Culmination of a few different ideas for what I'd like from the Republic's grenadiers, or heavy infantry. Remember the guy from the far right in the "Compare" sketch a while back? that's him, only all kitted up. Well, the top half, anyway.

Note the fact that, in the environmental-seal gear, there is a pretty severe "dehumanizing" effect. This is purposeful.

Also note the coloration of the uniform. This is not particularly a "desert" uniform, but an artistic decision. I'm tired of endless wars between green, gray, and brown-colored armies, so I've made an artistic decision to make the uniform of these guys to be yellow. That's not to say they can't hide just as well as anyone else in the dense jungle, its just an artistic choice to make things more visually stimulating.

The K14 loses much of its shape when held at that angle, but there will be more concept work posted that shows it off nicely.

General inspiration came from Guerrilla Game's Killzone, both Helghast and ISA.