#xcom oc

[korbensoi]

Well, autism be damned, my boys can throw grenades!

[heljay]

You ever just crank out three OC refs in two weeks because the hyperfocus is so strong

Granted I have five XCOM OCs at this point but one of them dies with just the standard in-game design and more importantly these are the three I'm hoping to get ArtFight attacks for lmao

So! Bond, I've drawn her a lot. Cargo, not as much, but I've finally gotten the hang of her combat uniform so that helps. Less so her X2 design which is barely different from the in-game Warden Armor but eh fight me

Echi is, as you can see, very different from the canon Berserker. The idea for Echidna is that she was captured during EU/EW, by Cargo, back when Berserkers weren't sent out into combat naked. Moreover, Echi is the first of the alien captives to choose to trust and aid humans, and is the whole reason Cargo escapes HQ with her life; and drags Bond, along with those two other OCs, out with her. So once X2 rolls around Echi gets unique armour taking reference from the Warden Armor, the original EU/EW Berserker armour, and a bit of the Elite Muton armour. Her scarring comes from while she was still on the invaders' side.

Also by the time X2 rolls around, Cargo and Echi are married

[pyrousred]

Welp, I had another XCOM 2 kick and enjoyed the hell out of that character customizer. Here are but a few Blorbos From My Army, immortalized in sketches. I may boot it back up just to draw some more... there were a lot of designs I was proud of.

[ellikiins]

An inside joke for myself.

Some brief lore:

I did say Diane Whittaker was based off my childhood Sonic OC (Maria), who went through so many dramatic rewrites since her inception in 2004 (I was 9 and loved SA2). In playing XCOM (2012) for the first few times, I created my idea of who the Commander was. As a woman, the Commander should be a woman, too. Stepping in this role, I noticed her personality taking after Maria (both military girlies, obvs). Thus her physical appearance was inspired by an adult Maria Robotnik, her uniform based off my OC's uniform at the time.

I couldn't invent someone new for Fallout 4, so I stole Diane for it. An alternative universe where a Diane grew up to a happy, healthy young woman because she had no family heartbreak and trauma in her youth... to then find it in her adulthood instead as result of the Great War. Oops.

Shh, ignore my childhood Sonic phase and her love for Maria Robotnik, because this could go back even deeper...

Sorry if confusing, just keeping it a brief info dump to share my inner thoughts with the outside world.

I think if I were to update Maria again, she'd be a light yellow, but I wanted to keep her "lore accurate" lmao

[spaceferren-comics]

Changed the snakes color palettes

[etherealvoidechoes]

I'm not sure if I ever posted this semi-old sketch. But here we go.

A sketch of Ea’Njall-Vai’miti a.k.a. The Voice a.k.a. an (my) unwanted third party causing problems in my XCOM AUs and fics. A worm in the ear. The devil on the shoulder. Ignore his calls and his Heralds. The cost is never worth it.

So just him wading through his domain. Looks are deceiving with him. He wasn't always the way he currently is.

[jade-b212]

[mwolf0epsilon]

Got gifted XCOM 2, you know what this means...

:D

[comic-inc]

Xcom "COMMANDERs" Friends and own sona uvu

[probablyanalienindisguise]

Lil dump of art I just haven't posted on Tumblr 💥

Alr ty for showing up to my TED Talk

[korbensoi]

I also made some concept sketches for my Commander!

2015 Soy is the Commander in her purest human form - down to earth (badum-tss), focused on her work. Only 30 years old, never expecting the things that will happen all too soon.

When they found her in 2035, Soy was a sorry sight - several "unnecessary" organs missing, malnourished, weak... And eerily resembling a human version of an Etherial, albeit not as tall. Should they trust her? Is there anything left from the Commander they knew before behind those terrified eyes? She wasn't so sure herself, to be honest.

(It was Bradford, bless his soul, who made it his sole mission to gaslight-gatekeep-girlboss everyone on the Avenger and then himself, shutting down any attempt to speculate, if the Commander is too far gone and can become a threat. Not her. Not his Commander.)

It took some time for her to adjust, gain some muscle and fat back, and learn how to live with extra limbs. It took even more to deal with mental scars, but, eventually, even the most skeptical of the Resistance saw, that their Commander is a force they love seeing on their side. A great tactician, a powerful psionic, what not to love? Extra arms are a fun quirk, too, if you think about it. Now she can choke two damn Ethereals at the same time, just wait until she gets her hands on those suckers.

[heljay]

I promised to make this OC ship everyone else's problem and I'm living up to that promise

Listen. They're cute as hell. And also, fit together perfectly considering Cargo is a neurodivergent wreck needing to learn to stand up for herself, and Echidna is a neurodivergent queen needing a place to let her guard down. Also Berserkers are sexy.

I had a whole meta post about learning to kiss your alien gf when said alien gf doesn't know what kisses are and also her mouth doesn't quite work that way. (They figured it out.)

Side note yes there is a reason why half the nails on Echi's hands are cut short

[themorrignasystem]

On the opic of OCs

As a player of XCom Enemy Within, Xcom 2, and Xcom Chimera Squad, i have my commander is technically an oc

My fan cannon is that after the defeat of XCOM with the ending of XCOM Enemy within, the commander was sufficiently injured, so in a last ditch effort Central, Dr valhien, and Shen put the commander into a MEC to stabilize them.

The aliens caught the Commander, and put him into statis during the 20 year gap between Xcom Enemy within and Xcom 2, analyzing the tech to create the Advent MEC

During Xcom 2 the commander is found, and once rescued, reintegrates with his MEC suit to lead the charge, using SPARK weaponry

During Xcom Chimera Squad the Commander leads Chimera Squad, not choosing to go on missions due to his programmed combot doctrines.

[ellikiins]

I TOLD YOU THE ALIENS ATTACKED. From March 2022, saved as "yeah." You can tell how done I was. Determined to draw and finish something, but alas... I do like this a lot more than the previous piece, I might finish it. But it has been over 2 years, so take it. (She has no shoes because her stilettos are too hard to run in. Maybe she should keep them? That's be badass.)

Because I love the drama, the premise of their relations were with no strings attached... but then someone gets attached, the other gets mad for breaking their promise... and then someone gets hurt... and the other comes to accept that they have also fallen in love, too. How romantic! I hope no one gets kidnapped and put in stasis for 20 years by the enemy and the world falls into chaos!

[ale10ander]

You are about to be advertised to

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interlude for art

gurl look at that art

Back to advertising

This game is frenetic and fun. It will force you to play out next heist as if you are an actor trying a little too hard to be cast for their first role.

Or a broadway star about to burst into song. Or a late-night radio DJ, keeping things cool and mellow, all through the night.

This is a game about acting. And about corporations, alien invasions, and all that other jazz. But it's a GAME first. It's about having fun. And sharing the screen between tactics and roleplay.

Cyberrats: we do both.

anyway back it now. you won't regret it. Unless you do, and that's a promise.

[etherealvoidechoes]

I'm feeling a bit evil.

👎for Thaddeuas.

"👎 Is there someone your OC can’t stand, despite them being on the same side or sharing basic values?"

Bradford because the damn man won't give him any peace because that darn Avatar project tracker increased again and he needs someone to look over some reports for the 15th time. Someone's just asking to get their nose broken again.

Kidding! Man, I have to think for this one. I don't think Thaddeus would have had too many issues with the canon XCOM 1 & 2 staff. I would have to think of my OCs he would clash with since I know there would probably be a few. Will just say if you're an alcoholic and not getting that treated, are a sexist, and some other things, he will dislike you strongly even if you're putting in the work for the Resistance.

Overall, he's on good terms to friendly with my other Commanders.

Of course, there would be several soldiers that were pains in the neck he could barely stand, but for most, nothing they did reached the point of him discharging them.

I know any of the Council members that were just highly unreasonable in the beginning and got worse as the war continued he come to despise.

Read more because semi-long.

Hm, back in XCOM 1, I can see him having a lower tolerance for some of Geist's psionic shenanigans(testing and other things) and (somewhat) change in personality which also made him get highly annoyed with Vahlen and the Psionics division for some time as they feed off of each other despite the good results. He's trying to run a military operation not a clown house. That lower tolerance for Geist may continue once he recalls him when they meet again.

Hm, just thinking about it, Asaru would be on his shit list for a little bit once he learns who and why he lost his pilot wings. Part of him understands and knows Asaru didn't mean too much harm from it, but the man will forever be miffed and will ignore him from time to time because of that besides also questioning if that alien was controlling him the whole time back then (though deep within himself he knows Asaru didn't.)

Oh heck, thinking about it, this would be more or so his Chosen version, but Maker would be on the barely stand. But it's very complicated since his current state of being and having that constant devil on his shoulder has him highly volatile around any Elder, including Maker though the two are working together to undermine things. His brain just keeps ticking to the "shut up before I strangle/drain you" whenever Maker is getting philosophical or talking about the hypocrisy of his brethren.

I won't really continue on with his Chosen self since for his story he doesn't get the "proper" conversion like Jynn(and maybe the other two) as he will be a double-agent since his "conversion." But him and Hunter are besties.