Project Team YLO

A collaborative fan project based on the universe of Team Fortress 2, involving the all-new, all-female Team YLO. Including characters, weaponry, comics and other stuff - this is TF2 faniverse like never before.

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Fanart of YLO Spy

Fanart by PainterPaws (DA)

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Fanart of YLO Pyro

Fanart by PainterPaws (DA)

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Fanart of YLO Scout

Fanart by Ink Rose (tumblr) (DA)

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Happy Halloween `14!

Also I owe an apology to MadJester. She designed the lineart and this originally was supposed to have been done last year. I only managed to get this done today. In all, I hope MJ and you all enjoy this. Please visit her gallery too! :)

Also if you’ve noticed, I’ve not been that invested in the YLO project as much as I hope. I guess this year has been troubling and slow for me but again, I still hope to get back on it like a zoom. This comic hopefully is that start to that. :)

Btw, you never expected YLO Pyro’s pryovision to be…different, huh? All year round.

Linearts by MadJester Coloring by Vickie-believe Script by Numbuh37 and Vickie-believe

YLO Engineer, YLO Sniper and YLO Pyro (c) Project Team YLO

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TF2: YLO Dossiers - Offense

With little more than a shuffle, the documents spilled forth from the battered folder, carrying a peculiar, foreign scent of vanilla and Lady Grey tea… "Gentlemen. It seems that we are not the only team." ——————————————————- I finished. I fawking finished this long piece. DEAR GOD, this took so long…but I still have 2 more to go… -cries-  ANYWAY, here it is. The dossiers of the Offense Mercs, gathered and sorted by their employer, Mayor Galben. MAY YOU ALL ENJOY THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION YOU HAVE BEEN DEMANDING FROM THIS PROJECT. Actually no. You probably want to know more bout the Defense and Support since you already know as much as possible (or improved from before) about Scout, Solly and Pyro…gaaaaaaaaaaaaaah… orz 

DA Version: http://vickie-believe.deviantart.com/art/TF2-YLO-Dossiers-Offense-473490396

Offense Dossiers (c) Project Team YLO

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Reblogging for fans with different timezones.

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TF2: YLO Dossiers - Offense

With little more than a shuffle, the documents spilled forth from the battered folder, carrying a peculiar, foreign scent of vanilla and Lady Grey tea… "Gentlemen. It seems that we are not the only team." ——————————————————- I finished. I fawking finished this long piece. DEAR GOD, this took so long…but I still have 2 more to go… -cries-  ANYWAY, here it is. The dossiers of the Offense Mercs, gathered and sorted by their employer, Mayor Galben. MAY YOU ALL ENJOY THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION YOU HAVE BEEN DEMANDING FROM THIS PROJECT. Actually no. You probably want to know more bout the Defense and Support since you already know as much as possible (or improved from before) about Scout, Solly and Pyro…gaaaaaaaaaaaaaah… orz 

DA Version: http://vickie-believe.deviantart.com/art/TF2-YLO-Dossiers-Offense-473490396

Offense Dossiers (c) Project Team YLO

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Some say Caduceus fell in love with a patient’s intestines, and since then he’s been diving into open wounds of hapless victims cut up upon the Medic’s operating bench in search of happiness. She swears he’s probably not poisonous.

I went and redesigned YLO Medic’s pet snake after seeing the Backstabber’s Boomslang (and surprisingly learning the differences between snakes that constrict to snakes that bite).

And here he is.

Caduceus.

WHY ARE YOU SO DARN CUTE!? WHY DO SNAKES WITH THOSE ROUND PUPILS AND PUPPY MOUTHS LOOK SO ADORABLE!?

I also guess this is now the first (kinda) concept art for an item, since you know, there’s Archimedes as a cosmetic item. So maybe once we see more of the YLO mercs, it won’t be long till we see a Caduceus model.

And yes, Cad’s YLO Medic’ little good boy. Go ahead and imagine YLO Medic saying baby talk to her little boy (Oh and she has other snakes too btw :P All kinds of snakes…ssssss).

I like to thank Mrs-cheese (http://mrs-cheese.tumblr.com/) for help on the German. Description written by Numbuh37

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Heeheheheee. Didn’t think I’d do something for this TF2 bread hype, did you? Well HERE IT IS: THE YLO VERSIONS OF BREAD!

And the best part: YOU GUYS HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH BREAD BELONGS TO WHICH YLO CLASS!

Clue: Most of the women’s nationalities are not as the men’s. That also includes states too. Additionally only two belong to two classes that are more of preference/background than nationality. GOOD LUCK SUCKERS! HAHAHAHAHA! -runs away from angry mob-

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“I’m going to skin you alive.” - YLO Sniper

The character sheet of the YLO Sniper (in tumblr-friendly version), along with her concept.

Lineart, color and overall - vickie-believe/Victoria Chastan

A note from me, I will be going back to the previous sheets and doing some fixes. I myself forgot to include the most important part of their designs: the emblems, as well as minor things. I won't be taking down the posts but simply updating them. I apologize for excluding these minor details.

Additionally, I'll also include in each sheet post the link to the full version sheets so that you guys can see them. For now, hope you enjoy seeing the sheet of the YLO Sniper.

DA version: link

- Vickie (Producer)

Sheet and character 2014 (c) Project Team YLO

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A note from Project Team YLO:

To all,

Firstly, many thanks go out to all the wonderful individuals who have, at one point or another, professed interest and support for Project Team YLO. It goes without saying that we have undertaken a highly ambitious project and labour of love, and progress is admittedly not as rapid as we would like it to be at times due to other life priorities frequently getting in the way. We certainly could not have done it without the people who have continued to show support and offer their expertise for this project.

With this in mind, it is with great reluctance that we declare the position of writer to be temporarily closed until further notice. Currently, the project's priorities remain on fleshing out the visual aspects of the Team YLO universe before stories and other textual blurbs can be generated en masse. To supporters who have written in to apply for the position of writer, we profusely apologise for the lack of immediate feedback and the letdown as a result of this public declaration.

Once again, we here at Project Team YLO thank you all for your support and understanding. We sincerely hope that you continue to keep us under your radar, and watch out for new things to come... in time.

Yours faithfully, Numbuh37

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One of my submissions for darklitria’s TF2 OC collage. If you guys wanna enter it too, check out her tumblr or DA for details. Deadline is 30 Jun. Also…why is YLO Spy always a fun character to draw? I’ve drawn her SO MANY TIMES NOW! 0_0 I wanna draw the other ladies! C’mon! YLO Spy’s becoming the poster gal of the YLO Project!!! SOMEONE STOP ME FROM DRAWING HER SO MUCH! Anyho, this is also a grayscale-to-color painting. I wanted to try out doing grayscale and put on the color and it turned out great. I’ll probably put a progress picture up of how I did it later.  Now all we need to do is slap a “Seduce Me” bubble onto that and we- BAM! dies

DA version: http://vickie-believe.deviantart.com/art/YLO-Spy-TF2-OC-Collage-Submission-461885257?ga_submit_new=10%253A1403157689

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Hello! Good job on Project YLO, btw :) But I gotta ask :o why isn't there an ask box for the project's blog? But then again, I can ask you here: how goes the project? :)

Thank you and I’ll pass your thanks to the team too. :) As for why, well most of the reason was we didn’t want negative or unwanted responses. We do have an email in the Getting Involved tag that if anyone has questions or stuff, they can send via there, which we will try to reply as soon as possible.

As for how goes the project? So far, alright. Personally, bit slow. XD Because most of us in the team are busy with other work and stuff in life, and there’s no fault in that. I can’t say for everyone but for me, I’m still trying to keep at with the project as best as I can with little time I have. It’s fun and I enjoy every bit of it in this project and with the team. :)

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‘ I love seeing devotion in fandom-based projects, and TF2 is no exception. Especially Project-Team-YLO is one of my favorites. Not only because I love female classes: The quality of the artworks is great, the models look awesome and all the girls have unique personalities and features. They aren’t just genderbents, but well thought-out, independent characters! I hope to see a lot more of those kind of projects in the future…’

                                                                        -anonymous

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Thank you so much for this. :) From the entire team of Project Team YLO

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I actually had wanted to finished this properly but was busy on the weekends celebrating mother’s day with me mom and family. :P I’m not entirely proud cuz this was rush but didn’t seem fair to just wait another whole year… Ok I missed it by an hour but hey, can be Happy Belated Mother’s Day right?

And yes. That’s YLO Sniper. Sooo how many of you out there are gonna hound after me for making a happy day like this very sad? Or that you learned a bit bout YLO Sniper? Can I also say in my defence, this can be non-canon?

-runs away quickly-

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Vickie's response: http://vickie-believe.tumblr.com/post/84997435541/you-know-after-my-response-to-that-other

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“Catch me if yuh can or shove off!” - YLO Scout

The character sheet of the YLO Scout (in tumblr-friendly version), along with her concept. 

Lineart, color and overall - vickie-believe / Victoria Chastan

Also a signal boost to all: we are in need of TF2 character modelers who knows what to do with modelling and rigging characters. If you want, you can find the information in our Getting Involved page. You can also spread this signal boost around. It will be greatly appreciated. 

Thank you very much and enjoy the 1st of many sheets.

- Vickie (Producer)

Sheet and character 2013 (c) Project Team YLO.

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Now this is a female scout model I could get behind.

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But WHY can’t she be wearing pants?! WHY does the female counterpart ALWAYS have to be dressed sexier and show more skin than her male counterpart?! Why the freaking short-shorts and zettai ryouiki? WHAT is WRONG with a girl actually wearing pants?! This pisses me off so much, this is the same reason I despise female trainer designs in Pokemon.

It’s certainly a step-up in quality compared to the disgusting skirted femScout currently popular. But this model should be dressed exactly like her male counterpart. Stop this stupid bullshit that a female counterpart HAS to be significantly less-dressed than her male counterpart.

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..So you’re saying that every athletic woman, in history, even today, needs to wear long pants because actual sport shorts are in term “sexual”? Especially with the idea that running in long pants for a woman is extremely sweaty? I’m sorry if what I designed in concept is ‘offending’ you because she looks ‘slutty’ but I must address the matter that none of my concepts, even with the whole team helping me design them right to fit to the classes, are designed in a way that they must be “less-dressed” to please the perverted group. I did my research, I looked into girls in sports during the 1970s-80s and I have to say around then, I chose roller debgy as one sport YLO Scout would be into. Those girls then were in shorts. Yes, they also had leggings or spandex too but I assume that too would be labelled as ‘inappropriate’. Almost every information regarding most women sports in history has the uniform consisting of shorts. Even today, it’s shorts for tennis, running, maybe not for softball but for most sports, its shorts. Additionally, it was my choice to want them to be different from the men because they are not genderbend. They are strong, different, individual women with their own perks, traits and strength. It was my choice for her to wear shorts because she has kneepads. I don’t want to do yet “another” fem scout that needs to be Scout’s twin sister. It’s been done too many times. If you want to be angry, be angry at me, a woman, a designer, who did lots of research, many concepts and more just to design the perfect female Scout. I welcome your complaint but I am not going to change her design just because you dislike “a woman’s sport shorts” as part of a game character’s attire. I only change my character designs based on research, the game’s world and many other variables that makes a powerful character.

YLO Scout, or any of the YLO members, is not in any way an symbol of sex appeal. She is a sports gal from the 1970s-80s. And if you can’t accept that, even the amount of golden research I put in, then alright.

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Okay~ Last YLO WIP for now.

Now back 2 work on other models.