Albannach’s Auditorium

Greetings, lads and ladies!

I’m a long-time HeroMachine user (about 6 years now), follower of the blog and lurker of the forums. I’ve entered a few contests in my time but have been pretty inactive for while now. Was never the competitive sort.

Most of the characters I’m going to post initially are from an RP series that me and a couple of friends have been doing for a number of years now (it’s called Dark Forces and it’s a superhero/fantasy/sci-fi hybrid that’s riddled with glorious plotholes and retcons). The characters’ appearances were more important than the art quality, hence why they’re in the basic stance and generally lack fancy things like Zyping (do we even still call it that?).

I’ve already uploaded DF-related pictures to my imgur and Photobucket accounts. I’ll post future creations directly to the forums, however.

First up is Abyssal, a character almost as old as my time on HeroMachine. He’s varied quite a bit, ranging from a Batman-esque vigilante (with a simple costume) to a villain/anti-hero corrupted by spirits of darkness or whatever (with not so simpler costumes). Regardless, he can summon and control a cloud of shadow that overwhelms anyone caught in it with a deep sense of claustrophobia. Plus he’s got the required black belts in ten martial arts that every superhuman should have. Teenage angst was a veritable source of creativity for me, clearly.

This was his very first look. A true avatar of all things grimdark.
http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u352/DENZIS666/hm3-beta9.jpg

His second version. Now with extra edginessâ„¢!
http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u352/DENZIS666/Abyssal-1.png

An updated version of that, but probably more difficult to make out (that means it’s better).
http://i.imgur.com/jP7gRXl.png

This was a version of Abyssal from a Dark Forces spin-off that had minimal fantasy elements, as shown by his utility belt.
http://i.imgur.com/Ga8FFF5.png

With a DF sequel currently in the works, I’m brainstorming ideas for his latest costume/armour. I discounted this one pretty quickly, even though I like the cuirass.
http://i.imgur.com/tVaYxMB.png

The helmet’s cool in this one, but the rest of the costume just lacked something for me.
http://i.imgur.com/PtjazF3.png

This is the current look for him I’m developing. Most of it works fine for me, but I’m still struggling with the footwear.
http://i.imgur.com/BPtfVMl.png

I’ll post the rest of my characters tomorrow. Enjoy!

P.S
My Photobucket links display as images (I’m not using the tag) in my post preview, hence their spoiler tags. imgur links don’t do this, nor do they appear as images even with thetag around the URL. Anybody know what’s up with that? It’s not really an issue, but it’s a little puzzling.