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District 9 - The Boardgame!

Here's a small selection of concepts and card art for the District 9 boardgame. I did over a hundred blimmin illustrations! Working with Gary Hunt, Leri Greer and others here at Weta Workshop made this really fun.
It was super cool to revisit the world of District 9 after so many years and get to invent some new bits. I tried to make it feel like all the new stuff could have been there in the film but it was just off camera.
The Prawn's crawler car - I figured that the aliens wouldn't have access to many fully functioning vehicles so they made this one out of salvaged parts. Their approach to building a car wouldn't be like a human's either, I tried to imagine what would be aesthetically pleasing to an alien invertebrate so there's an insectile look to the whole thing, the overlapping doors were trying to emulate a carapace and it has cockroach-like legs that were pulled from a ruined heavy mech exo-suit

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wetaworkshop/d9-the-boardgame/

Prawn Gang's getaway vehicle concepts

Prawn Gang's getaway vehicle concepts

MNU Science Division initial concepts

MNU Science Division initial concepts

Concepts for the Prawn Gang

Concepts for the Prawn Gang

A few of the card illustrations based on Gary Hunt's beautiful sculpts

A few of the card illustrations based on Gary Hunt's beautiful sculpts

Concepting characters, I kept looking for details in the film we could incorporate into the new designs

Concepting characters, I kept looking for details in the film we could incorporate into the new designs

That rascal robot

That rascal robot

A few details from the game board. This was a monster illustration! Nearly killed me!

A few details from the game board. This was a monster illustration! Nearly killed me!