About the time we were creating Lex’s War Suit, I began playing around with ideas for other armoured characters. The concept didn’t work with the storyline, but I liked the image, so I created some zinc plate etchings.
A Rough Room
In the Motherland universe, the singular weapons our soldiers wield can be precise as an assassin’s blade or devastating beyond comprehension, so the place where this training happens needed to be suitably robust. For lethal training on the Fort Salem base, we created a “Rough Room”. Here our soldiers hone their skills in defensive and offensive combat situations.
In another universe, this place would be called a weapons training facility or firing range. Starting from that premise, we started with a contemporary “weapons facility” theme. Thanks to Brian Kane’s ongoing discussion and regular input from Steven and Eliot, we were able to bring our initial idea fully into the Motherland world. Modelled in SketchUp and rendered in SU Podium. Final illustration by Frank Hong.
Top Secret Military Outpost – In three easy steps
6 days from initial scout until filming. We try not to make a habit of this, but we can bring it when we need to.



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Decommissoned Car Ferry or Alien Space Prison? You Decide.
Working with existing textures, a few carefully selected set pieces and a very skilled lighting department.
Area 51
Revisting my sketchbooks. Not a “speed painting” per se, but still kept fast and loose.
Copyright Peter Bodnarus
Smooth Surface Form Studies
As Bruce Mau says: “Begin Anywhere”.
I’ve noticed that often scriptwriters/producers’ offices are filled with figures and objects that are used for working out senarios and dialogue. Building on this, I created my own series of objects to have on hand as visual story telling idea generators.
Copyright Peter Bodnarus