Category Archives: News & Updates

The latest happenings on all things HeroMachine.

HeroMachine on your iPad, iPhone, or Android device!

If you've ever been frustrated by being unable to use HeroMachine on an iPad, iPhone, or Android device (as I have), your problems are solved! For a very small price, you can install the Photon Browser from AppsVerse onto your mobile device and enjoy any Flash-based content on the Internet, like HeroMachine.

I've been playing with it all day on my iPhone and it works great. It does cost a nominal fee (I want to say $4), but you can finally take HeroMachine (and all other Flash content) with you wherever you go.

“Hall of Fame” new entries

Many thanks to those of you who submitted nominations for new "Hall of Fame" entries. I went through them all, limited myself to one per creator, and selected the ones I thought were truly exceptional. Congratulations to AMS, djuby, Harlequin, Iscarioto, NHA247, RobM, Scatman, and Trekkie!

Products

It looks like I might be able to figure out how to get your character illustrations printed onto pretty much anything -- iPad cases, shirts, mugs, hats, playing cards, you name it -- through Zazzle.com. Basically I'd add more options to the "Export" screen, so you could either save it as an image (all the current stuff) or to a product. You'd pick the product, click go, and you'd be taken to a Zazzle page with your image on that product. Then you could order it any way you like.

My questions are:

  • First, is that something you would want;
  • Second, what kinds of items would you want as an option?

You can see all the options they have here.

HM3: Belts fitted to the Female body

I've just updated the main HeroMachine 3 application with support for a new set of items, "BeltStandardFemale". It is a duplicate of the "BeltStandard" set, but with all of the items redrawn and/or repositioned to fit the Standard female body (the first one in Body-Female-Standard). The hip lines are different and the overall position of the belts lower than on the male, so now you don't have to move and size them manually (and still have weird angles that you have to mask to the body to get rid of).

Still to come in the great male-female conversion are all of the facial features, Neckwear, and Pants. And all of the alternate bodies. Ugh.

If you don't see the new set appear on the drop down list, clear your browser's cache (and only the cache, not cookies or other saved data!) and reload the page. If you see it on the list but it won't load, do the same thing.

HM3: Best foot forward

The following nifty (yes, I said nifty, I'm old) items are now available in FootRight-Male-Standard thanks to the prolific dblade. Enjoy!

dblade-shoes

HM3: You’ll put your eye out

These two nifty guns (the "Godeater" and the "Mare's Leg" from opposite ends of the historical spectrum) are now live in ItemRight-Rifles thanks to the mighty dblade:

dblade-rifles

HM3: Don’t get mouthy

Another set of new dblade items has gone live, this time featuring some really cool mouths:

dblade-newmouths

HM3: Yet more dblade goodness

I've just added the following dblade-drawn items to HeroMachine 3:

From left to right they can be found in Backplane-Standard, ItemRight-Miscellaneous, Headgear-Glasses, and Headgear-Standard. Enjoy!

HM3: More gloves and, finally, a seal

*tap tap* Is this thing on? Hello?

Excellent! I've just uploaded the following items, created by dblade, to the live HeroMachine 3 server:

If you don't see them in your previews, clear your browser's cache. The seal body is in Body-Monster while the gloves are in GloveRight-Standard. I have female versions of them from dblade but not in the program yet, and will upload them at some point as well.

I want to thank dblade for these and for all the other items he's contributed. You're a champ, Champ!

I also want to thank Kaldath and Hammerknight for keeping the blog side of things rolling along.

I hope you all have a great New Year's celebration!

Marvel NOW! On-Going Titles

From the "desk" of mcknight57

We would like to present a list of the new Marvel titles under their Marvel NOW! campaign.
All New X-Men: Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen   Out Now (11/14/12)
The original five X-Men join the current team in the present day after the events of Avengers vs X-Men.

Avengers: Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opena  (12/ /12)
A relaunch of the Avengers with a new creative team and faces from recent iterations of the team.

Avengers Arena: Dennis Hopeless and Kev Walker (12/ /12)
Many young Avengers will be plucked from their lives and dropped into a Murder World one-on-one death match. 

Cable and X-Force: Dennis Hopeless and Salvador Larroca  (12/ /12)
Cable returns to lead Domino, Colossus, Forge and Dr. Nemesis. They will be branded as terrorists and chased by the Uncanny Avengers.


Captain America:
 Rick Remender and John Romita Jr. (11/21/12)
This will be a new direction for Captain America. It will  include a trip to Dimension Z, which we can only hope means "zombies."

Deadpool: Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan and Tony Moore Out Now (11/7/12)
Deadpool has been "recruited" by S.H.I.E.L.D. in order to combat the reanimated, ghostly versions of all of the former Presidents of the United States.

Fantastic Four: Matt Fraction and Mark Bagley   Out Now (11/14/2012)
The most awesome family in Marvel takes a trip through time and space, with a whole lot of "are we there yet?" Okay, probably not that much.

Fearless Defenders:
 Cullen Bunn and Will Sliney  (2/ /13)
This will be an all-female title from Marvel, with such characters as Valkyrie, Misty Knight and more to be recruited after the first issue.

FF: Matt Fraction and Mike Allred (TBD)
While the Fantastic Four and company are traveling, this hand-picked team will be their stand-ins on Earth.

Guardians of The Galaxy: Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven (2/ /13)
The team will now be defending the galaxy and getting S.W.O.R.D. involved. The team will consist of Star Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Iron Man, Drax, Groot and Gamora.

Indestructible Hulk: Mark Waid and Leinil Yu  (11/21/12)
Bruce Banner teams with S.H.I.E.L.D. to make Hulk truly the ultimate weapon, hopefully for good.

Iron Man: Kieron Gillen and Greg Land  Out Now (11/7/12)
The series continues from the last installment of Iron Man and finds Tony dealing with the repercussions of the Extremis storyline.

Morbius: The Living Vampire: Joe Keatinge and Rich Elson (1/ /13)
All that is currently known is that it will not be a strictly horror title as has been the case in the past.

New Avengers: Jonathan Hickman and Steve Epting (12/ /12)
This will be a darer, more realistic book than the optimistic original Avengers that Captain America and Tony Stark have built.

Nova: Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuiness (2/ /13)
We will be seeing a new Nova and a very compelling origin story, according to Jeph Loeb.

Thor: God of Thunder: Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic  Out Now (11/14/12)
We will be seeing a very different Thor, in a condition he's never really known before. For the first time, he will be afraid for himself and the gods of Asgard.

Thunderbolts: Daniel Way and Steve Dillon (12/ /12)
This will be the Thunderbolts that nobody ever expected. None of the new team have ever really been team players before.

Savage Wolverine: Frank Cho (1/ /13)
The story will be primarily in the Savage Land, and include a team-up with Shanna the She-Devil. From what has been mentioned, we probably won't see Ka-Zar, her husband.

Secret Avengers: Nick Spencer and Luke Ross (3/ / 13)
This will be a truly top secret team, with cool black-ops style story arcs and classic spy stuff through out. There's even a few extra awesome team members like a new Iron Patriot and Taskmaster.
 

Superior Spider-Man: Dan Slott and Ryan Stegman (1/ / 13)
There will be a darker, more aggressive Spider-Man. There has been speculation to his identity, since it's NOT Peter Parker, but nothing confirmed.

Uncanny Avengers: Rick Remender and John Cassaday  Out Now (10/31/12)
The X-Men and Avengers have come together as one team, with Cyclops' brother Alex (Havok) as their leader, with very good reason.

Uncanny X-Force: Sam Humphries and Ron Garney  (1/ /13)
There will be a new cast and new looks for Marvel NOW!'s Uncanny X-Force. Writer Sam Humphries is going for big and bold on this title.

Uncanny X-Men: Brian Michael Bendis and Chris Bachalo (2/ /13)
We'll be getting a new look at the Scott Summers as he tries more than ever to live up to the legacy of Professor Xavier. He will be joined by Magik, Magneto and Emma Frost.

Wolverine: Paul Cornell and Alan Davis (3/ /13)
This series is more about Wolverine trying to be a normal guy and just run a school. The action comes when he is trying to save those he cares for ... and Quentin Quire.

Young Avengers: Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Mike Norton (1/ /13)
This is a teen superhero book, which replaces Avengers Academy. They're not nearly trained enough, but they have the youthful optimism to still fight the good fight.

X-Men: Legacy: Simon Spurrier and Tan Eng Huat   Out Now (11/14/12)
This book focuses on Legion, the omega-level son of Charles Xavier, who is learning how to control his multiple personalities and the powers that accompany them.