The idea of "Symbiosis" on the weapon design takes it's basic premise from the "Monster Trucks" movie. After reading more about the relationship between two different biological species, it grew into a concept of interaction of parasite with mechanique.

The first reference in my imagination was "Venom" from the Marvel comics series and some things from the "Alien" movies.
The idea wasn't to just draw an artwork using projection, but instead to create a complete object which is based upon the new weapon design.

I've been testing our design to look good in the hands as viewed from a third-person camera, on the ground, on the different maps, using both minimal and high-quality settings.

I've created an absolutely new weapon texture before adding an artwork over it.
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This one colors based on the X-men "Beast" character from the Marvel comics series.