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I’ve always wanted to make a bunch more variants of existing gem types, so I decided to draw three more Peridots alongside my original one. Each so has their own designation and nickname, as shown above. These Peridots were one team, assigned to work together to do tasks and maintain Kindergartens around the galaxy. The first Peridot in the lineup is “Trapedot”, nicknamed for her trapezoidal hair. She’s a quieter part of the team, cautious and collected in the face of adversity. She prefers the quiet hum of machine equipment rather than confrontation, rarely speaking out of turn or contesting her orders.

The second Peridot is nicknamed “Coney”, based on a joke from other Peridots that she had vaguely cone-shaped hair. No-nonsense and seemingly incapable of cracking a smile, Coney is usually the one telling others to get on with the job already. However, despite her cold exterior, she’s fiercely protective of the others.

The third Peridot, my original Peridot, was nicknamed “Shorty” by the leader of the group. She can be eager to chat to the others while they work and sometimes during inappropriate times, namely meetings with superiors. This attitude faded over the years and she became much less excitable, until she was finally assigned to Parisite.

The fourth and last member of the team is the designated leader and mentor, an Era 1 Peridot nicknamed by her subordinates as just “Boss”. She rules over her tiny empire with an iron fist, never hesitating to put Era 2 Peridots in their place. She hated having to deal with the “lesser” Peridots, seeing them as mere imitations of Gems grown back in the “good, old days”. Still, over time, she softened her stance against them… but she’d never admit that out loud.

Hey, it sure has been a while, huh? Sorry about that, I was overcome with art block for the past… 3 months, was it? Something like that. I only recently overcame it, so I’m back at the whole drawing fusions thing again! :D

This is Larimar, a fusion between my rebellious Sapphire and my Lapis Lazuli. She’s a cryomancer through and through, able to create, mould and sculpt almost anything she can imagine out of ice that never melts.

Here’s something that I should’ve completed a month ago, but at least it’s finally finished. :P

This is the fusion “dance” (or at least, the stack they make at the end of it) for the formation of Spectrolite, the gigantic fusion created during the battle for the capital. Thought it’d be interesting to draw the characters in another position for once, hah.

It also comes with a complimentary second panel:

This is a character I’ve had in the works for a while, Blue Quartz! Blue Quartzes are rarer kinds of quartz soldiers, but are often used in the same way as Amethysts, with similar sorts of abilities. This particular Blue Quartz is rare even among her own kind, to the point of being considered Off-Colour, or defective.

Instead of summoning a weapon, or having inherent fighting capability, Blue Quartz has more non-combat abilities, including being able to make, maintain and transport a significant number of stasis bubbles even in the heat of battle. This relegated her to a battlefield rescue role, gathering up the gemstones of fallen allies and getting them back to safety. At one stage, Blue Quartz had been partnered up with a Rose Quartz that displayed healing capabilities, reducing battlefield losses by a significant amount… at least, until the Quartz pair was ambushed and their efforts were rapidly cut short.

Been a little while, huh? Well, I’m back with a new addition to the roster of my story, Orange Star Diamond.

Some time after the events of Change Your Mind but before the events of the Movie, a mysterious giant arrives on Homeworld. A Diamond, to be sure, but not one any of the current Authority had any knowledge of. Orange Star Diamond gave White, Yellow and Blue a choice; either submit to her will, or be destroyed. Their decision mattered little to Orange, however, and the three Diamonds were subdued. 

Some time later, the entire galaxy-wide warp network goes offline, cutting off every colony, allowing only localised warping. When the network came back in due time, it was silent. The once-excited buzzing of communication across the former Gem Empire was reduced to a hushed hum, as Homeworld once more took charge of its assets. During this time, two messengers were sent out.

One messenger was sent to Earth, to invite Steven, as the former Pink Diamond, to a meeting with the new Star Diamond Authority. A second messenger was sent to the Prime Radioactive Colony, delivering the same invitation to Green Diamond. Both lost Diamonds would be called to the great palace on Homeworld, to meet with the new head of the Empire.

Arriving by warp in the courtyard outside the palace, Green Diamond and her followers meet up with Steven and the Crystal Gems.

“I was never able to meet Pink, but I have heard much about you,” Green Diamond said. “Although I doubt the others would have let anything slip about me. I am Green Diamond.”

“I’m Steven Universe, but you can just call me Steven,” said Steven. “Nice to meet you!”

“Likewise.”

They exchange some more words about their respective backstories, interrupted by the arrival of a guard contingent consisting of Rubies and Topazes. Strangely enough, however, they were all… orange. The lead guard motions for the arrivals to follow. 

Soon, they would all arrive at the palace entrance. Only Steven and Green were permitted to continue inside, the rest told to wait outside. Within the great hall, the four giant chairs for each of the diamonds had all been replaced with a single one. Upon it sat the new leader of the reformed Empire, Orange Star Diamond. She held an orange bubble in her right hand, containing the gemstones of White, Yellow and Blue.

“Welcome, lost ones. Welcome to your new life as one of my underlings,” Orange said, emotionlessly. Steven and Green stopped in their tracks. The giant chamber’s side doors opened to flood the room with Gems of all descriptions, statures and statuses… all orange. Green held up a hand, forming a crackling green javelin in her grip; Steven summons his shield. Orange smirks slightly.

“You think your powers are any match for mine? They thought the same.”

Orange holds up a hand to the surrounded pair; with the flick of her wrist, the shield and javelin both turn orange, detaching themselves from their owners and flying to Orange’s side. They tried to resummon their respective weapons, but were unable to.

“I’ll be taking those. Guards, bring me their gemstones.”

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Coming back around to doing fusions after some trouble with art block!

This is Turquoise, a fusion between Little Brown Topaz (and by extension, Ruby and Peridot) and Lapis Lazuli. Being able to wield both water and fire, she can truly explode into battle with all the power of a geyser, using the superheated steam in all sorts of ways to win the day. Her control over these elements also allows for fun things like clouds you can sit on, weapons fashioned out of hot ice, and a powerful control over the local weather.

This is my Sapphire, one of the many Homeworld Gems captured and bubbled by the rebels. Although normally rigidly loyal to Homeworld, Sapphire was eventually released and persuaded to act as envoy to the rest of the Diamond Authority on behalf of Green Diamond.

This is Hematite, or rather, a “normal” Hematite. Specifically one that was purposefully created, rather than the Hematite I made before. As such, she has a more normal gemstone, modelled after a quartz-style gemstone.