The Harvester - Blog Posts
His ass is sponsored by wrangler jeans
Sometimes i feel like my art of him looks so... off. Then i realize it's just because he doesn't have his facepaint on.
Pre-betrayal (maybe even before he met Gage? He looks really young here)
MORE post-betrayal Harvester because I love a sadistic fuck thats greying a little. Also plz appreciate the longhorn belt buckle I have one like that irl and think its just perfect for him.
Little sketch of post-betrayal Gage and Harvest.
I unfortunately cannot stop drawing Harvest no matter what i do.
Creepy asshole smiling gif
Animating on procreate is a real pain in the ass, you know that? Trying to get used to it though.
—————— Pretentious rambling below here 🔻
One of my favorite things about Harvests design is his smile. He's a sick individual with a complete lack of morals, arguably one of the worst raiders out in the wastes. The suffering of others is just a byproduct of his existence and often just a result of his impulse rather than actual malice.
He’s perverse, manipulative, overly indulgent on plenty worse things than chems (though he loves to shoot up psycho) and I like to think his smile is representative of that. It’s over the top, too wide, too straight for a raider, sickening even. It would look unnatural or uncanny on most other people but it suits him fine even in situations where smiling is inappropriate (even for a raider) because there’s something distinctly inhuman about him. He’s unpredictable.
He could be smiling because he likes you, sure. It’s nice to imagine he approves of you in some sense so maybe he won’t kill you- but more likely than not he doesn’t really care about you one way or the other. (He doesn’t think about most people that hard) He’s just smiling to make you feel something, to make you think something, because it’s simply entertaining to control someone like that. To put thoughts in their head. Or, he could be thinking about skinning you alive. You never really know. His smile doesn’t actually tell you anything because he’s almost always wearing it, or at the very least willing to put it on without much reason. It’s just what he does.
I could talk about this jackass forever if you can’t tell. To be cringe is to be free.
I had to
(This would be before Harvest betrays Gage btw! Wayyyyy before Nuka-World)
So about Harvest…
He’s always been very “bull centric” if that makes sense. He’s a brute and a fucking asshole- amongst other things. He also has a tattoo of bull horns on his pelvis so this fits. Beastkin AU in which he’s a longhorn bull.
Gage headcanons
I have these all written down in a google doc (plus way more) so I figured I might as well throw some here now that I'm getting more comfortable using tumblr lol. I'm very open to discussion about these! I might post more in the future if someone finds it interesting.
CW for: Minor mentions of addiction and some general trauma stuff. Nothing too bad I don't think but don't hold me to that.
A lot of these mention The Harvester by the way, sorry. Lore makes my brain itch.
● While he is a part of a minority of raiders who can actually read and write‐ (as evidenced by him leaving messages to Colter on his terminal) -he is dyslexic. It takes him a while to write things out coherently, and reading anything more than a few short sentences is often frustrating.
● ^ because of this, he prefers / genuinely enjoys comic books. They're light on reading and he can usually tell whats going on even without dialogue. He had a small collection of comic books back when he lived with The Harvester, and still gets kind of pissed he never got those back.
• Regarding comics, his least favorite character is the Silver Shroud. He just pisses him off.
● His eyepatch being so large is actually functional! (Somewhat) I like to think he lost his eye by getting shot in the face with a plasma round, which corroded and destroyed a large area of skin around his eye and down his cheek. So the large metal plating on his eyepatch covers the large scar.
● He actually lost his eye when he first joined The Harvesters gang when he was younger. One of Harvests gang members pulled the trigger on him when he initially approached them, thinking he had ill intentions. It sucked- but hey, at least they let him in.
● He made his own cage armor and designed it particularly around his needs rather than protection. He uses the cage to hold tools, parts, a rag, etc. while he works on things like Colters power armor or other mechanical things he fiddled with. Definitely doesn't make him very bulletproof, but following the boss around keeps him away from most combat situations anyway.
● Colter had a tendency to use Gages armor like a big handle to drag him around a lot, which he didn't particularly enjoy.
● His favorite colour is yellow, which is why his cage armor is the colour it is. He painted it himself :')
● Has the most horrific trust issues in all of mankind. (Thanks for betraying him Harvest, he will absolutely not recover from that.) He won't eat anything he doesn't see prepared himself, won't set down his drink unless he's alone, he can't sleep around other people, etc. When Colter dies and the new Overboss takes over, he doesn't even tell them where he sleeps until he trusts them entirely. He'll just dissappear at night unless you call out for him.
● These trust issues leak into his behaviors during relationships also. Down to the more simple things. He prefers to hug his partner from behind or be big spoon, he prepares food for them both, takes the night guard when camping, etc. Anything that puts him in the more advantageous position, even if its subconscious.
● The Harvester haunts him. He still sees and hears him in the shadows or corners after however many years its been. Has nightmares of him coming back and finally finishing the job, killing him. Feels the cold metal of a scythe against his throat when it isn't there... its endless. Even something as common as the sounds of distant gunfire make him paranoid, since it reminds him of the betrayal. Absolutely ruined him.
● Has tattoos inspired by / centered around The Harvesters. Covers them with his armor though. Hes got some trauma to unpack man, idk. (Should I do a tattoo tour for him?)
● One of the reasons he hates chems is from a previous addiction. He doesn't like to talk about it, but he made a few of his worst life decisions on chems and it just put a bad taste in his mouth. He'd prefer it if his Overboss / partner was in a rational state of mind, thank you.
● He is surprisingly good with animals for the most part. Particularly cats. Does the old man / dad thing where he says he doesn't like them or calls them mean names while secretly petting them or letting them hop in his lap when he's alone.
● Not usually a big fan of the more "exotic" wasteland animals though. Totally got jumpy one day and shot a Pack molerat on accident.
Thats probably enough for now. I'm happy to answer questions or expand on these more if asked, and I'll probably share more in the future. (Maybe some 18+ ones too? We'll see.)
the fear in gages eyes seeing the harvester is amazing, i really can’t wait to see more pieces of him and/or gage if you get around to it!! :))
Thank you!!!! And absolutely- I plan on posting a lot more of them in the future and going more in depth with the whole crazy story between the two :) some drawings are already in the queue!
I do have a bit of a bad habit about starting multiple drawings at once then taking forever to finish them though :') so I don't have as many finished and ready to show off as I would prefer. Still, more are definitely coming!!
Howeverrrr I will use this as an excuse to show off Gage being scared again- heres some art by @porcelllio of him and Harvest :)
This started out as a kind of joke between a friend of mine about Harvest wearing a cowboy hat but it quickly turned into an actual piece lol.
Don’t say howdy to him though, he’ll kill you.
Wow this is old and could look a lot better. Okay.
Scenario in which Gages old boss “The Harvester” makes it through the gauntlet at Nuka-World and kills Overboss Colter. Gage hasn’t seen Harvest since he betrayed him so many years ago and presumed him dead, but unfortunately for him Connor tracked him down and is ready to resume his position as his boss.
Connor was only mentioned like… once… in Gages dialogue, but me and @porcelllio have taken that and run with it. Expect lots of art of him.