When my laptop got stolen a few months ago, it had some updated HeroMachine source files on it, containing things like a bunch of headgear and boots and tops from dblade that were not backed up. Restoring files from my Durango desktop meant that I got old versions of those files without the new items in them. So when I later went and added yet more new stuff (like the hoodies) and put the resulting file on the server, it was missing all the previous additions.

The good news is, all of the fantastic dblade items I lost when I overwrote the Headgear-Modern set with the new hoodies have been restored (if you don’t see them, clear your browser cache). The bad news is, they’re not in the same order as they used to be, so you might notice some weirdness when loading old saves. I apologize for that. The missing dblade fantasy boot also is up now.

Having finally figuring out how to decipher which other items were out of date on my local system but not on the server, I have updated the Eyes-Standard and Tops-Male-Tech sets as well. So if I have to do any updates for those going forward, we’ll be set and you won’t lose anything. Hopefully.

Speaking of dblade, I’ve finished two of dblade’s outstanding prize requests, portraits of him and his adorable daughter Amelia, available now in Head-Winners:

And finally, I want to once again thank dblade publicly for all of his great work adding items to HeroMachine 3. He’s made a huge impact on the program, all on a volunteer basis. We’re beyond lucky to have someone with that much talent giving of it so generously. Thank you, dblade, you rock!

Edited to Add: Dang, I forgot that I also put in two “face-kicking shoe bottoms” in FootRight-Standard as well as the prize for Fuzztone’s Pop Quiz win!

Here are the people who have won a contest but who have not yet claimed either a specific prize or a “next item up” donation:

• PapaKrok – Character Contest 73 (Virgo)
• dblade – Character Contest 76 (Animalia II)
• dblade – Caption Contest 103
• PhatChick – Character Contest 83 (Lust)
• Worf – Caption Contest 105
• Loki – Caption Contest 106
• Frevoli – Caption Contest 107
• LoneWolf6155 – Caption Contest 111
• Frankie – Caption Contest 112
• 1rd2th3st – Caption Contest 115
• Bael – Caption Contest 121

I’ve got eight “next item up” requests, which according to the list would be:

• Mecha parts
• Quarian Battle Suit Pieces
• Chain Sword
• Sci-Fi armor
• Earrings
• Omni Glove
• Space Marine Armor 1
• Black Ant style wrist blasters

If you’re interested, the items after that (not currently “claimed”) are:

• Army sweater
• Nathan Drake style sweater
• Wheelchair (with blanketed legs)
• Battle Axe, Bronze
• Chinese Broadsword
• Shoe bottom for in-your-face kicks
• Battle Axe
• Battle Axe, Gimli Style
• Sci-fi pistol
• Battle Axe, Sickle-bladed
• Hazmat Helmet 2
• Ilwoon Sword
• Apollo Space Suit Pieces

If none of those really strike your fancy, we could do another round of replacement item nominations and voting to pick new ones.

Mad Doctor’s prize for winning the last Pop Quiz is now up in GloveRight-Standard:

I’ve just updated the Headgear-Modern set with the following hoodies:

The first is FRM’s prize for winning Pop Quiz 5. The other two are from the most excellent dblade, just because he’s awesome. Be sure to drop him a “thank you” in the comments!

FRM, I still owe you a second Pop Quiz prize.

I’ve just uploaded Dan’s prize for winning Caption Contest 120 to the “ItemRight-Miscellaneous” set:

The first image there of the bicycle was the genesis of the additions, Nick Hentschel’s prize for winning Caption Contest 113. I know there are now two VW Bugs but come on, there are a lot of Hippie characters out there who need wheels, man!

I’m probably most excited about the locomotive for some reason and the car with the undercarriage showing. I think that will be a nice one for strong characters holding it over their heads.

Enjoy! As usual, if you don’t see the new items, clear your browser cache.

Note that color2 is the skull/torn up paint sort of stuff, so if you want just a pure mask in the general outline you can make color2 transparent.

Enjoy!

Note that this means my only two outstanding “named” prizes are a ten-speed bike for Nick Hentschel and an open umbrella for Dan. Then it’s on to the replacement prizes and I will be caught up, finally!

DiCicatriz and I have finished work on his prize for being the overall Friday Night Fights 3 champion. It’s a duo of his original characters, Wraith and Howl. Here they are in black and white (click to embiggen any of these):

And here they are in color:

Since I work in Flash with layers, it’s easy to export pieces of the overall image as well, which he went ahead and got:

I had a great time working on them, and luckily I think he was happy with the end result.

DiCicatriz has done some fantastic work over the years and has been very generous sharing his creativity. I’m glad I got the chance to pay that back a bit.

I’ve just uploaded Trekkie’s prize for winning Character Contest 88 to Headgear-Mask:

Enjoy!

Kaldath’s prize for winning one of the Consolation Rounds in the last Friday Night Fights was a cyborg centaur body, now available in Body-Monster: