My post on SW d6 reminded me of an online tool I used to create character portraits for that game, it’s called Hero Machine, and it is extremely cool.
A quick dwarf I drew up for this post...
It’s a flash based application that starts you off with a generic “empty” pose, and you go filling it with layers of clothing, eyes, hair, beards, weapons, colors… everything. They’ve added a bunch of stuff to it, like new weapons, armors, and companions, and it’s perfect for fantasy, sci-fi, modern, and comic book hero character portraits. The only drawback with the tool is that you have to do a print screen to capture it and print it out. So you have to import it into a graphics program of some sort. So why are you reading this? Go create your character portrait now at :
http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/heromachine2/heroMachine2.asp
Oh… they are perfect for use with the tokens from my tutorial!
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Bonus plot hook of the day: A benevolent old dragon’s farts are causing the cattle around town to drop like flies. He needs a remedy for his gas, found in a plant used by wyverns to build their nests. “It only grows up there in the nearby mountains” you’re told. Go find it and stop these nasty dragon farts!
Chuck
May 7, 2009
Heromachine is great. I use it all the time. Plus you can also download it as a stand alone app running through your browser.Eventually, they should get version 3.0 done and that will allow even more options.
Swordgleam
May 7, 2009
Ah, Heromachine. I’d somehow forgotten about how much fun it is.
shingowatanabe
May 7, 2009
Hi!
Weu brazilians use the Fabrica de Heróis [Hero’s factory] http://fabricadeherois.blogspot.com/ it there is an interface in english, and is thousand times better than the UGO’s Hero Machine.
Enjoy
hugs,
newbiedm
May 7, 2009
Obrigado Shingo!