Major Tom 2009

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Journeyman, son of Henry camp and Vicki Vale: [ATTACH=CONFIG]45001[/ATTACH] Major Tom 2009

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Here are the rest of the Superdraft: Offspring pics, starting with Mindstorm, daughter of Martin Stein and Emma Frost: [ATTACH=CONFIG]45000[/ATTACH] Major Tom 2009

Re: Australian Supervillains About Moon Knight's boomerang -- wasn't that one of the many weapons that Hawkeye made for the priests of Khonshu back when he and several of the Avengers were stuck in the past? I seem to recall that they look- ed at the stuff he'd come up with rather strangely, especially the boomerang. Somehow, I don't think that real-world ancient Egypt had an equivalent to the boomerang at all. Major Tom 2009

Re: Australian Supervillains Here are my contributions to the Roll of Villainy Down Under: Black Opal -- a university student who was pursuing a major in geology, she gained her energy-manipulation and projection powers after an oval-shaped fragment of black opal (which had been transformed in some way by exposure to the energies of a fragment of a Cosmic Gem) embedded itself onto her body. Unfortunately, the event unhinged her, and that (combined with an unpleasant development in her love life) brought her dark side to the fore. She now uses her powers both for personal gain and to inflict suffering on those she percieves as "happy people". Funnel-Web -- a mutant who developed arachnid powers (the ability to adhere to and walk along any surface, the power to shoot nearly-unbreakable webs at his victims, and the power to mentally communicate with -- and control -- the spiders from which he derives his name), he uses his abilities as one half of a criminal partnership that performs criminal acts of any sort (kidnapping, murder, you name it) for hire. Redback -- the other half of the partnership, she was given cybernetic prostheses following an accident which necessitated the amputation of both arms and legs. Not only do these replacement limbs give her the power to crawl or walk on any surface in the same way that Funnel-Web's natural powers do, they also give her a particularly deadly means of attack: the ability to inject to inject a massive dose of venom into a victim. This venom is identical to that possessed by her namesake spider. Redbelly -- half human and half serpent, Redbelly has all of the capabilities of his namesake: a venomous bite, the ability to move at great speed on the ground, and a "hood" which he can spread like that of a cobra in order to frighten and intimidate others. Some within the law-enforcement and intelligence com- munities believe that Redbelly is an operative for COIL, while others suspect that he's an operative for VIPER. No one knows for certain if either of these possibilities are true, and Redbelly isn't telling. From the waist up, his body is that of a human being's, while his lower body is that of a snake. His hands have exceptionally sharp fingernails, which he uses in combat to slash at his foes in order to cause open wounds. If he is able to do just that, he then sprays venom at his victim in order to introduce it into him or her that way, if he's otherwise unable to bite them. Tigersnake -- a victim of an unethical genetic experiment conducted by an unscrupulous corporation, this young woman was given serpentine abilities after being injected with the altered DNA of a tiger snake. The purpose of the experiment was to create an assassin whose kills would be attributed to one of the country's most venomous reptiles, and in this it was more than successful. The only mistake that those in charge of the experiment made was in not subjecting her to any form of mind-control process before injecting her with the altered DNA; upon the initial manifestation of her powers, the enraged test subject promptly went berserk and killed everyone involved before making her escape. In addition to a venomous bite, Tigersnake also possesses superior reflexes and speed, and can travel at high speed on the ground in much the same way as a snake does (peristaltic movement of her body's muscles). I've got pics for all five of these baddies; as soon as I can send them out for cleanup and get them back, I'll post them here. Major Tom 2009

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine And to celebrate my 2,000th post (without getting deregistered in some mysterious fashion), here's Dr. Fate V, son of Nabu and the Scarlet Witch: [ATTACH=CONFIG]44968[/ATTACH] Major Tom 2009 BOOYAHHH!!!!

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Question II, daughter of the Question and the Huntress: [ATTACH=CONFIG]44967[/ATTACH] Major Tom 2009 Minus 1 and counting...

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Erg, son of Wildfire and Dawnstar: [ATTACH=CONFIG]44966[/ATTACH] Major Tom 2009 Minus 2 and counting...

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Swift Victory, daughter of Speed Demon and Lady Vic: [ATTACH=CONFIG]44965[/ATTACH] Major Tom 2009 Minus 3 and counting...

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Knight Tiger, son of Bronze Tiger and Misty Knight: [ATTACH=CONFIG]44964[/ATTACH] Major Tom 2009 Minus 4 and counting...

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Love Child (Hellas), daughter of Hercules (Marvel Universe) and Wonder Woman: [ATTACH=CONFIG]44963[/ATTACH] Major Tom 2009 Minus 5 and counting...

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Princess Opale, daughter of Obsidian (4th Ed. Champions) and Troia: [ATTACH=CONFIG]44961[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]44962[/ATTACH] Major Tom 2009 Minus 6 and counting...

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Battery, son of the Hulk and Jade: [ATTACH=CONFIG]44960[/ATTACH] Major Tom 2009 Minus 7 and counting...

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Here are the rest of the Superdraft: Offspring pics that I did for that thread, starting with Retribution, the son of the Red Skull and Viperia: [ATTACH=CONFIG]44959[/ATTACH] Major Tom 2009 Minus 8 and counting...

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Captain Marvel, son of Ms. Marvel and Valor: [ATTACH=CONFIG]44951[/ATTACH] Major Tom 2009 Minus 9 and counting...

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Alexis Luthor, daughter of Lex Luthor and Lois Lane: [ATTACH=CONFIG]44949[/ATTACH] Major Tom 2009 Minus 10 and counting...

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Thanks; here's one of the other pics from that thread -- Ymir, the son of Superman and Ice: [ATTACH=CONFIG]44948[/ATTACH] Major Tom 2009 Minus 11 and counting...

Re: Supervillain Monologues Ahhhh, but was it a demon prince, or Foxbat on a particularly bad day? Major Tom 2009 Minus 12 and counting...

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Here's the version of her that I posted over on the Superdraft: Offspring thread: [ATTACH=CONFIG]44943[/ATTACH] Major Tom 2009 Minus 13 and counting...

Re: Australian Supervillains Thanks for mentioning Ned Kelly; I wanted to mention the movie where Mick Jagger played the part, but couldn't remember the name (). Major Tom 2009 Minus 14 and counting...

Re: Australian Supervillains I think it was in Champions Worldwide, but there's one Aussie supervillain called Taipan, which covers the snake-based name angle, but there's no reason that there couldn't be some others with that theme -- say, some with names like Redbelly and Tigersnake, just to name a couple. As far as a name like Funnel-Web is concerned, don't write it off just yet. Sure, the first thing that's going to go through someone's mind when they first hear it is "What kind of goofy name is that, anyway?!". But then, some of the more curious ones are going to look the name up in the local library (or Google it); once they learn just what kind of critter it is (and how aggressive and toxic), you can bet their tune'll change PDQ ("Maybe that's not such a goofy name after all...") Major Tom 2009 Minus 15 and counting...

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine This guy's name sounded familiar for some reason, and now I remember why: in the 4th Ed adventure Day Of The Destroyer, there was mention of a superhero called Dr. Hiroshima who was killed by one of the villians in the book (a ninja called Stormwatch, IIRC). Major Tom 2009 Minus 16 and counting...

Re: "Capt Power And The Soldiers Of The Future"......Returns? I have no doubt whatsoever that, if this new show does get a good start, that fanfic writers will have fresh grist for their mills -- especially the ones who write fanfics for the 2003 version of Battlestar Galactica. I can easily imagine a story based upon the final episode of the series ("Daybreak") -- only instead of arriving at the Earth of 150,000 years in the past, the fleet would wind up appearing over the post-cyberapocalyptic Earth of Captain Power's time. Major Tom 2009 Minus 17 and counting...

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares I loved that bit in Mister Roberts (the palm-tossing incident), especially the part when one of the sailors realized that the Captain's palm tree had been tossed overboard, and started salaaming in front of the empty pot (to be joined a few minutes later by what looked like half the crew, all doing the same thing, with Ward Bond in back of them laughing himself silly). Major Tom 2009 Minus 18 and counting...

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Hmmmm...she looks like someone the other Crimson Commisar would like to get aquainted with. Major Tom 2009 Minus 19 and counting...

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine I got these back from The Arc not too long ago (thanks again); they're two of FutureTech's more colorful employees -- Dr. Baldemar Hirsch and Desiree Fortier: [ATTACH=CONFIG]44914[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]44915[/ATTACH] Dr. Hirsch is the head of the Security Technologies division, which has the job of coming up with new and improved security systems for either business or home use; he cultivates the image of being a mad scientist for his personal amusement (his colleagues, on the other hand, are pretty sure that he is a mad scientist). His most famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) is the ElectroPus Home Security Bot; this is basically a harmless-looking box which is suspended from a ceiling on a series of tracks. It's when an intruder is detected that the "box" reveals its secret: a number of metallic tentacles that drop down and wrap themselves around the intruder, at which time they conduct a multi-thousand volt electrical charge into said intruder, stunning him or her into in- sensibility. Ms. Fortier is the head of the Adult subdivision of the Home Entertainment Technologies division, and has been described as being "sexy in a mousy sort of way". Major Tom 2009 Minus 20 and counting...