Character Design Challenge #481 – Pirates – With A Twist – Prizes for LizzyVern and Xinmodic

LV's Steampunk pirate

inmodic's Spideebeard

My versions inspired by the original designs...
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Toonmudgeon: Iron Giant!

Nerdmudgeon: Earth's Mightiest Podcast!

We continue the discussion of "Can animated super-hero movies be as good as (or even BETTER THAN!) the MCU?" with a review of the cult classic "Iron Giant". Is this even a super-hero movie?! Tune in & find out! https://nerdmudgeon.com/the-iron-giant

Character Design Challenge #481 – Pirates – With A Twist – Results

I hate ties. Mostly because it means more work for me. But there are times when I just cannot make a decision on who should win and who should be runner up. This is one of those cases. And so, the winners are...
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Character Design Challenge #482 – Haunted Houses


Your CDC challenge this week is to create an original haunted house. It can be a castle, a mansion,
a shack, a hut – any type of domicile you want. Just use your imagination and have fun

The winning entrant will receive my HM3 version of who I imagine lives in this terrifying home .
The characters must be your own design and not based on any character that might be copyrighted in any way.
Rules for posts, contests, and challenges:
Original characters only, no copyrighted characters, no characters based on copyrighted characters.No characters based on Official RPG NPC's ( Non-Player Characters ). Please keep all submissions PG13. I have the right to delete any post that I believe crosses this line without warning. Only post characters that have been created solely using Hero Machine, and that you know for certain have never been entered in a contest before. If you aren’t certain, don’t enter it, because I’m not going to go back through all of the contests and check.
All entries must be in JPG or PNG form (BMPs are too big), posted to a publicly accessible website (like the HeroMachine :,ImageShack, Deviant Art, or whatever); Do NOT use Photobucket
• Entries must be made as a comment or comments to this post, containing a link directly to the image and the character name;
• Please name your filesas [your name]-[character name].[file extension] before you upload it. So DiCicatriz, for instance, would save his “Bayou Belle” character image as DiCicatriz-BayouBelle.png.
Please make the link go directly to the image (like this) and not to a hosting jump page (like this).
This contest will close on Monday, November 2nd at 6:00pm Eastern

Character Design Challenge #480 – Gladiators – Prize for AMS

My version of AMS' gladiator...

Congrats again on the win.

Toonmudgeon: The Incredibles

Nerdmudgeon: Earth's Mightiest Podcast!

The guys continue their Toonmudgeon journey – asking "Can animated super-hero movies be as good as (or even BETTER THAN!) the MCU?" – with their review of "The Incredibles". Check it out at https://nerdmudgeon.com/the-incredibles.

Character Design Challenge #481 – Pirates – With A Twist

Your CDC challenge this week is to create an original pirate character…but not your same old, run of the mill pirate. You will need to change it up somehow, in order to snatch the win. Maybe it is a change in gender or ethnicity. Or blend the pirate theme with something like steam or cyberpunk. Use your creativity and have fun
The winning entrant will receive a HM3 version of their character rendered by yours truly.
The characters must be your own design and not based on any character that might be copyrighted in any way.
Rules for posts, contests, and challenges:
Original characters only, no copyrighted characters, no characters based on copyrighted characters.No characters based on Official RPG NPC's ( Non-Player Characters ). Please keep all submissions PG13. I have the right to delete any post that I believe crosses this line without warning. Only post characters that have been created solely using Hero Machine, and that you know for certain have never been entered in a contest before. If you aren’t certain, don’t enter it, because I’m not going to go back through all of the contests and check.
All entries must be in JPG or PNG form (BMPs are too big), posted to a publicly accessible website (like the HeroMachine :,ImageShack, Deviant Art, or whatever); Do NOT use Photobucket
• Entries must be made as a comment or comments to this post, containing a link directly to the image and the character name;
• Please name your filesas [your name]-[character name].[file extension] before you upload it. So DiCicatriz, for instance, would save his “Bayou Belle” character image as DiCicatriz-BayouBelle.png.
Please make the link go directly to the image (like this) and not to a hosting jump page (like this).
This contest will close on Monday, October 26th at 6:00pm Eastern

Character Design Challenge #480 – Gladiators – Results

Great turnout this week folks, and lots of talent on display. Well done!
Runner up this week is FallenKing1991.

Lots to look at here, but I LOVE the way you did the audience. Good job your majesty.
And the winner is...
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Character Design Challenge #479– Gender Flip – Prize for Christi S.

My rendition of Christi's winning characters.

Congrats again on the win.

Nerdmudgeon: Spider-Man, Into the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse poster showing Gwen, Peter, and Miles in front of a city

With the conclusion of the #MCU reviews, we now tackle the question "Can animated super-hero movies be as good – or even better than – the MCU?" in what we call TOONMUDGEON! Join us as we kick things off with "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse"! Please give a listen if you're so inclined at https://nerdmudgeon.com/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse and if you haven't seen "Into the Spider-Verse" yet, you definitely should! It's honestly one of the best super-hero movies of all time in my opinion.