Fallout 2 Cut Vault Boy Concept Revealed

The Vault Boy icons displaying different perks and traits in Fallout are well known. Of all the icons originally conceived, only one was cut, and artist Brian Menze reveals it and discusses why on his DeviantArt page. (note, the DeviantArt page appears to have been removed, but it’s still available on NMA).

This image was unused and the only Vault Boy image to ever be cut from Fallout 2. (I’m sure you can figure out why) I remember when I got the request to do a perk illustration for “child Killer” that there would be no way to keep in from being offensive. I mean really! how do you make an illustration of “child killer” and keep it from being offensive? Anyway for some reason, I thought this was the least offensive way to do it. I have no idea what i was thinking. Even the designer who requested it realized it was a bad idea, so we nixed it. Looking back on it now, I can’t beleive I drew this.

Thanks, No Mutants Allowed.