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Actually, I'm wanting a spear but would appease myself with something along the lines of a pike as long as the animations are not laughably bad and the set is fun to play. This is all operating under the assumption that none of the developers have a burning desire to do a spear set the way it should be done.

But maybe I’m being overly pessimistic. A lot of the MMOs that operate with purchasable point models seem to generate a ton of niceties for their players, be it special powers and abilities, costumes, emotes, and what have you. Without the need to package all content for issue releases, there is financial incentive to get the product online as soon as it is available and working properly. I can’t speak for other VIP players but I’d still buy and spend points for the occasional powersets, especially if said powers are outside the realm of what is thought to be more traditionally of the superhero genre.

I’m not really trying to be disagreeable as what you are saying sounds correct and reasonable but the brief research that I was able to engage during my lunch also seems to indicate that the culture, time frame, and the size and style of the weapon has a lot to do with the way the spear was handled. I have to also say that a spear set is kind of a personalized “want” for me as I don’t really see spear-wielding superheroes being a staple of the genre. I’m not saying that there aren’t any but there are probably tons of powersets that should be explored first for a superhero MMO. So if they tossed something in the TW mix that was kind of polearm-sized with a spearhead and it didn’t look completely silly in use, I could roll with it.

Of course, a real thrusting, jabbing single-handed spear powerset would be the ideal and I would love to see one. With the precedent being set for some limited range attacks in claws, spines, and KM (I think), you might even be able to toss it! My mouth waters at the idea of one of my mains finally having the spear she was always meant to have. If she ever gets it, I may never leave this game.

He. And story of my life.

Also, great signature graphic. I have a soft spot for pun-based character names. Very nice.

Yes, I’m aware. Thus, the kindly request from me above.

Exactamundo.

Yeah, I was kind of shocked to see a new deviation from MMO Art. I'm kind of curious myself. I've always liked a lot of the work but just saw the name on too many rip lists to bother making contact. Personally, I can live with someone who takes their time but I don't like it when the communication stops and that was exactly what I'd heard happened to a few people with this artist.

Yep, that was it. And I could have sworn I had put you on Watch but you weren't. I fixed that.

It would be a money making venture for the cosplayer but I think most of my character costumes are broad enough with regard to patterns and emblems and pieces to avoid being classified strictly as a CoH character. The costume creator is just a handy tool for making the costumes since I can’t draw a lick.

I broached the subject with the cosplayer in question but I don’t even know if she’s interested yet as she hasn’t responded. I know that I could get someone to do it but it probably would be one of my more expensive commissions ever. Still, I love the idea of seeing one of the characters come to life and I definitely want to make it happen.

Incidentally, I already am kind of doing a cosplayer commission already – a female friend of mine wants to get a costume for Rogue together for the SDCC and I agreed to help defray some of the cost just in the interest of ensuring that she gets some good work done. I’m looking forward to seeing how that one turns out.

I love to try out different things with my commissions and one of the reasons things have slacked off is I’ve already gotten a little tired of the standard portraiture type of commissions and those, unfortunately, are usually the most affordable. I also suffer from a situation that once I get a picture in my head, I desperately need to see it. That D&D cartoon commission I had done was the result of having a picture in my head. I was a fan of the show but not so much a fan that I thought I would ever be getting fan art made. My whole Vanessa Lake contest last year was completely tied to my desire to see tons of Vanessa Lake art. It is an expensive compulsion… One I’m guessing you can appreciate.

At this point in my life, I should probably seek to broaden my dating pool… not to make it even more shallow. I’ve already wasted countless years holding out for a double-jointed former gymnast who owns a liquor store and also has an experimental twin sister.

Yeah, this had been more or less my understanding but the only thing that gives me pause is that standard dictum that if a company feels that their trademark is violated, they more or less have to act or open the door for other violations in the future. It isn’t necessarily a real fear of mine but it has gotten a lot of mileage in this discussions like this.

Yeah, I remember that and I’m sure it is still archived somewhere. Some of them were quite nice.

By the time I get around to commissioning characters as art, they've generally already moved away from their game origins to a degree. I nearly always add details that can't be found in game and with my interest in MMOs somewhat waning at this point in my life, I imagine some characters I get commissioned going forward (because I do still enjoy that) won't be from a game at all. This is all a long way of saying that I don't think the costumes or the names would be an issue so far as violating NC Soft's purported ownership of all characters in the game.

By the way, great costumes! I've seen some of them before but I'm not sure where. dA account, maybe?

That may be an idea... But it seems that there are a few folks in the art buying game that harbor commercial plans for their characters. I'd always heard this was prohibited (unless the character can be proven to pre-date the CoH version) but I kind of have to think it would only become an issue if a character just exploded in global popularity. At best, this would be a cosplayer making a few bucks off prints of her as one of my characters that kinda sorta looks like you could make the costume in CoH. Seems like pretty small potatoes and it's hard to imagine NC Soft going ape over a few rupies being made from one of the millions of player characters. A signature character... that I could understand.

Yeah, my characters don't have any of me in them and I really have like zero interest in dressing up in a costume myself. As most of my more art-worthy characters are female, nobody on this good green Earth wants to see me trying to work that out in drag. Trust me on this.

One of the things I particularly like about some of the top notch cosplayers is how they put their own spin on established characters and manage to do both the character and themselves justice. Cost is definitely an issue which is why I've not done it some time ago.

A lot of my characters in CoH pre-date the game and I probably have enough scraps to prove it. I can see how your concern could happen but really would only matter if you planned to do something commercial with your character. Just because someone manages to make a mint with an idea I may have had doesn't necessarily mean that I would've made that mint as well. I realize that mentality changes when you're talking about $10,000,000 as opposed to $200 but I honestly don't think something like that would happen. There is so much media competition these days, I'm not even certain that the characters introduced in the Internet age will show the staying power of a Batman or Superman. Some may but most will fade into mediocrity - and as well they should.

I love it! And my favorite part is the implication that Airhead may be the voice of reason judging from his concerned expressed. Or maybe he's just vexed that she took the last marshmallow. Either way, it's a very unique piece of work... Thanks for having Janet in it.

If you do owe me any thanks for MyAmbeon, you're getting it right back with EuROPA777. I've wanted to get some more model sheets for my characters and these just might fit the bill. Great stuff!

I really love this artist - I found her myself through her awesome entries to my Vanessa Lake contest last year - but every time she's open for commissions, my funds are tapped. This one turned out beautifully and it is definitely interesting to see something from her outside the surrealism she's known for... Great commission!

Thanks VexXxy! I can totally imagine the scene where she pulls out some dainty lady-sized space derringer that prompts the bad guys a snickerin' until they see it whirl and twist and transform into the highly deadly purple and pink proton pistol we all know and love.

I mix up both. If I'm posting a lot here and flip over to dA, I use the brackets when I should use the <>. If I'm posting a lot there and come here, the reverse happens. The main thing I carry over from dA is their emoticons. I cannot tell you how many times I typed :wave: or :highfive: or :clap: into these forums. Fortunately, I always seem to catch it.

Of course, you can do this if you're really committed - - but who has that kind of time?

I know but I get them confused flipping back and forth from dA to here. I usually preview to make sure I didn't flub up but I was also multi-tasking here at work. I'm surprised I spell anything correctly, honestly.