Hope u liked the actual canon stuff because now you get more of this freak. I’ve finally worked up the nerve to actually make him interact with canon characters and I’ve decided he and Spy are besties.

Gifts for @friendlyengie and @hazardtoons of thier tf2 ocs The Therapist and The Decoy(s)!

Armani and Marcel (The Decoys) belong to Friendlyengie and The Therapist belongs to Hazardtoons!! Be sure to check them out and vote for them in the @tf2shipswag oc polls and tournament!! :3

ROUND 1, MATCH 3

armani belongs to @friendlyengie!! phantom belongs to @midori-berry!! [no propaganda rules for armani, 1 rule for phantom: "feel free to draw her either red or blu, no shipping please as she's ace"]

ABOUT OUR CONTESTANTS UNDER THE CUT!

ARMANI: - "Don’t you want to see a beautiful fat Italian clown get his rightful wins. He’s committed petty crime. Hes run from the cops. He’s attacked hecklers in crowds with his bare hands. He’s great with kids. He has a giant hammer. He’s a support class. Look at him." - "Armani Barone is a disgraced clown who Just recently lost his job as a clown slash lackey at a traveling shady circus (Its very mafia parody inspired . Because . Tf2 worldbuilding ) after being caught disposing bodies while in uniform, going against the clown code of ethics. In a desperate “fuck You” he stole as much shit as possible from his employers and ran. As a result, they’re currently hunting him down! They appear during Halloween sometimes as a little event for the team. But aside from the eternal target on his back, he’s thriving. Hes a very colorful and obnoxious little guy whose primary objective is to draw attention to himself on the field. He operates mostly on looney tunes logic (but Can be killed, thankfully!)"

PHANTOM: - "she has cool ghost powers and is so so sleepy" - "Ok so she's a 10th class and she can possess the other team and even possess sentries and dispensers to help her team, as well as having other ghost powers. She loves sharks too, and thinks they're neat"

Each decoy is entitled to have 1 (one) unity of emotinal suport children

Those are Armani and Ágatha on the first pic and Marcel and Makoto on the second one. Armani and Marcel are the 10th class oc made by @friendlyengie

Ágatha and Makoto are the best frenimes of eachother and love fighting eachother on the battlefields.

Armani and Marcel's history is more complicated...

WOW SO THIS is gonna be a big artdump of TF3tober art ive done so far! Ive been having a LOT of fun with it, especially drawing other peoples ocs! Everyones oc's have immaculate chemistry, Im very very blessed to have my silly mailmen be a part of that! ------------------------------------------ Jay the Janitor belongs to @beepiesheepie Wren the Shifter belongs to @ozianthus-arts Wolfgang/Bluey, Jack of All Trades belongs to @mickmundane Agatha belongs to @arts-of-gjb Sailor belongs to @duskgryphon Rusty the Pilot and Armani the Decoy belong to @ottosbigtop Brady, Brodie, Brandie (Blue, Red and Purple Courier!) and Priest belong to me!! :3

Make sure you check out everyones oc's!!! Theyre WONDERFUL <3

What does Sokol wear around in the warehouse? 

Indoors: He likes keeping it simple. Usually he’ll wear a black shirt or some other variant of a sports team shirt so long as it’s dry-fit material. He takes like 10 showers a day and can’t stand having a sweaty shirt sticking to his back. 

Outdoorsy: The only splash of colour you’d see him wear is flannel. He’ll either button it up or wear a shirt beneath it, maybe pair it with some jeans. Now, it’s so much a stylistic choice than it is a comfort thing bc... his family used to be poor and in Russia flannels are made extremely cheap. Also, his mama says he looks good in 'em so who's he to argue? There’ll always be a couple of them ( red, blue, green, yellow! ) hanging in his wardrobe, give him one for his birthday and he’ll be happy. 

Heists: Wearing a suit for heists is partly about vanity bc Sokol wants to look sharp and cool on the news if he ever gets apprehended by the police. Okay but really, the suit is a disguise to blend amongst the rich and to get past security. He’s acted as decoys and honeypots so he has to look the part. It’s no Armani, though—- just a brandless grey suit and tie set he picked up from a department store for cheap on his way to the safehouse for the first time. 

The dam broke (fear of being cringe.) Get scared.

Would love to talk more about decoy’s in game mechanics one day but im having way too much fun thinking about him interacting with the mercs instead. These two. They have problems. I think theyre funny.

oh hey, speaking of ocs actually, some proper updated refs for these guys! Id like to get a collection of drawings detailing specific details and introducing their classes more properly, but for now, I’ve got these! Character ramblings under the cut for anyone interested!

The Decoy is a support class built around getting someone’s attention and being a nuisance for as long as possible. It’s not a very damage-heavy or strong class, but focuses more on being tough to catch than anything else. The Decoys are both circus themed runaways who insist on being in costume despite the fact that the class is not inherently circus-themed. Armani is loud, friendly, but kind of an acquired taste as far as whether or not he’s actually enjoyable to be around goes. He’s learned to utilize a few decades worth of aggression issues by simply avoiding losing his shit until he’s on the field and allowed to beat the shit out of people. He’s marginally successful at holding out until this opportunity. Marcel is a mime of few words, opting to obnoxiously emote to communicate before he’ll speak directly to you. He’s quick on his feet and good at appearing like he’s got his head on his shoulders, but you can only be so normal when you’re a man whose decided to operate as a mercenary in a full face of performance makeup.

The P.I. (Investigator isn’t the technical title, but it filled the space better) is a pretty standard offense class. She’s got some robot eyes with some cool recording and projecting abilities, but I’ll be honest, I don’t have a lot filled out to make the P.I. An interesting class yet, ive been focusing more on Hattie as a character. U_U She’s a pretty empty-headed but charismatic lady. She operates with a lot of confidence, regardless of her skill. She’s a damn good investigator, great with puzzles and working through clues, but when she doesn’t have a metaphorical magnifying glass in her hands and a case to crack she’s as dumb as a bag of rocks and refuses to listen to anyone trying to point it out. She talks like an old noir detective despite it being the 60s, and speaks in extravagant metaphors that don’t really make sense if you think about them longer than three seconds.

A bigger propaganda post for the upcoming @tf2shipswag oc tournament!

Ft. Some friends ocs!!! Jay (@beepartcollection ) and Alwyne (@gordonfreemanreal )! And a few canon characters as well :)

You should vote for him. He sucks. It would be really funny.

Heyyy, more of this guy! Hope you’re not tired of seeing him because he’s all I’ve been thinking of for a week now <3

redraw/design of my BLU decoy as well! Old “pals” from the “circus” as it were.

And a whooole buncha nonsense . For you!

Obsessing over the dynamic of Spy using Decoy as a distraction bc it’s like he saves him a lot .,., smiles

This ask makes me feel very strongly. Assholes with just enough time to save that damn clown.

In honor of me totally forgetting about the tf2 oc tournament, here’s a shitton of decoy art that’s been hiding away in my files for a bit!

Marcel wasn’t added to the polls, but if you like that weird lookin clown, consider voting for him in the oc swag polls o7!

can you guys watch him while I go smoke

Never enough to go around

more Shifter and Decoy doodles because I’m trying to get out of artblock and my brain has been infected with the tf2 oc disease :3 (the Decoy belongs to @friendlyengie !! :D)

Also what came of their “tigers and hoops” idea from the first set of doodles teehee

discord servers will have you do things like “get attached to your own ocs.” I have such an insane backlog of tf2 oc art, so expect a couple big ol posts down the line .

I call this one the timeline post. It’s mostly Armani, with some Marcel here and there and then @gordonfreemanreal’s oc Alwyne! Tried to put these in as chronological of an order as I can (except the last one. The last one isn’t really a specific moment, just a general state he’s in.)