Well, this is pretty much a successor to the idea sheet for an Arcbot called Spitfire: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/48671129/.

I've kinda fallen under the spell of this setting I've been working on, along with the idea of Arcbots like Spitfire as a whole, so, I decided to go one step further and produce a full body of Spitfire himself along some of the weaponry that he would use or rather fabricate on the fly.

As a recap, in the ARCSverse, Adaptive and Regenative Combat Systems, or ARCS, are essentially sapient, custom-built combat robots that can be thrown together by anyone with access to very fast and capable 3D printing systems - in other words, everyone. The mass proifilation of cheap and unregulated 3D fabrication technology has thrown the wider world into a loop, as old nation-states and mega-corperations are competing with a mix of new communist and anarchist societies across the world due to easily automated production. Anyone with a fabricator can produce a heavily armed ARCS, whetever it's to compete in gladitorial tournements, fight wars or just to guard your farm's wheatfields from arsonists and locusts. Many are often partnered with a human, who through a special device called an Arclet can allow the Arcbot to 3D fabricate their own weapons and equipment to fight in battle. Many of these bots are typically anthromorphic in build.

The Arcbot here is Spitfire, or simply Spit. He's a draconic Arcbot that happens to be an EX-Military prototype. Classified by Weight Class as a Medium (out of Micro, Light, Medium, Heavy and Mega ARCS), Spit can reach over 8 feet tall - though he tends to hunch over alot of the time so he looks more like 7' 4''. He's armoured in Titanium Alloy, mixed in with Graphene to produce composites which gives him a mass of a round 1.4 tonnes. So try and not get in the way of the guy unless you want to turn into a wet bag of bones. Alongside his claws and jaw, Spit can fabricate Plasma Cannons and a massive Blade to further beat the heck of stuff. Oh, and he has a plasma breath attack in the form of Draco Breath. Enjoy getting roasted by a fire breathing robot dragon.

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This was a pretty difficult piece to work on, as whilst I had an idea of what I wanted Spitfire to look like and had drawn his upper body and head before, I had no idea how to draw something reptilian and less humanoid in built, nevermind something robotic apart from my experience with the Foxfire Attack Mech. But I pushed myself as best as I could, looking at a few references and working to draw Spitfire's build to the best of my ability. Most of the work was based on the linework, and working out what I wanted to put up alongside the full body, but alot of preferences went towards the Plasma Cannon and the Blade, so I went for those. Once the lines were done, the colouring, shading and textures were easy, including the use of additional textures to add a more distinct glowing effect on some parts. I also decided to be more experimental with backgrounds, combining some practice with the last backgrounds I've done to design a blueprint themed background that was badly faded.

It took alot of attempts, but I am really chuffed with the combined results with Spitfire, the weapons and the background. I've got some other projects in mind, but I will be coming back to Spitfire and other Arcbots sooner rather than later.