RPMiller

Re: Great work RPMiller If you are asking about the lightning in her hands, I made that in Photoshop (extremely easy actually), if you are referring to the background, I did a search on "storm" in Goodle Images.

Ok, I found a storm pic that was a perfect fit for the character. I created the character in HeroMachine, Photoshop'ed it to get the colors and costume changes my player wanted, and then slapped in the background.

Two reasons for this post. 1) BUMP! 2) Can anyone help me? I'm looking for a background that I could use in a pic. Preferably a storm of some sort. Thanks! C) Has anyone done any work on my challenge or should I just count on doing it myself?

Another good point. You have also hit the nail on the head, this is an experiment, and please don't think that it is what the book will have. It has just been something we have been toying with because of all the recent "comic" movies have shown that it can be done to good, and bad, affect. We will most likely go the way of everyone else, but one thing we are trying to do is find consistancy with the artwork just like we have consistancy with the content. Anyway, I don't want to hijack this thread, and while I value your opinions... Bring on more great artwork! You can still comment on mine of course.

Re: Photos in San Angelo Thanks for the feedback. You have definitely made some good points, and as I mentioned we were thinking about it. You have given us some additional things to consider.

Conclusion Of the various images, I really like Nautica the best. It really captures the image I was looking for, and was also one of the more challenging to create. Second, would probably be UltraViolet because her mask turned our so perfectly. I tried to subdue all the images to make them look a little less "photographic" and a little more "painted", but I think the quality of the pictures were too high to get some of the details to drop out. Please feel free to make comments about what works and doesn't work in the photos. Also if you have Photoshop skills I'm definitely open to pointers and suggestions for using it. I'm using Version 7 if you are wondering. Well, that's it for the group. I want to eventually take photos of real people dressed in various garments from tight spandex, to "modern superhero garb" that we see in movies today like X-Men and Daredevil, and then manipulate them into more superheroic pics adding capes, masks, power effects, and whatnot. We have been considering doing something like this for San Angelo 2nd Edition to really make the artwork reflect a "real" "living" world. What do you all think? If it proves to difficult, we'll just have to find some good artists that draw more "realistically" than "comicbooky".

Nautica Nautica is the newest member of the team, and is their infiltrator. Her ability to move incredibly fast and turn into water to flow through cracks and pipes, gives her a definite advantage in infiltrating. She has started learning team tactics, and has learned that besides infiltration she can use her various water blasts to "move" opponents around so that her team mates can get a better shot. Also, because her powers don't exhaust her very quickly she can fight for some time. When she turns her body into water, nothing can really affect her except for heat and fire powers which cause her to turn to steam and can't fight affectively until she has brought her molecules back together. Her and InfraRed have been trying to figure out a way to combine their powers to create a "steam jet" or someother effect that will catch most of guard the first time it is used.

Void Void is the team's brick. Her powers stem from her ability to create localized "black holes" and can utilize the gravitational affects to enhance her strength. She can also absorb light in the area to create a "black out". Both her and Void will use their powers together to really throw a group of heroes into confusion as they try to move from light to dark.

Null She and Void were a team prior to joining, but they were tired of having to run from larger hero teams and decided that there is strength in numbers and signed up. Null's powers are light based and she can create localized "white outs" that makes it very difficult to see or fight, not to mention her light blast ablilities. She used to wear a different costume, but since joining the group has adopted their "distraction" methods.

UltraViolet She is the speedster of the group, as well as the gadgeteer. Her speed comes in handy for making gadgets as well as fighting.

InfraRed The leader of the team, she has a serious megalomanical streak and is extremely self centered. If it came down to it she would give up the rest of the team. Her powers are pyrokinetic in nature with some telepathic minor abilities.

Introduction These following pics some of you may have already seen in the Kara's Avatar thread, I am also including a new one that I just finished. I would like to mention also that the skimpy costumes are used with a purpose. Eventually, I'll have their complete writeups finished so that you can see the reasoning, but essentially they realize that the majority of heroes are male and they are all attractive, so the are playing the sex card to hopefully get an upper hand on any male heroes that they might confront. The group as a whole are pretty much your standard "trying to get filthy rich" group, however they will do mercenary work for the right reasons (and cash rewards). I still haven't come up with a name for the group, but I'm willing to take suggestions. So without further ado...

I suggested it here, and then continued it on the next page with some postings of stuff I had done. I'll iterate again that the examples are really lame, but I'm hoping that either someone can make some better templates or I'll get a chance to make some better ones eventually.

On another not, did anyone take up my challenge of creating hero accessories? Masks, gloves, boots, belts or capes?

Are photomanipulations ok? I have some Photoshop'ed images that are not really my drawings, but are real life photos that have been changed to become a female villain team. I posted them in the non-gaming forum a while back, but was wondering if I should post them here. Would anyone care to see them?

Thanks for the great review Battlestaff! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I appreciate the comments, and will keep them in mind as we work toward SA:CoH 2nd.

Hopefully this message finds everyone well, and looking forward to the holidays. I just wanted to drop a quick note that things are progressing well on San Angelo. We just released San Angelo 1.5! It is the same as the first release, but it contains stats for M&M Superlink and Action! System instead of Hero System so stat wise you probably wouldn't be interested in it unless you play with one of those systems. More importantly for those of you who are not familiar with the setting or want a peek at it you can download a FREE 20 page, yes I said 20 page, PDF preview of the book. Get the PDF Buy it now for less than $10! Read what people are saying about it.

What other HD files are you referring to? There is an attachment at the end of every character. I'm not sure what version though.

Kind of an Ultimate Martial Artist on TV? That would be cool.

As a person who used to subject various parts of my body to breaking boards when I was studying Taekwondo, I can tell you that their descriptions were pretty accurate. I had to break through 3 1-inch boards, without spacers, when I did my breaking for belt promotions. With the proper mental focus and correct technique it was no harder than breaking one board. I also got to experience focused chi first hand by a Tai Chi master that I studied under for a little while. I was floored, both figuratively and literally, by his chi skills. We practiced a fair amount of balancing, centering and redirecting skills as well. Needless to say, I enjoyed the show, but I also agree that it could have done a better job at covering the different parts of the show more thoroughly. A series? Heck ya! Bring it on!

Are you still going to include artwork of the characters?

If you look at the captions on the pictures you will see the ideas behind the characters. There are four fem fatals in the works. InfraRed, Null and Void, and Ultra Violet. Like I said it is a work in progress, but similar to the ideas above. Especially the Violet comparison.

Some guy has sorta started something similar to this in this thread. It is located at the very bottom of the page, and continues on to the next. Apparently he is going to post the character writeups at some point, but I get the feeling he is too busy ro something, and now we have to wait.

I just wanted to mention that I saw the proof copy of Dragon's Gate last night, and it is awesome! With the stats for Action and M&M Superlink placed in the back appendices it doesn't get in the way of the read through. The amount of information is incredible as well. You could have an entire campaign based in Chinatown, any Chinatown for that matter. If you haven't already ordered it you should because you'll be missing out on a wealth of great material. Of course now the bar has been set higher for San Angelo 2nd Edition... Stay tuned for more!

Whatever you want since it is voluntary, but I'm hoping that everyone will contribute at least something. BTW, if you want to redo the figures themselves (improving them should be easy since they are so simple) I could convert them as well. Just remember to not overdo the details too much. I can't promise I can pick up every nuance, but I should be able to come close enough.