Author Archives: AFDStudios

HM3: A hairy situation

Posted on December 5, 2009 | 22 comments

I am happy to announce the release of the Female Standard set of items for the “Hair” slot in HeroMachine 3! With 79 items, 2/3 of which are brand new and the rest properly sized and positioned conversions from the Male Standard set (pony tails, bangs, that sort of thing), this is one of the larger sets to date. Hopefully you’ll be able to find just the right combination to make your character come to life.

Many thanks to the folks who posted requests and suggestions in the last thread, they were very helpful. I wasn’t able to use them all, but you should recognize quite a few from that list. Here are a couple of previews:

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Posted in HeroMachine 3, Previews

Friday Night Fights Round 3: Fantasy!

Posted on December 4, 2009 | 16 comments

Congratulations to the winners of Friday Night Fights Round 2, who have each won either their own portrait or any item of their choice to be included in the final HeroMachine 3 version! The four Semi-Finalists will now square off in head-to-head matchups to compete for your votes. The two winners from this round go on to the Finals, with the runner-up receiving a custom black and white character illustration and the winner their own custom color illustration.

Here’s how our bracket stands at the moment:

Without further ado, I present your two Semi-Final Matches (click on an image to see the full-sized version)!

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Posted in Challenges, Friday Night Fights

Random Panel: Thanks, Captain Viagra!

Posted on December 4, 2009 | 4 comments

(From “Captain Midnight” number 3, 1942.)

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Posted in Daily Random Panel

Recipe: Size still matters

Posted on December 3, 2009 | 3 comments

I lied last week and said Hammerknight’s recipes included resizing information for the female template’s feet. Oops. Luckily he has made me an un-liar, with this week’s installment! Many thanks to him as always for generously sharing his time and skill with the rest of us slackers. As usual, click on either image to enlarge for legibility.

Thanks again, Hammerknight!

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Posted in Recipes, Tips & Tricks

Random Panel: Best. Ellipses. Ever.

Posted on December 3, 2009 | 10 comments

(From “Captain Midnight” number 3, 1942.)

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Posted in Daily Random Panel

HM3: Hair suggestions

Posted on December 2, 2009 | 37 comments

It looks like “Female Hair” won out for the next set of items for me to work on, so if you have specific requests for that, please leave them in the comments to this post. Any links to actual images of what you want will be the most helpful, but anything goes.

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Posted in HeroMachine 3

Tight voting

Posted on December 2, 2009 | 4 comments

Don’t forget to vote in the current Friday Night Fights round! The “West Coast Avengers” bracket is super-tight at the top, with Flame Knight leading Galactic Guardian by just TWELVE votes. The other matches are close, and could still be decided by a late surge as well.

You can vote every day, and by all means encourage your family, friends, and pets to make their voices heard as well!

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Posted in Challenges, Friday Night Fights

Random Panel: It only picked up show tunes …

Posted on December 2, 2009 | 4 comments

(Apparently this is “Politically Incorrect Week” here in Random Panels. This one’s from “Captain Midnight” number 3, 1942.)

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Posted in Daily Random Panel

Caption Contest 66: Gunnergirl

Posted on December 1, 2009 | 94 comments

The person who comes up with the funniest replacement dialog for this caption will win either a portrait of themselves or any item they choose for inclusion in HeroMachine 3! So get those funny caps on and start writing great lines for this:

bloodstone-12-1994-image-liefeld-gunnergirl

The rules are simple:

Keep it clean, appropriate for late-night broadcast television;
No more than three entries per person;
All entries must be left as a comment (or comments) to this post.

That’s it! Good luck everyone, and as usual I’ll announce the winner next Tuesday.

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Posted in Challenges

Character Contest 22 Winners!

Posted on December 1, 2009 | 28 comments

The “Greek Mythology” character contest produced a lot of fantastic entries, so thanks to everyone who took the time to participate! I’ve selected a handful as Honorable Mentions, and of course one overall winner (who receives either a portrait or any one item of their choice for inclusion in the final HeroMachine 3 version) for your viewing pleasure.

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Posted in Challenge Favorites, Challenges, Cool Characters