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@prswirve said:
Never saw a superhero midget before.
You’ve obviously never seen my character Zane Harley….Although I suppose he’s not technically a superhero. Just super-powered. But anyway, I really like Amy Atom too
Go take a look at page one of this thread. The second character I posted here was Salamander. Her costume was bulky and gross and she just altogether sucked. Time for a makeover….Kind of.
Now while I’m still nowhere near as talented as the truly great creators here in the heromachine community like ams or Jeimuzu etc, I’d like to think I’ve improved lately. And I think Salamander is a good example of this. I’m not 100% satisfied with this (the half Iron Fist collar is weird) and I know there are things I could have done better but it’s still pretty decent I think. At any rate, it’s much better than the original. In my own opinion anyway.
“You can beat me down into the dirt but I will never stay down” – Salamander.
When I started creating this guy I had zero intention of creating this guy. To be honest I was just screwing around and trying to use items I don’t normally use but when I got so far into it I thought to myself “Self, this would make a pretty cool costume for Clover”. Because as some of you may know, 90% of the character I post here already exist in some form. I have a list of about 250 that are really just waiting for me to create an image for them. So Clover kind of snuck up on me but I’m glad I got him done. Another one off my list.
p.s. There are certain things in this image that are really just my own little joke with myself. Y’know, because I’m a weirdo.
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Clover is a highly paid mercenary specializing in cyber crime with a side of ultra violence. Sure he could probably do a lot of his work sitting on his couch at home but he has an almost psychotic love of punching people in the face. Most people assume that Clover is just really good or really lucky. Both are actually true. But what few people realize is that he is actually capable of altering local probability fields in his own favour, essentially making his own luck.
While Clover is mostly a happy-go-lucky kind of sociopath, he has an almost overwhelming hatred for his former partner. The now reformed millionaire Dominic Cain, once known as the villain Domino. Clover believes Cain betrayed him and now spends much of his time plotting revenge. So far he has been surprisingly unsuccessful in his plans. Possibly due to to Cain’s own luck powers counteracting Clovers but probably due mostly to the constant meddling of one of various young heroes who Cain now funds.
Despite these set backs though, Clover is determined to make Cain pay for his alleged betrayal and maintains that it’s only a matter of time. And a matter of luck.
Here’s my kind of rip off of Powers.
Virgil and Romero are two of the best detectives in the city and are part of a unit that investigates crimes involving meta-humans. They have encountered Dragonfly on a number of occasions and have become his closest contacts within the FCPD.
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Detective Emily Virgil
No one would argue the fact that Emily Virgil is the most driven member of the Meta Crimes Unit. Her passion for justice has always pushed her to over achieve in her chosen career and she has become one of the youngest detectives in the departments history. Sure, the swerve into meta crime was hardly a direction she saw her career taking but she loves her job. Even if it does put her in a ridiculous amount of danger on a daily basis.
Her partner, Tim Romero, is incredibly aggravating at times but he has become her best friend and the only person she trust implicitly. The two have a sibling like relationship and while they’re constantly bickering and making fun of each other, both would go to the ends of the earth for their partner.
Virgil has always been an excellent judge of character. So when Dragonfly first showed up on the scene, she was one of the few people willing to accept him at face value. While most hated and feared the insectoid humans, Virgil recognized that Drogonfly’s drive for justice was as strong as hers. She has always been his strongest supporter within the FCPD and has helped sway the initial distrust felt by some of the other officers.
Virgil and Dragonfly have become fast friends and, not that she would ever openly admit this, she even has a slight crush on the hero despite never actually seeing him without his mask (that she’s aware of).
“Do you want to surrender now or after I shoot you?” – Emily Virgil.
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Detective Timothy Romero
“The Dream Team”. That’s how Tim Romero refers to himself and Virgil. And it may actually be valid. While Romero’s career hasn’t advanced as quickly as Virgil’s has, there’s no doubting that he’s one of the best. It’s perhaps his casual disregard for authority and often reckless behaviour that has held him back somewhat. Nonetheless, Romero enjoys where his career is at right now and he enjoys the dangerous aspect of his career slightly more than his partner does.
Romero often acts like an older brother towards Virgil. While he’s more than happy to put himself in harms way, he hates having Virgil take the same risks. Virgil just finds this hypocritical and mildly sexist. While the two argue a lot they clearly care for one another and woe betide anyone who screws with either of them.
Romero is not a fan of the bug people, Dragonfly included, and doesn’t understand why Virgil is so trusting. He more often than not refers to Dragonfly simply as “The bug”. His hatred of the bug people is understandable though. During an attack on the city by the Locust King and his army, Romero was wounded and came as close as he ever has to death. Since that point on he has hated every last one of the insectoids, despite the fact that Dragonfly was largely responsible for ending that particular crisis. Dragonfly probably doesn’t help matters by giving as good as he gets when Romero throughs barbs at him.
Despite his distrust of Dragonfly, Romero has begun to grudgingly respect the hero. He realizes now that he may not be as bad as he initially thought and is actually pretty good at detective work in his own right. That said though, he still keeps a close eye on the bug. Just in case.
“Hey idiot! You have the right to remain silent so shut the **** up!” – Tim Romero.
