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Martechi
@martechi.bsky.social
I accidentally make more fan art for games than playing them // hobbyist artist, blender addict, sci-fi enthusiast
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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
February 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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
February 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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
February 1, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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
February 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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!
January 30, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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
January 28, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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
January 28, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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.
January 28, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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!
January 28, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I love them so much! That one shot of their rapid-fire blasing through a shadow ship will be forever burned into my brain.
January 28, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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.
January 28, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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.
January 27, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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!
January 27, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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
January 27, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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
January 27, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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.
January 27, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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
January 27, 2026 at 10:23 PM
#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
January 27, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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!
January 27, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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.
January 27, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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
January 27, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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
January 27, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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
January 12, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Proper graphing paper indeed! Only the colors and grit were added digitally.
January 8, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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
January 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM