I’ve just added the “LegwearMaleOuterwear” set to the HeroMachine 3 Alpha, which includes the following items and more:

The idea is that this set contains leg-worn items that do are not fitted around the waist and groin, or which don’t have individual fitted leggings. Things like loin cloths, kilts, armor skirting, pouches, etc.

Let me know in the comments if there are additional items that fit the set you would like to see. Note that I am not done with Legwear yet, this is only those Legwear items that hang loose from the waist, or which are tied around individual bits of the leg. I’ll be doing full pants and such next, but these were easier and I wanted to knock them out.

I tried to make sure that most of the items in Tops-MaleFantasyArmor had something to go with them, hopefully this will help while I work on the complete sets.

Remember, if there’s only a “right” option, just choose “multiples”, add the item again, and use the “Flip” button to put it on the left. You’ll have to drag it over there but it ought to work.

I’ve just published the latest set of items for HeroMachine 3, “Headgear-Modern”. It includes some of the appropriate items from Headgear-Standard and a more or less complete port of updated HeroMachine 2.5 pieces from the same set. Here’s a sample:

Let me know any problems you encounter, or missing items you’d like to see as part of the set, in the comments below.

Mark has continued his great work on ItemRight-Rifles for HeroMachine 3, and I’ve posted the updated set! Here are a few words from the man himself.

Hi all! Hope you enjoy the new Rifles Set. I tried to include all of the most iconic rifles and sub-machine guns from history and fiction. You’ll find the weapons that stormed the Bastille, the beaches of Normandy, the deserts of Kuwait and the terraforming colony on LV-426. Some weapons, like the ubiquitous MP-5, come in a million different configurations; where reasonable, I’ve tried to give you enough scopes, bi-pods, bayonets, retractable stocks and other accessories to customize each weapon just the way you want.

Now I’m not so arrogant as to think that I’ve included every long arm and accessory an HM3er could want, so I’m ready to take requests for the weapons I’ve missed. There are 92 items currently, and Jeff tells me that Flash starts to bog down if you get much past 100, so there’s room for about a dozen more items. Make your requests here in the comments of this post.

But here’s the thing–You know how Jeff wants reference pictures for items you request? I NEED reference pictures. And not just any picture, I need good resolution pics of the item flat-on the way it will appear in HM. I’m no artist like Jeff. At best, I’m a “graphics technician.” For example, this image I can replicate. The rifle in this image I can not.

So if you can find me a good reference pic for a rifle, sub-machine gun or related accessory that you’d like me to add, post it here. I’ll do my best to add the most popular requests.

Here’s the set of 12 sci-fi rifles, which look GREAT, as a teaser:

Thanks to Mark for his as-always wonderful work on this.

I’ve just added a “Fonts-Runic” set to HeroMachine 3 for your use in creating various magicky-looking bits. Most of these are just symbols, and only uppercase at that, so you might have to play around a bit to see all the permutations.

You can use these as a nameplate for the image; individual letters as insignia; sized and rotated for runic branding on weapons; individual letters rotated around for spell effects; masked onto skin as tattoos; or any one of a dozen other ways I am sure the creative community can devise.

Have fun!

I am still plowing through HM2 sets that need to be converted to HeroMachine 3. I’ve just posted the new version of the old “Coats-CapeFronts” set, which can now be found in “ShoulderRight-Capes”. Here they are:

Holler in the comments if you either see something wrong, or if there are specific items you’d like to see added. Requests with links to an image of what you want are the most helpful, but please make it specific — if I want to do a Google Image Search for “Capes” or “Cloaks” so I can get twelve dozen pictures I will do so. Limit yourself to no more than three requests, otherwise I’m going to mentally mark it as “spam” and move on.

That sounds harsh. I don’t mean it that way, it’s just that sometimes too much is worse than nothing at all. So only request things you really want, I think I have a pretty solid set already and am not looking for general reference, just specific items likely to be of interest to lots of different people to flesh it out.

With help from the nice commenters on the last post, I’ve added the following items to Insignia-Nature for HeroMachine 3. Thanks guys!

Hope you like ‘em! If you think I missed some items that ought to be there, or if you see a glitch of some sort, by all means let me know in the comments.

With profound thanks to Mark Shute, I’m happy to announce that his ItemRight-Rifles set is now live in HeroMachine 3 and ready for outfitting your various dinosaur marines. Woot! More to come in this set, but we didn’t want to limit you unduly with the contest this week. Please do not make requests for Rifles yet, Mark wants a separate thread for that so he can keep track of it, once he’s all done with the ones he’s already got plans for.

Also, I’ve been working on prizes for past contests and have uploaded several, including the following:

Jack Zegler’s tank commander goggles and helmet from Character Contest 36, in Headgear-Military:

Power Ranger style armor for Aaron’s Caption Contest 76 win, in TopsMaleCoats:

Joshua’s Caption Contest 75 prize, a sci-fi visor in Headgear-Military:

SpiderCow2010 gives us a twofer, a complete muscular (but not Hulk-esque) female body, and then just clenched and tight female abs, both in BodyFemaleStandard:

Phew! In the “pending” category, meaning I have a version of the item out there for approval from the winner, are a generic city skyline for SpiderCow2010; a tiger bear thingie for Meg; big huge Alex Mercer claws for TopHat; and a flaring trench coat and button lapels for Doomed Pixel’s long-ago HeroMachine 2 win.

In the “working actively on it” category are MartianBlue’s dragon helm; Kaldath’s big Friday Night Fights scene; and Imp’s Friday Night Fights runner-up character sketch.

In the “I haven’t started on it yet” category are Rancid’s rose insignia; Lawrence’s Panama skyline; Bloodless Rose’s anime hair; DiCicatriz‘ tiny cherubic hippo; and Cliff’s large flower background.

Finally, there are still an awful lot of people I haven’t heard from yet one way or another on their prize. If you see your name here, please contact me (afdstudios@gmail.com or just leave a comment below) about what you want!

• Cory (Caption Contest 57)
• Fishpants (Caption Contest 58 and Character Contest 12)
• Frankie (Caption Contest 62)
• Bixlord (Caption Contest 63)
• Black Griffin (Caption Contest 77)
• ArtfulDodger (Character Contest 2)
• Violodion (Character Contest 5)
• Drummergirl (Character Contest 18)
• Brons (Character Contest 21 & 23)
• MercWithAMouth (Character Contest 24)
• Vigilante (Character Contest 32)
• Imp (Character Contest 33)
• Doomed Pixel (Character Contest 38)

Everyone up to MercWithAMouth is in danger of having their prize revoked or reassigned, so by all means speak up if you want yours!

I’m open to suggestions as to what to do with these unclaimed prize options, if you have any ideas let ‘em rip.

I’m going to be using some of the items I build for the last, similar attempt that got canceled and which you can find in HeroMachine 3 now — the robot heads and arms and legs and such. But I need a lot more. If you have any ideas, I’d love to hear them in the comments.

I will probably be using a 3/4 view figure like in the old one, so the mechs will be facing off to one side. That makes placement in HM3 a bit awkward since that’s a head-on view but such is life.

I’ve also been doing some thinking about what slots should be available, and so far this is what I have:

1. Background
2. Weapon
3. Driver
4. Torso
5. Head
6. Hips
7. Right Shoulder
8. Left Shoulder
9. Right Arm
10. Left Arm
11. Right Leg
12. Left Leg
13. Miscellaneous

I was tempted to put something like Insignia in, but these guys don’t usually have chest emblems, do they?

Anything you can tell me that you think I should know about building good mechs would be much appreciated.

I’ve just posted 30 new items into the “ItemRight-Miscellaneous” set, bringing the total to 84. Here’s a quick peek at most of them:

Not shown are a spray paint can, a Bible, a nasty-looking grimoire, a blank furled flag, a blank open flag, and a round bomb with fuse.

Hope you like ‘em! If there’s something egregious you see wrong or missing, let me know.

Two fairly large non-HM3 projects have come up with UGO, so it may be two weeks or so before I work on new items. I have someone else working on them in the meantime, though, and if he wants I may post a thread for requests.