Boudica's Gambit

led by Bran- Boudica’s little posse of rebels fight their way along the top of the speeding train towards the carriage that they believe is carrying an experimental super weapon. Rigby- explosives primed in her satchel- fires off shell after shell, while Cerise shields the party with white magic. Bran and his faithful bodyguard Cynebald take the lead while Sartorio primes a powerful offensive spell.

Little do they realise that they’re about to fall straight into the devious governor’s trap…

This picture is my tribute to the ps1 era final fantasy games and others I loved in days gone by. The working title for this was “Midgar”. Of course I’ve mixed in a few of my own ideas and influences. A little bit of Celts vs Romans, a little bit of cold war Berlin, and a touch of Tokyo.

This was supposed to be a quick little image done for for fun, but ended up being a 2 year slog of a picture that went through multiple stages and permutations being worked on and then put aside for months at a time. I've made a video to show the process here: youtu.be/WbRTst7HDjI