His work is known for a clean, realistic style that invokes themes from Feudal Japan and Chanbara films and in particular, historical and fantastic representations of Samurai culture.
His early work in game design and miniature sculpting set the tone for depictions of Japanese mythology in American fantasy and science fiction.
He is a lifelong fan of dinosaurs and participates in the La Belle Compagnie, a non-profit dedicated to educating the public about daily life during the Hundred Years War.
He produced similar Samurai-themed lines for Grenadier Models Inc., Ral Partha Enterprises, Reaper Miniatures and others.
[6] In 1985, Charrette inaugurated figures for Chaosium's RuneQuest and a line of pulp era adventurers that were initially called "20th Century Plus", but were later renamed 20-xxx The Roaring Twenties.
[8][9] Bushido coincided with TSR, Inc.'s 1985 release of Oriental Adventures supplements, a gaming world that resembled the one crafted by Charrette and Hume in 1979.
At the time integrated campaign worlds such as Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy Battle were showing early success, Ral Partha introduced the "Chaos Wars" theme into their 1986 and 1987 product lines.
Still Nascent, the Chaos Wars theme, was dropped in 1988 to promote a new contract for a line of official miniatures for TSR, Inc.'s Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game.
Charrette provided design elements and artwork for Shadowrun and sculpted a line of figures produced by Grenadier Models Inc.
Spacefarers Daredevils The Mines of Keridav Rules According to Ral Runequest Shadowrun World Earthdawn Parroom Station BattleTech Series—FASA, ROC MechWarrior Series—ROC Shadowrun Series—ROC, Fanpro Strange World of John Reddy Trilogy—Warner Books Chronicle of Aelwyn Trilogy—Harper Collins Interstellar Defense League (as Richard Fawkes) -- Eos Non-Fiction Origins Awards / H.G.