Sci-Fi Refs and Thumbs

This week I decided to get most of -if not all- of my sci-fi character designs done and dusted. The first thing I did was compile a bunch of reference boards from the images I gathered;

Following that I drew up about 5-6 thumbnails using design elements from each board that I felt best suited the theme of 'Colony Slum'; Raggedy, slightly old looking space suits for the first character, and sleek, spacey walkers for the mecha.

I avoided using any Gundams/ Variable Fighters/ Orbital frames as direct reference for the mecha as I decided that their body types were too recognizable and established to have any real variety outside of details and base design. I feel like I could add 1 more tumbnail to the mecha group taking more deign elements from those mecha types, though, as I managed to get a decent amount of variety between the current 5 to warrant going for something safer as an addition