Halo CE was meant to have critters roaming around the ring that were cut due to development issues, I think the empty landscapes help sell the eerieness of the ring
Overall, my favorite design in the Gundam series is Gquuux. I think all the mecha designs in this title are quite outstanding and unique, and they’ve even raised my expectations for future Gundam series—even though I know it doesn’t really appeal to the general public.
Small interior sketches from the Power Dolls 1 user manual. The manual includes in-universe lore about the development of the Loaders so you can see like prototypes n such
re "fantasy should stop at 'it just works'": Sometimes, sure, but not when you're working with it visually.
I'm not a fantasy author but for something like this I *do* gotta think about how magic makes the airships fly, cos that informs what the model's gonna look like.