MK-09 'Emkay' Maintenance Droid - X Wing Alliance

My attempt to recreate and resurrect a familiar face! This is MK-09, the hot-headed droid copilot from X-Wing Alliance. I attempted to work from screenshots and cutscenes in the game to make a version of the droid that would fit into modern Star Wars projects.

I noticed the source material and further art was very limited, so it was fun working from what information I could gather. The in-game textures and cutscene model differed in many ways, so I attempted to find a sweet spot design-wise between the two.

The model is split into two 4K textures, separated along the rotation of his upper body. Thanks to the straight-forward nature of the droid's joints, it was simple to pose and adjust for a nice variety of scenes.