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Graphic Violence Presents: Myths and Legends
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Welcome to the thirdGraphic Violence Presents: Create a Super Hero/Villain contest!
The Theme for the third contest is: INSPIRED BY MYTHS AND LEGENDS!. Myths and legends is a very broad category spanning pretty much all of human civilization. So you've got options! You can make heroes or villains.
Here are THE RULES:
And here are some GUIDELINES:
Your entry should contain the following:
You aren't required to include all of these categories, and you may add more, but these should work as basic guidelines.
The deadline for entries is tentatively scheduled for Monday, September 21st before 11:59 PM Central time.
BONUS FOR THOSE WHO SUCK AT ART
Here's a link to HeroMachine, where you can do simplified hero designs. It ain't perfect, but it'll do!
The Theme for the third contest is: INSPIRED BY MYTHS AND LEGENDS!. Myths and legends is a very broad category spanning pretty much all of human civilization. So you've got options! You can make heroes or villains.
Here are THE RULES:
- Follow basic rules of the forums. That means no porn, no use of things like the N-bomb, etc. Check the rules thread for basic ideas.
- All entries must be able to fit in the character limit of a single post. That's more than enough space.
- Link to images over 200k. Make thumbnails if you have to.
- You can make two entries. If you do, one must be a hero, and one must be a villain. We'll have separate polls for each.
And here are some GUIDELINES:
Your entry should contain the following:
- The name of your hero or villain.
- A drawing and/or description of the appearance of your hero or villain.
- An origin story and/or biography of your character.
- Powers and abilities, etc.
You aren't required to include all of these categories, and you may add more, but these should work as basic guidelines.
The deadline for entries is tentatively scheduled for Monday, September 21st before 11:59 PM Central time.
BONUS FOR THOSE WHO SUCK AT ART
Here's a link to HeroMachine, where you can do simplified hero designs. It ain't perfect, but it'll do!
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That's not for this anymore. But I felt like sharing because when the idea finally jelled I was so giddy with excitement I could hardly stand it. That I wanted to share because, well, I haven't had an idea like that in a long, long time.
Origins:A secret agency by the name of C.H.I.R.O.N. has created a special breed of metahuman to keep Earth safe, be it from terrestrial or extraterrestrial threats.
Powers:These metahumans have been granted DNA from various species before they were "born" in the hatchery. No Manticorps member has the exact same combination of DNA, but there is one ability they all have: Fire Breath.
Operative 41:
Theodore F’N Roosevelt
Called from the past by the last surviving member of the Bull Moose Party, Theodore Roosevelt is here to guide America through its toughest times, “To destroy this invisible Government, to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day."
And he does that by KICKING THEIR ASS!
And how you ask?
BY BEING ABLE TO BRING THE PAIN~!
Don’t call him Teddy!
He’s…
Theodore F’N Roosevelt
Seriously, 9/10 of this is stuff on wikipedia. But DAMN reading through the entry is ri-goddamn-diculous and he would totally work as a Captain America/Nick Fury character. Tell me he wouldn’t! You can’t.
I love Teddy, but is he really a legend?
It doesn't really seem to fit the theme
I'm not sure if he's a legend per se...
but damn that was a sweet pitch MarkGoodhart
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I need someone to draw EL CHUPACABRA: ACE DETECTIVE
that is the extent of the teamup
someone drawing me EL CHUPACABRA: ACE DETECTIVE
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Faynor still sucks
Sometimes, man forgets what it is to obey the first law of the gods: do unto others as you would have done unto you. In times of great discord and villainy, a champion is chosen to uphold this law, delivering punishment commensurate with the crime committed.
Alexander Talionis was on his way home from work as a public defender when he was accosted by a gang of skinheads on the subway. He was brutally beaten and left for dead. Bleeding and wavering in and out of consciousness, a radiant figure appeared and offered him the chance to right not only the wrong done to him, but to others as well. He accepted, and was granted the mantle of Hammurabi, champion of justice.
Kettu, the emissary of Shamash, the god of justice, instructs Hammurabi on where to find criminals who require punishment. As befits the law, each form of retribution is unique to the crime. He is as strong as ten men and unmatched in hand to hand combat. He is also able to convey the emotional experience of the victims to the criminals such that they empathically feel it as if they were experiencing it themselves.
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I love it. I absolutely fucking love this even more than my idea.
Also I have a hell of a lot of work to do if I really want to get in on this one
this is the first sentence of his origin:
Juan Chupacabra used to be a cop, but cattle mutilations, missing livestock, and petty larceny forced him to turn in his badge and gun.
so was teddy roosevelt
and in my mythos all such guys are called hammurabi, that dude wasn't the first or the last
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Let's never fight again.
Meanwhile... Damn. I'm feeling kind of fucked already between this and T f'ing R.
man the chupacabra lives down here
sucking the blood out of all our goats
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And I still need to get my ass in gear on this other story.
also damnit quoth you need to keep a better eye on your goats
what is wrong with you
Mothman rules
i am scared of the dark
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Mothman showed up in one town for a year
Dogman's been around since 1938 and keeps showing up around the state
ain't no movie about him starring Kevin Costner
yet
dangit
you'll never join the midnight society at this rate
but my membership to the noon brigade is all but assured!
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