Juicer

Hi DA Fam,

 Here is an illustration that I did for the Rifts® Boardgame being licensed, developed and published by Carmen Bellaire's - Rogue Heroes® LLC, based on the famous RIFTS® RPG game created by Kevin Siembieda and published by Palladium Books®.

Pencils: Charles "Chuck" Walton II

Digital Paints (my Partner): Eduardo "EDSFox" Dominguez   icon:edsfox:

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The iconic action-junky, champion character depicted here is a called a "Juicer."

"Were the best, no doubt about it. But you don't want to pay the price we have. What? Get out before is too late? Yeah, that was my plan too. only you get to lovin' it too much. The speed, the power, the respect you command. Love it too much to give it up even when you know it will all come to a sudden end, one  way or another, nay way you cut it. Me. Five years, look, I've got the tremors already, but I'll be a good lookin' corpse."

As warriors, Juicers are generally cold, brutal, killing machines who don't care if they die young. The foolish don't believe the stories until its too late. The Desperate don't care. The Vengeful who believe they must become a Juicer to exact revenge feel it's a fair price to pay. Those bound by duty to support a family or save a village, accept the price or hope they can detox before its too late. 

 Juicer mercenaries are among the most highly paid and feared in the Americas. One can become a Juicer by enlisting in an army of a kingdom or mercenary company that offers Juicer augmentation. The first step in creating the chemical superman is the implantation of two tiny mega-computers called the Bio-comp System. The postage stamp sized devices are implanted in the subject's head and /or chest. The dual system serves as a fail-safe feature that enables one bio-comp system to override the other in case of malfunction. Only one system operates at a time, although both are neurologically linked to hundreds of microscopic sensors implanted throughout the body. These tiny implants constantly relay data about the subject's physiology as the body reacts and changes in response to stimuli like drugs, stress, pain, and combat. The bio-comp system is also designed to trigger different natural and artificial chemical responses to thousands of specific conditions. Increasing Adrenaline, or increasing oxygen to reduce fatigue or other chemicals to negate pain, clot blood are all part of the juicer's repertoire.

 The traditional chemical delivery system is an injection collar around the neck, wrists, upper arms, and legs, to deliver the needed synthetic chemicals to boost performance to the max precisely as it is needed. The man-,made drugs are contained in a soft, padded harness worn under clothing and battle armor. Tubes run from the central dispensary system of the harness to eh specific injection collars. In addition to initiating or countering specific chemical reactions the bio-comp system also maintains the body at maximum levels of efficiency. All aspects of optimum physical conditioning are monitored and maintained. The Juicer's body weight, calorie intake, breathing, muscles, bulk, flexibility, reflexes, alertness, vision and sensitivity are all maintained on a constant basis. This gives the Juicer enhanced endurance, strength, speed, and accelerated regeneration.

 The same nano-technology that makes the bio-comp system possible is also responsible for the Internal Robot Medical Surgeon System (IRMSS), a battery of microscopic robots programmed to perform internal surgery (i.e. stop bleeding, suture veins and arteries, and aid in internal repair and healing of the body)!  

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For those familiar with the role-playing game Rifts, I hope you enjoy this depiction of this iconic Juicer character class. For those of you new to Rifts, it is a post apocalyptic world where rifts (dimensional portals) have opened up onto Earth and have released a wide range of supernatural monsters, vast array of aliens, and all sorts of advanced technology, psionic abilities and more. Numerous factions across the globe now fight for the dominion or survival of Earth.  

Rifts was one of my first RPG experiences that I truly enjoyed and I was thrilled to be able to contribute artwork for such a fantastic setting. This artwork is for the upcoming Rifts Miniature boardgame whose Kickstarter will be launching VERY soon. Check out Rogue Heroes LLC Facebook page (www.facebook.com/RogueHeroesPu…)  to follow along with the production and launch of the Rifts Board game Kickstarter, and tell em Chuck sent ya. “Like” them and please feel free to drop them a visit and a comment.

The Kickstarter is soon to start TODAY, May 8th, 2017 @ 3:00 pm EST. So I hope to see ya there!

 Juicer Description - Excerpted from Rifts® Ultimate Edition™, copyright 2005 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved. Rifts®, Wilderness Scoutt® and Palladium Books® are registered trademarks of Palladium Books Inc. and Kevin Siembieda. All other titles and names are trademarks of Palladium Books

Juicer art are copyright and trademark of Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.