Brother rly went "so yeah about that beer :)" immediately followed by implying he had (and still has) to beat at least a couple of people to maintain his position in Civil Protection. Really creates way more questions than it answers. What did u do Barney Calhoun. Is beating people up all it takes? Is there innocent blood on his hands? Is there weight on his conscience? Despite everything, did he still partake in the perks the position offered, the better housing, the extra food? How trusted is he in the resistance, really? It's probably well known that he still has to participate in the Combine's oppressive system, right? They can't all possibly view it as a completely necessary evil.
I mean, some rebels hate Odessa Cubbage and his only crime seems
to be "being an idiot".
Okay completely unrelated train of thought now but I wonder if he smuggles the melons Kleiner feeds to Lamarr. You can see some watermelons in a Civil Protection outpost/apartment so I assume that's one of the "better" foods the Combine provide to those that serve them. Goddd there's so much to this guy but it's all implication.. Wish he had more screentiiiiiiime I wanna see more of him. I wanna see what he's had to do to maintain cover, and what he's actually done to earn the Resistance's trust. How do the rebels feel, knowing that while they have to take shelter in the canal system, he's able to sleep in an actual apartment with an intact door?
Sorry not sorry about the Barney spam but all chill has departed my system about this project. Deep in the throes of modelling his comms devices for the belts and printing the Civil Protection helmet so I've got both for a really killer photoshoot coming up.
In the interim, have an Actual Photo from Calgary Expo back in April, taken by Gossen Photography (IG & FB).
PS Going to do a few How It's Made posts for this too in the coming weeks.
Okay, so y'all have blown my mind with your response to Barney. Flattered as heck by the likes and reblogs, plus some of the tags just absolutely send me lmao.
I know the Half Life art book says that Valve set out to make the best video game ever with Half Life 2 and I fully believe they did because this community is very much alive and well!
i just realized cause i did his 5‘oclock lightly and its bright and my cameras shit u can barely see it,,, im so sorry barney nation
took these pics on the bus mb if they r ass
some barneys and benreys cause they r silly and i live them. also tiny gordons🙏
also i love the creature designs so much i need to draw more they make me insane. i like 2 think striders before the combine had crawdad like faces, idk their carapace reminds me of one