This started as a lighting project, then turned into a portal shader idea, but then morphed into this scene.
Character models are from Ian Hubert.
Going to play with some more lighting and compositing, some of the bloom, despite reducing, still seems a bit strong.
Edit: Moved this to WIP as I'm not happy with it yet, doing some more refinement.
Looking cool Blaine. I wonder what the elongated spheres on top of their heads are. But since you didn't say, I'm going to say those are time bomb bullet types of devices, used by evil corporations, where if you fail in your mission, they drop it and your head explodes.
That was sort of my thought as well Omar. My thought was a drone, that if they didn't complete the mission, or attempt to go rogue the drone would execute. Using prisoners as infantry to explore the old ruins of earth. Almost a metro 2033/12 Monkeys sort of setting.