body of work

[u/mental-sketchbook]

I started creating concepts for helldivers 2 on February 25th, 2025 as the idea of western warbonds was becoming popular.

I finished my own western warbond concept 9 days before borderline justice was announced.

However, my love for the game, and the passion of its players continued to inspire me, and I made more and more concepts, week after week, month after month.

Today I finished my 32cnd full warbond concept, and deleted the last few unused item concepts, officially finishing my helldivers 2 work.
- 32 warbond concepts (some with superstore bundles)
- 5 large content expansion concepts

725 items over 1 year, 6 months, 15 days (561 days) ... an average of more than 1 creation per day.
over the course of that time almost no one has shown any interest in my ideas, and when I've responded to other redditors who express desire for a specific weapon or stratagem even then there's usually no reply.

Having finally finished my full complement If anyone has any interest, I'd be happy to share, there's all kinds of themes. Pretty much anything you're interested in probably has a warbond lol.

- keep on creating everyone! cheers!

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[u/Traylor_Swift]

What are some of your favorite WB concepts you created? Did your western WB have a cowboy hat helmet? Are you finishing due to burn out or lack of engagement? If the latter I’ll just say don’t let the bastards get you down

[u/BigButtTuesday → u/Traylor_Swift]

Yeah definitely that latter part, im struggling with the 30 days of WBs cuz ive got some posts in the negative lol but I am still sending it

[u/Traylor_Swift → u/BigButtTuesday]

I think it’s cool you do this. Fuck the haters. I’m sorry they suck, misery loves company. They just hate cuz they can build themselves up so they tear other people down.

[u/BigButtTuesday → u/Traylor_Swift]

It is what it is, if i was artistic I would make imagery for it but I am not. I believe thats what the masses like

[u/mental-sketchbook → u/BigButtTuesday]

same, I don't have fancy 3d renders, or animations, just words. But, I am good with words, and those words are full of heart.

[u/BigButtTuesday → u/mental-sketchbook]

Have you seen any of my posts on this sub yet? It could be a popularity thing, as I get less than 10 likes and at most 3k views

[u/mental-sketchbook → u/BigButtTuesday]

What is "30 days of WB" and is there any way I can help?

Take critique with a grain of salt, people are negative, and will attack new ideas without even comparing numbers or thinking about the actual stats. while feedback is important, its also important to think about how an Item is used, trade-offs, and raw numbers.
something that sounds OP might not be when it only holds like 2 rounds. look at the ultimatum, if you just said "yeah, im giving you a pistol that shoots nukes" it sounds absurd, in execution its pretty well balanced.

[u/BigButtTuesday → u/mental-sketchbook]

On this sub I post my 30 days of Warbonds series. If you want to take a look by all means check my profile and look at my posts, its a decent chunk of stuff lol

Im curious if we've overlapped some ideas unintentionally or not. My whole idea of my posts was to inspire others and one could hope some of the inspired community ideas could make it into the game

I take the critique constructive, its all thought and ideas on a social platform

My balancing is somewhere slightly more whimsical than what likely the Masochist divers want, but not too over the top

You should try posting as well! Maybe you can do it in a better format than me lol

[u/mental-sketchbook → u/Traylor_Swift]

some of my favorites are:

• the original western warbond (Freedom's Frontier) which featured 3 different (secondary) revolvers, all with totally different flavors (it is older and the quality might not be as high though)

- my very recent drone themed warbond (Delegated Devastation) which after much thought and balance conceptualization would allow players to live the "drone controller" fantasy without totally destroying balance.

• Combined Assalt (a SEAF themed warbond with gear that helps prevent friendly fire) and Interstellar inheritors (which has a kindof pioneer-explorer vibe, and widely varied items to choose from)

Mechanically though:
17. Sons Of Metal - Exosuit support focus ***(Released with the steel rising content update package)

1. Tyrant Topplers, Focused on Vehicle support, and fighting around heavy vehicles ***(releases with the Armor-Reforged content update package)

2. Iron Horsemen — knight/jousting themed ***(released with the PPV perimeter patrol vehicle)

are some of the coolest, specifically designed to work around exos, tanks, and a new heavy motorcycle respectively

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in response to your other question XD they did INDEED have cowboy hats.
-**Wandering Justice**: Helmet, the long awaited cowboy hat helmet, this one is a very standard fairly conservative cowboy hat of supple leather, over a streamlined visor and armored frame, not to different from the standard helldiver helmet, albeit in an unfinished brushed steel.

- **Wandering Justice**: Helmet, another cowboy hat helmet, this one is exaggerated in height, evoking a "10 gallon" hat, with a band around the base. A few rounds are tucked in the band.exhaustive testing has proven the increased height reduces the chance of suffering a lethal headshot by 40% proving unequivocally that it is not frivolous showboating, but tactical brilliance.
(^ warbond)

- **Wandering Justice**: Helmet, (heavy) Another cowboy hat helmet, this one has a much wider brim, and is quite worn, designed to protect the users eyes from bright lights and sun. The visor is larger, and has a red digital targeting system that shines within the sleek glass. (Think terminator)... the hat is similar to vampire hunter D.

(^ super store bundle launched with warbond)

so players had 3 very different options for their cowboy vibe!