Category Archives: HeroMachine 3

HM3: The most powerful handgun …

Tim and I have finished his prize for winning Caption Contest 66, and it is now available in ItemRight-Pistols. I give you the Smith & Wesson 500 Magnum:

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HM3: Prize items

With thanks to the two gentlemen in question for their patience at the long delay between their wins and their prizes, I am happy to announce the release of two new items for HeroMachine 3. First, we have Imp’s reward … Continue reading

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HM3: Fantasy armor 3

I’ve just updated the Tops-MaleFantasyArmor set for HeroMachine 3, to include the following sixteen new items: Let me know if you see any weirdness. These are all from user-submitted suggestions, which I am still working my way through. These were … Continue reading

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HM3: Armor addendum

I just posted a handful of new armors to the HeroMachine 3 Tops-Male-Fantasy-Armor set. The two things in particular I’d like your feedback on are the shading and patterning on this one (uses the 30% shadow integrated into the object, … Continue reading

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HM3: Fantasy armor, first pass

I’ve just posted the first 14 items in the still-under-development “Tops-Male-Fantasy-Armor” set for your early adopting pleasure to the HeroMachine 3 Alpha: These are basically the twelve existing Fantasy Armor pieces from HM2 (though not the Expansion), minus the last … Continue reading

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HM3: Armor up

It looks like the vote is to do Fantasy Armor next. As usual the plan is to convert as many of the 2.5 items in that set over as possible, and to kick it up several notches by including as … Continue reading

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Hand holding

Your Helpful Thursday guide for today is “How to Put an Item in Your Character’s Hand”, a question I frequently get from new users. The basic steps are: Put whatever item you want to go in that hand on the … Continue reading

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HM3: The music plays on

I’ve just uploaded the (probably) final update to the ItemRight-Music set in HeroMachine 3 Alpha, including: I was thinking about doing a big floor harp, bagpipes, and a tambourine, but just couldn’t get anything that looked good when drawn. So … Continue reading

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HM3: Prize items

I’ve wrapped up several outstanding contest prizes and have posted all but one to the live HeroMachine 3 app. First up, two of our winners — DiCicatriz (Character Contest 30) and SuperFan1 (Friday Night Fights) — decided to have portraits … Continue reading

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HM3: Kaldath’s FNF prize

Kaldath and I have finished his Friday Night Fights semi-final prize, a faerie dragonlet now live in Companions-Standard. Enjoy! (Click to embiggen.) Note that the eyes are blank so you can place any eye you like behind the figure for … Continue reading

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