Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon is deliberately devoid of human faces, a design alternative that accentuates the dehumanization of the participant character and the Rubiconians whose planet has been devastated and plundered. What little we do see of Armored Core 6’s people is obscured or unclear. However gamers have fallen for most of the recreation’s characters regardless, purely based mostly on their voices and mannerisms.
Now, some gifted Armored Core followers are bringing the solid of Fires of Rubicon to life, imagining what participant character C4-621, Ayre, Rusty, Handler Walter, and different faceless characters seem like. Fan artwork of these invisible individuals has began to unfold on social media, Reddit, and Pixiv. A few of that fan artwork gorgeously places a face to a reputation, whereas others play on the connection between characters.
Listed below are a number of the finest interpretations of Armored Core 6’s 621, Ayre, Rusty, and others from quite a lot of gifted artists.
Ayre
The Rubiconian presence generally known as Ayre is among the few characters in Armored Core 6 to deal with 621 as one thing apart from a weapon, although she actually takes benefit of her place as a voice in 621’s ear. Armored Core followers are (unsurprisingly) rendering Ayre within the fashion of a FromSoftware maiden, nearly solely presenting her as a purple and white specter, as seen in artist LAS 91214’s first two illustrations.
Artist Kuba has created two variations of Ayre, one which seems to attract affect from Metallic Gear and Zone of the Enders artist Yoji Shinkawa, and one other that builds on Melina and Malenia from Elden Ring.
Listed below are a number of extra:
621 (aka Rb23, aka Gun 13, aka “Buddy”)
Exterior of the sketches that gamers can gather all through Armored Core 6, the closest look we get at a human is thru the CG movie of the 621’s augmentation process. Artists are rendering 621 in a greater diversity of kinds, with artist LAS 91214 imagining him as a somber younger cyborg.
Different artists are rather less optimistic about 621’s look.
Others are taking part in with Armored Core 6’s androgynous language round 621.
This artist interprets the “canine” and “hound” derogatory language used to discuss with 621 actually (and adorably). Right here’s 621 licking his grasp’s face:
Handler Walter
Walter does make an look of types in one of many recreation’s collectible sketches, however right here’s a extra present interpretation of 621’s handler.
And right here’s Walter as imagined by, as soon as once more, LAS 91214.
Rusty
One other fan favourite, V.IV Rusty, the pilot of Metal Haze who’s the one man to say something type towards 621, is getting his share of fan artwork too. Right here he’s consuming some strawberry milk from the “World’s Okayest Lobotomite,” 621:
We love Rusty!
Allmind
Lastly, fan artwork powerhouse LAS 91214 went the additional mile to offer us their interpretation of the voice of Allmind, which serves all mercenaries.