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Funny thing with mutants; either they’re obviously different at birth or their mutation doesn’t show itself until around puberty. The latter was the case with Handy Wilson. Add to that the fact that he was born into slavery in the early part of the 19th Century on a South Carolina plantation and you have the makings for a very confused young life. Of course, no one knew anything of genetic mutations then. Maybe that was a good thing, seeing that slaves were considered property and not people. He couldn’t be exploited any further. His father, the biggest and strongest field hand on the plantation, was sold off shortly before Handy’s birth, and was killed trying to escape. If the Master had no problem separating a family expecting a newborn, no telling what he would have done to this special child if he knew the truth. As soon as his mother noticed Handy was “stronger ‘en any plow mule on the plantation,” she made sure to teach him not to “show up any o’ Massa’s sons.” She always had a feeling something was different about Handy. Even though he was born two months premature, he was “bigger ‘en any babe I evah helped birthed!” according to the midwife who attended his mother. All children would play and rough house on occasion, but Handy’s cuts and scrapes always seemed to heal faster than anyone else’s. When he was 10 his mother caught him outrunning the Master’s favorite Thoroughbred at full gallop. Fortunately no one else saw this, especially Master, who considered himself a sporting man, and would have no doubt run her baby to death. Funny thing with mutants; once they come into their own and discover their abilities, it’s hard for them to keep it secret, no matter how much they are warned otherwise. With the confidence of youth and the knowledge that he was the strongest man on the plantation, at age 18 Handy decided to run away and promised his Mother he would come back for her. Maybe I’ll come up with some more for this character.
MY BRAIN HURTS FROM THE LAST BACK STORY I MADE UP, LOL! Seriously, anybody who wants to take a stab at this guy, feel free. Here’s my first villain, Cybertaur.
here’s my take on your dark cherub. i can’t think of a better background yet but i hope you like it…
My first shot at reinterpreting someone else’s character, with his permission, of course. Terry Quick’s Wild Thing, The Zen Werewolf. His version is posted on Hero Machine’s Facebook page. Took me a while, but I’m getting the hang of masking.
This is a reimagining of a custom character I made in Soul Calibur 3, Black Dona. No story, just a female pirate.
Experimenting with masking and shading. The large scale masking seems easy enough, but still hit or miss in putting weapons in hands, (see Black Dona above. The gun came out OK, but the sword gave me a lot of trouble). Tried to do some shading here, but no visible effect took place. Any suggestions? I was considering doing my first themed set of characters. Here’s the first of the group, One Eyed Jack.
More experimenting with shading. Still not getting it on the character. Also, notice the masking; her right hand came out correct, her left hand still not really holding the weapon. What am I doing wrong! Here’s the second in the group, The Queen of Clubs.
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