Archive for November 28th, 2011
#19 – Job Flug
Job is a man that seems too high-strung at first glance. He finds keeping his wife in line a constant trial, but at times he enjoys the time away from her, because she also takes the drama away with her. To an outsider, their marriage seems to be held together by nothing more than a large dose of physical passion and an intense willpower to ‘make it work’, But the two of them grew up together, and he knows she appreciates his grounded outlook on life, as well as the tenderness he’s shown to their children. He is part of the small crew Bromella manages across the Himmerd fleet who handle general repairs and maintenance to the larger skykraft, but his greatest specialty is navigation, which often keeps him flying back between the boats and trying to conduct communications between everyone by semaphore.
The situation with the attack on the Island has caused a constant rift in his relationship with his wife, as their situation is uncertain, and the house-boat that he had built for his family has since had to be shared with several other refuges, keeping the two of them on constant edge at the invasion of their privacy. Though another two boats have been built in the months since the attack, the pinch on their free space and free time has only been marginally relieved.
He is tall, wiry, and as his wife loves to tease him about, he’s already going very gray, and beginning to show streaks of white in his hair, despite only just turning thirty.
#18 – Henry Holbein
Henry Holbein is the current patriarch of the Holbein family and business. He spends most of his days walking to and fro between the various packaging and preparation houses his family owns, quelling a sibling squabble, or simply walking to give his various servants, vassals and family members a harder chance of finding him and forcing him to make some silly decision about a problem that shouldn’t have even been brought to him.
He is even known amongst some of his employees for throwing off his better clothes and pretending to be an average worker in order to avoid the more tedious aspects of his status. A day or two every week spent maneuvering bales of dried fish or lugging 4×4’s around to aid the various carpentry crews has not only helped him keep some of his youthful muscles and stave off the 60-year-old beer gut (which grows despite his efforts), but also helped him keep an ear to the ground around the city and a good image in the eyes of all the townsfolk beholden to him.
He is a shrewd but compassionate man, and though he is most often quiet and reserved, he never allows others to talk over him. The thing he hates most in life is having to visit his father, the man who would still be Patriarch if he weren’t bedridden and in a state so poor but continuous that everyone wishes he would die for everyone’s sake.
He sees a kindred spirit in Salvitore when he first meets him, and after seeing the spark in Salvitore and his daughter’s eyes upon meeting, finds it a perfect excuse to convince Salvitore to stay with their family as a layman and advisor.
Henry’s most distinctive physical trait is a big bushy mustache that is slightly reddish in contrast to his naturally dark brown hair. The mustache also curls just a tiny bit at the corners of his lips, making his dimples show more.
#25 “Magnum Man”
Universe/Storyline: The Beacon
To read a sketchy comic introduction to The Beacon featuring some horribly drawn stick figures, feel free to visit this photobucket album.
Magnum Man is another hired hero, somewhat like Captain Curveball. His powers also place him in the generic hero category. Magnum Man represents the NRA, and always carries a couple of signature magnum pistols, which he doesn’t use much but shows off often. Occassionally, Magnum will fire off a round to show off, or stop a bad guy in some indirect way, but he would never shoot someone (it’s written into his contract that he has to fire his gun every so often, but if he hits a person he won’t get paid). Magnum Man is very fond of puns regarding his anatomy: his arms are his guns and a certain part of him is apparently “magnum-sizedâ€.
He is another in a line of unregistered heroes that The Beacon and Searchlight aim to track and tag. Currently, he is actually on the run from the law, after accidentally shooting a civilian in the leg.
When they eventually find him, The Beacon and Searchlight discover that Magnum Man has a softer side buried underneath all of that manly, gun-toting energy. He doesn’t even like guns, and only used them because the NRA was the only group offering him a contract, and their contract said he had to carry and use guns. He feels terrible about shooting the person, and agrees to go to court and serve time if necessary. The gesture is rare among generic heroes who commit crimes, and noted by the media. After this burst of attention, Magnum Man gets a new contract right away.
#28 Harvey C. Turtle
This guy is up for any adventure, although you may need to wait a while for him to finish it! Harvey prides himself on family, almost to a fault.
#16 & 17 – Dex & Rex
Dexter loves Dinosaurs, especially the T-Rex that lives in the woods at the bottom of the garden. Rex will often poke his head in through the nursery window to make sure his snoozing little buddy is ok.
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#12 Xaiyoi
Along the arrid mountain paths of the Silk Road, the Fire Nuns of western deserts were renowned for protecting the caravans with their kung fu. For a small donation to their convent, a pair of nuns would escort merchants to their destination, warding off bandits & raiders with their fiery fighting techniques. In many cases, the nuns would use their pyrokinetic skills to simply scare away adversaries before anyone came to blows. But Xaiyoi was different. She loved to fight. And though it broke with the order’s philosophies, she took an almost sadistic glee in setting wicked people ablaze. The other nuns are starting to get wary of her actions. But she just can’t help herself.
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Another Eurasian character. Overall, not super thrilled about this one. I like how the face turned out but that’s about it. The pose is awkward, especially for a martial artists & I think I started rushing this without giving it a lot of love. I mean the get up she’s wearing feels weak. Retroactively, it looks too similar to certain existing characters & there were easy choices I could’ve made to avoid that. And the name is syllables hodgepodged together. It seems to kind of fit the vibe I was looking for, but I always hate doing that kind of thing. Especially when it’s something I’m trying to do with a kind of historical basis.
More to come as I get more time. I’m quite happy with the twofer I’ve got coming up next.
#28-Elbert the Elf That Doesn’t Believe in Santa
Elbert is a toy making elf at Santa’s workshop at the North Pole. But if you ask him there is no such person as Santa. As far as Elbert is concerned the elves are working in the factory of a major toy corporation and the fat guy in the red suit walking around is just some supervisor they sent. After all science would say there is no way for one guy to get around the world to every house in one night and don’t get him started on flying reindeer. So if you are looking for good thoughts of a jolly old soul bringing presents this Christmas, don’t hang around with Elbert, he’ll tell you you’re crazy.
Day 20 Mighty Joe
Super intelligent monkey Einstein Burroughs’ greatest creation. The engine of destruction that is ‘Mighty Joe’
#25 Saint Felix, Patron Saint of Happiness & Pleasure
#25 Saint Felix, Patron Saint of Happiness & Pleasure (Fantasy Humor) The name says it all. Felix is one of my anthropomorphic animal characters that shares a cartoon world with Monaka the Monkey, Harry the Horse, and others.
This idea came from my wife. We were driving around yesterday when we passed Felix Street. I reminded my wife that the name Felix comes from the latin word for “happiness”. As I said that, we passed a Cathlotic church, and my wife adds “Saint Felix, the patron saint of happiness and pleasure.” And so, an idea was born. Also, the idea was aided by the fact that our orange tabby’s name is Felix (so the drawing came easily enough too).
#24 ELECTRONICA
Based on a character sketch by my 9 year old daughter. Her version had lap tops for feet! LOL I went a little more conservative in my interpretation of her idea. 😀
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#11 The Uzbek
The services offered by the man simply known as the Uzbek, do not come cheap. But if you have the means, there isn’t a better surveillance package available on the market. Often used to help monitor deals or snoop on targets, the Uzbek uses up to 8 flying camera drones & brain augmenting implants to operate as a walking panopticon. There’s very few places he can’t see, capable of even hacking most existing surveillance set ups on the fly. The Uzbek is capable of seeing all.
But that’s all anyone knows about the man. It’s unclear whether or not the Uzbek is even Uzbeki. All that’s known is that he started surfacing in Tashkent about fifteen years ago.
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Did this guy rather quickly on a whim. Originally, in my list of jump off ideas I had “The [Nationality] – Espionage Cyborg” & originally thought it be a nondescript man who transformed into a big mean cyborg killing machine close to what I had with the Red Hammer I posted last year at the end. But instead, I opted for a bit of a smaller scope & decided to make him a surveillance guy. I had in mind the Gargoyle characters from Snow Crash that do nothing but collect data. But with the way technology is, I wasn’t about to encumber this guy with stuff when he probably has maybe six, tiny devices on his person capable of all of that. But ultimately, I wanted a sketchy cyberpunk spy kind of vibe going on here.
Why Uzbekistan? Because I don’t think they get much love is all.
This is #11 for me. I have all the way through 20 on my photobucket & ready to slowly post. But I am at work right now & it’s a little hard. So instead of one big flood, I’ll post here & there throughout the day. I might not make all 30, but I think I might make it pretty close.
#24 Captain of the Time Agents
#24 Captain of the Time Agents (Scifi/Steampunk) Back in 1880, in an England we never knew, technology advanced in other directions than our world did. And amoung their “modern marvels” is a secret organization called the Time Agents. Answerable only to the Queen, the agents have scientific devices that awhile them to travel forward and backwards in time. They are well aware to the danger of that travel — accidents do happen — but they do their duty to help purserve the timeline and the British Empire as they know it.
This concept for a comic is interesting. I’m a fan of not only H.G.Wells and Jules Verne, but the X Files and Warehouse 13 TV series. So a Steampunk sci fi angle for this series was/is a natural. In fact, on the Warehouse 13 series, the show has their version of H.G.Wells as an agent in England at Warehouse 12. Hmm, could I somehow squeeze in a crossover story, where the Captain (I haven’t given him an actual just yet) and Warehouse 12 agents join in a single adventure?
Also, sorry about the color this time. The layout of the drawing I made was the way I wanted it, but the color turned out crappy. If I had known how the picture turned out, I would have left it as a black and white illustration.
#28 – Peter Jennings – Scout
I have a definite soft spot for Peter Jennings. When I was a kid, he was my Edward R. Murrow, the epitome of respect, trustworthiness, and class. In many ways, seeing him doing the news every night really kindled my interest in history, politics, and current events. As a reporter, Mr. Jennings was a pretty impressive guy; a high school dropout, he rose through the ranks to become one of the big three newscasters of the 1980s and 90s.
Personally, though, I think the best work Mr. Jennings did was as a foreign correspondent. He cut a dashing figure in a tan vest, and his utter unflinchability was amazing. Its this skill in unfamiliar terrain that led me to cast Mr. Jennings in the role of Scout. Though more common to Real-Time Strategy than RPGs, the Scout tends to be a fast, frail character, sort of a midpoint between the Ranger and the Rogue, and often uses terrain-based skills.
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