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| METAMORPHO
 Hisstoryman  DC Comics  2008/3/22 8:08
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| Apparently I have a thing for Batman and The Outsiders lately. Maybe ots the new series or my penchant for B/C list heroes is getting the best of me. |
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| PLASTIC MAN
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/3/28 10:28
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(From November 08)
Probably the most famous character to come out of the defunct Quality Comics line. After the DC's acquisition of the QC stable, Plas has been a perennial favorite of fans.
Patrick "Eel" O'Brien, a small time hood was involved in an accident at a chemical plant. His body was changed into an elastic type substance that allows him to completely change his shape at will.
He also turned from a criminal into a hero, using his knowledge of the criminal mind to use his powers for good.
He has been a member of the All-Star Squadron, the Freedom Fighters, and most recently the JLA. He has also recently found out that he is a father of the shape shifting hero Offspring.
Note: A real PS work out. However the choice of model, at least for the head, was easy. Who else but Bruce "The Chin" Campbell could do Plas justice? |
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| PHANTOM LADY
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/3/28 12:44
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Fixed the costume as well as some finer details
Wealthy socialite by day, crime fighter by night, Sandra Knight fights evil as Phantom Lady!
An old Quality Comics creation, Phantom Lady would be merged into the DC Universe. She was a member of the All-Star Sqaudron and finally the Freedom Fighters. In pre-crisis (on Infinite Earths) continuity The Freedom Fighters would leave Earth 2 for Earth-X, an Earth where the Nazi's won World War II.
I went with the Silver Age costume, with a dash of Golden Age. Astute observers will note that her Phantom Projector is on the wrong wrist. This is for obvious reasons.
The model is Catalina Cruz. |
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| DR LIGHT II
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/4/6 18:29
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From Wikipedia
Kimiyo Hoshi was the supervising astronomer at an observatory in Japan, overseeing a group of male astronomers charting the unnatural effects of the Crisis on Infinite Earths. (She is also a medical doctor, as shown in Justice League Annual #3 (1989) and Justice League America #55 (October 1991).)
Disgusted by the men's fear of the approaching antimatter cloud, she arrogantly tells them all off (including her own father), and orders them to leave, so she can study the phenomenon alone through her telescope.
Meanwhile, the Monitor, a being linked with all positive matter, senses his enemy, the Anti-Monitor, absorbing yet another positive-matter Earth with his antimatter cloud. In order to tip the scales for the heroes of the positive universe, the Monitor activates one last warrior. |
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| KILLER FROST'S 10th AVENUE FREEZE OUT
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/4/11 14:24
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Worked on the perspective and some errors that were bothering me. I think the added elements add greater depth and add to the sense of confusion surrounding the ever cool KF.
Well it seems that even Super-Villains are fans of "The Boss". Of course, when it comes to Killer Frost, she takes things to an extreme.
This is a mixture of the two Killer Frosts,Crystal Frost and Dr. Louise Lincoln, that have appeared in DC Comics.
The model is the always lovely Scarlett Johansson, and the background is 10th Avenue in NYC.
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| ISA: Harvey Dent Pitch Man
Hisstoryman Monthly and other challenges 2008/5/21 19:39
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Update: Added an important Two-Face detail, the dual colored suit. Cleaned up some stray line. I also livened up the text a bit.
As my wife said upon viewing:
"Corny, but appropriate" |
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| Medusa
Hisstoryman Marvel Comics 2008/6/18 6:17
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A quick, or so I thought, and fun, it started out that way, little project that I hoped to have done by Father's Day. Obviously that did not happen.
After three different models and upteenth redesigns of the hair, I present her to you.
Model: Sienna West. |
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| WONDER WOMAN
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/6/22 21:33
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My first try at the Amazon princess herself. Not too shabby. She stands on Mount Olympus with the gods looking on her with approval.
Notes: This is one of the few times I have ever "Frankensteined" the model. I tried to stick to my unwritten rule that my heroes, and especially during this Wonder Woman kick I am on, that the model must be of the specific ethnic origin I am trying to represent. So, in this case at least some part of the model had to be Greek.
The choice of head was from Greek supermodel Evi Adam; and the body is adult film star Laura Lion. The original pics will be uploaded to the Cookie Jar.
The uniform is, for better or for worse, fully hand drawn. The only exception is for the stars on her bottom and the one in the tiara.
Behind her are the heads of the Greek Gods, taken from the film Clash of the Titans. |
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| WONDER WOMAN INTERNATIONAL (03): AFRICA
Hisstoryman Original Characters 2008/6/26 21:36
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The great mother goddess Mawu, fell asleep after giving birth to the African continent. She left it a land of plenty and peace.
Her sleep was disturbed thousands of years later by the cries of her beloved creation. Poverty, war, and famine had despoiled her daughter, Africa.
The mother goddess searched across the continent and found her heroine. In a remote village of the Congo she saw a young girl maimed by war, dying of famine, and beset by poverty, her name was Bunme. The goddess took the dying breath of the girl, blessed it and returned it to Bunme.
The girl was transformed into Adaeze Adero, The Princes Who Brings Life.
When the changed girl asked what the goddess wanted of her Mawu replied, "You are to travel, my daughter, to the far corners of my creation. Each step you take shall bring life to the desert, peace out of war, and justice to my starving and war torn people.
Notes: After going through a lot of model I came across this majestic beauty. From my understanding, she has since left modeling. For the costume, I went with a traditional hide texture warped and shaped to the model's form. The other elements were from online African museums and artisans. The blade she carries is a Ngombe throwing knife.
Model: Ebony Eve |
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| VALKYRIE
Hisstoryman Marvel Comics 2008/6/30 5:17
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UPDATE: Did a complete redo of the cape, added a texture to it, not sure why I didn't before.
A longtime member of The Defenders, Valk has had two hosts for her divine form. The first was ocialite, Samantha Parrington the second and most famous was Barbara Norriss.
The word Valkyrie comes from, Old Norse Valkyrja "Choosers of the Slain". The king of the gods Wooden (Odin) would send his warrior women to Migard (Earth) in order to collect the souls of the bravest warriors. They would them bring them to Great Hall of Asgard where they would take part in never ending feasts and battles.
The Valkyries according to the myths actually rode on wolves, not horses as they are commonly depicted. I elected to go the horse route for this piece.
Note: This manip started out as Wonder Woman International: Scandinavia, until I remembered that there was one, of a sort. Marvel Comics' Valkyrie.
I went through several models until a chance search at Freeones.com brought up Hannah Hilton. After seeing her the choice became a no-brainer. The horse is a Lipizzaner stallion and
"Asgard" in the background is Edinburgh Castle. The infamous rainbow bridge come from a clip art drawing that I "Warp Tool-ed" the heck out of and then used the Overlay blend on.
Hope you enjoy it, and please do not be afraid to comment and rate it. I have a thick skin.
Model: Hannah Hilton |
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| CHESHIRE: IT'S YOUR MOVE ROY.
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/6/30 22:27
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Her beauty belies a psychotic rage from a childhood scarred by slavery, violence, and betrayal. She would find love with another troubled youth the Teen Titan Roy Harper aka Speedy. The issue of their passion would be their daughter Lian, which is a source of union and divisiveness between the couple.
Here we find the assassin extraordinaire cornered by her lover and enemy, now called Red Arrow. Is this a prelude to violence or passion?
Note: Tried to work with the lack of lighting in the original picture, in order to try my hand at clothing wrinkles. The base of the uniform received the dodge and burns while the texture is on a separate layer using the "Overlay" mode. The model was an easy pick. Tera Patrick IS Cheshire.
I may have placed to many crinkles, but that being said, I think this presents a step up in my work.
As always be honest and rate the pic as you find.
MODEL: TERA PATRICK |
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| POISON IVY
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/7/3 5:57
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| SILVER AGE: BLACK CANARY
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/7/5 16:35
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UPDATE: Added the 1975 Harley and worked in some wrinkles to the uniform and jacket. There were some clean ups as well.
Been wanting to tackle...um... maybe that's not the right way to put it but.., this character for a while. The fear was the amount of black/dark blue in the uniform. I tried to get around that by doing a night/dusk scene. The application of textures to both the jacket and corset, I think, helped as well.
Another problem was finding a good model for BC. I did not want to pick some teen-something for her, I wanted a more mature woman. I think I found her. A few picks of this lovely will be in the cookie jar soon.
Model: Vicki Vette |
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| CALLISTO
Hisstoryman Marvel Comics 2008/7/6 17:31
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Callisto was born a mutant with highly evolved senses and extreme beauty. The last was stripped from her when she was attacked and scarred becaused of her mutant powers.
She fled underground, literally, to the bowels of New York City where she helped create a safe haven for other mutants deep under the city. Callisto is an expert hunter, tracker, and knife expert.
This scene takes place in the abandoned City Hall Station in New York City. Armed with her favorite weapon, Callisto also wears a souvenir of when she kidnapped the X-Man Angel. In the lower left, fellow Morlock, Caliban pokes his head into the picture.
Notes: I cheated a bit on this one. The leather vest/bodice were, obviously, already on the model. The pants were drawn by me as were the arm and neck bands. The knife came from a sword web site and Caliban's head, I think, is the fighter/wrestler Butterbean.
MODEL: MINDY MAIN |
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| BRONZE AGE BLACK CANARY: LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/7/7 10:09
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UPDATE: Cleaned up mistakes that didn't look like mistakes at 2:00 AM. Changed her eye color to blue, trimmed excess background from head and added THE FISHNETS.
The second or third Black Canary depending how you look at DC's ever morphing continuity. I was tempted to do the JLI uniformyou old timers remember this..... However I could not put this beauty into that fashion nightmare. Looks like she is about to do aerobics, not fight crime. Any way, I guess I should do one in that uni and maybe a Golden Age Canary to finish this unintentional series.
Notes: Jackets are a PAIN IN THE A**!!!
Model: ANNETTE DAWN |
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| MISS AMERICA
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/7/14 18:35
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An installment in an unintentional series of Quality Comic's characters I started last year.
Joan Dale (later Trevor) is visited by the spirit of the Statue of Liberty and given the task to fight crime and the enemies of the USA.
Later, after the DC buyout of Quality, Joan would be retconned into the JSA's secretary and would then assume the mantle of Miss America. She would later join Earth II's All Star Squadron and Earth X's Freedom Fighters.
Note: Posted the original back in December 2007. Before posting it here it needed a bit of updating. Essentially I cleaned up the lines, fixed the stripes, and added textures to the costume as a whole. After seeing the "Duel" pic below it inspired me to go back and fix her up.
As always be honest, and have at her.
Model: Jayde Nicole |
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| GOLDEN AGE BLACK CANARY
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/7/15 20:38
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The original Black Canary made her first appearance in 1947, Flash Comics #86. She would fight crime straight through the Silver Age until she was retconned, and history "fixed" as she was split into two different people, a mother and daughter. OI!
Notes: Not much done here that I didn't do in the first two. The jacket and uni is made up of several alternating layers. Essentially The base color which carried the shading, overlayed with a desaturated copy of the base, this layer also has the texture. Bit of a pain but I think it worked out. Eyes and make up were colored in and then blended.
The motor cycle is a 1942 Army model, Harley Davidson. The paint job was done by hand by first desaturating the pic and then painting on another layer and then applying a blend.
The only question now is do I just top this off with the Horrid BC uniform???? Maybe a series! The worst hero costumes EVAH!!!
Model: Kristal Summers For more on Black Canarycheck out this great site (not mine) |
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| WONDER WOMAN INTERNATIONAL: MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA
Hisstoryman Original Characters 2008/7/20 18:24
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Born to a poor family in the Yucatan, Margarita Colon ran away at fourteen to find fame in the United States. Abandoning her heritage she changed her named to Margret Collins and embarked on an acting and modeling career. By nineteen, she was an international superstar, but always hiding the truth of her heritage.
As fate would have it, a leading Mexican fashion designer, Diego Reyes, invited Margaret to do a photo shoot and fashion show at an exclusive resort in the Yucatan. Reluctantly she went.
After a wild party in her penthouse suite, Margaret completely drunk and under the effect of several drugs. Fell onto her bed. She felt a tightening in her left arm and her heat began to race. She felt her throat constrict and her breathing became forced. Even in her stupor Margaret knew this might be the end.
The door of her room opened. An ancient looking cleaning woman entered and stared at the starlet on the bed. The old woman asked, "Who are you?"
Margaret could only choke and try to whisper "Help". The old woman laughed and repeated her question. Margaret found that this time she could talk, she replied that she was a famous actress and that her name was Margaret Collins.
The goddess laughed, called Margaret a liar, and repeated her question.
Margaret feeling the heart spasms returning, cried out in desperation, "I am Margarita Colon, a daughter of poor Yucatan farmers! "
The crone nodded, waved her arms and Margarita was saved. The old crone revealed herself to be the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue.
The goddess cradled Margaret's head to her bosom and said," That lie is finished now my precious flower,you have come home and you are now my warrior. You are Quetzalxochitl Yoatl, Precious Flower Warrior.
Model: Pennelope Jimenez |
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| FIRE
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/7/21 17:49
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Beatriz da Costa, received her powers (originally) from mystics, when she was President of Wayne Corp Brazilian branch. Her origin and control of the green flame has been retconned several time since but suffice it to say this gal is H-O-T.
She has been a member of the Global Guardians, The Justice League, The Super Buddies and mos recently the highly secretive Checkmate.
Note: A lot of GREEN in this one. The model had to be chopped up at several points, eyes, hair, hands, etc. and I tried to account for the shadows inherent in her night time flight over Rio. I was going to leave out the flame "bra" and "panties" and barbie doll out the naughty bits, but I did not think that could be posted in the main gallery.
Model: Carmella Bing. |
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| REDO: CHEETAH
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/8/5 17:37
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Update Note: Completely redid the uniform, this time utilizing desaturated layers along with various color blends. I added fangs and a brighter set of eyes.
The original version can be found here.
Old description:
This one was back in October of '07.
A lot of "stamp" tool on this one. I saw spots for a few days after this one, got darn blinding after a while. This is a blend of the Golden and Silver Age Cheetahs with some creative license on my part.
Mostly happy with this one, but it is on my list for an '08 touch up |
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| Kinda the GOTW: Sistah Heromorph
Hisstoryman Original Characters 2008/8/7 21:46
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Was going to do a regular Lady Heromorph, but decided to do a little variation on the theme.
Model: Jada Fire |
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| GOTW: MADAME MIRAGE
Hisstoryman Other Comics 2008/8/13 11:32
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Don't know much about this character except what I learned at the TOP COW Website and WIKIPEDIA.
Since I love the film noir genre this looks like it will make my pull list.
Notes: Love the model for this:
A)Because she is just drop dead gorgeous
B)She looks the part.
C)The pose screamed Mickey Spillane
The dress, hat, and stockings were hand drawn, then texturized, and a lil dodge and burn. The .45 pistol is recolored to her trademark gold.
MODEL: NINA MERCEDEZ |
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| MYSTIQUE of THANYE'S INK
Hisstoryman Marvel Comics 2008/8/23 18:57
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Somehow the title sounds oddly dirty.
Anyway this is the first color job I have done. Came out sorta decent, I guess, but that I leave up to you. Please feel free to critique.
Inks: Thayne_Luc
Color: Hisstoryman |
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| POWER GIRL: HERO OF TWO EARTHS
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/8/27 7:02
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With the possible exception of Hawkman and Hawkgirl/woman, I can't think of another character with a more confusing or convoluted continuity than Power Girl. Originally from Earth-2 retconned to an Atlantean (after COIE) then back to Earth-2 (Infiite Crisis)poor Kara must need one hell of a therapist.
She is now chairperson of the JSA (New Earth)and doing what she does best, kicking butt.
I have followed her adventures for years: Old JSA runs, Infinity Inc. etc.; and have wanted to do a manip of her since I started this lunacy.
NOTES: I went with the PG as envisioned by Alex Ross in Kingdom Come, more muscular and harder features. The uniform is a series of layers using a desaturated portion of the models body to heighten detail over the white uniform. The background is Frankensteined from NASA photos and of course Christopher Reeve plays the roles of Earth-1's and Earth-2's Supermen.
As always critique and rate.
Model: Melissa Detwiller |
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| SUPERGIRL: JLU VERSION
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/8/28 9:44
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| This is an old manip that I took back into Photoshop and cleaned up, and some parts totally redid. The original can be found here. |
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| SHI: REST IN THE SEASON OF THE SAKURA
Hisstoryman Other Comics 2008/9/3 5:57
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Sleeping under the trees on Yoshino mountain
The spring breeze wearing Cherry blossom petals
~ Saigyo
Torn between two cultures, or maybe greater than the sum of those parts; Ana Ishikawa blazed a path of glory during the "bad girl" period of comics (mid 1990's).
Seeking to avenge her father's murder at the hands of the Yakuza, Ana was trained by her grandfather to be a warrior and assassin second to none.
Notes: Another character I have been chomping at the bit to do. In a departure form my usual 3/4 to full body manips I chose a close up to capture the violent harmony of Shi's beauty, grace, and violent edge.
I chose to keep the models original hair color becaue I felt it blended in better with the background, rather than Shi's jet black.
The make up choice comes from one of my favorite SHI drawings, which harkens to the color of the Kabuki stage rather than her typical pure white.
MODEL:JUN KUSANAGI |
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| AQUAGIRL: TULA
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/10/11 13:01
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Before we get to Tula, I found out there were two prior "Aquagirls", neither is a part of DC continuity.
Edited from Wikipedia:
1)Lisa Morel (first appearance: Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #266 (November 1959))
2)Selena (first appearance: World's Finest Comics #133)
TULA
Aquaman Vol. 1 #33 (May-June 1967)
Created by Bob Haney (Write)& Nick Cardy (Art)
Tula is the first canonical Aquagirl. After losing her parents soon after her birth, she is found and adopted by one of the royal families of Atlantis. Given the title of princess of Poseidonis, Tula is schooled in Atlantean traditions. She never leaves the royal palace until she meets Aqualad at age 15.
Notes: My first manip since the great Drawing Pad RMA fiasco. For the most part a standard manip in my style. Two exceptions: I tried to add some wrinkles. Also, in an attempt to give it an underwater feel, I added air bubbles and a blue "filter" effect. I hope it worked.
Model: Nella |
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| FAKE MOVIE POSTER: THE GUITAR OF EL KABONG!
Hisstoryman TV and Movies 2008/10/22 19:22
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I think it is my oldest daughter's fascination with retro-cartoon network Boomerang that inspired this.
In short, Quick Draw McGraw was a spoof on American Westerns. QD was anthropomorphic horse character who usually portrayed a sheriff or a Lone Ranger type. His sidekick was the far more intelligent Mexican Burro, Baba Looey. In a few of the features QD took on the Zorro type identity of EL KABONG!, bringing justice to the Old West using his guitar... as a bludgeon.
For those who are unfamiliar with this classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon I direct you to YouTube where you can see the classic "EL KABONG STRIKES AGAIN" |
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| THE BULLETEER
Hisstoryman DC Comics 2008/10/25 9:04
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1st Appearence: Seven Soldiers: The Bulleteer #1, (November 2005)
Creators: Grant Morrison (writer) & Yanick Paquette (artist)
Powers: Superhuman Strength, Indestructible skin, Flight
Based on the old Fawcett Comics characters, Bulletman/Bulletgirl, the new Bulleteer would have sent Captain Marvel into adolescent nirvana. Alix Harrower was turned into the titanium bombshell when her glory seeking husband, Lance's scientific experiments went fatally wrong. Alix the only survivor soon adopted the superhero life her husband only dreamed of.
Notes: What do you do when one finds a pic of a gloriously endowed model? You create a manip of a gloriously endowed superhero.  The metal effect was created by "destaurating" the base pic and then creating several layers on top with a lot of dodge, burn, and blur. A light texture ws then placed over it. The uniform was pretty simple, as there wasn't much to create
The hardest part was the bullet helmet and the goggles.
Model: Rachel Aldana
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| Halloween chicks by Hisstorymwan
Hisstoryman Monthly and other challenges 2008/11/1 17:02
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| Photo No. 1-30 (out of 145 photos hit) | |
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