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Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine

 

Earlier this month, I posted a picture of the Golden Avenger as I was using him in the NGD Draft. A little history: He's from an alternate timeline where the Germans won WWI. He was serving as the Third Reich's Super Soldier, the Iron Avenger, until he balked at an order to wipe out his own home town in occupied North America. As a result of his treason, his own men (Silver Avenger equivalents) were executed before his eyes and he was sent to the Russian front. He rebelled, changed his costume and his name, and joined the Resistance. Anyway, here's how he looked before his change of heart:

 

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Iron Avenger!

 

 

And for comparison, after:

 

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Golden Avenger!

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Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine

 

Earlier this month' date=' I posted a picture of the Golden Avenger as I was using him in the NGD Draft. A little history: He's from an alternate timeline where the Germans won WWI. He was serving as the Third Reich's Super Soldier, the Iron Avenger, until he balked at an order to wipe out his own home town in occupied North America. As a result of his treason, his own men (Silver Avenger equivalents) were executed before his eyes and he was sent to the Russian front. He rebelled, changed his costume and his name, and joined the Resistance. Anyway, here's how he looked before his change of heart:

 

IronAvgr.png

 

Iron Avenger!

 

 

And for comparison, after:

 

GldnAvgr.png

 

Golden Avenger!

 

Emphasis added.

 

How many other hometowns did he wipe out before they got to his place? The more towns on that list, the less likely he'll benefit from a change of costume.

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Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine

 

Next up is a solar-powered Japanese superheroine named Rising Star:

 

 

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Unfortunately, I don't know what the Romanized version of her name is,

or I would have posted that before giving the translation as well.

 

 

 

Major Tom 2009 :cool:

 

Konnichi-wa, Asahi-san

 

And that's good work, Major Tom

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Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine

 

In those parts of the Multiverse where there are worlds which the people

of Earth would refer to as "sword and sorcery"-types, this genial and

handsome-looking fellow is known as Lord Z'barius, a nobleman who

is well-known for his pursuit of hedonistic indulgence. To the denizens

of the Infernal Realms -- and certain evil, sorcerous masterminds -- he

is better known by his full, true name: Z'barius the Corruptor:

 

 

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Z'barius is, in actuality, a demonic entity who serves the Dragon, perhaps

the most evil force in existence. He periodically travels between the worlds

of the Multiverse in order to "harvest" souls not only for his own purposes,

but for those of the Dragon as well. While most entities like Z'barius carry

out their "harvesting" by running amok in the mortal world and slaughter-

ing as many innocents as possible before returning to the Netherworld with

their prizes, Z'barius takes an entirely different approach: he gradually man-

ipulates his intended victims into becoming the agents of their own destruct-

ion. He accomplishes this by subtly encouraging his victims to perform acts

of gradually increasing decadence; once the first few acts have been per-

formed, it becomes easier to maneuver him or her into carrying out even

more decadent -- and immoral -- acts. When Z'barius feels that the time is

right, he persuades his victim to carry out an act which is both undeniably

evil and against his or her principles.

 

Once that act has been carried out -- and his victims realize that they've

betrayed everything that they believed in and stood for -- Z'barius strikes,

dropping his human disguise (letting his victims see what they're truly

facing) and stripping the souls of his victims from them. What happens to

these unfortunate souls once Z'barius takes them back to his realm is un-

known; what is known is that those who've had their souls stolen in this

way didn't live very long after the event.

 

His favorite victims are paladins and clerics (in those worlds that are the

"sword and sorcery" type); when visiting worlds like the Earth of the

Champions Universe, Z'barius goes after their closest equivalent: super-

heroes. Normally, he works alone, but if his intended victim is particularly

tough, he'll seek the aid of his victim's greatest enemy (if any).

 

The pics show Z'barius both in his disguised human form and in his true,

demonic form.

 

 

 

 

Major Tom 2009 :eg:

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Here's another of my redone pics, the Crimson Fury:

 

 

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As a campaign character, she can either be a vigilante heroine with super-

natural powers in a Pulp Hero game, or (at slightly higher point levels) the

same kind of character in a Champions or Dark Champions game. Indeed,

if her powers were to include full Life Support, you could even have her

doing her thing in the Galactic Champions era.

 

Just try convincing the technologically-savvy folks of that period that she's

a supernatural being, though...

 

 

Major Tom 2009 :sneaky:

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The latest secret weapon to come from the minds of Ulric von Wulfcragge's

scientists -- the Nebelwerfer mobile assault platform:

 

 

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Armament: 2 multi-round rocket launchers (60 rockets total, can be salvo-

fired in groups of 20 each)

2 rotary cruise missile launchers (12 missiles total; armed with

conventional high-explosive warheads, but can be armed with

10-kiloton yield plasma warheads*)(forward-mounted)

2 shoulder-mounted, short-range antipersonnel missile launch-

ers (8 missiles total, armed with "beehive" warheads**)

8 vertically-launched long-range missiles (armed with 1-ton high-

explosive warheads)(rear-mounted)

Secondary Armament: 3 dual-barrelled machinecannon turrets (forward-

mounted)

Crew: 2 (pilot/gunner, missile/rocket systems operator)

 

Because of its immense size, the Nebelwerfer was constructed in secret in

hidden factories on Earth. Its operational doctrine calls for it to operate in

concert with a Panzerfaust trooper unit, as it lacks a 360-degree defense

system of its own.

 

The black silouette next to the picture of the Nebelwerfer represents a 5'

tall human being, and is presented in order to illustrate just how large

the Nebelwerfer is.

 

*Explosive yield comparable to the nuclear weapons used against Japan near

the end of WWII.

**These are warheads which, at the halfway point between their firing point

and their target, break open and release armor-piercing fletchettes in a

cone-shaped pattern toward the enemy. There were versions of this weapon

type in Vietnam, in the form of shells used by the 75mm recoilless rifles

employed by the U.S. Army.

 

 

 

Major Tom 2009 :eg:

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