Mobile Guard Section One: The Comic

[Fri]

What is this?

Well, to make it short, Mobile Guard Section One was a game I ran a couple of years back then, and a game that I really love. I've been thinking to make a comic about that game for a long time, but never got the time to do it. And now, because of too much sugar and lack of sleep, I had the thought to really do it. So here it is!

It's just a random doodling project of mine though, so I dunno how long will it last or what is the release schedule. As you see, this is mostly drawn as spontaneous digital painting, both because I like that style and I always planned to use that style if I ever make a comic about this game, and to reduce drawing time, so I can churn more pages in less time.

I'll be using player characters from the game, obviously with some changes and cuttings. The cast was rather large at some point, so I have to cut some characters from the comic. I also have to make some changes for the characters to make them flow better with the comic of course. I hope the players won't mind.

But what is the comic about?

To make it short and spoiler free. It's a steampunk mecha police/detective story. Think of Patlabor set in Ankh Morpokh. More will be explained later in the comic, hopefully!

(Archives will be put in this post)

[Fri]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Faris/MGSO/Page1_zps6244dab6.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Faris/media/MGSO/Page1_zps6244dab6.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Faris/MGSO/Page2_zpsd802c379.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Faris/media/MGSO/Page2_zpsd802c379.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Faris/MGSO/page3_zps854afb51.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Faris/media/MGSO/page3_zps854afb51.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Faris/MGSO/page4_zps2556ed75.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Faris/media/MGSO/page4_zps2556ed75.jpg.html)

And as a bonus, some character designs.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Faris/MGSO/char1_zps2a13c233.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Faris/media/MGSO/char1_zps2a13c233.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Faris/MGSO/character2_zps5ff78de3.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Faris/media/MGSO/character2_zps5ff78de3.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Faris/MGSO/character3_zps55286f0e.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Faris/media/MGSO/character3_zps55286f0e.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Faris/MGSO/Character4_zpsbc141a5d.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Faris/media/MGSO/Character4_zpsbc141a5d.jpg.html)

[Fri]

Updates!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Faris/MGSO/page5_zps0fd7550e.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Faris/media/MGSO/page5_zps0fd7550e.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Faris/MGSO/page6_zpsdb99006e.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Faris/media/MGSO/page6_zpsdb99006e.jpg.html)

[Fri]

Updates!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Faris/MGSO/Page7_zps21da241e.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Faris/media/MGSO/Page7_zps21da241e.jpg.html)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Faris/MGSO/Page8_zps506a435d.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Faris/media/MGSO/Page8_zps506a435d.jpg.html)

[smuchmuch]

Nice to see you up and drawing again but if I may hasard a bit of criticism, it feels kins of wonky and slightly blurry ?
For a comic maybe you should consider style with outlines, for the characters at least ?

[Tiffanie Lirle]

Neat! You've caught my interest. I'm getting kind of a Patlabor vibe from the story so far. I'll be keeping an eye on this. :smallsmile:

[Mercenary Pen]

I'm getting a hint of Discworld's Ankh-Morpork City Watch from this, especially with the descriptor of Ta'lab Al Rhea as "might not actually be human"- puts me in mind of a certain Corporal who has to carry a certificate to prove his humanity.

[smuchmuch]

Neat! You've caught my interest. I'm getting kind of a Patlabor vibe from the story so far. I'll be keeping an eye on this.

Heh. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showsinglepost.php?p=12468257&postcount=55)
(the second one) Still a game I remember fondly though (sadly I must be the only one of all the players to do so). I am interested in see what the original vision for this storry was.

[Kasanip]

To see a comic from Fri is always exciting! :smallsmile:
I remember Fri wrote about this game many times.

[Tiffanie Lirle]

Heh. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showsinglepost.php?p=12468257&postcount=55)
(the second one)
That would explain it I suppose. :smalltongue:

[Fri]

Wow. Haha, I didn't realize people are actually reading this.

I'll continue this soon. Actually, the reason why I stop updating for a while is because my friend said that my planned intro is too similar with the actual patlabor, so I was kinda discouraged, but I always plan to continue this.

[shahid durrani]

Wow. Haha, I didn't realize people are actually reading this.

I'll continue this soon. Actually, the reason why I stop updating for a while is because my friend said that my planned intro is too similar with the actual patlabor, so I was kinda discouraged, but I always plan to continue this.

Your comic is so much fantastic.ya everyone reading it i think.i like it. :smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin: i really enjoyed it.you should keep it up. well done for next post. i think you should not leave it. its so much enjoyable forum.thanks for sharing it.

[Chambers]

I remember seeing this game in the Recruitment sub-forum and thought it was a pretty neat concept. Glad to see you continuing it in some manner.