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I've finally uploaded Tool's prize for winning Caption Contest 96 -- the following gun blade, available now in ItemRight-Pistols. Hope you like it, Tool, and that everyone gets some use out of it!
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Posted in Caption Challenges, Challenge Prizes, Challenges, HeroMachine 3
Sorry for the late start -- one of our Border Collie dogs broke her leg and we had to run her to the vet. All's well now (well, except for the huge splint on her leg!), though, so on with Open Critique Day!
If you have a HeroMachine illustration or another piece of artwork you've done that you'd like some help with, post a link to it in comments along with your thoughts on it -- what you think is working, what you're struggling with, etc. I will post my critique of the piece, hopefully giving some tips on how to improve it.
Of course everyone is welcome to post their critiques as well, keeping in mind the following rules:
That's it! Hopefully we can get some good interaction going here and help everyone (me included!) learn a little bit today.
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Posted in Open Critique Day
In our last adventure, we were confronted with an angry six-man party of the local constabulary, and faced a decision about whether to fight manfully (wolfily?) on, or flee out the back door. Apparently discretion is the heart of valor, because we voted to fly! The question now is, what is the best way to run away. If only we could ask Sir Robin.
Now, this doesn't sound like a very interesting decision on which to vote. And it sounds like that because it's not. So I am going to pull rank and call it for Sparky the Wonder Horse. That's just how I roll as a country boy. That leads us to:
Another fascinating decision to make that both enhances our understanding of our character and promises non-stop fun! It's these seemingly innocuous, totally random choices that make these books so fun. Because there's nothing like a pointless decision that leads to your immediate and unavoidable death. Good times.
Again, this isn't a very interesting decision point so I assigned left to 1-4, right to 5-9, and used our Random Number chart. The gods have sent us "right".
Aha! An actual, non-random action to take! So now we must choose whether to enter the tower, or ignore it and search for a trail. Smoke's coming from the building so we know someone is there. However, since half the people we've met so far have tried to kill us, maybe that's a Bad Thing. On the other hand, our record of navigating wilderness isn't exactly stellar, as evidenced for the fact that somehow, while riding a horse, we managed to lose an entire road that had, for at least part of it, big huge road signs pointing the way to the next major town.
We definitely do not have the Kai Discipline of Tracking.
So what's your call, intrepid explorer, and why?
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Posted in Lone Wolf: Fire on the Water, RPG Corner
(From "Fantastic Comics" number 16, 1941.)
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Posted in Daily Random Panel
I don't want to sound like an Anglophile here, but dizzam this is some funny stuff!
While many of our Bad Costume entrants are seriously lame, Cow-Pie Man is humorously bad on purpose, in the process showing what a Bad Super Costume means better than words ever could. The underwear on the outside of the pink baggy leggings, the bowl on his head, the towel, and of course the name which, logo of a big pie of meat and horns notwithstanding, in the actual American West means a steaming pile of manure, all force me to conclude that this character is Grade A Awesome.
I tip my hat to you, British Isles, for once again proving that you are second to none when it comes to humor. I look forward to the day when an American film company will option the rights to this character, change his name, make him serious, cast Will Smith in the role, and spend a hundred million dollars to produce an overwrought, incompetent, uninteresting bit of pablum that completely loses everything fun in the original.
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Posted in Bad Super Costumes
(From "Fantastic Comics" number 16, 1941.)
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Posted in Daily Random Panel
I'm apparently feeling evil today, thus:
Imagine the mighty green muscles flexing, tiny cartoon bodies flying, untold carnage ensuing ... It's World War Hulk, toon-town style! So this is your chance to vent about whatever innocent yet infernally annoying creation you've come to loathe, and fantasizing about their ultimate, disgusting, violence-filled demise. Enjoy! And let us know in comments why you want to see your chosen group mauled by Big Mean Green.
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Posted in Versus
(From "Fantastic Comics" number 16, 1941.)
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Posted in Daily Random Panel
This week's Character Design Challenge is roaring in like a lion! Literally. Because it's time for Zodiac Contest LEO!
Yes, your challenge for this week is to design the coolest character image possible with the theme of "Leo". You might design something around a lion (duh), or something based on the astrological profile of those born under the sign, or something completely different. It's up to you so long as it in some way ties into the theme!
The person with the winning entry as selected by our expert panel (i.e. me) will win their choice of a) a portrait to go in HeroMachine 3, b) an item to go in HeroMachine 3, or c) a custom black and white "Sketch of the Day" style drawing (also by me). The rules otherwise are the same as always:
Good luck everyone!
Edited to Add: No more than five (5) entries per person this week, folks, so make 'em count.
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Posted in Challenges, Character Design Challenges
Many thanks to everyone who entered Caption Contest 104. For your edification and enjoyment, here are the ones I thought were the funniest replacement lines for the missing dialog in this panel:
And your overall winner is ... Waston Bradshaw!
I thought the dialog perfectly fit the look of horror on Swamp Thing's face and the casual, open stance of the random zombie swamp dweller. I almost went with Joel's "Legion of Doom" line instead, but ultimately decided that since Swamp Thing was never in the Legion of Doom I had to pass.
Good job everyone, and congratulations again to Watson! Let me know what you'd like for your prize and I'll get it on The List.
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Posted in Caption Challenges, Challenge Favorites, Challenges
Three middle-aged nerds (including yours truly!) review all of the MCU movies in chronological order. Short, funny, and full of good vibes, check it out and let us know what you think!
Nerdmudgeon.com
