Yearly Archives: 2012

Critical fail roll, monkey wrench edition

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(From "Target Comics" number 2, 1940.)

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Pop Quiz: Melee Weapon Winner

Posted on April 15, 2012 by | Comments Off on Pop Quiz: Melee Weapon Winner

Many thanks to everyone who entered the last Pop Quiz, which asked you to make an awesome melee weapon! We had some great submissions, and I wanted you to have the chance to see them all for yourself. So without further ado, here they are:

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Pop Quiz: Melee Weapon

Posted on April 14, 2012 by | Comments Off on Pop Quiz: Melee Weapon

Get ready for your pop quiz, kids! Your one-day quick-fire challenge is:

Make an awesome melee (hand to hand) weapon in HM3!

You can make an axe or a sword or a hammer or a chain or anything else that could be used in hand to hand combat. Be creative, mix several different pieces together, and come up with something neat and original.

You only get one entry -- that's right, just one! So make it your best.

Most of the other rules are the same as for a regular contest, but instead of a whole week I'll announce the winner either tonight or first thing in the morning.

  • All entries must be in JPG or PNG form (BMPs are too big), posted to a publicly accessible website (like ImageShack, PhotoBucket, the UGO Forums, whatever);
  • Entries must be made as a comment or comments to this post, containing a link directly to the image and the character name;
  • Please name your files as [your name]-[character name].[file extension]. So DiCicatriz, for instance, would save his "Bayou Belle" character image as DiCicatriz-BayouBelle.png.
  • Please make the link go directly to the image (like this) and not to a hosting jump page (like this). If you see "preview" or "rotate" somewhere in the link you're probably doing it wrong.

The winner will receive their choice of either one item or one portrait to be included in the final HeroMachine 3 release, or one Sketch of the Day style drawing where you pick the subject and I draw it how I like.

Good luck!

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But I forgot about his big Mac Truck

Posted on April 14, 2012 by | Comments Off on But I forgot about his big Mac Truck

(From "Target Comics" number 2 1940.)

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HM3: Myro

Posted on April 13, 2012 by | Comments Off on HM3: Myro

I've just added Myro's portrait to the Head-Winners set as his prize for winning Caption Contest 116. Now you can make your very own Super Myro!

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HM3: Satyr leg

Posted on April 13, 2012 by | Comments Off on HM3: Satyr leg

I've just added a satyr leg to the Body-Monster set for Cliff's Character Contest 86 victory:

Cliff, I know you wanted three separate pieces, but generally I do my best to keep prizes to one item. Hopefully this will work for you.

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HM3: Batik pattern

Posted on April 13, 2012 by | Comments Off on HM3: Batik pattern

I've just added the following Batik pattern to "Patterns-Standard" as alvacascus' prize for winning Character Contest 78. If you don't see it, clear your browser cache and try again.

I cleaned up those over-run black bits as well in the final version, after this screen capture was taken. Enjoy!

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Sharing Day: Nerd Crush edition

Posted on April 13, 2012 by | Comments Off on Sharing Day: Nerd Crush edition

(Click to embiggen for inspiration if you need it.)

This week's Sharing Day topic is:

Who have you had the biggest "Nerd Crush" on?

You don't have to pick one of the stars pictured above, they're just here to get you inspired. Or whatever the appropriate adjective is. Ahem. Your answer should be a "celebrity" role, not someone you know in real life like the cute librarian or the hunky life guard who's secretly into "Twilight".

If you like, in return for answering my question to you, you may ask a question of me on any topic and I'll do my best to answer honestly and completely. Just leave your reply (and question, if any) as a comment. The goal is to learn a little more about our community and to put some positive vibes out there on this Friday the 13th!

As for me and my answer to this question ... I'm going to go with Lynda Carter, TV's original Wonder Woman. When she'd come on the screen and do that magic spin, transforming into the metal-brassiered Amazon ... wow. For a young nerd in a time before cable OR the Internet, that was pretty much the pinnacle.

Now, over to you! What actor in a nerdy role have you had your biggest crush on?

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And you thought MODERN flight attendants were bad

Posted on April 13, 2012 by | Comments Off on And you thought MODERN flight attendants were bad

(From "Target Comics" number 2, 1940.)

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HM3: Bootylicious

Posted on April 12, 2012 by | Comments Off on HM3: Bootylicious

I've just added Kytana's prize for winning Character Contest 82 into ItemRight-Miscellaneous:

I had big plans for doing an open version, and then the open version being broken into separate top pieces and bottom pieces, but when I opened the set I realized I'm almost out of room in it. So I had to go with just the closed iteration you see here.

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