Jophiel

I'd love to get in on this but I'm away from my computer (on vacation) to put up models right now. If you're still offering this coming Wednesday, I'm all over it.

Lookin' good!

I asked this once before and was told nope.

I have a feeling you're going to have lots of requests. People love talent and people love free. Combining them is dangerous

Sign me up down the line for The Polish Princess if the mood suits you.
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She's a Rad/Rad defender whose mother was irradiated while investigating some Nazi supersoldier equipment in 1976 at a university in Krakow. Her mother died in childbirth and Anja was was infused with the radiation. She has come to Paragon City to take her fight against the 5th Column and, by extension, Council.

I'd be happy with anything but, if you're looking for direction (and dynamic poses), either her blasting out some sort of radiation or her clutching a torn 5th Column insigna would be pretty cool. I don't usually picture her expression as particularly hostile or stoic but more pragmatic with a hint of humor. She has what drives her but doesn't let it consume her humanity.

Someone smarter than me might be able to answer this better, but can't you block the background/title images directly from the Hosts file?

I think I've always been drawn to more nuanced or complex character types (Defenders & Controllers in CoH) which I suppose fits my real life persona -- more of a background worker to help make things happen than the point person. Someone who likes a lot of more subtle options and moves which enhance the entire group without calling a lot of attention to myself.

Also, I tend to be chatty with the quips and smart comments in game which is what you have to deal with from me in real life

Woohoo! Polish Princess's first foray into the world of artwork! It looks amazing (as I knew it would)

I'm gonna have to tinker with that avatar once I get home. I guess the system only likes perfect boxes since it's stretching mine out.

I'm gonna use my Man Vote for #3

Amazing stuff. There's a great "comics" feel to them as though you could just imagine a full comic book on the shelf being about those characters.

If you have yourself and four other like minded people, you have a team. Get three more people and you have your group of eight. I play on Victory and manage to pick up teams and task forces all the time so I know people exist who are doing these things.

I don't farm. I barely touch the AE, to be honest. I'm pulling my way up to 50 on my Defender the old fashioned way (at lvl 41 now!) sitting solo in mission instances, shooting Nemesis steamworks with my laser eyes all on my lonesome if need be. But I'm still having fun and it's rare that I set myself to "Looking for Any Team" (with "No AE" in my text field) and don't get invited to a team doing something outside the AE during the course of the evening. You have it even easier with a perfectly fine group of like-minded people at your disposal and only need to plug a few holes if you want to go all out.

If you're not happy you should absolutely leave since paying money to be miserable in a game is stupid no matter the circumstances. But I have a hard time empathizing.

Bio for my Rad/Rad Defender, "The Polish Princess"

Anja Holownia's mother Sophia was a graduate student of physics at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow in 1976 when they received Nazi equipment from their experimental supersoldier programs and abandoned after the war. While examining the equipment, its decayed shielding broke apart, exposing the scientists and students to high levels of radiation from its core. Of those in the room Sophia was the only survivor, living another eight months before her weakened body gave out during the birth of Anja.

Anja, imbuded with the radiation which killed her mother, learned to control its flow and release throughout the years. After obtaining mastery over the deadly forces within her, she traveled to Paragon City to seek retribution upon the living Nazi legacy in the 5th Column and the Council which has taken control.

(Last part had to be tacked on since PP's origins predate the whole Council thing).

My mistake, it is just $name

You can see more of the $ tags at the bottom of the tips & tricks section here.

$name

Also useful is $himher and $heshe

As in "It's $name! Ger $himher before $heshe gets away!" There's other $ tags you can use (for origin, archtype, etc) but those are the most common.

For color, I believe you highlight the text and right click on it to bring up a text options pop-up with color and italic/bold/size/etc tags. I've done it but the details are slipping my mind.

My villainous arc "Standing Within the Mists" relies on a contact who is obviously working for you on a somewhat freelance basis. Your "acceptance" dialogues are you telling her what to do next ('Go check out this location') and when you return, she reports back on what she found. Her dialogue contains your own plot line ("So, I guess you're going to do this now, huh?") plus some additional pop-up notes as required to keep you in your own loop.

Obviously, this still railroads the character since I'm putting words in your mouth but I've gotten a lot of positive feedback on the contact. I guess it's different enough that it beats being told "Go do this, maggot."

Sin Sister would be thrilled to be seen in pin-up (or more) form.

I wouldn't be against seeing Polish Princess used either. I suppose she'd need some creative costume modifications to show some skin but I'm not opposed to that.

Great piece, great pose. Love the over the shoulder pose for attitude and the purples in the background playing up the carnival mask without being ridiculously overt.

I'm just going to sit here all morning and comment on art, it seems.

Very nice classic feel on the second one. Very nice, indeed!

Liked the first as well but I tend to get confused on these "Someone did this and then someone did that and then I colored it" things. I'm not sure who I'm complimenting for what. But that's just me -- I'm easily confused.

Great piece. Love the lighting and the retro/noir sort of feeling.

I've got a few pieces people are (or will be) working on but, man, I keep seeing stuff and start lingering over commission pages and...

...I need more disposible income or something. Or to start catching the cheap deals

I'm constantly amazed at not only the skill displayed in this forum but the variety of styles, each of which does a spectacular job of getting its point across. Excellent work!

Well, if anything this thread has convinced me to respec out of my nuke (Radiation) next time I'm respec'ing. I just hit 40 and got it at 38 but rarely use it. In group situations where it might be useful, keeping my choking cloud and debuffs up is even more valuable.

I did... umm... nuke a bunch of Skulls in Perez with it though. That was kind of fun.

Sign me up. I'll send you a PM