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The winning entries for all HeroMachine contests.

Friday Night Fights 3, Round 3 Results!

Posted on October 21, 2011 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

The bell has rung, the fight is over, and only two remain standing in our epic Team Matchups. In our first match, between MartianBlue and headlessgeneral, the winner is Martian Blue!

And in the second clash, between DiCicatriz and AMS, the winner is DiCicatriz!

Thus the Finals consist of an epic showdown between two of the titans of HeroMachinery, DiCiatriz agains Martian Blue! It's the match you all have been waiting for, a little something I call ... "The Carouse in the Brickhouse"!

Meanwhile, in our Round 3 Consolation All-In Cage Match, the last one standing was Kaldath!

Congratulations to Kaldath, headlessgeneral, AMS, Martian Blue, and DiCicatriz, who all win their choice of a custom item, an HM3 caricature of himself, or the choice of a general Sketch of the Day subject. Fellahs, holler at me when you know what you want for your prize.

I'll have the final round up in a bit, but please take a moment to thank and congratulate all of these fine creators!

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Character Contest 74 Winners!

Posted on October 17, 2011 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

Many thanks to everyone who entered Character Contest 74 - Libra! This was the last of our Zodiac challenges, and I appreciate everyone's patience as we worked through its highs and lows.

Before getting to our Finalists this week, I wanted to be sure to highlight the great work of Mark's "Zodiac Commandoes", his -- and I quote him here -- cheap GI Joe knockoffs. I've had a lot of fun seeing each new team member every month, and it's great to see the entire squad assembled. Thanks for the good times, Mark!

I love the drill gun she's holding, that thing's awesome.

And now, our other finalists for this week! Note that as usual, you can click on most of these images to see it at the original, larger size.

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Friday Night Fights 3 Round 2 Results!

Posted on October 14, 2011 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

The second round of Friday Night Fights 3 has ended and I now proudly present the results! Congratulations to all of our winners, condolences to those who are not advancing, and many thanks to everyone who took the time to enter in the first place. Winners are in bold.

Headlessgeneral - Jana: 107, Asder - Hitman: 46
Martian Blue - Gale: 116, PapaKrok - Tracer: 30
DiCicatriz - Specs: 113, Tarkabarka - Solaria: 36
AJW - Corona:17, AMS - Battalion: 134

So advancing to the next round are headlessgeneral, Martian Blue, AMS, and DiCicatriz. Congratulations! And since they are all quarter-finalists, each of them has already won their choice of a custom HM3 item, a portrait of themselves, or their choice of a general subject for me to do a "Sketch of the Day" drawing of.

Here's how the brackets look:

Our Consolation Round 2 champion, who wins their choice of a new HM3 item, a custom portrait of their face, or a black and white illustration on a theme of their choice, is ... Vampyrist - Supernova of "The Exemplars"! Congratulations to him, and thanks again to all of the contenders in this round. Here's the complete list of results:

Round 3 will be going up in a couple of hours as I set up the polls, upload the characters, and format the post. Thank you for patience, and good luck to everyone going forward!

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Caption Contest 109 Winners!

Posted on October 10, 2011 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

Thanks to everyone who entered Caption Contest 109! We had some great submissions, including this selection of Finalists:

TopHat: You’re the one who wanted to meet in ‘Stinky’s Bar’.
Twiggyseed: Are you gonna join our gang of horrible neckwear or not?
Dan: “They should really start handing out Right Guard at these Comicons.”
Watson Bradshaw: Sorry, Willie Nelson scented candles seemed to be a good idea.
sean from edwards: Then maybe the sewage treatment plant wasn’t the best place for a wine tasting.
TheNate: “You can’t unring the Taco Bell.”
TheNate: That’s how it works here. I toot, he shoots.
Joel: “Hey, when you called the assassin’s guild you asked or some one silent but deadly.”

Those are all a hoot, but ultimately I decided to go with three-time Caption Contest Winner, TheNate, for a clever and completely appropriate take on a classic saying:

Congratulations to TheNate and all of our Finalists!

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Friday Night Fights 3 Round 1 Results!

Posted on October 7, 2011 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

The first round of Friday Night Fights 3, Round 1 has ended and I now proudly present the results! Congratulations to all of our winners, condolences to those who are not advancing, and many thanks to everyone who took the time to enter in the first place. Winners are in bold.

Headlessgeneral - Sutol 131, Borntobealoser - Mantis 7.
Tarkabarka - Taisen 95, Watson Bradshaw - Ankshir 39.
Vampyrist - Bandit 42, AJW - Cuervo Bronce 92.
Papa Krok - Takkouri 68, Myro - Riposte 65.
Martian Blue - Specter 73, Frevoli - Starr Flagg 67.
AMS - Crimson 132, Marquis Samedi - Martial Law 5.
DiCicatriz - Synapse 122, Imp - Patriot 20.
Kaldath - Kunoichi 59, Asder - Wei Feng the X-2 80.

So advancing to the next round are headlessgeneral, Tarkabarka, AJW, PapaKrok, Martian Blue, AMS, DiCicatriz, and Asder. Congratulations! Here's how the brackets look:

Our Consolation Round 1 champion, who wins their choice of a new HM3 item, a custom portrait of their face, or a black and white illustration on a theme of their choice, is ... TOOL - Quicksand of "The Sand Vipers"! Congratulations to him, and thanks again to all of the contenders in this round. Here's the complete list of results.

Creator	Votes	Percentage
TOOL - Quicksand of "The Sand Vipers"	93	12.85%
Jamesinchains - Shadow of "Crimson Cyndicate"	85	11.74%
Kyle - Hillary the Werewolf of "The Monster Mash"	49	6.77%
Atomic Punk- King of "Damning Eyes"	48	6.63%
Xion Unborn- Swarm of "The Golden Scarab"	48	6.63%
Cliff - Oni of "Tsunami Force"	46	6.35%
Mercwithamouth - The Raven of "The King's Hand"	43	5.94%
GeneH - Zero of "The Young Mutants"	40	5.52%
Brons - Scarlett of "The Red Gang"	34	4.70%
Skybandit - Purple Pentagram of "Five Stars"	30	4.14%
Jessica - Zephyr of "The Wu Xing"	26	3.59%
Superfan1 - Dr. Sancks of "The Faculty"	24	3.31%
Trekkie - Striker of "The Defenders"	24	3.31%
Gero - Crimson of a no-name team	20	2.76%
ManiacMick - Stryke of "The League of the Scarab"	20	2.76%
alphaalpharomeo - Webb of "The Mutates"	19	2.62%
Kaylin88100 - Tamra of "Guardians of the Wildwood"	16	2.21%
Craig - Psyche of "The Protectors"	11	1.52%
Jo Duggan - Viper of "The Agents"	11	1.52%
Firecracker - Cheetah of "Phoenix"	9	1.24%
VonMalcolm- Tiger Dao of "The Tiamat Triads"	8	1.10%
McKnight57 - Lee Norris of "Hero Corps"	7	0.97%
Hyperanthropos - Agent Kanahele of "The Scouts"	6	0.83%
JordanXord -Madame Blade of "American Power Team"	5	0.69%
Phatchick - Malachite of "The Stunt Jewels"	2	0.28%

Round 3 will be going up in a couple of hours as I set up the polls, upload the characters, and format the post. Thank you for patience, and good luck to everyone going forward!

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Character Contest 73 Winners!

Posted on October 3, 2011 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

Many thanks to everyone who entered the difficult Character Design Contest 73: Virgo! We had some great submissions, and as usual I've picked out a few that I thought were exceptional for one reason or another to share with you. As usual, if you click on an image you can see it at the largest possible size (which in some cases is the same as what you see here, but most are bigger).

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Caption Contest 107 Winner!

Posted on September 19, 2011 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

Wow, we had a lot of very funny entries for Caption Contest 107, thank you all for sharing your humor and wit! Here are some of the entries I thought represented the best replacement dialog for this panel:

ams: Objects may appear closer than they are!
Panner: Trapped in knife factory, send help!
Trekkie: Look out, there’s a knife heading towards you!
Gero: “What am I supposed to write here? Won’t he be dead when it hits him?”
McKnight57: Duck!
Frevoli: Iron Skull couldn’t see the point of dagger mail… then it hit him.
Frevoli: If undeliverable, please throw at the head of:
Postmaster Dave
231 CherrywoodLane
TopHat: Hey, could you give this knife to Daredevil for me? -Love, Bullseye
Sutter_Kaine: Using his uncanny reflexes, the Iron Skull manages to intercept the knife that would have otherwise missed him by several feet!
TheNate: EDITOR’S NOTE: Before the invention of Sticky Notes, mobsters used Stabby Notes.
TheNate: The mob delivers a sharply written reply.
the creator: ‘You have been poked’ regards, the Facebook team.
mashlagoo: Dear Friend, I am Prince Abdullah Saud. I have recently acquired money in the amount of $100,000,000.00 USD due to the death of my father. Because of a stipulation in his will, I need your help…
Bael: I was well accustomed to weapons bouncing off my head, but a note? That would have raised my eyebrows, if I had any.
Skybandit: “We have hostages and demand (continued on next knife)”
dblade: “Lucky for Iron Skull, there were a few indisputable truths in the universe: Paper covers Rock, Rock smashes Scissors, and Skull shatters Dagger.”

I thought the variety of approaches on this one was great, with some doing an "editor" style aside, others actual dialog from the character, and still others the actual text of the note. Good stuff!

I had a hard time picking a winner, so I ended up falling back on my old stand-by: Which ones made me laugh out loud the first time I read them? And the answer to that was ... Frevoli!

I counted two excellent puns and a cool new concept, "Dagger Mail". I can't wait to get my first letter. Also, ironically Frevoli's prize for his last Caption Contest win, and today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! That's gotta be some kind of karma.

Anyway, Frevoli, let me know what you'd like for your prize, congratulations to the Finalists above, and thanks to all the others who entered but who I couldn't paste in due to space constraints. That was a fun one!

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Character Contest 72 WINNERS!

Posted on September 12, 2011 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

Greetings, HeroMachinists! Guest Judge John Hartwell here with the results for Character Contest 72 - The Power COSMIC! My thanks to Jeff for the opportunity to be a part of HeroMachine Nation in this capacity, and my thanks to everyone who took the time to submit your work for consideration. Kudos to all!

A quick housekeeping note: please know that if you A) did not name your file as directed in the contest rules, or B) did not provide a correct working link (some links downloaded a .php or .html file), then your submissions were unfortunately not reviewed (or, in some cases, seen).

Now, on to the best of show! (Edited to Add: most of these can be seen at a larger size just by clicking the image. -- Jeff)

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Caption Contest 106 Winners!

Posted on September 5, 2011 by AFDStudios | Comments Off

I think Caption Contest 106 was the most difficult one to date, generating the fewest entries in a long, long time and presenting major challenges. Kudos therefore to the following four folks who managed to build in a funny interim thought between the two existing ones!

Loki: Everyone thinks I’m a dick because I’m so awesome…
Myro:
1. “People need to learn to never, ever kneel before Zod.”
2. “I told DC that rebooting again would be a bad idea.”
Skybandit: Teaching Luthor and Brainiac to play World of Warcraft has left me with nothing to do but reporting!
Mr.MikeK: Lois kicked me out when I proved her wrong again.
spidercow2010: I’ve been appointed SuperPope!

I liked Loki's for the irony, Myro's for the topical reference and for anything referencing "kneel before Zod", Skybandit's because I'm about to restart my WoW account here in a few days, Mr.MikeK's prescient analysis of male-female relationships, and spidercow2010's excellent referral to one of the great Super Dickery moments of all time.

But I have to choose just one as the ultimate winner, and for that I have to go with the one I thought was the cleverest leveraging of the two existing balloons, in a way that made me laugh. Namely, Loki!