Category Archives: News & Updates

The latest happenings on all things HeroMachine.

Suit Up!

Hi all! Marx here, once and future contributing artist, with my first Blog post.

I noticed awhile back that if the hero your are designing is a suit-wearing type of hero, you really only have one choice of suit in HM3. When Jeff offered me the chance to come back and draw for HM3 after a long hiatus, I thought I'd start by expanding the options for the well-dressed hero. Because sometimes you want a picture of Superman, but sometimes you want a picture of Clark Kent.

I started with the existing single-breasted suit jacket and added three more jacket styles that all use the same sleeves as the original. I also added an open jacket and pushed-back open jacket for when you want to reveal a bit more of what's underneath. You can find them all in the Tops > MaleCoats set. (also duplicated for the FemaleCoats set.)

preview pane showing new suit jacket options

The elbow joint seen above in the lower right corner will hopefully make bent arm poses a bit more graceful. In addition, I added two new ties in the Neckwear > Standard set, and a folded pocket handkerchief to the Insignia > Standard set.

Then, just to show off all these new fashion choices, I put together a picture of four not-at-all-copyright-infringing, suit-wearing characters that I like to call "The Billionaire Boys Club."

Four non-copyright infringing characters wearing four different styles of suits.

Hope you all find them useful.

Woohoo – Nice Legs, Buddy!

Well, I thought some demon/dino/satyr/orwhatever legs might come in handy with certain foot items. So, now available under BodyMale / Alternate:

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And since I'm gonna be away for a few days:
Merry Christmas, Possums! MSN-Emoticon-xmas-108

Whiz Bang Will Be Back After the Holidays

Whiz Bang has stopped production over the holiday season. It will return after the new year with a continuation of the weekly Item Creation poll. Happy Holidays, everyone!

Welcome to Mad Jacks Rag Shop

I’ve just added a "few" items I had lying around to HeroMachine3. Hope you enjoy it... 😉

You might have to clear your cache for the new stuff to appear.

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HM3: Best Foot Forward

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Whiz Bang and Madjack are stepping up and providing the latest in footwear! So jump into these designer originals and avoid being out of style this season.

The Gothy Buckle Shoe was runner up in the Whiz Bang Item Poll#2 and is moping around in FootRight/MaleStandard.

The Heavy SciFi Infantry boot stomped the competition in the Whiz Bang Item Poll#2 and has fortified itself in FootRight/MaleTech.

Madjack provided the tech boot where it is kicking it in FootRight/MaleTech.

Madjack also went back in time to provide the dino foot specimen which now roams FootRight/MaleStandard.

Whiz Bang Item Creation Week 2 Poll Results!

And the winner is ...

Heavy SciFi Infantry Boots!

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The Goths couldn't stand against the discipline of this military juggernaut of war. So get ready to gear up when these hit the Machine!

I've already started this piece so expect a little something in your <appropriate holiday gift receptacle>.

See horse? Sea horse!

Since I had it drawn anyway for a "super hero pet" commission, I went ahead and added this little fellow into Companion Standard. Because this is much more practical than skiing through the air on flying fish.

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More landscaping

I just added the following items to the Background-Landscapes set:

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A couple of those are lakes/ponds/bodies of water. As you can see there are a few requested items (the mesa, the cave front, the big cactus) as well as a number of trees, some grass, etc. Hopefully this will help bring your settings to life.

HM3: Wanna Cook?

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Welcome new art contributor, Madjack! He was kind enough to provide this iconic "Heisenberg" hat and glasses.  Look forward to seeing more of his quality work (more on the way). I'd say its 99.1% pure awesome.

The hat can be found in Headgear/Modern.
The sunglasses can be found Headgear/Glasses

HM3: One day, lad, all this will be yours

No, not the curtains! These vast tracts of land, available now in Background-Landscapes (a completely new set). The idea behind these is that you can use the "multiples" setting to piece together your own scenes. So for instance, there are some standalone trees, some middle ground plains, plenty of far-off mountains, some piles of rocks, etc. This is another experiment along the lines of the Rooms and Furniture sets, so let me know how they're working.

If you have other landscape elements you want to see included, let me know.

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