My Custom Superhero Sprites

[J.C.McMinis]

Well I decided to try and do some sprite edit's for some of the many Supers I have played over the years in the Champions Role-Playing Game. Here is my 1st one ever much thanks to Kal-Elvis for his permission to use his Superman sprites for the base for this one. He is both a Superman and Captain America homage.

I give you the American Avenger.



I will even provide his origin for you.

Background/History:  Joshua Knight was born and raised in Washington D.C.  His father, a career military man, taught him from a very early age to love his country. Joshua was a briliant student in school and a star athlete of his high school. After graduating, Joshua attened Harvard on a full scholorship and after finishing his law degree he moved back to the capitol and passed the bar exam. His life was going well for him and his family. He had just been offered a partnership in a well established law firm, and his father had just got promoted to a position in the Petnagon. Life was good and then it happened.  September 11, 2001. The terrorist attacks on this country left American's in shock, they hapened so quickly that not even the superhumans had time to act. Hijacked planes crashd into the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The towers were completely destroyed as were sections of the Pentagon. Joshua was at the Pentagon having lunch with his father when the attack occured. Both Joshua and his father were knocked unconcious when the plane struck the building. Joshua awoke several days later in a Primus med lab to find the Golden Avenger himself standing over him. Josh tried to sit up, but he coudn't. He tried to speak but his voice was barely audible.
"My father..." he managed to say.
"I'm sorry son, " The Avenger began "General Knight is dead and you are severly injured. The doctor's say you might not walk ever again."
Josh didn't seem to really care about that and asked "Who attacked and why?"
"Osama Bin Landen and the Al- Quaida. They said they were on a mission from Allah. But the real question is, what do you want to do about it?"
"Don't...follow...you..." Josh said confused.
"Your father was a good soldier and due that I have been authorized to offer you and you alone a one time oppourtunity. One of our top scientists was working on a new enhancement serum that would turn a normal into a superhuman. However that scientist was killed in the atacks and the serum remains complete but untested. If the serum works the way it was intended you will not only be cured of your current ailments but have immense physical power. However there is a chance the serum might not work or that it can kill you."
Joshua said without hesitation "I'll do it"
The next day Joshua was injected with the serum and his body began to undergo a vast transformation. After the serum took effect Joshua underwent months of combat training and is now a sanctioned memeber of Primus.  Since then he has worked on numerous occasions with several of the super hero teams throughout the country and was alongside the U.N.T.I.L. contingent that fished both Sadam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden from their hiding places. He is currently operating in the New York area and can travel freely throughout the country as he sees fit. His rank in the Primus orginization is equal to the Golden Avengers.


Powers/Tactics:  The American Avenger is an immensely powerful brick and one of the strongest individauls on the planet. He has been clocked at running over 97 mph and can jump nearly 300 feet in a single bound. His dense flesh makes him incredible reistant to harm and he is immune to all know posions and diseases.

C&C welcome of course.

[greatmuta2]

haha i see you got your sprite making down good job man he looks awesome

[J.C.McMinis]

haha i see you got your sprite making down good job man he looks awesome

Thanks man. I plan on trying to do a sprite for many of my heroes and maybe even a few of my villains.

[SPOOKY77]

Great sprite (sweet costume btw) and very cool story 

[Spidermew]

Did you do a drawing of and post him before or post his backstory before?

Seems so familiar...

Nice sprite, my only suggestion would be to use something like fighter factory to manipulate the shade so it pops out a bit more, it just seems too dark to me, but that could be because of my low quality monitor...
I hope you dont mind, but i used fighter factory to try to just edit the shade with the pal editor and this is what i got

[Kojunho]

Umm....dude it might be your monitor.
To me the original colors look better than your edit. IMO.

[Spidermew]

Umm....dude it might be your monitor.
To me the original colors look better than your edit. IMO.

Very well could be, its an old monitor i got from a friend..

So lets see a side by side


On my screen all the dark blues in yours tends to just blure togeather...but it probably is just my screen

[R.I.C.O - Twon]

i can see the difference, i think its just a preference. If you like a smooth transtition in shading go with his, but if u like to notably see a change go with spidermews

[♦ßlôödÑinjå♦]

Great sprite , you did a very good job!

[aPoCaLyPsE]

Killer Sprite! IMO: Your well on your way man, you got skills. Just stay focus and patience. Can't wait to see whats in store next.

"aPoC."

[Tundra]

Killer Sprite! IMO: Your well on your way man, you got skills. Just stay focus and patience. Can't wait to see whats in store next.

"aPoC."

words of wisdom

[J.C.McMinis]

Killer Sprite! IMO: Your well on your way man, you got skills. Just stay focus and patience. Can't wait to see whats in store next.

"aPoC."

Thanks aPoC as for what's next I plan on doing the 5 members (1 at a time of course) of a team based in Florida called the Forces of Nature. The members consist of Armordillo Man, Reptyle, Seminole, Sunburn & Mosquito.

[MuηkyMØÜf]

  not bad, not bad at all. maybe work on ya shading a lil.

[DARKTALBAIN]

I sprited the mosquito for ya already .....

Here's his sprite

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[greatmuta2]

im really liking that misquito sprite do you plan on making him a char?

[DARKTALBAIN]

im really liking that misquito sprite do you plan on making him a char?

I don't think so , I used some very complex shading technique & would be a pain to do for 600-800 sprites .

 

[♦ßlôödÑinjå♦]

im really liking that misquito sprite do you plan on making him a char?

That would be awesome.

[greatmuta2]

I don't think so , I used some very complex shading & would be a pain to do for 600-800 sprites .

 

oh i see well maybe someday

[DARKTALBAIN]

Here's the symbiote Mosquito ...

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[♦ßlôödÑinjå♦]

Here's the symbiote Mosquito ...

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Great job bro.

[greatmuta2]

Here's the symbiote Mosquito ...

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that has to be more awesome than wolvenom imo
EDIT: you should put this in the sprite and avi section your taking away from this dudes work anyway back on topic i really like this char good job man

[DARKTALBAIN]

I made myself laugh & you all made me laugh even more . Which , I really needed a good laugh . This broken foot is killing me . I needed something to lighten my mood .

Anyway . sorry JC for invading your thread .

Your sprite looks nice . Spidermew definately needs a new monitor .

[George Costanza]

I made myself laugh & you all made me laugh even more . Which , I really needed a good laugh . This broken foot is killing me . I needed something to lighten my mood .

Anyway . sorry JC for invading your thread .

Your sprite looks nice . Spidermew definately needs a new monitor .

yea and so do i cuz all i see is a dot

[J.C.McMinis]

Well tis early am on Thanksgiving and am waiting for my apple pies to cool. Here, as promised is the sprite of one of the members of the Forces of Nature. I present Reptyle and his background as well.




Background/History:  Andre was born in the French Quarter of New Orleans. His father owned his own charter flight sevice and he taught ANdre how to fly planes. When he graduated high school his natural flying talent led ANdre to joing the U.S. Air Force. He spent 12 years in the service, retiring at the age of 30. Andre spent the next two years in Lyon, France, where he learned savate. One night however he recieved a phone call from his father informing him that his mother had died. His life went down hill from there. SIx months later his father died. Andre sold his father's business, banked the money, and went to work for another charter service in Baton Rouge. During a return flight from Florida, Andres plane developed engine troubles and crashed into the bayous of Louisiana. He survived but was knocked unconcious. When he awoke, he was strapped to a laboratory table and looking straight into the armored visage of Professor Muerte, who told Andre he had injected his body with a mutating formula containing reptile DNA. Over the next few hour the lab was filled with the cajun's screams as his body underwent it's transformation. Once the transformation was complete, Muerte leaned in close, inspecting his handywork. Thinking he was unconcious, Muerte command two agents to take his latest project to a waiting cell. Andre was playing possum  and, with his newley enhanced strength and savate training, overpowered the agents and escaped the facility into the bayou. During his flight through the bayou, he quickly discovered that his new tail allowed him to swim at an extraordinary pace and that he could hold his breath for, what seemed to him, an eternity. WHen he returned to the city he quickly adapted to his new form and began to fight crime, calling himself Reptyle. He even managed to create some custom maneuvers with his tail, intergrating them in with his savate. After several adverntures in both New Orleans and Baton Rouge, he made his way to Florida, where another new hero had recently emerged. Andre found Amordillo Man in the wetland game preseve near the Kennedy Space, and they quickly became friends and partners. Not long after they were joined by Sunburn and Seminole and the Forces of Nature, as the media dubbed them, was born.

[Vault-tec Rep Høröúßøí]

I like the first guys story very much and beleive he would make a great char if u ever decided to actually make him