EDIT - Just finished a quick first pass at conceptualizing the wrestler, werewolf, robots and vampire. I'll post something once I hammer out some of the details and refine things a bit. Also I'll do some environment stuff too.
Wow, this is exciting. Sorry about the delay. I finished it around midnight on Friday, but the forums were giving me database errors for an hour, so I went to bed. Woke up and went car shopping, other stuff, spent time with the wife (we work different shifts now, it is awful), etc.
I wasn't sure about the Spanish stuff, to be honest. I don't want this being too goofy. I mean the Silver Age stuff with him being an almost Captain America/Superman/Captain Marvel level of pure goodness is already kind of goofy, and then there is the ridiculous villain at the end and the werewolf in a singlet and everything... I don't want the protagonist-- who desperately needs a name-- to be dopier than he already is.
Throwing "si senor satélite" in there may be too much. I want the story to be fun and... wholesome. I don't want it to be a "send-up" or a farce/parody.
Yeah that's cool. I just thought some random spanish lines might spice things up tis all.
So is this dude ever gonna take his mask off because it's gonna be kinda hard to establish him as Mexican, let alone clean cut and 30 years old if he doesn't.
Yeah that's cool. I just thought some random spanish lines might spice things up tis all.
So is this dude ever gonna take his mask off because it's gonna be kinda hard to establish him as Mexican, let alone clean cut and 30 years old if he doesn't.
I was thinking some kind of mask with the chin hanging out, like Batman and Daredevil, but without the ears/horns. He could have a Spanish name, I guess. His ethnicity doesn't really matter anyway.
well if he is a luchador the answer is he can't take off his mask ever or he will shame his family and the business
also as for naming luchadores you have two things that'll make it seem authentic:
make it just a spanish word with el/la in front of it
like El Santo, El Tigre, La Parka
or just give him a spanish name with jr. at the end
like Rey Misterio Jr, Chavo Guerrero Jr.
Right on with the mask never ever coming off. Wear it to the grave! El Santo went undefeated (some matches have unmasking wagers) and was thus buried in his mask.
His colors are tentativly blue and white. Blue tights, white and blue pads, white boots, white mask... I always struggle with names. I have changed the name on my other character 8 or 9 times.
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Just for a twist, you could me the guy a "Sr" as in - Papa Luchador is out of retirement for one last match and BAM Sentry Duty
Just for a twist, you could me the guy a "Sr" as in - Papa Luchador is out of retirement for one last match and BAM Sentry Duty
Or have a final match banner or something. That's a cool idea. Crusty middle-aged dudes are awesome. Maybe not quite as... weathered as Danny Trejo-- that would call for rewriting the entire thing, becuase there is no way a guy like that could hop around suplexing dudes and cartwheeling and flipping and shit, but that is a cool idea.
also hair matches are a big deal so make sure your dude has long hair if you are doing something other than a mask like Santo's where the hair is visible
I'm thinking full head cover mask. The classic, but maybe with his chin/jaw sticking out, like Batman/Daredevil/Midnighter/Hawkeye/etc/etc. But I don't know what it should look like.
Or what his name should be. Arg. I don't want to an animal name, or just a name name. I;m thinking maybe El Rapido, for The Quick One. Maybe. Or maybe The Silent One? I don't really have any idea I guess. Dammit.
I'm thinking full head cover mask. The classic, but maybe with his chin/jaw sticking out, like Batman/Daredevil/Midnighter/Hawkeye/etc/etc. But I don't know what it should look like.
Or what his name should be. Arg. I don't want to an animal name, or just a name name. I;m thinking maybe El Rapido, for The Quick One. Maybe. Or maybe The Silent One? I don't really have any idea I guess. Dammit.
For the mask you are hinting at something like Rey Misterio wears:
as for names, I am partial to El Hormiguero (The Anteater)
I thought of naming a fake luchadore that myself, but if you like it, take it
Rey Mysterio has a cool name, but man I am tired of that guy. We need another luchacho (is that a word? No More Heroes has it as a word, but lolJapan) to become a big deal. Anyway, yeah, kind of like that I guess. Not really digging his chin flaps or the christianity as a fashion accessory thing. The big eyeholes are kind of neat though.
I apparently think masks are essential to my heroes, for some reason. The long term project I have been working on also has the protagonist wearing a lucha mask. And my other heroes usually have their faces obscured too. Hm. I blame Snake Eyes.
Eh, not really that much at the moment. Having a name for the luchador might help though since I'm having trouble developing him as a generic wrestler with no name...
I figure in a few days I'll have some better concept sketches and then from there I'll loosely storyboard the whole thing. Once I have that, I'll bring it to you and we can make any changes we deem necessary!
Eh, not really that much at the moment. Having a name for the luchador might help though since I'm having trouble developing him as a generic wrestler with no name...
I figure in a few days I'll have some better concept sketches and then from there I'll loosely storyboard the whole thing. Once I have that, I'll bring it to you and we can make any changes we deem necessary!
Man, I like those colors Squiddy.
I'm stuck on the wrestler's name. I was thinking bare-chested, blue wrestler pants, white boots, white mask, white knee and elbow pads, and... that is about all I have.
The mask could be a big deal, but I don't want it to be hard to draw or goofy looking. I think it would look good if his chin/mouth/jaw area was out, but his nose was covered. It covers his head fully, no hair or ears sticking out, just the jaw area. Not sure where it stops, somewhere around the upper lip area I guess.
He's meant to be a throwback to the old days, so tattoos are out.
He needs some kind of gimmick, but I'm blanking on it. I would prefer it not to be the animal. Some kind of adjective or descriptive word...
I read it a few days ago when you posted it, but I will admit that I did not re-read it before posting my suggestions, and I don't really remember your stipulations. I was merely trying to offer some helpful advice.
Thanks for trying! Since this a new page, I will say it here too. I have (half)created a hero for this Sentry Duty project. He is a luchador. White full-head lucha libra mask, but with the chin out. No cutouts for the nose or ears. The mask stops around his upper lip, sort of like your typical superhero mask, or rey mysterio's mask. He also wears white knee and elbows pads, and white boots. His wrestler pants (with legs, not just a speedo) are blue. I'm not really sure if the colors matter, I don't remember if this black and white or colored.
He's a real do-gooder, an obvious hero. He's not an entire hero, who a post-modern critique of superheroics or whatever. He is obviously The Good Guy, like El Santo, Captain America, Spider-Man or Superman. He's meant to be sort of a throwback, to the old luchadores who fought Nazis and monsters and aliens and stuff. He is not tattooed.
He's very mobile, not quite as mobile as Spider-man, but he leaps onto dudes, leaps from the shoulders of one guy onto the head of another, does flips off of walls, that sort of thing. Sort of short, but not a midget, muscled, but not comically so.
So I toyed around with an electric themed costume design, and I'm thinking it fits well within the whole getting zapped by a satellite theme. Only the mask and the boots have thunderbolts on them so it is still somewhat understated and not overdone.
He still needs a name though. C'mon writers lets come up with some names.
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Curse you and your contagious use of italics.
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he is so slow
The only thing I think it needs is more lines from the Luchador that are spoken in Spanish. I'll start thumbnailing and concept sketching soon though.
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I am making douglas write that shit out for me
so the dialogue you have is temporary
EDIT - Just finished a quick first pass at conceptualizing the wrestler, werewolf, robots and vampire. I'll post something once I hammer out some of the details and refine things a bit. Also I'll do some environment stuff too.
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I wasn't sure about the Spanish stuff, to be honest. I don't want this being too goofy. I mean the Silver Age stuff with him being an almost Captain America/Superman/Captain Marvel level of pure goodness is already kind of goofy, and then there is the ridiculous villain at the end and the werewolf in a singlet and everything... I don't want the protagonist-- who desperately needs a name-- to be dopier than he already is.
Throwing "si senor satélite" in there may be too much. I want the story to be fun and... wholesome. I don't want it to be a "send-up" or a farce/parody.
So is this dude ever gonna take his mask off because it's gonna be kinda hard to establish him as Mexican, let alone clean cut and 30 years old if he doesn't.
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I was thinking some kind of mask with the chin hanging out, like Batman and Daredevil, but without the ears/horns. He could have a Spanish name, I guess. His ethnicity doesn't really matter anyway.
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also as for naming luchadores you have two things that'll make it seem authentic:
make it just a spanish word with el/la in front of it
like El Santo, El Tigre, La Parka
or just give him a spanish name with jr. at the end
like Rey Misterio Jr, Chavo Guerrero Jr.
Right on with the mask never ever coming off. Wear it to the grave! El Santo went undefeated (some matches have unmasking wagers) and was thus buried in his mask.
His colors are tentativly blue and white. Blue tights, white and blue pads, white boots, white mask... I always struggle with names. I have changed the name on my other character 8 or 9 times.
Or have a final match banner or something. That's a cool idea. Crusty middle-aged dudes are awesome. Maybe not quite as... weathered as Danny Trejo-- that would call for rewriting the entire thing, becuase there is no way a guy like that could hop around suplexing dudes and cartwheeling and flipping and shit, but that is a cool idea.
also hair matches are a big deal so make sure your dude has long hair if you are doing something other than a mask like Santo's where the hair is visible
Or what his name should be. Arg. I don't want to an animal name, or just a name name. I;m thinking maybe El Rapido, for The Quick One. Maybe. Or maybe The Silent One? I don't really have any idea I guess. Dammit.
or better yet, I would grab a spanish dictionary and choose a word solely for the way it sounds, and hope that it's humorously unrelated.
For the mask you are hinting at something like Rey Misterio wears:
as for names, I am partial to El Hormiguero (The Anteater)
I thought of naming a fake luchadore that myself, but if you like it, take it
I apparently think masks are essential to my heroes, for some reason. The long term project I have been working on also has the protagonist wearing a lucha mask. And my other heroes usually have their faces obscured too. Hm. I blame Snake Eyes.
also the world needs more la parka
but i'm not sure from which side. oh well, probably just gonna post some drawings of TLB as a superhero
my other hero for my other thing is sort of inspired by la parka and a bit by the skull rider guy from kamen rider spirits
this what you should always do forever
There are a lot more writers than artists on this project. If you have artistic ability, I would suggest you go from that angle.
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I figure in a few days I'll have some better concept sketches and then from there I'll loosely storyboard the whole thing. Once I have that, I'll bring it to you and we can make any changes we deem necessary!
Man, I like those colors Squiddy.
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I'm stuck on the wrestler's name. I was thinking bare-chested, blue wrestler pants, white boots, white mask, white knee and elbow pads, and... that is about all I have.
The mask could be a big deal, but I don't want it to be hard to draw or goofy looking. I think it would look good if his chin/mouth/jaw area was out, but his nose was covered. It covers his head fully, no hair or ears sticking out, just the jaw area. Not sure where it stops, somewhere around the upper lip area I guess.
He's meant to be a throwback to the old days, so tattoos are out.
He needs some kind of gimmick, but I'm blanking on it. I would prefer it not to be the animal. Some kind of adjective or descriptive word...
also, http://gangstaname.com/mexican_wrestler_name.php
Dude, I am not naming him the haunted bathroom.
I don't know any Spanish so someone else will need to do the translation. Here are a few suggestions.
-- The King Snake
-- Gilla or Gila Monster
-- Iguana
-- Jaguarundi
He's a real do-gooder, an obvious hero. He's not an entire hero, who a post-modern critique of superheroics or whatever. He is obviously The Good Guy, like El Santo, Captain America, Spider-Man or Superman. He's meant to be sort of a throwback, to the old luchadores who fought Nazis and monsters and aliens and stuff. He is not tattooed.
He's very mobile, not quite as mobile as Spider-man, but he leaps onto dudes, leaps from the shoulders of one guy onto the head of another, does flips off of walls, that sort of thing. Sort of short, but not a midget, muscled, but not comically so.
That's about all I have.
He still needs a name though. C'mon writers lets come up with some names.
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