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I really like the way you do faces. That’s one area I’ve always struggled with. Hence the reason most of my characters wear masks. I think I may have to take some inspiration from some of your guys and gals and try to up my game in that area.
As a proud Scot, I’ve gotta say, I love Beltane. She’s fantastic. As are all your characters. (You’re still putting mine to shame)
@Magnus Maximus said:
Very nice! Captures the “fiery” spirit of Scotland pretty well, I think! And the ginger-ness of Scotland too.
There are actually surprisingly few “ginger” people around here. In fact the only two redheads I know are Irish and Canadian. Random fact for ya.
It’s a were-tiger!!!…..apparently.
Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp,
Dare its deadly terrors clasp!When the stars threw down their spears
And water’d heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?Tyger Tyger burning bright,
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
@DiCicatriz said:
Love the action movie pose on Damien Scott
I could see definitely see that playing out in slow motion.It was playing in slow motion on repeat in my head the entire time I was creating him.
@JR19759 said:
God, I’ve only been away for a couple of hours and you’ve uploaded half a page’s worth of awesome stuff.
You know me. I’m a whirlwind of action and then I’m gone for months on end.
I’ve been trying to pose one of my characters just like Heist for days now but I couldn’t get it looking natural. You pretty much nailed it though.
Nice work.
Another attempt at a pose. Here’s Damien Scott (a.k.a Voyager). Intergalactic hero and captain of the sentient ship Damocles.
@The Atomic Punk said:
I think Daybreak is dang near perfect. I love how he’s breaking the title in his hand. Great symbolism.I wasn’t sure if anyone would get what I was actually doing with that (I could probably have done it better) but I’m glad you did.
OK so maybe not all of these characters are new because the fourth is actually a remake of The Hunter who, lets face it, sucked.
This was really just an experiment for a pose and I guess it turned out OK. I’m not entirely sure such a pose is actually physically possible but we’re talking about comic book physics here so just go with it.
And then there’s Daybreak.
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Daybreak is a monster. A human wrecking ball bent on utter destruction of everything in his path. When exposed to daylight, he becomes possibly the strongest creature on earth and has become widely known as one of the greatest threats any hero (or villain…Daybreak doesn’t make the distinction) can ever face. During his first rampage through Freedom city it took dozens of superhumans, the national guard and one incredibly lucky shot to bring the behemoth down.
(The monster was christened Daybreak by Mercury of The Pantheon because “He breaks stuff during the day”. Simple but undeniable logic.)
After his first defeat, Daybreak was imprisoned in a darkened cell to keep his strength in check. Unfortunately, Daybreak proved far smarter than anyone ever realized and learned the it was exposure to any sort of light that gave him strength. He used this information to orchestrate his escape and has been a consistently lethal problem for everyone he encounters.
(Daybreak maintains a special hatred for Nightingale for a number of reasons. During his first rampage, the super strong medic was surprisingly able to hold her own against Daybreak. Nightingale’s policy of protecting life and aiding others disgusts Daybreak who is bent on nothing more than causing as much destruction as possible and sees Nightingale as the antithesis of everything he is.)
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I’ve been trying to come up with a look to do this character justice for a long time now and while I’m not entirely convinced I’ve gotten it spot on with this one, it does come close.
This next one was a quick character I created for my nephew. He had been looking through my characters and took a liking to the insect themed ones like Vespa and Dragonfly (he shares my love of bugs) and asked if I’d make a new one for him.
Sting is the result.
I decided to base him off of my nephew and name him Vespa’s sidekick for two reasons. Firstly because she was his favourite and secondly because I could not for the life of me think of a female superhero who had a male sidekick. The few women heroes that do have sidekicks all seem to have girls. I just thought this was an interesting change.
The design of this costume is by no means breaking any new ground and I’m pretty sure I’ve used every element of it before but my nephew seemed to like it so….meh.
p.s. I could be entirely wrong about that whole sidekick thing so if I am, please let me know.
The first of the four is Throwback, the simian man.
Throwback earned his name after someone commented that he’s kind of like a genetic throwback to how humanity used to be millennia ago. While that’s not technically true, the name stuck.
Throwback loves high incredible agility and enhanced senses but is constantly struggling to keep his more animalistic side in check and has on occasion mutated into a far more visibly ape like man. (which I may get around to creating eventually)
This costume got progressively more eccentric as I went but the more I thought about it, the more I realised that it suited the characters personality so I stuck with it.
I could see definitely see that playing out in slow motion.
