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The red spy
7 months ago

If the scp fandom wants to ad a new scp,this is a goldmine,a total goldmine

GadenKerensky
GadenKerensky
5 years ago

So, what kind of machine is born between two-different Dire Machines, and two different Hybrids? (IE, not the same kind of ‘model’ or machine)

I can’t recall.

Anonymous
Anonymous
5 years ago

@RB
Hasn’t Eva also gotten into horrendous furry stuff like vore since you two spoke, anyway? I know you don’t enjoy dealing with people like that.

Hammarbomber
Hammarbomber
5 years ago

Regarding how the nanites came to be, is Evalion’s depiction on Twitter canon for you as well Ratbat?

Moll
Moll
6 years ago

I am also curious. I hope he is OK.

Kcidical
Kcidical
6 years ago

I’m pretty new to the server, but from what I can gather, He/She/they “are no longer writing for this site”
I found this out when I commented on The Italy Op.

Jaeson
Jaeson
6 years ago

I was looking all around the faq and the comments and I haven’t seen anyone answer what Dire-machines eat in general. So in echo of the 2016 person, do they need to eat? If so what do they eat and how much. If they don’t do they get their energy to live from fuel/power or something else? Then as well how often would they have to eat?

Kcidical
Kcidical
6 years ago

I don’t know, but delta just stopped, no clue why or how, and it just sucks.

clog
clog
6 years ago

what happened Kcid?

Kcidical
Kcidical
6 years ago

@Moll , sadly no, I found that out the hard way.

Moll
Moll
6 years ago

Thank you. How about delta? Will delta’s stories return back in the future?

moll
moll
6 years ago

I suddenly found this site and i really like this universum. But i am slightly confused, because there is NO history line answering whole history of dire machines. How they can be part of WWII stories, or present time (like Anya MI-24 stories), when main “dire revolution” starts in distant future (end of 21. century). It seems that WWII and present dires are very unicorn-like creatures, very scarce, low profile and hiding.

I think that whole history ilustration would help remarkably well, if it even exists.

Keep great work guys and bring Delta_x3 back. i like Anya stories.

Brendan O.
Brendan O.
8 years ago

To Ratbat:

Well, my thinking on the story I’m starting to piece together and write is that the Dire in question is a steam engine, which are a definite minority in the Train-Folk community since they’re pre-computer technology and most of them are still ordinary machines (though my thinking is that the Train-folk have a soft spot for these even so, considering them, in a very real sense, their ancestors even though they don’t speak). What few steamers that are Dires are cases of a few excursion locomotives that had been retrofitted with modern computer systems to make them more compatible to run within the confines of the modern railways.

The one in particular for my story would’ve been in a museum, and actually had bits cut off of it to show the insides for people to understand how a steam locomotive worked, and the cab had been converted into a fancy simulator linked to a bank of computers to let the museum visitors have a go at driving a steam train. At the time the space machine virus swept over the planet, the museum had been closed for renovation, so nobody was around to notice as the Apotheosis overtook the simulator system, and the computer parts slowly migrated under the metal skin of the locomotive and the cut away sections were “healed” over with new metal and parts. All anybody knew was that they day everybody went away, everything was kosher, when everybody came back, there was a living machine there to greet them.

My thinking is that the character would be a pretty normal one, so far as Dires go, with the exception of having the Dire version of brain damage (haven’t decided on the gender just yet). It’d effectively have all its marbles and be able to speak, have all the manipulator tendrils, self heal, and so on, but it would be unable to self-motivate, in other words, it can’t drive by itself, thus it need a human assistant to do all the driving the “old fashioned way”, not that the character likes this very much. There are humans who are are like this, just to name one, Stephen Hawking. Utterly brilliant man, but there are bits of him that just don’t work right, so he needs some help in order to live his life. So why not a Dire?

It’d be a sort of buddy-story/relationship tale, where the latest assistant comes to a Train-Folk community to take up the job of being the steamer’s caretaker (turns out the steam Dire has been very picky and usually doesn’t keep assistants for very long, part of it is the stress of being so different from all the other Dires, part of it was the character just didn’t hit it off very well with the ones who came before).. At first, they don’t really like each other and it gets almost to a point where they part ways, but over time they sorta get used to each other’s company and it could wind up being a love story depending on where it all goes.

Brendan O.
Brendan O.
8 years ago

I’ve a few question. If all the free space inside a dire machine is full of nanomachine goo or organs, does this mean a dire machine can’t give a human a lift or carry things around inside of itself if that’s what it wants to do or is a part of its job? Maybe the nano-fluid could shift around or re-form itself as needed to reveal what’s left of the old cockpit, cab, or cargo space so it could be used, then it all re-gooifies after the particular task is done.

Just how widespread is Machine Apotheosis? How advanced does a machine need to be in order to be affected (I.e. would something like a Model T Ford or a steam locomotive be affected)? Is it containable (i.e. reversible) if you try to stop the transformation in the early stages?

Just curious, I’ve seen your work (both the clean and the sexy stuff), and I have to admit I’m a bit of a fan, and I like the idea of Dire machines, sort of kicking around the idea of doing a story about the Locomotive Folk now I’ve done some “further reading” after seeing the art and read the Atoll Lab comic (great stuff!). Not really sure where to post it up (for I would like others to read it at some point), but still…

Norean
Norean
8 years ago

Going to be making one of these myself. I have everything in mind but I am not too confident in my writing. I worry about it becoming a jumbled mess. I should however have some better luck with the illustrations once I get some practice down. Hoping by the end of the summer I should be skilled enough to put together both the written information as well as the illustrations.

robthegray
robthegray
8 years ago

oh, I was expecting their mind would be assimilated into that of the machine instead of just dying

robthegray
robthegray
8 years ago

so, what would happen if a person was “unconscious” in a vehicle as it transformed

Kitty_D
Kitty_D
8 years ago

Question about gender in these dire machines. How is it established? Are dire machines genderfluid? I mean, they seem to be able to have all the sexual dendrites up and running. What do you suppose determines this selection or development?

curl295
curl295
8 years ago

Do they need to eat? can they eat human foods?
i’m also wondering on how huge the places the dire machines would have to work at, some vehicles are big

curl295
curl295
8 years ago

Yes i am new here.

curl295
curl295
8 years ago

This anatomy made me think for a while.

churchillmando
churchillmando
8 years ago

reminds me of the posters in shop class

Gear Head
Gear Head
8 years ago

I am really glad you made these pictures, this make role playing with new partners much easier when I have to explain the anatomy of the Dires. Very well done.

Someguy
Someguy
8 years ago

Will you be doing boats to?

Gear Head
Gear Head
8 years ago

I would like to see some Halo machines or Star Wars machines. Especially a M808 main battle tank (Scorpion) named Shelia from the Red vs Blue series.

Bolo42
8 years ago

Interesting, but I would think sentient machines wouldn’t need quite so many “organs” and would still have a lot of space left inside.

Theunknownjester
Theunknownjester
8 years ago

Nice bradly, for what ever reason the first time i saw it i thought it was a warrior…the british bias is strong with in me.
And the tendril throwing stuff out of (his/her?) hatch is hilarious, as well as the little emote, though i am not sure if the emote is a ‘looking for ladies’ or is ‘i am a lady, jeez’
looking forwards to the finished picture, i am guessing you will stream that at some point?

Senator Armstrong
Senator Armstrong
8 years ago

Why are there talking sentient machines?

NANOMACHINES SON

Theunknownjester
Theunknownjester
8 years ago

Na its fine, i had a feeling something like that would be the case but it just means more knowledge of how the living machine world works!

-insert the more you know star and rainbow-

AdmiralStarNight
AdmiralStarNight
8 years ago

Thanks for answering my question!

Guess you could technically have it both ways for the dire machines like this:

A Dire machine would, in every circumstance they can, use preproduced ammo that they have to take in. But if in a situation where they do not have the ammo and feel that they are under threat, then will produce the ammo to protect themselves at the cost of their healing abilities. (Which would mean they would have to be under very threatening circumstances and not seem like some OP power these guys have.)

Love the worldbuilding going on here. Your porn already had a world-building element, each picture is a little story in a world most of us would love to see come to life.

AdmiralStarNight
AdmiralStarNight
8 years ago

Question: do the Diremachines make their own ammo (if they have guns) or do they need to be loaded up like a regular machine?

Seems like the assemblers might be able to make ammo but that would obviously drain any sort reserve fast if they were combat for too long.

Also, what’s the Tomcat’s name? (if he/she has one.) Handsome devil

Theunknownjester
Theunknownjester
8 years ago

ah interesting, and that is good to know how ever i was wondering more along the lines of what a living machine mouth tendril would work, for say something much larger then a human wanting to give oral pleasure to a human but not quite able to do so with its ‘primary’ mouth.

so lets say a space living machine, or a subnautic living machine wants to give there lady or man oral but cant do the constrictions of there environment, a little hard for a human to survive in space/under water with out some form of thick protective layer, is there a specific way they would go about doing that or would it simply be a tendril similar to the vaginal port with the exception of the sex organs at the end being replaced with a mouth and tongue or something different to that?

also looking forwards to seeing the second image, curious to see how it will turn out and what vehicle you will end up drawing for that!

Someguy
Someguy
8 years ago

Wait why would they have a cell to destroy humans

Bolo42
8 years ago

Wouldn’t the cockpit still be able to be used as such?

jean56f
jean56f
8 years ago

Dunno why but it’s remind me the book of the artist simon stalenhag (check it it’s awesome), yeah a real back story and I really love that 😀
Keep goin’
*give a manly french virtual hug*

iMary
iMary
8 years ago

Totally agree with previous comment. This is absolutely cool.
Actually, all of your works are amazing, your ideas are quite original and interesring (since I love unusual things) 🙂
Keep up the good work! 😉

jean56f
jean56f
8 years ago

Great work ! need a book on it too !

Yes, Lando’s art is really beautiful !

Theunknownjester
Theunknownjester
8 years ago

i am glad i got to see some of this being drawn during the stream, it was fun and kinda sad i didn’t stick around for the rest of this but what ever, next time! Though i might have to adjust my terminology as i have been using manipulator arms as the term for the mecha-dendrites but at the very least its nice to know the names for the different kinds of tendrils/manipulators. I do have a question on the vaginal tendril, i assume it is flexible to an extent so i guess how flexible is it? -and i guess i should also ask what would an, oral(?) port look like?

glad to see more artwork in the living machine category from more artists, its always good to have a larger pool of inspiration to pull from when it comes to drawing and writing, with any luck lando keeps an interest in the subject!

DELTA X3
8 years ago

This is really cool. It’s interesting to actually get a visual on what you’re talking about. Also the explanations are really well done, medical background probably helps a lot in that aspect. Learning has occurred. So what will be in part 2?

On a separate note, Lando’s stuff is really great. It’s really refreshing to see some new talent onboard. Hope he decides to keep up the great work.