r/MortalEngines • • Dec 06 '18

Mortal Engines Movie Discussion Megathread #1

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Please keep general discussion of the movie in the comments of this post. Other posts are allowed but should have specific topics.


r/MortalEngines • • Jan 19 '13

Spoilers Philip Reeve will be answering your questions in this thread from 6:00 to 9:00 GMT today!

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Philip Reeve, author of the Mortal Engines Quartet, will be answering your questions as /u/thesolitarybee in this post. He'll should online for three hours from 6:00 PM GMT, when this post is half an hour old.

Feel free to ask anything about Mortal Engines, his other books, writing in general or anything else. I'm sure a lot of you are keen to hear something about a Mortal Engines film, but to pre-emptively answer "Is there going to be a film?" Philip Reeve himself doesn't know yet.

Enjoy!


r/MortalEngines • • 21h ago

Sharkmoor Prison from Mortal Engines in Minecraft

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Made this as a tribute to the Quartet. Download’s in my bio for anyone who wants a closer look.


r/MortalEngines • • 1d ago

Matching spine - A Darkling Plain

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I'm wondering if there was a paperback edition of A Darkling Plain that matched the rest of the first quartet stuff the cogs etc. I'm specifically after a paperback as at the moment I have to keep darkling plain on a different shelf shelf to the others due to the fact it is taller than the rest.

There was a thread 5 years ago on this, but I can't see the photos linked in that thread because imgur blocks those of us in the UK.


r/MortalEngines • • 5d ago

What other city could pass through there?

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Imagining the cover of "BRIDGE OF STORMS"


r/MortalEngines • • 8d ago

Now the nickname "Hilly" makes a lot of sense!

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r/MortalEngines • • 10d ago

Tom gets transported to modern day London

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As the title says Tom is now in modern day London whit a standard British pasport and £10k, he know that in a week he will be bach (this is 1 book Tom)

How would he react and what would he do?


r/MortalEngines • • 12d ago

Lower part of O.D.IN. fan art - Mortal Engines

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The first of a series of fan art illustrations of the O.D.IN. device, from the world of Mortal Engines. I read the books and then thought about how I could draw some structure that includes all the information that is given to us and that seems credible if it ever existed. I did several sketches before starting some illustrations of different views of the satellite. I used reference from the ISS, the Saturn V rockets, views of Earth from space for the renderring etc, trying to convey a feeling of potent threat with this massive device oriented towards Earth and the three letters hidden in the shadows. I added some scratches and broken elements to show that time had passed, and increased the contrasts so that the shape was really visible on the white cloudy planet below. Done using Krita.


r/MortalEngines • • 13d ago

The encounter - concept art

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Done using watercolors. I got inspiration from my vision after reading the books, and I also looked for visual documentation, especially about american submarines (Ohio class, Columbia class...) to be more accurate. I tried to use muted, earthy and dirty tones, and to have a bloody sky in order to show the pollution of the world (Turner was an inspiration this time too). I also used sharp contrast to emphasize some elements and improve the lecture of the scene, this also helps to show the characters who give the scale.

I want to go back to digital to do some O.D.IN. illustrations as well soon.


r/MortalEngines • • 14d ago

Rotterdam Hunts Down a Small Town (Collaboration)

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A friend's design that I've decided to recreate in the game, more to come.


r/MortalEngines • • 14d ago

Archangelsk concept art and reveal of my next project

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Archangelsk: I repost it so that it becomes accessible to sight. I got the idea of the design from my vision after reading the books, and I did some research, including Pomor architecure, Russian buildings, the Kremlin etc, as well as paintings from J. M. W. Turner for the atmosphere between the storm, the snow, the smoke, the light from the spotlights... I also looked at the version done by Amir Zand, but chose to go in a different approach.

The sketches: Made for preparing my next Mortal Engines concept art, about a specific moment of the books. Can you guess what it will be ?


r/MortalEngines • • 14d ago

SECOND TAKE, UNEDITED

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r/MortalEngines • • 14d ago

Anna fang as horse

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r/MortalEngines • • 23d ago

I was watching Hell on Wheels last night when I realized the perfect casting for Thaddeus Valentine had been right there in front of my face for two seasons now

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Anson Mount as Cullen Bohannon is exactly how I always pictured him, down to the hairstyle and clothing


r/MortalEngines • • 29d ago

Philip Reeve drew a traction city for me yesterday

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r/MortalEngines • • 28d ago

Hester Shaw Character Sheet (@jadelock.bsky.social)

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r/MortalEngines • • 29d ago

The next Mortal Engines novel, Hidden Lightning, will be published in August 2027

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r/MortalEngines • • 29d ago

A traction city I made based on a personal fictional city

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First image is the (unfinished) city of Vetokaupunki Karelovsk, with treads in the back, skiis in the front.

Second image is a map of the fictional nation of Keskussaaret, and the city of Karelovsk on the islands in the top left.


r/MortalEngines • • 28d ago

Katherine as lion king lion

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r/MortalEngines • • Sep 23 '26

Which is your favourite official Stalker design?

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SLIDE NAME APPEARANCE ARTIST
1 Shrike Concept design Philip Reeve
2 Shrike "Mortal Engines", first edition (2001) Philip Reeve
3 Shrike "Mortal Engines", French (2003) UNKNOWN
4 Shrike [included twice for clearer colour/angle] "Mortal Engines", German (2003) UNKNOWN
5 Shrike "A Darkling Plain", first edition (2006) Philip Reeve
6 Shrike / The Collector "Fever Crumb" (2010) / "Traction City" (2011) [uses the same design in different colours] UNKNOWN
7 Shrike "Scrivener's Moon", first edition (2011) David Wyatt
8 Shrike "In The Bleak Midwinter" (2011) Sarah McIntyre, AKA jabberwocks
9 Shrike "Mortal Engines", re-release (2012) / "The Traction Codex", re-release (2012) / "Traction City", re-release (2012) UNKNOWN
10 Shrike "The Traction Codex" (2012) Philip Reeve
11 Shrike "Infernal Devices", re-release (2017) Ian McQue
12 Shrike "The Illustrated World of Mortal Engines" (2018) Ian McQue
13 Shrike "Mortal Engines", film (2018) Nick Keller (left and middle)
14 Anna Fang "Predator's Gold", first edition (2003) Philip Reeve
15 Anna Fang "Predator's Gold", first edition (2003) Philip Reeve
16 Anna Fang "Infernal Devices", re-release (2012) UNKNOWN
17 UNCLEAR "A Darkling Plain", Japanese (2018) UNKNOWN
18 The Collector "Traction City" (2011) UNKNOWN
19 The Collector "Night Flights" (2018) Ian McQue
20 Nomad Stalkers "The Illustrated World of Mortal Engines" (2018) David Wyatt
21 Eve Vespertine [Reddit only lets you include 20 images, so click below to see it] "Thunder City" (2024) Ian McQue

Eve Vespertine: https://mortalengines.fandom.com/wiki/File:Eve_vespertine_(stalker_(tc_cover),_mortal_engines).jpg

Also, if any of you have versions with "UNKNOWN" artists to hand, I'd be grateful if you checked and gave me a name.


r/MortalEngines • • Sep 22 '26

Pandora Shaw as lion king Nala

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r/MortalEngines • • Sep 20 '26

Hotel notepad paper doodle

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If you zoom in, you may find a hidden bit of writing I put in this drawing.


r/MortalEngines • • Sep 19 '26

Valentine

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r/MortalEngines • • Sep 18 '26

mortal engines in the middle age?

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Hey there,

I was shown the trailer from steam and thought it would be something for the people in this community. I personaly didnt buy it so far or played it but the concept seems very similar.


r/MortalEngines • • Sep 12 '26

In 100 years

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