Congratulations to Kaldath for winning Character Contest 28 with his unusually-posed “Spider-Cat”, daughter of Spider-Man and Black Cat:

(Click to embiggen.)

We’re at the point of needing to rename this the Kaldath Award, I think. Congratulations to him and to all the great entrants for that contest, it was some really nice work.

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Thanks to everyone who voiced their opinion in the Olympian Games’ Swimming Competition! On behalf of Main Man Hammerknight, I am happy to report the following characters are our winners:

Gold Medal: Aquaman (DC)
Silver Medal: Namor the Sub-Mariner (Marvel)
Bronze Medal: Blue from Hellboy (Dark Horse)

Finally a publisher other than DC or Marvel breaks onto the medal stand! After three events, Marvel and DC are still tied, with four medals apiece, while Dark Horse makes their first move with one.

I am happy for Aquaman since, let’s be honest, he doesn’t have a lot going for him other than swimming ability. I mean, can you imagine Namor bothering to talk with a flounder or a herring? I think not.

ETA: Forgot the title. Oops.

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Congratulations to TopHat, winner of Caption Contest 70 for this entry:

TopHat, let me know what you’d like as your prize, and congratulations again for the laugh!

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Thanks to everyone who voiced their opinion in the Olympian Games’ Track and Field Competition! On behalf of Main Man Hammerknight, I am happy to report the following characters are our winners:

Gold Medal: The Flash (Barry Allen) - DC
Silver Medal: The Flash (Wally West) - DC
Bronze Medal: Silver Surfer - Marvel

After two events, therefore, we’re all tied up with Marvel and DC each having 3 medals.

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I am happy to announce that the HeroMachine community has decided that Hunters trump Hunteds, with the winning overall Hunter being “The Hunter” by Aegon Targaryen!

Aegon wins a black and white character portrait, so congratulations to him. That’s a really gorgeous drawing, easily one of the best submitted to any contest so far. Well done! I particularly appreciate the way he’s managed to make it look like the figure is aiming to his left, by scootching the face over a bit, and clever layering of the hair, ear, and antlers.

As for WHO he is hunting, that would be the overall vote winner in the Hunted poll, “XP45 Prototype” by Matt!

Matt wins any item of his choice, or a portrait of himself, to be included in HeroMachine 3. Congratulations, Matt, and thanks to everyone who entered!

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Congratulations to TheNate for winning Caption Contest 69!

Nate, let me know what item you’d like to appear in HeroMachine 3’s final version, or if you’d prefer a portrait instead.

Thanks to everyone who entered and to all the other Finalists!

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The winner of Character Contest 26: Golden Oldies is … Jake and his Minuteman redesign!

Jake wins his choice of either any item or a portrait of himself to appear in the final version of HeroMachine 3. Congratulations! It was a great looking illustration.

I also tip my hat to Gero’s Spy Smasher and Kyle’s Ms. Scarlet, as they were the next runners-up.

Thanks to everyone who entered!

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It’s time to pick your winner for Character Contest 26: Golden Oldies! I’ve picked out a handful of outstanding Finalist / Honorable Mentions from the many wonderful submissions made, and now you get to decide who will be the overall winner. For some reason, none of the “Bulletman” revamps worked well enough for me to count as a finalist, I’m not sure why. Maybe I just love the ol’ guy too much.

Anyway, here goes, congratulations everyone! Voting is for one week, the winner to be announced next Monday.

• I liked Brons’ overall design, and the idea of making Pinky a woman was intriguing as well.
• DiCicatriz’ “Minuteman” looks a lot like a border-patrolling Texas kind of guy, which would make for some fascinating stories and character development, which is what you want out of a good retcon in my opinion.
• Gene’s “Spy Smasher” did much the same for that character, placing him in the Middle East it looks like, which again is a good approach to what someone with that name would be doing in today’s world, assuming he worked for America.
• I liked Imp’s “Minute Man” for hearkening back to the Colonial namesake, while still looking kind of bad-ass.
• Jake’s “Minute Man”, on the other hand, has a great design to the overall illustration with the black hourglass and the faded out character. It’s a really nice effect.
• Kyle’s female take on “Ms. Scarlet”, along with a really nice pose, clenched its inclusion here.
• Finally, Me Myself & I gave kind of a Zorro vibe to “Mr. Scarlet” which is neat. I get a feel that this is a real character.

Great job, to them and to everyone who entered. Using PollDaddy for the voting kind of limits me; I used to include Honorable Mentions (like Martian Blue’s this time) that were funny or clever without being necessarily contenders for the overall title. But they one aspect or another was interesting enough to feature. With voting like this, I don’t feel like that’s necessarily fair, or fits, which is kind of a shame.

Anyway, thanks again to all our entrants!

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Congratulations to Runt82 for taking home the gold with this fantastic entry for Caption Contest 68:

Runt wins any item of his choice or a portrait of himself, either to be included in the final HeroMachine 3 program. Well done, sir!

(Original image and characters © Sam Kieth and Image Comics.)

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I am happy to announce the winner of Character Contest 25 is … Anarchangel!

The margin of victory was one vote, but even crazier is that the vote for second place was even closer — it was a tie! So our two runners-up, who will also be featured in the banner on a rotating basis, were (in order they appear below) Psycko Sama and Hammerknight:

Anarchangel wins either one item of his choice, or a portrait of himself, either of which will appear in the final HeroMachine 3 release. Congratulations to him, and to both Hammerknight and Psycko Sama! Great job to everyone who entered, my thanks.

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