Greetings everyone, here's a concept art I had commissioned to kinda help me decide on an updated look for one of the uncommon encounters late in the animation script.

This piece was commissioned by the very friendly, fast, professional, and friendly Russian artist who's been great to work with:  tabia

As part of the backstory, decades before the animation's storyline takes place, but years after the Scourge emerged and forced most of the civilized inhabitants of Korsun to flee, a joint coalition task force was assembled to run reconnaissance on the mysterious new life form and help determine how the coalition might adapt to the presence of the aggressive insect swarms.

Operational support was provided by a Volterran colonial holding company, while the expeditionary element was provided by a Blauen Soldien special tasks group. The special tasks group was rumored to have been close to finding a way to effectively ward off the scourge for extended durations; however, they were ambushed and annihilated during their last expedition on the surface.

The Volterran holding company was able to salvage most of the findings of the special tasks group and determined some areas on the surface of Korsun (near large bodies of water) were safe to colonize as the Scourge tended to avoid places where their subterranean tunnels could be flooded. These new areas were designated 'Green zones' and are where the majority of residents (aside from bandits) live on Korsun currently, areas that are considered dangerous (where the scourge will appear after a few hours) were labeled 'Yellow zones' and are where the bandits typically reside, whereas deadly areas where the Scourge exist in high concentrations and few if anyone dares to walk the surface are called 'Red zones'.

As for the Blauen Special Tasks group, there's a rumor that one can still see members of the long dead task force if you wander near the areas where they were last sighted, some claim these are the lost ghosts of the old task force, others claim that some bandits found their old equipment and masquerade as them to frighten away others. The Soldien government currently denies that either possibility is remotely plausible.

Anyway, hope you guys liked this concept art. It will probably end up looking different once I have the main artist make it in the same style as everything else. Though please let me know what you like about this and I'll try and use it to improve future pieces.

Thanks everyone, enjoy!