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And here’s my contribution to JR’s Heromachine Creators Club poster:
Yes, that’s how I’m currently look like. A straitjacket is a fine thing – it hides my big love handles…
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My entry to the CDC “Old School Energy Blaster” and my first new character in what feels like an eternity:
LORD MIT’NAL of the XI’bala
The Xi’bala are an alien species of ferocious warlords from an alternate (steampunk) universe where earth’s history took a change of course when an ancient nuclear-powered alien starship was discovered beneath stonehenge in 1886 and therefore the industrial revolution was altered. (For more background see “The Travellers” a few pages back – basically, I just replaced the Harvesters by the Xi’bala since I want to reserve the Harvesters for my main universe.)
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Great, somehow the pictures of my previous post were deleted. No wonder that I received no response. Well, I fixed it now.
Now I want you to meet a member of the subordinate class of the Xi’bala. But don’t forget: Beware of Aliens Bearing Gifts!
The Xi’bala are split into two different subspecies – those with powers and those without. Each member of the first subspecies has a different, individual supernatural ability that makes him superior to the second subspecies and therefore they also represent the ruling elite in a culture that is characterized by the principe “only the strong survive”. Even as children the Xi’balba have to fight against each other to the death in different environments to prove their worth to society.
Despite their rather “rough” culture, they early on developed a very high technologial standard enabling them to travel the multiverse in order to spread their species over all universes. That was until one day 3,000 years ago, when they finally encountered a race that was able to pit themself against the aggressors: The Mata’Nui!
After a long drawn out war the last surviving Xi’bala were in the end “imprisoned” in an universe with only one habitable world: Earth SP-091. Of course the Xi’bala wouldn’t let it get them down that they were seperated from their space travel technology and soon bounced back by becoming the terrifying gods of the resident Maya civilisation for several centuries before they were eventually forced into hiding by the coming of the “modern” ages.
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Sorry for the late response, I’ve been a little distracted with creating new characters (coming soon) and finally joining devianArt. Note to myself: Don’t forget to work on new items as well…
@headlessgeneral said:
I like the Xi’bala. I love the “tattoos” on the armor. Lord Mit’nal should be a definite contender in the energy blaster contest.Thanks! Looks like your wish came true …
@Angel of Chaos said:
Wow Chaos likes what he sees.Jack likes when other like what they see…
@Vampyrist said:
The xi’bala are awesome!Thank you very much! As you can guess I was “a bit” inspired by a certain species from the movies…
Thanks, dude. I thought it would be time to try and do more backgrounds – at least for the contest entries…
@Mad Jack said:
For the CDC #58:
Sometimes it is very handy to have a strong friend – especially on MOVING DAY…
Clever. Good job.
@ExtremelyEPIC said:
Hey Mad Jack…i just wanted to say thank you for handing over the choice to me. I owe you one buddy!You’re welcome. I think anything else than handing it over would’ve been stupid since I can create items myself (although not as well as dblade)…
@RobM said:
Clever. Good job.Thanks!
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