Post by Malcadon on Feb 5, 2016 8:07:30 GMT
Do anyone use the Heromachine character creator for their PCs and/or NPCs?
For those do don't know, Heromachine — currently on its third version — is a Flash-based character creator, originally designed to create custom superheroes (in an old-school comic book style), but since expanded to by usable for nearly any genre. This system is basically an electronic Paper Doll suite.
The first version was limited to what you can make, and was more a testbed. (You could also load this one in your computer, as a .SWF, to use without a net connection.) The second version was a complete version of the first, but with a wider range of styles and options. This is a good suite for beginners and quick designs, but do not allow for advanced options. The third and current version offers a wider range of options, including the ability to move, rotate and resize parts, as well as to add custom colors, alter transparency and to merge two objects by "masking" one to the other. The degree of options allowed creative users to do things that the program was never intended for, and folk have made some fantastic creations that goes beyond generic builds! I'm talking about dynamic poses and the use of gradients objects to create the effects of light and shadow. (This guy made some great videos on it)
Here is a rather basic, by-the-numbers HS creation (for when you need a character):
And here is a HM creations that was created with advanced techniques (and lots of time and effort):
Note: None of these are my creations.
For those do don't know, Heromachine — currently on its third version — is a Flash-based character creator, originally designed to create custom superheroes (in an old-school comic book style), but since expanded to by usable for nearly any genre. This system is basically an electronic Paper Doll suite.
The first version was limited to what you can make, and was more a testbed. (You could also load this one in your computer, as a .SWF, to use without a net connection.) The second version was a complete version of the first, but with a wider range of styles and options. This is a good suite for beginners and quick designs, but do not allow for advanced options. The third and current version offers a wider range of options, including the ability to move, rotate and resize parts, as well as to add custom colors, alter transparency and to merge two objects by "masking" one to the other. The degree of options allowed creative users to do things that the program was never intended for, and folk have made some fantastic creations that goes beyond generic builds! I'm talking about dynamic poses and the use of gradients objects to create the effects of light and shadow. (This guy made some great videos on it)
Here is a rather basic, by-the-numbers HS creation (for when you need a character):
And here is a HM creations that was created with advanced techniques (and lots of time and effort):
Note: None of these are my creations.
