Stephen Bahl

For other uses, see Bahl (disambiguation).

Stephen Bahl
Biographical information
Title(s)	Conceptual Artist Writer
Time period	February 1999 – Present

 

Stephen Bahl is a conceptual artist and writer for Gearbox Software.

Biography

Graduated from the Art Institute of Dallas, Bahl focuses on model building and animation and is a power-house of 3d game content development. He served in both the 101st Airborne Division and the 506th Infantry Regiment for the United States Army and contributes to the company's video games with his real-world military experience.

Work

For Half-Life: Opposing Force, he co-wrote the story with Rob Heironimus and Kristy Pitchford, and created all of the new HECU soldier classes and variations, the Race X creatures and weapons, and other weapons such as the Displacer Cannon. He also made additional music for Half-Life: Blue Shift and all of the weapon and HECU models for the Half-Life High Definition Pack. Along with Landon Montgomery, he created the Capture The Flag Power-Ups.

Selected gameography

• Half-Life: Opposing Force (1999)
• Half-Life (Dreamcast port) (2001)
• Half-Life (PlayStation 2 port) (2001)
• Half-Life: Blue Shift (2001)

Company biographies

• November 27, 1999 (archived)

Stephen Bahl - Models, Animation

Stephen, an artist who focuses on model building and animation, is a power-house of 3d game content development. He created and brought to life the characters of “Eclipse Team” for Rebel Boat Rocker’s Prax War. Gearbox Software is glad to have Stephen for his clever animations, focus on the 3D game genre, cool enthusiasm, and level of output. Stephen is also our token member with real-world military experience. He was in the army for three years and earned the rank of corporal. He was stationed in locations like Panama and Korea.

• October 6, 2000 (archived)

Stephen Bahl - Models, Animation

Stephen, an artist who focuses on model building and animation, is a power-house of 3d game content development. He created and brought to life the characters of “Eclipse Team” for Rebel Boat Rocker’s Prax War. Gearbox Software is glad to have Stephen for his clever animations, focus on the 3D game genre, cool enthusiasm, and level of output. For OpFor, Stephen created all of the soldiers as well as many of the game's new weapons and creatures. He also creates Gearbox Software's teaser videos including the well received trailer for Half-Life: Opposing Force. Stephen is also our token member with real-world military experience. He was in the army for three years and earned the rank of corporal. He was stationed in locations like Panama and Korea.

• January 10, 2001 (archived)

Stephen Bahl - CFO, Models, Animation, Conceptual Art

Stephen, an artist who focuses on model building and animation, is a power-house of 3d game content development. He created and brought to life the characters of “Eclipse Team” for Rebel Boat Rocker’s Prax War. Gearbox Software is glad to have Stephen for his clever animations, focus on the 3D game genre, cool enthusiasm, and level of output. For OpFor, Stephen created all of the soldiers as well as many of the game's new weapons and creatures. He also creates Gearbox Software's teaser videos including the well received trailer for Half-Life: Opposing Force. Stephen is our token member with real-world military experience. He was in the army for three years and earned the rank of corporal. He was stationed in locations throughout the world such as Panama and Korea.

• October 4, 2001 (archived)

Stephen Bahl - CFO, Models, Animation, Conceptual Art

Stephen, an artist with a degree from the Art Institute of Dallas who focuses on model building and animation, is a power-house of 3d game content development. For Opposing Force, Stephen created all of the soldiers as well as many of the game's new weapons and creatures. He also creates Gearbox Software's teaser videos and trailers. Stephen is our token member with real-world military experience. He was in the army for three years and earned the rank of corporal. He was stationed in locations throughout the world such as Panama and Korea.