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Honourable mentions: Cliff for London Fog and JR19759 for Grawp.
And this week's winner is hawk007's Burning Veins. Really beautiful use of colour and Ā contrast. Well done you!
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Here is a cool video I found on my Twitter feed from marvel and is posted on Marvel's youtube page:
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In honour of Star Trekās 50th anniversary, your Pop Quiz challenge this week is to design an original alien lifeform worthy of a place in the Star Trek universe.
You only get one entry so be creative, and above all else, have fun!
All entries must be in JPG or PNG formĀ (BMPs are too big), posted to a publicly accessible website (likeĀ the HeroMachine :,ImageShack,Ā PhotoBucket, or whatever);
Please make the link goĀ directly to the imageĀ (likeĀ this) andĀ not to a hosting jump pageĀ (likeĀ this).
This contest will close at 6pm Eastern on Sunday, September 11th.
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Heromachine 3: Design choices, starring Apatite
This is a little piece on how I personally make choices in character design, using my latest Heromachine thing, Apatite, as an example. Iām not a professional and these are only my uneducated opinions, but maybe they can help you as well?
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Hey guys, JR here, trying out something today. Depending on the turn out for this, I might bring back the caption contest as a regular post, but obviously that's down to you guys.
So, what I require of you is the best andĀ funniest replacement dialogue for the word bubbles of this picture.
Everyone can have a maximum of 3 entries, entries must be in by next Wednesday (14th Sept) and Must Be PG-13. Leave your replacement dialogue in the comments below.
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As the old saying goes, money makes the world go round. Whilst it apparently can't buy you happiness, it can buy an awful lot of other things; flashy cars, huge mansions, private jets, presidential nomination, you know, stuff that people without money can only dream of. And the same is true in the fantasy worlds of comic books. In order to get ahead, you need dollars. But which characters have accumulated the greatest wealth during their time in print?
For the record, I am not including any characters on this list whose wealth cannot be quantified, so I'm not including any aliens such as The Collector or Gods like Odin and Thor, nor am I including guys like Namor and Aquaman, who would be undeniably wealthy due to being rulers and having access to any shipwrecks they should want.
Warning: Actually, no opinions this time, although some of the facts are conjecture, but done by people who know a lot more about finance than I do so hopefully they're accurate.
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Ok folks, this week your CDC Challenge is to design a character based on one of the four elements: earth, fire, water or air
There is no limit on the number of entries. Please read the contest rules before entering, have fun and good luck. The contest will close at 9:00am Eastern on Sunday, September 11th.
Rules for posts, contests, and challenges: Original characters only, no copyrighted characters, no characters based on copyrighted characters, no characters based on RPGās 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 warning. Only post characters that you have either created for this contest specifically or you know for certain have never been entered to a contest before. If you arenāt certain, donāt enter it, because Iām not going to go back through all of the contests and check.
Ā All entries must be in JPG or PNG formĀ (BMPs are too big), posted to a publicly accessible website (likeĀ the HeroMachine :,ImageShack,Ā PhotoBucket, or whatever);
Please make the link goĀ directly to the imageĀ (likeĀ this) andĀ not to a hosting jump pageĀ (likeĀ this).
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This week's win goes to Melmo44 for this absolutely exquisite entry.
Well done, and thanks to all our entrants.
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Congrats going out to HerrD for his take on what would make the perfect treehouse! Well done you!
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Hey everyone, Melmo44 here. Iād been debating what to do, subject-wise, for my first post, when a surprise showed up in the mail on Monday.
And, that pretty much made my decision for me. Itās no secret that Iām a huge fan of the band, even going so far as to use them as inspiration here on Hero Machine more than once. For anyone not familiar, Sabaton is a Swedish power-metal band whose lyrical content is based on military history. They tend to gravitate toward the two world wars, but also dedicated an entire album to the Swedish Empire (Carolus Rex) and another to songs reflecting the ideas of Sun Tzu (The Art of War). As the title implies, The Last Stand is an album detailing various last stands and last ditch efforts throughout the history of war. So with that, letās see what we have. Do bear in mind during this review that I donāt really have knowledge about the technical aspects of music so Iām looking at this from an aesthetic perspective; how it sounds and how it makes you feel when you listen to it. Continue reading
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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
