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Miniatures Adventure => SuperHero Adventures => Topic started by: Davies on May 30, 2022, 11:25:53 AM
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So...it has been many years collecting Heroclix. The game changes from a clunky superhero game to a headache, money eating hobby, but the miniatures, until the recent and unfortunate change in size, are cool. I'm sure many of you here experienced the same astonishment I felt twenty years ago, when I discovered the game in my comic store. A superhero game! With collectable miniatures! Here, is Spider-man! Captain America! Kang! The Wasp! So many characters I personally love since I was a kid. But, as my collection started growing, I was aware of a problem.
See, I love Marvel comics, but I always feel fascination for underdog characters. I frequently choose to watch a film for its supporting cast, instead of the main actors. Same logic I applied to comics. Yes, I know the big stars and they are awesome. Peter David's Hulk, Moench's Moon Knight, all the good years of Spider-man or the Avengers, all gold readings to me. But my favourite group has always been the Thunderbolts. C- rate characters who could be as interesting and compelling as the big players.
And, as a collector, I slowly understand that some of these characters will never see the light in miniature. Set after set, we have a plethora of A-characters remaded over and over again, so I started to create some of my favourite secundary characters. Many of them were made years ago, so my sculpt skill were poor, but my lovely wife convinced me to post them here. Oh, and she made me a dice bag:
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First of the bunch: Aqueduct, the favourite of my wife (I really don't know why), so I made this many years ago for her.
Aqueduct is a water controller, Ghost Rider and New Warriors enemy. He was called the Water Wizard, but now his rookie identity is adopted by a new hero (so new he only has appeared in three comics to the date)
All the minis are in translucent bases because from Heroclix we went to Heroscape, and from here to Scott Pyle's Super Mission Force, which is a blast and I highly recommend.
Aqueduct (Blaster)
Force Blast (major), Flight(only 10'' per turn)
Water Wizard
Force Blast (minor), Force Field (minor, only protect characters within 5'')
There are some "house rules", as you can see, but we play in family, far from competitive, and our main goal is to reflect the characters' powers. Sometimes one of our C-listers is weak, so we count him as a Street Level character instead of an Standard type.
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Those are pretty cool. Did you sculpt those completely or are part of them cuttings from off of Heroclix figures?
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Hi, Bob, thank you! All my superhero customs are, well, just customs with Heroclix figures. After so many years, I don't remember the original pieces of many of them. I think Aqueduct is based on Aquaman, with the glasses and ponytail sculpted in green stuff. Water Wizard is perhaps a Daredevil with a Robin head.
Water Wizard has a friend, Queen Cat, formerly a lame Spider-man villainess, Menace, and now a sort of B-grade Black Cat. (She is in a fact a repainted Black Cat)
Queen Cat (Street level)
M 8''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Melee specialist, Super agility
Backgrounds: Criminal, High society
But, speaking of lame villains, don't forget 8-Ball, a loser who has lived more time that the common sense dictates. In a world of supers, his main weapon is a billiard cue.
8-Ball
M 6''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Force blast(minor), Grenades (sometimes, he throws explosive pool balls)
Backgrounds: Criminal, Science.
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OK, 8 Ball is great. :) Now I'm gonna have to make one of him.
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Marvel's Irish superheroine! (no, not Siryn)
Shamrock (Street level)
M 6''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Fortune, Inmortal
Backgrounds: Arcane, Athletics
And a villain, Flying Tiger. I love how the guy is a IIWW veteran aviator who thinks the better way to return to civil life is by a furry flying costume.
Flying Tiger (Street level)
M 6''
BD 5
PD5
Minor powers: Flight, melee specialist
Backgrounds: Criminal, military.
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OMG! I was just wondering the other day how I could Convert a Flying Tiger, and you've given me the eureka idea I needed! I going to scavenge that Banshee and combine with a head swap from Bronze Tiger!
Your stuff is great! Thanks!
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Thanks to you, Scott. The Goalsystem is, IMHO, the ideal way to approach to superhero games. We are having great fun in family, way more dynamic and narrative than with Heroclix or Heroscape.
Let's go with some great forgotten characters:
Man Bull (Brick)
M 5''
BD 8
PD 6
Major powers: Resistance
Minor powers: Rage, X-Power (When Man-Bull charges, he adds +2D to his melee damage)
Backgrounds: Criminal, Wild
Le Peregrine (Street level)
M 6''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Flight, Melee specialist
Backgrounds: Athletics, Art
Man Bull, one of those dull bricks with only bad luck. i'll say it would be a good candidate for a future Thunderbolts team if he wasn't so narrow-minded. And Le Peregrine, Alain Racine, France first hero! I highly recommend Marvel Contest of Champions, with his first apparition, and James Robinson's Scarlet Witch series, where he has a sad, beautiful moment shared with Wanda.
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Quicksand (Brick)
M 5''
BD 8
PD 6
Major powers: Resistance
Minor powers: Density increase, Fluid form
Backgrounds: Criminal, science
Xemnu (Powerhouse)
M 6''
BD 8
PD 8
Major powers: Super strenght, Mentalism
Minor powers: Resistance, Iron Will, Paralysis, Telekinesis
Backgrounds: Alien, Monarch
Masked Marauder (Mastermind)
M 6''
BD 6
PD 6
Major powers: Enhance
Minor powers: Gadgets, Stun
Backgrounds: Business, Criminal
Quicksand, Thor's foe, like the Sandman but without his good side. Xemnu the Titan, one of those lovely characters from the Monster era. And the Masked Marauder, Daredevil's foe, a brilliant criminal mind as arrogant as a comic cliché evil character could be.
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These are so awesome! And serendipitous… I’m just reading Daredevil (1964) #27 now.
Keep ‘em coming!
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Thanks, pahoota! Yes, Masked Marauder is one of these old villains who, at certain moment, put Daredevil against the ropes...and just a minute after, he is completely forgotten for the next forty years. It's a harsh life for some characters.
Cardinal (Wildcard)
M 6''
BD 6
PD 6
Minor powers: Armor, Flight, Power blasts
Backgrounds: Crimianl, Military
Scorcher (Street level)
M 6''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Power blasts, Damage field
Backgrounds: Criminal, Science
Cardinal, a New Warriors' foe who later was in the Thunderbolts. He always seems a good guy to me, with a cool armour. And Scorcher, who has a flame-thrower suit, and is surprisingly promoted to the big leagues at some point(during Norman Osborn's Dark Reign, he is considered one of the "big guns". I suspect he is a social climber)
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Such a great thread! I shared it with my Four-Color Studios Facebook group. Hope some members come by here and check it out!
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Much appreciated, Scott, thanks. Funny thing is most of these minis are ten or even fifteen years old, and they are only here thanks to the insistence of my wife and my daughter.
Speaking about old ones:
Walrus (Brick)
M 3''
BD 8
PD 6
Major powers: Resistance
Minor powers: Rage
Weakness: Average Joe (Psyche Defense of 2D), Glass Jaw, Slow.
Backgrounds:Blue collar, Criminal
I know, poor, dumb Hubert Camperter has three weakness, and only one minor power. And I highly recommend play him without Trade offs! Yes, he is almost useless, but this circumstance is overcompensated by the laughs of the players. He is here with his partner in crime, a White Rabbit in need of a repaint.
Shark Girl (Brawler)
M 7''
BD 7
PD 6
Major powers: Scrapper
Minor powers: Amphibious, Resistance
Backgrounds: Athletics, Exploration
A shark-school girl from the X-men, in case you need a swimmer. My daughter loves to put her in her team with other X-cadets.
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Razorfist (Street level)
M 6''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Melee specialist, Reflection
Backgrounds: Athletics, Criminal
Shockwave (Street level)
M 6''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Armor, Melee specialist
Backgrounds: Espionage, Criminal
Two martial artist, Shang-Chi foes. Not very happy with my custom of Shockwave, maybe I remade him some day.
Equinox(Wildcard)
M 6''
BD 6
BD 6
Minor powers: Barrier, Power blasts, Entangle, Stun
Backgrounds: Science, Criminal
I always have a place in my comic reader's heart for poor Equinox. He has the powers of the Human Torch AND Iceman, and despite the coolness of that, he is a tragic character, struggling for left his criminal tendencies in the past. He is the most apologetic villain I've ever read.
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Howdy, gentlemen!!A friend of mine from the USA told me this is a perfect way to begin a conversation in Texas, so to Texas we go, with the favourites of nobody...
Texas Twister (Wildcard)
M 20''
BD 6
PD 6
Minor powers: Flight, Force blasts, Telekinesis, Melee Specialist
Backgrounds: Espionage, Performance
And his partner in law...
Shooting Star (Street level)
M 6''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers:Power blasts (10'' at +1D[2], Rapport (with Texas Twister)
Backgrounds: Athletics, High society
...in a family picture, along with their partners in the Texas Initiative team (and don't forget West Coast Avengers), the Rangers (minus Red Wolf and Phantom Rider)
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These are fantastic! Great job :)
If I may ask...where do you buy your clear bases?
Thanks!
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Thanks!
Before the Brexit, I bought my clear bases from the UK. After the great disaster, the costs for european costumers are a nightmare, so I buy hundreds of bases from Aliexpress. The words Acrylic and Traslucent give you a lot of options in their page.
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Thanks!
Before the Brexit, I bought my clear bases from the UK. After the great disaster, the costs for european costumers are a nightmare, so I buy hundreds of bases from Aliexpress. The words Acrylic and Traslucent give you a lot of options in their page.
Excellent. Thanks.
I will check out Aliexpress :)
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I'm totally unfamiliar with all of these characters, but they are awesome conversions and I love how much character they all have, in the figure and in the stats. It's a complete injustice Walrus was never a HeroClix!
Thanks so much for sharing (sounds like we owe it to your wife and daughter, so thank them too please).
Chris
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Thanks for your kind words, boywundyrx. Daughter and wife are properly thanked. I hope to post here one of our slugfests soon, just to show you how they beat my ass.
Basilisk (Wildcard)
M 6
BD7
PD6
Minor powers:Tough, Power blasts, Leaping
Backgrounds:Criminal, Arcane
Bengal (Street level)
M 10
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Melee specialist, fast
Backgrounds:Athletics, Espionage
Basilisk's civil name is...wait for it...Basil Elks. So his unavoidable destiny is to shoot lasers from the eyes, turning people into stone or have a pair of antlers in his head.
Bengal is one of this good guys who began his career killing people for vengeance. Fortunately, he left those vices behind and now live happily with his wife and son. How many times have we a happy ending after a redemption process?
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Thanks for your kind words, boywundyrx. Daughter and wife are properly thanked. I hope to post here one of our slugfests soon, just to show you how they beat my ass.
Basilisk (Wildcard)
M 6
BD7
PD6
Minor powers:Tough, Power blasts, Leaping
Backgrounds:Criminal, Arcane
Bengal (Street level)
M 10
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Melee specialist, fast
Backgrounds:Athletics, Espionage
Basilisk's civil name is...wait for it...Basil Elks. So his unavoidable destiny is to shoot lasers from the eyes, turning people into stone or have a pair of antlers in his head.
Bengal is one of this good guys who began his career killing people for vengeance. Fortunately, he left those vices behind and now live happily with his wife and son. How many times have we a happy ending after a redemption process?
How do they keep getting better? But they do! Wow!
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Thanks Scott. Now I'm blushing (specially because I bent your rules a little, and give Basilisk only three powers, instead of four)
Dracula (Powerhouse)
M 7''
BD 7
PD 6
Major powers: Scrapper, Resistance
Minor powers: Immortal, Parasite (Vampire), Dominance, Flight, Hinder, Iron Will.
Backgrounds: Arcane, Monarch
Cyclone (Street level)
M 6''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Flight, Telekinesis
Backgrounds: Science, Criminal
You see, I'm a sucker (pun intended) for The tomb of Dracula. Conway, Colan, Wolfman and Palmer created a comic which was beyond the standards of their age, and then turn the villain into the main character. And, although I love Werewolf by night or Tales of the zombie, I'm sure you are agree with me about how The tomb is something special. I want Dracula to be a force to be feared, as in his comics, so I cheated, ang give him Immortal (even when he is a Powerhouse type) and additional powers. Oh, and I deeply hate the new look that Marvel give to him, with that horrible armour. Marvel's Dracula is Palance(with moustache)!
You have a lame French supervillain here, too. Why hiring him when you have someone with the same powers but far more lethal, as Whirlwind? (probably because Cyclone do the job for the half of the money)
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Now, I have a problem here, and need some assistance. During our games, we started to be aware of how some characters don't deserve to have five Body and Psyche Damage points. They are no henchmen, but neither supers, and as we all know that some guy with some skills with a boomerang or a whip could be considered a super in Marvel comics, they are too weak to be a serious threat. Furthermore, we want to introduce civilians in our games, but every Spider fan could agree with me that a certain Mary Jane Watson is no normal civilian/damsel in distress, so one BD and PD damage boxes are too few, but five seems too much. Have you any house rules for your less-than-supers but more-than-bystanders characters? Maybe using the Servitor/Sidekick profile, with four BD and PD and one power?
To illustrate my point:
Screwball (Minor level?)
M 8''
BD 4
PD 4
Minor powers: Super-agility
Backgrounds: Athletics, Performance
A hateful Spider-Man foe, a "living-streamer". She DOESN'T deserve to have five BD.
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I think graduating the BD and PD down for characters your group deems "really" minor is a fine idea.
You could even assign them just one or two boosts.
Does a character like Whiplash (Blacklash) really rate "full" minor status in SMF? Well, maybe. His super-whip has lots of gadgets, he can fight a bit, and he wears an armored uniform. So yeah, I would say yes to that.
But what about Kangaroo? He leaps. He can fight. That's it. He might only rate two Boosts. The same Health as Blacklash, I would argue.
I will be working on an SMF supplement for 2023 and I will address this, I think.
Keep the conversions coming. Fun stuff!
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Look forward to more SMF content!
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I'm unfamiliar with most of the characters you have converted, and man has it been too long since I had a game, but I love the conversion efforts. Keep up the good work.
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Does a character like Whiplash (Blacklash) really rate "full" minor status in SMF? Well, maybe. His super-whip has lots of gadgets, he can fight a bit, and he wears an armored uniform. So yeah, I would say yes to that.
But what about Kangaroo? He leaps. He can fight. That's it. He might only rate two Boosts. The same Health as Blacklash, I would argue.
Whoopsie! This is what happens when your first language is not English, as you probably have taken note. I am reading again my post and find it is clearly ambiguous, sorry for that. Yes, Scott, I can't be more agree with you and your quote here. Street level is our more used archetype, and most of Marvel minor characters fit very well here. Whiplash, Kangaroo, Leap-Frog or Porcupine have survived punches from Spider-Man, Captain America or Daredevil and left the scene by their own feet, so they are clearly "more than regular humans", even when they haven't real powers. They have earned more than enough respect to fit as supers.
I am refering to characters like some popular agents of SHIELD, like Clay Quatermain, Gabe Jones or Sharon Carter, or some very minor villains, like the Death-Throws. Yes, they fought Hawkeye, but are so close to a bunch of goons with minor Power Blast as their only power that maybe a 4 BD and PD could be used. But I don't know, we need to test it more.
And about our civilians with more...mmm...personality than the rest- Mary Jane Watson, Rick Jones, Marlo Chandler, Jarvis..._ what about 3 BD and PD, and throwing 3D instead of the canonical 4D?
Oh, and a SMF supplement sounds better than great. Waiting for it with enthusiasm!
Thanks, eMills. Many of my conversions are from minor characters, but I think I'm going to include a reference to the fabulous Marvel Unnoficial Appendix page for each character I put here.
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Now, talking about him...
Kangaroo (Street level)
M 6''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Leaping, Melee Specialist
Backgrounds: Athletics, Wild
Razorback (Street level)
M 6''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Melee Specialist, Damage Field
Backgrounds: Blue collar, Science
The first Kangaroo, a baddie so stupid he died on his second encounter with Spider-man. But he learn to fight from the packs of kangaroos, so he earns some respect (just because kangaroo boxing is always funny). http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/kangaroooliver.htm (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/kangaroooliver.htm)
And Razorback, an ally of Spider-man and She-Hulk, a trucker with a heart of gold and a wild-boar costume. I give him Damage field because he has an "electrical mane".
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This fellow is not a C list member. I'm sure veterans of the forum have good memories of him. Oh, how I miss him in the current Marvel universe...
ROM (Best of the Space Knights) (Powerhouse)
M 6''
BD 9
PD 6
Major powers: Resistance
Minor powers: Armor, Flight, Super Strenght, Enhanced Senses, Power Blasts, Tough
Backgrounds: Alien, Public safety
An another hero to match the awesomeness of ROM:
Phone Ranger (Street level) http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/phoneranger.htm (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/phoneranger.htm)
M 6''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Armor, Savant
Backgrounds: Blue Collar
Trade offs: Glass Jaw
I choose Savant to represent his ability to hack mobile phones and Wi-Fi, and Armor because his plastic cable custome save his life when the Scourge of the Underworld shot him, but it seems to much for him. Maybe he could be a good representative of the mentioned "low-key characters". Could he be BD 4, PD 4 and the Savant power?
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Haha, the Phone Ranger. He's great, one of the victims of a Scourge member I believe. There's a great Paperback comic out about that, with a reprint of the panels you posted here as well. :)
Cool conversions! You have me tempted to buy some Clix and get converting villains and heroes.
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Haha, the Phone Ranger. He's great, one of the victims of a Scourge member I believe. There's a great Paperback comic out about that, with a reprint of the panels you posted here as well. :)
Cool conversions! You have me tempted to buy some Clix and get converting villains and heroes.
Thanks, FreakyFenton. Yes, Phone Ranger was one of the always interesting victims of the Scourge...BUT! he didn't die, which is always remarkable, giving the high number of deaths in Scourge's hands.
Armless Tiger Man (Street level)
M 10''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Melee Specialist, Fast.
Backgrounds: Athletics, Blue Collar.
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/armlesstig.htm (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/armlesstig.htm)
Hypno-Hustler (Street level)
M 6''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Dominance, Stun
Backgrounds: Criminal, Performance
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix8/hypno-hustlersm.htm (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix8/hypno-hustlersm.htm)
Armless Tiger Man is so ruthless that I was tempted to gave him a Brawler profile, but I finally chose a Street level one, mainly because, ugly as he is, his feet nails can't be on the same level than Wolverine's claws. And about the Hypno-Hustler...he doesn't need presentation. A Disco-Funky-baddie, he shines as a disco-ball each time he confronts Spider-Man.
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Best wishes and the best gaming for the new year, gentlemen.
Here in our house we continue with our games with the most obscure characters in the Marvel universe. As the kids wanted a theme game, I searched for the most Christmas villain ever (the Christmassest?) and they prepared his minions, robot snowmen- who, at certain point of the game, appeared to be taken directly from a certain comic strip about a kid and his tiger-. And, of course, he needed to be opposed by his great arch-nemesis, the Great Lake Avengers.
The game went smooth, with a lot of funny moments. The kids had a great time shooting eye-lasers from their snowmen and causing havok in the town square of Muskego, Wisconsin, and threatening poor civilians who only want a hot chocolate and return gifts on Boxing day. Big Bertha used a bench to disarm one of the robo-snowmen. Dinah Soar and Flat Man distracted and entangled the villain. Grashopper was the MVP jumping over the snowmen and knocking down them. Mr Inmortal died from a sharp-carrot nose impact and returned from death. And, at the end, Christmas is saved by a whisker.
Oh, the criminal mastermind:
Dr. Tannenbaum, the Yuletide terrorist (Street level)
M 6''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Gadgets, Enhance
Backgrounds: Criminal, Science
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This is really old, a pre-Marvel age character.
The Blonde Phantom (Street level)
M 6''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Melee specialist, Gadgets
Backgrounds: Athletics, Espionage
You probably remember her as She-Hulk secretary during John Byrne's legendary run. Here is at her finest, when she fights criminals and nazis. I give her Gadgets to represent her gun and also her wits as a night detective.
And one of our few Spanish heroes, so stereotypical you must love him (I do, even when his Latin-lover attitude is kind of embarrassing) Stun is included to represent his mutant powers. He could generate bio-electricity and discharge it through his sword.
El Águila!
M 6''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Melee specialist, Stun
Backgrounds:Business, Athletics
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix6/aguila-montoya-alejandro.html (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix6/aguila-montoya-alejandro.html)
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Slyde (Street level)
M 12''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Frictionless, Fast
Backgrounds: Science, Criminal
Steel Spider (Street level)
M 8''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Multiple limbs, Super-agility
Backgrounds: Science, Public safety
Here you have two characters from Spider-man forgotten foes. Slyde's only power is a frictionless costume, a perfect subject for the power of the same name appeared in Super Mission Force:Athwart Time!. Ollie Osnick, the Steel Spider, was a chubby teenager who named himself "Spider-man sidekick". He was not. Years later, he grow up as a muscular young man an adopts a 90's vigilante attitude. Poor guy ended with an arm in the stomach of Venom when he confronted him.
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Great additions! I do only remember Slyde from seeing him featured as a brief encounter in some comics. Great to know the characters name now.
Steel Spider was also a part of either the Thunderbolts or the Dark Avengers, so definitely a fav of mine. :)
Cracking job, Davies!
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Slyde
Here you have two characters from Spider-man forgotten foes. Slyde's only power is a frictionless costume, a perfect subject for the power of the same name appeared in Super Mission Force:Athwart Time!.
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Slyde (and the mutant Skids) were the reason I wrote the power up!
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Slyde (and the mutant Skids) were the reason I wrote the power up!
And you did a good job, sir! Skids is one of the all-favourites of my daughter.
Great additions! I do only remember Slyde from seeing him featured as a brief encounter in some comics. Great to know the characters name now.
Steel Spider was also a part of either the Thunderbolts or the Dark Avengers, so definitely a fav of mine. :)
Cracking job, Davies!
Mine too. Shame that Marvel editors have forgotten tons of secondary characters who could be a mine of gold in the hands of appropriate writers.
Today, we have two Sub-Mariner foes:
Llyra (Wildcard)
M 8''
BD 6
PD 6
Minor powers:Amphibious, Summoning, Obscurement, Clever.
Backgrounds:Criminal, Arcane.
Orka (Brick)
M 9''
BD 10
PD 6
Major powers.Super-strenght.
Minor powers:Amphibious, Massive.
Backgrounds.Criminal, Military.
Llyra is evil. No, I mean , she is REALLY evil. She is to Namor like Green Goblin is for Spider-man. Ok, maybe not so much, but she kills Lady Dorma, Namor's wife, the same day of their wedding. How evil is that? She is cunning, can change her colours like a chameleon to unmask her identity, is a master planner and can summon creatures of the deep at her command.
Orka, on the other hand, is a classic brick. Plus, he breathes underwater. Please, excuse me for the poor pain job. The two minis have more than ten years ,and the paint is falling over the poor fish.
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Black fox (Minor level?)
M 6''
BD 4
PD 4
Minor powers: Blinding blast
Backgrounds: Criminal
While waiting for some official rules, I try again with one of these very-low-key characters, playing them as if they have sidekick power stats. This time is the Black Fox, aged thief and mentor of the incomparable Black Cat. I give him Blinding blast to represent some flash grenades.
Ana Kravinoff (Brawler)
M 7''
BD 7
PD 6
Major powers:Scrappper
Minor powers:Enhanced senses
Backgrounds:High society, Criminal
Yes, I give the daughter of Kraven only one minor power instead of two, because I want her stronger than a Street Level type, but weaker than her father, who is a Brawler with Scrapper, Enhanced senses and Melee Specialist to represent his superior experience hunting and fighting.
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Something slightly different today. I give all the credit to eMills, illustrious member of the LAF, whose great sculpts of Supersystem characters in Zbrush inspired me to follow his path. I highly recommend his post:https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=129516.0 (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=129516.0)
These are some of my first works in Zbrush, and the level of detail is still very simple, but I'm trying to improve the next ones.
The Ani-men (Street level)
Cat-man
M 8''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Super-agility, Melee specialist
Backgrounds: Criminal
Ape-man
M 6''
BD 6
PD 5
Minor powers: Super-strenght, Tough
Backgrounds: Criminal
Frog-man
M 8''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Super-agility, Leaping
Backgrounds: Criminal
I know they are missing Bird-man, but I'm still working on sculpting feathers. But he's on the list.
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Something slightly different today. I give all the credit to eMills, illustrious member of the LAF, whose great sculpts of Supersystem characters in Zbrush inspired me to follow his path.
Thanks Davies. Great start. Really. zBrush is not an easy software to get to grips with, and it looks like you are well on your way.
Really, really good early sculpts. And they look fantastic printed and painted.
Well done!
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Thanks for the kind words, eMills. I'm blushing. Yes, Zbrush learning curve is like a concrete wall, but the results, even for a beginner like me, are quite impressive. Used to sculpt in grey and green putty, here I could obtain smooth surfaces or small details impossible to achieve in another way.
And now...nobody laughs at Mr Fish!!!
Mr Fish (Street level)
M 8''
BD 5
PD 5
Minor powers: Amphibious, Power blasts
Backgrounds: Criminal
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/mrfishcage.htm (http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/mrfishcage.htm)
Best of Luke Cage foes in a long list of excellent villains. Gideon Mace, Diamondback, Black Mariah, Comanche...all of them subjects for future posts here.
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Looks like another winner Davies. Pretty soon I'll be asking you for advice.
Keep up the good work.
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Looks like another winner Davies. Pretty soon I'll be asking you for advice.
Keep up the good work.
I frankly doubt it, eMills, but thanks.
Now, from the pre-Marvel era, it comes...Orrgo!!!
(We are going to use the Titan rules from SMF, page 147. Powerhouse=Brick+Mentallist)
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I frankly doubt it, eMills, but thanks.
Now, from the pre-Marvel era, it comes...Orrgo!!!
(We are going to use the Titan rules from SMF, page 147. Powerhouse=Brick+Mentallist)
Don't sell yourself short. You are already doing better with each sculpt. Plus, I'd say you are doing better than me at calling a sculpt done and printing it out.
Orrgo looks great. Don't think I've seen that guy at all before.