Category Archives: HeroMachine 3

HM3: Lab coats and tied bust shirts

I've just updated Tops-MaleStandard (clear your browser cache if it doesn't show up) with the following items from the Replacement Prize list:

There was only a call for one Lab Coat, but I saw the diagonal one while getting reference and loved it too much not to throw it in.

After the jump I'll post the latest version of that list so you can see where we stand.

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HM3: Patchwork coat and waistcoat

Two more prizes from the Great Replacement Prize list, the patchwork coat (with sleeves and without) and the gentleman's waistcoat live in Tops-MaleStandard (clear your browser cache if they don't show):

I'll probably do the Lab Coat and Shirt Tied Under the Bust next since I've already got Tops open.

Enjoy!

HM3: Facial wrinkles

The last of Imp's "Four items from the replacement prize list" award for taking top honors in Friday Night Fights 2 was "Facial Wrinkles". It's now done and available in "Head-Male-Faces":


The top image is the set of wrinkles, covering the corners of the eyes; bags under the eyes; cheeks; really big bags under the eyes; mouth to nose crease; jawline; chin / lower lip; upper lip; and forehead. The bottom image is a full-tricked-out old dude face. For the bilateral items like crows' feet and cheeks, I only did half the face, so you can further customize it how you like by turning "Multiples" on for the Head slot and using the Flip button.

Hope you like 'em! This should close out the suite of items for Imp. I think we all owe him thanks for giving up his grand prize for those the community had earlier voted on, very noble of you sir.

HM3: Mass hood

Item 3 for Imp's Friday Night Fights prize of four items from the prize replacement list is now live in Headgear-Military:


Enjoy!

Update: Per request, here's the current list of replacement prizes.

In addition to these, I need to do:

51 Alien Nation PapaKrok Next on the Replacement Prize list
52 Sagittarius Lime "Something Japanese" - oni mask?
53 Bad Guy Blue Blazer Owen Head
FNF2 Consolation 1 AJW Japanese Oni guy

I haven't heard about prizes for quite a few of the Caption Contests, including Black Griffin (77), Galactic Ketchup (82), whoever won #83, Larkin (84), Bael (85), and Doomed Pixel (87).

HM3: Imp FNF2 prize 2 – Crouching legs

I've just added the following legs to Body-Male-Alternate at the very end as Imp's second prize for winning Friday Night Fights:

And here it is with a torso attached:

How you're going do do things like put boots on those legs, I honestly have no idea. But it's there for those of you who voted for it!

HM3: New fonts

With thanks to Martian Blue Blue Blazer for the suggestion, I've just uploaded a new version of Fonts-Standard to the HeroMachine 3 alpha with the following two fonts:

The first should be good for doing one-letter Insignia if you move it up to the chest and turn color1 and color2 transparent. The other one is just a neat-looking font that I thought would be a great addition after seeing it on a number of Martian Blue's creations.

HM3: Dragon whip

Asder and I have completed work on his prize for winning Character Contest 49, now available in ItemRight-Blunts -- a dragon whip:

Enjoy!

HM3: 80s Afro

I haven't heard back from Joel about this yet, so I'm just going to say, damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead. Joel, if you want any changes just let me know.

Anyway, here's his prize for winning Caption Contest 90 -- a "massive 80s style Afro" to join the two or three non-80s Afros currently in Hair-Standard (clear your browser cache if you don't see this one show up at the end):

The hardest part of doing an Afro is getting across just how dense and how three-dimensional the 'do is. You can't draw every single ringlet or curl or it ends up looking like a massive pile of scribble. So I tried to go for suggesting the masses of hair with just the jiggly lines at the bottom and around the edge, then putting in a 30% black screen around the face to indicate how it projects into the space around it.

Hope y'all like it.

HM3: Bandaged hands

Part 1 of 4 in Imp's Friday Night Fights victory prize request is up and available for your use in HandRight-Standard (clear your browser's cache if you don't see it):

The bandage part is color1, and the area that receives any Patterning. I figured you'd probably want to be applying dirt or blood or leopard spots (I don't ask) to the bandagy part since the skin is mostly hidden. If you'd rather I reverse it, just let me know. Color2 is the skin portion.

HM3: Celtic Knots

Me, Myself, and I ... um, and I ... have finished his prizes for a couple of contest wins, now available in Insignia-Nature:

He requested a strand of Celtic knots to use as a facial tattoo, but after chatting about it, we thought it would be more versatile to break the string into individual bits that can be manually strung together so you can get just the effect you're going for. Here's an example, showing one of each of the knots all lined up:

Because of the way the strands run, to get the colors to work exactly right you might have to flip alternating instances, and then rotate them 180 degrees, to line up properly. Hopefully you'll find them useful.