5 's Brakiri. Big, bulky, not quite organic but still shaped in such an alien way. Always fun to work on #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Codex shots of the Schwalbe, the first and smallest spaceship featured in the Union Projekt animations! #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Some new renders of my old Babylon 5 and Starfury models. I've always loved the busy civilian traffic portrayed in the show #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

The latest installment of Strategion introduced the Kindred Fortress. I love cities and fortifications in space, and I blame treasure planet for that #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

At the height (or depth?) Of playing Deep Rock Galactic, I tried to match the artstyle and build my very own minecart rollercoaster. Rock and Stone! #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

It's been years since I last did some #startrek fan art, but i still like the idea of more extravagant station designs iterating on the beloved space mushroom. #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Ships in space and on the table! For the latest animation I tried doing a bit of a transition between the proper space scene and a more stylized gold and marble thing. Perhaps the first of many!

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Missile combat in space! In line with the cold-war theming for Projekt Union, it's got now a bunch of scare missiles, counter measures, emergency maneuvers, and terribly grainy camera footage to boot! #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Projekt Union continues this week with two new entries! One of them is a handy guide to FTL travel in this setting, presented with all the obtuse-60s TV station-powerpoint glory that I could muster. Fun fact: All the historical illustrations there are from east-german poststamps! #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Cross-section of a shell-world segment for a little Bonfire Adventure we played a while ago. One fallen kingdom, three mythic peoples, and a quest to slay dragons at the heart of the ruins. It was great fun! #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

SES Millennium Bug reporting in! Making Helldivers space battles continues to be super satisfying. This time around, I clipped some Democracy Officer voicelines for that Medieval 2 battlespeech feel #scifiart full anim now on YT // youtu.be/sbiD87Lw890

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

There was only ever really one ship I could use as the basis for a Super Earth battleship, the greatest joke of 21st century navies... so here it is, the most glorious, bestest and most amazing ship of the Golden Super Earth Fleet #Helldivers #scifiart Fully animated on YT // youtu.be/GisOUtN_to0

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

My favorite part of worldbuilding is map making, trying to present an idea and atmosphere with it. For Bonfire Stars, I've tried doing something tactile and physical, like it could be sitting on somebodies desk #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Auferstanden aus Ruinen, one might say! The Union Projekt has kicked off with a first animation and a new way of going about worldbuilding for me: chopped up radio transmissions. I'm embracing east german socialist space moods for this one, let's see if that's for someone out there! #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Weaponized space shuttles are a favorite of mine ever since the Forever War comics. So far, I've only ever added them to the Terran Mandate setting. It's time to add some more! #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

A thousand years into the future, Starfleet is finally catching up to the Suliban's design philosophy of "what if modular *everything*" They may not like to admit it, but cell ships are what peak starship performance looks like!

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I've done a few megastructure depictions over the years. It's always nice to have them as the backdrop for a setting, though I rarely take full advantage of them. #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

TAGEBAU continues with the Union Sprawl, grand city of the desert behind high walls of iron and concrete. I've been to Dresden recently, so inspirations for socialist Plattenbau facades were plentiful. #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Because #Helldivers2 draws from so many different SciFi inspirations, it's a great setting to do all kinds of modelling experiments in. In this case: An organic FTL space bug! I've never messed with creature design or organic animations before, so this is a whole new world.

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I once tried modelling the Cobalt Frigate from the new #sinsofasolarempireII and it turns out: As much as I like the look of TEC designs, modelling them was a pain and a half. Never again!

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I love them so much! That one shot of their rapid-fire blasing through a shadow ship will be forever burned into my brain.

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I rarely post these, but I sometimes enjoy doing little mock-up sets for TTRPGs we're playing, like this old space-whale-hunter tavern on a floating star isle in Bonfire Stars. Good times were had getting a quest to investigate cursed moonstones. We never got to see a live whale, though.

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The first #StarTrek show to show me a genuine MAERSK-level container megafreighter will become my instant favorite, no questions asked. The lack of proper space traffic in shows like DS9 is a travesty. #Babylon5 set an example we've yet to reach again.

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I love #Babylon5 dearly, but I've never gotten around to do a lot of fanart for that setting. One day, I'll get to it!

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I love partial shellworlds, orbital rings and space scrapers. Anything bigger than that and it becomes a bit unwieldy for the setting. But nothing says Space Opera to me quite so much as a good old #megastructure

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Big ships doing FTL jumps with a satisfying *thump* will never not be entertaining to watch, or create for that matter. #Helldivers2 is never short of planetary invasions, so here's one more to add to the pile #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I don't like starfighters very much. Sorry #starwars, but the X-Wing doesn't do it for me. That said, a long list of space sims has taught me the wonders that slightly larger boats in space can get up to and now any strike craft I add to my settings needs to be something a bit more chunky.

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I always want to see cities in space. Treasure Planet did it once and it feels like we've been chasing that High ever since. Now, it's not a crescent moon, but I've started adding all kinds of little kontor buildings to this Promethean Astropolis! #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

#warhammer40k taught me to love space cathedrals. I'm not hugely keen on a gothic style, but Bonfire Stars includes plenty of space churches, castles, and temples. Frequently, they get besieged, too! #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I love nothing more than lore and cutaways of any spaceship I can get my hands on. Of course, I'm trying to add those to Bonfire Stars as well. These shots are from the first two Codex videos I've done. In an ideal world, I'd love to do these for every starship sailing the starry seas of Nebra!

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The first animation was kind of a best-of mixing older animations. So, obviously, the quality is anything but consistent. That said, I am still happy with the overall style that's been slowly coming together.

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

A little while ago, I began the New Pantheon. Bonfire Stars has now a whole fleshed out little mythology and website for background lore! martechi.wixsite.com/bonfirestars It'll be updated now and then via Blogposts! #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Time to clear out that pending folder and post #scifiart on here! I've got four active projects at the moment: BBONFIRE STARS <- Greek Mythos Space Opera HELLDIVERS Fanart <- Expanding the SEAF Fleet TAGEBAU <- Hand-drawn Diesel-Postapocalypse UNION PROJEKT <- Soviets fall apart, but in space

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Tough, sleek and cheap - a brand new ship for the Helldiver Corps! There's a full animation out on YT // youtu.be/wrXz1P0ghbI I'll never get tired of iterating on the Super Destroyer. It is such a brilliant design #Helldivers2 #scifiart

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Proper graphing paper indeed! Only the colors and grit were added digitally.

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Martechi @martechi.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

It's a new year, it's a new day, it's a whole new project and style experiment. Hand drawn textures for a rough and rugged desert ride. The first animation is now up on YT // youtu.be/-2kHxm3IaMc Will there be spaceships in this world? Who knows! But there will certainly be some #scifiart

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