fbdaury Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Okay, using any source you have available to you, what woudl you set as the "Icon" character for all the following countries during WWII: USA USSR Germany Italy Japan UK/Britain France (possibly in exile or resistance) And what other national heroes would you add in other than these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons Do you mean the Golden Age of Comic Books or the Golden Age of the Champions Universe??? Allies of World War II or Axis Powers? Thanks, Cheers... QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbdaury Posted September 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons Do you mean the Golden Age of Comic Books or the Golden Age of the Champions Universe??? Allies of World War II or Axis Powers? Thanks, Cheers... QM Any source- comics, and rpg game, etc. and both axis and allies. I'm creating a mishmash campaign world and am curious on who others consider THE Hero for each country involved- man think Cap America but some may also consider Uncle Sam, etc. I am curious about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barton Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons Okay, using any source you have available to you, what woudl you set as the "Icon" character for all the following countries during WWII: USA USSR Germany Italy Japan UK/Britain France (possibly in exile or resistance) And what other national heroes would you add in other than these? USSR: General Winter Japan: Divine Wind Many others are possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons Okay, using any source you have available to you, what woudl you set as the "Icon" character for all the following countries during WWII: USA USSR Germany Italy Japan UK/Britain France (possibly in exile or resistance) And what other national heroes would you add in other than these? Assuming ones not from our games: USA: Captain America USSR: none; all previously fled or liquidated. Germany: Red Skull Italy: no one comes to mind Japan: Dragon King UK: Union Jack France: no one comes to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons clockwise from upper left" France, Russia, Germany, China, Japan, America, Italy, Britain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons i think you my have the locations wrong btw where are those figures from nice workmanship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons i think you my have the locations wrong btw where are those figures from nice workmanship Pretty sure the list is correct as long as you note the clockwise part. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetalia_Axis_Powers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons Any source- comics' date=' and rpg game, etc. and both axis and allies. I'm creating a mishmash campaign world and am curious on who others consider THE Hero for each country involved- man think Cap America but some may also consider Uncle Sam, etc. I am curious about this.[/quote'] Part of the problem is that the superhero genre is very American. Flagsuits are even more so. Let's face it, "THE Hero" for the US was Superman. Or Captain Marvel, who outsold him for a while. Or maybe even Batman. And then there is the obvious point that "THE Hero" for Nazi Germany was... Hitler. Similar logic applies to a bunch of other places. Even the Soviet Union. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons Assuming ones not from our games: USA: Captain America USSR: none; all previously fled or liquidated. Germany: Red Skull Italy: no one comes to mind Japan: Dragon King UK: Union Jack France: no one comes to mind Having watched Enemy at the Gates, I'm confident that if the USA and Germany had costumed heroes, the Russians would have found some poor sucker and slapped him into a costume just to prove they were just as good. In some ways a costumed hero would be better since they could always kill him quietly when he showed signs of unreliability and put someone else in the costume with nobody the wiser. That being said for an iconic selection I would in fact go with General Winter. For France, well the actual superhero France had going into World War II was the Nyctalope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haven Walkur Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons France -- Esprit de Corps, a heroine with the strength of all the French fallen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yansuf Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons clockwise from upper left" France, Russia, Germany, China, Japan, America, Italy, Britain. GR8 figures, but why is the Italian eating a hamburger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons GR8 figures' date=' but why is the Italian eating a hamburger?[/quote'] He's not, it's clockwise from the upper left. The guy eating the hamburger is America, Italy is standing to his left and eating a slice of pizza. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haven Walkur Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons From a WWII Champions game that ultimately never went anywhere, despite extensive planning and prep. Axis Supermen (Übermenschen) Germany Witwemacher (Widow Maker) Schiffbrucher (Ship Breaker) Feindjäeger (Enemy Hunter) Kriegsfalke (Warhawk) Blitzkrieger (Lightning Warrior) Jagdgauner (Hunting Shark) - menace of the English Channel, huge shark with a man's brain Totenseemann (Death Sailor) Augenblick (Eyeblink) - speedster Blut Hexe (Bloodwitch) Panzer Grenadier (Armored Infantryman) Der Mauer (The Wall) Turm (Tower) Unheilvoll Drache (Unholy/Unnatural Dragon) Frau Fledermaus (Mrs. Bat) Verteidigerin (Defender) Donnerteufel (Thunder Devil) Feuersturm (Firestorm) Sturmführer (Stormlord) Der Geist (The Ghost) Schwarzeis (Black Ice) Dunkelschrek (Dark Terror) Kriegsmariner (Sea Warrior) Condor Legionnaires - living buzz bombs, all quite insane Vampir Lohengrin, the Knight of the Swan Germania Herr Doktor Ungleheuermeister (Dr. Monster-Master) Finland Väinämöinen [VI-na-MER-nen] (magician and sage) Ilmarinen [EEL-ma-RIN-en] (inventor and gadgeteer) Kaleva (giant) Louhi [LO-hee] (magician and shapechanger) Greece Marathon Nike Italy Decurian Gladiator Veltro (Greyhound) - speedster Il Sole (The Sun) - energy projector Innominato (invisibility and general stealth) Japan Kamakaze (Divine Wind) Shinyu (Magnificent Dragon) Shinryu (Radiant Dragon) Mr. Bonsai - plant controller Origami Girl - flattens herself into 2D Bishamon (war god; armor and spear) Kintaro (immense strength, animal communication) Raiden/Raijin (storm god) Issun-Boshi ['One-Inch Boy'] - shrinking Yuki-Onna ['The Lady of the Snow'] - cold powers Tanuki [trickster badger-dog] - illusionist Kitsune [shapeshifting fox] - werefox mentalist, clairvoyance, clairaudience Tsuru Hime [Princess Tsuru] - female martial artist skilled with naginata Konaki Jiji ['old man crying like a baby'] - manipulates personal weight Kamaitachi ['sickle-weasel'] - martial artist/speedster skilled with tonfa Nurikabe ['invisible wall'] - brick with Invisibility Ittan-momen ['length of cotton cloth'] - flier with HTH attacks and Entangle Shachihoko (sea monster; tiger’s head, fish body, stingers) - water powers and poisons Oni-san ['noble ogre'] - strong, very tough, instant regeneration (limbs reattach), uses a huge spiked iron bar (kanabo) and wears a costume of red, blue or black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons He's not' date=' it's clockwise from the upper left. The guy eating the hamburger is America, Italy is standing to his left and eating a slice of pizza.[/quote']And, I can't help noticing, waving a white flag. Shouldn't that be France? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haven Walkur Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons Some of these, especially the Americans and the British, were lifted from a Champions WWII gaming supplement. The Allies referred to their superheroes as "Hypermen" and -"women", because the term "Super" was felt to be too German-sounding. Axis metanormals were called Supermen (and -women). Allied Hypermen Australia Ned Kelly Waltzing Matilda Tasmanian Devil Belgium Tervuren (Belgian sheepdog) Canada Moose Borealis Lumberjack Alberta Denmark Beowulf Bothvar Bjarki (the Battle Bear) France Esprit de Corp Loup Garou - shapeshifter; classic wolfman Gammadion (radioactive hero and grandson of Marie and Pierre Curie) - energy blaster Déjà Vu - low-power precognitive Holland Windjammer - weather control, especially wind Floodgate - water powers Saint Nicholas (tall and thin, bishop’s long red cloak and high cap) - Presence and Ego attacks (guilt, shame) India Kaa - Stretching, limbs only Savitri - Mental Defense, high Ego, Aid to Ego Mexico El Diablo Rojo (The Red Devil) - Zorro-type hero New Zealand Rimu - tough, durable, some Growth Triple Star Norway Hoarfrost Midnight Sun Ragnarok Poland Jadwiga (with her rose-embroidered apron) - HTH fighter who uses her apron like a bullfighter’s cape Szybko (“fast”) Hejnal (from “Hejnal Mariacki”, the warning bugle call) - brick with sonic powers Rusalka - water-powers or mind control, illusions Skarbnik (“Treasurer”- ghostly guardian of miners) South Africa Adamantine -armoured skin Adamastor (monstrous giant who was turned into a mountain) - growth Pretoria Springbok - speedster Jock of the Bushveld (heroic dog in classic South African children’s book) - scruffy HTH brawler with extra running and keen senses Oom Lokomotief (“Uncle Locomotive”) - brick with extra running, skill levels in move-through King Protea - (South Africa’s national flower. Fire-resistant. Enormous flowerheads vary in colour from pale greenish cream to a soft pink) - HTH fighter with colorful costume and extra armor versus fire Koekoekwesp (Cuckoo Wasp) - very tough armored skin, bright metallic hue, rolls up into a ball for extra armor Kaapse Spookpadda (Ghost Frog) - leaping, clinging, stealth/invisibility Soviet Union Ursa Major General Mayhem Battlesuit Potempkin Comrade Winter Captain Comintern and the Bolshevik Boys (Hammer, Sickle, Red Streak) Tovarisch (“friend”) - illusionist who appears as other people Grandmother Russia (originally “Baba Yaga”) - magical powers Sweden Vist (the giant who created the island of Visingo) - growth Gruvrå (Lord of the Mine) - tunneling Sølvmora (Silver Mother) - animates/transforms silver Grim (graveyard-walker) - classic Batman-type, possibly unpowered United Kingdom Union Jack - British flagsuit Big Ben - growth Dr. Goldwing - "Doc Savage"-type Silver Shadow - becomes a figure of living quicksilver; flight, gobs of damage reduction Sea Change Blazon, the Knight Unconquerable Repulse Mole - tunneling, darkness generating Starline Imperial Lion Ironside Britannia Screaming Lord Such - sonic projector Bow Street Runner - speedster United States of America (home front heroes) CRIMEBUSTERS Shadowcat Fletcher Saladin the Great Leaping Lizard Knight Owl Captain Future INDEPENDENTS Madame Moonlight The Boogieman United States of America (home front villains) THE EXPATRIATES Privateer Second-Hand Rose Long John Silver Blond Beard the Pirate INDEPENDENTS King Bee Mud Pie The Postmaster Radiostar Doberman Little Arson Annie United States of America American (European front) American Eagle Blond Bombshell Patriot Old Glory Captain Atlas Hyperion GOVERNMENT OFFICE OF HYPERHEROES (European front) Major Victory Minute Man Vanguard Vanguard Jr. G.I.A.N.T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons and, i can't help noticing, waving a white flag. Shouldn't that be france? lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Ops Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons From a WWII Champions game that ultimately never went anywhere, despite extensive planning and prep. Axis Supermen (Übermenschen) Germany Witwemacher (Widow Maker) Schiffbrucher (Ship Breaker) Feindjäeger (Enemy Hunter) Kriegsfalke (Warhawk) Blitzkrieger (Lightning Warrior) Jagdgauner (Hunting Shark) - menace of the English Channel, huge shark with a man's brain Totenseemann (Death Sailor) Augenblick (Eyeblink) - speedster Blut Hexe (Bloodwitch) Panzer Grenadier (Armored Infantryman) Der Mauer (The Wall) Turm (Tower) Unheilvoll Drache (Unholy/Unnatural Dragon) Frau Fledermaus (Mrs. Bat) Verteidigerin (Defender) Donnerteufel (Thunder Devil) Feuersturm (Firestorm) Sturmführer (Stormlord) Der Geist (The Ghost) Schwarzeis (Black Ice) Dunkelschrek (Dark Terror) Kriegsmariner (Sea Warrior) Condor Legionnaires - living buzz bombs, all quite insane Vampir Lohengrin, the Knight of the Swan Germania Herr Doktor Ungleheuermeister (Dr. Monster-Master) Just because I hate it when the translations do not make sense: Jagdgauner would mean in german Hunting Goon, a Shark is a Hai. Is Doktor Ungleheuermeister a Family name ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons For France, well the actual superhero France had going into World War II was the Nyctalope. Too bad he sold out to the Vichy. Ah, Axis Powers Hetalia. So silly. But it has great fun with the stereotypes--like the time America and the Allies are discussing their attack plans. "Okay, France, you'll be support. And England, you're back up. China is rear echelon, and Russia, you'll be making a feint as a distraction." "And what will you be doing?" "Why, I'll be the Hero, of course!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreBrute Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons I have actually created a villain who is the 'hero' of Nazi Germany, see this page for background: http://www.rpol.net/display.cgi?gi=38208&ti=5&date=1251441729 Die Starke (The Strong) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons And, I can't help noticing, waving a white flag. Shouldn't that be France? http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=ajTs2JeE.r4s Evidently not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet Posted September 18, 2009 Report Share Posted September 18, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=ajTs2JeE.r4s Evidently not. What was your point? It's Italian soldiers dying, not French ones. And why bring politics into a quasi-humorous thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted September 18, 2009 Report Share Posted September 18, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons What was your point? It's Italian soldiers dying, not French ones. And why bring politics into a quasi-humorous thread? The part about the majority of italians wanting to pull out of Afghanistan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbdaury Posted September 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2009 Re: Some Help for WWII Icons Wanted to thank everyone that provided names of characters, and BNakagawa for the cool visual, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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