Category Archives: Challenge Prizes

The winning prizes for all HeroMachine challenges.

HM3: Swordbreaker

Black Griffin wanted an Italian Sword-Breaker as his prize for winning Caption Contest 77, a very cool looking item I'd never heard of before. This beauty is now available in ItemRight-BladesTwo:

HM3: Cool chapeau

Thanks once again to Zyp, who in a twist of fate sure to see the inversion of the dimensional vortex and the appearance of Evil Spock with a goatee, provided his own prize for winning Character Contest 61:

This stellar addition to the haberdasher's art is now available in the Headgear-Modern set for HeroMachine 3.

HM3: Long beard and Tapered Tail

I've just uploaded two Contest prize items to HeroMachine 3. First was Jenna's "next prize up on the replacement list" for winning Character Contest 46, which was a "long-ass wizard's beard" like we had in HM2:

And next was a "tapered tail" for PapaKrok's Character Contest 57 win, also a "next item up":

I think it's appropriate PapaKrok ended up with that one, because it turned into something that could be a big tentacle, evil flower frond, wicked tongue, wave form, or some other equally demented thing he would be likely to turn it into. So that's cool.

Be sure to thank both of them if you like the items, for giving up their prizes! And if you had something different in mind for the final shape of these two requests, let me know.

HM3: Stonehenge

As a "thank you" for extraordinary assistance troubleshooting bugs, I offered Panner the equivalent of a contest winning prize, and he chose "Stonehenge". I've just uploaded the following addition to Background-Standard for HeroMachine 3, now available:

Thanks, Panner, it was a great idea! If you want changes to it, let me know.

Unclaimed Contest Prizes

If you have won a contest but have not claimed your prize, you've got one week to let me know what you want before your prize is revoked and turned over to the general community for voting on what they want to replace it with. You can comment on this post, you can use the contact form button at the top right column (the envelope) or you can email me directly at afdstudios@gmail.com. The full list of winners who haven't told me what they want is after the jump.

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HM3: Graveyard

I had some trouble with the next item on the Replacement Prize list, which PapaKrok requested for winning Character Contest 51. It was "spooky graveyard background", and this is what I came up with (now in Background-Standard):

Part of the problem is, if you get too complicated then the two-color limit really hits you hard. So I settled on doing something more abstract that hopefully will serve as a good backdrop for adding in other spooky bits to create the exact scene you want.

Update: Here's the Replacement Prize list:

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HM3: Snake mouths and banners

I just added the following item to Background-WordBalloons:

And the last three of these snake-like bits to Mouth-Standard as BakerDoc's prize for winning Character Contest 56:

Enjoy!

HM3: Owen head and logo

BlueBlazer requested a portrait of his nephew Owen for winning Character Contest 53, and it's now live in Head-Winners:

Frevoli requested a remake of this logo as his prize for a Friday Night Fights 2 consolation round:

And here's what we ended up with:

FHF2 Runner Up Prize

DiCicatriz and I have finished his prize for coming in second overall in the last Friday Night Fights. Here's the character description and visual I was sent:

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HM3: Human Heart

I've just posted B. Clouser's prize for winning Caption Contest 91, a realistic Human Heart:

It's now available in Insignia-Nature, at the very end.