Projectionist

Damnation, that is dramatic.

*crumples sketch* back to the drawing board for me.

Thanks for the link, Sunwind.

Gata, your's is one that gets quite a surrounding too.

Meanwhile, here is Snow Globe.

I'm working from time to time on the sketches I made last december. I probably wont able to turn everyone of them into a finished piece, but here is at least one:

Crestent

I totally missed the fact that he had a third eye in the original sketch.

And a bonus teaser for the Sunwind comic page.

Don't count yourself out because you can't play test. Work on your idea before and then you still have 4 whole weeks to implement and publish it once I14 goes live.

Also remember that public rating and number played does not enter into the consideration since this will be based entirely on my personal tastes.

Very nice, but it looks somewhat flimsy. Are you sure it will hold together in a fight?

The Foo, for that Commedia dell'arte feeling in his haunting piece.

The reports from Open Beta about the MA makes it apparent that Issue 14 will bring on the beginning of a new era in City of Heroes/Villains. Making mission content is a long time dream of mine ever since I created a bureaucrat in Anarchy Online at launch given that they were the profession that would be able to hand out missions to other players. However it was never implemented for as long as I played and to my knowledge still isn’t today. The level of customization provided by the MA even in its first incarnation is far beyond what I realistically had hoped for, both in AO and CoX.

Though the RP-gamemaster in me of course wants to make missions I also look forward even more to play yours. I know for a fact that there are tons of people out there with abilities far beyond my own to create fascinating content. This leads me to what this post is about:

In order to celebrate Issue 14 and reward creativity in MA I’m holding a contest for:

Projectionist’s Most Enjoyable Solo Mission Architect Arc

Submission rules:

1. One arc per account/global ID. If you own several accounts this means you technically can submit one for each as long as the global author ID is different.
2. The submission must be made through PM on this forum and contain the Arc ID and your global name for easy identification. If you want to you can also post your mission arc here in this thread for others to enjoy but it will not count as entered in the contest unless you PM it too.
3. Contest begins when Issue 14 goes live on the American servers and submissions can be made for 4 weeks until midnight PST the same day of week. Results will be announced when I had time to play through all the submissions.
4. Do NOT submit any requests for what character you want in case of winning. I don’t want to be subconsciously affected by this when I decide.

Criteria:

1. The mission arc will primarily be played solo on heroic/villainous difficulty. Hero or coop arcs will be played by my Illusion/FF controller and villain arcs by my Robots/traps mastermind, both lv 50.
2. No minimum or maximum number of missions in arc other than what MA imposes.
3. I do like challenges and will do everything short of Shivans and nukes to beat it. If for any reason, like bugs or insurmountable odds, I can’t complete the arc solo I will report this back to you via PM. While the contest deadline of 4 weeks isn’t up you will be able to resubmit the arc (or another one). However, if the deadline is up there will be no second chance so best thing is having it run smoothly from the beginning.
4. Content can be anything: I enjoy dark, humorous, sentimental, sappy, hardcore, you name it. Also, you will probably get the arc banned and removed long before you manage to offend me. So a banned arc is not disqualified as long as I had time to play it through.
5. I will especially consider and rate the following:
a. Story & Writing. Long or short doesn’t matter, whatever it takes to get in the mood. I’m not a loremaster when it comes to what’s canon or not, so you can get away with pretty much anything.
b. Use of maps. You managed to make me search every corner of Oranbega and enjoy it, kudos to you.
c. Use of custom groups. While a well written story with our known villains might be highly enjoyable, I suspect this is the area where arcs will really shine.
d. Fighting fun. Cakewalk or hurtful humiliation, it’s the combat we play for.
e. How memorable it was. This score will be set at the final evaluation.

Prizes:

1st place:

A painted mixed-media sculpture on a mini-diorama in 1:15 scale of a CoX Hero/Villain of your choice.

2nd and 3rd place

A full action painting or a painted figurine in 1:32 scale of a CoX Hero/Villain of your choice. Medium: Mixed-media, Digital or Ink/Watercolour .

4th to 10th place:
A colored drawing of a CoX Hero/Villain of your choice. Medium: Digital or Ink/Watercolour.

All prizes will be handled as commissions with approval of drafts, reworking etc. Digital works will be delivered in hi-resolution files by email. Non-digital works will be shipped free of charge. The prizes represent a time investment and commitment from my side so they’re of course negotiable ‘downward’ if, for example, the winner wants a smaller figurine or a simpler drawing.

In conclusion: Have fun with the Mission Architect and if you have an arc that you think I would enjoy playing solo, why not submit it here and possibly get something in return?

Love it. Reminds me of Robert Crumb's girls.

It's flagged as mature in dA so you have to click login to see it (and have mature content on). But I will put up a two-click link tomorrow also for those that don't want to register at dA.

*edit* Two-click link in my signature now.

My submission. (NSFW. There are nipples, bare (and decaying) flesh, bodily fluids, blood, violence, strong language and unkempt hair)

This month I'm using a sawed-off shotgun.

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Yeah...Total geek heaven...

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Haha, you did what you had to do

Wow, this and Watchmen on the same day. Geek heaven indeed!

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I'm going to make a zombie baby.

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*brain melts in fear*

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Well, it said 'any medium' so...

I demand a recount of the Florida votes. Meanwhile, congratulations and don't skimp on the zombie

After changing my mind back and forth umpteen times, I have to settle at Toxic_Shia's Ghostbaby.

*Runs away from Posibaby's stare*

Looks like I caught this in the nick of time, Here's my entry, Baby Blue.

Happy Holidays everyone and may your Art Fu be strong.

Wheew, Christmas Eve is finally here. I managed to make them all thanks to everyone who cheered me on

All of them are in my CoX folder so I will continue to work on them. Can't promise each and everyone will be a complete piece, though. I won't change the pictures under the original links, any finished pieces will be posted in separate threads later.

Thanks again for letting me use your characters and a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!

Might be well known to many but, when designing my new Shield/Fire Melee tanker I stumbled on a combo of the cyborg face plate and the Van [censored] beard that I thought looked really good. The demon ears attached themselves perfectly to the faceplate also.

I got the name Frightful which made me even happier

Wonderful, everyone of them.

I thought I'd answer some questions. I plan continue working on these till they're more complete. In case you don't want that or have any requests regarding additions or alterations to the pictures, please PM me.

Also, if you want to show them anywhere else, like in the Scoop or on dA, that is perfectly OK. I will however update the original links with new versions so I can't guarantee the sketches will be available in their current state.

It's relief you like it so far. You see, I thought I'd make one in comic style. After a not so detailed sketch I jumped right at the inking. I'm sorry that it became more a WIP than a sketch, but I definitely plan to take this one all the way to coloring.

Very slick.

I have a Ms Frost to do soon... *brings out the tracing paper*..what?

Thanks Juggy and Jomaro. It's really nice having the pros cheering you on too

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what can i say, i peeked and OMG That is teh [censored]!! thx so much projectionist, its truely wonderfull

btw is that a vet pet next to him, 's the only thing i can think it would be :P i actualy get it next month

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Glad you liked it. The other character is Xyi who posted later in the thread. You have to ask Mr_McPops if she can be your pet

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mine too that long? due to the details in her or the bot, or both?

Whatever the reason thanks for drawing Wherrlwind so well man. It's definitely not a pose I would have thought of if I had to suggest one.

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There were several attempts before I got the pose and balance close to what I wanted. It didn't become as 'wild' as a I aimed for but maybe I'll rework it.