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BATTLE CHASERS

/ Stylized RPG Character Production

VSQUAD’s Creative Director worked on Battle Chasers as a senior artist, supporting stylized low-poly character production, bosses, creatures, hand-painted textures, and color variations. This experience later became part of VSQUAD’s production approach: strong silhouettes, clean shape language, senior review, and practical game-ready execution.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR EXPERIENCE

Senior artist experience on stylized RPG character production.

LOW-POLY WORKFLOW

Old-school low-poly character production built directly for the final game asset.

HAND-PAINTED TEXTURES

Stylized texture work and color variations created to match the game’s art direction.

Feedback from our clients

“VSQUAD is timely and take direction extremely well. Very fast turn arounds and their quality is second to none! They are my first choice when needing freelance work on a project! I look forward to continuing to work with them on into the future!”

Brian Jones
Brian Jones
Studio Character Lead at Airship Syndicate

3D CHARACTER ART FOR BATTLE CHASERS

3D character render of Destra from Battle Chasers Nightwar, a purple winged naga with a serpentine body and horns.
Dragon Creature
3D Creature
LOW-POLY CREATURE MODELING
LOW-POLY CREATURE MODELING

Creature built directly in a low-poly workflow with strong readable forms.

FANTASY SHAPE LANGUAGE
FANTASY SHAPE LANGUAGE

Wings, scales, horns, and body proportions shaped for a stylized RPG look.

SENIOR ART EXECUTION
SENIOR ART EXECUTION

Mesh and texture work completed with senior-level production quality.

LOW-POLY CREATURE MODELING
LOW-POLY CREATURE MODELING

Creature built directly in a low-poly workflow with strong readable forms.

FANTASY SHAPE LANGUAGE
FANTASY SHAPE LANGUAGE

Wings, scales, horns, and body proportions shaped for a stylized RPG look.

SENIOR ART EXECUTION
SENIOR ART EXECUTION

Mesh and texture work completed with senior-level production quality.

Who this work fits

Indie studios Indie studios Indie studios
Indie studios

Reliable art support for indie teams that need quality, budget awareness, and a team that stays involved.

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AAA Studios AAA Studios AAA Studios
AAA Studios

External production support for larger teams with established quality bars, reviews, and pipelines.

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Non-Gamedev
Non-Gamedev

3D production support for brands, agencies, products, and companies outside gaming.

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Battle Chasers: Nightwar • Indie RPG

Full 3D render of Lycelot from Battle Chasers Nightwar, a werewolf in purple armor wielding a jagged blade.
Full 3D render of Lycelot from Battle Chasers Nightwar, a werewolf in purple armor wielding a jagged blade.

Shadowfang Lycelot

Client: Battle Chasers: Night War (c) 2015
Tags: 3D ART, CHARACTERS, WEAPON

These cunning and agile characters with a wolf-like appearance embody the spirit of the wild. Their fur and armor were created using special brushes to give them a textured, stylized look.

Software Used
Maya Maya
Photoshop Photoshop
ZBrush ZBrush
Substance 3D Painter Substance 3D Painter
Marmoset Toolbag Marmoset Toolbag
Blender Blender
3D model of Lycelot Chieftain from Battle Chasers Nightwar with a skull mask and a giant stone greatsword.
3D model of Lycelot Chieftain from Battle Chasers Nightwar with a skull mask and a giant stone greatsword.

Lycelot Chieftain

Client: Battle Chasers: Night War (c) 2015
Tags: 3D ART, CHARACTERS, WEAPON

As the leader of the pack, the Lycelot Chieftain exudes strength and authority, with wolf-like features and a fierce demeanor. The textured, stylized appearance of its fur and armor was created in a hand-painted technique using special brushes.

Software Used
Maya Maya
Photoshop Photoshop
ZBrush ZBrush
Substance 3D Painter Substance 3D Painter
Marmoset Toolbag Marmoset Toolbag
Blender Blender

OUR OPERATION MODELS

VSQUAD production team working on game art and development support
EMBEDDED PRODUCTION SUPPORT
  • Individual artists or small production units can join your existing pipeline and work under your team’s direction.
VSQUAD team reviewing game production work at the studio
MANAGED PRODUCTION SUPPORT
  • VSQUAD handles a defined production scope with senior review, internal coordination, and delivery control on our side.
Wargolem

Wargolem

Client: Battle Chasers: Night War (c) 2015
Tags: 3D ART, CHARACTERS

The 3D development of the Wargolem focused on translating chunky, comic-inspired proportions into a functional, battle-worn model. We emphasized the mechanical weight through heavy armored plating and a massive shield silhouette, using high-contrast hand-painted textures to maintain the signature Battle Chasers aesthetic.

Software Used
Maya Maya
Photoshop Photoshop
ZBrush ZBrush
Substance 3D Painter Substance 3D Painter
Marmoset Toolbag Marmoset Toolbag
Blender Blender

Game engines we work with

Unity engine
Unity engine

Game-ready assets for Unity projects, mobile games, indie titles, and cross-platform production.

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Unreal engine
Unreal engine

Production-ready assets for Unreal projects that need strong visuals and clean technical setup.

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Godot engine
Godot engine

Flexible asset production for Godot projects, indie teams, prototypes, and lightweight games.

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3D model and texture map of the Beholder from Battle Chasers Nightwar, featuring green skin and a metal eye mask.
3D model and texture map of the Beholder from Battle Chasers Nightwar, featuring green skin and a metal eye mask.

Beholder

Client: Battle Chasers: Night War (c) 2015
Tags: 3D ART, CHARACTERS

The 3D development of the Beholder focused on balancing its iconic multi-eyed silhouette with heavy, hand-painted armored plates. We emphasized the contrast between the organic skin textures and the glowing central visor to maintain visual clarity during tactical combat encounters.

Software Used
Maya Maya
Photoshop Photoshop
ZBrush ZBrush
Substance 3D Painter Substance 3D Painter
Marmoset Toolbag Marmoset Toolbag
Blender Blender
Slime Boss

Slime Boss

Client: Battle Chasers: Night War (c) 2015
Tags: 3D ART, CHARACTERS

For the Slime Boss, we prioritized a chaotic, viscous silhouette punctuated by embedded skull assets. The hand-painted textures and bright green emissive core were designed to make the creature’s mass feel both toxic and readable during combat.

Software Used
Maya Maya
Photoshop Photoshop
ZBrush ZBrush
Substance 3D Painter Substance 3D Painter
Marmoset Toolbag Marmoset Toolbag
Blender Blender
3D model breakdown of the Earth Spider from Battle Chasers Nightwar, showing textured views and wireframe mesh.
3D model breakdown of the Earth Spider from Battle Chasers Nightwar, showing textured views and wireframe mesh.

Spiders

Client: Battle Chasers: Night War (c) 2015
Tags: 3D ART, CHARACTERS

For these arachnid enemies, we developed distinct hand-painted textures to differentiate the Grave and Earth variants within the Battle Chasers universe. We focused on bold, readable patterns – like the abdominal skull and camouflage fur – to maintain the signature comic-book aesthetic while keeping the geometry efficient for gameplay.

Software Used
Maya Maya
Photoshop Photoshop
ZBrush ZBrush
Substance 3D Painter Substance 3D Painter
Marmoset Toolbag Marmoset Toolbag
Blender Blender
3D character turnaround of Pirate Boss from Battle Chasers Nightwar, showing front and back views with detailed tattoos.
3D character turnaround of Pirate Boss from Battle Chasers Nightwar, showing front and back views with detailed tattoos.

Pirate Boss

Client: Battle Chasers: Night War (c) 2015
Tags: 3D ART, CHARACTERS

The 3D development of the Pirate Boss centered on translating his massive, tattooed physique and complex chain-wrapped arm into a high-readability stylized model. We focused on hand-painted texture work to define the weathered skin and heavy leather elements, ensuring the character’s imposing silhouette remains a focal point during combat encounters.

Software Used
Maya Maya
Photoshop Photoshop
ZBrush ZBrush
Substance 3D Painter Substance 3D Painter
Marmoset Toolbag Marmoset Toolbag
Blender Blender

Our Clients

Trusted by leading game studios worldwide.

OTHER ART SERVICES

Alongside full project production, VSQUAD also supports other services:
Detailed 3D female character portrait with realistic skin textures and shaders for the Wayfinder game project.
3D Character Art
Fits your pipeline. Predictable budget.
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Detailed 3D render of a heavily weathered AK-pattern rifle with taped magazine, for Wayfinder game.
3D Props and Weapons
Lock and loaded.
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Detailed 3D creature model with glowing eyes and realistic textures for indie game character design services.
Animation
We create 2D and 3D animations for characters, weapons, and game assets.
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FAQ

Key questions about the Battle Chasers work, including stylized character production, direct low-poly modeling, hand-painted textures, style consistency, software, and production planning for similar RPG projects.

VSQUAD’s Creative Director worked on Battle Chasers as a senior artist before VSQUAD was founded.

The work covered a full 3D character production cycle, from early blockout and low-poly modeling to UVs, hand-painted textures, color variations, and final asset preparation based on the original concepts.

This experience later became part of VSQUAD’s production culture: strong silhouettes, readable forms, careful texture work, and senior-level review before delivery.
The work included stylized 3D characters, bosses, creatures, and related production assets for the game.

These assets had to follow the game’s fantasy visual direction, with strong proportions, readable shapes, and a hand-painted look that matched the original concepts.

The focus was not only on making good-looking models, but on creating game-ready assets that could work inside the project’s visual and technical requirements.
For this project, low-poly production means building the final game mesh directly in a 3D package, instead of starting from a high-poly sculpt and then doing retopology.

This is closer to an old-school game art workflow. The artist has to solve the character through silhouette, shape economy, UVs, and texture painting.

It can be fast and effective for stylized RPG production, but it requires strong control of form. If the shapes are weak, the final asset will look flat even with good textures.
Hand-painted texture work carried a large part of the final visual result.

Instead of relying on realistic material simulation, the texture had to describe form, light, material separation, wear, color accents, and fantasy detail directly on the asset.

For stylized games, this is important because the texture is not only technical surface information. It is part of the character design and the final readability of the model.
Style consistency came from following the original concepts, comparing assets against the game’s visual direction, and using senior-level judgment during production.

The work required attention to proportions, silhouette, armor shapes, creature anatomy, color balance, and texture language. Every asset had to feel like it belonged to the same fantasy world.

For this type of production, consistency is not only about matching colors. It is about keeping the same logic of forms, details, and simplification across characters and creatures.
The production used standard 3D game art tools for modeling, UVs, texture work, and asset preparation.

A typical workflow for this kind of asset can include Maya or Blender for modeling, Photoshop for hand-painted textures, and additional tools for checking the final presentation or technical setup.

The exact software matters less than the production skill: clean low-poly modeling, strong UV layout, controlled texture painting, and assets prepared for real game use.
The work followed production milestones, review stages, and delivery requirements.

For stylized character production, timing depends on clear concepts, fast feedback, strong asset planning, and the ability to avoid unnecessary rework.

A senior artist helps here because many production problems can be solved earlier: weak silhouette, unclear shapes, overcomplicated details, or texture decisions that would slow the asset down later.
Yes. VSQUAD can support similar stylized RPG projects with characters, bosses, creatures, props, weapons, environments, hand-painted textures, color variations, animation-ready assets, and production planning.

The Battle Chasers experience is part of the senior background behind VSQUAD, not a studio project delivered by VSQUAD after it was founded.

For similar work today, VSQUAD can bring a full team setup around the same production logic: strong art direction, careful onboarding, visual references, internal review, and scalable execution.
Send a short brief, concepts or references, asset list, target quality level, engine information, and any technical requirements.

If the scope is not clear yet, we can help structure it first: what should be produced first, which assets are most important, what pipeline fits the style, and where the budget risks are.

After that, we can suggest a realistic production setup, timeline, and estimate.

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