Oooooo, bulky.

Engineers are usually shorter and stockier than warriors, easier to gain access to constrained or awkwardly located places. While a warrior might be superficially stronger, I'd bet on an engineer in an arm-wrestling competition.

Heh, we're both big kids at heart, WolfBlain

Maybe you could hold his tool?

*snigger*

Engineers by their very nature like getting their talons dirty and can get rather excited at the prospect of mucking around with new equipment

But you can fetch him his datapad so he can run diagnostics on the electronic systems

hehe, what a slice of hunk~

Stigmata did a great job at bringing out the muscles on this one, didn't he?

I know! such a Hawt Enginerd!~

I love a good backside, and he certainly has one. This image wins for two reasons: sparklies and a nice ass.

The lighting is fantastic on this, was absolutely stoked with the way it looks. And the pose is just... well, let's just say there was a good reason for it

In all seriousness, there are so many great things about this picture. Rather than being a deliberate piece of beefcake, it actually gets down and gritty with what the Vanguard are all about. Not just silly warriors posing all over the place, but also a lot of the more mundane things that go on in their society.

And yes, a nice ass

Well put! Oogling is fun, but the well rendered scene is more rewarding.

I actually used a book by Burne Hogarth titled "Dynamic Anatomy of The Bitchin' Ass".

I should try that one. I have a version and it seems they could have elaborated on perfecting firmness versus girth. facial expressions got nothin' on a fin posterior!

Don't encourage the boy!!

Man...when I repair stuff I wish I had 4 arms...it'd make it so much easier x.x

Absolutely agree. It would make many jobs a lot easier, actually - as well as many hobbies a lot more fun. Can you imagine rock-climbing if you had four arms, talons and the build to use them? That would be so cool...

and i thought u were gonna say

if it ain't broke...

Break it! XD

No, deliberately breaking something as a random act of violence would make baby engineer jesus cry...

It's like a wall of muscles. I wonder if it's possible to pickpocketing engineers when they are busy, because they look so focused and obsessive of their task. But then again, who would dare to pickpocket a Vanguard. :p

Heh, the contents of a Vanguard's pockets probably wouldn't be all that interesting - especially an engineer. Just tools, wire, general junk

Will definitely be hitting Mr. Stigmata up for more commissions I think. I really do like his style.

Gotta love big boys with even bigger toys.

Awesome commission, the coloring looks like it was done in water color or something very similar.

I really like Stigmata's style actually. And he's very good with his physiology - the musculature on this engineer is top rate. I think it is all digital, but not 100% sure. I know that even if it is partly traditional he finishes it off digitally.

So that's where the additional hands come in... handy.
And there i was thinking they're just for stuffing their mouths full of faces.

Last thing you'd want to do is be behind a Vanguard in the queue for the face-buffet, there'd be nothing left.

Part of the more serious thinking behind the multiple arms is that they could hold prey with one set of arms while pulling the flesh/limbs/faces off with the other. Given their tusks are more for display and fighting (and would actually get in the way of 'ordinary' eating), it makes more sense for them to dismember their prey into bite-sized chunks manually.

Not to mention stability when dragging their catch around back to their lairs over rough terrain.

"...fix it anyway and make it better." Aaaaah, the ol' Microsoft credo.

Great pic, nice an' gritty, something you'd expect from mechanics and greasemonkeys, as well as a nice shot of the back muscles on Vanguards. I also daresay it looks like he's about to give his behind a quick little scratch with that tool there, something I have to admit I've been inclined to do while on shop jobs myself... albeit it primarily served as an learning experience to NOT to that with the wrong end of a hammer.

How on earth do you scratch your butt with a hammer? Unless you're talking about a claw-hammer... Or a jack-hammer... Shop job? Dear god man, what kind of shop do you work at?