Testing the waters...

All my work is done in Heromachine with mods and post production done in Paint and Microsoft Picture it 9.

First, the full-size version of my avatar. This is the standard uniform for the Brotherhood of Mutants in an RPG I created this character for.

Code Name: ShadowDemon
Real Name: Steven Richard "Steve" Donovan
Age: 15 (nearly 16)
Ht: ~6'1"
Wt: ~190lbs (I stink at estimating weights, he's well built but not bulky)
Hair: black
Eyes: green
Power Type: Mutant
Powers: Steve is a Darkforce user, similar to Cloak and Darkstar. He can use his power to fly, cast shields, force bolts, and blend into existing shadows. He can also use his power to attack the psyche of another person, making them experience all of their "inner darkness" over and over.

Steve believes "The Darkness" to be a sentient thing, despite being repeatedly told by others that it is merely amplifying and personafying his own inner turmoil. His greatest fear is that someday it will "get away from him", and hurt someone it shouldn't. On his worst days, he fears the day he letsit get away from him.

History: Steve was orphaned at the age of 11 when his parents were killed in a car accident. He was sent to live with his father's relatives.

At the age of 12, his powers first manifested when he was confronted by 3 gang members on the way home from school. Outnumbered and scared, he instinctively unleased the Darkness upon them and ran. (Their soul-rending shrieks of fear and anguish still haunt his dreams.)

Fearing he would hurt someone else, Steve made it home, grabbed his guitar and a bag of clothes and the money he had on hand, and disappeared into New York City. He made his way as a "busker" (street musician), and by doing a few "pick up" gigs with local bands.

Three years later, he was discovered and at first recruited by Prof Charles Xavier for his Institute in Bayville (this is set in an alternate Evo-verse). He quickly found himself (along with his friend and fellow new recruit Chance Fortunato) on an undercover mission to infiltrate Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants.

Recently, it was discovered that Charles Xavier was far from being the kindly figure he portrayed himself to be. A final confrontation between the two teams resulted in Xavier disappearing and Magneto assuming his place as Headmaster of the Institute.

Steve's "partner in crime" and co-field leader of the Brotherhood, Chance Fortunato (concept created by my friend Ben, who plays him in the game). Chance's primary power is controlling kinetic energy.

Ok...granted pretty plain so far. Let's try these:

Sunstroke, a solar-powered fire generator/manipulator:



The Mark 2 Phantom armor/costume. Phantom is another character played by my freind Ben:

Cool ideas!

My version of an MRD trooper (Wolverine and the X-Men):



A "Minion of Evil", member of the Iron Guard, a neo-Nazi group:

I like Chance the best, despite the cheesey name

Here's another of MY rpg characters, Pulse.

Pulse is the son of Magneto, the product of an affair he had with Lee Forrester in the X-Men books back in the late 80s. It's pretty obvious where his costume draws it's inspiration from.

I have several versions of him...still can't quite nail down which look I prefer:

I like anything related to the Lehnserr bloodline.

Even though he's not a marvel creation...he's got a better claim to being a Lensherr than Lorna does, that's for sure.

I think I prefer the top look for Pulse. It just seems to fit.

I'm with ffs on that one.

Thanks guys!

Couple more:

Trying a different look for Evo Rogue (same universe as ShadowDemon and Chance). Not sure what to do with her...tried a couple of different things. (Yes I know I left off the gloves...)





Jean Grey (same universe). The formal jacket and cumberbund really works for her. The look I was going for was stylish but still a little "goth-y". Ben and I dubbed the style "Amber-goth"

Coolness!

Nice ideas I too prefer the first Pulse.

Couple of different ideas for Firestar (in our game, Pulse's g/f) Personally, I like the first one the best:





Emma Frost...neither of them terribly original, I'm afraid:

Ok, Angelica and Emma ain't doing it for anyone....

Here's an alt Evo Wanda (with a wand, no less...):


Sticking with the "witch" theme, here's a character that just popped into my head and wouldn't leave me alone:


Changing universes, here's an alternate Arrowette from Young Justice:


And another "generic" character:

I too prefer the first Fire Star and Emma Frost. Of the others, Arrowette is my favourite. BTW, have you tried the new Fabrica de Herois? It produces more professional looking pictures than Hero Machine and is now more flexible. Try it here http://fabricadeherois.blogspot.com/" target="_blank Under the help tab it has lots of option for manipulation and you can click and drag parts around.

I'll check it out. Do you know if there is a downloadable version? I'm on dial up, and had a friend dl the free version of Heromachine, which I run locally on my desktop.

I think members can download it, but I don't know if it available for others. The old Timm style version is here http://rapidshare.com/files/133970420/fabrica.rar.html