The author of Destro (Hammer of Freedom) gets it

Destro as Hammer of Freedom is called in Brazil is something else. And it shows. It is for a reason the most popular comic on Arkhaven. It's hard-hitting, on the offensive, no beating around the bush type of storytelling.

When I first saw mention of Hammer of Freedom on Arkhaven I was intrigued. When I read the first episode, I was shocked. When I finished reading the second episode, I wanted to know more about it's Brazilian author Luciano Cunha. I was not disappointed.

After a short search I stumbled upon an interview with Cunha from October 2020. Here is an excerpt translated by Google Translate:

Paulo Briguet: How has the public and critical feedback been? Have you been able to reach a young audience?

Luciano Cunha: Damn, the feedback has been the best it can be. This is very rewarding. Every day I receive dozens of emails and messages on our networks congratulating us for the courage and the important role that we have started to play within the Brazilian cultural scene. It's all very new, right? We had no voice, no space, we had nothing and now we are building this, opening the clearing in the bush. It's complicated and dangerous, but it gives me a lot of pleasure at the same time. As for young people, only 75% of the people who follow us on our networks are between 18 and 44 years old. Isn't it wonderful? That is exactly why I am motivated: we are helping to end the progressive hegemonic discourse among our youth. This is fundamental.

I recommend reading the whole thing here.

Heroforge: Midnight's War

 

Midnight's War — In the year 8466 of the Cainite calendar, in the aftermath of a catastrophic global economic crisis, the vampire tribes came out of the shadows for the first time in more than 2,600 years and revealed themselves to an unsuspecting humanity. With near-complete control of the media, the national governments, the global financial system, and most of the major international institutions, most of humanity was helpless to resist the vampiric bid for power. But drawing inspiration from the crusading orders of the Middle Ages, twelve young men joined together in a new military order, The Knights of Saint Michael and of the Catacombs of Rome. Armed with little more than their faith and blood that is poison to their enemies, The Knights of Saint Michael wage a desperate war against the vampire lords of the midnight world.

With the launch of the new comic website called Arkhaven and the release of the first episode of Midnight's War, I decided to recreate it's protagonist in Heroforge.

This is the result.

You can find the link to the model here.