Superhero Images

[wcw43921]

Alex Ross again--

 

[SteelCold]

That is so cool.

 

Robin: "Holy Wright Brothers, Batman! It's not a bird, it's not a plane, it's......"

 

Batman: "Control yourself, old chum! He is just trying to deny Bruce Wayne's meeting with that out of town reporter, Clark Kent! If only I can reach my utility belt and use my Bat-Kryptonite ray gun on that flying scoundrel in time."

 

Will Batman use the Bat-Kryptonite? Will Superman stop his reckless flying along the highway and frightening Gotham motorists? Will Robin become the Boy Super?

 

Tune in Tomorrow! Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel.

[Tjack]

I want both Alex Ross's for my wall at home.

[Greywind]

I want both Alex Ross's for my wall at home.

 

There's 2 of him? And if you put him on your wall, how will he paint?

[bubba smith]

That is so cool.

 

Robin: "Holy Wright Brothers, Batman! It's not a bird, it's not a plane, it's......"

 

Batman: "Control yourself, old chum! He is just trying to deny Bruce Wayne's meeting with that out of town reporter, Clark Kent! If only I can reach my utility belt and use my Bat-Kryptonite ray gun on that flying scoundrel in time."

 

Will Batman use the Bat-Kryptonite? Will Superman stop his reckless flying along the highway and frightening Gotham motorists? Will Robin become the Boy Super?

 

Tune in Tomorrow! Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel.

holy masterpiece

[SteelCold]

Actually I would've love to see this Silver Age painting to be made as a much better version of the Batman v. Superman movie, campy 1960's dialogue and all.

 

Batman: "Tell me, do you bleed?"

 

Superman (while raising one eyebrow): "Really, Batman. Watch your language. There are children and little old ladies present."

 

Batman: "You are right of course. Sometimes even a crimefighter fully deputized by the law like myself forgets his manners."

[urbwar]

Been awhile since I posted anything here. Got some new stuff to share. A couple of composite images from a bunch of commissions.

 

I found a group of villains on the public domain wiki called the Black Ace Gang. They fought Captain Marvel Jr. Non-powered, kind of cheesy but violent bank robbers. As a fan of the Royal Flush Gang, I saw potential in the concept. So, thanks to the magic of Joe Singleton, here is a modern update of this group. From left to right is Black Ace, Queen of Hearts, Jack of Diamonds and the King of Clubs

A long time ago, I was a player in a Champions campaign run by my friend Curt Fernlund. He was an artist, and drew all our characters and the villains we faced. Once he was done with villains, he would pass them onto me. I saved them, and with his permission, have been adapting/updating them. This is Luna, an organization we faced. They were led by Khonshu, the Egyptian god. I took him out, and removed some members. In their place, I added 3 Lunar/Moon gods. From left to right is Men (Lunar god of Anatolia), Artume (Etruscan night goddess, similar to Artemis), Vampyre (a clone of my hero Necromancer), Night Stalker (originally called Moon Knight), Cricket & Crater (who will likely be changed to Eclipse or something else), the 4 super agents of the group, Kaskuh (Moon God of the Hittites) and the standard Luna agent. I'll probably be adding more to the organization when I can afford to send more work Joe's way.

[urbwar]

Another composite: The Plague Doctor looking Vigilante I posted earlier, with a second one, and some stock art of steampunk/clockwork inspired spy drones in the middle:

 

 

This is Faye Tality, assassin for hire:

[Amorkca]

Do you have any Character sheets to go along with your pictures? That your willing to share?

[urbwar]

These are all characters who are going to be in supplements I'm writing for a different system. I might do Champions versions eventually for release (I had talked to Jason at GenCon after the private Strike Force session I played in from that KS, and he was open for setting me up with a license for HERO), but for now, I'm doing them for other game systems. I just like sharing the art on different forums, as it sometimes drums up more work for the artists who do commissions for me

[phoenix240]

Shaman: Native American mystic hero torn between his legacy of power and responsibility and his modern sensibilities. 

 

 

 

For a time, Shaman joined the international superteam "Unity" and changed his costume to reflect their more modern (and to some degree paramilitary) mind set. 

[phoenix240]

Nomad: Mercenary and bounty hunter, Nomad is less a hero than a profiteer, working for anyone willing to pay her hefty fees. Theif, spy, saboteur and "acquisition specialist" the one job she has so far stopped short of performing is murder for hire.Though she has killed in the course of her operations her goal is never murder and her actions seem planned to reduce the chance of deaths to minimum. As usual with such figures there are numerous conspiracy theories about her actual agenda and identity along with the source for the seemingly endless variety of weapons and cunning gear she employs with such impeccable skill. 

 

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For a time, Shaman joined the international superteam "Unity" and changed his costume to reflect their more modern (and to some degree paramilitary) mind set. 

 

 

So I'm betting this guy saw a lot of action during that time--right?

[phoenix240]

Huh, The colored triangle was the symbol for Unity (as created by one of games GMs) but I can't positively say if he was or was not "inspired" by that.  

[DusterBoy]

 Iron Maus: Armored political statement. Despite his comedic appearance, Iron Maus is quite serious in his war against corporate dominance and its stranglehold on many endeavors especially the creative fields. And his (Iron Maus is presumed male but no one has seen his true appearance). armor is no joke either and is easily a match for some of the most formidable high tech battlesuits available. 

 

 

Lemme guess.... Enraged: When called "Mickey" or asked if he's working for Disney?

[JmOz]

Recently been making a lot with Hero Machine...Will post them here for review

 

First group are the Heroes of San Corona.  A group of heroes who step  up when the Fox goes missing: Midnight Avenger, Brute, Dragonfly, Tengu, Coral, & Bandit

 

 

[JmOz]

Second Group is a group of generic Heroes.  Still need to make one more for this group named Bolt, but they are Blur, Belt, Brick, Blast, Brain, and Brawler (aka beast). 

[phoenix240]

Recently been making a lot with Hero Machine...Will post them here for review

 

First group are the Heroes of San Corona.  A group of heroes who step  up when the Fox goes missing: Midnight Avenger, Brute, Dragonfly, Tengu, Coral, & Bandit

 

Hero Machine has added some features since I last visited... 

[JmOz]

This is the last one...Bolt

[phoenix240]

Lemme guess.... Enraged: When called "Mickey" or asked if he's working for Disney?

 

 He'd find it amusing and fitting. He wants people to associate the damage he does with Disney and other corporate 'tyrants'.If his appearance makes an opponent dismiss him and not take him as a serious threat...even better. He's calculating zealot nutcase but a fairly stable plotting methodical one; not one for mindless rampaging or rash actions. 

[phoenix240]

A family portrait from one of the games in our collective Wyldstrike games. Stonewall, her girlfriend Gaia and their daughter (an alien/mutant hybrid... long story) Crystal. 

 

 

[Heroic Halfwit]

I think the skirt is a little short particular for such a young girl looking alien mutant hybrid.

[phoenix240]

I think the skirt is a little short particular for such a young girl looking alien mutant hybrid.

 

 

Huh, its about the same length as summer dresses I've seen on girls that locally. 

[phoenix240]

Dr. Demonica: Evelyn Diablos (her actual name. It was a source of endless amusement to her peers in college and aggravation for Evelyn) was a promising resarcher for Horizon Technologies, the bleeding edge organization dedicated to pushing the boundaries of conventional and "fringe" science in hopes of developing new technologies for a brighter, better tomorrow. Her field was physics, specifically quantum and spatial physics. She hoped to discover new, clean and inexhaustible power sources and even material resources by studying the concept of Zero Point energy and so called "dark matter". Dr. Diablos was largely consumed by her research, foregoing a normal life and interests in pursuit of her passion. 

 

In the course of her research, she came across sign of an unusual anomaly, a fold or pocket in space/time or perhaps reality itself.  The exact nature of this anomaly intrigued the doctor and she turned her considerable intellectual talents towards piercing one this Free Floating Singularity" as she dubbed it. It was fascinating, her calculations indicated that could have been as big as known Universe inside but generated nothing her instruments either conventional or the considerably more esoeteric resources avaiable to Horizon Tech could detect which only more. 

 

Evelyn was not a woman used to be stymied by anything intellectual and her curosity became as obsession. She vanished into her labs for montths. Finally, she thought she had a solution and using a somewhat unethical device that tapped into the powers of a clairvoyant subject (who endured significant discomfort but Evelyn paid her handsomely) she got her chance to see the inside of the FFS. Unfortunately for her. 

 

As it turned out it was a prison containing an entity so alien it might have been from a differnt universe completely or from some distant magical plane. It was bizarre, powerful, nearly mindless as human understood such things and malevolent. Sensing a Evelyn's intrusion, it attacked the doctor's projected awarness savagely out of pure malice and bestial instinct, trying to overtake and conquer it to have something to play with and torture. The horrifed scientist fought back with all her considerable will and intellect. The battle was intense, savage and over a few seconds. 

 

It was a draw. 

 

Evelyn's mind was left generally intact but tainted, partially merged with the malevolent alien's dark urges and mindset overwritting most of her morality and limits. Her attacker gained some of her intellect, awareness and mental nuance, became more human essentially which turned out to be someting of a curse as it was still trapped was aware of it and could feel bordome now and could only rage at it etneral confinement. One might suspect that "gift" was on purpose. Evelyn only smiles slightly at that suggesting that their battle had a victor after all. 

 

The dour, some might aloof even cold personality was replaced by an aggressively curious, amoral persona. Her sense of ethics even basic morality replaced with a ruthless drive to experiment. And she now had so many subjects. Evelyn had, deep down, always considered herself above most people, a breed apart though she didn't actively disdain them. Now most people, perhaps all people seemed like nothing more than fodder for her experiements, clever useful lab animals. Not just for simple scientific tests but for deeper exploration to jus what made and could break a person. 

 

For months, Evelyn subtly ran her tests at her place of work, quielty making her her co workers lives surrreal even Hellish. She's personally responsible for a number of the superhumans that can trace their origin to Horizon such as their corporate "Special Operatives" codenamed The Road crew. 

 

When she grew bored with subtly, Evelyn truly embraced the mad scientist persona after faking a disabling accident that forced Evelyn to "retire" and remerged as Dr. Demonica. A role that allows her to indulge her secret love of camp and meloadrama and play the cackling mad scientist to the hilt. WHich happens to cause her subjects to underestimate  even dismiss her while they'e drawn deeper and deeper into the sadistic games she calls "experiments" which are ofen layered to the point its difficult for an observer to tell what their true purpose except the Doctor's perverse amusmement. Though Demonica effects infernal trappings and often makes mention of "dark forces" she has no real ties to the nether realms. Its yet another deflection and private joke. 

 

 

[phoenix240]

Posting this character again. She's from the collective Champions game I and a couple of others run. Eve: the girl robot.

 

She's the developed of a German American scientist Erik Kreuger and is one of the first true strong  AI in the setting. Eve has a child like persona (mentally about 8-10) because he believed an AI couldn't be properly programmed, at least not this point, because we don't know about human psychology to create a stable adult persona whole cloth so it must be allowed to develop "naturally". She is also a psychological fill in for his own daughter that died very young though the doctor Krueger isn't fully aware of that himself.. 

 

Eve's body resembles a Royo "Sexy robot" (silver skin, anatomically correct, facial features with expression, etc) for a few reasons. One, is the replacement daughter angle, two, her father  let her assist in designing her it and she took her inspiration from Barbie Dolls and third: he wanted to make her very human in form and performance both for the design challenge and psychological reasons (he wanted her to as full  a life as possible). 

 

Her inhuman features are concession to design needs and an attempt to avoid the "Uncanny Valley" where things modeled on humans become repulsive when they get "close to but not quite human enough" and general aesthetics. She can consume organic material both for pleasure and to analyze them or use them for repair and sustenance for her biomechanical parts and perform other biological functions but doesn't need to like an organic lifeform. . 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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