With thanks to MartianBlue for the idea, your challenge for this week is to come up with a character inspired by Greek Mythology!
You've got the whole playbook from which to choose, from an intrepid adventurer like Jason and his Argonauts to the savage Titans to medusae to satyrs to Argus to Hercules and everything in between, so I am expecting some awesome creations. I know the temptation to draw from other mythological traditions will be strong, but let's keep it to Greek for this contest.
The rules as usual are simple:
- No more than three submissions per person;
- All entries must be images saved to a publicly accessible web server (like ImageShack, the UGO forums, etc.);
- Submissions must be left as comments to this thread, containing a link to the image of the character(s).
The overall winner will receive either a portrait of themselves or any one item of their choosing for inclusion with HeroMachine 3. You've got one week, so good luck to everyone!
P.S. Don't forget, you can still vote in Round One of Friday Night Fights, too!
P.P.S. If you're looking for a who's who in Greek mythology for ideas, this Wikipedia article is a good start.
Sounds cool, can’t wait to start.
Glad I could help
1.) Atlas
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m189/acebase_2006/Hero%20Forum/Atlas.jpg
For my first entry, I made a Fury. The Furies were three bird-women who would torture souls in the Underworld. Many people for some reason confuse the Furies with harpies, which actually looked nothing like women. Instead, harpies where large, gargoyle-like demons that would–and I’m not making this up–defecate on an old man’s food as a form of torture for his pissing off the gods in one way or another.
Reference Picture:
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn48/GeroTheKeymaster/Fury.jpg
Fury:
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn48/GeroTheKeymaster/Fury-1.jpg
Jeff, by a curious coincidence I drew This Guy Right Here just last week. I was intentionally going for a classical mythological vibe. Could he count, or would I have to draw somebody else? Thanks for the clarification.
Athena Goddess of War and Wisdom.
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64348&d=1259093846
My second entry is Prometheus. For the unimaginably horrible crimes of first creating humans, then teaching them how to make fire and use tools, the other gods bound Prometheus to a rock, and summoned up hawks that would eat his liver every day. This was possible because, as an immortal god, the damage done by the birds repaired itself every night.
Prometheus:
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn48/GeroTheKeymaster/Prometheus.jpg
*does a happy dance* I can do this!
That’s fine, Niall.
Jeff, here’s an entry from me: Icarus, the first hotshot pilot, falling to his doom. Enjoy!
Jeff, does it have to be an actual figure from mythology or can we create one with a backstory that would slot in nicely into the greek mythos?
Whatever you like, Lawrence, made-up but in-genre is fine with me.
Nyx – The goddess of the Night
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64351&d=1259099619
@Gero: Prometheus is fantastic!
Gero, just looking at Prometheus makes my insides hurt 🙂
hermes messanger of the gods
http://s846.photobucket.com/albums/ab29/mercwithamouth2/?action=view¤t=hermes.jpg
She’s a Dryad, which is a tree nymph.
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64352&d=1259101998
2.) Zeus
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m189/acebase_2006/Hero%20Forum/Zeus.jpg
Can i post a representative a greek god or goddess or does it have to be the entity itself.
I always thought that Prometheus got a really raw deal. I mean, if he hadn’t invented people, the other gods would have no one to trick into wars or have sex with. And they thanked him for it by tying him to a freaking ROCK and letting birds peck at his insides all day! Thank you, that ends today’s Crazy Rant About Fictional Characters…
Hermes, The Great Messenger of the Gods:
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm127/Ghostboy7/Heromachine/Hermes.jpg
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2039628&id=1035979191&saved#/photo.php?pid=30815212&id=1035979191
Iobe is a daughter of a Naiad (river Nymph) and a fisherman from Athens who was prophesized at her birth to be the end of a false king and god.
P.S.
and yes, I agree with you. I’ve always thought that Prometheus got the short end of the stick. The Greek pantheon should be grateful that the idiot made humans.
Phlegyas the ferryman that transported souls across the river Styx to the Underworld.
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64355&d=1259110702
Hopefully, i’m the first one to do this.
I give you the Cyclops, Polyphemus! (i took a bit of, eh, “artistic license” with him.)
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64356&d=1259112549
(you’ll need to log in to UGO)
Hi folks! This is Talos, the giant bronze man created by the big man himself, Zeus! If a foriegn ship got too close to Crete, Talos would throw boulders at it and destroy it. I could sure use Talos when those pesky Jehovahs’ Witnesses visit the neighborhood.
Talos:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=172525&l=b541cc07a0&id=1815191475
can we make the related to greek myths but in the modern world?
Achilles
http://s871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avellante/?action=view¤t=Achilles.jpg
Hephaestus
http://s871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avellante/?action=view¤t=Hephaestus.jpg
Minotaur
http://s871.photobucket.com/albums/ab274/avellante/?action=view¤t=Minotaur.jpg
Pretty much anything related to anything in Greek mythology is fine. Don’t overthink it 🙂 Modern Hercules, Space-Going Harpies, straight depictions of Hermes, it’s all good.
All gods/entities are dictated by a certain set of rules. One of these rules is that gods can’t Directly interfere with human society. Prometheus broke this rule and see where it brought him. Tied to a rock with an eagle picking out and eating his liver. Gods have found a way around this by using a type of soldier called Vanguards. They are humans with a gem or item infused with their entities abilities. Ares, Greek God of war’s vanguard is called Mars. His name is Luke Marston and he is a great fighter who can wield a sword as well as a gun. He can summon any weapon and is a superhero.
Ares:
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64354&d=1259106063
Mars:
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64189&d=1258692279
Do you think greek myths are real, because they are.
My name is Hannah Marigold, and one day my life changed forever. While walking home i heard a commotion. two men in full greek armor were fighting. Both had swords and one man had a shield.
The shield man was killed and dissapeared in a puff of smoke. All that was left was his sword and shield. I had to stop the killer so i went into battle. I heard a voice saying that i only had time to grab 1 weapon. I made a choice and grabbed the shield. The attacker brought his sword down and i blocked. I push him off and bring the shield into his gut. It knocks the wind out of him and i follow thru with a whack to the neck. He goes out unconcious. I feel myself being pulled thru the heavens and come face-to-face with a toga clad woman. She was ancient yet young. She had storm grey eyes like that of an owl’s and hair that matched. “I am Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom. You, Hannah, chose the Aegis shield instead of the sword that killed Medusa. That shows a wisdom in you and the way you fight shows that you are a natural warrior. You may keep the shield and fight for me or forget about all this.”
I said only one thing “I’ll fight”.
That was how i was given the Aegis shield. It gave me the ability to create magical forcefields. I am Athena’s soldier. I am Aegis
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64182&d=1258688051
Poseidon
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64366&d=1259126865
Death Bow
http://picasaweb.google.com/Tristan.comic.freak/Heroes#5407914798398706338
Hermes
http://picasaweb.google.com/Tristan.comic.freak/Heroes#5407927881946612194
Insperation for hermes
http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/1400/1463/hermes_1_lg.gif
Niki the Godess of Victory:
http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv97/MrVampire_photos/HeroMachine/Niki-P.jpg
Hey I just realised I can’t spell!
Should be Nike!
My first entry, Aphrodite.
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64369&d=1259144984
And my second entry, Atlas (settle down Hak)
….I seem to have a thing for men in chains in this contest…
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=61125&d=1249329506
Ganymede, cupbearer of the Gods
(Ganymed in German spelling)
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64370&d=1259154658
Poseidon
http://s961.photobucket.com/albums/ae99/dhabirunner/?action=view¤t=Poseidon.jpg
Hercules
http://s961.photobucket.com/albums/ae99/dhabirunner/?action=view¤t=Hercules.jpg
Hades
http://s961.photobucket.com/albums/ae99/dhabirunner/?action=view¤t=HAdes.jpg
Danny:
When i think of Talos, i think of something that looks like this:
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64375&d=1259161207
Thanatos, the Greek personification of Death. Turned out crap because HM3 glitched out on me toward the end.
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64376&d=1259162235
@TopHat: Save early, save often!
Thanks everyone for your continued support and encouragement. It’s hard not to be challenged to improvement with great work as is being submitted here.
Here is a medusa:
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64377&d=1259163415
Zeus entry #2.
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64378&d=1259164249
Entry #1: Apollo
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll49/Kaldath/APOLLO.png
@The Eric: When i think of Talos, I think of an old Ray Harryhausen movie called “Jason and the Argonauts.” I tried to avoid anything that looked like the JatA version of Talos.
Artemis
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64381&d=1259166043
All gods/entities are dictated by a certain set of rules. One of these rules is that gods can’t Directly interfere with human society. Prometheus broke this rule and see where it brought him. Tied to a rock with an eagle picking out and eating his liver. Gods have found a way around this by using a type of soldier called Vanguards. They are humans with a gem or item infused with their entities abilities.
Isabel Luna is the vanguard of Artemis, greek godess of the moon and the hunt. She has a magic quiver and wolf to let her fight crime as Artemis.
Artemis:
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64305&d=1258983281
The mighty Achilles as the trojans saw him from their walls:
http://s765.photobucket.com/albums/xx298/calenore/?action=view¤t=Achillesorsomething.jpg
Took way too much time. Too much time spent on computer… Probably should get a life…
I did the exact opposite :p
This is my second entry, the huntress Atalanta:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=172883&l=063aabd4db&id=1815191475
@vampyrist: Your version of Artemis would be a good counterpart to Marcel Comics “Moonknight”.
Oops! I meant to write “Marvel” Comics.
Theseus
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64387&d=1259175488
My third and final entry is Perseus, the man who defeated Ann Coulter-oh, excuse me; I meant to say that Perseus defeated Medusa. I’m always confusing Ann Coulter with gorgons.
Perseus:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=173003&l=d90cc8eb6f&id=1815191475
@Danny Thanks
Entry #2: Hercules
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll49/Kaldath/Hercules.png
Entry #3: Artemis
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll49/Kaldath/Artemis.png
Ugg, I just realized I used the wrong name on my last character .. I put Artemis on there when the image if of Athena ,,,, Going to have to redo the entire image cause I used the wrong name …. grrrrr
Entry #3 Corrected: Athena
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll49/Kaldath/Athena.png
Satyr
http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u352/DENZIS666/hm3-beta14.jpg
Artemis
http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u352/DENZIS666/hm3-beta15.jpg
My final entry is the Chimera. The Chimera was a monster with the head of a male lion, the body of a female goat, the tail of a snake, and the wings and breath of a dragon. Because there were no items for a goat udder or a lion head, I sort of had to improvise for some of this…
Chimera:
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn48/GeroTheKeymaster/Chimera.jpg
this is ed your co worker who is a little high strung
try not to make him angry
http://s846.photobucket.com/albums/ab29/mercwithamouth2/?action=view¤t=minotaur.jpg
Ares god of War.
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64395&d=1259194982
Entry #4: Pan
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll49/Kaldath/Pan.png
Everyone’s favourite Gorgon slayer!
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff31/synnersaint/Roleplay/Perseus.png
Boy, do I miss the old HM2.5 Gorgon hair!
http://img692.imageshack.us/i/myths1.png/
Behold, Scylla and Charybdis!
Scylla, a grotesque, many-headed monster lurks in the cliffs of a very narrow body of water and eats ships which stray too close. Charybdis is a large, bladder-like sea monster which sucks in and spews out water three times a day, creating a menacing whirlpool. They guard their strait, and if any passing sailor tries to avoid one, then they are attacked by the other.
These two characters are the origin of the phrase “Between a rock and a whirlpool” (the cliffs of Scylla and the Whirlpool of Charybdis. The phrase later became the more well known saying “Between a rock and a hard place”.
These two are my favorite characters from the Odyssey, because they are so menacing and left with so little description. Much is left to the imagination with them.
Entry #1, Medusa:
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64403&d=1259216185
I give to you…
Ruler of Mount Olympus and God of Thunder, ZEUS:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a386/joker_wild/Zeus.jpg
God of Mountain Wilds, PAN:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a386/joker_wild/Pan.jpg
The Punished Titan forever bound to Earth, ATLAS:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a386/joker_wild/Atlas.jpg
Hope you enjoy.
I chose Bellerophon, son of Poseidon and rider of the pegasus, who slayed the chimera by using his spear to place a black of lead in it’s throat. When the beast breathed it’s fire, it melted the lead and suffocated itself.
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/3673/bellerophon.png
Hypnos god of sleep.
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64407&d=1259244639
The mighty Hercules!
The third time is the charm!
http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww145/costanps/hm3-beta1.png
Looks like plenty of people got to Artemis before I did, but I shall not let that dissuade me.
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/739/hm3thehunter.png
The design combines elements of classical Greek mythology with scant echoes of modern high fantasy. I’ve tried to capture the Goddess in the midst of a hunt, but I’m not sure how well it turned out.
Perhaps I’ll take a crack at a version of Hades next. He always was one of my favorites.
Well, that certainly didn’t take long…
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6297/hm3officework.png
In the complete opposite vein, Hades is pictured here in modern days, processing every single soul that comes through his realm. With birth and death rates being what they are… Let’s just say he’s a busy man and leave it at that. Seated at his desk, he wears an expression that says, “Next please.”
Helios the Sun God, not to be confused with Apollo the God of Light.
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64431&d=1259329859
Hera, wife of the Greek god, Zeus.
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64432&d=1259334549
“Hercules? Hercules? Surely you mean Heracles,” said kingmonkey with a smug look on his face.
@Iago: Your Hades looks like the one from “Dis: Life is Hell”.
Way back near the very start of this thread Gero posted this picture of a Fury…
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn48/GeroTheKeymaster/Fury.jpg
I thought it was a pretty cool piece of art and it inspired me to do this…
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff31/synnersaint/Roleplay/Fury.png
The Furies:- Gods fear us. Demons fear us. We have hounded kings and angels. We have taken vengeance on worlds and universes. We are the Kindly Ones. We are the Eumenides.
Merv Pumpkinhead:- Yeah? Well, eumenides this!
Quoted from The Sandman #66 by Neil Gaiman
My entry #1: Uranus seduces Gaia
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ljMRt8JxU2I/SxA-YiDEfSI/AAAAAAAAALw/pXiL8bGnrqc/Uranus-Gaia.png.jpg
http://forums.ugo.com/showpost.php?p=624658&postcount=114
Follow the link for my two entries
My entry #2: Heracles’ 10th labour
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ljMRt8JxU2I/SxBNBhneX7I/AAAAAAAAAL4/DQ1Acwiyroo/10th%20labour.png.jpg
Here is my 5th entry: Atlas
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll49/Kaldath/Atlas.png
My 3rd and probably final entry.
Two of my favorite characters in Greek mythology, the God and Goddess of the underworld, Hades and Persephone.
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64461&d=1259417837
Here are three of the Twelve Olympians for your consideration:
Artemis
Hermes
Poseidon.
Enjoy!
atlas
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/rancid20/hm3-beta7.jpg
Inspired by this week’s contest I had a bash at making a quick comic using Heromachine. I’m only entering the cover but if anyone wants to see the whole thing it’s saved as the album. Let me know what you think.
http://s800.photobucket.com/albums/yy288/lawrence_goodman/?action=view¤t=A.jpg
Here’s one more. The Minotaur.
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64478&d=1259455809
The rules as usual are simple:
1. No more than three submissions per person;
@Kaldath, umm I think we are supposed to only submit 3 entries.
@HK stop following me. lol
@Synner: Aw man, you figured out how to make a 3 thonged whip, no fair!
@Kingmonkey: Thank god you didn’t choose to depict Hercules’s 5th labor, to clean out the Aegean stables in a single day!
Well I really dig on this contest, the Greek myths are what got me into Fantasy, which got me into Sci-fi, which got me into comics, etc.
I wanted to do something different, and while thinking of Sci-fi versions of the Greek myths, I was reminded of my Stargate campaign that I am running for my two oldest kids and a buddy.
So, here are a trio of the Goa’uld lords that they will be facing very soon….
First up is Hades, Lord of the Underworld. After the System Lords left Earth, Hades took his human and Jaffa slaves and traveled to a remote corner of the galaxy. There he found a new race of Hosts, a dark skinned elfin race that dwelled below ground. (Yes, this race is based on the Drow. One of my sons wanted to play a drow in a D&D campaign, but also wanted to play Stargate, so I converted the Drow to the Stargate game.)
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/i-kBTCxTSBYsi3686Lvz1A?feat=directlink
Next up is Ares, God of War. Ares traveled about the galaxy, fighting wars anywhere he got the chance. Eventually his armies came up against Hades and he was brought to a halt by the Death God’s Jaffa and Drow forces. Hades made Ares his General. Ares also commands the elite Spartan Guard.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hlhueFJ9BhzlDX4H2DFYWA?feat=directlink
Lastly we have Hecate, Goddess of Magic and Mystery. Hecate is considered a master of technology, utilizing ancient and alien technology she finds to the point where even the other Goa’uld called her Sorceress. Hecate had suffered a few setbacks with her slave races when Hades came along, and conquered her territory. He had originally only spared her life to have access to her technological secrets….but then he learned that she was a Goa’uld Queen, capable of giving him more symbiotes for his Jaffa army.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RuUdPEL1mwDb-OPrrPensg?feat=directlink
And that’s it for those three.
I just had to throw my hand in, even if I’m not 100% happy with how it turned out.
I give you Eris, goddess of confusion and discord. Though a more Principia Discordia take then proper greek mythos of her, wish I could have done a better apple.
http://picasaweb.google.com/icesong/HeroMachineImages#5409439241963228610
Sorry if I seem pushy here, but is there any chance you’ll bring out Medusas Hair Jeff?
@Matt I had that problem with my entry 65!
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/rancid20/hm3-beta8.jpg
minotaur
I present you Hermaphrodite, the son of Hermes and Aphrodite and the forced gestalt of a man and a woman I played with the woman= magic, man= war theme for it.
Hope this work, If not, here is the link that you must enter in your browser: http://img44.imageshack.us/i/hermaphrodite.jpg
It’s been an awful long time since I had time to enter a contest. This hasn’t been easy, had to make it twice because of a bug. Grrr. But I’m satisfied with the result. I had a lot of fun making it.
Ok, my link didn’t work. Here’s a new one
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/2932/hermaphrodite.jpg
Capricorn
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=57743&d=1241385119
Cacus
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=61212&d=1249765850
Scorpio
http://forums.ugo.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=57748&d=1241385188
http://forums.ugo.com/showthread.php?p=624830#post624830
theres my entry hope you like it!