StacyX and I have finished the prize for Caption Contest 38, the pirate captain Scavenger:

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You can win your own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason) via Caption Contest 42, going on right now!

Halloween Jack and I have finished his very funny prize for winning Caption Contest 37. He wanted a parody of a character featuring as many 1990’s-era Image cliches as possible, and here’s what I ultimately came up with:

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I tried to throw in everything I could, including:

• Big wide chest and itty-bitty hands;
• Headpiece at least as large as the torso;
• Grotesque skull-head open-mouthed gaping grin;
• Uncontrollable mane of hair;
• Lots of braids flying in all directions;
• Feet hidden by convenient bits of landscaping;
• Weapons that don’t quite fit in the hands if you really look at them;
• Bristling bits of gear hanging from all over;
• Pouches, pouches, and more pouches;
• Unnecessary bits of costume fluffery like oversized shoulder pads, thigh bands, etc.;
• Banded-metal body parts;

The thing about it is, I kind of like the drawing! That’s the power of seduction that is Rob Liefeld. It all looks really hawt on first glance, until you look closer at it. But hey, that formula netted him millions, so who am I to bitch about it?

Unfortunately Halloween Jack is out of town on vacation until the end of January so I couldn’t get this approved, but he told me to go for it and post it whenever I felt it was ready. It’s a lot different than the last thing he saw, hopefully he’ll still be pleased.

Don’t forget, you can win your OWN custom black and white illustration of whatever you like if you win the HeroMachine Caption Contest 41, going on right now!

You also still have time to enter the UGO Games contest to design the coolest-looking modern warrior. If you win, your creation will be the featured character in an actual online video game, which is awesome. So get busy!

Nate and I have finished his prize for winning Caption Contest 36, and are happy to share Chain Jane with you:

You’ve still got one day left to try your luck at winning your own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like with Caption Contest 38, going on right now!

Runt82 and I have finished work on his prize for winning Caption Contest 34, and are proud to present … Electrode!

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Thanks to him for the character concept, we hope you like the final illustration.

Your chance to win your very own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason) is going on right now with Caption Contest 38: Power Squat Happy Team JUMP!!, so head on over and try your luck.

Whit and I have completed work on his prize for winning Caption Contest 32 — the beautiful and deadly Annie Mae!

You can win your own black and white illustration of whatever you like by coming up with the best entry for Caption Contest 37, going on now!

From the fertile mind of Caption Contest 33 winner and Maryland fan Mark Shute comes this heartwarming image of a big giant Terrapin beating up a Virginia Tech Hokie which, despite the protestations of VT devotees everywhere, is just a big turkey:

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You can win your own black and white illustration of whatever you like by coming up with the best entry for Caption Contest 37, going on now!

Whittier and I have finally finished his prize for winning Caption Contest 31, and I thank him very much for his patience while I worked on it through the Warrior Mini onslaught. But here at last is his character, “Steam”:

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You can win your very own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason) in Caption Contest 35, going on right now!

Rick and I have finished his prize for winning Caption Contest 30, the indomitable Dauntless:

I’ll let Rick give some background for the character if he chooses, but it’s a neat concept, I hope I did him justice.

Your chance to win your own custom black and white illustration of whatever you like (within reason) is going on now, with Caption Contest 33!

Thanks to extraordinarily quick response times from Kaldath and great reference photos, I am happy to present the winning prize for the Patriot Hero contest:

Many thanks to everyone who entered, and to Kaldath for a fun and interesting character concept to design around. He has the HeroMachine versions of Salara and Kaldath available online, if you want to see what they looked like coming out of the program.

Congratulations again to Kaldath, and I hope you all enjoy seeing his concepts in color. Don’t forget, your chance to win your very own black and white custom illustration is going on now thanks to the weekly HeroMachine Caption Contest, so head on over and try your luck!

And as a bonus, here’s a close-up of Salara:

Just a reminder, you only have three days left to get your entry in for the “Patriot Contest” and the prize of a free custom color character illustration! As an example of the kind of drawing you might get (sans color), I present you with Draco, Runt82’s prize for Caption Contest 29:

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So head on over to the Photobucket group and get your entry in today before it’s too late!