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Third, and last for tonight, is Starlet. Justice Squad’s high maintenance Energy Projector.

My original drawing is honestly pretty pathetic. I was never good at drawing the female form.

This is the HM2 version which is a lot better than mine.

Finally, the HM3 version is much more what I was thinking about when I made the first drawing.

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Next up is Switch. Justice Squad’s resident Martial Artist and Teleporter.

This is my original drawing of him.

Here is the HM2 version. Actually pretty close to the original and not too bad if I do say so myself.

Finally, this is the HM3 version. Much better defined and IMO pretty cool.

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Well it looks like Supers reign on the boards, so I will dig into the archives and pull out some of my creations from those campaigns. This one is TechKnight from The Justice Squad.

Here is my original drawing. Now you know why I use HM.

This is how he looked in HM2. I kind of got away from my original illustration when I designed this.

When I created him with HM3 I was able to get closer to my original.

Finally, when I submitted him for the Gadgeteer contest I added a background and some flash.

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Thank you Vampyrist!

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Here are a couple of my Dark Champions characters. We play a “Cinematic”, no-powers, street level, gritty campaign. I did these quite some time ago and they could all stand to be updated.

Talion
A one man war on crime whose motto is “An Eye For An Eye”.

Ace
Street level knife fighter and parkour practitioner who has had it with gangbangers.

Stone
Former outlaw biker enforcer turned brutal vigilante.

Orion
Former Army Ranger who uses his talent at archery to battle criminals.

Hair-Trigger
A cop who is fed up with the turnstile justice system.

Purgatory
An Ex-FBI Agent and Religion expert who seeks to purge the world of evil.

Edge
A master level Kenjutsu practitioner who turned to vigilantism to reign in the Yakuza.

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Thanks Kaldath and Hammerknight,

It’s great to be here with so many talented Heromachiners. Though I am not worthy, I will endeavor to put out quality stuff. Neither of those buttons is available for me. Now I should mention that I am using Internet Exploder 11. Should I try it with Chrome?

~Edit: Bah! I found it. Thank you.

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Hi All, I’m new to the boards but have been using HM since the grand old days of version 1. I finally got around to setting up an account and putting up some of my creations (I have tons of them on my computer). I have never been one to get flashy with my creations, I find HM a quick way to create pics and counters for my characters. Not that my nickname is unique in any way but some of you may recognize it (and me) from the Hero System boards. I’ve been playing Champions, and other Hero genres since I was in Jr. High (and believe me, that was a LONG time ago). I wrote for Haymaker (a Hero System APA) for quite a while and even have some credits in some Hero System publications. Writing, art and what not are hobbies that I have carried over from childhood. I make my living as an IT manager for a wireless company. I am old enough to be the father of many of you but not so old that I care.

Having browsed through some of the Art Gallery sites I can tell you that I am WAY outta my league and will probably never be able to take my designs to the level of some of yours. It is great just to throw my stuff out there and see what you all think. I will be trying my hand at some of the contests as time allows but don’t expect to be winning anything. If you find yourself running around the boards and are inclined to do so, stop by Deadman’s Tomb and see what I have posted. If you do, please leave a comment, critique or just say hey. I really like the feedback.

I have a couple of questions that perhaps one of you can help me with.
– How do I create an Avatar for the boards? How ’bout a quote/signature?
– I know there is a ton of new content on HM, who is capable of drawing/uploading new content? (There are a bunch of things that I would love to see added. Some of which exists in Jeff’s other creators. Essentially, who do I really need to be nice to?)

Thanks all, I look forward to chatting with you.

Deadman

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Thank you Hammerknight, I have several decades of material. I just need to figure out when to post what. Having gone through your thread I can tell you that I am in awe. I knew that this was a powerful tool but you and several other creators have taken it to an art form in itself.

Deadman

~Edit: OCD kicking in, I hate typos.

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Here are a few more from Freedom Inc…

Powerhouse, the resident Brick.

Mindbender, the team Mentalist.

Tempest, master of weather.

Streak, the group Speedster.

Syfon, the power stealing wife of Powerhouse.

Siren, mistress of sonics.

Angel, the high flying healer.

I figure you can probably tell that many of them are an homage to a certain group of mutated malcontents. Like I said previously, I’m not all that creative.

Deadman

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And now to plug my latest contest entry. Wildcat’s teammate and resident energy projector of Freedom Inc. Quasar!

Back from HM 2 (again with some help of PSP)…

The more recent version…

And finally the one I submitted for the contest (I am just now incorporating backgrounds and Zyping into my creations so forgive me if they are kind of pedestrian).

~Edit: My Bad, I hadn’t read Hammerknight’s post prior to putting the pic up. If you want to see it search through the contests.
~Edit2: And after re-reading I am putting it back in…LOL

Incidentally, if the costumes are REALLY 80s/90s that is because that is when they were originally done. I am really not all that creative…so sue me.
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Thanks AoC! Good to be here.

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Here is a pic of one of my oldest characters, Wildcat, who has been around in some way shape or form since 1982. The first is a pic done in HM 2.0 (I think) and then doctored a little with PaintShopPro. The second, is one that I did recently. No tricky stuff at all on this one, just a little masking here and there.

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Here is the character above (Quick) designed in HeroMachine. In the campaign he kind of morphed from the character above to a combination Speedster/Gadgeteer. Which is why he has pouches now. The only tricky part of this pic was his lightning insignia/sash. I used several diamonds set next to each other to give the lightning effect.

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