Archive for December, 2011
#29 & #30 Tremendous Rowdy & The Tungsten Rhinos Support Crew
Rumors about him abound. Things like at the age of eight, the boy who would be known as Rowdy was already running with raider parties, attacking the precious mineral mining operations of the Kinshasa Asteroid Belt. That’s where it’s said he learned warring. And killing. They say that when the raiders refused to let him leave to start his own faction, he wiped each former ally out one by one, before feeding their ship & any traces of their existence into a black hole.
Give atrocities he still sometimes commits, some would argue that he hasn’t quite reformed as much as just shift allegiances. After a meteoric rise through the ranks, the Colonial Space Marine Commander Rowdy spends most of his days defending some of the same Mining colonies he supposedly used to loot. The rough & ready battalion he commands, nicknamed the Tungsten Rhinos have yet to find a fight they couldn’t finish. A dozen or so of the hardest, meanest men ever to call themselves human. With a leader like Tremendous Rowdy, why would you expect anything less?
What helps them operate at such an efficient level is a good support staff. Nothing’s worse than a hydraulic malfunction with your battle armor. That’s why mechanics like Dom & Hideo (picture) play such a vital role. While they might not have received the same amount of genetic & cybernetic enhancements the Tungsten Rhinos got, they are no less important.
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Tremendous Rowdy was a character I was really looking forward to working on & actually started around the same time as the first character I did this year, the Sentai guy. While I did have to kind of truncate it a bit, I’m pretty happy with him. The support guys were included originally & only became their own character as I started getting down to the wire, I admit.
I’ve got a story involving Rowdy that in a round about way may also tie into my TransModo story. I feel it’s a pretty good framing device by which to tell a space marine story, but the meat of it isn’t ready yet. What I did know is that I was looking to make the head of the unit equal parts badass & scary. And after hearing a lot lately about conflict minerals & general disarray across Africa, I figured this would be best. That & I came up with the name first & figured he’d have to be some crazy warlord like figure.
So that’s 30. I’ll come back & do a sum up thumbnail post shortly, & then do a postmortem on my own blog after that. I just want to thank friends & family for support & kind words & patience. Good job, everyone else as well.
Day #29 & 30 Character Attire
Bending the rules a bit again. Â Two characters in one piece. Â It’s hard playing catch-up! Â Can hardly believe I completed the challenge. Â Congratulations to all participants. Â It’s been great seeing all the great work!
#30 – Gut Miners
They’re usually helpful little creatures, just don’t let them take you by surprise!
Day 24 Kid Crimson Bullet
High School Freshman Nancy has a personal mission to photograph Sesqatchuan superhero The Crimson Bullet. One day she gets too close, and is exposed to the cosmic energies that give the Bullet his powers.
No longer satisfied being on the sidelines, Kid Crimson Bullet is frequently a thorn in the side of her hero. She swears she’s trying to help.
What neither realize is that Nancy is Bullets’ niece!
30# Giga Fro
giga fro is not from and cartoon show, he’s my personal character IÂ design from 2000. This character will be put into a comic book very soon. enjoy everybody this challenge has been fun, I will be in this next year. enjoy everybody. One…
#26 Rich
Rich is a music warrior sent to fill people’s lives with appropriate soundtracks at the appropriate moments. Whether it is life’s highs or lows, he is there to fill the air with music that accompany the emotions felt. He sharpens the moments of clarity, and flattens those that are dull.
This is another friend-inspired piece…At first I wanted to tackle this character in a more complex way with actual knight’s armor-however I got so frustrated with painting those details in such short time that I had to leave that initial concept behind. This doodle came out rather spontaneously and I feel was much more loose and fun to paint with the time constraints. Anyway…wow..can’t believe this is my last character…!
Its been a bit of a roller-coaster month…slightly bitter-sweet….I felt like I took on another full-time job…however the rewards have been well worth it. I can’t count the number of social events I had to forgo in order to not fall as far behind…Anyway-this was a great learning experience and I really appreciate everyone’s positive comments/support. Hope to see you guys all next year!
#28 The Dingo Demon Formerly Known as Sig
Sig was from Denmark. One day, he decided he was going to go to Burning Man. Yeah, he was one of those types of people. While out in the middle of the desert, a bad acid trip & the scorching desert climate worked in concert to fry his brain. It started as a spiritual journey in what he believed the desert he was in wasn’t in Nevada, but the Australian Outback. He wandered through the Dreamtime, hoping to find himself. But Sig didn’t come out of it. Something calling itself the Dingo Demon did. And it dawned a paper mache mask as it wandered out into the high arid plain. Shortly there after, it started stalking, stabbing, & slashing any hapless victims it came across.
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Originally, I had Dingo Demon on my list thinking it was going to be some sort of anthropomorphic anime ninja sort of thing. I don’t know why, but instead, I veered more what if Technoviking goes crazy & becomes fixated on the idea that he’s some sort of nasty predatory spirit.
Next one’s a twofer to wrap it up for me.
#30 The Black Mollusk
The first villain to be born superly-abled, Edward “Squidward” Taylor was ostracized since birth. Being teased and abused his entire life, Edward grew up with a nasty disposition and a chip on his shoulder. As he got older, he turned to a life of crime, not being able to support himself any other way.
As The Black Mollusk, he became one of the most dangerous men in the world and Dr. Omnibus’ arch nemesis. Over the decades, Dr. Omnibus captured The Black Mullosk multiple times, but his flexible body and multiple limbs made escaping custody easy.
In 2001 The Black Mollusk invaded Omni Keep and killed Dr. Omnibus. The Black Mollusk is currently in retirement, barricaded within the defenses of Omni Keep.
#27 Wee Andrew of Glenclover
When you’ve got an army that outnumbers you ten to one, it’s good to have someone on your side with the strength of twenty to level the playing field. While Wee Andrew may not be the sharpest person on the battlefield, he’s big & strong & you don’t want to be on the business end of his caber pole.
That’s right. He uses a caber pole. Because swords are too small for his massive hands.
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I had the idea ‘Brutal Scot’ on my jumpoff list. From there, I thought I should give the guy a Caber to use as a weapon. So he swings this thing around & flattens skulls with it.
So I reached thirty & had them scanned before midnight so hey, alright! The next couple will be done in short order after this one.
Paisley Queen
When you look up in the night sky, and see a falling star, make a wish if you please but be aware that it may not be a star at all, it may be the Paisley Queen sailing through the evening.
“I’ve come for the wine. What shall we sample tonight?”
Often sought by others for truth and guidance, the Paisley Queen genuinely laughs it off.
“If they’re so stupid they need direction they might as well just have some wine and get over it!”
Casual Formal Server
Being the best there is at what I do is the easiest and most carefree way to be.
“Yeah, that’s right, I’m laid back and fun and formal and goofy, all at the same time. Try that on for size.”
You never know just what story is being built or considered when you pass me, or how you might be contributing to the sequence being built.
“I may be quiet, but I’m a deep thinker. Herpaderp.”
Day 30: Paul Peppers
Character #30, Paul Peppers. He kinda looks like Feris, but that wasn’t intentional at all.
He’s based off the characteristics of pepper. He has quite the number of allergies, relating to how pepper makes people sneeze. He can be quite bitter at first, but when you get to know him, you can appreciate him, and maybe even think he’s a nice guy. That’s how Paul somehow became Sid Salts’ best friend, Sid saw good in him and pursued it. He’s quite the sophisticated type.
Last character! Huzzah!!!
#30 Frank Eastin – Retiree
My boss came to see me last week. Or I should say that my ex-boss came to see me. He does that every couple of months. Stops by the beach, pretends that he’s just checking in on his old friend. We sit, we laugh, we share a few beers. I loan him a pole and he does a few casts. We both pretend that we don’t know why he’s come.
Usually around the third beer he brings it up. He’ll casually mention, “So we had a strange case come up recently.†And then he takes off with it.
The first time he did it, I tried to stop him, but he would just stop for a bit and then work up to it a different way. Now I think it’s better to just let him roll. I’ve told him it’s not happening.
I did my years, and I’m done. I traveled the world, seen more countries than most satellites, and all I had to show for was a lot of tombstones behind me and a paycheck. A big paycheck to be fair, but it wasn’t the same thing as a career.
Since I’ve been retired, I’ve had the most boring years of my life. No guns, no explosions, no psychotic killers popping out of birthday cakes. Frankly I’ve been bored to tears and loving every minute of it.
#23 thru #30 – Procrastination Collection
These are “Ran-out-of-time-colored”.
Well, at least I have 30, even if they aren’t awesome ones.
#30Characters Chatter…