“Rivet Wars takes place in a world locked in a decades long battle. The inhabitants of the planet Rivet have divided themselves into two factions, the Allies and the Blight.
The Allies see themselves as fighting for the freedom of all Rivets. When the Blight began their attacks, the free nations of Rivet gathered their forces and formed an alliance to defeat the Blighter threat.
The Blight believe that the world of Rivet is theirs to rule by right. Blighters see themselves as Rivet’s chosen rulers. They will stop at nothing to crush any opposition to their plans to conquer all of Rivet.”
– Rivet Wars backstory
Envisaged by part time illustrator Ted Terranova, the beautifully cute world of Rivet Wars was created as a context in which to make toys, illustrate and tell stories. Growing out of his love for military design, the Rivet Wars project first came about through a sketch of a tank / robot Terranova posted on the legendary ToyBreak forum.
ToyBreak Tank / Robot Sketch
“Something about the tank I drew made me think that it needed a world to live in, someone to drive it, and someone for the tank to fight. I soon realized that I’d been drawing these things my whole life but now all those disparate ideas could find a focus in Rivet Wars.
I had begun to see that people online were making their own toys, their own graphic novels…their own stuff. So why not make my own toy of this tank? And some paintings, and maybe a poster, and some short stories and maybe a website…and so here we are.”
– Ted Terranova, Rivet Wars site
After garnering a huge amount of attention on the site, Terranova decided to take the idea one step further, creating a 3D CGI model of the tank, which was later printed in 3D. Happy with the final product, Terranova set about making molds of the figure, in which to cast a number of limited resin plastic toys.
Named the Allied Vert Tanks, the toys were individually bagged with signed header cards by the artist, and have been on sale since the beginning of August on the official Rivet Wars site for around $15 (sans p+p).
Allied Green Vert Tank
Allied Grunt Figures
Terranova has since gone on to develop a whole range of figures, with the Allied Grunt character becoming the latest to be transformed into stunning resin (also available through the site).
His biggest, and most ambitious project to date, comes in the form of the recently revealed Blighter Quad Slug; a four legged tank design that is set to come in at around 5 times the size of previous Rivet Wars releases. Terranova has just received 3D print outs of the beautifully detailed toy, so will be finishing the first initial casts some time soon- check the Rivet Wars site in coming weeks for release details / prices.
Blighter Quad Slug- 3D CGI mock-up
Blighter Quad Slug- 3D print-out
As well as his extensive range of toys, Terranova has also been hard at work fleshing out the rest of the Rivet Wars universe. Issue 1 of the comic mini-series has recently landed (pictured here), with more short stories to follow in the coming months. Terranova has also finished a series of water colours for the project, with his latest, depicting a female Allied Officer, now available to purchase through the Rivet Wars store here (see pictures at top of post).
Issue 1, Rivet Wars mini comic
With the rise in popularity over the last few months, Terranova has recently opened a fan art section to the site, featuring a range of customs, original sculpts and illustrations based on the Rivet Wars world. The stunning customs shown here are from up and coming artist / sculptor, Adam Pratt.
Custom Vert Tanks by Adam Pratt
We’ll be keeping a close eye on any developments in the world of Rivet Wars, with production photos of the highly anticipated Blighter Quad Slug hopefully dropping any day now. Check the site here for more information.
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Great article, and I thank you for showcasing my customs. Ted’s figures are such clean casts, and they are a joy to customize and paint.