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Per request from AMS, a new relaxed robot hand is now live in HandRight-Standard:
It's basically one of the items from Gloves with the glove part removed. Thanks to dblade for the original hand pose.
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Posted in HeroMachine 3, New Item Releases, News & Updates
And the winner is...
Ent Foot
Rhino Foot and Abomination Foot just couldn't keep pace with the Ent Foot.
I've already got the Ent Foot going...
http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/legacy/forum-image-uploads/dblade/2014/01/Foot_Ent_SHOW.jpg
and I've started working on the Abomination (Special Five-Toed Edition) Foot...
Now let's see if I can pull off a hat trick and finish the Rhino Foot.
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Posted in New Item Releases
Masking is the process of placing one item inside another, so that the masked item is only visible where it overlaps the masking item. Masking causes a lot of confusion, so let's look at a few examples at what this subtle and powerful tool can do.
The basic process works like this:
Voila! You have masked one item onto another one. Like this:
Note that once it's masked, you can drag, rotate, or otherwise transform the masked item (the lightning bolt) around and it stays masked, only being visible where it overlaps the masking item (the shirt):
Using this same basic approach -- load the base item, load the second item, click mask, click the base item -- you can place items in your character's hands, apply a flag from Backgrounds to a banner or shirt, make a belt fit a non-Standard body, and much, much more. It opens up a staggering array of possibilities to take your portrait from a paper doll to a true illustration.
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Posted in Tips & Tricks
We already have one sort of similar item, but I just uploaded the following additions to HandRight-Standard:
They can be used either for just hanging down empty for a slightly different posed look, or to imitate holding another item at something less than a straight-out-to-the-side angle.
Coming soon: swords that come out at an angle towards the viewer.
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Last Week I asked you to give me your best replacement dialog for this picture:
And here is my top five:
HammerKnight
”Holly crap, did I really get that drunk last night.”
One should never drink so much on New Years, you might wake up wondering what you did with the Goblin at the party.
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Wayne
“Oh PLEASE let this new guy be less weird than my LAST blind date.”
He was.
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Herr D
“I’ll be stuck here, FOREVER!” She knew no one would ever break her out of the tower, to be her Sir Shrek, and fix her hideous enchantment . . .
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Stevedore
“Oh, God, here we go again. Didn’t he take the hint from my last text?!”
- Desperate for a date, the Green Goblin swoops down with yet another chocolate-filled pumpkin for a disinterested Gwen.
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Stevedore
“Green scaly purple man… green scaly purple man…”
– Despite her best hand gestures, Ms. Stacy could not achieve a Vulcan mind meld!
And the Winner is ......................
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Posted in Caption Challenges
On a whim, I added this little fellow to Companion-Humanoids just now:
Dress him up and post a link to your creation in this thread! I'll pick my favorite and that person will get a free custom illustration from yours truly of one of your characters.
Why? Why not! I love Reddit and thought this might be fun. I may even post these there in an appropriate sub if I can find one.
Enjoy!
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Posted in Challenges, Character Design Challenges
When I went to clean up the attic, I still found a few things that need to get away.
Hmm, I wonder what I might find if I do take a look in the basement... 😉
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With the new year already started, the old stuff has to go to clear my stock for the new delivery of goods.
If you are interested to purchase these items, you just have to clear your cache. 😉
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Greeting everyone, it is time for a new character redesign challenge and considering the less then stellar turn out the last two challenge with male characters I return to the ladies. This one I do not have just one character for you, but TWO. I present for your creative redesign efforts the Mejeer Twins, Brittney and Mea!
Characters Info: These two ladies are twin sister and share most of the same powers. They both have winged flight powers, they both are highly agile, both have minor shape shifting abilities allowing them to change their facial features, as well as adjust there height by 2 feet in either direction and make slight alteration to skin and hair color. Also both of them have the ability to disrupt another persons nervous system by touch to various different effect. Brittney has one power she does not share with her sister, and is able to directly interface with any machine she touches and control it with her mind, While Mea on the other hand has her own power that Brittney does not, which is the ability to briefly pause the flow of time for everyone but herself. Another difference in the two girls is that Mae is a Mage and uses magic free, while Brittney is more of a street tough and focuses on high tech gadgets and weapons.
The Rules: No limit on the number of entries you can submit in your attempts at redesigning the above image, however you most keep within the rules of the forum and blog when creating your entries. You have until Monday January 13th at 12 noon Eastern Time to submit all your entries, and the winner will be announce the next day. Good luck everyone and happy HeroMachineing!
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Posted in Character Design Challenges
Last week I asked you to redesign my character the Jersey Devil ( Pictured below)
Now normally I would name my top five favorite entries and name my winner from that five, however since there were only 7 entries I will forgot that step and simply name the overall winner. That winner is .................
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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
