Category Archives: News & Updates

The latest happenings on all things HeroMachine.

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.

New HM Mini

For your amusement and entertainment, UGO has launched another HeroMachine "mini" version to celebrate the launch of NBC's "The Cape" -- The HeroMachine Ordinary Joe Edition:

Most of the components are transplants from the Real Life Edition, but I added at least four or five new things in each slot. Enjoy!

HM3: New Right Hands

Finishing up Imp's prize from Character Contest 33, I've converted these three hands from the Modern Warrior mini to HeroMachine 3 Alpha:

Thanks for your patience, and for the suggestion, Imp!

HM3: Common female fantasy tops

I've just posted the "Tops-Female-Fantasy-Common" set to HeroMachine 3, a conversion of the previously released male items to fit the standard female body. As usual, if you don't see it on the list, clear your browser cache. Enjoy!

HM3: Female Fantasy Armor Tops

I've just added the Tops-FemaleFantasyArmor set to the HeroMachine 3 Alpha. Let me know if you spot any problems (other than the one that shows the pattern in the midsection that's supposed to be bare). As usual, if you don't see it in the list, clear your browser's cache and reload HM3.