Rottenlead Logo

Some more work for , this time a logo for his games company, "Rottenlead Publishing".

The brief was for the classic "woman on a bomb" wartime pin-up/nose art, wearing a skimpier version of the WW2 service dress including tin hat. Also, the bomb had to be specifically the rarely seen MC (Medium Capacity) 4,000-lb GP (General Purpose) Bomb which proved ineffectual and was almost immediately replaced with the 4,000-lb HC (High Capacity) "Cookie".

In case you are wondering, on British bombs the bodies were stored separately from the tailfin assembly, which is why there's a difference between the colour of the bomb body and that of the tail.
Also, the texture is different - the tailfins have a smooth finish, whereas the bomb body has a slightly marbled texture from the casting.

I am also quite proud of the fact the markings on  the bomb are the correct ones - a red ring around the nose to denote the projectile is filled with explosive (common on all British ordnance from the late XIXth century onward) followed by a second coloured ring to specify what type of explosive the bomb is filled with - in this case light green, meaning Amatol. 
The information written in black is also mainly correct, even though I had to extrapolate from the slightly smaller MC (Medium Capacity) 2,000-lb GP (General Purpose) bomb.

Since this is the first time I had to draw anything along these lines I approached this task with some trepidation, so I decided to look for inspiration at the work of one of my all time favourite artists, French pin-up enthusiast, aircraft fanatic and comic-book artist Romain Hugault, which I also had the pleasure of meeting face to face back in 2007 and whose books I heartily recommend. 
In fact, one can definitely see my piece as an homage to the cover of the second volume of "Pin-up Wings".

Another source of inspiration were the pictures from miss Gina Elise's "Pin-up for vets", a charitable organisation dedicating to supporting injured US servicemen by raising money for their care by selling an annual pin-up calendar.  Especially since their patch also features the obligatory "sexy woman on bomb" imagery.

Speaking of which, so far I was able to amass over 65 different images of pin-up models riding on bombs, a worthwhile enterprise, since I wanted mine to bear no resemblance to any of the other ones in terms of pose, bomb orientation, etc. 

Another shout out goes to my girlfriend, a living, breathing embodiment of the pin-up model ideal who kindly offered to pose for this drawing.