MicroHeroScape - Scape characters as Micro Heroes

[Malechi]

Mal, these Greeks are excellent! I'm amaze at their chest armor. Parmenio's as well.
Well done.

The Sacred Bands' chest armor Parmenio's with the gold and decorations removed! :wink:

[ArgosCap]

Mal,
Wow! Parmenio and the Sacred Band look freaking awesome. Those may be some of the best micros yet! Also, I figured the metallic look on the railgun was from some kind of filter, but whatever you used, accident or not, it looks sweet!

As far as Retiarius, I don't know how he looks on other screens, but on mine he looks darker than Brickman's Agent Carr. Honestly, if you were true to the figure I own, he would be totally orage (there is no hint of brown in my figure at all, as far as I can tell). Of course, you must keep in mind that I think I am partially color blind. Sometimes, I seem to confuse certain shades of gray, green and blue. When I created the comic book version of Kee-Mo-Shi, I used the colors straight from the comic. According to my color selector, they are shades of orange. When I look at the art, I would swear they are shades of green. I don't know why I see it like that. So it's quite possible I am seeing orange as brown or visa versa. But my Retiarius figure looks like a dirty orange color to me, but not really brown.

DeadeyeDan,

Sorry, my step by step of Utgar is actually on Page 15 of this thread. I think I posted the original Utgar on page 13, but I meant the one with the visual stages of his development. Sorry for the confusion. Obviously art requires a lot of personal trial and error, but if there is anything I can do to help you get started with the basics, I'm always happy to help. Oh, and enter the contest too! Do Valguard or something!

[deadeyedan42]

I might need a bit of experience for that, I"m still working out the texturs of clothing, And as I just learned, startiong from statch os one heck of a job, with is why I"m trying a easyer one to acomplish.

And no problem with the confusion, I take it in big doses daily. :)

[deadeyedan42]

Well, here's my first micro hero, he's not from heroscape but he's just as good,

Sam Fisher! from the Splinter Cell game series!

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10180/fisher_Micro_hero.GIF

I relied mostly on the micro corp no 3 that Argos [?] did.

I'm still trying to get those textures down! :x

[Malechi]

Here is a Sacred Band Shield Front ...

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/microsacredband2.gif


As far as Retiarius, I don't know how he looks on other screens, but on mine he looks darker than Brickman's Agent Carr. Honestly, if you were true to the figure I own, he would be totally orage (there is no hint of brown in my figure at all, as far as I can tell).
I took a second look and you are correct Retairius was indeed way too dark. So I polished his bronze up a bit ...

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/microretiariusnet.gif

Then I Aliened him out just for fun ...

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/microalienretariuses.gif

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Well, here's my first micro hero, he's not from heroscape but he's just as good,

Sam Fisher! from the Splinter Cell game series!

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10180/fisher_Micro_hero.GIF

I relied mostly on the micro corp no 3 that Argos [?] did.

I'm still trying to get those textures down! :x
Very nice! Can't wait to seem your HS creations!


Here is a Sacred Band Shield Front ...

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/microsacredband2.gif
Very nice. The front view of the round shield is essential. I would love to see some of the Roman Legionnaires have their shields up front as well.

[deadeyedan42]

Well, after a bit of head throbing work, I got Sir H all done!

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10180/Hawthorne.GIF

I"m not happy with the shield though, needs a LOT more detail, also, he was frankentiend with the KOW and uses sIr denricks sword.

Also I used the 'grut stuff' to make this elite grut chief.

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10180/grut_chief.GIF

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

DED, nice Hawthorne!
I really like the red eyes.
The shield could use more work. That is, when your head is done throbbing.
Sheesh. Sounds like Mirco-ing is involved work!


The orc warrior looks very slick too!

[brickman1444]

I would love to see some of the Roman Legionnaires have their shields up front as well.

Here you go:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/romanbase.png

[Fuzzie Fuzz]

Sir GBob and the orc look great!

A couple things:
Sir GBob-His sheild is a little messed up.
Grut Cheiftan-His sword is floating behind his hand.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

I would love to see some of the Roman Legionnaires have their shields up front as well.

Here you go:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/romanbase.png
Yeaaaaaah...
Brick, is there an easy way to move the shield up towards his shoulder so the Legionnaire seems more hunkered down and ready to defend?n Almost so the top of the shied is at his chin or mouth?

[brickman1444]

I would love to see some of the Roman Legionnaires have their shields up front as well.

Here you go:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/romanbase.png
Yeaaaaaah...
Brick, is there an easy way to move the shield up towards his shoulder so the Legionnaire seems more hunkered down and ready to defend?n Almost so the top of the shied is at his chin or mouth?

no

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

I would love to see some of the Roman Legionnaires have their shields up front as well.

Here you go:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/romanbase.png
Yeaaaaaah...
Brick, is there an easy way to move the shield up towards his shoulder so the Legionnaire seems more hunkered down and ready to defend?n Almost so the top of the shied is at his chin or mouth?

no
darn.

It's sweet nonetheless.
No offense?

[brickman1444]

I would love to see some of the Roman Legionnaires have their shields up front as well.

Here you go:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/romanbase.png
Yeaaaaaah...
Brick, is there an easy way to move the shield up towards his shoulder so the Legionnaire seems more hunkered down and ready to defend?n Almost so the top of the shied is at his chin or mouth?

no
darn.

It's sweet nonetheless.
No offense?

no hard feelings what so ever

[Cavalier]

I would love to see some of the Roman Legionnaires have their shields up front as well.

Here you go:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/romanbase.png
Yeaaaaaah...
Brick, is there an easy way to move the shield up towards his shoulder so the Legionnaire seems more hunkered down and ready to defend?n Almost so the top of the shied is at his chin or mouth?

How's this:
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10130/Raised_Shield.PNG

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

How's this:
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10130/Raised_Shield.PNG
At attention, Soldier!
Nice!

[Cavalier]

And a slightly more hunkered down version:
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10130/Raised_Shield2.PNG

[deadeyedan42]

Sir GBob and the orc look great!

A couple things:
Sir GBob-His sheild is a little messed up.
Grut Cheiftan-His sword is floating behind his hand.

Yeah, untill I can get textures right, I'm stuck with a floating sword and a 5 year old's preschool art shield.



And yippie, Ze ball breaker site is bloxked on m computer, I"ll have to wait for that. :?

[Malechi]

... is there an easy way to move the shield up towards his shoulder so the Legionnaire seems more hunkered down and ready to defend?n Almost so the top of the shied is at his chin or mouth?

Taking the Micro-Hero Slavedriver literally ...

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/movinglegionnaire.gif

[GForce3062]

... is there an easy way to move the shield up towards his shoulder so the Legionnaire seems more hunkered down and ready to defend?n Almost so the top of the shied is at his chin or mouth?

Taking the Micro-Hero Slavedriver literally ...

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/movinglegionnaire.gif

Oh MAN!!!!!!! Thats nice!!!! Real nice!

[ArgosCap]

Brick,
Great job on turning the shield around.

Cavalier,
Great job on repositioning the shield.

Mal,
Great work on animating the shield!

I just LOVE teamwork.


DED,

Your creations are pretty good for your first day of working on them. I thought your Orc Chief was particularly creative. Couple more tips:

1. I use that "foxgnaws.com" archive when I am looking for a particular weapon or clothing article, instead of Ze Ball. The reason is that there is a very easy-to-use search feature on foxgnaw and it has a lot of the same art, and some stuff that Ze Ball doesn't have (like weird variations of characters). Do a search for "Samurai" and you will get all kinds of weird results, like "Samurai Superman" and stuff like that, which can actually be helpful (sorry, no good pieces for Kaeoman Awa guys). Ze Ball is nice, if you know exactly what category to find the character you are looking for, or you want to see everything in one category. For example, I know that if I look in Masters of the Universe, I will find a variety of shoulder pads and armor. I look in Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat for hand wraps and leg wraps, etc.

2. When doing a black character like Sir Hawthorne or the guy from Splinter Cell, use dark shades of blue and gray, instead of actual black. This allows you to see features better, but still gives the overall impression that the clothing/armor is black. Zoom in on my Krav agents. They all appear to be wearing black, but when you zoom in, you can see that they are colored dark shades of gray. You loose some of the cool little details and shading when you go all black.

I also noticed you're using the basic default colors in Paint. If you click on Colors>Edit Colors, you can pick ANY shade of ANY color you want!

3. In order to make a sword look as if it is coming out of someone's hand, you have to:
A. Put the sword on top of the hand, and erase the part of the handle that goes behind the hand.
B. Put the body over the sword and erase the front part of the hand, where the hilt is sticking out of his hand.

4. When you want to create a logo or a weapon, or an article of clothing that doesn't exist yet, I find it helpful to do it seperately, and later attach it to the character, like you did with the grut stuff.

For example, I did a Sir Hawthorne also (it's buried in the posts). I made the dragon on his shield a whole seperate project. I actually found a dragon on the internet with a similar silhouette to the one on Hawthorne's shield, then filled him in black, adjusted details with a pecil tool, and then shrunk him down to a size that would fit on Hawthorne's shield.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/he.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/backstaber.gif

When you try to draw a logo straight onto the shield, it will drive you crazy, trying to adjust everything to fit in that little space, and it probably won't look as good (although Jonathan did an amazing job on his little Minion shield).

When you want to draw a small detail like a logo, set up a new workspace, and draw what you want, without worrying about size constraints. Don't get too detailed, because you will loose a lot of details when you shrink the object down. Once you have the basic shape of what you want, shrink the object down so that it actually fits in the space you want it (in this case, on the surface of the shield). Finally, as a last step, paste the artwork onto the shield. This will save you a lot of craziness!

This is how I did the logo on the KOWs, and the Utgar symbols on the Zettian.

Hope that helps! And I hope I don't seem overbearing giving you the tips. Feel free to tell me off, at any time!

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

... is there an easy way to move the shield up towards his shoulder so the Legionnaire seems more hunkered down and ready to defend?n Almost so the top of the shied is at his chin or mouth?

Taking the Micro-Hero Slavedriver literally ...

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/movinglegionnaire.gif
B@d@$$!

[Fuzzie Fuzz]

I've been working on Crixus, and I've got him pretty much done except for his leg wraps. He's to the same scale as Retarius, so if someone could do leg wraps for him I'd be very much obliged.

[Malechi]

If you are using the same base figure as Retairius, these will work. I slapped them together for you when I saw your request ...

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/crixusleggings.gif

Of course, they look a little strange standing there by themselves ...

[Dennys]

I am utterly impressed at this work. Think I'm going to make mini labels of these for my plano case trays, so I can visually remember what goes where.

Now to fix the legionary and drop the spatha, get him a good gladius.....
:P

[Malechi]

Now to fix the [Legionnaire] and drop the spatha, get him a good gladius.....

[START -> Educational Message]
Technically the sword in the image is neither as the cross-guard is much too large. Also, both the Spatha (heavy infantry) and the Gladius (light infantry) were used by Roman soldiers ... In reality, the Spatha is the much more formidable weapon than the Gladius. Think of it this way, the Katana (Samurai Sword) is to the Spatha; as the Ninjato (Ninja Sword) is to the Gladius.
[END -> Educational Message]

We now return you to your regularly scheduled Micro Heroes ...

[deadeyedan42]

DED,

Your creations are pretty good for your first day of working on them. I thought your Orc Chief was particularly creative. Couple more tips:

1. I use that "foxgnaws.com" archive when I am looking for a particular weapon or clothing article, instead of Ze Ball. The reason is that there is a very easy-to-use search feature on foxgnaw and it has a lot of the same art, and some stuff that Ze Ball doesn't have (like weird variations of characters). Do a search for "Samurai" and you will get all kinds of weird results, like "Samurai Superman" and stuff like that, which can actually be helpful (sorry, no good pieces for Kaeoman Awa guys). Ze Ball is nice, if you know exactly what category to find the character you are looking for, or you want to see everything in one category. For example, I know that if I look in Masters of the Universe, I will find a variety of shoulder pads and armor. I look in Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat for hand wraps and leg wraps, etc.

2. When doing a black character like Sir Hawthorne or the guy from Splinter Cell, use dark shades of blue and gray, instead of actual black. This allows you to see features better, but still gives the overall impression that the clothing/armor is black. Zoom in on my Krav agents. They all appear to be wearing black, but when you zoom in, you can see that they are colored dark shades of gray. You loose some of the cool little details and shading when you go all black.

I also noticed you're using the basic default colors in Paint. If you click on Colors>Edit Colors, you can pick ANY shade of ANY color you want!

3. In order to make a sword look as if it is coming out of someone's hand, you have to:
A. Put the sword on top of the hand, and erase the part of the handle that goes behind the hand.
B. Put the body over the sword and erase the front part of the hand, where the hilt is sticking out of his hand.

4. When you want to create a logo or a weapon, or an article of clothing that doesn't exist yet, I find it helpful to do it seperately, and later attach it to the character, like you did with the grut stuff.

For example, I did a Sir Hawthorne also (it's buried in the posts). I made the dragon on his shield a whole seperate project. I actually found a dragon on the internet with a similar silhouette to the one on Hawthorne's shield, then filled him in black, adjusted details with a pecil tool, and then shrunk him down to a size that would fit on Hawthorne's shield.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/he.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/backstaber.gif

When you try to draw a logo straight onto the shield, it will drive you crazy, trying to adjust everything to fit in that little space, and it probably won't look as good (although Jonathan did an amazing job on his little Minion shield).

When you want to draw a small detail like a logo, set up a new workspace, and draw what you want, without worrying about size constraints. Don't get too detailed, because you will loose a lot of details when you shrink the object down. Once you have the basic shape of what you want, shrink the object down so that it actually fits in the space you want it (in this case, on the surface of the shield). Finally, as a last step, paste the artwork onto the shield. This will save you a lot of craziness!

This is how I did the logo on the KOWs, and the Utgar symbols on the Zettian.

Hope that helps! And I hope I don't seem overbearing giving you the tips. Feel free to tell me off, at any time!


Thanks argos! And plaese, don't stop the hints from coming, I need all I can get. May be I"ll try and start a new hawthorn later today, still using my original piece, but doing what you said with the sheld, not just frankenstiening it like every thing else I do!

[Fuzzie Fuzz]

If you are using the same base figure as Retairius, these will work. I slapped them together for you when I saw your request ...

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/crixusleggings.gif

Of course, they look a little strange standing there by themselves ...Sweet! Thanks Mal!

OK, and, with those and a little last minute touch ups, I present... CRIXUS!
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10191/crixus_final%21.PNG

[brickman1444]

Ullar is coming soon!

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

OK, and, with those and a little last minute touch ups, I present... CRIXUS!
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10191/crixus_final%21.PNG

Crixus Kixus!
:thumbsup:

[brickman1444]

Ullar!
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/Ullarmicrofinished.png

Next I think I'll do Einar just for fun.

[ArgosCap]

Dude! Sweet job on Ullar! I imagine it took a little imagination to fill in the gaps, but Ullar looks exactly the way i would expect him to! Beautiful work!

[XSI Addict 32]

I'm going to try my hand at vydar

[brickman1444]

I'm going to try my hand at vydar

Cool. Remember that vydar is both future and horror.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Ullar!
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/Ullarmicrofinished.png

Next I think I'll do Einar just for fun.
Whoot! Ullar looks rockin'

[Malechi]

Dude! Sweet job on Ullar! I imagine it took a little imagination to fill in the gaps, but Ullar looks exactly the way i would expect him to! Beautiful work!

Someone hasn't been keeping up with Thormun's Journal .. .

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/Ullarmicrofinished.png http://www.hasbro.com/heroscape/images/journal2Img2.jpg

:twisted:

[ArgosCap]

Oh okay, it's pretty dead-on with the pic then. I hadn't seen the picture and figured that some parts must have been slightly embelished. Hey, he did take liberty on the color! Which is perfect by the way!

XSI,

Don't forget that Vydar should definitely be a woman! I mean, isn't it obvious? She doesn't see the difference between men and apes, she invites the nakitas over for girl talk and she invites Sudema over to make herself look prettier!

[XSI Addict 32]

Are there any pictures of vydar out in the net? Officail ones like Jandars, Ullar and Utgar?

[ArgosCap]

Not that I'm aware of. But there is a picture of her personal Kyrie guards, who carry mini-guns. I imagine her a little bit like Brickman's custom Kyrie, only with high-tech armor and weapons.

[Malechi]

Oh okay, it's pretty dead-on with the pic then. I hadn't seen the picture ...

Thormun's Journal Chapter Two Download (http://www.heroscapers.com/download/index.php?dlid=612)

http://www.heroscapers.com/download/downloads//thormunsjournal2sample.gif

[Jandars_Hope]

Good job malechi with Ullar.
Can't believe i've only just found this thread i will have some fun with this.

[Jandars_Hope]

Have fun with your paper dolls guys!! http://www.bodybuildingdungeon.com/forums/images/smilies/gheyfight.gif
That emoticon is so funny i could laugh at it for hours!

[brickman1444]

Good job malechi with Ullar.
Can't believe i've only just found this thread i will have some fun with this.

Um, that was me that made Ullar. Malechi was just posting him for reference with the Thormun's journal pic.

EDIT: EINAR!
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/Einarmicrofinished.jpg

[Malechi]

Good job malechi with Ullar...Um, that was me that made Ullar. Malechi was just posting him for reference with the Thormun's journal pic...

No, no. It was mine. Yeah, mine. That's the ticket. You can ask my wife ... uh ... Morgan Fairchild! Yeah, that's the ticket.

:twisted:

[ArgosCap]

Hahaha....great take on Einar! Just perfect!

I think his weapon should be some kind of spear or staff though. Utgar is depicted with a spear-like weapon. Jandar has a staff. Kelda and Raelin also use spears. It seems to be a trend among unique (and presumably high ranking) kyrie. The only unique Kyrie who doesn't use a spear/staff is Concan. But then, he is a direct patron of the knights.

The bloody swords look wicked cool though. Right away, you look at this guy and think....I'll come back and talk to him some other time.

[Malechi]

Not true, Ullar has a sword it is just not shown in the Micro rendition!

[Jandars_Hope]

Good job malechi with Ullar...Um, that was me that made Ullar. Malechi was just posting him for reference with the Thormun's journal pic...

No, no. It was mine. Yeah, mine. That's the ticket. You can ask my wife ... uh ... Morgan Fairchild! Yeah, that's the ticket.

:twisted:
Well whomever said it, very good!

[brickman1444]

Not true, Ullar has a sword it is just not shown in the Micro rendition!

Yea, I thought it would look weird. Oh and I can post my work on Einar if anyone wants to know how I made him.

[XSI Addict 32]

Here she is, Vydar, the only female Valkyrie!

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10346/Vydar.PNG

[Malechi]

Here she is, Vydar, the only female Valkyrie!

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10346/Vydar.PNG

The only female Valkyrie ... with an enormous phallic belt!

:roll:

[GForce3062]

Here she is, Vydar, the only female Valkyrie!

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10346/Vydar.PNG

You need to give her like a handgun or something in each hand for her to be the "real" Vydar :wink: Other than that it looks sweet! Keep up the great work you guys! :D

[XSI Addict 32]

I was thinking a big gun blade/staff

I just wanted to finish her and get her posted.

[GForce3062]

I just wanted to finish her and get her posted.

Yeah, that's the important thing :wink: She's still awesome even without the guns so it doesn't matter.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

First post updated. I added all new Micros!
They look great.

[brickman1444]

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/eldgrimfinished.jpg
I started on eldgrim but since I don't have the figure, I can't finish him. Any of you could go ahead and take over for me.

[Sargent_Drake_8]

:boring: No!!! Don't...let...it...die!

[ArgosCap]

Don't worry, this isn't dead yet. I think all of the artists are just busy working on the art for the Micro Hero contest! The characters that were nomiated are pretty complex and time consuming to work on. However, I expect some amazing results. Check back next week for some cool stuff!

[brickman1444]

I'm just taking a little heroscape microheroes break. Don't worry, I'll be back soon. I'm just working on some personal ones for some custom unit cards. Don't expect me to be in the contest either.

[Jonathan]

Is it just me or did the contest kill this thread?

[Malechi]

Is it just me or did the contest kill this thread?

It is just you. No, no, it is not just thinking that the Contest killed this thread. It was you that killed this thread!

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

~Malechi, who saw the humor in the way that question was written ...

[Jonathan]

No no no, I meant did the contest kill the thread like it killed me a few months ago. My apologies for any confusion.

[brickman1444]

Is it just me or did the contest kill this thread?

Yeah, there better be a HUGE turnout for the competition or I'll wonder if some of the people here died.

[XSI Addict 32]

So far, I only have 3 entrees. Its pretty disapointing.

[brickman1444]

So far, I only have 3 entrees. Its pretty disapointing.

:cry:

EDIT: Can any of you guess who this is?
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/netherspiritfinished.jpg

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

So far, I only have 3 entrees. Its pretty disapointing.
Ah c'mon!
3 is a heckuva lot better than zero.

With a smaller group of entries we'll see a buttload of votes for each contestant. As opposed to a smattering of one or two votes spread out over a dozen contestants.
It'll take time for more people to catch on, and want to try their hand at a Micro template.
I think 3 entries is just fine.

[ArgosCap]

Brickman, you guessed at my plot. Fine, they are dead. I killed them all. The competition was getting too hot, so I did the only logical thing. It was easy too.

I rubbed a balloon against Fuzzie's Fuzz until the static electricity delivered a fatal shock.

For Chimpy, I just dangled a banana over a cliff.

I poked out both of them Dead Eyes on DED42!

I dared Hyperactive Sloth to drink six Red Bulls. He grew wings and flew straight into a 747. It was a disgusting mess.

So far, Malechi has managed to elude my best ninjas. But Jonathan...I'd be careful about reading any email attachments if I were you...

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[deadeyedan42]

So far, I only have 3 entrees. Its pretty disapointing.

:cry:

EDIT: Can any of you guess who this is?
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/netherspiritfinished.jpg

Wha? Bill? is that you?

:wink:

[Chimpy]

Sorry guys. I would be have joined, but I have had finals for the last two weeks and I would have no where near the time I need to make the Micro Heroes

[Malechi]

... So far, Malechi has managed to elude my best ninjas....

Well, that explains all the tiny plastic ninja-tos and shurikens I keep finding all over the house ... I am just glad ArgosCap keeps sending the HeroScape Ninjas after me!

[Fuzzie Fuzz]

So far, I only have 3 entrees. Its pretty disapointing.

:cry:

EDIT: Can any of you guess who this is?
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/netherspiritfinished.jpgNether

[Fuzzie Fuzz]

... So far, Malechi has managed to elude my best ninjas....

Well, that explains all the tiny plastic ninja-tos and shurikens I keep finding all over the house ... I am just glad ArgosCap keeps sending the HeroScape Ninjas after me!Their toes fall off?

[HyperactiveSloth]

... So far, Malechi has managed to elude my best ninjas....

Well, that explains all the tiny plastic ninja-tos and shurikens I keep finding all over the house ... I am just glad ArgosCap keeps sending the HeroScape Ninjas after me!Their toes fall off?
:bang:

[Fuzzie Fuzz]

I'm sorry! What'd I do? Don't do it HyperactiveSloth, we loooooooooooooove you!

[HyperactiveSloth]

Oh, it's nothing. Just expressing the frustration held by myself, Malechi, and anyone else who actually knows what a "ninja-to" is.
Pay no attention to us weapons geeks. :D

[Fuzzie Fuzz]

Oh, it's nothing. Just expressing the frustration held by myself, Malechi, and anyone else who actually knows what a "ninja-to" is.
Pay no attention to us weapons geeks. :DNo, yeah, I know. Just a play on words, my fine furry freind.

[brickman1444]

So far, I only have 3 entrees. Its pretty disapointing.

:cry:

EDIT: Can any of you guess who this is?
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/netherspiritfinished.jpgNether

Finally, someone gets it. I thought it was pretty easy.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

With a smaller group of entries we'll see a buttload of votes for each contestant.
Okay, maybe that won't happen!
:lol:

[ArgosCap]

Funny story. I was actually thinking about doing Nether too. I was looking at a Death micro and just realized it would be easy and funny.

Now, I think we should do Grungebob, Kenjib (with hot dog head), Skynight (skeletal chopper pilot), and DEFINITELY MarkWar's lady in red!

[TheRealQ]

Funny story. I was actually thinking about doing Nether too.

:shock: :rofl: Out of context this just doesn't look right. :rofl:

[brickman1444]

Funny story. I was actually thinking about doing Nether too.

:shock: :rofl: Out of context this just doesn't look right. :rofl: :rofl:

[ArgosCap]

Well, now, you must understand that I do have a thing for skeletons in robes.

I said some time ago that I would "DO" Empress Kiova too. Let it not be said, "not that I am not an untrue to my word person, but it is true that I am."

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/kiova.gif

[brickman1444]

I've been trying to get a Truth microhero done. So far I have this:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/truthfinished.jpg
Anyone, feel free to add onto this.

[Malechi]

You forgot the cliche Truthism ...

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/truthinhat.gif

[brickman1444]

You forgot the cliche Truthism ...

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/truthinhat.gif

Nice job on the hat Malechi! I tried to make a hat but it didn't look right with the hair.

[Malechi]

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/truthinhat.gif

Nice job on the hat Malechi! I tried to make a hat but it didn't look right with the hair.

Well the hat does seem to change Truth's hair into some uber-Wolverine mutton chops!

:twisted:

[ArgosCap]

Alright, it seems the Micro Hero contest is just about over, so I guess I can post this little animation. This is "how to build a robot in 20 easy steps." I had to build Q9's form entirely from scratch, so this is a quick run-through of all the steps I took to get to the final product. Hope you can see why I haven't posted any other micros in a while.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/buildQ9.gif

Also, I'm dying to know who did Kaemon Awa. He looks awesome!

P.S. Good work on Truth guys. Isn't he supposed to have a little soul patch on his chin?

[Dennys]

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
:jawdrop: :jawdrop: :jawdrop: :jawdrop:

[ArgosCap]

I know. I know. I feel the same way about the girl in Mark Wars' avatar. For some reason I felt strongly compelled to DO her too.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/LadyRed.gif

[braveheart101]

Except for the Orcs, I made the rest from scratch!I hope you dont mind me posting non Heroscape Micro Heros? http://i18.tinypic.com/6bdvnds.png sorry about the size :oops: !!

[brickman1444]

Except for the Orcs, I made the rest from scratch!I hope you dont mind me posting non Heroscape Micro Heros?

As long as you treated them equally and spent the same amount of time as you would on heroscape micros, it's fine. They look great. But I would suggest adding a little more "shading" to give them more depth.

look at the shoulder pads on these 2 guys. The right one has more shading and thus, more depth.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/bladegrut1.jpghttp://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/bladegrut1.png

[Jonathan]

Whoa! Way to proliferate, Braveheart - nice work!

[ArgosCap]

Braveheart, you made all of that from scratch?? Even the skull mask and shoulder pad on the Orc Chief? I'm very impressed. There is some very creative stuff in there. You should definitely take a shot at some of the official Heroscape characters if you get a chance!

I think the rule should be that you can post as many original micro hero characters as you like, as long as you provide custom cards for each character, like Brickman did! So, Braveheart, with all of those characters, you've got some work to do!

[brickman1444]

I think the rule should be that you can post as many original micro hero characters as you like, as long as you provide custom cards for each character, like Brickman did! So, Braveheart, with all of those characters, you've got some work to do!

I don't think you should have to use all of them on cards. I only used some of mine. I would just like to say that using microheros on cards is a very easy way to finish a card you don't have an actual figure for.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/kiova.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/buildQ9.gif
Now those are amazing.
Beautiful work!

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/truthinhat.gif

Too cool! Can't wait to see Mal's.
:twisted:

[braveheart101]

Except for the Orcs, I made the rest from scratch!I hope you dont mind me posting non Heroscape Micro Heros?

As long as you treated them equally and spent the same amount of time as you would on heroscape micros, it's fine. They look great. But I would suggest adding a little more "shading" to give them more depth.

look at the shoulder pads on these 2 guys. The right one has more shading and thus, more depth.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/bladegrut1.jpghttp://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/bladegrut1.png
Hey, thank you brickman14444! Yes I do need better shading skills :oops: .Oh and that one urban elite trooper, I made him with some stuff I found on a micro hero site! Except for the Urban elite trooper,the orcs and the Dungeon gaurd, Everything else, except for the weapons, is made from scratch or modified!

[braveheart101]

Well, heres my first official Heroscape character! Presenting the Tagwa Samurai archer!!
http://i12.tinypic.com/6b23zp4.png

[ArgosCap]

Nice work Braveheart. He looks very cool and colorful. His hat looks a little funny though. I don't have the fig, but it looks a little too tall and skinny.

Here are a couple that I have been working on, that I just don't have the energy to complete. Jotun and an update of "Kra-Ne-Um." I know, Jotun isn't to scale, but he would be much too big if he was. He's already a pain to work on at this size. I just can't seem to get his hair right. If anyone wants to finish up all the little details on these guys, or even do some of them, these guys would be that much closer to being done. For now, they are incomplete, so if you want to make them your next project, please do!

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/jotun2.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/kraneum4.gif

[Jonathan]

I think the Jotun-hair looks great - he just needs his little shield-badge and sword and he's good to go!

[braveheart101]

Nice work Braveheart. He looks very cool and colorful. His hat looks a little funny though. I don't have the fig, but it looks a little too tall and skinny.

Here are a couple that I have been working on, that I just don't have the energy to complete. Jotun and an update of "Kra-Ne-Um." I know, Jotun isn't to scale, but he would be much too big if he was. He's already a pain to work on at this size. I just can't seem to get his hair right. If anyone wants to finish up all the little details on these guys, or even do some of them, these guys would be that much closer to being done. For now, they are incomplete, so if you want to make them your next project, please do!

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/jotun2.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/kraneum4.gif
I know, his hat took Really long. It is a weird shape to make on paint! Oh, and you asked somebody to finish jotun, so here he is after a battle!
http://i16.tinypic.com/4kx9htz.png

[brickman1444]

Oh, and you asked somebody to finish jotun, so here he is after a battle!
http://i16.tinypic.com/4kx9htz.png

Nice ripped pants of awesomeness.

[XSI Addict 32]

Great Jotun, now that the contest is over here is my......beaten *sniffs*......Kaemon Awa:

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10346/Kaemon-Awa-Final.PNG

I put alot of work into the shading.....but alas Guns beat swords and Q9 is better. Oh well it was fun. Great Job argos =)

P.S. I'll get you next time....... :twisted:

[brickman1444]

Great Jotun, now that the contest is over here is my......beaten *sniffs*......Kaemon Awa:

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10346/Kaemon-Awa-Final.PNG

I put alot of work into the shading.....but alas Guns beat swords and Q9 is better. Oh well it was fun. Great Job argos =)

P.S. I'll get you next time....... :twisted:

Shhh....I voted for you

[ArgosCap]

XSI, I love the work you did on Kaemon Awa. He really looks fantastic and very true to the figure. I think Brickman's assessment of the "non-humanoid" factor may have played a role. Q9 is just really big and elaborate, so he looks really impressive, and grabs your attention, no matter how cool the little humanoids look. Kaemon Awa was about as cool as you can get!

By the way Brick, I was sorry to hear that you were discouraged about joining in on the contest. You are definitely one of the best artists on this thread. Maybe next time?

I do hope we do a contest again some time. Maybe after another wave or two has been released. We're getting caught up on a lot of the existing characters. Let's see....who do we have left...

Morsbane, Syvarris (and the elves), the Vikings, the Sentinels, the various soulborgs, the flagbearers (which not many of us seem to have) and most of the rest are non-humanoid. A couple of people have said they were going to do Primordians. Those would definitely be cool. Are you guys still working on them? I can't wait to see the vampires and riflemen in the next set.

Braveheart, good work on Jotun. Looks like Sir Denrick couldn't reach his sword past Jotun's belt. It's rather unfortunate for him that Denrick can reach that high though.

[braveheart101]

Wow, Kaemon Awa rocks XSI :shock: !!! I wish I had those mad skills :lol:

[braveheart101]

Wow, Kaemon Awa rocks XSI :shock: !!! I wish I had those mad skills :lol:

[Jandars_Hope]

Excellent Kaemon Awa XSI ! :thumbsup:

[brickman1444]

O.K. next I'm making a microhero for Malechi's avatar.

[Fuzzie Fuzz]

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10191/Funrun-upload.PNGAny guesses as to who this is?

HINT: It's a generic girl micro minus the head.

[Malechi]

O.K. next I'm making a microhero for Malechi's avatar.

Aw, jeez ... I am standing right here. I can hear you!

[Turtleboy]

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10191/Funrun-upload.PNGAny guesses as to who this is?

HINT: It's a generic girl micro minus the head.

Funrun?

[brickman1444]

O.K. next I'm making a microhero for Malechi's avatar.

Aw, jeez ... I am standing right here. I can hear you!

Who said it was going to be a surprise?

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Hey Micro Artists, I'm going to update the first page.
Let me know if I leave anything/anyone out.



Oh, and you asked somebody to finish jotun, so here he is after a battle!
http://i16.tinypic.com/4kx9htz.png

Nice ripped pants of awesomeness.

Yeah, Jotun's a vey nice team effort here.


Great Jotun, now that the contest is over here is my......beaten *sniffs*......Kaemon Awa:

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10346/Kaemon-Awa-Final.PNG

I put alot of work into the shading.....but alas Guns beat swords and Q9 is better. Oh well it was fun. Great Job argos =)

P.S. I'll get you next time....... :twisted:

Awesome.

[brickman1444]

HeH, you might want to add all the cool new microheros of important members here: Truth, Funrun, Nether and now Malechi!
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/Malechifinished.jpg

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Well, heres my first official Heroscape character! Presenting the Tagwa Samurai archer!!
http://i12.tinypic.com/6b23zp4.png

Braveheart101, this is a great first sample!
I love the T.S. Archers! Very nice and an excellent avatar choice.

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10191/Funrun-upload.PNGAny guesses as to who this is?

HINT: It's a generic girl micro minus the head.
:rofl:


First post updated, new artists added!
Such great efforts here. Keep them coming!
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h249/jonan_jello/emoticons/893applaud-thumb.gif

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

HeH, you might want to add all the cool new microheros of important members here: Truth, Funrun, Nether and now Malechi!
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/Malechifinished.jpg
It's been done!

Going to add Mal, although I think he needs a beer in hand.
:poke:

[Firemaster]

If I could make a request, I'd like to see my avitar done, and Grishnak with Shrek ears.

[Malechi]

HeH, you might want to add all the cool new microheros of important members here: Truth, Funrun, Nether and now Malechi!
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/Malechifinished.jpg

Nice, however you may wanna lighten the hair (on the sides and goatee a lot :roll: ), remove the watch and add a cell phone to my (image's left) hip (I use my cell as my watch and haven't worn one in years).


Now to flatten my gut like that before I get to Florida at the end of the month ...

[brickman1444]

I was looking through the foxgnaws archive and I found a cool new cape so I decided to revisit Agent Carr:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/agentcarrrevisitedfinished.png

[braveheart101]

sweet Agent Carr, Brickman1444! Oh, and heres one I just whipped up!*in a dramatic stage whisper* Presenting The TARN VIKING WARRIOR, Made entirely from scratch h'except for the spear and glove, both modified( sorry about the showing off)!
http://i19.tinypic.com/4ubmnvc.png

[brickman1444]

sweet Agent Carr, Brickman1444! Oh, and heres one I just whipped up!*in a dramatic stage whisper* Presenting The TARN VIKING WARRIOR, Made entirely from scratch h'except for the spear and glove, both modified( sorry about the showing off)!
http://i19.tinypic.com/4ubmnvc.png

He looks great but it's sometimes okay to modify a bunch of stuff and "frankenstein" a micro together.

[ArgosCap]

Alrighty then! XSI, I'm sorry, but I decided to update Krugg. It seems like your version is based more on the package art, and I wanted to make him look more like the figure. I did use your feet and muscles, but he really needed that big belly that says, "I can eat you for lunch...litterally." I also gave him a big, ugly custom head and darkened him up a bit.

Then I decided it was time to do Khosumet, the Dark Lord himself. I still need to give these guys their weapons. I am working on darkening XSI's awesome Krugg Sword to match my version. I saw a good scythe for Khosumet SOMEWHERE, I just can't remember where.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/khosumet.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/krug6.gif

HEH,
I'm sure people will be more interested in the static Q9, then my "build-a-bot" animation, so here he is. Also, Valguard needs to be put onthe first page. XSI, do you know who did him? I'm guessing, based on style, maybe Jonathan?

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10138/ValguardMH.PNGhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/majorQ9.gif

Brickman,
Carr looks WAY better with that coat! Funny story...I was actually thinking about updating him with the exact same jacket. Great minds and all.

Braveheart,
Great job on the Tarn spearman. I agree with Brickman though, you don't have to do everything from scratch. If you go on the foxgnaw archive, you can find a lot of great pre-made stuff that is really helpful. Even if it's not exactly what you want, it's often easy to adapt it into what you want. It will save you a lot of time. Of course, part of the reason I haven't done the vikings or more of the samurai myself is because they do require a lot of custom work. But check out that site. You might find some helpful stuff there.

[Syvarris the Ruler]

here's the best micro hero ever!!!!(it stinks but at least its the best figure ever)
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb267/Elven_Assult/SyvarrisasaMicroHero.jpg

[braveheart101]

syvarris, what program do you use? I would recommend using paint.

[Syvarris the Ruler]

syvarris, what program do you use? I would recommend using paint.
that is what i use

[braveheart101]

Alrighty then! XSI, I'm sorry, but I decided to update Krugg. It seems like your version is based more on the package art, and I wanted to make him look more like the figure. I did use your feet and muscles, but he really needed that big belly that says, "I can eat you for lunch...litterally." I also gave him a big, ugly custom head and darkened him up a bit.

Then I decided it was time to do Khosumet, the Dark Lord himself. I still need to give these guys their weapons. I am working on darkening XSI's awesome Krugg Sword to match my version. I saw a good scythe for Khosumet SOMEWHERE, I just can't remember where.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/khosumet.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/krug6.gif

HEH,
I'm sure people will be more interested in the static Q9, then my "build-a-bot" animation, so here he is. Also, Valguard needs to be put onthe first page. XSI, do you know who did him? I'm guessing, based on style, maybe Jonathan?

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10138/ValguardMH.PNGhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/majorQ9.gif

Brickman,
Carr looks WAY better with that coat! Funny story...I was actually thinking about updating him with the exact same jacket. Great minds and all.

Braveheart,
Great job on the Tarn spearman. I agree with Brickman though, you don't have to do everything from scratch. If you go on the foxgnaw archive, you can find a lot of great pre-made stuff that is really helpful. Even if it's not exactly what you want, it's often easy to adapt it into what you want. It will save you a lot of time. Of course, part of the reason I haven't done the vikings or more of the samurai myself is because they do require a lot of custom work. But check out that site. You might find some helpful stuff there.
Argoscap, that krugg is amazing!And my modded spear and gloves came from foxgnaws.

[Fuzzie Fuzz]

Syvarris, try taking clothing from foxgnaws or somewhere, and if you need to do anything custom, do it pixel by pixel.

[ArgosCap]

Braveheart,
I was looking at the Tarn figure, and comparing him to your micro. He looks good. I especially like the facemask and sleeves you designed. I think his helmet needs to be more pointy though. Your micro's head is a little flat. And I think his belt is kind of low on his hips. But, very good work.

Syvarris,
I think your guy looks really good, for not using any pre-existing items. One thing I'd suggest is give him a black border. It makes the figures look a little more neat/tight, like a comic book drawing (easier to identify his definition, because otherwise he slightly blends into the background). I know it's time consuming to make a black border, but that's part of the reason I use pre-existing stuff, or start with a border and color it in with paint fill. Also, you should slim down the arrow on his bow. It looks like he is going to shoot a big brown salami at someone. It's just wrong. But otherwise, I think he is very cool and colorful.

I'll be posting some updates soon, when I have time to finish.

[Jonathan]

Also, Valguard needs to be put onthe first page. XSI, do you know who did him? I'm guessing, based on style, maybe Jonathan?


Ah, yes, Valguard is mine - you're WAY too good at this, Argos. Hopefully I'll get some others made up in the next couple of weeks. I got caught up in tourney preparations and modding figures, but now I think I'll have some more time for micro-heroing.

By the way, Q9 is awesome - I had to vote for him myself :D

[ArgosCap]

Haha...well, thank you Jonathan!

Here is another quick update of stuff I've been working on. An Armoc Viper and an update of Fuzzie's Crixus. For Crixus, I basically just muted some of the colors on Fuzzie's version and updated his mask and helmet. It just needed to be done to give him that classic gladiator look. Hope you guys like them.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/crixus-new.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/armoc-viper.gif

[XSI Addict 32]

I wasn't sure if any of you have this problem, but when I try to copy templates or finished micro heroes, they won't copy straight to paint. I have to copy them into word, then to paint. This would be fine, except the picture is always blurry and is very unrefined. If anyone else has this problem, I was wondering if you found a better way.

[ArgosCap]

Hmm, I'm not sure what Paint's limitations are, but I'm guessing that you are having some sort of format problem, since not all formats are created equal. Is the stuff you are trying to copy or paste onto from a JPG or PNG file? If both are in GIF format, I'm not sure what the problem is. I would venture a guess that maybe you are turning the pics into JPG files when you go through Word?

[brickman1444]

what I always do when I'm copying templates and microes is I take a screenshot, then just white out the backround

[Malechi]

Man, I am glad I have Photoshop ...

:roll:

[ArgosCap]

Malechi, I fully agree. Taking screenshots definitely does seem more time consuming and difficult. Why don't you guys just right click and hit "Save As" to save the templates in one of your folders? Then, all you've gotta do is open them with paint. If they are GIF files, this should work flawlessly.

By the way, if you guys ever get frustrated using just paint, you can always use Google to find some neat image editing software. Try searches like, "free gif editor" or "free image program."

[ArgosCap]

Okay, I hate to double post, but this thread seems a little slow. Here are a few more updates I've been working on. I updated Khosumet and Krug with a little more detail. I revamped Fuzzie's Ne-Gok-Sa, using some of his parts. I also gave Krugg his sword, which is modified from the extremely cool sword that XSI made. I just thought it would be extra cool with the skull. Anyway, hope you guys like the updates. If you are still seeing the old Khosumet and Krug without sword, hit "refresh."

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/negoksa.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/krug-sword.gif
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/khosumet.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/krug6.gif

[Jonathan]

The new Ne-Gok-Sa looks killer - as imposing as he should be - and Krug's sword is spot-on - nice!

[brickman1444]

Nice job, argoscap. I thought it was getting slow also. We'll see a boost when the new units start coming out.

[XSI Addict 32]

Sometimes I hate you, Argos.....You are way to good at this. Your skull is incredible. If only my krug looked half as good.

[truth]

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/truthinhat.gif

:shock: Sweet! I totally didn't know I had my own Micro. Thanks guys! I love my bulging forearms!

[Jonathan]

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/truthinhat.gif

:shock: Sweet! I totally didn't know I had my own Micro. Thanks guys! I love my bulging forearms!

It's from moving around your massive amounts of Heroscape stuff - the first nerdy game that helps you get chicks :wink:

[brickman1444]

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/truthinhat.gif

:shock: Sweet! I totally didn't know I had my own Micro. Thanks guys! I love my bulging forearms!

Yea, I was partly mine. I hope I got the black lettering on the shirt right. Was does it actually say?

[brickman1444]

I see we are in a microhero slump right now and I would like to bring us back. I'm thinking of adding a "microhero creator" slide to my userbar slideshow in my sig. Anyone got any ideas?

[ArgosCap]

Brickman, how about something like this:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/herobar.gif

I'm not sure which font you use on your bar, so I figured you could add whatever you want it to say, like, "MICROHERO MAKER"

Also, I've got a new version of Khosumet, with new legs and custom weapons. I couldn't find a scythe or shield like his anywhere, so I had to make them.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/khosumet-weapons.gif

As always, feel free to edit or post anywhere you want.

[brickman1444]

Thanks Argos. I use a modified visitor font. The new Khomset looks great.

[brickman1444]

I remember one time someone made a thread with a fake news shows with real figs and argos made a microheroes version of it. I was thinking that it might be it might be kinda cool to make a microheroes scape news show, maybe on a weekly basis. What do you (Mainly argos) think?

[ArgosCap]

Hey! Sorry, I've been on vacation! Yeah, actually, I have been thinking about doing a regular microheroes cartoon. I thought it would be fun. I actually started thinking about it back when I heard that they were looking for cartoons for HS Codex. So, when that guy started doing the "news" show with figs, I thought he might like a nice, neat microhero cartoon template. The microhero art is perfect for a cartoon strip. Since the request has been made, I will consider doing my original idea (which uses one of the Nakita agents as the main character). I probably couldn't do it weekly, but I could try to do a page every week or two.

Maybe we could get a couple of microhero cartoons going. Anyone else have an idea for a cartoon? I would prefer to see the Heroscape microheroes here, but we could also do some "crossover" cartoons with other existing characters.

In any case, these cartoons are going to require lots of character art, so keep it coming! Wave 7 is out! Time to get back to work! :)

[brickman1444]

Hey! Sorry, I've been on vacation! Yeah, actually, I have been thinking about doing a regular microheroes cartoon. I thought it would be fun. I actually started thinking about it back when I heard that they were looking for cartoons for HS Codex. So, when that guy started doing the "news" show with figs, I thought he might like a nice, neat microhero cartoon template. The microhero art is perfect for a cartoon strip. Since the request has been made, I will consider doing my original idea (which uses one of the Nakita agents as the main character). I probably couldn't do it weekly, but I could try to do a page every week or two.

Maybe we could get a couple of microhero cartoons going. Anyone else have an idea for a cartoon? I would prefer to see the Heroscape microheroes here, but we could also do some "crossover" cartoons with other existing characters.

In any case, these cartoons are going to require lots of character art, so keep it coming! Wave 7 is out! Time to get back to work! :)

You and I could alternate between weeks for who does the weekly cartoon with some other guest artists going in every now and again. Let me look over wave 7 and then I'll get started on them.

[XSI Addict 32]

This thread pretty much died.....Heres to hoping it comes back... :drunk:

~XSI, who hasn't had the time or inspiration to make another.

[Blackrock]

These are all pretty cool :) Have there been any male depictions of Vydar? I have nothing against a female general, in fact it would be pretty cool to see, but I was reading the character bios on Heroscape.com yesterday and the bio for the primadon Gorillanators refers to Vydar as a "he." I wish they'd release official artwork for all of them; I like the Oriental-esque Einar on the first page but I don't think they've ever actually shown him, either.

[brickman1444]

These are all pretty cool :) Have there been any male depictions of Vydar? I have nothing against a female general, in fact it would be pretty cool to see, but I was reading the character bios on Heroscape.com yesterday and the bio for the primadon Gorillanators refers to Vydar as a "he." I wish they'd release official artwork for all of them; I like the Oriental-esque Einar on the first page but I don't think they've ever actually shown him, either.

No, there haven't been any male depictions of Vydar (which has been bugging me) and yes all the current generals are undoubtedly male. It would be very cool if they released artwork for all of them. A least some artwork for Vydar and Einar, they don't have any. And thanks, I made Einar.

[ArgosCap]

Brickman, I've been working my butt off on the new comic ("Helga and Stan"). However, as much time as it took, I am not going to be doing these on a regualr basis. I'm a perfectionist, and it just takes a little too long to do it right. But I will try to continue the series as I have time. I have posted the new comic in a new thread called "Heroscape Micro Hero Comics."

Alright guys, to get theings started again, I have created a new webpage, with all of the characters done so far, organized by General. It mimics the style of the "Ze Ball Breaker" site. No, I did not post every version of every character. I only posted the versions I liked best, and in a few cases, I made some minor changes (actually, I turned them all into gif format, with a transparent background). I hope you guys don't mind me messing with the original art, I just wanted these guys to look super sharp on the page. Anyway, you can find them on:

http://www.oddworldz.com/argosmast/micro/microhero.html

Hope you guys like it. Now, let's fill in all the generals with the missing characters. Wave 7 is out, so you guys should find lots of new inspiration. Isamu and the riflemen look like they are probably pretty easy. Also, I remember people saying that they were going to do Morsbane and the gorillanators. Fuzzy fuzz, wasn't it you? Still waiting to see them! Everyone else....let's see what you've got with the new characters!

[brickman1444]

For my complements on "Helga and Stan" see the respective thread.

[brickman1444]

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/Vydarfinished.jpg

A male Vydar. The robotic claw hand is mostly from something else, it's not my custom piece.

EDIT: Improvements soon!

Does anyone have a goos picture of Isamu? I can't for the life of me find a picture of him from the front.

[Malechi]

Brickman, I've been working my butt off on the new comic ("Helga and Stan"). However, as much time as it took, I am not going to be doing these on a regualr basis. I'm a perfectionist, and it just takes a little too long to do it right. But I will try to continue the series as I have time. I have posted the new comic in a new thread called "Heroscape Micro Hero Comics."
Apparently I got back here too late. I was going to suggest holding these for quarterly release in the Codex Comics section!

[brickman1444]

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/Vydarfinished-1.jpg

Improvements made!

[Malechi]

Alright guys, to get theings started again, I have created a new webpage, with all of the characters done so far, organized by General. It mimics the style of the "Ze Ball Breaker" site. No, I did not post every version of every character. I only posted the versions I liked best, and in a few cases, I made some minor changes (actually, I turned them all into gif format, with a transparent background). I hope you guys don't mind me messing with the original art, I just wanted these guys to look super sharp on the page. Anyway, you can find them on:

http://www.oddworldz.com/argosmast/micro/microhero.html

Hope you guys like it...

There was a major mistake in that the very last 'Scaper MicroHero on the page doesn't look at all like their avatar!

:twisted:

[brickman1444]

Alright guys, to get theings started again, I have created a new webpage, with all of the characters done so far, organized by General. It mimics the style of the "Ze Ball Breaker" site. No, I did not post every version of every character. I only posted the versions I liked best, and in a few cases, I made some minor changes (actually, I turned them all into gif format, with a transparent background). I hope you guys don't mind me messing with the original art, I just wanted these guys to look super sharp on the page. Anyway, you can find them on:

http://www.oddworldz.com/argosmast/micro/microhero.html

Hope you guys like it...

There was a major mistake in that the very last 'Scaper MicroHero on the page doesn't look at all like their avatar!

:twisted:

:D

By the way, did you like my Vydar?

O.K. Here's my current Isamu, based on malechi's ninja.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/isamufinished.jpg

[ArgosCap]

There was a major mistake in that the very last 'Scaper MicroHero on the page doesn't look at all like their avatar!

Are you talking about the "ArgosCap" micro? Well, I change my avatar so frequently, I figured the best thing to use would be my "self-micro" which I briefly used as my avatar. Of my other 4 avatars, 2 of them have had pictures of my real self in them, but I always dress differently. The "Common v. Hulk" avatar is the one I've used the most. Should I change the art, with me punching a Hulk micro in the nuts? Consider it done!

Brickman,
I like the color scheme on the newer Vydar, but I think I like the old head better. Most of the Kyrie generals we have seen so far look pretty young and energetic. The bald version looks kinda old. Although, I suppose that might account for why he has gained the wisdom to USE FIREARMS instead of swords and spears! Or maybe he just needs to 'cuase he's too old for brawling. What do you think???

Brickman AND Malechi AND all other artists,

I have been pondering an idea. This thread is getting long now. 28 pages and over 400 posts. I am wondering if that is daunting people from getting involved with the thread (I know that when I see a 20+ page thread, I usually just pass, or ONLY read the last page). So here is my idea:

We now have pics of Wave 7, Wave 8, SotM figs, the next large pack, the "Spiders" and the promo monk character. That is a LOT of new characters. Maybe we should leave this thread for the older characters and start a new thread called "Micro Hero Art: Heroscape, 2007" and make that thread just for the 2007 characters. It might reinvigorate some of the artists and give us a "fresh start" that will draw more attention and get more people involved. What do you think? Should we start a new thread? This one is starting to feel a little bloated to me. Does it feel that way to anyone else?

[ChilliDog]

I was just thinking about how I shouldn't have waited so long to start paying attention to this :P. If you started a new one I'd be in for sure.

[brickman1444]

Brickman,
I like the color scheme on the newer Vydar, but I think I like the old head better. Most of the Kyrie generals we have seen so far look pretty young and energetic. The bald version looks kinda old. Although, I suppose that might account for why he has gained the wisdom to USE FIREARMS instead of swords and spears! Or maybe he just needs to 'cuase he's too old for brawling. What do you think???

Brickman AND Malechi AND all other artists,

I have been pondering an idea. This thread is getting long now. 28 pages and over 400 posts. I am wondering if that is daunting people from getting involved with the thread (I know that when I see a 20+ page thread, I usually just pass, or ONLY read the last page). So here is my idea:

We now have pics of Wave 7, Wave 8, SotM figs, the next large pack, the "Spiders" and the promo monk character. That is a LOT of new characters. Maybe we should leave this thread for the older characters and start a new thread called "Micro Hero Art: Heroscape, 2007" and make that thread just for the 2007 characters. It might reinvigorate some of the artists and give us a "fresh start" that will draw more attention and get more people involved. What do you think? Should we start a new thread? This one is starting to feel a little bloated to me. Does it feel that way to anyone else?

I was thinking that Vydar is more of an old wise kyrie who has some biotechnical enhancements. When he drinks from the wellsprings, it makes him feel young, but he's still old. Oh and the big arm is mostly just an arm, not a gun.

I don't know about the whole, fresh start thing. It just, I don't know, doesn't seem right. Maybe you should talk to an admin, just to see what they think.

[Jonathan]

I think new activity would be good enough, and I think I'm finally up to trying some new microheroes. For some reason, that contest just took all the fun out of it for me.

I'd like to comment on your site, Argos, but it's loading slowly - perhaps later :wink:

[brickman1444]

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/Vydarfinished-2.jpg

New hair.

[brickman1444]

Man, we lost like a whole page here.

[ArgosCap]

Yeah, um....we seem to be leaking posts. What is going on? It appears my last post was deleted.

[brickman1444]

Yeah, um....we seem to be leaking posts. What is going on? It appears my last post was deleted.

Well, the site was having problems 2 days ago and some posts were lost. Some threads are still recovering. Most will never see those posts again.

:cry: Why do they have to die so young! Why!

[Pumpkin_King]

Does anyone have a veeerry small Micro Hero template? I want to make my avatar, but I havn't found any Micro Heroes (villians?) of the Tails Doll.

[Malechi]

Here is a redux of ArgosCap's Sir Hawthorne, just slightly more intimidating ...

Before: http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/backstaber.gif After: http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/microhawth-redux.gif

I was creating an animated avatar for nonexistantnonexister utilizing the Sir Hawthorne MicroHero and touched it up a bit before animating. Unfortunately, he wanted a 'humorous' version of Sir Hawthorne either doing :banana: , or the "Pee-Pee Dance". I just couldn't bring myself to degrade Sir Hawthorne (and by default fellow Admin Grungebob) in that manner and gave up before it got to far.

[ArgosCap]

Looks great Mal. Much more intimidating. I actually saw nonexistantnonexister's avatar and thought it was him who had done it. I should've known it was our resident artistic genius Mal!

[LordVenoc]

This is my first Micro and I hope it looks good.

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/Cyprien_Esenwein.JPG

I had trouble with some of the detail on the skull at the top of the boots. My swords look terrible so I didn't put one in. Also this is Cyprien Esenwein just so you know.

[BRUNAK]

How d'you make 'em?

[Jonathan]

This is my first Micro and I hope it looks good.

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/Cyprien_Esenwein.JPG

I had trouble with some of the detail on the skull at the top of the boots. My swords look terrible so I didn't put one in. Also this is Cyprien Esenwein just so you know.

Dude looks great, although I don't remember Cyprien's forehead being that large :wink: A nice scowl might round the micro out nicely, as well.

[Malechi]

(Regarding Malechi's Version of Sir Hawthorne as an animated avatar) I actually saw nonexistantnonexister's avatar and thought it was him who had done it. I should've known it was our resident artistic genius Mal!

:roll:

I hadn't seen that. Good God, he used a first draft of the marching Sir Hawthorne! Now I am definitely not going to finish it ...

:headshake:

I'll just save this for him this instead ...

:wedgie:

[XSI Addict 32]

No, by all means, Mal, finish it. I want to see what you can do!

[brickman1444]

I hadn't seen that. Good God, he used a first draft of the marching Sir Hawthorne! Now I am definitely not going to finish it ...

I think right now it is hilarious. The only thing you should add is a dialogue bubble that says "Gatta go pee-pee!"

[Malechi]

I hadn't seen that. Good God, he used a first draft of the marching Sir Hawthorne! Now I am definitely not going to finish it ...

I think right now it is hilarious. The only thing you should add is a dialogue bubble that says "Gatta go pee-pee!"

It is not supposed to be hilarious! That was a first test for marching - heck the back foot doesn't even lift yet. It now just looks like he's standing there stomping his feet. I am very upset that that is being used. From now on whenever someone asks for avatar help, they get what they get - NO preview of how it is coming along! It really makes me never want to help with anyone's avatar again.

[brickman1444]

This is my first Micro and I hope it looks good.

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/Cyprien_Esenwein.JPG

I had trouble with some of the detail on the skull at the top of the boots. My swords look terrible so I didn't put one in. Also this is Cyprien Esenwein just so you know.

That looks great! The only things I would suggest are to make his hair cover his forhead a little more and to save it as either a BMP, GIF or PNG. Those file types make microheroes look better quality and not as blurry as JPEG.

[XSI Addict 32]

I hadn't seen that. Good God, he used a first draft of the marching Sir Hawthorne! Now I am definitely not going to finish it ...

I think right now it is hilarious. The only thing you should add is a dialogue bubble that says "Gatta go pee-pee!"

It is not supposed to be hilarious! That was a first test for marching - heck the back foot doesn't even lift yet. It now just looks like he's standing there stomping his feet. I am very upset that that is being used. From now on whenever someone asks for avatar help, they get what they get - NO preview of how it is coming along! It really makes me never want to help with anyone's avatar again.

I understand your pain. Prefectionists Unite!! I hate it when something isn't done, and it gets shown publicly as a final product. I feel so...so disgsted with it as it is but a pale imitation of the real thing.

[Malechi]

Here is another version of Cyprien Esenwain ...

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/microcypriennesen.gif

[ArgosCap]

Dang Mal, great work on Cyprien! Don't be upset with Nonexistant. Think of it as a compliment that he was so eager to show off your work! I was actually quite impressed when I saw it. I would LOVE to see the finished product if you're still willing.

LordVenoc,
Welcome to the battle! You also did very fine work on Cyprien. You certainly show promise. I agree with Brickman, saving your file as a gif or png will make it look much better than a jpg. Jpg format has a tendancy to blur/distort pixel art. From what you said in your post, it sounded to me like you may have drawn a lot of his clothes/accessories from scratch (you mentioned that you couldn't make a good sword. Usually we just adapt pre-existing items and paste them onto our micros. You can find a good library of clothes, accessories and even a couple dozen swords, if you look up a site called foxgnaws. Good luck with your future micros!

[nonexistantnonexister]

I am deeeply sorry mal, I loved your avatar, and ended up going off of what other people were thinking of the first draft, I loved and didnt know it would upset you, upon your request I have changed my avatar.

[BRUNAK]

I want to make those but I don't think I have Photoshop. :cry: :cry: :cry:

[LordVenoc]

I made Cyprien with MS Paint so you don't need Photoshop. It's just harder.

[BRUNAK]

What's MS paint? Microsoft paint?

[nonexistantnonexister]

some one help me make micro heros, I have no idea how to do it, my heads look horrible, and nothing I make is nearly as clean as this stuff, IT SUCKS how the hell do you do it

[ArgosCap]

Yes, MS Paint is Microsoft Pain. If you have microsoft windows on your computer, then MS Paint is standard. Look under Accessories.

Photoshop offers a few extra options that makes the micros a little easier to make (especially if you are doing complex "special effects" like making something glow). However, all of these micros could be made in standard MS Paint, and many of our best artists are using just that.

Very few of these micros have been made from scratch. Usually, we take a pre-existing character, that has a simialr look to the one we want to make, and we just adapt it. Sometimes we copy and paste different parts of different figures (a technique we refer to as "Frakensteining"). If you google the term "Micro Heroes" you will find a number of archives with MANY existing characters and templates.

[XSI Addict 32]

I use paint. When I do my Micros, I just copy the body from a temp, but I all of my other work from scratch. Of all my Micros, the only thing I ever copied was the wings on my Female Vydar.

This is by far my best, and it is 100% custom:

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10346/Kaemon-Awa-Final.PNG

[nonexistantnonexister]

YES I have made my first micro hero, I frankenstiened it from "ArgosCap's" yeti, and did a little re shading while adding on robo parts ,and a little photo shop magic.

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/normal_uber_yeti.jpg

[Syvarris the Ruler]

Is that supposed to be a yetinator?

[nonexistantnonexister]

yes (is it good for a first try)

[nonexistantnonexister]

heres another one

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/tree_eater.jpg

[Malechi]

I keep hearing that MS Paint can't do these. I find that hard to believe. Perhaps it may be more difficult, but not being able to do it at all must be wrong.

I did the following drawings some 15 years ago, utilizing Aldus SuperPaint on a Mac SE30 with 9" Black and White Monitor (color was signified by patterns only) ...
http://www.apple-history.com/images/models/se.gif


http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/beast.gif

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/lady_death.gif

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/Scooby.gif

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/Malechi_HeroScape/Minis/storm.gif

15 yesars ago I didn't have internet or scanners, these were done freehand just moving the mouse. The program was old at the time I used it to create these. I don't want to hear anymore blaming the software!

[ArgosCap]

Wow, Mal, that is some VERY impressive work for using a black and white computer in 1992. Nice. That must have taken quite a bit of time.

Here is my latest micro. The spiders from the new Tacalla Jungle set...just used the nice clear pictures that were sent by those who attended the San Diego Comic Con. Thanks guys!

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/spider.gif

Also, don't forget to check out Chapter 3 of Helga + Stan! I will be out of town for a while, but enjoy!

[Malechi]

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/spider.gif

Very nice stuff! It creeped me out, but then again having Arachnophobia will creep me out whenever I see any spider!

[brickman1444]

:stupid:

[nonexistantnonexister]

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/improved_ashra.jpg

did a little touch up job on Argos caps's Old lady *ahem* warrior of ashra to make it more warrior of ashra-y

please comment on my other works

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/normal_uber_yeti.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/tree_eater.jpg

[nonexistantnonexister]

updated giant, please comment

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/normal_srgtesh.jpg


pleae comment on my other works

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/improved_ashra.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/normal_uber_yeti.jpg

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/tree_eater.jpg

[Syvarris the Ruler]

Don't the Ashra have pink dresses,or whatever the clothes they're wearing is called?But other than that all of your micros are good.

[nonexistantnonexister]

they look WAAAAY better in green, trust me.

[Jonathan]

NENE, the tree Yeti is hilarious, and would make a good avatar if cropped.

As for the others, why don't you try making some of the characters not yet micro'ed instead of just tweaking others?



Argos - cool spider!

[CandyMakingMaster]

Cool idea...
But is Vydar really a girl? :?

[brickman1444]

Cool idea...
But is Vydar really a girl? :?

No, he's not.

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/Vydarfinished-2.jpg

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

I've updated everything I found to be new to this thread.
I won't worry about your Micros, Mal as you seem to add your own to the first post and that's fine with me!


NENE, keep the Micros coming! Preferably, I'd like to post more Micro Heroes that are true to the source, Members of this site, or generals.


Let me know if I've missed anything!

[nonexistantnonexister]

I'm almost done with a sonya, but need tips on the skirt thingy, anybody got any.

[nonexistantnonexister]

sonya eseinwen (comments please)

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/dh.png

sharper heroes

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/normal_uber_yeti.png

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/tree_eater.png

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/improved_ashra.png

[brickman1444]

sonya eseinwen (comments please)

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/sonya~1.jpg

I looks good but I'll give the same advice I gave LordVenoc, save it as either a BMP, GIF or PNG. Those file types make microheroes look better quality and not as blurry as JPEG.

[nonexistantnonexister]

can somebody give me a hand with ornak, an utgar symbol maybe.

[brickman1444]

can somebody give me a hand with ornak, an utgar symbol maybe.

You mean like this?

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e383/netherspirit/Heroscape%20Blank%20Cards/HS-Symbols.png

[nonexistantnonexister]

well tonight I wipped up ornak, please dont be mad I had a bad headache all day

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/Ornak.png

[BRUNAK]

Nice. I like it!

[BRUNAK]

N.E.N.E. are you going to make one of yours your avatar?

[nonexistantnonexister]

no why.

[brickman1444]

My Ullar looked pretty defenseless, so I gave him a sword:
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/Ullarmicrofinishedw.sword.png

[BRUNAK]

No reason.

[brickman1444]

I made a nice new Blobby avatar for myself for Origin's Test.

[BRUNAK]

Sweeet!

[Malechi]

http://www.heroscapers.com/community/images/avatars/134106030646c32a4b61573.gif

I dunno, looks a lot like Rosie O'Donnell getting ready to head out to 24 Hour Fitness Center and break their equipment while spouting irrational statements ...

:twisted:

[BRUNAK]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah! OMG THAT was funny.

[brickman1444]

L O freaking L

[BRUNAK]

I want photshop SOOO bad!

[brickman1444]

I want photshop SOOO bad!

You don't need photoshop to make these! I use MS paint.

[BRUNAK]

Microsoft paint!?!?!

[Malechi]

I want photshop SOOO bad!You don't need photoshop to make these! I use MS paint.Microsoft paint!?!?!
Yes, I do believe MS Paint = MicroSoft Paint.

If you are unable to create MicroHeroes in MS Paint, PhotoShop won't help you. See this post (http://www.heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?p=333600#360868) for my Don't Blame MS Paint (http://www.heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?p=333600#360868) rant.

[BRUNAK]

Jeez. That's the last time I post in this thread.

[brickman1444]

Jeez. That's the last time I post in this thread.

Why? He was trying to help you.

[Malechi]

Jeez. That's the last time I post in this thread.

Why? Because I tried to save you from spending some $400.00 on something that wasn't going to actually help you?!? On the other hand, Brickman has an apptitude for these, in his case PhotoShop is indeed an option.

Wanting PhotoShop when you are unable to create MicroHeroes with MS Paint is like wanting a PS3 when you can't play any of the games on your Commodore 64!

[ArgosCap]

I think Brunak was just making a whimsical statement about wanting photoshop. Brunak, try not to be insulted, I think Mal was just trying to let you know that you don't really need to spend the money on Photoshop, when you can do most of the micro hero stuff (and a lot of other great artwork) with MS Paint. A lot of people underestimate the simpler programs capabilities and so it might be worth the time to see what it can do, before you spend money on something that isn't really going to give you any big advantages (at least in terms of this kind of art).

Guys, I updated my website with some of the newer characters that you've been working on. Here's the address again:

http://www.oddworldz.com/argosmast/micro/microhero.html

[Jonathan]

Actually, for new designers I think MS Paint probably makes for better micros - streamlines the process and doesn't let you get carried away with all those bells and whistles.

As for bells and whistles, I finally got GIMP and it does a great job of providing them - for FREE!

[brickman1444]

Actually, for new designers I think MS Paint probably makes for better micros - streamlines the process and doesn't let you get carried away with all those bells and whistles.

As for bells and whistles, I finally got GIMP and it does a great job of providing them - for FREE!

True 'dat!

brickman1444, fo shizzle!

[ArgosCap]

Alright, here are a few micros that I made to fill in gaps on my website.

First, is my version of the Kozuke Samurai. Then, there's the "Six String" Samurai from Helga and Stan. Then, I adapted Red Skull and Iron Man to look more like the Heroscape figures.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/kozuke.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/sixstrng.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/redskull.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/IronMan.gif

[brickman1444]

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/sixstrng.gif

I wonder if Einar summoned his first non-human: the guitar!

[Dennys]

El-Kabong?

[i.mof26]

those are some really cool suits you have made.

could you please make templates of the suits?

[brickman1444]

those are some really cool suits you have made.

could you please make templates of the suits?

Like this?
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/suits.jpg

[i.mof26]

thank you

Now I was thinking of making some fantasy base heroes

so could you please design some fantasy type micro templates.

[brickman1444]

thank you

Now I was thinking of making some fantasy base heroes

so could you please design some fantasy type micro templates.

Sure! Argos has a lot of orc stuff on here, let me just round them up.
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/grut.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/swog.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/swog-grut.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/tornak-proto.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/grut-spear2.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/grut-spear.gif
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/grut-stuff.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/orc-shield.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/grut-archer.gif

There's a lot of knights on here too. I'll round those up later.

[edridtc123]

Is there a plain Q9 anywhere?

[brickman1444]

Is there a plain Q9 anywhere?

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/majorQ9.gif

[Drumline3469]

Here she is, Vydar, the only female Valkyrie!

http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10346/Vydar.PNG

The only female Valkyrie ... with an enormous phallic belt!

:roll:

Holy mother of God! I cannot stop laughing and it's been like 5 minutes!! :wtf:

[i.mof26]

thank you for the templates.

I also want to say that I like your creations.

could you please put up some templates?

eg, angle, giant.

[Jonathan]

thank you for the templates.

I also want to say that I like your creations.

could you please put up some templates?

eg, angle, giant.

Dude - search the web for "micro heroes" and you will not be disappointed.

[Aldin]

Welcome to the boards, i.mof26!

On behalf of our suited and template seeking community I extend to you a laurel and a hearty handshake.

As a new member, you can begin your journey on the path to the fellowship, praise and respect of your Heroscapers peers by checking out this announcement: http://heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?t=6970

~Aldin, who, if he were a hero, would almost certainly be a micro one

[brickman1444]

I found 2 more large indexes of microheroes

http://webpages.charter.net/bradmon/Darb.html

http://www.geocities.com/wicket_harley/

The second link has especially good mutant templates.

[brickman1444]

Judge Blacklock!
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/judgeblacklockfinished.jpg

[NecroBlade]

Too 8).

[brickman1444]

I was bored today so I made this, the zombie horde!
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l169/brickman144/custom%20heroscape/zombies-1.png

[XSI Addict 32]

:jawdrop: Umm....WOW! Major Props Brickman! Those are incredible. I like the one with the bloody blades.

[brickman1444]

:jawdrop: Umm....WOW! Major Props Brickman! Those are incredible. I like the one with the bloody blades.

Yeah, he's one of my favorites. I also really like the chainsaw guy with the burlap bag.

[i.mof26]

that zombie horde is so cool.

could you please do zombie templates?

[brickman1444]

that zombie horde is so cool.

could you please do zombie templates?

It is easier to do a zombie tutorial:

1.Find a base micro.

2.Recolor the lightest skin color as the light green ofthe zombie.

3.Recolor the middle skin color as the middle green of the zombie.

4.Recolor the darkest skin color as the darkest green of the zombie.

5.Either paste the generic zombie head on or color both eye sockets completely black.

6.Add scars

7.Cut off the ears

8.Add loin cloth if necesarry

[ArgosCap]

Okay, so I only have a few new Heroscape figures. A templar night, and the green ninja chick from Wave 8. I guess we still don't know her name. I will have to wait until she comes out to put any more detail into her. If anyone feels like drawing a lance for the Templar, go for it!

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/ninja.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/templar3.gif

In addition, I though I would share some other doodles I have messed with over the last few months. You might appreciate them. First, I've got Admiral Spaceship, Nitro and the evil Dr. Scientist from Saturday Night Live's digital shorts, "Laser Cats" and "Laser Cats 2." Then, for you old-timers, I have some characters from Robotech (Masters and Sentinels).

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/admiral.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/nitro-LC.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/DrScientist.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/seanphillips.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/danasterling.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/angelodante.gifhttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/argosail/edwards.gif