Stephen Bahl

For other uses, see Bahl (disambiguation).

Biographical information
Born	August 14, c. 1973
Professional information
Company	Gearbox Software
Occupation	Concept artist Game developer Composer Writer

Stephen Bahl is a conceptual artist, game developer, composer, and writer for Gearbox Software, that he joined in 1999. After attending Tigard High School, he graduated from the Art Institute of Dallas. He focuses on model building and animation and is a power-house of 3d game content development. He is married to Jeana Bahl.

For Half-Life: Opposing Force, he co-wrote the story with Rob Heironimus and Kristy Junio, 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. Now he creates Gearbox Software's teaser videos and trailers.

Bahl 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 (e.g. for their Brothers in Arms series). During his service, he was stationed in locations throughout the world such as Panama and the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

Work for Opposing Force

• The Race X creatures and weapons
  • The Gene Worm
  • The Pit Drone
  • The Pit Worm
  • The Shock Trooper
  • The Sprite
  • The Voltigore
  • The Shock Roach
  • The Spore Launcher
• The new HECU classes and variations
• The Displacer Cannon
• All of the HD weapon and HECU models

External links

• Stephen Bahl on Facebook
• Stephen Bahl on MobyGames