Ashen - Tower

Here it is: the full Ashen suite. Set in near-future India, a cascade of meteorites and the volcanic chaos they caused have covered great swathes of the Earth in ash. What remains of the human race has taken shelter within the sealed tombs of civilization, nursing the faltering embers of culture and society.

Ashen - Main entrance

With most of the tower hermetically sealed, the few gateways are closely guarded and maintained. The building's air conditioning systems have been rigged to filter the outside air and supply its inhabitants with a breathable atmosphere.

Ashen - Homecoming

Perched on the doorstep, the scavenger pilot and his lumbering vehicle turn left to the forge, skirting the vibrancy of civilization.

Ashen - Forge

The scavenged materials are siphoned into silos for further sorting and processing at the lower levels. The pilot gets paid for his scavenge.

Ashen - Exophant

A closer look at the scavenger's elephantine vehicle. Twin vacuuming engines mounted at the rear suck up valuable metals and other trace elements interspersed with the ash. The findings are then carried back to civilization in two shoulder-mounted tanks. Controlling the entire thing is a lone pilot, sheltered from the harsh environment within an underslung cockpit container.

Exophant Variant Sketches

Here's some design variants on an elephantesque scavenger vehicle for the Ashen universe, ranging from the domestic to the straight-up military. Currently working on the final version which will fall somewhere in between the two. I'll put it up as soon as it's done.