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Pop Quiz- Skull Duggery

A horror-ish themed skull I whipped up.

There was no plan for this, it was just throwing things at it to see what worked. I do like the result, though.

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Herr D wrote:

What’s hard for me is finding the time to get any idea about anything to a stage of completion before most of it (and some of its best parts) is forgotten.

I hear you on that. I have so many little scraps of paper with notes and (very bad) sketches I’ve done at work so I don’t forget something. So many bits and pieces with scenes or dialogue or characters, or whatever. When I make something here, a lot of times I’ll have a rough idea for a backstory that develops as I come up with the character, then I fill in the blanks when I write it out.

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Tiberius wrote:

Really nice work on the sisters and their backstory. The color selections are very well done. Voltess looks pretty sweet. Are these characters from an RPG or a world of characters you have created on your own?

Thanks! All characters are of my own creation, unless otherwise stated as being a re-imagining of a Public Domain or mythological character. I have a certain number of worlds they inhabit based on who they are; some are already established by writing and other stuff I do, and others I make up on the spot when I put together their backstory. I have a hard time making a character and not giving them some kind of background.

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CDC- Shocking

Voltess- http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Voltess

My version- a circus performer named Violet Campbell was performing her act when lightning stuck the tent. It was no ordinary tempest, the evil Dr. Rads was trying to perfect a radiation storm to purge the city. The bizarre bolt stuck Violet as she clung to the central pole of the Big Top, electroplating her arm and part of her face with steel. She can now gather and emit lightning blasts and wears a special costume to help conduct and store the large amounts energy she generates. She now calls herself Voltess.

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CDC- Walk Like an Egyptian

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nekhbet

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadjet

Two sisters, born one year apart under auspicious omens had no idea they were special, as these omens had been long lost to time. Both sets of grandparents had left Egypt before the births of their parents, and the two girls grew up like any other western kids. On the day they turned nineteen and twenty, they learned the truth. They were destined to become avatars of the goddesses Nekhbet and Wadjet, the protectors of the Pharaoh. The long-dormant old magic was slowly seeping back into the world, and the girls were tasked in finding and protecting the one who carried the Pharaoh’s blood, and standing against the works of the chaotic ones (Set and Apophis) and the demons. The two girls shed their modern names, taking new ones from history: The eldest took the name Semat, and became the avatar of the cobra, Wadjet, and the youngest became Nebetah, avatar of the vulture, Nekhbet. This, and the inner turmoil that comes of having an ancient goddess live inside you, alienated them from their family, but opened a door of knowledge long closed. They search now for the Blood of Kings (whoever that may be), and any other avatars that may have awoken in the world.

Picture:  http://orig08.deviantart.net/f6d4/f/2016/226/0/2/wadjet_and_nekhbet_by_melmo44-dadyale.png

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LullabyOfTheSin wrote:

it’s not very often i see any character shown in state like that (maybe i am blind, maybe its truly rare for people to make something like that) Anyway, the effect of freshly reborn character is here, colors are chosen really good, and overall look of her is wonderful. Also no major or even medium-sized flaws detected. And, when i finally paid attention to background, it became even greater creation. Fantastic work! (+1)

Vampyrist wrote:

I agree with Lull-Carae, she is great. There is so much emotion packed into the picture, her rage is so visible, though the aura helps with that as well. It is a fantastic image.

@ Lull-Carae and Vampyrist- Thank you! I did that one around the same time I did the Warrior version to make an image of that moment for myself. It’s awesome that you liked it so much!

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CDC- Free-For-All

For giggles, here’s one I found in my HM folder. This is the birth of Rolanna Blood-Eyes. Here she is not the fearsome Warrior she was the first time she showed up here. Here, she is newly resurrected by the two death goddesses, an aura of their power still around her. The arrow wounds that would have caused her death adorn her, her dress as torn apart as her life. She sets her sights south, to the great city of Cathis, where she will fulfill her vow to destroy the agents of the Dark.

http://orig07.deviantart.net/89b4/f/2016/219/c/9/rolanna_reborn_by_melmo44-dad1o8w.png

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CDC- Team-Up

The Senses- Inhabiting the same cynical universe as Aubergine and Cerulean, this team is a long-standing and well-respected one within the hero and mundane communities. All members are well trained in both weapon and hand-to-hand fighting in addition to their powers and have vast experience in crimefighting. They are:

Auditory- Mike Daniels has super hearing. He can pick up conversations from halfway across a city and can identify passwords by hearing keys being typed. He wears a special headset to make his powers easier to bear and more effective.

Scent- Janna Westling can track anything. Her heightened nose is unmatched, and she has further augmented this with training to read trails and signs left behind by people and animals. She can smell changes in a person’s body chemistry, for example, when someone is lying.

Flavor- Mandy Gates has an iron stomach, able to consume anything. She also has a long, semi-prehensile tongue which is highly sensitive to different tastes can detect everything from what you had in your coffee that morning, to gunpowder residue on your hands.

Tactile- Finley Marceau is superstrong. She is the tank of the group, also possessing a near-invulnerability to damage.

Sight- Jacob Sims has both heightened sight and the ability to see in different wavelengths inaccessible to most humans, though his eyes appear milky-white as if he were blind. He is also pinpoint accurate with most ranged weapons.

http://orig04.deviantart.net/f608/f/2016/212/5/9/the_senses_by_melmo44-dac57xq.png

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JR19759 wrote:

Love the aurora effect on Frozen Steel

Thanks! That was the one part I fussed a lot with to get to where I was satisfied with it.

LullabyOfTheSin wrote:

<steals jr words, beacuse that’s so true> and also i must say, you really got inspired by the song. art and music fits greatly to each other

Thanks also! Unleash the Archers is a band I’ve been listening to a lot of, and I always love it when I can get a great visual from a song.

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CDC- Inspired By Music

I seem to use the same bands over and over for these, so I picked a totally different one this time. 🙂

Song- Frozen Steel by Unleash the Archers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPvFUDKlqAw

Picture: http://orig03.deviantart.net/e82e/f/2016/203/9/7/frozen_steel_by_melmo44-dab1350.png

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CDC- Public Domain Amalgams

Iron Skull: http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Iron_Skull

Butterfly: http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Butterfly

Crossed together to create: Iron Butterfly!

Marian Michaels was a soldier gravely wounded in combat. She was brought to a special hospital in Chicago, where she underwent extensive reconstructive surgery; her body augmented with cybernetics. Her new components gave her enhanced strength and durability, and a limited sense of telepathy. Once restored, she worked closely with the doctor who had ‘rebuilt’ her (Dr. Genevieve Watson) to add other augments that would aid her new purpose: fighting crime. Powerful strobe lights were installed in her limbs and eyes that could blind an enemy, further focused and reflected by a pair of superlight metallic wings that folded into her arms and torso. Also added to her back was a new, prototype jetpack that, along with her wings, allowed her to fly. As a cover, Marian now performs as a cabaret singer in The Garden of Eden club, where she keeps her ears open for gossip and tips that can help her cause.

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Pop Quiz- Totally Random

A quick entry 🙂

Picture here: http://orig13.deviantart.net/4bf8/f/2016/178/5/4/fog_mask_by_melmo44-da7v5io.png

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CDC- Sci-Fantasy

My extraterrestrial dungeon team:

Mellijum Two-Handed Warrior (alien of my own design, full story on pg. 8 of this thread)

Hopkinsville Goblin Dual-Wield Rogue (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%E2%80%93Hopkinsville_encounter)

Grey Warlock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_alien)

Reptoid Priestess/Healer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilians)

Picture here: http://orig10.deviantart.net/54e2/f/2016/175/4/d/alien_rpg_team_by_melmo44-da7jpev.png

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A cheerful get-well card. 🙂

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CDC- Musical

Rather than do another version of my music-inspired hero, The Sentinel, I created a new hero for that universe named Subsonic.  Long bio ahead:

James Flynn was a regular guy who liked skateboarding and extreme sports. One night while ripping through what he thought was an abandoned warehouse, he was captured by agents of the organization known as F.E.A.R (Facility for Exohuman Advanced Research). Their goal was to create a counter-measure to the heroine The Sentinel, and Flynn found himself ‘volunteered’. After six months of experiments and tinkering with his genetic code, Flynn was able to escape using his new powers. He had been turned into what amounted to a human tuning fork. Contact with his body produces a musical note, and because he was designed as a weapon, the vibrations from the sound is released mainly through his limbs. A casual brush would produce a small chime, while a loud clap or stomp creates a thunderous bass and devastating shockwave.

He found freedom difficult. Unsure of how to control his powers, he caused several incidents and a great deal of damage, which brought him onto The Sentinel’s radar. She found him eventually, huddled in an alley, too afraid to move for fear of causing more damage or injury. She took him in and helped him learn his powers, putting him also in contact with her friend Dr. Amelia Elliott, who helped him create a suit that would allow him to function in the world again. The suit is insulated with an advanced set of electomagnets that help to contain his powers, as well as retractable gloves and face shield. He began to accompany Lita in crime fighting as The Sentinel’s companion, determined to get revenge for what F.E.A.R did, and how it made everyone think he was dead. The only downside? The nicknames. There was Bass Master, All About the Bass, the Ace of Bass, and of course (and Lita’s favorite), Dubstep. But they make a formidable team; James’ thundering beats complementing Lita’s sonic screams.

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