Jester requested a twisted jester bauble for his winning jest in Caption Contest 95 (try saying THAT three times fast!), which is now available in ItemRight-Miscellaneous:
Thanks Jester!
Posted in Caption Challenges, Challenge Prizes, Challenges, HeroMachine 3
dblade put together an awesome goat head, now available in the Head-Animals set:
Thanks big guy!
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No, that’s not a new band name, it’s just a description of the new items just added to HeroMachine 3 thanks to Me, Myself, and I. First up are some very cool Chinese zodiac signs, each of which features a color2 area silhouette of the animal in question so you can set it to 0% alpha if you just want the glyph:
Those can be found in Insignia-Nature at the end.
Finally, MMI provided a nifty Celtic-themed shamrock knotwork pattern in Background-Shapes:
Many thanks to MMI for providing all of these nifty additions!
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I’ve just uploaded the following items to HeroMachine 3 (clear your browser’s cache if they’re not showing):
From the top left, you have:
As usual with body items, these are not fully supported with clothing and such — you’re on your own for making them fit. However, I did include a new leg with the hip rotated towards the viewer, and a new arm rotated away as it would be in a 3/4 view to hopefully help you “sell” the idea. I’m not sure how helpful this will be since you can’t put insignia or pre-made tops on it, but I’m sure you creative types out there will figure out a way to make it useful.
Depending on feedback I get on this one, I’ll be doing the same to the Female Body as SeanDavidRoss’ Character Contest 62 win.
dblade also put together a cool Crusher-type head, now available in HeadMale-Standard:
Many thanks to guest artists MMI and dblade!
Posted in Challenge Prizes, Challenges, HeroMachine 3
I’ve just added the following items to HeroMachine 3:
From top-left to bottom-right, they are:
Thanks to all those folks for their great ideas and particularly to dblade for drawing a custom item! Let me know if you have any problems loading these.
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I’ve just added the following prize for Iago Valentine’s Character Contest 55 prize, an open Oriental fan now available in “ItemRight-Miscellaneous”:
As usual, you may have to clear your browser’s cache for it to show up if you’ve recently loaded that set.
I’ve just uploaded more new items for you to enjoy in HeroMachine 3:
From the top left, credit goes to:
Thanks guys!
Posted in HeroMachine 3, News & Updates
A number of new items are now available for your use in HeroMachine 3:
The eyes are courtesy of Me, Myself, and I. They feature the two “hollow eyes” at the bottom and the two eyeballs at the top, one human and one cat-eye. The idea here is that you can turn on “Multiples”, add the hollow eyes, add the eyeball of your choice appropriately colored, then by masking the ball to the eye and moving it about, you can create a face that’s looking in different directions. A nifty idea!
The missile launcher is courtesy of dblade, and can be found in ShoulderRight/Left-Tech. Those tech items are a bear to draw, and he did a great job on it.
The boot is from me and is for Doomed Pixel’s Caption Contest 87 prize, “Biker boots”. It’s in FootRight-MaleStandard, eventually to be ported to the left side.
Many thanks to MMI and dblade for taking the time to draw these items! I’ve also got a couple from Scorpidius that I need to get into the app; hopefully those and more will be coming up in the next day or two.
As usual, you may have to clear your browser’s cache for these items to show.
Posted in HeroMachine 3, News & Updates
I’ve been very impressed with the HeroMachine 3 items DBlade and Zyp have recently submitted. Adding them to the program was much quicker than I thought it would be, and they look good on the figures. And of course, Mark has a long history of drawing a ton of fantastic stuff to flesh out our characters.
For those wanting to submit items, I wanted to put together template files that have everything in the proper layers. That should make it easier for you, and definitely will make it easier for me. After the jump, I’ll get into the nitty-gritty details of how to do all this.
This is for advanced users who have access to and are comfortable using a vector-based drawing program, so be warned. If that’s not you, then you probably don’t need to read further as it’s pretty technical.
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DBlade has sent in another great item, an all-seeing centered Cyclops eye, designed to look correct (ha!) when placed in the center of the head, instead of the others which are all drawn to either go on the left or right side:
This is now available in Eyes-Standard. Note that as usual, you may have to clear your browser’s cache if it doesn’t show up at the end of the list.
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Three middle-aged nerds (including yours truly!) review all of the MCU movies in chronological order. Short, funny, and full of good vibes, check it out and let us know what you think!
Nerdmudgeon.com