Phaethon Brutus

Phaethon Brutus is a character I made back in 2023, and each year I’ve come back to improve upon his design; hence why his armor is classified as MK.III. He is a 7 foot tall space gladiator equipped with a gigantic anti tank rifle, entrenching tool he uses for melee, and a rapid fire SMG. I originally designed him for a Lancer playtest game but he has gone on to become my go to sci-fi character, and serve as a basis for me to create more sci-fi fantasy hybrid armor in the future. The armor was modeled using a combination of Blender and Zbrush, the animation rig was custom made in Blender, the Textures were done in Substance 3D Painter, and the concept art, and all the alphas I made were done using both Photoshop and Procreate. This project was completed in December 2025 and took about a month of work.

Rifle ready pose render

Rifle ready pose render

Shovel up pose render

Shovel up pose render

Rifle at rest pose render 01

Rifle at rest pose render 01

Rifle at rest pose render 02

Rifle at rest pose render 02

Shovel down pose render

Shovel down pose render

Up close detail render

Up close detail render

Phaethon turnaround concept art

Phaethon turnaround concept art

Phaethon weapons concept art

Phaethon weapons concept art

Painting of Phaethon’s MK.II armor from 2025

Painting of Phaethon’s MK.II armor from 2025

Phaethon turntable animation