The uniforms in my sci-fi needed a re-design. Here are new versions of a Venusian Praetorian and Centurion in parade-dress. The Praetorian, on the left, is named Belladante Calypso, and the Centurion, on the right, is named Orpheus Boniduke. The art in the Solaranthopicon is going to be black and white so I don't necessarily need to colour the designs, but I may colour these just so the audience can see how the comic would look if I had time to colour it in. The Solaranthropicon has been pushed way back and won't be completed for years after my Ww1 fiction is complete. So far there's a lot of world building and not much of a plot. Premise so far: In an alternate time line where the Roman empire never fell, and instead colonised Venus and Mars, the people living on the two planets split into their own empires and war bitterly with each other. A Martian girl finds herself stranded on Venus during some of the worst of the fighting, and sees the evil her own government are doing, concludes that although the Venusians do things very differently from Martians, they are entitled to their own culture and beliefs, and should be left alone. She struggles to bring about peace, ultimately Venus is destroyed and the human race is almost entirely wiped out. Finally, a note about these two characters: Orpheus is a famous artist on Venus, with very good connections in the administration. Belladante is his favorite model/muse, rumored to be the Ceasar's illegitimate son, and potentially a secret heir to the Venusian throne. The hitch, is that if the Ceasar is killed, Belladante will have to commit suicide, as he will have failed in his duties.
