secret midnight posting

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Silver Age Sentinels

As I watch City of Heroes attempt to successfully download for the fourth time today, I think I've decided to hammer out this, and see which of the two reaches the finish line first. Right now we're at 2%.

I don't have the sheet on hand, and I don't remember what Skills I've given him ranks of, but the character is originally a quantum physicist. His name is Frank Fobbleson (this may change. I'm currently browsing 420chan and staring at names) and he's married to the lovely Ms. Phoebe Fobbleson (Frank now confirmed).
After one of those wonderfully comic book-y lab accidents, Frank Fobbleson was blasted out of reality while attempting to create a bridge between alternate universes.
Meanwhile, the mysterious monolith soon to be known as Quantum explodes into existence at the feet of Kangchenjunga...

Although he doesn't need to, Superman eats, sleeps, and brushes his teeth-- these activities aren't consciously part of his Clark Kent disguise, but rather part of his psychological profile as a whole. He grew up in Smallville, raised by the Kents, and that human upbringing is inherently part of his makeup. 

Quantum is a character lacking those human habits and necessities. Essentially, he continually flies around the world, helping people, stopping only to locate where he is needed next. He does not remember his life as Frank Fobbleson-- he is in fact, another person entirely now. His past and personality are now the 'suit' he wears, which isn't exactly a suit, per se. The 'cloth' cannot be torn or destroyed, nor can it be removed from him. The 'suit' and the 'man' are one and the same now, the exhaust of the energy of the hyper-intelligence of all the collected universes, realities, and dimensions.

The lab accident replaced, or maybe instantly reincarnated, the energy known as Frank Fobbleson with the new energy known as Quantum, I suppose.

And then there's poor Phoebe Fobbleson. Quantum is clearly built upon the foundation of Frank Fobbleson, leading her to believe that she can retrieve or access her husband's identity. Her attempts to make the energies individual are based more on appeals to his heart, his emotions, his memories. Although she misses her husband, and is willing to spend the rest of her life trying to get him back, she knows his never ending crusade is doing the world good, and will thus never resort to building some kind of dark matter disruptor machine to halve the whole.

If these characters were built for a story, rather than a role-playing game, the story would definitely be centered on Phoebe, as she works towards rebuilding the past. Her frailties and faults would be in sharp contrast with the demi-god who is an unyielding architect of the world of tomorrow. It would be less a story about a man and a woman, and more about the past's struggles to remain relevant, causing it only to impede on the progress of the present, with the stakes being the whole of the future.

As far as mechanics go-- the sheet depicts Frank Fobbleson. He has a few ranks of Highly Skilled, but most of his points are poured into Item of Power. The Item of Power is in turn decked out with Alternate Form, giving him increased strength and speed. His punches land somewhere around 3d6+6 (again, I don't have the sheet. 3d6 is the bulk, but I don't remember if the +X is +2, +4, or +6). He has a Special Attack, which can only be activated after he uses Environmental Influence.
Essentially, he creates a 'storm' above the map. The storm is a dip in reality, like a hole in our universe, where energies are drawn together. Acting as a conduit, Quantum uses these pooled energies as an offensive maneuver. This attack deals around 2d6+4. As he levels up, the power and damage will increase, as will the amount of time he has to spend in the air, gathering the energies. He will eventually be able to shoot smaller blasts of energy at a more rapid rate.

City of Heroes has once again collapsed and fucked up, so I think I'm done trying to make it run. It managed to work its way up to around 40% this time, which is admittedly farther than past download attempts...

Wallpaper?

So I made this. And I really like how it came out. I think I want to start playing with inks more...

Thor Stuff

I was doodling after class yesterday and decided to draw Thor.
Then I decided to color it.

Time Wasting

Tumblr!

I set up a tumblr account, although I have no idea what I'm going to be doing with it that's different from this thing. Maybe I'm spread out over the internet too much. But... I like the crazies I meet online.

There's a group who does this 'one movie in four frames' thing, and it's become my newest fetish.

Awesome.

BAMF

Joking with a friend about superhero costumes, I worked this out while taking a break from the Idas stuff. I'd love to take this idea to finish, since I think the costume is really cute, and there are a couple neat ideas in the design that I'd like to follow through to the end on. It's super generic, but I think that's part of the charm.

The friend is telling me to finish it, so I guess that's that. In a couple days, I'll hammer out another draft.

Showing off stuff like this makes me feel absurdly self-conscious. I know nobody looks at rough work with too critical an eye, but I just end up staring at it, going, "That needs to be different. Light doesn't work like that. What's anatomy, Dake? Why does this look like sloppy crap, sir?" Stepping out of your comfort zone is definitely a good thing...

It's down, it's dirty, it's rough. Deal with it.

Ah Well

The folks over at Project: Rooftop recently held a costume redesign contest for Aquaman, and this was intended to be my submission. Unfortunately, the attachment kept getting lost, and I didn't find this out until after the deadline had passed. Thus, we arrive at the conclusion of my troubled relationship with AT&T, as this kind of nonsense is totally unacceptable.

I love Aquaman's classic look too much, so the design is nothing revolutionary. Since this was for a costume contest, the pose is very boring and generic, but that's because it had to showcase the design. Mera was tons of fun to work on, as was Black Manta. The fish-- not so much. Easy, but tedious.