Ok guys, this weeks contest is going to be really simple. I want you to create a character in the style of the Golden Age of comics. If you don't know what the Golden Age of comics is, it's the period between 1935 and 1955, which was the birth of the superhero genre of comics. So think characters like the original incarnations of The Flash and Green Lantern.
As per usual, no limits on entries this week and the contest will close at midnight Saturday (blog time). The winner gets to claim a custom made item from dblade to be put into heromachine, so long as the item conforms to his prize rules, which you can find here: http://www.heromachine.com/forum/the-heromachine-art-gallery/dblades-whiz-bang-item-dispenser/. Please read the contest rules before entering, have fun and good luck.
Rules for posts, contests, and challenges that I am hosting: Original characters only, no copyrighted characters, no characters based on copyrighted characters, no characters based on RPG’s or other games. The characters must be your own design and not based on any character that might be copyrighted in any way. I have the right to delete any post that I believe crosses this line without warnings. Only post characters that you have either created for this contest specifically or you know for certain have never been entered to a contest before. If you aren’t certain, don’t enter it, because I’m not going to go back through all of the contests and check.
Decided to go all Golden Age with the version of Hero Machine I used for this contest.
I give to you…
America Man!
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/nug/2014/07/America-Man.PNG
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/djuby/2014/07/djuby-Nachtangriff.PNG
Our characters should be arch enemies, DJuby. 😛
lol-absolutely!
This contest has really got me inspired. Unfortunately, I’m sitting on a dock with a cold refreshing beverage on vacation. Looking forward to seeing some classic character concepts come to life!
Cheers from the lake!
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/djuby/2014/07/djuby-JoyceoftheJungle.PNG
How Do I post it?
@DaCreature- Upload your creation to an image hosting site (such as the Forums, photo bucket or deviantart), open the image in a new tab and then post the link to that image in the reply box and post the comment.
djuby your second one is looking a LOT like Shanna he she-devil (marvel comics). http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140611201440/avengersalliance/images/6/6e/Shanna_the_She-Devil-Classic.png
Just saying, its not very original.
@lukec12321- I will be the judge of what is acceptable or not thank you. And lets be honest, all Jungle men and women are basically Tarzan with a new name and, in the case of the Jungle Women, a different gender, so it’s not a very original concept in the first place is it?
Please delete precious post for incorrect formatting.
Buy bonds!
http://images51.fotki.com/v628/photos/9/3278209/13009693/SkybanditGoldenAge1-vi.png
DC’s gonna sue!
http://images16.fotki.com/v378/photos/9/3278209/13009693/SkybanditGoldenAge2-vi.png
@Skybandit: Post deleted as request
@DaCreature: Put your image in one of the hosting sites (PhotoBucket, DevianArt, etc..) then post the link to your image here.
The Silver Siren:
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/candruth/2014/07/The-Silver-Siren.png
http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/Brannon_Jolley/media/AllSeeing_zps9a8c4371.jpg.html Here you go his name is Seeing Eye, also thanks JR19759
http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/Brannon_Jolley/media/AllSeeing_zps9a8c4371.jpg.html Here you go his name is Seeing Eye, also thanks JR19759
^ Don’t mind the All Seeing his name is Seeing Eye
Presenting the golden age of Pokemon!
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/keric/2014/06/Eevee.PNG
Soviet war hero, The Hammer.
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/torog/2014/07/The-Hammer-1.png
Doc Starr, adventurer of the cosmos
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/vampyrist/2014/07/Vampyrist-DocStarr.png
Two Atraenian soldiers who fight the human hero
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/vampyrist/2014/07/vampyrist-Atraenian-soldier.png
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/vampyrist/2014/07/Vampyrist-Atraenian-guard.png
Here’s some more…
http://images60.fotki.com/v361/photos/9/3278209/13009693/SkybanditGoldenAge3-vi.png
http://images108.fotki.com/v1623/photos/9/3278209/13009693/SkybanditGoldenAge4-vi.png
http://images9.fotki.com/v1395/photos/9/3278209/13009693/SkybanditGoldenAge5-vi.png
http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/Brannon_Jolley/media/Maelstrom_zps16fcb5b8.jpg.html Name is Maelstrom (Spelled right) he can control water!
In true retro-fashion, I bring you Mighty Lass:
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/cantdraw/2014/07/CantDraw-MightyLass.png
Hammer’s comrade in arms, Sickle.
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/torog/2014/07/Sickle-1.png
A certain high-ranking official died because of a lack of proper air support. His dying wish was that he could prevent the same thing happening to other American soldiers. At the precise moment of his death, an eagle egg appeared in his usual seat in the chapel of the army base he was temporarily stationed. Much to the amazement of the chaplain, it hatched and grew instantly to adult size. It had a peculiar star on its chest and required no food or water. Its squawking alerted the sentries to a saboteur the very next night, saving perhaps two hundred lives. It fights the Nazis at every turn–American Eagle!
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Decided to update good ol America Man:
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/nug/2014/07/America-Man-NG.PNG
Meet the CLOUDBERRY LAD…
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Most of the entries I’ve Seen are mostly In tights . I have a feeling we will get Lots of Visiters to the Male/Female Spandex section. 😉
PS:Herr D I liked you’r story 🙂
PS 2: Nug i like You’r ‘Good O’l American Man More now 😉
@TheCreature: Clever name for your hero
@Torog: Nice character love the shading and the sidekick
@Skybandit: Those are some nice banners the first one should be for Captain america.
@Djuby: Love your First character Simply amazing
So i Though i’d make a character
http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/Agsfg_Dfrhgfr/media/CaptainEagle_zps98fa199b.png.html
PS:Nug i think our characters should be Brothers! And we have 1 Arch Enemy Djuby’s Villian
My Internet has been down since 10PMThursday.
Although you may wish I had not gotten back on line with the lengthy story entry.
Shooting Star
IF you want to listen to the music which I did while making all this: John Philip Sousa’s March, “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
Thomas Dare, also known as Tom or Tommy, volunteered for a Top Secret government test
Receptionist Betty Phillips & The Administrator Neil Morgan
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_Cast_zpsf33d390f.jpg
There he met:
Agent Jon Smythe, a somber agent who keeps to himself, who many speculate about his loyalties.
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_Agent001a_zps2fa5740b.jpg
Agent Phillipe’ Reynard
a gregarious redhead who everyone loves.
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_PhillipeReynard001a_zpsa03d3db4.jpg
Having studied depression and energy levels of residents where they had long, dark nights and long dark winters as opposed to sunny climes Dr. Herbert Jeffries had a theory to help increase productivity for soldiers to be revitalized by sunlight to fight off depression and fatigue
Every tissue in the body has vitamin D receptors, including
the brain, heart, muscles, and immune system, which means
vitamin D is needed at every level for the body to function.
Vitamin D is also the only vitamin that is a hormone. After it is consumed in the diet or absorbed (synthesized) in the skin, vitamin D is then transported to the liver and kidneys where it is converted to its active hormone form. Vitamin D as a hormone assists with the absorption of calcium, helping
to build strong bones, teeth and muscles.
In addition to its well-known role in calcium absorption, vitamin D activates genes that regulate the immune system and release neurotransmitters (e.g., dopamine, serotonin)
that affect brain function and development. Researchers
have found vitamin D receptors on a handful of cells located
in regions in the brain-the same regions that are linked with
depression.
ultraviolet radiation found in natural sunlight.
Dr. Jeffries came up with a a cocktail of Vitimin D, Saratonin, Dopamine, Vitimin C, Vitamin E to energize soldiers on the field
Dr. Jeffries with the test serum
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_Dr001a_zpsd99c3000.jpg
After a series of injections with the serum, nothing happened, one morning Thomas discovered one of the falling stars he had admired from his room had crash landed and not burned up.
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_Meteor001a_zps88a6dd92.jpg
Little did Thomas realize with the radioactive vitamin/hormone cocktail in his system, and absorbing the morning sun and radiation from the fallen meteor had all worked together to take effect on Thomas’ body and make him glow.
Thomas Dare had become a solar powered hero Shooting Star
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar000a_zps3f13b440.jpg
Solar powered
Needs hour of sunlight, or 4 hours of starlight to regenerate
powers:.
Strength,
Endurance,
Toughness,
Rapid healing,
Quickness,
Flight.
After the meteor exposure, he is tested, poked and prodded to see how he developed his powers.
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_Chamber_zpsd9c048ac.jpg
Little did they realize Reynard was a double agent, and he had radiated the test serums hoping to kill the test subject and sabotage the tests.
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_PhillipeReynard001b_zps8782568a.jpg
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStarFlying001_zps5eb440ab.jpg
Shooting Star defeated a spy ring, uncovering and defeating Phillipe Reynard
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar003a_zps09c0da26.jpg
Shooting Star battling Nazis
Shooting Star became much reported and loved
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar004a_zps59feaa1d.jpg
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStarPortrait001a_zps9f106003.jpg
Nazi Helmut Gunner
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_Gunner001a_zps8f885662.jpg
The Nazi Shark
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_Shark001a_zpsffb6146f.jpg
The Nazi Bullet
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_NaziBullet_zps22130b9a.jpg
Skelebot
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_Skelebot_zps29ed1fc5.jpg
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar002a_zpsc53bf05a.jpg
The Golden Skull
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_TheGoldSkull001a_zps6241e705.jpg
After WWII there are some other issues and villians.
The Blood Brotherhood
composed of occultists, mystics, pirates, cutthroats, and assassins
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_BloodBrotherhood_zps66e65072.jpg
Antoine LaBas – Leader of the Blood Brotherhood torturing Shooting Star in a darkened dungeon to discover the source of his powers.
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar005a_zps2bd84a85.jpg
Mark Sparks
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_MarkSparks001a_zps1c0ad01f.jpg
Mark found Shooting Star in the dudgeon and saved him
He suggested them team up together, and Mark would help him fight crime.
Shooting Star didn’t like the idea of endangering a helpless kid.
So Mark told Shooting Star something he hadn’t told anyone else.
Six months ago Mark has helping his dad Mike work on their old clunker of a car. Mark was struck by lightning in a sudden summer storm while holding the jumper cables trying to help his father jumpstart the battery.
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_Sparky_Jolt_zpsa2d063cc.jpg
What Mark hept to himself was that the resulting accident, gave Mark electrical powers.
Shooting Star was impressed.
Mark took the name Sparky and became Shooting Star’s sidekick
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_Sparky001a_zpsb1676a78.jpg
General Silverback
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_GeneralSilverback001a_zps1f93e721.jpg
Mother Night, Queen of Nightmares, Lady of Fear, Mistress of Fright
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_MotherNight_zpsdeaf7628.jpg
the mammoth magman Magmoth
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_Magman001a_zps4a57ddaf.jpg
The Triumverate
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_Aliens001a_zps4771d8d9.jpg
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy240/Cliff_HM3/Cliff_ShootingStar_Updraft_zpsaadb43d7.jpg
ARGENTO
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/madpac/2014/07/Madpac-Argento.png
STEALTH
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/madpac/2014/07/Madpac-Stealth.png
GOLDEN WINGS
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/madpac/2014/07/Madpac-Golden-Wings.png
Ok guys, this weeks contest is closed. The poll will be up after I’ve gone through all of Cliffs entries (this could take a while 😉 )
I really am sorry.
I AM going to try to keep it down
so you don’t put a limit on entries.
but his story developed and I had his supporting charactrs and villians