Character Design Contest ā™Æ100- Threedesign

Posted on November 24, 2014 by | Comments Off on Character Design Contest ā™Æ100- Threedesign

*Puns*

I know some people think they've twigged as to what this weeks contest is going to be, and I have a feeling they are sort of right. But not exactly right.

So, over the last two weeks I've asked you to come up with characters using older versions of Heromachine (Heromachine 1 and Heromachine 2.5). This week what I want you to do is to redesign those characters using Heromachine 3. However,Ā YOU CANNOT REDESIGN ONE OF YOUR OWN CHARACTERS. Instead you must redesign someone else's entry, preferably more than one persons if you are going to enter multiple times. That's why I said by entering the previous contests you are giving permission for your entries to be used in this contest, so no complaints from anyone please.

To make it easier to find those contest entries, here are the links to the contests-

HM1 Contest

HM2.5 Contest

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/.Ā 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 RPGā€™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 pictures and imagesĀ that you have either created for this contest specifically or you know for certain have never been entered to a contest before. If you arenā€™t certain, donā€™t enter it, because Iā€™m not going to go back through all of the contests and check.

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Character Design Contest ā™Æ99 (HM2.5) Poll

Posted on November 23, 2014 by | Comments Off on Character Design Contest ā™Æ99 (HM2.5) Poll
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Character Design Contest ā™Æ98 (HM1)- Winner

Posted on November 23, 2014 by | Comments Off on Character Design Contest ā™Æ98 (HM1)- Winner

Ok, that title's wrong for a start. Because, as very occasionally happens in these polls, this week ended with a draw. It was very close between the top three all week (and our third place entrant only finished three votes adrift) but one single last minute vote was enough to take this from being an outright win to a shared one. And the people who are sharing this win areĀ GuyGenesis, for hisĀ Android, andĀ Legatus, for hisĀ Father Fusion. Nice one guys, I'll let you decide between you what you're going to do about the prize, and well done to everyone else who entered, it was a great contest.

98 GuyGenesis-AndroidĀ 98 Legatus-FatherFusion

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Telling it like it is since 1962

Posted on November 22, 2014 by | Comments Off on Telling it like it is since 1962

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Character Of The Week: DiCicatriz- Crag

Posted on November 21, 2014 by | Comments Off on Character Of The Week: DiCicatriz- Crag

Now there's a very particular reason I chose this weeks COTW and I want to see if anyone realises before they get to the end of the post. So, everyone, please take a look at this.

Ok, well for a start it's DiCicatriz, so that means the shading is awesome. You can just feel the cold emanating from him, with those icy blues and the stark white highlights. But that's not the reason.

Then we have the contrast of the picture. The cold blues and whites of the foreground character stand out brilliantly against the warm reds oranges and browns of the background. Still not the reason though.

Then we have the costume. Admittedly I would have preferred it if the pure black didn't make up most of the colour for the costume, it does mean much of the detail is lost, but it works against the very light body colours. I do like the fact that DiCi has used some of the lesser seen items, the disk shoulder pads (not sure what they're called) and the giant clawed gauntlets. It makes the piece stand out more. But again, that's not the reason.

The reason I chose to feature this picture, is because of his face. He's Regice šŸ˜‰ . Ok not really, but he looks quite like him. Seems like someone else is as hyped as I am for the new Pokemon games šŸ˜‰ Ā .

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Open Critique Day #4

Posted on November 21, 2014 by | Comments Off on Open Critique Day #4

Alright! It's time for another Open Critique Day! By the way, I'm sorry that I didn't really give any feedback last time. I had gotten sick with the flu and was confined to bed.

As for how this goes, you post a work of yours, finished or WIP (aka work in process, for those who are new to abbreviations), and then others give you critiques on your work. Ā I do not mind if you post the occasional non-HM picture or piece of writing, but keep in mind that, though there areĀ some, not all of us here are writers or do art outside of HeroMachine. All I ask is that you only post pictures that are your own design and not any that copyrighted or based off of copyrighted characters. As for pieces of writing, Iā€™m not sure about whether fan fiction is allowed, but for right now, just in case, donā€™t post fan fiction either.

Also, again, if you post a work, it is highly recommended that you also give someone else a critique. Throughout the day, when I'm not busy with class, I'll also post critiques.

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Kaldath’s Caption Contest #52

Posted on November 20, 2014 by | Comments Off on Kaldath’s Caption Contest #52

GreetingsĀ fellow machiners, as you can see it is once again caption contest time. This week I want your best dialogue for the following image:

CaptCaveman 1

(Hint: be original, as CAPTAIN CAVEMAN!!! is not very likely to win this one! )

The normal rules apply, which are:Ā You are limited toĀ Three (3)Ā entries which are due byĀ 1:00Ā PMĀ Eastern Time on Tuesday November 25th. Ā Of course I as always expect you to keep your entriesĀ no worse then PG-13Ā in nature and that you follow all the normal rules of the forum when writing your caption for the above image. That being said I wish you all Good luck!

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Kaldath’s Caption Contest #51: Results

Posted on November 20, 2014 by | Comments Off on Kaldath’s Caption Contest #51: Results

Last week I asked you all for your best replacement dialogue for the following image:

DP 1

and the top five entries as judge by me are:

*****

Herr D
Ā Itā€™s the Walking Deadpools! Let me peel off this mask to better bite you with.
*****
TuldabarĀ 
Hey! Anybody want to reenact the upside-down Spiderman kiss with me? Anyone? No? Oh come on! Thatā€™s a classic!!
*****
punkjay
Look at what that hack leifeld did to my face!!!!
*****
Phatchick
ā€¦Which is why I recommend UltraWhite toothpaste, for that super smile!
*****
BearfootĀ 
ā€œWhat do you mean ā€œWhy so serious?ā€ has been done before!ā€
*****
and the winner is Ā ........................................

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JRoundup- Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

Posted on November 19, 2014 by | Comments Off on JRoundup- Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

In lieu of a Big Question this week, and because I'm a massive Pokemon fanboy, I'm going to be taking a look at the soon to be released 3rd Gen Pokemon remakes. I apologise to all of you who aren't Pokemon fans, normal service will be resumed next week (because I won't have got the games by then so I can't do a review of them, thank you Gamefreak and your stupid police of giving Europe the games a week after everyone else).

Anyway, on with the show.

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New Post Idea

Posted on November 18, 2014 by | Comments Off on New Post Idea

Now that we don't have anything on the Tuesday slot here on the blog, I was thinking "what would be a good idea to fill that slot?" I'd kinda like for it not be a rehash of something I've done before. Then an idea struck me, but I wanted to run it by you guys before I went a head with it.

The idea is kind of hard to explain, so I try to word it best I can. What I was thinking of doing is basically screen capturing myself making a character on Heromachine, narrating the process and then posting the video as that weeks post. Obviously it wouldn't just be me creating a whole character in one video, that video would be like 2 hours long and no-one has time for that, but instead it would be broken up into segments of around 20- 30 minutes (hopefully), say video 1 would be the base and posing, video 2 would be costume, video 3 would be hair/ face, video 4 would be background (if there is one) and video 5 would be shading and other finishing touches. That way it would take us all the way up to Christmas and then we can go from there. Also, it gives you guys a chance to have some control over the content, because you can make suggestions for things I can do with the character for the next weeks video (basically like a community character build only with one person doing the actual building). It might also help some of the newcomers with some of the more advanced aspects of Heromachine 3, such as shading and posing.

And the good thing about having this as a Tuesday slot, is that I'm not working on Tuesdays so I'll be able to record the video same day and, because I'm in the UK, if I record in the morning it should be up at the regular time for all you guys across the pond.

So what do you guys think. If you like the idea, we can start next week (so you can make suggestions in the comments if you so wish, just remember, when it comes to posing, I'm no DeliriousAl). If not, then I'll try to come up with something else.

JR out.

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