Gangster All Star

Hey guys, today we have a high-quality passion project to take a look at. Gangster All-Star is an upcoming collection of 7,777 highly varied and immaculately detailed Gangsters minting onto the Ethereum blockchain. The project is primarily an art project created by a renowned Thai illustrator. Meticulous detail and an abundance of traits dominate this collection.

Let’s take a closer look.

Who is Behind the Project?

Behind the project, we have the well-respected and renowned Thai illustrator Veerachai Duangpla. From an early age, Duangpla began learning his craft, carefully watching his father who happened to be a professional comic book artist. By the time he was eight he had finished his first comic book, and everyone loved it.
By the time Duangpla was studying for a degree in Visual Communication in Art & Design he submitted his work to the Children’s Foundation and won the comic book competition which led to his book Clart Room being published.
Fast forward a few years and Duang found himself working closely with acclaimed Thai comic publisher Let’s Comic.
Eventually Duang began working for VRZO, a popular viral Thai YouTube channel, which is when the popularity of his work catapulted, as a result Duang led collaborations with the likes of Netflix, Zippo, Apple and more.
This will be Duangs second NFT project, his first Dark Shockolate was produced in 2021.

Team Members

Unfortunately, we don’t know everyone who is on the team, we only know the founder/artist and the developer.

• Veerachai Duangpla – Founder & Artist (Instagram) (Twitter) (Facebook)
• 0xInuarashi – Developer

The founder is fully doxxed and a well-known and respected artist. There is a good level of accountability.
Additionally, the developer has built his own iteration of the ERC721 Standard, ERC721G which will be used for this project. ERC721G includes some of the benefits of the ERC721A standard but adds improved functionality for staking mechanisms and more. You can see a full write up here.

About the Collection

The collection is originally inspired by the BLACKBOY comic series published 8 years ago by Let’s Comic.

The artwork is a striking style with a high level of detail. Dark and colourful at times. A refreshing twist on the classical Anime style of a lot of run-of-the-mill comic books.

The NFT Artwork for the upcoming Gangster All-Star collection is heavily inspired by the comic series. Characters come in a range of styles, with numerous traits and character models. The team has even created 50 unique gangs within the collection, meaning that each NFT will belong to one of the 50 gangs. The gang system also allows for another level of rarity, as some gangs will be very rare compared to others.

In addition, there are five rarity levels which are calculated by both the rarities of your characters traits, and secondly from the rarity of their gang.

The NFT’s are each animated and feature a very high level of detail, and a lot a variation. We are seeing different poses, outfits and accessories on each character, with the gangs logo in the background. Have a look at some of these awesome designs yourself!

Each NFT features a stunning level of detail and as you go up the rarity levels each iteration is more visually impressive.

Gang System

Gangs are a way for smaller sections of holders to form a more closely knit, personal community together. There are 50 different gangs – it’s totally random which one your NFT will belong to. There are many cool gang logos to take a look at, you can see a few examples below.

There isn’t much utility available for holders. Duang intends the Gangster All-Star project to be his long-term ambition, stretching far into the future. Duang wants to build a universe around his artwork and holders are core to that experience. As such holders will receive a couple of benefits.

Manga

The team wish to create a long-running Manga series, based around the Gangster All-Star universe. Holders will see aspects of the story and IP from the NFT collection used in the series. Additionally, holders of some of the 50 original bosses (created in an earlier collection and not for sale unless purchased on secondary markets) will have their characters licenced into the Manga, which in turn may mean royalty payments to holders.

Ongoing Development

Duang will leverage the connections from his 16-year career to assist with powerful collaborations with other projects and brands. Local events will be organised for holders. The project also mentions that through the ongoing development of the collection that additional assets may be developed, which holders will have first access to.

Supporting Artists

Duang wishes to support up-and-coming artists that come from underprivileged backgrounds. Duang wishes to empower those that don’t have a chance and provide support to them in numerous ways. This could be from working alongside the project to receiving financial assistance to develop their own projects – with Web3 the possibilities for giving back are endless.

Road Map

The Road Map is brief, but to the point and the most important aspects are covered. I will present the points below, but it’s worth checking out their presentation on their site, it is designed well.

Socials

• Twitter – 139.7k followers | Joined January 2022 – Large Twitter account. Regular posts. Tweets are getting average to good engagements on the most part.
• Discord – 91k Members | 6k Online – Comprehensive verification on entry and rule acceptance. No shilling channels, bots are placed below regular Discord users. You are unable to fully enter the server unless you have an NFT from one of the previous exclusive collections or from a chip that is awarded through meaningful participation on Twitter. The chat is very busy.

Smart Contract

Smart Contract for this specific collection is not yet available for review.

Price & Mint Date

Currently, the mint date and price is to be announced soon.

Conclusion

The project features some fantastic artwork that you can see a lot of time and effort has gone into. The founder plans to stick in the project for the long haul, and the Road Map is very achievable. The developer has also built a new iteration of ERC721 for the project, ERC721G which will add improved functionality, with Gangster All-Star NFT being the showcasing project for the new standard. There also seems to be an immense amount of support for the project, both the Discord and Twitters are very active with large followings. The artist also has a great presence and has an impressive portfolio.

It’s hard to pick fault with the project, it isn’t over-ambitious, the founder is doxxed and the artwork is great. The only thing I would comment on is that from the previews provided we have not seen any variation between the exact same character models – this leaves me worrying that the selection of traits on each model won’t be as diverse as we are lead to believe.

All in all, this is a great project, by a good founder. If you can manage to get whitelist, it may very well be an NFT project worth minting as it seems to have a lot of momentum behind it.

As always, please do your own research. This report does not constitute financial advice.