#Prototype Week

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Chrysler SS (Styling Special), 1952, by Ghia. One of the first Virgil Exner-designed, Carrozzeria Ghia-built design studies is to be offered at auction during Monterey Car Week in August. Originally presented at the 1952 Paris Motor Show, the SS is built on a shortened 119-inch wheelbase New Yorker chassis. It is powered by a 331ci Hemi V8, linked to Chrysler’s then new fully automatic two-speed PowerFlite transmission.

auction listing

Auction photographs by Darin Schnabel

[reluctanttrabbit]

something that still drives me insane since ruins anniversary is coming up

[s4ndg3m]

restocking my queue, but i wanna show u guys these right away. idk when i'll get them done (spring break's over T.T) but beware.... beware....

also planning to tack gnarpy, miche, spud, swibbledib, yum zlurplie, mach, gregoriah, and maybe some of the baddies in (doug, jeremy, scary mike) onto the list of icons to make. SO MANY CHARACTERS! really looking forward to doing the ones that kill u cus i never see anyone draw em.

[hiwelcometothemonstersancturary]

weñl since I'm new to the AU and already ate every post.... Could you drop some lore of The Prototype and his link to the toys? (especially with Catnap seeing as how he recently calls him "dad" but I wonder how before he allowed Theo to consider him a God and worship him)

For my AU, the Prototype was originally Elliot Ludwig himself. He had an adopted daughter and lost her due to an illness, and then had the brilliant idea to start dubiously ethical experiments in order to bring her back. He eventually volunteered himself to be the first human to become a toy, only to realize, far too late, that without him in charge mr. Harley "what is ethics if not another rule to break in the name of SCIENCE" Sawyer would go "what if i broke every single rule Elliot ever imposed on me". Also I have adopted @lassieposting's hc about Elliot being a military veteran, which is important for this because now this man feels like he, once again, is seeing a tragedy that should have never existed at ALL.

Prototype took care of little Theo/Catnap as if he were his own son (also taken from lassieposting because good headcanons are GOOD headcanons), and after the Hour of Joy and him realizing that the toys can't go outside without risking even more death and people hunting them, he taught Catnap how to hunt. After he learned how to look after himself Catnap became more independent, and Theo was always a kind of religious boy, and that combined with him seeing Prototype as a hero made him undergo the biggest catholic moment in the history of Playtime Co.

Prototype doesn't like being called a god, but Catnap doing that did help him impose more rules on the toys ("don't go outside so humans won't find us and capture us again", "don't torture each other even if you are really hungry", "if you see a human kill it and give it to me so we can all have food"). Unfortunately their distance grew as time went on, and Prototype just. Never actually tried doing anything to stop Catnap from being like That. Again, it was helping him, and he sees Catnap as the child he failed to protect, and he just never knew how to address the elephant in the room. This entire situation was 100% Prototype's fault for not attempting to sit down with Catnap and tell him to cut it off.

Prototype has a trillion communication issues, honestly. For this AU he helped deliver Poppy's call for help to the Player/Angel, not that she knew that, because he decided that everyone had enough. He wanted someone to save the toys, even if by "saving" it meant "killing them off", because Prototype figured it was better than being alive in that nightmare.

And then Angel saved Huggy, throwing Prototype's whole plan away.

And then Bunzo, the mini huggies, PJ Pug-a-Pillar, and then Mommy Long Legs, and then Miss Delight and Dogday, and then Catnap, even when the big feline begged Prototype to end his suffering. The Angel took care of all of them. They never dared leave anyone behind.

Prototype changed his plan for it to just be for him to die, because he caused everyone to become a toy. He deserved that fate more than anyone, at least in his eyes.

And then Angel convinced him to live. The deal they made was for Prototype to help them take care of everyone and stop anyone from ever find all the documentation about how the experiments were done, and only just enough info for the humans outside to know the toys are alive and were previously innocent children. After Angel finds a bigger house, Catnap convinces Prototype to come in with them, and he reluctantly agrees.

It'll be really funny when Angel realizes Poppy was Elliot's daughter, because our favorite porcelain doll does NOT know Elliot is the Prototype. Actually, NO ONE knows that, not even Catnap himself. When Angel finds out they DEMAND Prototype to talk to Poppy because what the HECK, you already failed to communicate with one kid and now you fail to communicate with ANOTHER?

Anyways, family drama aside, Angel and Prototype unironically make a very good parent duo. Prototype knows how the toys work, while Angel knows how to be gentle and assuring. They teach the other a lot about what to do, but the majority of the toys are too afraid to talk with Prototype to learn that he's Father Material If You Ignore The Communication Issues. Catnap can confirm!

[essektheylyss]

It is actually so funny to me that Essek and Laerryn are not that far apart in age. I tend to think of Laerryn as older and Essek as younger, probably as a by-product of how they're positioned within their home cultures (even though that relates more to how aligned their views are with their culture's views, but that's for another post), but when they're on screen, they're both within the elven equivalent of early to mid-twenties.

Honestly, such a shame they will never meet each other. They would've been besties without a single doubt. Can you imagine the brunch gossip between those two?

[stellarrev-artblog]

post-Solstice, Solstice trio

[prophets-of-the-barrens]

[Since there is some confusion we need to clear, we should let the majority decide.]

Click this link for the context.

[@askprophetbot ]

(source: Art made by Nightmargin, link to the original post with it)

[miralyk]

give it up for day 15

[arienic]

someone (you) must free me from my shackles (finals week) before i am turned to ash and dust (collapse into academic and creative burnout). i can go on like this no longer (two more fucking weeks of this bull) for i have already persevered for months (six days) without the light of the sun and stars (writing and drawing aphmau content) and i fear that i might succumb to insanity (have a mental breakdown) sooner that i'd imagined (in precisely 12 hours because so many projects are due tomorrow)

[leohttbriar]

and i will defend it (ao3 link)

Kes and B'Elanna have a quiet and real friendship. But Kes suspects that B'Elanna Torres is the type to collect monsters and strangers, and, being something of that kind herself, Kes means to look out for her in whatever way she can, with a controlled mind or burning one, no matter how desperate the plight of the robot who is pulled aboard. (Chapter 1 of 2)

i rewatched "prototype" for the fourth time and out of love for b'elanna was arrogantly compelled to add on to the story myself, like some fevered gothic "scientist" who doesn't know what he's doing but still intensely interested in the asking the question of what kind of person deserves to create someone else by the strength of their own hands.

[bunny-grunt]

Get beheaded idiot

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Acura Integra Type S HRC Concept, 2024. Developed by Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) in California and presented at Monterey Car Week, a track focused version of the Integra. Weight has been reduced nearly 200lbs thanks to the use of carbon fibre and removal of the air-conditioning and rear seats. There's increased downforce and improved aerodynamics based on the Integra Type S TCX race car in addition to a larger intercooler, twin oil coolers and a tuned, lightweight cat-back exhaust system. All of this previews a "potential" range of HRC accessories for Integra Type S

[climbdraws]

I do have plans for more war cat merch - hoping to have them in the shop by Dec 1...but they may be scented items 👀

[brainrotdotorg]

thank you supereyepatchwolf for making me enjoy my failing major again because i get to make video games in it < 33333

[layalu]

WIP Thursday

got tagged by @greypetrel, @shivunin, and @daggerbeanart over the last couple weeks (thank you guys sm, even if i didn't post anything hjkfsdjdf) <33 Haven't gotten around to drawing much lately, but here's some WIP shots of the current prototyping progress, to hopefully motivate myself to work on it more x'D

I didn't make any of the models; my "main" job is doing textures but i've also been doing most of the engine work that isn't related to gameplay or game logic or Actual Programming, i.e. building the level and all that stuff. Honestly a lot of the work is just learning and trying things, cus this is my first time working with Unreal properly :') Textures are supposed to be stylised but i don't have the time to do proper hand painting, so i've been messing with filters in Substance to try n get something decent lol. Helps that most of the level will have dim lighting which makes everything look less blurry and more coherent xdd

tagging anyone who hasn't been tagged yet and has something to show off! :]

[savetheghost]

trying to decide if i wanna sand the printlines off or leave them as like a bit of character background

like i think half the goal i want is for the overall design to look a little garage-ish and like

not unfinished but like

unrefined? unpolished, like not scrap but a prototype

like only one eye is gonna have the animated TFT display

idk WHAT to do with the other eye really, maybe a motorized aperture if that whole system works out well, or some kinda noise activated LED array, dunno yet