Picture This! Second Cappucino Maker Edition!
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BlackberryThorn,
Posted on: 2009-07-06 17:38 in Multi-Media Fan Creations
The best thing about this is you get to see a version of your charecters that you would have never thought of.
Well done everyone and keep them coming
The results so far:
Eddy Swan + EnnVee = Ancient
VexXxa + Yogurt = Swap Gender
Turkey Lurkey + Mariner = Ancient
TremDei + Flame Enchantress = Praetorian/alignment swap
Larissa Rasputin + Gray Huntress = Praetorian/alignment swap
Bayani + Clobbertime = Classic
Hericane + Cauda = Ancient
Juggertha + Nightmyst = Parody
Suichiro + tuter king = Swap Gender
Bubbawheat + Hercules = Praetorian/alignment swap
PeteyCat + Red Valkyrja = Modern
ddgryphon + BlackJackDavy = No theme
Xzero45 + Barron = Animalistic
mousedroid + RedFirefox = Futuristic
Fukushu + The Foo = Ancient
Blackberry Thorn + Johnnykat = Futuristic
Power Stream + The Masked Shrike = No theme
General Knowledge + John Printemps = Modern
Xzero45 + Barron = Animalistic
Barron has not heard from his counterpart as of yet, does anyone know if Xxero45 is around?
If not, I see that Juggertha, Nightmyst, ddgryphon, & BlackJackDavy have no results yet either, can someone be kind enough to see who is around of these 4 and help out Barron ? This is one of the few threads Barron looks at so I was really hoping to see what would come of this. . . ya ya wife pleading I know, but still can someone get some inside info on who is around ??
Juggy doesn't have forum access I believe, but he might be working on his... DDgryphon's pc has been shot for several weeks, he only posts about once a day now. Don't know the other 2...
ok, you wanna jump in and fill the gap for B then LJ ?
According to Gryph's post in another thread, he's up and running again.
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Costume design? Ummm no. I only go in there when I have to... other wise I may never come out alive... apologies, and um I have to get back to my queue. All these freebies make me feel guilty that I'm slacking. 
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I'd be willing to do it if you haven't got any takers yet. These things are too much fun to pass up. You or him just pm me a pic of his character and I'll add the fleas. 
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I'd be willing to do it if you haven't got any takers yet. These things are too much fun to pass up. You or him just pm me a pic of his character and I'll add the fleas.
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He will be in touch later today !
I apologize for not getting my take on Flame Enchantress up, I'm having some problems that have taken most of my attention. I am working on it, though.
"It's hard for you to be yourself, if you don't know who you really are."
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Wow, alot of these look really cool. Better than anything I could come up with, that's for sure.
By the by, I'm waiting on a response, so that's why I haven't uploaded anything yet >.>
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I kinda said this awhile ago, but hey, thanks for ignoring me.
ddgryphon's pc went down. Waiting for screenshots when he gets up and running.
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The results so far:
Eddy Swan + EnnVee = Ancient
VexXxa + Yogurt = Swap Gender
Turkey Lurkey + Mariner = Ancient
TremDei + Flame Enchantress = Praetorian/alignment swap
Larissa Rasputin + Gray Huntress = Praetorian/alignment swap
Bayani + Clobbertime = Classic
Hericane + Cauda = Ancient
Juggertha + Nightmyst = Parody
Suichiro + tuter king = Swap Gender
Bubbawheat + Hercules = Praetorian/alignment swap
PeteyCat + Red Valkyrja = Modern
ddgryphon + BlackJackDavy = No theme
Xzero45 + Barron = Animalistic
mousedroid + RedFirefox = Futuristic
Fukushu + The Foo = Ancient
Blackberry Thorn + Johnnykat = Futuristic
Power Stream + The Masked Shrike = No theme
General Knowledge + John Printemps = Modern
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I know TheMaskedShrike said she was having compy issues.
Shrike is a she! *POW*
Whatcho talkin bout Willis?
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Shrike is a she! *POW*
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What? There aren't any women on the internet, silly you.
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Shrike is a she! *POW*
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What? There aren't any women on the internet, silly you.
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Guy till proven Girl
Alrighty, after a slight name mishap on my part, I was able to successfully recreate Barron_'s character Sleet into a more animal-like version.
Original shots.
And here's the new, more feral Sleet!
Front and back shot.
Posing.
I'm not big on going into detail about my "creative process" so I'll just let the pictures do the talking. >.>
Wow, very creepy!
TL
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I was teamed with the fantastic Hericane, who remade my character, Naomi "Eventide" Voss-Illsley into Naomi "The Fox" Hills, a transformation that I'm incredibly happy with, but is also a difficult act to follow.
We were given the theme of "ancient" to work with, which I really struggled with because I didn't want to put Hericane into a normal Roman/ Samurai/ Knight outfit and be done with it. Instead, I tried to allow her background to push me towards one theme or the other.
Hericane is a pretty complex character, but at her core she is a classic guardian archetype and I chose to represent that with an armoured and noble look. I experimented with a number of concepts, making her a commander in Imperious' army, then a Luddite defender of Cap Au Diable. In the end I settled on making tying her into the Crusades, a protector of the pilgrims travelling through the dangerous, bandit-filled mountains passes of Wallachia and Muntenia on their way to the Holy Land.
Unfortunately, armour and nobility came at the expense of some of Hericane's sensual look, but who says you can't be sexy in battle armour?
Without further ado:
On the banks of the Black Sea
Observing from a position of command
Examining the battlefield for clues
There are many tales about the origin of The Hericane. Some claim she is an avenging angel, risen from the grave, others that she is not from this world at all. The most widespread story, however, is that she a simple peasant girl, blessed by the Zâne of the Black Sea to protect those who would visit its shores.
For decades the passes through the Carpathian Mountains had been infested by the bandit-kings who fed upon the stolen wares of merchants traveling from the sea to the markets of Wallachia. With the kingdoms boyers more interested in their own wealth than that of protecting the trading route, many merchants took a longer route to the south rather than risk their deaths in the mountains which meant vital supplies of food and medicines were lost to the people inland.
When the Vatican called for every man in Wallachia who could raise a weapon to journey to the Holy Land, the people began to plot a journey that would allow them to avoid the mountains where they would be easy pickings, and rally at the shores of the Black Sea. The journey, which added months to their travel time meant that many of the troops and supplies destined for Jerusalem would not make it in time to aid those already fighting.
The boyers sent scouts into the mountains to try find a safe route, but only one returned- a young boy, with word from a striga that a single mountain pass remained open due to the intervention of a female warrior, clad in the finest of red and black armour.
Trivia
<ul type="square"> [*]The pictures were taken place on the Grandville Beach map in Mission Architect. I didn't realise the map had a day/ night cycle until that point.
[*]Herricane was modeled by my Grav/ Ice Dominator, Geneva. She actually has an Arachnos War Mace under there.[/list]
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Difficult act to follow? My God girl... not only did you follow it up and met any expectations, but you exceeded them. Holy frak... I dunno where to start on my thoughts on this, so I'll just type them out as I think of them. One, you understood the basic core of Herri pretty good. Even though she's a sensual party girl at heart and does whatever she feels like doing, that and basically Superman's abilities is a pretty scary combo ain't it?, she's a good kid at heart. She won't say it, and she doesn't act like a Girl Scout cause she isn't, but she'll usually do what's right, just in a bad girl/rebel/Wolverine kinda way. Which leads into a woman of the Crusades. Herri and the Crusades are two things that most people wouldn't associate very readily, not with Herri's usual activities, but to her core yeah that's her. And Hell, I thought I tried to root Naomi pretty steeply into history, with just a little artistic license. I feel like an amateur now. Like an opening act to the main group of a concert. And just the subject of the Crusades. Anyone who knows me well enough know my favorite comic book character, the Magdalena, a mantle that has been passed down through the ages to women who are literal descendants of Mary Magdalene. The Magdalena has always fought for her God, not always the Church, so its eerier yet cool that you picked the Crusades as the backdrop.
Other musings: kinda trippy to see Herri fully clothed. Makes sense in the time and the place, but she's usually known for some kinda skin being shown. heh But heck, she's freakin omnious in that full knight suit. Gives a feeling of the Black Knight from Monty Python, while a female spin on it. Couldn't have done better myself.
Oh. I shoulda included similar added trivia like points about Naomi that you did for Herri.
Boothill Cemetary is Potter's Field in Sharkhead Isle.
I also used one of my existing chars to create Naomi's Old West look, Jane Badone, a thugs/dark MM. Although the costume was completely unique for Naomi, only part I kept was the revolvers.
MA Arcs - #67636, #92202
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Slag Heap: Why you hurt Guardian!? Guardian no hurt you!
Okay! I finally got my computer back so I could load up CoH again! (Two hard drive deaths in less than two weeks, I swear it's gremlins...) I am *so* sorry it's taken so long to get to this, so I decided to try two concepts.
I was paired up with Power Stream who selected his cool-looking character Propellant. I was really inspired by the second costume there, though they are both very nifty. Power Stream did a great job on the Shrike, and I hope this is at least interesting. We had no theme so I just went on my own whims.
Chrysopoeia aka Lady Michelle Jette, was a lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I. Athletic and outgoing, she was known as an enthusiastic huntress and falconer, and was much admired by other members of the court. It was to Dr. John Dee that she gave her own attention, however. She became fascinated by his studies in alchemy and Hermetic philosophy, and before long, had become his student. She had a natural talent for understanding the esoteric disciplines, and it seemed that she might surpass her mentor in the search for the Philosopher's Stone and the Elixir of Life.
In fact, she had been so deeply engrossed in her experiments that the Queen chided her for her bookishness and her unhealthy complexion, strongly suggesting that Lady Michelle would do well to get some fresh air. A ride into the country nearly proved disastrous when Michelle was caught in a freak blizzard. Luckily her entourage recovered her and transported her back to court, where she was nursed back to health. All marveled at her swift recovery...and they marveled more still when her new abilities manifested, nearly scorching the hair off Dr. Dee himself. He concluded that her alchemical mixtures must have transmuted her body into something more pure and perfect.
When Lady Michelle awoke, she was confronted by a most insistent Lord Walsingham. At the Queen's behest, he persuaded Michelle to become England's secret weapon against her enemies. Secretly schooled in the art of swordplay, and with her new fiery gift at her fingertips, Michelle was immersed in a life of peril and adventure at the Queen's command.
Yet as all around her aged and died, Michelle had to admit to herself that her experiments must have indeed yielded the Elixir of Life, for she herself never aged. So began years of subterfuge as she created new identities and new lives over the years, moving around the world to conceal her nature. Now, in Paragon city, she fights evil and injustice while searching for the key to her immortality.
And, just because I had to:
PropellAnt was known as Nigella, warrior in the service of Queen Molesta of Nest Invicta, greatest nest of all Tribe Solenopsidini, the feared Fire Ant civilization far beneath the Earth's surface. None of their enemies could stand against them--that is, until Pseudacton, the Decapitator, came among them. Nest Invicta was wiped out, but Nigella somehow survived. After pushing her way out from beneath a mound of the dead, she found her Queen, who lay dying. Before she expired, Molesta issued one last order: Nigella must track down Pseudacton and destroy him.
Armed with her natural fire powers, Nigella hunted the Decapitator to a nest of humans called Paragon City. Though their ways are strange, she has at least found a place among their society as a 'hero' as she continues to pursue her prey.
Busting heads since 1938
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Here is ddgryphon's character Scarlet Sting.
No theme.
Bio: Ko Kawa was born to a professional executioner for the yakuza. Her mother died in childbirth leaving her father to see to her education and upbringing. He doted on his daughter, but trained her in the arts of war and assassination, never revealing his true occupation. She only knew her father as a good, kind and loving man. When he was finally assassinated, she vowed revenge and put her years of training to use. She discovered her father's true nature, but instead of following his path, she struck out to fight crime.
Original Scarlet Sting 1
Scarlet Sting 2
And here's my take. I went with a more superhero-ish look and kept the same color scheme, but made red the primary color.
New Scarlet Sting 1
Scarlet 2
And this is a more realistic look that I was experimenting around with in keeping more with her original costume.
Alternate
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Here is ddgryphon's character Scarlet Sting.
No theme.
Bio: Ko Kawa was born to a professional executioner for the yakuza. Her mother died in childbirth leaving her father to see to her education and upbringing. He doted on his daughter, but trained her in the arts of war and assassination, never revealing his true occupation. She only knew her father as a good, kind and loving man. When he was finally assassinated, she vowed revenge and put her years of training to use. She discovered her father's true nature, but instead of following his path, she struck out to fight crime.
Original Scarlet Sting 1
Scarlet Sting 2
And here's my take. I went with a more superhero-ish look and kept the same color scheme, but made red the primary color.
New Scarlet Sting 1
Scarlet 2
And this is a more realistic look that I was experimenting around with in keeping more with her original costume.
Alternate
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Those are both great looks. I love the use the lab coat in the alternate. Hardware is all good and as soon as I can I'm loading the OS (Vista, unfortunately) at my earliest opportunity.
Awesome revision... I am soooo glad I didn't have to draw that back for my Heri series... lol Not that I couldn't do it, but wow, that's a lot of pieces and detail. She looks great!